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Who escaped from prison to lay a smackdown on The Big Boss Man in late 1992?
What did George 'The Animal' Steele used to eat before a big match?
What beast attacked The Undertaker at 'Royal Rumble 1993'?
What did Shawn Michaels do to his former tag team partner in late 1991?
Who did Mankind face in the legendary Hell in a Cell Match at "King of the Ring 1998"?
Who says, “To be the man, you have to beat the man”?
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Roger's voice is based on Paul Lynde.
The series was partially inspired by "All in the Family" (1971).
Steve's original design was much geekier and gawky and he was voiced by Ricky Blitt. Halfway through production, his voice actor changed to Scott Grimes and his design was made to be more attractive, so he would be less comparable to Neil Goldman from "Family Guy" (1999). This design is a caricature of one of the series creators, Mike Barker.
Fox showed a viewer discretion warning before airing episode 102 "Threat Levels" due to "Cartoon Nudity".
Klaus's voice is based on Peter Lorre.
Steve's friend Snot is based on Booger from Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and is voiced by Curtis Armstrong, who played Booger.
In episode 104 ("Francine's Flashback"), we find out that Francine was 20 in 1985. We can draw from this that Francine was born in 1965, and that in the cartoon she is around 40 years old. This is confirmed in Episode 123 ("Tears of a Clooney"), in which it is Francine's 40th birthday.
Hayley says in "Stan Knows Best" that she is 18 years old. Based on this information, we can assume that she was born in either 1986 or 1987 (depending on what month her birthday is in.)
The headline of the Langley Falls Post that Stan reads in the opening credits is different in every episode.
WILHELM SCREAM: In "Roger Codger", immediately following the explosion of the grenade Stan's new coworker throws.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
I want to talk briefly about my crew……My crew has basically been the same since Barmy Army. Matty Weiss ( the boss ) /Jake Avent - not sure what he does even after 3 shows together/Myles Carney – my main man who organises all of us and my best mate Hugh Jackman (apparently wearing his Wolverine claws whilst doing the Voice Overs) have been on all the shows plus the editor John Cameron and his team back in Sydney.
I have always loved John Cameron as he is the main man when it comes to editing the show, he tries his best to make the show as good as possible. We have had two different cameramen, one called Stu Wilson and a Victorian called Chris but called Boner!!!
Matty Laing who takes the shots of me in the crowd has been with me since Bolly and we share a lot of time together during the shows…I could not think of a better bloke to share the experience with me.
The show is a team event and the people that work on the show are sensational, without them we could not make the show. Thank you guys, plus all the teams behind the scenes at Seed Productions and Granada Productions.
We had more players/ex players and legends in the show overall than the other shows combined. Starting with Viv and ending with Boony with Big Bird Joel Garner/Punter/M Clark/Mitch Johnson/Mike Hussey.
We wanted me to face another international bowler to bowl to me as Warney did in Barmy Army and Bing Lee in Bolly. We asked Mitchell Johnson and he said ‘yep/no worries’ but the only day that we could do it was rain/rain and more rain…..I fancied myself against him 2!!!! May be in the Ashes Return…that’s the plan…
Let’s hope we can all do it again!!!
Warner Park Stadium - 2 games - 1 close finish/1 drubbing - the cricket spoke for itselfI lost gravy to the city after that tight win we had in Game 4 of the series…I had a few beers with him off camera then let the big fella to be with his old mates.
I was up to around midnight which was enough for me after drinking all day. Gravy went all night and I saw him next at the game in the morning looking fresh as a daisy…what a legend on the drink….just does it for a living.
The railway took us to the bottom of Brimstone Hill which has a British fort on it. The Slavery issue - we believe had to be touched on. I felt a little uncomfortable bringing it up with Gravy.Gravy’s attitude to slavery, which I thought was fantastic, was: it was in the past…‘move on positively that is the best way of dealing with it’.
Saying goodbye to Gravy was 2 minutes in the show but was many hours off camera. We stayed at that bar that we shot the final goodbye at but we also went with the crew to a beautiful restaurant right on the water for a crew dinner that night.
We had a great feed and a few wines and it gave us all a time to reflect on what a great trip that we had all had done over the 7 weeks. Mike Hussey had given the boys one of his one dayer shirts and had signed it for me. The boys presented it with me before dessert and I proudly put it on over my ‘Sunday best’ and wore it for the rest of the night…even in the casino till 5am!!
