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Post by tboneator64 on Nov 23, 2023 17:47:04 GMT -5
To be fair, Adam West was known for his very dry humor, which did sometimes sail over my head!
CHEERS!
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Post by mtw12055 on Nov 24, 2023 14:12:49 GMT -5
To be fair, Adam West was known for his very dry humor, which did sometimes sail over my head! CHEERS! The running gag throughout the special is that Adam starts to reference his previous role as... and we're supposed to think he's going to mention Batman, only for it to be something out of left field.
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Post by myhomeo on Nov 28, 2023 18:07:59 GMT -5
Referred to the old syndicated series FRACTURED FLICKERS from the 60's earlier. It was done by the same folks who did ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE and the premise was that they'd take footage from old silent films and use them as comedy fodder, re-editting them and dubbing in a humorous soundtrack.
Already mentioned jokes about host Hans Conried claiming to be Alfalfa's stunt double and mistaking teen idol Fabian for a grown-up Spanky. Another joke has Hans correcting a letter-writer: "No, Our Gang was not a series about The Mafia."
A couple of episodes have used short clips from the silent films. I'm not versed enough in the silents to recognize where they're from, but one clip had the kids carried from a hotel and forcefully thrown over a fence, with mannikins standing in for the Gang, of course.
There's probably more, but I haven't run across them yet. I doubt I'll keep you informed.
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Post by mtw12055 on Nov 29, 2023 19:45:40 GMT -5
A couple of episodes have used short clips from the silent films. I'm not versed enough in the silents to recognize where they're from, but one clip had the kids carried from a hotel and forcefully thrown over a fence, with mannikins standing in for the Gang, of course. That sounds like "Playin' Hookey," where the kids are thrown out of a movie studio. A popular source for silent comedy stock footage - largely because of the Keystone Cop-ish sequence.
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Post by RJH on Nov 30, 2023 23:05:00 GMT -5
The gang being thrown over a fence is definitely near the end of "Playin' Hookey." Being carried out of a hotel is near the end of "Fast Company."
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Post by mtw12055 on Dec 29, 2023 8:43:39 GMT -5
According to Disney character designer Len Smith, "Kit Cloudkicker" from the series TaleSpin was modeled off of Scotty Beckett. It's so obvious now...
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Post by myhomeo on Jan 13, 2024 12:57:35 GMT -5
Got another one...
The very last episode of the late Eighties Nickelodeon comedy sketch show YOU CAN'T DO THAT ON TELEVISION had a subplot where grouchy director Ross brought in a robot kid, Alpha-Alpha, played by cast member Christian Tessler. His hope was to phase out the real kids and have robots replace them on the show.
As Alpha-Alpha, Christian is dressed and made up to look like Alfalfa, right down to the cowlick, though the costume is a bit off and Christian has reddish-blonde hair.
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Post by mtw12055 on Jan 13, 2024 19:55:17 GMT -5
Spielberg's 1942 features cameos by Little Rascals doppelgangers (Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Stymie and a couple of generic kids).
Tom Ruegger, producer of Animaniacs, mentioned that one of the show's later Slappy Squirrel cartoons ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo Clock") was tonally inspired by "Fly My Kite".
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Post by rascalflats on Mar 8, 2024 6:36:54 GMT -5
On the PBS series Reading Rainbow, in an episode about wax figures, I do recall seeing a wax statue of Alfalfa at the start of the show.
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Post by mtw12055 on Mar 8, 2024 18:32:24 GMT -5
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Post by myhomeo on Mar 18, 2024 15:35:17 GMT -5
Got a book, AMERICAN TV COMIC BOOKS 1940'S - 1980'S, by Peter Bosch.
It's a listing of the (mostly pretty bad) comics based on then-popular television programs.
The various LITTLE RASCALS comics are included, perhaps coincidentally right next to BUFFALO BILL JR, the Fifties western starring grown up occasional Rascal Dickie Jones.
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