"I thought you were the only person on this show who wasn't crazy."
"Me, not crazy? I hired the others."
"Hey Bo, I've got a job for you!"
"Oh, good."
"Yeah. Just look at this mess."
"Okay, that sounds easy enough."
"Sometimes I don't know what space you are coming from."
"Well, it's just a regular backstage space."
"I gurgle Gershwin!"
"Uh, ladies and gentlemen, Switzerland has given us some watches, some chocolate, and some silliness. And, we take you now to the Alps for the latter."
"Well, do you see. I don't mind assisting, but I'm not crazy about the idea of guinea-pigging."
"What's all this smoke?"
"Uh... that is not smoke."
"It is not smoke? Then what is it?"
"It's jet exhaust."
"Jet exhaust?"
"Oh, look out! Here comes another one!"
"Hey, hey, what's this bummer called again?"
"Minuet in G Major."
"Uh, we'll send it back in to the minors."
"If you are like me, and you certainly must be, you are appalled and shocked at the weird, unnatural things going on tonight."
"What's the soup du jour?"
"Same as yesterday."
"Good, I'll have that and a chicken."
"How do you want your chicken? Baked, broiled, or barbecued?"
"I want the chicken for company!"
"what is on stage next?"
"I don't know, what's on stage now?"
"Nothing."
"NOTHING'S ON STAGE?"
"I know what is wrong, with this show, it's the theater!"
"What's wrong with it?"
"The seats face the stage!"
"I am not in my dressing room, eating! I am in my dressing room, being eaten!"
Christopher Reeve, doing a soliloquy from Hamlet (alas, poor Yorick)
when Beauregard walks in with a thermos and lunchpail, and sits down.
"I thought you were the only person on this show who wasn't crazy."
"Me, not crazy? I hired the others."
I forget which guest, with Kermit.
"Hey Bo, I've got a job for you!"
"Oh, good."
"Yeah. Just look at this mess."
"Okay, that sounds easy enough."
Kermit and another muppet.
"Sometimes I don't know what space you are coming from."
"Well, it's just a regular backstage space."
"I gurgle Gershwin!"
All the old Star Wars fans should remember this one.
It was said a few times in the episode guested by Mark Hamill.
Mark Hammill as himself, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker,
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, and Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
(plus the Radio-Controlled version of R2D2) appeared in that one.
2 different characters, an auditioning gargoyle, and Mark Hamill as himself,
said this line- and, later, gurgled Gershwin. As a duet.
I SWEAR I am not making this up.
You see Mark Hamill gurgle Gershwin once as a kid,
and it stays with you whether you want it to or not...
"Uh, ladies and gentlemen, Switzerland has given us some watches, some chocolate, and some silliness. And, we take you now to the Alps for the latter."
"Well, do you see. I don't mind assisting, but I'm not crazy about the idea of guinea-pigging."
I forget which guest, to Dr Bunson Honeydew, Muppet Labs.
"What's all this smoke?"
"Uh... that is not smoke."
"It is not smoke? Then what is it?"
"It's jet exhaust."
"Jet exhaust?"
"Oh, look out! Here comes another one!"
"Hey, hey, what's this bummer called again?"
"Minuet in G Major."
"Uh, we'll send it back in to the minors."
The band on one song.
"If you are like me, and you certainly must be, you are appalled and shocked at the weird, unnatural things going on tonight."
Sam the Eagle, when Vincent Price guest-starred.
"What's the soup du jour?"
"Same as yesterday."
"Good, I'll have that and a chicken."
"How do you want your chicken? Baked, broiled, or barbecued?"
"I want the chicken for company!"
I thought this would be THE giveaway.
Gonzo socializes with chickens. AFAIK, he's the only character on tv who ever
made a point of it.
"what is on stage next?"
"I don't know, what's on stage now?"
"Nothing."
"NOTHING'S ON STAGE?"
Kermit panicking that there's a lull onstage.
This was one clue the show, whatever it was, was set at a theater.
"I know what is wrong, with this show, it's the theater!"
"What's wrong with it?"
"The seats face the stage!"
Who could forget Waldorf and Statler, the hecklers?
"I am not in my dressing room, eating! I am in my dressing room, being eaten!"
Zero Mostel having a small problem while a guest.
"A banana sharpener."
Dr Bunson Honeydew, Muppet Labs. This became SUCH a running gag for me
long ago, because the scene was so funny. Honeydew was deadpanning how useful
sharp bananas are. For example, you could hang a coat on a banana.
Later, he began throwing bananas into the wall at Beeker,
like a knife-throwing act.
