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Does Mamie Van Doren and Adam West hosting Turkey Day count?
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Who played the mole people in the early episodes? Or whatever they were supposed to be
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Nov 13, 2023 01:22
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Uncle Wemus posted:Who played the mole people in the early episodes? Or whatever they were supposed to be Mostly interns from what I’ve heard. They phased them out because the masks were insanely hot.
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Nov 13, 2023 01:38
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TL posted:Mostly interns from what I’ve heard. They phased them out because the masks were insanely hot. IIRC, they were named Gerry and Sylvia, after Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, creators of Thunderbirds and other puppet action shows
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Nov 13, 2023 02:05
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Larryb posted:Yeah, Mike was pretty much their go to guy when it came to celebrity impersonation in the early days He did an amazing Urkel
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Nov 13, 2023 03:33
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im a fan of mike's morrissey impression personally
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Nov 14, 2023 00:43
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Big fan of Mike in the Crash Test Dummies, too
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Nov 14, 2023 00:58
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The mole people have been a great source of strength.
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Nov 14, 2023 01:24
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Larryb posted:Yeah, Mike was pretty much their go to guy when it came to celebrity impersonation in the early days Torgo and the goon from Daddy-O?
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Nov 14, 2023 01:29
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zoux posted:Torgo and the goon from Daddy-O? Also Jack Perkins, Hugh Beaumont, and multiple others I forget
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Nov 14, 2023 01:58
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Larryb posted:Also Jack Perkins, Hugh Beaumont, and multiple others I forget Glenn Manning too. And the voice of Megaweapon.
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Nov 14, 2023 03:37
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Mothra AND Gamera.
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Nov 14, 2023 03:41
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Ah, but Kevin was Kitten With a Whip. Which apparently he got thanks to him being out of the room when they decided.
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Nov 14, 2023 04:00
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Larryb posted:Also Jack Perkins, Hugh Beaumont, and multiple others I forget Winky from Manhunt in Space, JC from Sidehackers (with Frank as Gooch)
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Nov 14, 2023 19:31
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Come to think of it, when was Mike’s first on screen appearance in the series? Sometime during the second or third season?
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Nov 14, 2023 19:34
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Larryb posted:Come to think of it, when was Mike’s first on screen appearance in the series? Sometime during the second or third season? First episode of season 2, I think, although his voice is in season 1.
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Nov 14, 2023 19:36
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During the unforgettable perfomance by the United Servo Academy Men's Choir in Starfighters, Mike introduces them and is obviously affecting an impression, he keeps saying "Fan-tes-tek, Fan-tes-tek" or something like that. I've heard him use the same voice in a riff here and there, who is he trying to do? It's not Lawrence Welk, Trace does Lawrence Welk.
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Nov 14, 2023 21:47
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Bicyclops posted:First episode of season 2, I think, although his voice is in season 1. Ah yes I remember now. Didn’t recall he was in the first season though, do you remember the specific episode out of curiosity?
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Nov 14, 2023 22:04
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zoux posted:During the unforgettable perfomance by the United Servo Academy Men's Choir in Starfighters, Mike introduces them and is obviously affecting an impression, he keeps saying "Fan-tes-tek, Fan-tes-tek" or something like that. I've heard him use the same voice in a riff here and there, who is he trying to do? It's not Lawrence Welk, Trace does Lawrence Welk. I always got the vibe that it was just your typical European classical music/opera conductor. I believe Mike's said in interviews that he's a big fan of classical music, so there may be someone specifically from that type of music that he was referencing/imitating.
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Nov 14, 2023 22:19
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Sydney Bottocks posted:I always got the vibe that it was just your typical European classical music/opera conductor. I believe Mike's said in interviews that he's a big fan of classical music, so there may be someone specifically from that type of music that he was referencing/imitating. I recall reading somewhere that it's a reference to a semi-notable public radio classical music show host.
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Nov 14, 2023 22:44
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I recall reading somewhere that it's a reference to a semi-notable public radio classical music show host. Why didn't I grow up in Minnesota in the mid 70s, I miss so many references
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Nov 14, 2023 22:46
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Season 11 having a referencing to Mount Airy Lodge (all you need to bring/is your love of anything) was finally my chance to enjoy a joke about a regional ad. Though, living in the midwest now I can enjoy all of the Menards references on a much deeper level than everyone else.
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Nov 14, 2023 22:50
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zoux posted:Why didn't I grow up in Minnesota in the mid 70s, I miss so many references Wisconsin, where you temp at dairies when you’re not doing gigs with your band Sex Factory
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Nov 14, 2023 22:52
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Wisconsin, where you temp at dairies when you’re not doing gigs with your band Sex Factory As well as trying to avoid being devoured by giant spiders (or Alan Hale)
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Nov 14, 2023 23:16
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:I recall reading somewhere that it's a reference to a semi-notable public radio classical music show host. It’s also the same impression he busts out for Servo’s madrigal singers in Quest of the Delta Knights.
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Nov 14, 2023 23:59
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Wisconsin, where you temp at dairies when you’re not doing gigs with your band Sex Factory
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Nov 15, 2023 01:13
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A Pack of Kobolds posted:Wisconsin, where you temp at dairies when you’re not doing gigs with your band Sex Factory I only hope, my death is cool Watching Projected Man: 1. it's really weird hearing someone explain what a laser, I'm sorry, I mean LASER, is from first principles to a complete laser naif. 2. The three leads, especially the female and non-projected male leads, have the most insane english accents I've ever heard. Where is that guy supposed to be from
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Nov 15, 2023 01:21
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Murdstone posted:The streets of Little Chute, Wisconsin used to get pretty nuts on Saturday nights during Crazy Days with all the sidewalk sales going on. It could be just like Helltown. wow what you must have gone through
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Nov 15, 2023 07:22
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CROW MAGNONS RULE THE PLAYGROUND!
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Nov 15, 2023 15:43
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Dawgstar posted:CROW MAGNONS RULE THE PLAYGROUND! "I'm about to show this Crow-Magnon waterboy who's the boss around here!" "Ah, you couldn't show Aunt Mabel the Mall of America!"
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Nov 15, 2023 15:56
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Larryb posted:Ah yes I remember now. Didn’t recall he was in the first season though, do you remember the specific episode out of curiosity? I don't remember myself, but it looks like he was the voice of the Asimov literary doomsday device in Women of the Prehistoric Planet (104). I'd thought he wasn't brought on until season 2, but I guess that's just when he was made head writer.
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Nov 15, 2023 16:05
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Bicyclops posted:I don't remember myself, but it looks like he was the voice of the Asimov literary doomsday device in Women of the Prehistoric Planet (104). I'd thought he wasn't brought on until season 2, but I guess that's just when he was made head writer. From what I’ve heard Mike was part of the staff from pretty early on in the show (but I could be wrong)
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Nov 15, 2023 16:07
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I had no idea Asimov had haters before seeing those host segments.
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Nov 15, 2023 16:10
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104 was also the last of season one's production order (which makes the numbering really odd when it contains multiple callbacks to "later episodes" including to 113, plus the direct follow-up to 110 by announcing the winners of the contest for naming the avocado scientist), so that at least tracks with Mike first making appearances on the show pretty close to Season 2.Bicyclops posted:I'd thought he wasn't brought on until season 2, but I guess that's just when he was made head writer. Larryb posted:From what I’ve heard Mike was part of the staff from pretty early on in the show (but I could be wrong)
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Nov 15, 2023 19:10
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Hogama posted:104 was also the last of season one's production order (which makes the numbering really odd when it contains multiple callbacks to "later episodes" including to 113, plus the direct follow-up to 110 by announcing the winners of the contest for naming the avocado scientist), so that at least tracks with Mike first making appearances on the show pretty close to Season 2. Was Bridget herself hired on at about the same time or did she come earlier/later? I know she was at least there by the time they did Mr B Wonderful
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Nov 15, 2023 19:14
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Larryb posted:Was Bridget herself hired on at about the same time or did she come earlier/later? I know she was at least there by the time they did Mr B Wonderful Bridget Jones posted:"When I started on the show, Mike and I were engaged. I was writing scripts at home, so Mike would come home and the movie was still on the VCR, and he’d be like, “Oh, God—please!”"
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Nov 15, 2023 19:17
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I believe Kevin was also on staff for the show prior to becoming the voice of Servo, not sure about Frank and Mary though (I know they were at least around by Season 2/Mike’s hosting debut respectively)
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Nov 15, 2023 19:22
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Mike says that he was hired as like a gofer who would type up the jokes that the writers room made. They told him he could throw in any suggestions he might come up with and turns out he was the GOAT riffer
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Nov 15, 2023 19:25
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zoux posted:Mike says that he was hired as like a gofer who would type up the jokes that the writers room made. They told him he could throw in any suggestions he might come up with and turns out he was the GOAT riffer I wonder if "You guys watch Joe Don Baker movies?" was a sincerely spoken line from him at one point and they decided to write it in. 
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One of Mike's major strengths that I miss in the new show is that his frequently understated delivery really sold the idea that it was spontaneous. I think Emily comes closest to getting it.
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