Hey, what’s more embarrassing than The Wonder Twins? It’s Willie Tyler & Lester—the less funny pre-cursor to Jeff Dunham—trying to pronounce the word “Superman” as part of ABC Saturday Morning Preview Show. As far as I’m concerned, Superfriends owes all its success to this perfectly executed comedy bit.
I can’t get over his Ms. Pac-Man joke, either. “How do you tell Ms. Pac-Man apart from Pac-Man? Ms. Pac-Man has a bow on her head and earrings! BOP BOP BOP BOP BOP!” Wait a minute…isn’t that just a fact and not a punchline? If it’s not, I’ve got a joke for you: “How do you tell the difference between Pinky and Clyde, the Pac-Man ghosts? Clyde is Orange! BOP BOP BOP BOP BOP BOP!”
And whatever you do, DO NOT, miss the “Superman Pac-Man Song” at the end, in which Lester becomes terrified on the spot and attempts to improvise a song, but ends up just spouting off the TV Guide listings for that morning and then adds AMERICAN BANDSTANDDDDD at the end. This must have pissed everyone at ABC off because Bandstand (Band-stannnd) has absolutely nothing to do with this Saturday Morning Preview Special. Willie clearly just adds it to the end because they’re on the American Bandstand set, because ABC was to cheap to get this show its own set.
I never realized how truly bad the name for the Laverne and Shirley and Fonz Hour Cartoon was until a puppet tried to sing it in a song.
Gawd… I’d forgotten about Willie & Lester… great, it took years of alcohol to forget them the first time… oh well, time to hit the liquor store
Comment by Rotten Arsenal — May 19, 2009 @ 6:58 am
I’m not sure about those little kids, but If I was a six-year old and a freakish Urkel-puppet started rotating its neck 360 degrees, I would freak the hell out.
Comment by Friginator — May 19, 2009 @ 8:18 am
sort of looks like E.T. there at the end
Comment by themacguffin — May 19, 2009 @ 7:04 pm
Didn’t get a laugh in rehearsal? Just add some bop, bop,bop. Ironically Willie would hang himself Lester’s uncle, World famous Tree Star… bop, bop.bop.
Comment by MCShame — May 20, 2009 @ 12:38 am
I doubt ABC would be mad about the American Bandstand reference. They are on the American Bandstand set! Did you not see Dick Clark?
Don’t you remember Bandstand was on after the cartoons?
Comment by Navarro — May 23, 2009 @ 4:05 pm