Plus, I think the name "banana sharpener" is one of the most ridiculous names
I've been watching the first season lately, and it's about as annoying as I remember it, yet somehow Walter Brennan saves it.That it takes place in California in the San Fernando Valley is amazing to me. It's as corn pone a place as Hooterville, but maybe the Valley in the 50's still had those farming pockets. Sure ain't the Valley I saw when Iwas sent wow there in the 70's.
I'm not sure Elmer ever said 'dagnabbit', though he might have. It wouldn't be his 'signature' line like it was for Amos McCoy..
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WordWolf
"You sir, are a freako!"
"Why, thank you!"
"You don't love me any more."
"Of course I love you. I'm working now!"
"And you're making a lousy job of it."
"You want to be an ex-parrot?"
"On what grounds do you interrupt my soliloquy?"
"Well, it's my coffee break."
"Coffee grounds??"
"I thought you were the only person on this show who wasn't crazy."
"Me, not crazy? I hired the others."
"Hey Bo, I've got a job for you!"
"Oh, good."
"Yeah. Just look at this mess."
"Okay, that sounds easy enough."
"Sometimes I don't know what space you are coming from."
"Well, it's just a regular backstage space."
"I gurgle Gershwin!"
"Uh, ladies and gentlemen, Switzerland has given us some watches, some chocolate, and some silliness. And, we take you now to the Alps for the latter."
"Well, do you see. I don't mind assisting, but I'm not crazy about the idea of guinea-pigging."
"What's all this smoke?"
"Uh... that is not smoke."
"It is not smoke? Then what is it?"
"It's jet exhaust."
"Jet exhaust?"
"Oh, look out! Here comes another one!"
"Hey, hey, what's this bummer called again?"
"Minuet in G Major."
"Uh, we'll send it back in to the minors."
"If you are like me, and you certainly must be, you are appalled and shocked at the weird, unnatural things going on tonight."
"What's the soup du jour?"
"Same as yesterday."
"Good, I'll have that and a chicken."
"How do you want your chicken? Baked, broiled, or barbecued?"
"I want the chicken for company!"
"what is on stage next?"
"I don't know, what's on stage now?"
"Nothing."
"NOTHING'S ON STAGE?"
"I know what is wrong, with this show, it's the theater!"
"What's wrong with it?"
"The seats face the stage!"
"I am not in my dressing room, eating! I am in my dressing room, being eaten!"
"A banana sharpener."
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GeorgeStGeorge
I haven't the faintest idea.
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WordWolf
It's nothing recent.
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hiway29
I'm drawing a blank. I'd say it's British, except a couple of jokes sound 'Americanish'. It's certainly nothing I ever saw.
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WordWolf
I'm thinking you DID see this, just not recently.
I mean, review the quotes, and you'll have the format, the setting,
and at least one character's identifying trait.
I thought the last set included a giveaway.
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aha! it suddenly came to me.
The Muppet Show !
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I knew one of you could figure it out!
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Here's how the quotes ran.
"You sir, are a freako!"
"Why, thank you!"
Sam the Eagle, and Alice Cooper.
"You don't love me any more."
"Of course I love you. I'm working now!"
"And you're making a lousy job of it."
"You want to be an ex-parrot?"
John Cleese and a parrot.
"On what grounds do you interrupt my soliloquy?"
"Well, it's my coffee break."
"Coffee grounds??"
Christopher Reeve, doing a soliloquy from Hamlet (alas, poor Yorick)
when Beauregard walks in with a thermos and lunchpail, and sits down.
"I thought you were the only person on this show who wasn't crazy."
"Me, not crazy? I hired the others."
I forget which guest, with Kermit.
"Hey Bo, I've got a job for you!"
"Oh, good."
"Yeah. Just look at this mess."
"Okay, that sounds easy enough."
Kermit and another muppet.
"Sometimes I don't know what space you are coming from."
"Well, it's just a regular backstage space."
"I gurgle Gershwin!"
All the old Star Wars fans should remember this one.
It was said a few times in the episode guested by Mark Hamill.
Mark Hammill as himself, Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker,
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO, and Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca
(plus the Radio-Controlled version of R2D2) appeared in that one.
2 different characters, an auditioning gargoyle, and Mark Hamill as himself,
said this line- and, later, gurgled Gershwin. As a duet.
I SWEAR I am not making this up.
You see Mark Hamill gurgle Gershwin once as a kid,
and it stays with you whether you want it to or not...
"Uh, ladies and gentlemen, Switzerland has given us some watches, some chocolate, and some silliness. And, we take you now to the Alps for the latter."
"Well, do you see. I don't mind assisting, but I'm not crazy about the idea of guinea-pigging."
