Zane's Humor
I see said the blind man to his deaf friend.
Zane's Humour
This is where I will try out my jokes, show my funny videos, and show my funny pictures.
The stuff I put on here may or not be funny. That's where you come in. You can give me feedback on my material.
I have stuff to come but it will take time to get it on here.
August 27, 2010 Friday
Warning to buttkissers
Do not buttkiss right after your target has had Indian food or Mexican food or anything which might cause runs.
Warning to people who pet strange dogs
Do not pet a dog you don't know; it might be a ground hog or a wolf or ......well that it bad enough.
A man is talking to a group of friends while attending a picnic near a lake. He notices a boy in the water and dives in to save the boy.
When he gets to dry land with the boy the host of the picnic asks him to introduce himself and say a few words.
He stands in front of everyone and says, "My name is Bob and I don't really have much to say but I do have a question. I would just like to know who pushed me into the water."
Zane's Humour
Okay here are some topics and my thoughts.
People who don't signal
I hate people who don't signal. I don't mean the people who's signal doesn't work but those people who refuse to signal.
I especially hate people in expensive cars who don't signal. What the car was so expensive they couldn't afford a signal? I don't think being rich means you can change the laws. Besides if I plow into you because you didn't signal I should get to keep your car after you pay for the repairs.
When rich people play tennis with Chaz, Buffy, and Babbs they don't say let's not play for points; we'll just hit the round thing with this deformed stick so poor people can look at us spending our time and money doing something we know nothing about.
Sorry about the fact that you could use some sort of enlargement. I guess having a gold card makes up for the fact that you need help lifting a marshmallow.
Do you pay people to feed you too? Are you too lazy to chew?
Zane's Humour
People who don't stop at STOP signs
Stop signs are not just suggestions; they are for safety. I was at a local mall.....rhymes with Fairview Mali. I was just sitting in my car and I noticed nobody stopping for the STOP sign. There was plenty of traffic. At least 90 per cent of the people either drove right through or just pressed the brakes momentarily like it was a formality.
Many times the cars coming the other way had to screech to a halt so they wouldn't hit the idiots. The other cars had the right of way because they didn't have a stop sign.
How busy is your life that you can't give 2 seconds to a stop sign. Some people even stopped in the middle of the intersection and offered the other cars the right of way. The other cars couldn't go because the idiots were IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.
Zane's Humour
People Eating in the Library
Okay before I start don't tell me that you're allowed to eat and drink (non-acoholic) in the library. I'm aware of that.
I think the idea is that you can do your homework and keep a drink next to you and maybe some snacks. I have seen people bring full lunches into the library and eat for two hours and have a heavy discussion. You could eat in a mall food court and do that. The weather is nice. Have your lunch outside.
Okay if you must have lunch and not do your work can you at least not disturb people while you do it? Oh and I remember seeing this group of girls......men do it too......These girls were eating and each one was on their cell phone and having a loud conversation. I think we should be able to phone an annoying sound to people like that. Can you imagine the following:
(person on phone while eating gets a call--call waiting)
"Hey Chaz give me a second by call waiting is happening" "Hello?........." the following could be the sound "waaaaaaaaahhhhh" (I suppose a baby crying would do)
Okay more on the morons later.
Zane's Humour
My haircut. Now that's funny.
Remind me never to oil the fan while it's on.
Oh yeah and never spit against the wind.
Don't pee outdoors when it's minus 40 (celcius).
Don't tell any big football player that you are dating his girlfriend.
Don't tease a small person until you're sure they don't have a weapon or a friend that fights with cars and wins.
Okay I need to rest but ask me for more....send $100 dollars to Zane the hack joke writer, hackville, .......oh crap I've got brain freeze. Will someone open the freezer so I can get out.
It's hard to type with frozen fingers.
Come back often.
Zane's Humour
Let me think of more stuff.
Give me topics you want me to try.
I don't have a stage act. Share these jokes with friends but don't use them to make money..........
You can add your comments to my comments. That would be great.
I might want to use some of this material professionally later so enjoy it but don't steal it.
Yeah you're chuckling. Steal what. I may write something funny one day and one person might laugh so there.
I hate to even say these things but who knows.
Hug?.......
Thursday, May 24, 2012
You're Funny
You're Funny
You're funny. This is where you prove it. Send me funny pictures, videos, and stories. Give me details with the picture, video, and stories. This tells me it is your stuff. I do want to see funny stuff from other sources. Give me details there too so I can give the source credit.
Give me give me give me!
Send me your video, written humour, stories, pictures, or anything you think counts as comedy and would be good for this site.
This blog is your blog.....so pay the rent.....I'll wait....... If I get enough feedback on a topic or idea.....etc... I will put serious thought into it and possibly make changes. Have fun.
In the words of Roseanne Rosannada....."Never mind...."---that's Saturday Night Live----Gilda Radner
Are you laughing? No. Okay I'll take a pie to the face....not a mud pie.
..........I'll wait for you to go and make the pie..........
Aw just come back with the pie when you're done.
Comedy in XBOX
XBOX
Manufacturer: Microsoft
Type: Video Game Console
First Available: NA November 15, 2001, JP February 22, 2002, AUS March 14, 2002, EU March 14, 2002
CPU: 733 MHz Intel Pentium III-based Mobile Celeron
Media: DVD, CD
Units Sold: 24 Million as of May 10, 2006
Canada's Worst Driver
Canada's Worst Driver
Category: Reality
Developed By: Proper Television
Presented By: Andrew Younghusband
Narrated By: Andrew Younghusband
Country of Origin: Canada
Number of Episodes: 25
Original Channel: Discovery Channel Canada
Original Run: October 2, 2005 to Present
Followed By: There was a part 2 of the show
Related Shows: Canada's Worst Handyman and Britain's Worst Driver
This show is based on Britain's Worst Driver. .
The show is produced by Proper Television, and is hosted by Andrew Younghusband.
Format
Eight bad drivers from different parts of Canada are tested to see if their driving can be improved. If their driving doesn't improve they are advised not to drive any more. All these drivers already have their license but shouldn't have gotten licensed. Each season of the show was filmed in different locations.
1. A decommissioned air force base/airport near Picton in season 1;
2. CFB Borden in season 2;
3. Barrie, Ontario in season 3;
The drivers are partnered with the person who nominated them.
In the first week the drivers are tested. This involves driving from a starting point to the Rehabilitation Centre an hour away. In the first two seasons the drivers' keys are kept from them and in the third season their licenses are kept from them. They get their keys/license back if they win a round.
From the second to the sixth week the contestants are put through a variety of challenges. There is an expert panel of judges that decides whether the driver wins or loses or whether they should never drive again. There doesn't have to be a graduate every week.
In the last week one of the remaining contestants is awarded the title of Canada's Worst Driver.
Experts
The experts evaluate the drivers, teach them the skills that they are lacking, and finally judge whether they have improved.
The experts were the following:
Kelly Williams was a Canadian CASCAR driver and the only female to win a race in that series. She has also been the spokesperson for "Be Car Care Aware", an auto safety organization.
Jim Kenzie was an automotive journalist, reviewing vehicles for the Toronto Star. He also has a segment on TSN's Motoring 2005 program. He wrote the textbook used for advanced driver training used by the Toronto Police Service and other advanced training classes, and is widely recognized as a vehicle expert.
Scott Marshall was the Director of Training for Young Drivers of Canada. His job was to train the instructors who train drivers.
Dr. Uzma Rehman was a behavioural psychologist and a member of the faculty at Queen's University.
Cam Wooley was also one of the experts. He was the famous OPP officer that told us what was going on our Toronto, Canada roads, especially the highways.
Contestants
Each of the eight drivers had his or her own reason for being there - not all were generically incompetent drivers. Here are the contestants from the first season:
Madalena Phillips, 21 and licensed for 5 years, had been in well over 30 accidents as well as innumerable incidents she called "bumps" when there were no witnesses. Her irresponsible driving was largely due to a complete lack of concern about anything except shopping, partying, and fashion. She was by and large an incompetent driver by choice, and considered it part of her lifestyle. Madalena was nominated by her friend Jennifer.
Bob Coad, 36 and licensed for 20 years, was an otherwise excellent driver, except for a tendency towards road rage and a little freeway game he called bumper tag. This involved passing cars that he was annoyed at and suddenly slamming on his brakes in front of them, forcing them to panic brake to avoid a collision. Bob was nominated by his friend Rob.
Chris Ferguson, 31 and licensed for 13 years, was totally inexperienced behind the wheel, having driven only five times since getting his licence 13 years ago. He was insecure, and very slow while driving, creating a hazard on the road. Chris was nominated by his wife Michelle.
David Chau, 24 and licensed for 5 years, attributed his driving problems to being "unlucky" and refused to take responsibility for his incompetence on the road. His driving errors during the program often completely destroyed the cars used for the show. He would listen to, and then blame, his passengers for bad driving advice. David was nominated by his friend George.
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Format: Improvisational Comedy
Created by: Dan Patterson, Mark Leveson
Presented by : Clive Anderson, Drew Carey
Country of origin: United Kingdom
No. of seasons : 10 UK, 8 US
No. of episodes : 142 UK, 220 US
Production
Producer(s) Hat Trick
Running time : 24 mins UK, 21-22 mins US
Broadcast
Original channel : BBC Radio 4: 1988, Channel 4: 1988 - 1998 : ABC: 1998 - 2003, ABC Family: 2004 - 2006
Picture format: 4:3
Original run : September 23, 1988 - July 2, 1998 – : August 5, 1998 - November 10, 2006
Whose Line Is It Anyway was an improv type show. Contestants/actors would take suggestions from the audience and use preset "games" to entertain everyone including themselves.
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Each episode was edited from a longer recording session (though the games themselves were usually left uncut), each of which was typically cut to create at least two episodes. In addition, both versions of the show featured compilation episodes which compiled unaired bloopers and entire games that were cut from other sessions. The host would specially tape special segments for these programs to introduce the various clips. Each series of the UK version featured two compilations per season, while the US version featured them only occasionally.
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Games
The number and type of games played varied from episode to episode. However, some games became more common over time, while others faded from use. New games were created throughout the run of both series. Some games, such as "Tag", are based on traditional improv games, while others were uniquely created for the series.
Whose Line Is It Anyway
History
Whose Line Is It Anyway? was created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson in 1988 as a radio show on BBC Radio 4. This early incarnation of the show is notable as being the origin of the show's tradition of having the performers read the credits in an amusing style; as it was a radio show, it was necessary for somebody to read the credits, and it was decided that it might as well be done as part of the programme proper, rather than being done by a traditional BBC Radio announcer. This approach to reading credits was pioneered by the earlier BBC radio show I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again. Indeed the title of the show itself is a comedic riposte to another radio show, What's My Line. The radio series consisted of six episodes, with Clive Anderson as host, with John Sessions and Stephen Fry as regulars.
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Cast
The UK cast (one version) included the following: Stephen Frost, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles and Tony Slattery on the U.K. version.
The original BBC Radio 4 broadcasts consisted of host Clive Anderson along with two guests and the two regular contestants, Stephen Fry and John Sessions.
Clive Anderson stayed on as host when the show moved to television, with John Sessions resuming his role as the only regular in the first series. He subsequently became a rotating regular in the second and third series. Stephen Fry appeared only occasionally on the television series.
Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie first appeared in the second and third series respectively; they each gradually increased the frequency of their appearances to the point that both appeared in every episode from the eighth series on. Stiles is the most prolific performer on the show, having appeared in 76 of the series' 136 episodes (including compilations).
Many of the show's performers, including Paul Merton, Josie Lawrence and Sandi Toksvig, were regulars with The Comedy Store Players, an improvisational group based at London's Comedy Store. Other regular performers from the British version included a variety of British, American and Canadian comedians, notably:
Niall Ashdown
Wayne Brady
Rory Bremner
Chip Esten
Stephen Frost
Archie Hahn
Mike McShane
Greg Proops
Caroline Quentin
Jan Ravens
Brad Sherwood
Tony Slattery
Steve Steen
Jim Sweeney
Additionally, the series occasionally featured celebrity guests as performers, including:
Peter Cook
Julian Clary
Eddie Izzard
Phil LaMarr
Rory McGrath
Ardal O'Hanlon
Catherine O'Hara
Jonathan Pryce
Griff Rhys Jones
George Wendt
Whose Line Is It Anyway
US version Drew Carey opening an episode of the U.S. edition of Whose Line?Drew Carey hosted the U.S. version of Whose Line?. He was joined by the U.K. version's Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles as regular performers. Wayne Brady also became a regular in the second season. The fourth seat was most commonly filled by other U.K. veterans, including Greg Proops, Brad Sherwood and Chip Esten. Several newcomers joined the rotation: Denny Siegel in the first two seasons and Kathy Greenwood starting the third season after having appeared in two episodes of the previous season. Other fourth-seat performers appeared for only a few appearances (some as few as one), including Jeff Davis, Karen Maruyama, Patrick Bristow, Ian Gomez, U.K. veteran Josie Lawrence, Drew Carey Show actress Kathy Kinney and then-Daily Show correspondent Stephen Colbert.