I was up to around midnight which was enough for me after drinking all day. Gravy went all night and I saw him next at the game in the morning looking fresh as a daisy…what a legend on the drink….just does it for a living.
The railway took us to the bottom of Brimstone Hill which has a British fort on it. The Slavery issue - we believe had to be touched on. I felt a little uncomfortable bringing it up with Gravy.Gravy’s attitude to slavery, which I thought was fantastic, was: it was in the past…‘move on positively that is the best way of dealing with it’.
Saying goodbye to Gravy was 2 minutes in the show but was many hours off camera. We stayed at that bar that we shot the final goodbye at but we also went with the crew to a beautiful restaurant right on the water for a crew dinner that night.
We had a great feed and a few wines and it gave us all a time to reflect on what a great trip that we had all had done over the 7 weeks. Mike Hussey had given the boys one of his one dayer shirts and had signed it for me. The boys presented it with me before dessert and I proudly put it on over my ‘Sunday best’ and wore it for the rest of the night…even in the casino till 5am!!
Lance Gibbs V The PM
After watching the show tonight all the memories of the boat trip between St Vincent and Grenada came flooding back!! If you get seasick you will know what I mean…if you don’t…you’ll think I’m soft.
The Spanish lady who owned the boat, to put it nicely, was a dead set shocker!!! She was so strict on how things had to be done that after a couple of hours one of the producers Jake who does not suffer fools had to have a word...explain to her that we were making a TV show and that we needed to use the entire boat, always with respect but we could not be made to feel like we were invading her space or continually asking for permission to do anything. Anyway, it all worked out. While I was throwing my guts up for a whole day!
Flintstone was Gravy’s and my guide for Granada, another great guy who could not have done anymore to make us feel like a million bucks. He basically lost everything in the Hurricane and his outlook on life could not have been brighter. That, I reckon, is true inspiration. He is normally a taxi driver and has just got into taking tourists around the island – look him up if you ever go to Granada, he’ll be in the queue at the airport waiting for tourists!!!
My Family in Granada – The Roberts – Brenda/Arial/Robert (Robert Roberts? Ed) – what sort of people invite a stranger in, make him feel so welcome and also allow a film crew all over their house at all times of the day? Special people who wanted to show how a normal West Indian family live! They even provided me with my own little bar – The Bar Under the House AKA The Headache bar We had a party every night in this little room!!!
Do you remember when I was having a chat with the PM at the cricket and Lance Gibbs came along and wanted to have a chat with him? After the cameras stopped rolling he had a heated debate with the PM about how embarrassed he was that the match had been 15 mins late in starting because of the sightscreens not working! He was going on about how they didn’t get it right for a match that was going live all around the world! It was so weird! To have a true legend of the game having a heated conversation with the PM in front of everyone…can u imagine Allan Border or Steve Waugh going up to our PM in the middle of a packed VIP area at the cricket here?
The Spanish lady who owned the boat, to put it nicely, was a dead set shocker!!! She was so strict on how things had to be done that after a couple of hours one of the producers Jake who does not suffer fools had to have a word...explain to her that we were making a TV show and that we needed to use the entire boat, always with respect but we could not be made to feel like we were invading her space or continually asking for permission to do anything. Anyway, it all worked out. While I was throwing my guts up for a whole day!
Flintstone was Gravy’s and my guide for Granada, another great guy who could not have done anymore to make us feel like a million bucks. He basically lost everything in the Hurricane and his outlook on life could not have been brighter. That, I reckon, is true inspiration. He is normally a taxi driver and has just got into taking tourists around the island – look him up if you ever go to Granada, he’ll be in the queue at the airport waiting for tourists!!!
My Family in Granada – The Roberts – Brenda/Arial/Robert (Robert Roberts? Ed) – what sort of people invite a stranger in, make him feel so welcome and also allow a film crew all over their house at all times of the day? Special people who wanted to show how a normal West Indian family live! They even provided me with my own little bar – The Bar Under the House AKA The Headache bar We had a party every night in this little room!!!
Do you remember when I was having a chat with the PM at the cricket and Lance Gibbs came along and wanted to have a chat with him? After the cameras stopped rolling he had a heated debate with the PM about how embarrassed he was that the match had been 15 mins late in starting because of the sightscreens not working! He was going on about how they didn’t get it right for a match that was going live all around the world! It was so weird! To have a true legend of the game having a heated conversation with the PM in front of everyone…can u imagine Allan Border or Steve Waugh going up to our PM in the middle of a packed VIP area at the cricket here?
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