I forget which guest, to Dr Bunson Honeydew, Muppet Labs.
"What's all this smoke?"
"Uh... that is not smoke."
"It is not smoke? Then what is it?"
"It's jet exhaust."
"Jet exhaust?"
"Oh, look out! Here comes another one!"
"Hey, hey, what's this bummer called again?"
"Minuet in G Major."
"Uh, we'll send it back in to the minors."
The band on one song.
"If you are like me, and you certainly must be, you are appalled and shocked at the weird, unnatural things going on tonight."
Sam the Eagle, when Vincent Price guest-starred.
"What's the soup du jour?"
"Same as yesterday."
"Good, I'll have that and a chicken."
"How do you want your chicken? Baked, broiled, or barbecued?"
"I want the chicken for company!"
I thought this would be THE giveaway.
Gonzo socializes with chickens. AFAIK, he's the only character on tv who ever
made a point of it.
"what is on stage next?"
"I don't know, what's on stage now?"
"Nothing."
"NOTHING'S ON STAGE?"
Kermit panicking that there's a lull onstage.
This was one clue the show, whatever it was, was set at a theater.
"I know what is wrong, with this show, it's the theater!"
"What's wrong with it?"
"The seats face the stage!"
Who could forget Waldorf and Statler, the hecklers?
"I am not in my dressing room, eating! I am in my dressing room, being eaten!"
Zero Mostel having a small problem while a guest.
"A banana sharpener."
Dr Bunson Honeydew, Muppet Labs. This became SUCH a running gag for me
long ago, because the scene was so funny. Honeydew was deadpanning how useful
sharp bananas are. For example, you could hang a coat on a banana.
Later, he began throwing bananas into the wall at Beeker,
like a knife-throwing act.
Plus, I think the name "banana sharpener" is one of the most ridiculous names
for an invention I've ever heard of.
And, it's hiway29's turn.
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I'm thinking this one will be solved with one word.
'Dagnabbit !"
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I just remembered I already used this show-so the one word should really be easy.
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Tom Strange
didn't Snaggletooth used to say that?
man... I can't remember... Yogi Bear?
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hiway29
not a cartoon-though something of a 'cartoon' character
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GeorgeStGeorge
The Real McCoys?
George
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it wasn't Elmer Fudd?
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The Real McCoys it is.
I've been watching the first season lately, and it's about as annoying as I remember it, yet somehow Walter Brennan saves it.That it takes place in California in the San Fernando Valley is amazing to me. It's as corn pone a place as Hooterville, but maybe the Valley in the 50's still had those farming pockets. Sure ain't the Valley I saw when Iwas sent wow there in the 70's.
I'm not sure Elmer ever said 'dagnabbit', though he might have. It wouldn't be his 'signature' line like it was for Amos McCoy..
You're up, George.
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"You kept it."
"Kept what?"
"The flower."
"Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out."
George
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"I thought your cousin was trying to move in on your girl."
"That's my other cousin but thanks for briniging that up, jackass!"
"My daddy always said 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice I put you in the ground'."
"You kept it."
"Kept what?"
"The flower."
"Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out."
George
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"You kept it."
"Kept what?"
"The flower."
"Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out."
[looks around the spotless infirmary] "Yeah, well this clutter. It's... overwhelming."
"You should see my apartment."
"Woah. We haven't even had our first date yet and you're already inviting me in. I thought you were a nice girl."
"Oh Michael, we all know nice girls finish last."
"So where do you finish?"
"Depends on where I start. Deep breath."
"I thought your cousin was trying to move in on your girl."
"That's my other cousin but thanks for briniging that up, jackass!"
"My daddy always said 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice I put you in the ground'."
George
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"What's it take to shake down another inmate? Get something he took from you?"
"It would take Fibonacci."
"Oh. I'll give you Fibonacci. I promised you that. When the time is right."
"The time is right now."
"No. The time is right when you and I are standing outside those walls."
"You kept it."
"Kept what?"
"The flower."
"Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out."
[looks around the spotless infirmary] "Yeah, well this clutter. It's... overwhelming."
"You should see my apartment."
"Woah. We haven't even had our first date yet and you're already inviting me in. I thought you were a nice girl."
"Oh Michael, we all know nice girls finish last."
"So where do you finish?"
"Depends on where I start. Deep breath."
"I thought your cousin was trying to move in on your girl."
"That's my other cousin but thanks for briniging that up, jackass!"
"My daddy always said 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice I put you in the ground'."
George
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This is a current show.
"That was not our agreement. I'm not gonna work with this crazy rhino."
"You keep pushing it John."
"Yeah, I keep pushing it, you know. Huh, what's your deal man?"