Like the U.K. version, the show occasionally featured celebrity fourth-chairs: Robin Williams, Kathy Griffin, and Whoopi Goldberg each made appearances. Other celebrities made guest appearances for individual games, including:
Sid Caesar David Hasselhoff Florence Henderson Hugh Hefner Jerry Springer Joanie "Chyna" Laurer Richard Simmons Katie Harman Jayne Trcka Lassie
Laura Hall, who also featured in the tenth series of the British version, joined the American series for its entire run. From the second season onward, other musicians joined Hall. Linda Taylor made frequent appearances playing guitar and also some keyboards; other musicians such as Cece Worrall-Rubin on saxophone, Anne King, Candy Girard and Anna Wanselius all appeared alongside Hall (and sometimes also Taylor) on occasion.
Who's The Boss
Who's The Boss
Category: Sitcom
Created By: Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter
Stars: Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, Katherine Helmond
Number of Seasons: 8
Number of Episodes: 196
Original Channel: ABC
Original Run: September 20, 1984 to April 25, 1992
Who's the Boss? was an American television sitcom starring Tony Danza, Judith Light, Alyssa Milano, Danny Pintauro, and Katherine Helmond. It was broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1984 to 1992.
Who's The Boss
Premise
There's a widower (that means a man who's partner died) named Anthony Morton "Tony" Micelli ( Tony Danza) is a former baseball player. He had to stop playing because he got injured. He wanted to raise his daughter in a good environment. They started out in Brooklyn but Tony wanted to find a better place. He and his daughter, Samantha (Alyssa Milano) moved to Fairfield, Connecticut. There Tony found a job as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, Angela Bower (Judith Light). So Tony and Samantha moved in with Angela (yes you can guess what might happen). The other cast members included Danny Pintauro as Angela's son, Jonathan and Katherine Helmond as Mona Robinson, Angela's sex-starved mother.
The title hints at the general setup of the show. Angela was the breadwinner and Tony was the homemaker.
Tony is an extravert and goes with the flow while Angela is a by the book businesswoman who doesn't know how to have fun.......not at the beginning. Tony helped her loosen up......and I'm not hinting at anything. There was sexual tension between Tony and Angela. You can watch the episodes to see all the fun.
Tony turns out to be a great father/male role model for Jonathan. Angela and Mona were mother/sister/female role models for Samantha.
Theme Song and Opening Sequence
The show's theme song, "Brand New Life", was written by series creators and executive producers Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, with music composed by Larry Carlton and Robert Kraft. There were three versions used throughout the series' run. The first version, used in the first two seasons, was performed by Tony Danza himself. The second version, which was used from 1986-1990, was performed by country music singer Steve Wariner. The third version was used for the final two seasons.
What About Mimi
What About Mimi
Format: Animated series
Created by: Chris Bartleman and Blair Peters
Directed by: Josh Mepham and Colleen Hole
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 39
Production company(s) Teletoon
Decode Entertainment
Studio B Productions
Broadcast
Original channel Teletoon
Picture format NTSC (480i)
Audio format Stereophonic
Original run November 1, 2000 – March 26, 2003
What About Mimi
Category: Cartoon
Created By: Chris Bartleman and Blair Peters
Stars: Chiara Zani, Rhys Huber, Kori Cook, Saffron Henderson Carly McKillip, Peter Kelamis, Lee Tockar, Tony Sampson
Country of Origin: Canada
Original Airing: January 13, 2001
What about Mimi? was a Canadian cartoon series. It was about the lives of a bunch of primary school kids that I can relate to. Mimi Morton is the main character. The kids live in the town of Starfish Bay.
What About Mimi
Characters
Mimi Mortin (voiced by Chiara Zanni) - A clever, 11-year old, red-headed girl in the sixth grade who is an excellent problem-solver.
Elaine Petuskin (voiced by Kori Cook) - Mimi's friend who is of Asian descent (presumably Japanese or Chinese).
Russell Van Eden (voiced by Rhys Huber) - A sidekick of Mimi's who apparently has a crush on Sincerity.
Sincerity Travers (voiced by Carly McKillip) - A snobbish preppy teenybopper with pink hair who doesn't get along with Mimi, although she sometimes helps Mimi with some of her schemes.
What About Mimi
Brock Wickersham (voiced by Tony Sampson) - A bully who enjoys pulling pranks on various characters and is prone to male chauvinism.
Buddy Wickersham (voiced by Andrew Francis) - Brock's younger brother who is also a bully (and most probably resembles his older brother in terms of personality).
Bradley Mortin (voiced by Keith William Miller) - Mimi's younger brother who knows that Mimi's plans always have flaws.
Jason Mortin (voiced by Samuel Vincent) - Mimi's older teenage brother who thinks of himself as an on-the-edge rebel.
Saffron Mortin (voiced by Pam Ferris) - Mimi's mother.
Marv Mortin (voiced by Ray Ray F.R.) - Mimi's father.
Hayley Kitchensinker - One of Sincerity's lackeys, although she likes Mimi and Elaine and is kind.
What About Mimi Characters continued
Herbert Finkle - A nerd at Mimi's school who is of Russian descent.
Lodeman - A student at Mimi's school who tends to make rude noises all the time.
Ms. Grindstone (voiced by Mindy Sterling) - Mimi's teacher.
What About Mimi
Mr. Petri - A science teacher who blames Brock for everything because of his state of being a bully.
Mr. Jacques - A gym teacher.
Ms. Murchison - The librarian of Starfish Bay School.
Principal Earl - The principal of Starfish Bay School.
What About Mimi
Mimi Morton is an 11 year old girl that has a plan (more than one). She things positively about everything. She's been told that she has a wild imagination. She's got two great friends, Russell and Elaine. They stand by her no matter what.
She can't stand phonies, especially Sincerity Travers. She stands up for what she believes.
Saffron Martin is Mimi's mom. She is a bit of a hippie. She has a different New Age fad every week, which usually causes Mimi much embarrassment. Peace man.
What About Mimi
Marv Marin is Mimi's dad. He used to be a hippie but has grown out of it. He's a computer geek. He's a confused parent. He avoids problems by going to garage to "fix something" or he runs out to return a video. He's a true romantic and a dreamer.
Jason Martin is Mimi's 15 year old brother. He's a geek but Mimi doesn't think so. She just thinks he lacks fashion sense. He's generally behind the times. He's trying to get Courtney Lassiter, a popular girl, to notice him.
Elaine Pituskin is an Mimi's 11 year old friend. She's a bit flaky but Mimi likes that about her. Elaine doesn't care what people think about her. She's a tree hugger and loves animals, all kinds. She's one of the people who doesn't need Mimi's help. She often helps Mimi.
What About Mimi
Sincerity Travers is a popular 11 year old girl. She a popular girl that seems to get what she wants by acting innocent and by pointing out problems. She used to be Mimi's best friend but Sincerity got popular and discovered boys, makeup and clothes. Mimi feels she and Russell and Elaine are the only ones who know the real Sincerity.
Russell Van Eden is Mimi's 11 year old friend. He is one her two best friend, the other one being Elaine. Russell has been friends with Mimi since Kindergarden and they've been neighbours since then too. Mimi feels it's her job to expose Russell's talents. He's is generally easy-going. He is great with a videocamera and Mimi thinks he'll be a "greater director than Steven Spielber" with her help, of course.
Bradley Martin is Mimi's 11 year old brother. Mimi feels that Bradley's biggest problem is his attitude. Bradley sees doom every time Mimi comes up with a plan. Mimi uses him as an assistant who's there for her when things don't go quite according to plan.
Format: Animated series
Created by: Chris Bartleman and Blair Peters
Directed by: Josh Mepham and Colleen Hole
Country of origin Canada
No. of seasons 3
No. of episodes 39
Production company(s) Teletoon
Decode Entertainment
Studio B Productions
Broadcast
Original channel Teletoon
Picture format NTSC (480i)
Audio format Stereophonic
Original run November 1, 2000 – March 26, 2003
What About Mimi
Category: Cartoon
Created By: Chris Bartleman and Blair Peters
Stars: Chiara Zani, Rhys Huber, Kori Cook, Saffron Henderson Carly McKillip, Peter Kelamis, Lee Tockar, Tony Sampson
Country of Origin: Canada
Original Airing: January 13, 2001
What about Mimi? was a Canadian cartoon series. It was about the lives of a bunch of primary school kids that I can relate to. Mimi Morton is the main character. The kids live in the town of Starfish Bay.
What About Mimi
Characters
Mimi Mortin (voiced by Chiara Zanni) - A clever, 11-year old, red-headed girl in the sixth grade who is an excellent problem-solver.
Elaine Petuskin (voiced by Kori Cook) - Mimi's friend who is of Asian descent (presumably Japanese or Chinese).
Russell Van Eden (voiced by Rhys Huber) - A sidekick of Mimi's who apparently has a crush on Sincerity.
Sincerity Travers (voiced by Carly McKillip) - A snobbish preppy teenybopper with pink hair who doesn't get along with Mimi, although she sometimes helps Mimi with some of her schemes.
What About Mimi
Brock Wickersham (voiced by Tony Sampson) - A bully who enjoys pulling pranks on various characters and is prone to male chauvinism.
Buddy Wickersham (voiced by Andrew Francis) - Brock's younger brother who is also a bully (and most probably resembles his older brother in terms of personality).
Bradley Mortin (voiced by Keith William Miller) - Mimi's younger brother who knows that Mimi's plans always have flaws.
Jason Mortin (voiced by Samuel Vincent) - Mimi's older teenage brother who thinks of himself as an on-the-edge rebel.
Saffron Mortin (voiced by Pam Ferris) - Mimi's mother.
Marv Mortin (voiced by Ray Ray F.R.) - Mimi's father.
Hayley Kitchensinker - One of Sincerity's lackeys, although she likes Mimi and Elaine and is kind.
What About Mimi Characters continued
Herbert Finkle - A nerd at Mimi's school who is of Russian descent.
Lodeman - A student at Mimi's school who tends to make rude noises all the time.
Ms. Grindstone (voiced by Mindy Sterling) - Mimi's teacher.
What About Mimi
Mr. Petri - A science teacher who blames Brock for everything because of his state of being a bully.
Mr. Jacques - A gym teacher.
Ms. Murchison - The librarian of Starfish Bay School.
Principal Earl - The principal of Starfish Bay School.
What About Mimi
Mimi Morton is an 11 year old girl that has a plan (more than one). She things positively about everything. She's been told that she has a wild imagination. She's got two great friends, Russell and Elaine. They stand by her no matter what.
She can't stand phonies, especially Sincerity Travers. She stands up for what she believes.
Saffron Martin is Mimi's mom. She is a bit of a hippie. She has a different New Age fad every week, which usually causes Mimi much embarrassment. Peace man.
What About Mimi
Marv Marin is Mimi's dad. He used to be a hippie but has grown out of it. He's a computer geek. He's a confused parent. He avoids problems by going to garage to "fix something" or he runs out to return a video. He's a true romantic and a dreamer.
Jason Martin is Mimi's 15 year old brother. He's a geek but Mimi doesn't think so. She just thinks he lacks fashion sense. He's generally behind the times. He's trying to get Courtney Lassiter, a popular girl, to notice him.
Elaine Pituskin is an Mimi's 11 year old friend. She's a bit flaky but Mimi likes that about her. Elaine doesn't care what people think about her. She's a tree hugger and loves animals, all kinds. She's one of the people who doesn't need Mimi's help. She often helps Mimi.
What About Mimi
Sincerity Travers is a popular 11 year old girl. She a popular girl that seems to get what she wants by acting innocent and by pointing out problems. She used to be Mimi's best friend but Sincerity got popular and discovered boys, makeup and clothes. Mimi feels she and Russell and Elaine are the only ones who know the real Sincerity.
Russell Van Eden is Mimi's 11 year old friend. He is one her two best friend, the other one being Elaine. Russell has been friends with Mimi since Kindergarden and they've been neighbours since then too. Mimi feels it's her job to expose Russell's talents. He's is generally easy-going. He is great with a videocamera and Mimi thinks he'll be a "greater director than Steven Spielber" with her help, of course.
Bradley Martin is Mimi's 11 year old brother. Mimi feels that Bradley's biggest problem is his attitude. Bradley sees doom every time Mimi comes up with a plan. Mimi uses him as an assistant who's there for her when things don't go quite according to plan.
Webster
Webster (TV series)
Genre: Sitcom
Created by: Lew Erlicht[1]
Starring:
Emmanuel Lewis
Alex Karras
Susan Clark
Henry Polic II
Eugene Roche
Cathryn Damon
Ben Vereen
Jack Kruschen
Chad Allen
Corin Nemec
Theme music composer Steve Nelson
Madeline Sunshine
Opening theme "Then Came You"
Composer(s) Steve Nelson
Country of origin: United States
Language(s): English
No. of seasons: 6
No. of episodes: 150 (6 unaired) (List of episodes)
Production:
Executive producer(s) Bob Brunner (1986–1989)
William P. D'Angelo
Madeline Sunshine
Steven Sunshine
Producer(s) Stu Silver[1]
Camera setup: Multi-camera
Running time: 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises
Georgian Bay Productions
Paramount Television
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original channel ABC (1983–1987)
Syndication (1987–1989)
Audio format: Monaural
Original run:September 16, 1983 – March 10, 1989
Webster was an American sitcom about a young African-American boy who is adopted by a white family.
Synopsis
The show, set in Chicago, revolved around Webster Long, a seven-year-old African-American orphan (Emmanuel Lewis) whose biological parents were recently killed in a car accident. He is then taken in by retired football star George Papadopolis (Alex Karras), with whom his late father played professional football in the 1970s, and his wife Katherine (Susan Clark), a blue-blooded socialite with no housekeeping skills whatsoever.
Webster also had an uncle, played by Ben Vereen, who had issues with Webster living with a white couple and sought to adopt him and take him to live in Chicago's South Side.
Shortly into the second season, Webster accidentally burned down the family's apartment with a science kit and the family moved to a large Victorian house in the suburbs. To some, the move from the city was the point where the show "jumped the shark".
However, the show continued despite some of the plots. Many of Webster's friends and classmates passed through, including Rob (Chad Allen). Bill and Cassie Parker (Eugene Roche & Cathryn Damon) leased the Victorian house to the Papadopolises during the show's second and third seasons, until George and Katherine bought it outright (this was Ms. Damon's last TV series role, as she died from cancer a year after leaving the show). Over the course of the fourth season, ratings dropped sharply. The show, which had been a Nielsen top 10 series, now ranked 50th. ABC chose not to renew Webster.
The series' popularity and interest among younger viewers prompted the show to continue in first-run syndication starting in fall of 1987. At this time, the Papadopolis household gained a new member in George's nephew Nicky (Corin Nemec), who moved in when his parents went off to work in Nigeria (on assignment for the UN). Nicky provided Webster with a sort of "brother figure", and the two got along famously. However, Nicky was gone from the show at the start of season six (Nemec would later reach greater fame as the star of Fox's Parker Lewis Can't Lose). While plots continued to mature somewhat with Webster's onset of pre-teendom, the same "cutesy factor" remained, thanks in part to Lewis' timing and portrayal. However, this was something Lewis was slowly getting tired of, despite the fact that he had more creative control over Webster at this point (with Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises co-producing with Karras and Clark's Georgian Bay Ltd.) By early 1989, with Lewis clearly outgrowing the title role, Karras and Clark also decided that the time was right to move on. The last episode was taped in March 1989 (but aired later that spring), which did not signify an end of any sort, but was played out as a high event - the cast went on a space adventure with guest star Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf, from Star Trek: The Next Generation (in the ep. titled "Webtrek").
Cast
Emmanuel Lewis as Webster Long
Alex Karras as George Papadapolis
Susan Clark as Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis
Henry Polic II as Jerry Silver
Heather O'Rourke as Melanie (1983)
Eugene Roche as Bill Parker (1984–1986)
Cathryn Damon as Cassie Parker (1984–1986)
Ben Vereen as Uncle Phillip Long (1984–1985)
Jack Kruschen as "Papa" Papadapolis (1985–1987)
Chad Allen as Rob Whitaker/Joiner (1985–1986)
Carl Steven as Roger (1986–1987)
Danny McMurphy as Timmy (1986–1987)
Gabe Witcher as Tommy (1987)
Nick DeMauro as Benny (1987)
Corin Nemec as Nicky Papadopolis (1987–1988) (credited as Corin "Corky" Nemec)
Series Development and Changes
Alex Karras and Susan Clark were married to each other in real life, as well as on the show. After starting their own production company, Georgian Bay Ltd., ABC approached the couple about a sitcom development deal, which resulted in the proposed series titled Another Ballgame. In this, Karras was the ex-NFL player who quickly found true love on a cruise with socialite Katherine (Clark), and the premise was a raucous romantic comedy. ABC picked it up for the fall 1983 schedule, but major changes would occur before the premiere.
Comic prodigy Emmanuel Lewis, who had just gained instant fame on a series of Burger King commercials, was also sought after by ABC for a series. The trouble was, the network needed to cast Lewis in a project quickly, before he grew another inch (Ironically, like Gary Coleman, Lewis would end up as a dwarf at 4'3".), and what they had in mind was their own version of NBC's Diff'rent Strokes; the only similarity being that both shows had young black boys as leads who were very small for their age being raised by white people, and who would retain a certain amount of cuteness even as their portrayers got older. Also, with the number of comedy pilots greenlighted for that fall's schedule, it was likely that Lewis would not be able to get his own series and timeslot, unless he was worked into already existing comedy projects. So, among others, co-producers on Another Ballgame were approached about working Lewis into the show. Stars Karras and Clark liked the idea of the sudden marriage and instant adoption of a young black boy, and the Webster character was created from there.
The premise of Webster's parents' death, and his adoption into the Papadopolis household, originated with the second phase of the pilot, which had the show's title changed to Then Came You. The only other modifications to happen from here was the network's decision to have the show's major focus to be on the Webster character, instead of it being a split romantic/family comedy; and to phase out cast member Art LaFleur, who, once getting to air, only appeared in the pilot. Amazingly Karras and Clark still agreed to the changes, as creative control was still in their hands with their production company. However, Clark originally forbade their co-producers and ABC from changing the title to Webster, as she wanted to maintain the ensemble aspect of the series. While early promotions for the sitcom carried the title Then Came You, the brass ultimately settled on Webster just before its September premiere. (It is safe to assume that the show theme song, "Then Came You", originated during the second phase of the pilot.)
Even though the show was an instant hit, the result of the final product was not what Alex and Susan foresaw as their ideal starring vehicle. The first season was fraught with tension, not only between Karras and Clark but with them and Paramount. After the initial episodes that set up the show's premise (George & Katherine's wedding, Webster's arrival and the resulting adjustments), most of the plots became exclusively Webster-driven, even though it was the writer's intention to get Alex and Susan's character's own storylines in as much as possible. The couple battled all season with the brass over production, which, fortunately, never delayed taping, but caused bad vibes for everyone present, especially Lewis. It was reported that Lewis was often whisked away off the set whenever Karras and Clark argued and demanded rewrites, and it became so severe that Lewis blamed the trouble not only on his title character, but on himself. After the end of season one, things started to cool down, as the network stopped pushing hard for "all Webster, all the time", and Paramount eventually came to an agreement with Alex and Susan that they would continue to get prominent storylines for their characters - as long as Emmanuel Lewis, who ABC saw as a money maker above all else, would get production credit alongside Karras and Clark. This is what launched "Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc."
Finally, by season three at the latest, the stormy relations of the first season disappeared on set. The main cast bonded well from then until the end, with Karras becoming a surrogate father figure to Lewis. As famed TV director Joel Zwick remarked, "as far as TV sitcom families go, it took them longer than most to acclimate to each other."
The show, set in Chicago, revolves around Webster Long, a seven-year-old black orphan (Emmanuel Lewis) whose biological parents, Travis and Gert Long, were recently killed in a car accident. He is then taken in by retired football star George Papadopoulos (Alex Karras), with whom Travis had played professional football in the 1970s, and his wife Katherine (Susan Clark), an upper crust socialite with no housekeeping skills whatsoever.
George and Katherine's new married life was part of the premise, but it was Webster who was the main focus of the show. The Papadopouloses lived in a luxurious high-rise apartment in Chicago, with burly George now working as a sportscaster at local station WBJX-TV, and Katherine becoming an accomplished family psychologist.
Sarcastic social climber Jerry Silver (Henry Polic II) was Katherine's male secretary, who was her professional and personal confidant. Although the series is set in Chicago, the apartment complex shown in exterior shots of the first two seasons is actually The Mirabella condominium building, located at 10430 Wilshire Blvd, in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California.
Webster also had an uncle, Phillip Long, played by Ben Vereen, who had issues with Webster living with a white couple and sought to adopt him and take him to live in Chicago's South Side, not to mention acrimony between himself and George. After his numerous attempts at the latter during the second season, Phillip moved to Hollywood to launch an acting career. In the later seasons, Phillip would return in a few guest appearances.
One interesting aspect of the show was Webster's choice of names for his adoptive parents. Shortly after being adopted he took to calling George by his first name, George. Katherine he took to calling Ma'am. This was addressed in one episode where Katherine asked Webster why he used such a formal name for her. Webster explained that by referring to Katherine as Ma'am he was calling her as close to 'Mom' as he could come without actually calling her Mom and disrespecting his birth Mother.
Shortly into the second season, Webster accidentally burned down the family's apartment with a science kit and the family moved to a large Victorian house located at 1432 North State Parkway in Chicago's Gold Coast (41.908825°N 87.628949°W).[2]
The show continued on with its usual tone, besides some of the newer inventive plots. Many more of Webster's friends and classmates passed through, including Rob Whitaker (Chad Allen). A recent product of divorce whose mother had custody of him, Rob was kidnapped by his father in one episode, which led the Papadopoulos', Rob's mother, and the community to rally in hopes of finding him.
When he returned, it was Katherine who successfully intervened with Rob's father. Later in the third season, for unexplained reasons, Rob's last name became Joiner. Bill and Cassie Parker (Eugene Roche and Cathryn Damon) leased the Victorian house to the Papadopoulos' during the show's second and third seasons, until George and Katherine bought it outright (this was Damon's last TV series role, as she died from cancer a year after leaving Webster). A thread of drama was added when Bill and Cassie's runaway daughter and grandson appeared for one episode, setting up a tearful reunion.
Jerry, who was a more prominent member of show in the first season (receiving the "co-starring" heading in the opening credits after the show's three leads), had since become an occasional character, but would continue for the entire series. George's jovial aging father, George Sr. (Jack Kruschen), known to all as "Papa" Papadopolis, began appearing occasionally in the fall of 1985. Over the course of the fourth season, ratings dropped sharply. The show, which had been a Nielsen top 30 series, ranked 46th by the end of the season. ABC chose not to renew Webster.
Genre: Sitcom
Created by: Lew Erlicht[1]
Starring:
Emmanuel Lewis
Alex Karras
Susan Clark
Henry Polic II
Eugene Roche
Cathryn Damon
Ben Vereen
Jack Kruschen
Chad Allen
Corin Nemec
Theme music composer Steve Nelson
Madeline Sunshine
Opening theme "Then Came You"
Composer(s) Steve Nelson
Country of origin: United States
Language(s): English
No. of seasons: 6
No. of episodes: 150 (6 unaired) (List of episodes)
Production:
Executive producer(s) Bob Brunner (1986–1989)
William P. D'Angelo
Madeline Sunshine
Steven Sunshine
Producer(s) Stu Silver[1]
Camera setup: Multi-camera
Running time: 22–24 minutes
Production company(s) Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises
Georgian Bay Productions
Paramount Television
Distributor CBS Television Distribution
Broadcast
Original channel ABC (1983–1987)
Syndication (1987–1989)
Audio format: Monaural
Original run:September 16, 1983 – March 10, 1989
Webster was an American sitcom about a young African-American boy who is adopted by a white family.
Synopsis
The show, set in Chicago, revolved around Webster Long, a seven-year-old African-American orphan (Emmanuel Lewis) whose biological parents were recently killed in a car accident. He is then taken in by retired football star George Papadopolis (Alex Karras), with whom his late father played professional football in the 1970s, and his wife Katherine (Susan Clark), a blue-blooded socialite with no housekeeping skills whatsoever.
Webster also had an uncle, played by Ben Vereen, who had issues with Webster living with a white couple and sought to adopt him and take him to live in Chicago's South Side.
Shortly into the second season, Webster accidentally burned down the family's apartment with a science kit and the family moved to a large Victorian house in the suburbs. To some, the move from the city was the point where the show "jumped the shark".
However, the show continued despite some of the plots. Many of Webster's friends and classmates passed through, including Rob (Chad Allen). Bill and Cassie Parker (Eugene Roche & Cathryn Damon) leased the Victorian house to the Papadopolises during the show's second and third seasons, until George and Katherine bought it outright (this was Ms. Damon's last TV series role, as she died from cancer a year after leaving the show). Over the course of the fourth season, ratings dropped sharply. The show, which had been a Nielsen top 10 series, now ranked 50th. ABC chose not to renew Webster.
The series' popularity and interest among younger viewers prompted the show to continue in first-run syndication starting in fall of 1987. At this time, the Papadopolis household gained a new member in George's nephew Nicky (Corin Nemec), who moved in when his parents went off to work in Nigeria (on assignment for the UN). Nicky provided Webster with a sort of "brother figure", and the two got along famously. However, Nicky was gone from the show at the start of season six (Nemec would later reach greater fame as the star of Fox's Parker Lewis Can't Lose). While plots continued to mature somewhat with Webster's onset of pre-teendom, the same "cutesy factor" remained, thanks in part to Lewis' timing and portrayal. However, this was something Lewis was slowly getting tired of, despite the fact that he had more creative control over Webster at this point (with Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises co-producing with Karras and Clark's Georgian Bay Ltd.) By early 1989, with Lewis clearly outgrowing the title role, Karras and Clark also decided that the time was right to move on. The last episode was taped in March 1989 (but aired later that spring), which did not signify an end of any sort, but was played out as a high event - the cast went on a space adventure with guest star Michael Dorn as Lt. Worf, from Star Trek: The Next Generation (in the ep. titled "Webtrek").
Cast
Emmanuel Lewis as Webster Long
Alex Karras as George Papadapolis
Susan Clark as Katherine Calder-Young Papadapolis
Henry Polic II as Jerry Silver
Heather O'Rourke as Melanie (1983)
Eugene Roche as Bill Parker (1984–1986)
Cathryn Damon as Cassie Parker (1984–1986)
Ben Vereen as Uncle Phillip Long (1984–1985)
Jack Kruschen as "Papa" Papadapolis (1985–1987)
Chad Allen as Rob Whitaker/Joiner (1985–1986)
Carl Steven as Roger (1986–1987)
Danny McMurphy as Timmy (1986–1987)
Gabe Witcher as Tommy (1987)
Nick DeMauro as Benny (1987)
Corin Nemec as Nicky Papadopolis (1987–1988) (credited as Corin "Corky" Nemec)
Series Development and Changes
Alex Karras and Susan Clark were married to each other in real life, as well as on the show. After starting their own production company, Georgian Bay Ltd., ABC approached the couple about a sitcom development deal, which resulted in the proposed series titled Another Ballgame. In this, Karras was the ex-NFL player who quickly found true love on a cruise with socialite Katherine (Clark), and the premise was a raucous romantic comedy. ABC picked it up for the fall 1983 schedule, but major changes would occur before the premiere.
Comic prodigy Emmanuel Lewis, who had just gained instant fame on a series of Burger King commercials, was also sought after by ABC for a series. The trouble was, the network needed to cast Lewis in a project quickly, before he grew another inch (Ironically, like Gary Coleman, Lewis would end up as a dwarf at 4'3".), and what they had in mind was their own version of NBC's Diff'rent Strokes; the only similarity being that both shows had young black boys as leads who were very small for their age being raised by white people, and who would retain a certain amount of cuteness even as their portrayers got older. Also, with the number of comedy pilots greenlighted for that fall's schedule, it was likely that Lewis would not be able to get his own series and timeslot, unless he was worked into already existing comedy projects. So, among others, co-producers on Another Ballgame were approached about working Lewis into the show. Stars Karras and Clark liked the idea of the sudden marriage and instant adoption of a young black boy, and the Webster character was created from there.
The premise of Webster's parents' death, and his adoption into the Papadopolis household, originated with the second phase of the pilot, which had the show's title changed to Then Came You. The only other modifications to happen from here was the network's decision to have the show's major focus to be on the Webster character, instead of it being a split romantic/family comedy; and to phase out cast member Art LaFleur, who, once getting to air, only appeared in the pilot. Amazingly Karras and Clark still agreed to the changes, as creative control was still in their hands with their production company. However, Clark originally forbade their co-producers and ABC from changing the title to Webster, as she wanted to maintain the ensemble aspect of the series. While early promotions for the sitcom carried the title Then Came You, the brass ultimately settled on Webster just before its September premiere. (It is safe to assume that the show theme song, "Then Came You", originated during the second phase of the pilot.)
Even though the show was an instant hit, the result of the final product was not what Alex and Susan foresaw as their ideal starring vehicle. The first season was fraught with tension, not only between Karras and Clark but with them and Paramount. After the initial episodes that set up the show's premise (George & Katherine's wedding, Webster's arrival and the resulting adjustments), most of the plots became exclusively Webster-driven, even though it was the writer's intention to get Alex and Susan's character's own storylines in as much as possible. The couple battled all season with the brass over production, which, fortunately, never delayed taping, but caused bad vibes for everyone present, especially Lewis. It was reported that Lewis was often whisked away off the set whenever Karras and Clark argued and demanded rewrites, and it became so severe that Lewis blamed the trouble not only on his title character, but on himself. After the end of season one, things started to cool down, as the network stopped pushing hard for "all Webster, all the time", and Paramount eventually came to an agreement with Alex and Susan that they would continue to get prominent storylines for their characters - as long as Emmanuel Lewis, who ABC saw as a money maker above all else, would get production credit alongside Karras and Clark. This is what launched "Emmanuel Lewis Entertainment Enterprises, Inc."
Finally, by season three at the latest, the stormy relations of the first season disappeared on set. The main cast bonded well from then until the end, with Karras becoming a surrogate father figure to Lewis. As famed TV director Joel Zwick remarked, "as far as TV sitcom families go, it took them longer than most to acclimate to each other."
The show, set in Chicago, revolves around Webster Long, a seven-year-old black orphan (Emmanuel Lewis) whose biological parents, Travis and Gert Long, were recently killed in a car accident. He is then taken in by retired football star George Papadopoulos (Alex Karras), with whom Travis had played professional football in the 1970s, and his wife Katherine (Susan Clark), an upper crust socialite with no housekeeping skills whatsoever.
George and Katherine's new married life was part of the premise, but it was Webster who was the main focus of the show. The Papadopouloses lived in a luxurious high-rise apartment in Chicago, with burly George now working as a sportscaster at local station WBJX-TV, and Katherine becoming an accomplished family psychologist.
Sarcastic social climber Jerry Silver (Henry Polic II) was Katherine's male secretary, who was her professional and personal confidant. Although the series is set in Chicago, the apartment complex shown in exterior shots of the first two seasons is actually The Mirabella condominium building, located at 10430 Wilshire Blvd, in the Westwood district of Los Angeles, California.
Webster also had an uncle, Phillip Long, played by Ben Vereen, who had issues with Webster living with a white couple and sought to adopt him and take him to live in Chicago's South Side, not to mention acrimony between himself and George. After his numerous attempts at the latter during the second season, Phillip moved to Hollywood to launch an acting career. In the later seasons, Phillip would return in a few guest appearances.
One interesting aspect of the show was Webster's choice of names for his adoptive parents. Shortly after being adopted he took to calling George by his first name, George. Katherine he took to calling Ma'am. This was addressed in one episode where Katherine asked Webster why he used such a formal name for her. Webster explained that by referring to Katherine as Ma'am he was calling her as close to 'Mom' as he could come without actually calling her Mom and disrespecting his birth Mother.
Shortly into the second season, Webster accidentally burned down the family's apartment with a science kit and the family moved to a large Victorian house located at 1432 North State Parkway in Chicago's Gold Coast (41.908825°N 87.628949°W).[2]
The show continued on with its usual tone, besides some of the newer inventive plots. Many more of Webster's friends and classmates passed through, including Rob Whitaker (Chad Allen). A recent product of divorce whose mother had custody of him, Rob was kidnapped by his father in one episode, which led the Papadopoulos', Rob's mother, and the community to rally in hopes of finding him.
When he returned, it was Katherine who successfully intervened with Rob's father. Later in the third season, for unexplained reasons, Rob's last name became Joiner. Bill and Cassie Parker (Eugene Roche and Cathryn Damon) leased the Victorian house to the Papadopoulos' during the show's second and third seasons, until George and Katherine bought it outright (this was Damon's last TV series role, as she died from cancer a year after leaving Webster). A thread of drama was added when Bill and Cassie's runaway daughter and grandson appeared for one episode, setting up a tearful reunion.
Jerry, who was a more prominent member of show in the first season (receiving the "co-starring" heading in the opening credits after the show's three leads), had since become an occasional character, but would continue for the entire series. George's jovial aging father, George Sr. (Jack Kruschen), known to all as "Papa" Papadopolis, began appearing occasionally in the fall of 1985. Over the course of the fourth season, ratings dropped sharply. The show, which had been a Nielsen top 30 series, ranked 46th by the end of the season. ABC chose not to renew Webster.
Wafik Nazrella
Wafik Nazrella
Please note that the following content may contain swearing and sensitive material.
I recommend that you keep an open mind. If you're under 18 or have never heard a swear word or you just came out of under a rock don't look further. I have family oriented content in the sitcom and cartoon areas of the website.
I don't think the content is too bad but I just want to warn you ..... and I want to take your candy away from you.
Wafik was a personal friend of mine when I lived in Ottawa. I would like to meet him again and I sure I will.
You will learn something from his comedy.
So if you're looking for koolaid and cookies this is not the page.
If you're looking for Killer Koolaid and "special brownies" this might be the place. Bring your own munchies......
P.S. I don't do drugs but I act like I do.......Just one maaaan.....just one.
Okay now make a decision and go with it. Great comedy with a bit of swearing or koolaid?
Wafik Nazrella
Category: Stand-up Comedy
Rating: pg 18
I originally knew Wafik in Ottawa when we lived in the same neighbourhood. "The Gardens" Wafik can E-Mail me at zany1968@sympatico.ca to talk about old times.
I have seen Wafik Nazrella on television a lot in the past few months. He has a "MySpace" page that you can check out to find out more on him.
http://www.myspace.com/wafiknasralla
He does mostly comedy dealing with his background as an Egyptian. He swears every so often so don't say I didn't warn you.
Wafik Nazrella is 43 years old. I am also 43 years old. That doesn't mean much except we are both the same age.
His musical interests are: Faith No More, Mushroomhead, Avenged Sevenfold, Duran Duran, Alice in Chains, Guns N Roses, Megadeth, Drillpoint, System of a Down, John Lennon, The Allman Brothers... way too many to list.
He is married and still lives in Ottawa. His company's name is JaWK Strap Productions, Ottawa, ON CA, CEO
Wafik Nazrella
The following is information I got from an interview on www.pulpmag.net.
Dave Merheje interviewed Wafik Nasralla.
The full interview can be read at http://www.pulpmag.net/spoild/spoild06/wafiknasralla-aug06.html
Wafik says that what got him into comedy was his brother, John, who thought he was the funniest guy he knew. His brother helps him write his material.
Dave asked Wafik Wafik Nazrella if he experienced any racial tension from audiences because of his middle-eastern background. Wafik said yes and said that both times that he remembers having a problem were in western Canada. He finds that generally he is received well. He says he was treated well especially after 9/11.
Wafik's material is about his life experiences. He says he has some "hokey jokes" which get the audience cheering but he's not too proud of those jokes. He finds that the "hokey jokes" tell the audience about his personality.
Dave asked him what he thought about the "We Ain't Terrorist" show.
Wafik Nazrella said he was honoured to be part of the show, saying that it was good for comedians and the Arab community. He said that the show gave people a chance to laugh with the comedians not at the comedians. In his opinion the show was hard to sell because of events around the world. He gave props to Mark Breslin for taking such a chance. "I think any chance to show the world that just because we are of Arabic descent does not make us want to blow things up or harm our neighbours...that is a good message and one that I can stand behind."
Dave asked Wafik if he partied after his appearances.
Wafik says "Always..." saying it is the only thing that helps him and other comedians wind down after a show.
Dave asked if Wafik used the race card.
Wafik says he hasn't used the race card because a lot of the people don't know how to be around Arabs. He has experienced some "resentment". He says on stage he makes light of family and the colour of his skin. "I am the whitest Arab you'll meet."
Dave asked what Wafik hoped to get out of the "We Ain't Terrorist" show.
Wafik said he hopes that people will appreciate the show. He said he is hoping to make it a national tour and bring some exposure to new audiences and others that might not have had a chance to see any of the comedians in the show prior to the tour because of who they are.
Dave asked Wafik if the terrorism and infighting in the world is resulting in him getting any harrassment.
Wafik said he lives in Ottawa "...the white collar capital in Canada." He tours Canada only and the only time he felt he was being treated differently was when he dealt with the U.S. border crossing and the customs officials there. He says he can understand it "due to the distrust that has been built."
Dave asked Wafik "If Bin Laden was a comic would he be clean or dirty?"
Wafik liked the question but wasn't sure how to answer it. "I think if he was smart he would be the smae comedian as the guy he is in life and then he would come across as clean to some and dirty to others."
When Dave asked Wafik his nationality Wafik answer "I am a pure blooded Egyptian."
Get more info on Wafik Nasralla: http://www.myspace.com/wafiknasralla
(Interview information from www.pulpmag.net)
Variety / Sketch Comedy
Variety / Sketch Comedy
Variety Comedy. It's funny and mocks life so check it out.
Spam, spam, spam. It's just a flesh wound.
Jane you ingnorant ......
Homey Don't play that.
Bingo!
Variety shows are could be seen as lab class for actors and comedians. They come up with ideas for skits and try different techniques until they find "the right stuff."
Saturday Night Live
Comedy is subjective. Not everyone likes the same thing. Somepeople love to watch people insult each other while others like to watch a guy smash fruits on stage.
A lot of great actors and comedians started out on Saturday Night Live. You might have heard of some of the following newcomers. (double entendre alert): Chevy Chase, John Belushi, Jim Belushi, Dana Carvy --- convenient!, Eddie Murphy, and lots and lots of people. My memory is not helping me right now but you can find the full list of people somewhere on the net.
MAD
Sketch comedy often makes fun of celebrities or characters that we might be able to relate to. We might have met people like that in our lives.
In Living Color
Saturday Night Live has been around for "ever". It seems that people have just found it to be as necessary as breathing. It may always be there but we don't always pay attention to it. Politicians and singers are happy, usually, to put Saturday Night Life on their resumes.
Just For Laughs
MAD TV is similar to Saturday Night Live but it seems to rely mostly on their regular characters. In Living Colour is where we got to Jennifer Lopez dance and Jim Carey blow him self up......... (kids might be reading this so email me if you must know what I almost said)
Mr. Bean
This kind of comedy used sketches or skits to entertain. Many famous people started this way and others are famous on these shows on an ongoing basis. When God sneezes what do you say? Would you trust Mr. Bean with your child?
Monty Python.......it's only a flesh wound ....or is it?
Just For Laughs is in the Variety Section (This Category--see top of page) because people on the show do stand up, they do skits, and the show also has pranks. One part of Just For Laughs is the Comedy Festival in Montreal where comedians from all over North America and sometimes abroad.....and there sometimes is a broad......come to tell stories, make funny faces, and just make you laugh.
Punked is a great prank show.
I put Punked in this category because there is a cast that sets up a scenario and then people act like people in a situation while they Punk a celebrity. I might just put it in the reality category later but for now it is a set up so it should be here.
Another part of Just For Laughs is a variety show where a bunch of pranks are performed by a team of prankers. They might pretend to need help carrying something and when an unsuspecting person comes to help they pretend the thing falls and breaks. This makes the helper feel awful until the gag is exposed. It's like being punked but the the punkees are not famous. They are just like you and me.
Tripping The Rift (c) (May 10, 2019 Friday)
Tripping The Rift
Format: Animated series, science fiction, sitcom
Created by: Chris Moeller, Chuck Austen
Starring
Stephen Root, Carmen Electra, Maurice LaMarche
Country of origin: Canada (yeah more Canadian stuff, Eh?)
No. of episodes: 39
Production
Producer(s): Andrew Makarewicz
Running time: 20 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel: Sci Fi Channel, Space Teletoon (Canada)
Original airing: March 4, 2004
Tripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series aired on the Canadian speciality channel, Space, in 2004.
Canada's cartoon network Teletoon has been airing the series since August 2006. In September of 2007, Teletoon aired its third season, and a feature-length movie version was released on DVD in 2008.
Many episodes parody or allude to movies, television shows or novels, e.g. "23 1/2" makes reference to the series, 24 and "The Graduate".
Origins
In 1997 Chris Moeller, who was working on King of the Hill and who had been producing animation shorts with Dark Bunny Productions, met Chuck Austen and pitched their idea for a science fiction comedy to animation studio Film Roman. In early 1998 they launched the first pilot Love and Darph on the Internet. The Chode character first appeared in the 1994 short, Wisconsin. In 2001 Film Roman released the Oh Brother teaser for episode 2, and Chris claimed the full version was made, but its release was left up to Film Roman.
Production
In 2002, CinéGroupe acquired the rights to the five minute short Love and Darph and approached animator Bernie Denk to direct the series, with Sci Fi US submitting the scripts and ordering changes. Bernie Denk's team worked in Montreal on preproduction (character design, modelling and textures) while both Montreal and Malaysian teams worked on animation, lighting and compositing. Keyframe animation was chosen instead of the requested motion capture to give a more cartoon-like effect, and to reduce labour.
Setting
The universe is modeled largely after the Star Trek universe, with references to including 'warp drive' and 'transporter' beam technology, occasional time travel, the Confederation and the Vulcans. The series also includes elements borrowed from other sources such as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Battlestar Galactica.
Characters
Chode McBlob (Stephen Root) -- Chode is a three-eyed, purple alien with green spots, who is the captain of the Jupiter 42, a smuggling spaceship. He didn't like how his world determines what job an individual does so he left his planet. He is stupid and selfish and often gets his crew in trouble because of it. Chode is always horny and lets people know about it. He was raised by a promiscuous single mother. He has twin brother, Regis Filbrick, who was adopted at birth and is king of the planet Moldania. The ship's name is a reference to both the Jupiter 2 of Lost in Space and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which describes the number 42 as being "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything."
Six of One/Six of Nine (or just Six) (Patricia Beckmann and Terry Farrell in the pilot (two versions), Gina Gershon in season 1, Carmen Electra in season 2 and Jenny McCarthy in season 3) — Six is a sexy cyborg that was designed as a sex slave. She acts as the ship's science officer, thanks to a programming upgrade by Chode; much to his chagrin, this upgrade has also given her a conscience and sense of decency (in spite of her sexual nature). She often gets the crew out of trouble by using her erotic attributes. Six's name is a parody of Star Trek: Voyager's Seven of Nine and the phrase "Six of One, Half a Dozen of the other". Six's character is also a parody of Zev the Love Slave from the Canadian Sci-fi series Lexx. The final episode of the second season revealed that she was modelled after a stripper named "Haffa Dozen".
T'Nuk Layor — (Gayle Garfinkle) T'nuk is the ship's ill-tempered, triple-breasted, quadrupedal pilot. Most other characters consider her of grotesque appearance, while she has a great libido and believes herself to be attractive. She was chosen as the pilot because she is particularly good at keeping Spaceship Bob in check; she also acts as cook. Her full name is a reverse misspelling of "Royal cunt," and the T-apostrophe at the beginning is taken from the spelling of various female Vulcan names in Star Trek shows and movies.
Whip (Rick Jones) — Whip is a bipedal alien reptile, and Chode's nephew. He serves as the ship's foreman, though he is rarely seen working, and is an impulsive, horny teenager. He is a chameleon, and is able to conceal his appearance and cling to walls, as well as regenerate lost body parts.
Gus (Chris Moeller in the pilot, Maurice LaMarche in the series) — Gus is Chode's robot slave. He is the ship's engineer and is implied to be homosexual (a running joke, he frequently denies his sexuality, often while engaging in stereotypical homosexual behavior). Though smarter than those around him, he is forced to serve them, as silicon organisms don't have the same rights as carbon-based life. He has a cynical attitude, resulting from the many failures he has experienced due to his less intelligent carbon-based bosses' actions. His appearance and voice is a parody of C-3PO.
Spaceship Bob (John Melendez) — Spaceship Bob is the A.I. that controls the ship. He suffers from agoraphobia, and often has panic attacks at inconvenient times. Only T'nuk's insults can snap him out of his panic attacks. He also desires Six, even though she says they're just friends. Bob is a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey's Hal 9000.
Darph Bobo (Chris Moeller in the pilot, Terrence Scammell in the series) — Darph Bobo is the supreme Dark Clown. He wants to take over the universe because he was teased as a child. He attended high school with Chode, and the two also spent time in prison together. He has a belittling wife, Bernice, and a daughter, Babette. Bobo is often seen with his "clown trooper" guards - a parody of Storm Troopers. Both his name and outfit are a parody of the Darths from the Star Wars movies, as is his desire to construct a Death Orb, a deadly battle station.
Captain Adam Francis Shatner — Captain Adam is the captain of a Confederation ship. He has a domineering wife, Nancy, and a clone/son named Adam 12. He has been known to blackmail Chode into doing his dirty work. Adam's halting and exaggerated speech pattern is a parody of James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner. Adam 12 is a reference to Adam-12, the police-themed television show..
Episodes
Pilot
Love and Darph (1998) (two versions with differing dialogue for Six)
Oh Brother (Teaser) (2001)
Season 1
God is Our Pilot
Mutilation Ball
Miss Galaxy 5000
Sidewalk Soiler
The Devil and a Guy Named Webster
Totally Recalled
2001 Space Idiocies
Power to the Peephole
Nature vs. Nurture
Aliens, Guns & A Monkey
Emasculating Chode
Love Conquers All...Almost
Android Love
Season 2
Cool Whip
You Wanna Put That Where?
Honey, I Shrunk the Crew
Ghost Ship
Benito's Revenge
All for None
Extreme Chode
Roswell
Santa Clownza
Chode and Bobo's High School Reunion
Creaturepalooza
Chode's Near-Death Experience
Six, Lies and Videotape
Season 3
Chode Eraser
Skankenstein
To eBay or Not to eBay
23 ½
The Need for Greed
Chuckles Bites the Dust
Hollow Chode
Raiders of the Lost Crock
Witness Protection
The Son also Rises
Extreme Take-over
Battle of the Bulge
Tragically Whip
International broadcasting
The show aired on Space in Canada and the Sci Fi Channel in the United States in March 2004. Sky One began airing the show in the United Kingdom in early 2005. Space and the Sci Fi Channel aired the second season in the fall of 2005. In Latin America it appeared on Adultswim. In Australia the show appears on the Sci Fi Channel. Re-runs of the show air in Canada on Teletoon. In Russia, a music television channel My3TB aired season 1 & 2 in 2007, and season 3 in early 2008. In Germany, DMAX (TV channel) is showing season 1 & 2 starting in March 2009.
Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are available on DVD in North America, along with an unrated direct-to-dvd movie.
The Movie
Anchor Bay released the 75 minute unrated Tripping the Rift: The Movie on DVD on March 25, 2008. The story revolves around Chode's birthday party and the events that occur during and after it, all of which prompt his arch nemesis Darph Bobo to dispatch a time-traveling killer clown android to dispatch Chode.
If the plot sounds familiar, it's because the "movie" consists of footage from the season three episodes Chode Eraser, Skankenstein, Raiders of the Lost Crock of *@#?! and Witness Protection with new bits of additional footage stitching them together into a loosely cohesive whole.
While the movie strongly promotes itself as unrated, all that means is that the dialogue is now uncensored. The alien ladies from the Chode Eraser segment at the strip club -- and other similar situations -- still come with their censored balloons.
The main DVD extra is "Captain's Log: Making of Tripping the Rift: The Movie". This is nothing more than a couple of very short interviews with the voice actors. It is also only the second featurette for any Tripping the Rift DVD release.
Trivia
Throughout the series, Chode has to answer to charges made by The Confederation. The Confederation is a parody of the United Federation of Planets from the Star Trek universe.
In one of the original short films made for the Internet, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine alumna Terry Farrell provided the voice of Six. Originally, this film short featured Patricia Beckmann as the voice of Six and was subsequently replaced by Farrell's voice for an episode of the Sci-Fi Channel's short film series Exposure in which Farrell was guest host. Farrell's version of Six was heard only once on television.
In the opening sequence Six reads a book where the words "Once Upon a Time" resemble the Star Wars opening crawl, Gus is seen using a vacuum cleaner that looks and sounds like R2-D2, Whip flies a remote-controlled model of the Enterprise, and there is a view of the back of T'Nuk's chair that resembles the black monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bob the computer utters a different phrase in each opening sequence (as Darph Bobo threatens the ship), including on one occasion referencing voice actor John Melendez's recent appointment as announcer for The Tonight Show.
Former SNL writer/castmember Terry Sweeney and his partner, Lanier Laney, are credited as story editors and creative consultants. Sweeney and Laney are also credited for writing several episodes.
Several runs of the DVD box set include stickers stating that the material is uncensored, however, much of the show is the same as the censored, syndicated run.
Ghostface from the Scream trilogy is a judge in some episodes.
In the episode "Roswell" (Season 2), when the Greys try to use their "On Star" system to call for help, it mentioned that service will arrive in six centuries. Since the events of Roswell took place in 1947, that means that the characters from this series come from the year 2547.
The writers reacted very fast in the second season, premiering with the "You want to put that where?" episode featuring a straight "Governor McJersey" on an all-gay planet, a direct take-off of disgraced New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.
The Cuttlefish of Cthulhu from the band GWAR makes an appearance in the Power to the Peepholes episode as the head of Gus' innertube.
Format: Animated series, science fiction, sitcom
Created by: Chris Moeller, Chuck Austen
Starring
Stephen Root, Carmen Electra, Maurice LaMarche
Country of origin: Canada (yeah more Canadian stuff, Eh?)
No. of episodes: 39
Production
Producer(s): Andrew Makarewicz
Running time: 20 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel: Sci Fi Channel, Space Teletoon (Canada)
Original airing: March 4, 2004
Tripping the Rift is a CGI science fiction comedy television series. It is based on two short animations published on the Internet by Chris Moeller and Chuck Austen. The series aired on the Canadian speciality channel, Space, in 2004.
Canada's cartoon network Teletoon has been airing the series since August 2006. In September of 2007, Teletoon aired its third season, and a feature-length movie version was released on DVD in 2008.
Many episodes parody or allude to movies, television shows or novels, e.g. "23 1/2" makes reference to the series, 24 and "The Graduate".
Origins
In 1997 Chris Moeller, who was working on King of the Hill and who had been producing animation shorts with Dark Bunny Productions, met Chuck Austen and pitched their idea for a science fiction comedy to animation studio Film Roman. In early 1998 they launched the first pilot Love and Darph on the Internet. The Chode character first appeared in the 1994 short, Wisconsin. In 2001 Film Roman released the Oh Brother teaser for episode 2, and Chris claimed the full version was made, but its release was left up to Film Roman.
Production
In 2002, CinéGroupe acquired the rights to the five minute short Love and Darph and approached animator Bernie Denk to direct the series, with Sci Fi US submitting the scripts and ordering changes. Bernie Denk's team worked in Montreal on preproduction (character design, modelling and textures) while both Montreal and Malaysian teams worked on animation, lighting and compositing. Keyframe animation was chosen instead of the requested motion capture to give a more cartoon-like effect, and to reduce labour.
Setting
The universe is modeled largely after the Star Trek universe, with references to including 'warp drive' and 'transporter' beam technology, occasional time travel, the Confederation and the Vulcans. The series also includes elements borrowed from other sources such as Star Wars, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Battlestar Galactica.
Characters
Chode McBlob (Stephen Root) -- Chode is a three-eyed, purple alien with green spots, who is the captain of the Jupiter 42, a smuggling spaceship. He didn't like how his world determines what job an individual does so he left his planet. He is stupid and selfish and often gets his crew in trouble because of it. Chode is always horny and lets people know about it. He was raised by a promiscuous single mother. He has twin brother, Regis Filbrick, who was adopted at birth and is king of the planet Moldania. The ship's name is a reference to both the Jupiter 2 of Lost in Space and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, which describes the number 42 as being "The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything."
Six of One/Six of Nine (or just Six) (Patricia Beckmann and Terry Farrell in the pilot (two versions), Gina Gershon in season 1, Carmen Electra in season 2 and Jenny McCarthy in season 3) — Six is a sexy cyborg that was designed as a sex slave. She acts as the ship's science officer, thanks to a programming upgrade by Chode; much to his chagrin, this upgrade has also given her a conscience and sense of decency (in spite of her sexual nature). She often gets the crew out of trouble by using her erotic attributes. Six's name is a parody of Star Trek: Voyager's Seven of Nine and the phrase "Six of One, Half a Dozen of the other". Six's character is also a parody of Zev the Love Slave from the Canadian Sci-fi series Lexx. The final episode of the second season revealed that she was modelled after a stripper named "Haffa Dozen".
T'Nuk Layor — (Gayle Garfinkle) T'nuk is the ship's ill-tempered, triple-breasted, quadrupedal pilot. Most other characters consider her of grotesque appearance, while she has a great libido and believes herself to be attractive. She was chosen as the pilot because she is particularly good at keeping Spaceship Bob in check; she also acts as cook. Her full name is a reverse misspelling of "Royal cunt," and the T-apostrophe at the beginning is taken from the spelling of various female Vulcan names in Star Trek shows and movies.
Whip (Rick Jones) — Whip is a bipedal alien reptile, and Chode's nephew. He serves as the ship's foreman, though he is rarely seen working, and is an impulsive, horny teenager. He is a chameleon, and is able to conceal his appearance and cling to walls, as well as regenerate lost body parts.
Gus (Chris Moeller in the pilot, Maurice LaMarche in the series) — Gus is Chode's robot slave. He is the ship's engineer and is implied to be homosexual (a running joke, he frequently denies his sexuality, often while engaging in stereotypical homosexual behavior). Though smarter than those around him, he is forced to serve them, as silicon organisms don't have the same rights as carbon-based life. He has a cynical attitude, resulting from the many failures he has experienced due to his less intelligent carbon-based bosses' actions. His appearance and voice is a parody of C-3PO.
Spaceship Bob (John Melendez) — Spaceship Bob is the A.I. that controls the ship. He suffers from agoraphobia, and often has panic attacks at inconvenient times. Only T'nuk's insults can snap him out of his panic attacks. He also desires Six, even though she says they're just friends. Bob is a parody of 2001: A Space Odyssey's Hal 9000.
Darph Bobo (Chris Moeller in the pilot, Terrence Scammell in the series) — Darph Bobo is the supreme Dark Clown. He wants to take over the universe because he was teased as a child. He attended high school with Chode, and the two also spent time in prison together. He has a belittling wife, Bernice, and a daughter, Babette. Bobo is often seen with his "clown trooper" guards - a parody of Storm Troopers. Both his name and outfit are a parody of the Darths from the Star Wars movies, as is his desire to construct a Death Orb, a deadly battle station.
Captain Adam Francis Shatner — Captain Adam is the captain of a Confederation ship. He has a domineering wife, Nancy, and a clone/son named Adam 12. He has been known to blackmail Chode into doing his dirty work. Adam's halting and exaggerated speech pattern is a parody of James T. Kirk, played by William Shatner. Adam 12 is a reference to Adam-12, the police-themed television show..
Episodes
Pilot
Love and Darph (1998) (two versions with differing dialogue for Six)
Oh Brother (Teaser) (2001)
Season 1
God is Our Pilot
Mutilation Ball
Miss Galaxy 5000
Sidewalk Soiler
The Devil and a Guy Named Webster
Totally Recalled
2001 Space Idiocies
Power to the Peephole
Nature vs. Nurture
Aliens, Guns & A Monkey
Emasculating Chode
Love Conquers All...Almost
Android Love
Season 2
Cool Whip
You Wanna Put That Where?
Honey, I Shrunk the Crew
Ghost Ship
Benito's Revenge
All for None
Extreme Chode
Roswell
Santa Clownza
Chode and Bobo's High School Reunion
Creaturepalooza
Chode's Near-Death Experience
Six, Lies and Videotape
Season 3
Chode Eraser
Skankenstein
To eBay or Not to eBay
23 ½
The Need for Greed
Chuckles Bites the Dust
Hollow Chode
Raiders of the Lost Crock
Witness Protection
The Son also Rises
Extreme Take-over
Battle of the Bulge
Tragically Whip
International broadcasting
The show aired on Space in Canada and the Sci Fi Channel in the United States in March 2004. Sky One began airing the show in the United Kingdom in early 2005. Space and the Sci Fi Channel aired the second season in the fall of 2005. In Latin America it appeared on Adultswim. In Australia the show appears on the Sci Fi Channel. Re-runs of the show air in Canada on Teletoon. In Russia, a music television channel My3TB aired season 1 & 2 in 2007, and season 3 in early 2008. In Germany, DMAX (TV channel) is showing season 1 & 2 starting in March 2009.
Seasons 1, 2, and 3 are available on DVD in North America, along with an unrated direct-to-dvd movie.
The Movie
Anchor Bay released the 75 minute unrated Tripping the Rift: The Movie on DVD on March 25, 2008. The story revolves around Chode's birthday party and the events that occur during and after it, all of which prompt his arch nemesis Darph Bobo to dispatch a time-traveling killer clown android to dispatch Chode.
If the plot sounds familiar, it's because the "movie" consists of footage from the season three episodes Chode Eraser, Skankenstein, Raiders of the Lost Crock of *@#?! and Witness Protection with new bits of additional footage stitching them together into a loosely cohesive whole.
While the movie strongly promotes itself as unrated, all that means is that the dialogue is now uncensored. The alien ladies from the Chode Eraser segment at the strip club -- and other similar situations -- still come with their censored balloons.
The main DVD extra is "Captain's Log: Making of Tripping the Rift: The Movie". This is nothing more than a couple of very short interviews with the voice actors. It is also only the second featurette for any Tripping the Rift DVD release.
Trivia
Throughout the series, Chode has to answer to charges made by The Confederation. The Confederation is a parody of the United Federation of Planets from the Star Trek universe.
In one of the original short films made for the Internet, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine alumna Terry Farrell provided the voice of Six. Originally, this film short featured Patricia Beckmann as the voice of Six and was subsequently replaced by Farrell's voice for an episode of the Sci-Fi Channel's short film series Exposure in which Farrell was guest host. Farrell's version of Six was heard only once on television.
In the opening sequence Six reads a book where the words "Once Upon a Time" resemble the Star Wars opening crawl, Gus is seen using a vacuum cleaner that looks and sounds like R2-D2, Whip flies a remote-controlled model of the Enterprise, and there is a view of the back of T'Nuk's chair that resembles the black monolith from 2001: A Space Odyssey. Bob the computer utters a different phrase in each opening sequence (as Darph Bobo threatens the ship), including on one occasion referencing voice actor John Melendez's recent appointment as announcer for The Tonight Show.
Former SNL writer/castmember Terry Sweeney and his partner, Lanier Laney, are credited as story editors and creative consultants. Sweeney and Laney are also credited for writing several episodes.
Several runs of the DVD box set include stickers stating that the material is uncensored, however, much of the show is the same as the censored, syndicated run.
Ghostface from the Scream trilogy is a judge in some episodes.
In the episode "Roswell" (Season 2), when the Greys try to use their "On Star" system to call for help, it mentioned that service will arrive in six centuries. Since the events of Roswell took place in 1947, that means that the characters from this series come from the year 2547.
The writers reacted very fast in the second season, premiering with the "You want to put that where?" episode featuring a straight "Governor McJersey" on an all-gay planet, a direct take-off of disgraced New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey.
The Cuttlefish of Cthulhu from the band GWAR makes an appearance in the Power to the Peepholes episode as the head of Gus' innertube.
The Tofus
The Tofus ---- Environment 1 .......Polution 0
The Tofus
From left to right: Mom, Lola and Chichi, with Curly the Sheep in the background.
This is a great family story.
It has great values. It does deal with relationships that teenagers have. There is no swearing. There is no scene that would make you change the channel if the kids are watching.
This is a good wholesome show with great lessons.
You might even learn about the environment. If not it's just fun. I have one regret----there are only two video clips from the show on the net and one of them doesn't work.
I guess the show didn't catch the attention of enough people but I'm sure if you see it on dvd or video or in a dark alley you will like it.
It's Canadian so that means you should give it a chance. I know the world of television is tough so getting a show the audience it deserves means appealing to people who wouldn't give it a second look and then when their caught you show the regular, quality stuff.
Read on and learn about a show I would show my children.....If I knew where they were......I don't have children so that's not a problem for now.
If you do find out more about the show or if you find video clips I can use tell me. Use the form at the bottom of the page to send me the info.
Category: Animation, Children's Television Comedy
Voices Of: Aaron Grunfeld, Brigid Tierney, Maria Bircher, Marcel Jeannin, Sonja Ball, Harry Standjofski, Pauline Little, Daniel Brochu, Kayla Grunfeld, Michael Yarmush, Jesse Vinet
Number of Seasons: 2
Number of Episodes: 26
Executive Producers: Olivier Dumont, Jacques Pettigrew, Jacqueline Tordjman, Michel Lemire
Producers: Danielle Marleau and Bruno Bianchi
Original Channel: Teletoon
Original Run: September 1, 2004 to January 1, 2007
The show (French: Les Tofou) is an animated French and Canadian sitcom created by Fabrice de Costil and Bertrand Victor for Teletoon as one of its original productions. It is a satirical parody of the environmentalist lifestyle epitomized by its title family, which consists of Mom, Pop, Chichi, Lola, and Buba. The show is set in the fictional town of Beauvillage, and lampoons many aspects of the environmental movement, including environmental organizations, animal rights, and pacifism.
Since its debut on September 1, 2004, the program has aired twenty-six episodes over two seasons.
Production
The show was co-produced by SIP Animation and CinéGroupe. It was directed by Bruno Bianchi with the assistance of Danielle Marleau and several other executive producers out of Maple Pictures Corp., and scripted by twenty-six writers, including series creators Fabrice de Costil and Bertrand Victor. Original music was composed by Alain Garcia and Noam Kaniel.
Each episode of the show was budgeted at US$230,000, and each thirty-minute time block was divided into two fifteen minute-long episodes. Production of the show began one year before it was incorporated into Teletoon's schedule, first airing in Canada on September 1, 2004. In addition to Teletoon Canada, SIP Animation also presold the series to the France 3, CITV, and Fox Kids Europe networks.
The first episode of France 3's French-language version of The Tofus premiered on January 3, 2005. As Fox Kids was sold to The Walt Disney Company in 2002, the program was broadcast under the new brand Jetix when it arrived in other European countries in 2006.
