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Re: Oi! (possibly Oy?)
| Re: Oi! (possibly Oy?) [message #297866] |
Sat, 15 August 2015 20:41 |
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Originally posted by: Andrew Morris
To crib a line, GEEEEEEZUS. It's amazing what you find when you trawl
through the archives:
On 2005-07-11 18:57:38 +0000, Doug Elrod said:
> In article <tMtAe.135830$PR6.76873@tornado.texas.rr.com>,
> "ClabberHead 5.0" <clab27@gt.rr.com.I.Hate.Spam> wrote:
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>> "MSampo" <msampo@aol.comfortable> wrote in message
>> news:msampo-A930E3.07230411072005@comcast.dca.giganews.com...
>>> In article <7%cAe.9147$js.3826@fe10.lga>, "Dave" <asv@hastd.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hi - I forget the name of this episode - the one thing I remember is
>>>> there's
>>>> a British/Australian guy in it and _every_ time he's on screen one of the
>>>> guys yell "Oi!". Anyone know the name?
>>>> Thanks, Dave K
>>>
>>> Sounds like "Alien from L.A."--episode 516.
>>>
>>> Sampo
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>> I hate to disagree with the great Sampo, but I think he's thinking of Space
>> Mutiny ep 820
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> Yes, this ought to be in a FAQ (is it? :-)). Commander Jansen's
> second-in-command, Scott Devers (played by Graham Clark), looked a lot
> like "Jacko", whose Energizer battery commercials were punctuated by him
> saying "Oi!". See <http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0413823/bio>.
Weirdly enough, this riff survived on long enough to make it into the
Rifftrax for "Rock 'n Roll Nightmare," in reference to another faux
Australian.
I am astonished, though not terribly, to find that the answer to just
what "battery commercial" the guys were referencing showed up here
about 10 years ago.
--
Andrew "Retro-Man" Morris
morrand276@gmail.com
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