"Touch my brother again and I'll show you."
"Brother? Your brother?"
"I could kill you and the paperwork wouldn't need much more than the date."
"What's it take to shake down another inmate? Get something he took from you?"
"It would take Fibonacci."
"Oh. I'll give you Fibonacci. I promised you that. When the time is right."
"The time is right now."
"No. The time is right when you and I are standing outside those walls."
"You kept it."
"Kept what?"
"The flower."
"Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out."
[looks around the spotless infirmary] "Yeah, well this clutter. It's... overwhelming."
"You should see my apartment."
"Woah. We haven't even had our first date yet and you're already inviting me in. I thought you were a nice girl."
"Oh Michael, we all know nice girls finish last."
"So where do you finish?"
"Depends on where I start. Deep breath."
"I thought your cousin was trying to move in on your girl."
"That's my other cousin but thanks for briniging that up, jackass!"
"My daddy always said 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice I put you in the ground'."
George
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hiway29
Current show? No wonder I can't get it. I'm so out of the loop on current TV.
I'm probably watching whoever wrote those quotes picketing with a sign outside of my window at work.
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"You came."
"Of course."
"How’ve you been?"
"Fine. I found a job."
"Good. I’m glad."
"Is it awful being here?"
"Remember the first place you stayed? That hotel by the airport? Only difference is $69 and the free shampoo."
"You know, it vexes me that I’m made out to be the bad guy in the room. It’s not like y’all are incarcerated for stealin’ Girl Scout cookies."
"None of us murdered any Girl Scouts in the process."
"That was not our agreement. I'm not gonna work with this crazy rhino."
"You keep pushing it John."
"Yeah, I keep pushing it, you know. Huh, what's your deal man?"
"Touch my brother again and I'll show you."
"Brother? Your brother?"
"I could kill you and the paperwork wouldn't need much more than the date."
"What's it take to shake down another inmate? Get something he took from you?"
"It would take Fibonacci."
"Oh. I'll give you Fibonacci. I promised you that. When the time is right."
"The time is right now."
"No. The time is right when you and I are standing outside those walls."
"You kept it."
"Kept what?"
"The flower."
"Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out."
[looks around the spotless infirmary] "Yeah, well this clutter. It's... overwhelming."
"You should see my apartment."
"Woah. We haven't even had our first date yet and you're already inviting me in. I thought you were a nice girl."
"Oh Michael, we all know nice girls finish last."
"So where do you finish?"
"Depends on where I start. Deep breath."
"I thought your cousin was trying to move in on your girl."
"That's my other cousin but thanks for briniging that up, jackass!"
"My daddy always said 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice I put you in the ground'."
George
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Hopefully, these will make it a little easier.
"I found our access to the infirmary building but I’m gonna need some time to make it work.
"How much time?"
"Enough for me to find my way up a 20 foot vertical drainpipe without using a ladder."
"I'm not going to dig if I'm not going to go."
"You came."
"Of course."
"How’ve you been?"
"Fine. I found a job."
"Good. I’m glad."
"Is it awful being here?"
"Remember the first place you stayed? That hotel by the airport? Only difference is $69 and the free shampoo."
"You know, it vexes me that I’m made out to be the bad guy in the room. It’s not like y’all are incarcerated for stealin’ Girl Scout cookies."
"None of us murdered any Girl Scouts in the process."
"That was not our agreement. I'm not gonna work with this crazy rhino."
"You keep pushing it John."
"Yeah, I keep pushing it, you know. Huh, what's your deal man?"
"Touch my brother again and I'll show you."
"Brother? Your brother?"
"I could kill you and the paperwork wouldn't need much more than the date."
"What's it take to shake down another inmate? Get something he took from you?"
"It would take Fibonacci."
"Oh. I'll give you Fibonacci. I promised you that. When the time is right."
"The time is right now."
"No. The time is right when you and I are standing outside those walls."
"You kept it."
"Kept what?"
"The flower."
"Well, I'm a packrat. I never throw anything out."
[looks around the spotless infirmary] "Yeah, well this clutter. It's... overwhelming."
"You should see my apartment."
"Woah. We haven't even had our first date yet and you're already inviting me in. I thought you were a nice girl."
"Oh Michael, we all know nice girls finish last."
"So where do you finish?"
"Depends on where I start. Deep breath."
"I thought your cousin was trying to move in on your girl."
"That's my other cousin but thanks for briniging that up, jackass!"
"My daddy always said 'fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice I put you in the ground'."
George
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I could swear I've heard the one about paperwork and the date, but this is no
television show I'm familiar with- the other quotes all seem foreign to me.
Maybe I've heard that line on a commercial.
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