There were five main cast members who voiced the characters in the show. Aaron Grunfeld performed the voice of Chichi, while Brigid Tierney performed the voice of Lola. Maria Bircher played Mom, Marcel Jeannin voiced Pop, and Sonja Ball took the role of Buba. Additional voices were provided by Daniel Brochu, Harry Standjofski, Pauline Little, Kayla Grunfeld, Michael Yarmush, and Jesse Vinet. Script direction was overseen by Florence Sandis.
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Story
Environmental activists Mom and Pop Tofu, concerned that their family is suffocating from urban routine, decide to move to a farmhouse in the town of Beauvillage and embrace a more natural way of life, much to the horror of their pre-teen children, Chichi and Lola, who would rather watch TV and go shopping than amuse themselves with Grandma Buba's animals: Curly the Sheep, Crackers the Rooster, and Suzie the Goat. The siblings must cope with their parents' ecology-friendly world vision and the humiliation that results from their efforts to encourage others to protect the environment.
The neighborhood that the family settles in is filled with electronically-able individuals, contrasting the Tofus' all-organic lifestyle. Unlike her brother Chichi–who believes in peace within the family–Lola is more cynical and averse to being deemed oddballs in their new home, but occupies herself with her attraction to Billy Hubbub, the boy next door.
Reception
The Tofus was generally well-received by viewers. It has been called "a modern gloss on the classic family sitcom [that] aptly skewers the granola-munching righteousness of the eco-hippie archetype," and has been commended for its use of ecology as a unique background theme. The Tofus also received top audience ratings among the France 3 Youth Programs in 2005.
Episode List
Season 1
1a/1b
"That Fashion Itch / Eureka!"
Lola is forced to wear a dress knitted by Buba to school, just as she tries to get invited to rock concert with Billy. / Chichi works with Pop on an original invention for a physics test.
2a/2b
"Hey, Who Turned Out the Lights? / Getting the Hang of Yang"
Kids at school become hooked on playing a video-game called Blast-Masters. / Lola competes with rival Cherie for a leading part in the annual school play.
3a/3b
"Rooster Crime Watch / Strictly for the Birds"
Billy's father, Titus Hubbub, prohibits the Tofus from coming to his upcoming garden party after being attacked by Cracker. / Chichi is accused of stealing a CD player from a deli.
4a/4b
"Tough Guys Can Cry / Lovesick"
Chichi and class bully Nick enter into a feud while Buba prepares Curly for a contest. / Billy's family leaves Beauvillage, traumatizing Lola.
5a/5b
"The Tofu Zoo / Running Away at Christmas Time"
Lola and her best friend, Lily, get into a fight with one another. / Lola runs away from home on account of her parents' inability to have an ordinary Christmas.
6a/6b
"Prime-Time Panic / Crying Over Spilled Milk"
The Tofus are invited to appear on a TV show that ridicules their environmentalist lifestyle. / Chichi sells goat's milk to students wanting good grades on their tests.
7a/7b
"This'll Make a Man Out of You, Son / Kidnapping" Chichi goes on a survival mission in the forest to "become a man". / The Tofus investigate the theft of Titus Hubbub's garden gnomes.
8a/8b
"Just Call Me April Tofu / The Greening of Burger Palace" Chichi's classmate, April, "breaks up" with her parents to get adopted by the Tofus. / The Burger Palace fast-food restaurant is approached by demonstrators, who turn it into the site of a sit-in.
9a/9b
"A Star is Almost Born / Extreme Bio-Babble" Chichi starts a radio station. / An environmental guru stays at the Tofu residence.
10a/10b
"Urban Jungle / The Visit of the Great Oneness" Mom and Pop consider moving back to the city. / Chichi claims to have met an alien known as the "Great Oneness".
11a/11b
"The Wrong Rite of Spring / Downhill Competition" Lola throws a party while her parents are out of the house. / A school ski trip is interrupted by the Tofu parents' demonstration against deforestation.
12a/12b
"Locked In / A Whale of a Valentine's Day" Lola and Billy are locked in the Hubbubs' house due to an alarm malfunction. / Lola seeks to reunite Lily and her true love, Christian.
13a/13b
"That's What I Call Hubbub! / Microchip vs. Macrosheep" Titus Hubbub petitions for the Tofu family's removal from the neighborhood. / Lola works on a school project with Buba's twin sister, Ramona.
Episode List continued
Season 2
14a/14b
"The Beast of Beauvillage / Chichi the Speedster"
A dangerous wolf is on the prowl in the hills outside Beauvillage, frightening residents. / Chichi enters a mini-car race, but is pressured by his parents into building an ecologically-sound vehicle.
15a/15b
"Tomato Blackmail / Hubbubmobile"
Buba produces a new delicious breed of organic tomato. / Lola hides in the Hubbubs' new camping car to go on a picnic with Billy, but the car is hijacked.
16a/16b
"School Dinner Blues / Buba's Ark"
Mom replaces the Head Cook in the school cafeteria. / A rain storm forces the Hubbubs to lodge with the Tofus.
17a/17b
"Secret Agent Tofu X-08 / The Pebble of Mount Uluru"
Chichi and his friend, Phil, become secret agents. / Mom discovers a stone said to have healing powers.
18a/18b
"Sacked / Chichi's Big Splash"
Pop is fired from his job for a mistake made by Chichi. / Chichi wins a contest at Beauvillage Aqua-Park.
19a/19b
"Fried Gift Inside / Cash and Trash"
Lola gets a job working at the Burger Palace to pay for her mother's birthday gift. / Pop and Mom volunteer as trash collectors while Beauvillage's regulars are on strike.
20a/20b
"Lemon Confidential / The Great Escape" Mom prints an ecology newsletter on Lola's diary pages, which were written with invisible ink. / The Tofus rescue circus animals they believe are being held illegally.
21a/21b
"The Revenge of the Pumpkins / All Tyred Out" Billy holds a Halloween party. / The Tofu parents embark on a rubber-recycling project.
22a/22b
"When Worms Attack / Cauliflower is Wasted on the Young" Rare worms are unleashed upon the town during a gardening competition. / Chichi and Lola play a prank on the neighbors by convincing them that their grandmother's great-niece Gertrude is a younger version of Buba after having eaten cauliflower from the Tofus' garden.
23a/23b
"Zen Blowpipe / Lights, Camera, Goats!"
Chichi gets into trouble for supposedly cheating in class. / Upon learning that the goat is considered sacred to some cultures, the Tofus begin treating Suzie like a goddess.
24a/24b
"Just Who Are You, Pop? / Operation Biorhythm"
Pop suffers amnesia after a blow to the head. / The Tofu parents urge their children to respect other peoples biorhythms.
25a/25b
"Out, Out, Fake Spot! / The Treasure of the Beauvillage River" Chichi fakes illness to avoid taking a math test. / Chichi and Phil go on a treasure hunt.
26a/26b
"Megacity Kids Go Tofu / A Hair-Raising Model Shoot"
Students from a large city, Megacity, lodge with Beauvillage residents for a student exchange program. / Chichi and Lola trick their mother into allowing Lola to appear in an egg shampoo commercial
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Don't ask for a discount because you won't need one.
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I ususally have the Curry Chicken on Rice but you'll be happy with whatever you order.
If you can't handle spicy food tell them when you order.
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Tim Allen
Tim Allen
Born: Timothy Alan Dick (June 13, 1953) (Age 54 as of 2008) (Denver Colorado, U.S.)
Occupation: Voice-over artist, character actor, comedian
Years Active: 1988 To Present
Spouse(s): Laura Deibel (1984 to 2003), Jane Jaiduk (2006 to Present)
Awards Won: Golden Globe Awards: Best Actor in a Television Comedy or Musical 1995 Home Improvement
Tim Allen (born June 13, 1953) is an American comedian, character actor, voice-over artist and entertainer perhaps best known for his role in the sitcom Home Improvement and his roles in the Disney film series of The Santa Clause and Toy Story.
Tim Allen
Biography
Early Years
Tim Allen's birth name was Timothy Alan Dick. He was born in Denver. His mother was a community service worker and his father was a real estate agent. His father was killed by a drunk driver when Allen was eleven.
Tim Allen
Career
Tim Allen became a stand up comedian after he tried stand up at a comedy club in Detroit. He did commercials and was part of some television comedy shows. He moved to Los Angeles and became a member of The Comedy Store. He did many appearances on late-night talk shows.
Allen became really famous after doing Home Improvement, a sitcom about a guy who hosted a show about home improvements. I used to watch the show with my mom. She liked Allen's humour. In 1994 he was in a movie called The Santa Clause. It was the highest grossing film of that year. Around the same time he had the best selling book in North America. The book's title was "Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man". In 1995 he was the voice of Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story.
Allen has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and is a Disney Legend.
Personal Life
Allen has been arrested in the 70s for possession of cocaine. He shared information about other drug dealers with the police so he reduced a life sentence to three to seven years. Allen did 28 months in the Sandstone, Minnesota Federal Correctional Institution.
The "Home Improvement" Show
Home Improvement is an American television sitcom starring actor/comedian Tim Allen, which ran from 1991 to 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra (who both produced The Cosby Show) and David MacFadzean.
Filmography
Feature
Television Work
Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988)
Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs (1991) Home Improvement (1991-1999)
Tim Allen Rewires America (1992)
These Guys (2003) (narrator)
Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose, and Kaboom (2004) (voice)
Books
Don't Stand Too Close to a Naked Man (1994) - ISBN 0-7868-6134-7
I'm Not Really Here (1996) - ISBN 0-7868-6257-2 Television Commercials
HP Computer Commercial - Santa Claus (voice) Michigan Economic Development Corporation Tourism Commercials - Narrator (voice)
1989
Tropical Snow, Baggage Handler
1994 The Santa Clause, Scott Calvin/Santa Claus
1995
Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear, voice only
1997
Meet Wally Sparks, Himself, cameo Jungle 2 Jungle, Michael Cromwell
For Richer or Poorer, Brad Sexton
Filmography continued
1995 Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear, voice only
1997 Meet Wally Sparks, Himself, cameo Jungle 2 Jungle Michael Cromwell
For Richer or Poorer Brad Sexton
1999 Toy Story 2, Buzz Lightyear, (voice) Galaxy Quest Jason Nesmith
2001 Who is Cletis Tout? Critical Jim
Joe Somebody Joe Scheffer
2002 Big Trouble Eliot Arnold
The Santa Clause 2 Santa Claus/Scott Calvin/Toy Santa
2003 Top Speed, Himself, narrator
2004 Christmas with the Kranks Luther Krank
2006 The Shaggy Dog Dave Douglas
Cars Buzz Lightyear Car, voice only, Zoom Jack Shepard/Captain Zoom
The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause Santa Claus/Scott Calvin
2007 Wild Hogs Doug Madsen
Fired! Himself documentary
2008 Redbelt, Chet Frank
2008 Brothers Unknown
2009 Wild Hogs 2 Doug Madsen
2010 Toy Story 3, Buzz Lightyear, voice only
Three's Company
Three's Company
Three's Company
Category: Sitcom
Created By: Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, and Bernie West
Stars: John Ritter, Joyce DeWitt, Suzanne Somers (1977—1981), Jenilee Harrison (1980–1982), Priscilla Barnes (1981—1984), Norman Fell (1977—1979), Audra Lindley (1977-1979), Richard Kline (1979-1984), Don Knotts (1979—1984), and Ann Wedgeworth (1979)
Number of Seasons: 8
Number of Episodes: 172 (plus 2 episodes of The Ropers aired in syndication as Three's Company
Original Channel: ABC
Original Run: March 15, 1977 to September 18, 1984
Related Shows: Man About the House, The Ropers, Three's a Crowd
Three's Company is an American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. It is a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House.
Three's Company
Description
This show is about three roommates who live above the landlord in a small motel-style apartment building. This sounds normal but not in this case. The roommates are two girls and one guy. Originally the three were Jack, Janet, and Chrissy.
Janet and Chrissy are having trouble paying rent and look for a third roommate. Well their roommate Elenor gets married and puts Janet and Chrissy in a spot. Jack shows up. Actually Jack was at the apartment for the wedding reception. Well he crashes the party. The girls find him passed out in the tub. The girls feel he's a good candidate and so they invite him to live with them. Okay two girls and one guy. That's already asking for trouble. I'm not saying that there are other possibilities.
You have heard of lesbians haven't you? There's also no stopping "visitors". Okay that could be a direction to look at.
Jack wants to stay with the girls (not a surprise) but the landlord would not allow a hetro man to live with the girls. The three "kids" come up with a plan. Jack has to pretend to be gay when necessary .... Oh and he needs to behave. Jack pretends contiued to act gay when Ralph Furley became the new landlord in 1979. In the last episode of the series Jack is moving out and moving in with his girlfriend. He has to deal with Mr. Furley. Jack says about being with a girl that he was "trying something new." He told Mr. Furley that all the years living next to Mr. Furley, "something was bound to rub off" which Mr. Furley takes as a sign that he "cured" Jack.
The plan works but Jack almost messed up many times throughout the series.
Later in the shows airing Chrissy moves out and other girls get to become part of the group.
The show is set neat the beach in Santa Monica, California. The sets included the main apartment where the three roomates lived, the landlord's apartment, the upstairs apartment of Larry, the womanizing neighbor, and the pub/restaurant where the characters of the show sometimes hung out at, The Regal Beagle. In later seasons we see less of The Regal Beagle and we see a lot of Jack's Bistro (which used to be Angelino's, where Jack worked as a chef until Mr. Angelino agreed to sell the restaurant to Jack. Did I mention.... Jack went to cooking school and passed with flying colors. He was a great chef and cooked for the roomates and others all the time.
Three's Company: Running Jokes and Gags
The show used many running jokes and gags such as:
Mr. Roper breaking the fourth wall: Norman Fell would turn to the camera and grin after making a joke, usually at Mrs. Roper's expense. Jack's perceived homosexuality: Mr. Roper and Mr. Furley would make remarks such as "Tippy-toes" or "Tinkerbell" or calling him a fairy and bending their wrist and shaking a pretend bell.
Cindy slamming the door into someone (usually Jack)
Lana chasing after Jack (that being the only reason she ever came over), only to be chased in turn by Mr. Furley
Characters
Primary Characters
Jack Tripper, Entire Run, A clumsy culinary student (later chef, then restaurant owner), Navy veteran, and swinging bachelor, John Ritter
Janet Wood, Entire Run, Born in Speedway, Indiana, Janet is a down-to-earth brunette who worked at the "Arcade Florist.", Joyce DeWitt
Christmas "Chrissy" Snow, 1977–1981, A ditzy blonde secretary. Her real name is Christmas despite not being born on Christmas Day, Suzanne Somers
Stanley Roper, 1977–1979A hard-nosed landlord, Norman Fell
Helen Roper, 1977–1979A love-starved landlady, Audra Lindley
Larry Dallas (full name Dalliapoulos), Entire Run, A womanizing neighbor and used car salesman. He is Jack's best friend, Richard Kline
Ralph Furley, 1979–1984, A goofy, flamboyantly dressed landlord who believes he's a ladies man, Don Knotts
Lana Shields, 1979, The wealthy, older woman neighbor who had the hots for Jack, Ann Wedgeworth
Cindy Snow, 1980–1982, Chrissy's somewhat clumsy cousin, a secretary and later veterinary student at UCLA, Jenilee Harrison
Terri Alden, 1981–1984, Born in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, Terri is an intelligent blonde nurse, unlucky in love, Priscilla Barnes
Three's Company
Recurring Characters
Jim, Bartender at The Regal Beagle, Paul Ainsley Mike, Bartender at The Regal Beagle, Brad Blaisdell Dean Travers, Dean at Jack's cooking school, William Pierson Reverend Luther Snow, Chrissy's father, Peter Mark Richman Frank Angelino, Jack's short-tempered boss, Jordan Charney Felipé Gomez, Jack's jealous co-worker at Angelino's, Gino Conforti
Notable Appearances
Jeffrey Tambor guest starred 3 different times, as 3 different characters, and also was a part of The Ropers cast.
Lucille Ball was such a huge fan of the show that she hosted a retrospective during the series' run. Future Oscar-nominee James Cromwell made an appearance in a Season 2 episode as a police detective
Three's Company
Changes
In 1979 the Ropers moved to a house and a series was made called The Ropers.
Three's Company had many cast changes over the years for a variety reasons. The first of these changes took place in the spring of 1979 with the relocating of the Ropers to their own TV series (The Ropers), which would revolve around Jack, Janet, and Chrissy's former landlords (and their neighbors) moving into the suburbs after Stanley had sold the apartment building. Two changes took place in the fall of 1979, at the beginning of the fourth season. The first would be the addition of Lana, an older woman whose main purpose was chasing Jack around the apartment building. She had the hots for him but Jack just wanted her to leave him alone. Lana would vanish without any explanation before the season was half over (it was explained on the E! True Hollywood Story that the character was written out because the writers were not sure what to do with her, or how they could keep having Jack avoid her). The other new addition that fall was the trio's new landlord Ralph Furley (his brother Bart owned the building). Ralph fancied himself as a ladies man but really had no luck with women. He would be as popular with viewers as the Ropers had been and would last until the end of the series.
Season five (1980–1981) would mark the beginning of contract re-negotiations and would thus spark friction on the set in 1980 when, after demands for a heavily increased salary (from $30,000 per episode to $150,000 per episode, plus 10% of the show's profits) were not met, Suzanne Somers went on strike and was absent for several taping days. Eventually, co-stars Joyce DeWitt and John Ritter refused to work with her because of this, but, unwilling to fire the actress for fears her absence would cause ratings to decline, the producers of the series retained Somers, who was still under contract, to appear in just the one-minute tag scene of select episodes. According to scripts, she had returned to her hometown of Fresno to care for her sick mother, and in the tag scene she would be seen on the telephone talking to one of the roommates (usually Janet) who would recount that episode's adventures to her. In the story, Chrissy's place in the apartment was taken by her cute but clumsy cousin, Cindy (Jenilee Harrison). Somers' scenes were taped on separate days from the show's regular taping; she did not appear on set with any of the show's other actors. This arrangement continued for one season, but after her contract expired, it was not renewed and she disappeared from the series. However, Somers was still credited despite being kicked off the show.
Three's Company Cast Changes continued
Jenilee Harrison did not work out as a good substitute for the Chrissy character/roommate. She was Cindy, a vetranaranary . She was beautiful but she wasn't Chrissy. The producers thought Harrison was too young for the sex jokes that made Three's Company magical. Another character was introduced. Terri Alden, played by Priscilla Barnes, became the new second female roommate. She was a smart nurse. Barnes was easy for the production staff to deal with. She remained close friends with many members of the cast and crew long after the series ended. Somers patched things up with most of the actors years after the series ended. She also made up with others including John Ritter. Somers was supposed to appear on Ritter's show 8 Simple Rules before Ritter died. Joyce DeWitt still refuses to talk to Somers.
In season eight of Three's Company (1983-1984) Janet married art dealer Phillip Dawson (David Ruprecht); Terri moved to Hawaii for a job; and Jack moved out to live with his new girlfriend, Vicky Bradford. The show changed to Three's a Crowd. The new show concentrated on Jack's adventures as he settled down.
Three's Company
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Don't ask for a discount because you won't need one.
Chinese Food
Chinese Food is great and there are a lot of restaurants but if
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Toronto then go to Kim Kims at
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1188 Kennedy Road Scarborough, ON
M1P 2L1 416-757-8300 (Near Kennedy and Lawrence)
I ususally have the Curry Chicken on Rice but you'll be happy with whatever you order.
If you can't handle spicy food tell them when you order.
Don't ask for a discount because you won't need one.
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The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
Category: Sitcom
The Odd Couple was a hit 1965 Broadway play by Neil Simon, followed by a successful film and television series, as well as other derivative works and spinoffs, many featuring one or more of the same actors. The plot concerns two mismatched room-mates, one uptight and the other slovenly. It is currrently the next production of the MASH theater.
Sources vary as to the origins of the play. Most sources claim that Simon was inspired to write the play when he saw his brother Danny Simon and theatrical agent Roy Gerber living together after recent divorces. However, in the Mel Brooks biography It's Good to Be the King, author James Robert Parish claims that the play came about after Simon observed Brooks, in a separation from his first wife, living with writer Speed Vogel for three months. Vogel later wrote that Brooks had insomnia, "a brushstroke of paranoia," and "a blood-sugar problem that kept us a scintilla away from insanity."
Danny Simon, also a writer, took the first crack at the play, but later handed over the idea to Neil. The show, directed by Mike Nichols, ran for 966 performances and won several Tony Awards, including Best Play.
Felix Ungar, a neurotic, neat freak newswriter, is thrown out by his wife, and moves in with Oscar Madison, a slovenly sportswriter. Ungar was played by Art Carney and Madison by Walter Matthau. Matthau was later replaced with Jack Klugman. The play and the film both spell Felix's name "Ungar", while the television series spells it "Unger".
The Odd Couple
Characters
Oscar Madison: A slovenly, recently divorced sportswriter.
Felix Unger/Ungar: A fastidious, hypochondriac newswriter whose marriage is ending. (In the television series, he is a professional photographer, portraits a specialty.)
Murray: A cop, one of Oscar and Felix's poker buddies. (In the television series, Murray's last name was revealed to be Greshler.)
Roy: One of the poker buddies. Oscar's accountant.
Speed: One of the poker buddies.
Vinnie: One of the poker buddies. Cecily and Gwendolyn Pigeon: Oscar and Felix's upstairs neighbours, a pair of British sisters. One is a widow, the other a divorcee.
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The Odd Couple
Stage Revivals
The Odd Couple was also revised by Neil Simon in 1985 for a female cast (Sally Struthers and Rita Moreno starred). It was based on the same story line and same lead characters, now called Florence Ungar and Olive Madison, the poker game becoming Trivial Pursuit and the Pigeon sisters becoming the Costazuela brothers (played in the original cast by Lewis J. Stadlen and Tony Shalhoub in his broadway debut). The play ran on Broadway for 295 performances and was directed by Gene Saks.
In 1994 a version of the play moved to Glasgow and toured Scotland, starring Gerard Kelly as Felix and Craig Ferguson as Oscar. Kelly reprised the role of Felix at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe, opposite Andy Gray.
In a 1997 issue of Premiere Magazine, Billy Crystal and Robin Williams announced a possible stage revival, in anticipation of success of their film Fathers' Day. When that film failed at the box office, the Crystal/Williams revival was quickly forgotten.
A similar announcement was made in Premiere in 2005 by Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane, in light of their success on stage and screen as the leads in The Producers. Broderick and Lane played Felix and Oscar, respectively. The production opened at
The Brooks Atkinson Theatre in New York on October 27, 2005. Lane was replaced for two weeks due to illness by Brad Garrett, who had previously played Murray.
The Odd Couple
Film and TV Adaptations
1968 Film
In 1968 The Odd Couple was made into a highly successful film starring Jack Lemmon as Felix and Matthau (once more) as Oscar. Most of the script from the play is the same, although the setting is expanded: instead of taking place entirely in Oscar's apartment, some scenes take place at various outside locations. The film was also written by Simon (who was nominated for an Academy Award) and was directed by Gene Saks.
In 1998 Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau reprised their roles for the film The Odd Couple II, produced by Neil Simon.
1970-1975 ABC Sitcom
The success of the film was the basis for the 1970-75 ABC television series, starring Tony Randall as Felix and Jack Klugman as Oscar. Klugman was familiar with the role as he had replaced Walter Matthau in the original Broadway run. Randall and Klugman also reunited in 1993 for a made-for-TV reunion film based upon the series.
Title card for DePatie-Freleng’s The Oddball Couple.
Animated Series
DePatie-Freleng's The Oddball Couple was an animated version of Neil Simon’s popular play-turned-movie-turned hit TV show. In the cartoon version, Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison were replaced by a cat named Spiffy (voiced by Frank Nelson) and a dog named Fleabag (voiced by Paul Winchell). Spiffy, as his name implies, was the more orderly of the two, while Fleabag was always a shambles. 32 installments of the series (2 10-minute segments per half-hour show) were produced for the series, which aired on ABC Saturday Morning from September 6, 1975 to September 3, 1977.
Demond Wilson and Ron Glass in the 1982 TV adaptation.
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1982-1983 ABC Sitcom
In 1982, ABC aired a new version of the series, entitled The New Odd Couple, with a predominantly African-American cast. Ron Glass played Felix and Demond Wilson played Oscar. This new version was not successful and was cancelled after just 13 episodes.
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Make an appointment and don't worry about what kind of service you'll get because it's the best. I've been going there for at least 3 years. (Zane Ladhani---of Zane's Comedy Warehouse www.zanes-comedy-warehouse.com)
Don't ask for a discount because you won't need one.
Chinese Food
Chinese Food is great and there are a lot of restaurants but if
you want to go to one of the best chinese food restaurants in
Toronto then go to Kim Kims at
Kim Kim Hakka Chinese Restaurant
1188 Kennedy Road Scarborough, ON
M1P 2L1 416-757-8300 (Near Kennedy and Lawrence)
I ususally have the Curry Chicken on Rice but you'll be happy with whatever you order.
If you can't handle spicy food tell them when you order.
Don't ask for a discount because you won't need one.
Real Estate Services
The best real estate agents in Toronto are the Wright Sisters.
They are the right choice whether you're buying or selling property.
Lindsay & Melanie Wright Sales Representatives
RE/MAX Hallmark Realty Ltd.,
Brokerage 2237 Queen Street East Toronto ON M4E 1G2
Office: (416) 699-9292 Toll Free: 1-866-921-9292 Fax: (416) 699-8576 Advertisement***************************************************