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What TV character asked this? Bet no one will get it. (Original Post) Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 OP
Umm, Jethro Clampett? Laffy Kat Jun 2015 #1
My favorite line of his is "When I grow up, I either want to be a Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #41
Peter Griffin? valerief Jun 2015 #2
The Gravedigger did it ... seveneyes Jun 2015 #3
Kookie from 77 Sunset Strip ? olddots Jun 2015 #4
Archie bunker is my first guess Raine1967 Jun 2015 #5
It was This man. Wolf Frankula Jun 2015 #6
Buck Nekkid , Hill Street Blues? sarge43 Jun 2015 #7
Roseanne Harris Conner OakCliffDem Jun 2015 #8
Clue: Initials are M H Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #9
Maddie Hayes? Generic Brad Jun 2015 #10
I love that show! shenmue Jun 2015 #14
Mike Heck? 1morelib Jun 2015 #11
Not yet....Tell me if you want me to just tell you. Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #12
One more guess 1morelib Jun 2015 #13
nope Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #15
Mrs Howell or MeatHead antiquie Jun 2015 #16
Second Clue: Think more about the first initial than both together nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #17
Well, not Maude MH1 Jun 2015 #18
Michael Keaton? alphafemale Jun 2015 #19
Nope. Third clue..Comedian - TV/Film. nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #20
The Late Mitch Hedberg? n/t tonekat Jun 2015 #21
I give up 1morelib Jun 2015 #22
I have not looked past your OP. Snobblevitch Jun 2015 #23
Fuck yes it doesn't seveneyes Jun 2015 #24
Monty Hall Special Prosciuto Jun 2015 #25
Moe Howard? blue neen Jun 2015 #26
Ding Ding Ding YES - Moe Howard ! I tried to find the actual quote Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #30
I had just gone to bed last night when his name popped into my head. blue neen Jun 2015 #33
Good going BN ! I remember a school book my son had about Russia and how Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #42
My brother and I used to watch them with my dad who laughed at things we didn't get mucifer Jun 2015 #34
Yes ! Horowitz's. Read a story about one episode where they Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #35
Mister Haney? blue neen Jun 2015 #27
One of my favs. nt clarice Jun 2015 #37
Matt Helm? Special Prosciuto Jun 2015 #28
Margaret Hamilton? Special Prosciuto Jun 2015 #29
who is that? Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #31
pic: Special Prosciuto Jun 2015 #38
Ahhhh, I was always too scared to watch and would cry - what a whimp I was. nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #39
Thanks everyone for guessing !! nt Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #32
Pretty sure PRB Jun 2015 #36
Really? Hmmm. Problem is that I googled the quote and it doesn't Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2015 #40
 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
41. My favorite line of his is "When I grow up, I either want to be a
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 06:35 PM
Jun 2015

brain surgeon or a short order cook." something like that anyway

MH1

(17,573 posts)
18. Well, not Maude
Sun Jun 28, 2015, 11:53 AM
Jun 2015

her last name was Findlay.

Trying to think of other shows with a main character whose first name began with M.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
30. Ding Ding Ding YES - Moe Howard ! I tried to find the actual quote
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 07:50 AM
Jun 2015

but couldn't -- suppose I would have to watch every piece of film to find it. My brother and I memorized that when we were kids and I have never forgotten it.

I have to say, looking for the quote, I learned a lot.

Didn't know the Three Stooges satirized Hitler long before it was acceptable to do that. They also always tried to show the poor and downtrodden in society.

Moe was a family man. He was married almost 50 years. His wife's father warned her not to marry a comedian because she would never have a home. Moe took this to heart and they had a beautiful home with an English garden in California. He wisely saved and ended up very wealthy. He made his less responsible brothers give him money to save too.

And, the whole thing about eye finger popping came to Moe while they were playing bridge !

P.S. Over the years, my brother and I would always say this quote when anyone asked "Are there any questions?" Makes you sound very intelligent. :&gt


blue neen

(12,319 posts)
33. I had just gone to bed last night when his name popped into my head.
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 08:34 AM
Jun 2015

Moe and Mister Haney. I actually thought it probably was Moe, since you had said the emphasis was more on the first name.

The quote is not really familiar, but they would say some pretty convoluted stuff! I used to watch the Stooges with my dad.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
42. Good going BN ! I remember a school book my son had about Russia and how
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 06:49 PM
Jun 2015

they used to show the Three Stooges to people to scare them....."See, this is why we need bombs because these Americans can get a piano dropped on their head and survive." Haven't been able to find any current info on this - but have always thought it was interesting.

mucifer

(23,487 posts)
34. My brother and I used to watch them with my dad who laughed at things we didn't get
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 08:52 AM
Jun 2015

There were a few Yiddish jokes they through in a few episodes. My dad did translate it for us. For example, in one episode one of them told someone to drop dead. "verga huggert" is the phrase I remember. Almost all the stooges were Jewish. I think some of the replacement third stooges in the later years weren't.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
35. Yes ! Horowitz's. Read a story about one episode where they
Mon Jun 29, 2015, 11:11 AM
Jun 2015

were supposed to eat crab and Moe refused - felt like it would make him violently ill - so the production team fashioned a fake crab deal for him to eat.

 

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)
40. Really? Hmmm. Problem is that I googled the quote and it doesn't
Tue Jun 30, 2015, 06:34 PM
Jun 2015

come up. Did she say it in Taxi? or in real life.

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