I really love how he's already starting to smile before he delivers his final joke, like he can't wait to tell it, like to him "I don't think so" is just the funniest joke ever.
0:29 For some reason the vaguely European accent he has for the line “I can’t do my work!” has stayed with me for all these years. I still say it to myself sometimes
When I heard that the brilliant Fred Willard had died, I really wanted it to be a hoax and for me to be able to say "I *don't* think so". Sadly, the news is true. But I didn't realise he was old as 86. Apparently he was born in 19...*muffled voice through hand* So, as sad as the news is, I'm glad he lived a fairly long, and very funny, life. Rest in Peace Fred.
"Put him in a cell with a long hose on him" refers to how cops would beat men brought to jail with a hard rubber hose during the Civil Rights and Anti-Vietnam War movements in the 1960s. Those hoses hurt like hell, especially if you'd been blasted by cold water. _That's_ why the folkies hated that joke. IRL, Fred had lived in Chicago, so he knew what went down in 1968 to create that joke. Chris probably gave him one direction: to introduce himself in character and talk about how he was the manager of The New Main Street Singers. Fred improvised everything he said here. What a smart man and a brilliant improviser. RIP, Fred.
This is one of my favourite comedy scenes of all time. I could have watched an entire series about Mike Lafontaine. Such a great and believable character.
The morning show for radio station Edge 102 in Toronto used to sample the catchphrases for this scene in their soundboard and it was mind-blowing finding out this is where it came from.
Okay, wow! My appreciation for Fred Willard has gone up tenfold because I didn’t realise he gave a fair bit of meme material from this moment alone. What a GOAT!
Often times, when movies show newspapers, they either use "lorem ipsum" dummy type or just leave whatever was there previously. Here, however, if you pause on the paper, you can see they actually wrote a story: HOLLYWOOD - It seems Lil Eddie Dees really can't do his "wuuurrk." After a dismal four episodes, "Wha' Happened" has been yanked from the airwaves and judging by its pathetic numbers, it won't be missed. The industry buzz around the show began to sour the very day after Mike Lafontaine, who ... * (* - it fades off the bottom of the screen) ... developed a rep for being cliche and repeating jokes. * ... has dampened ... * ... show. I think it might be a bit ahead of its time," he said, from his Duarte apartment in a phone interview yesterday. Producer Leo Murphy placed the blame with someone other than the audience. "Let this be a lesson to anyone who has given thought to handing more control over to the actors. You can see where it got us." According to some members of the "Wha'" crew, relations between LaFontaine and Murphy were chilly at best. One cast member said (on condition of anonymity) that Murphy had been doubtful about ... * ... potential for success ever since learning his lead actor was the step nephew of a studio executive who had been instrumental getting the project green lit. The exec in question declined to be interviewed. This is the third show featuring Lafontaine in 18 months to be pulled from production and many are wondering if there is some sort of casual connection worth noting. Meanwhile, Lafontain is keeping busy with his "unfinished reservoir of ideas" and warned, "As Lil Eddie would say, 'brace yourselves!'"
The phrase _”Wha happun”_ contains 9 letters, which has deep numerological meaning as it is the sign of The Hermit: one who seeks wisdom. Further breaking down the phrase we find ‘wha’ and ‘happun’ are 3 and 6 respectively. 3 is the number of The Empress, it means creativity and charisma 6 is the number of The Lovers, it means perfection and harmony so 3+6 come to equal 9 _’creativity’_ and _’perfection’_ come together to form wisdom. One who is *creative* will be in *harmony* with themselves and thus attain true *wisdom* through exploration of the Self. To ask _”wha happun”_ is to inquire about the very nature of reality, to seek only truths for the sake of knowing the truth. It is piercing straight into the heart of the matter. If you cannot grasp this concept then don’t come to my house anymore because I’m not going to risk bending my Tarot deck for nothing since they cost like 30 bucks at my local game store.
