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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

To be fair, Varney came up with the character, so why not keep using it?

Do you know he started as a Shakespearian actor? He actually had a huge amount of range, which you can see in the highly underrated Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam.

Here’s him doing a bit of Shakespeare and then being a bit silly:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QNW4x2HYYg

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SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I did! That’s how I learned it started as a character for ads.

A great character. Also, the micro machines guy has to be included in the Advengers.

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  John Moschitta, Jr.
  
  I used to have a cassette he put out: 10 Minute University / 10 Classics in 10 Minutes
  
  Looks like you can’t hear the whole thing on YouTube, but here’s the Moby Dick one: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKhUoFCBhNE
  
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altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
This one’s really good too

youtu.be/0xdZ_exeass

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- FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  God Viva Variety was great. I think it isn’t available because of the music.
  
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  - SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Thankfully, a bunch of the episodes (but not close to all) are on archive.org!
    
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KnightontheSun@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Dr Otto is a regular in our family. Mr Varney has been revered by us for years. Glad to know others do as well.

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