Saturday, October 6, 2018

You Know The Voice: Len Weinrib (1965)

Len Weinrib made his 3rd appearance on The Dick Van Dyke Show during season 4, playing a different character than he had in previous go-rounds, including one we've previously seen.

In "The Impractical Joke", Len plays a pal of Buddy (Morey Amsterdam), and the two play a phone prank on Rob (Dick Van Dyke). Buddy gets paranoid thinking Rob will reciprocate.

Van Dyke, of course, would later venture into animation, narrating The Town That Santa Forgot in 1993, and, before that, guest starring on The New Scooby-Doo Movies. This episode also features a pre-Green Acres Alvy Moore, who'd later be the voice of Grandpa on The Littles. As previously documented, Rose Marie (Sally) would later guest on Yogi's Gang while spending several seasons on the original Hollywood Squares.



Phone pranks have become big business since then, but never as funny as this.

No comments: