Spinning the Wheel of Aliases

Episode 10: The Aliases

This week, the Fletchcast takes a deep dive into the all the aliases that are used in Fletch & Fletch Lives. Often times, the identities that Fletch gives people are not just funny names... Most of the time, they are REAL PEOPLE  behind the goofy pseudonyms. This episode guarantees more background information per minute - on people you never knew existed - than any other podcast out there. Jake, Bob, and Laker Jim spin the Wheel of Fletch and educate each other -one by one - on every single Irwin M. Fletcher alias. Join in the fun! Guess who is REAL and who is NOT...How many can you get right?

OUR "WHEEL OF FLETCH ALIASES" INCLUDE:

Ted Nugent, Arnold Babar, Dr. Rosenpenis/Dr. Rosenrosen/ Dr. Rosen, John Cocktolston, Mr. Poon, Igor Stravinsky, Gordon Liddy, Don Corlione, Harry S. Truman, Mattress Police, Geometry Fletch, Mary Poppins, Nostradamus, Baba au Rum, Jane Doe, Peggy Lee Zorba, Victor Hugo, Henry Himler (Hank Himler), Billy Jean King, Eldridge Cleaver, Claud Henry Smoot, Peter Lemongello, Ed Harley, Elmer Fudd Gantry, and Bobby Lee Swartz

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Co-Host: Bob West


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FletchCast is Your Ultimate source for everything Fletch: the books, the movies, & the latest news about our favorite journalistic reporter, Irwin M. Fletcher.

... making sure Fletch Lives forever!

Host: James "Laker Jim" Kanowitz (@webguy911)
Co-Host: Jake Parrish (@jakelparrish)
Co-Host: Robert "Big Bob" West


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Fletch  & Fletch Lives are Copyright 1985, 1989 Universal Studios and distributed by MCA/Universal Pictures.  The Fletch Soundtrack is Copyright MCA Records. Confess, Fletch is Copyright of Miramax with Paramount distribution. All images and sounds are the intellectual property of Universal Studios. They are used only with the intent of public appreciation of a great film and possible publicity for its place among the great comedies of our time. We imply no rights to the characters or intellectual property created by Gregory McDonald, Universal or Miramax and is used for educational purposes only. 

Transcript

FletchCast Intro 0:02

Podcasting live and around the world from Cabana One, the only podcast with all ball bearings, your ultimate store for everything flat. Take it up. What's your time? Like your channel and its big reporters will stop at nothing to make the door flat. Live forever, forever. They don't shower much. This is Fletchcast.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 0:43

Thank you, Sammy, and welcome to Fletchcast. I'm your host, Laker Jim, along with two guys who still can't figure out what they were doing in Utah this morning, Jake and Big Bob. Welcome, guys.

Jake Parrish 0:54

We just got back actually from Trembling Hills, so no more sedatives in your life. Yeah, the nose just cleared up. I mean, I look so much better.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 1:02

And hats off to Nikki, his wife.

Jake Parrish 1:04

For many reasons, allowing me to use our makeshift studio slash her walk-in closet as my studio.

"Big Bob" West 1:13

The way your voice bounces off those sweaters.

Jake Parrish 1:15

Beautiful. That's right, right.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 1:16

Boys, this week we have a really special episode because it is dedicated to the aliases of Fletch. And the aliases of Fletch are a key component to Fletch maneuvering his way in and out of situations, gathering information. You know, so what we're gonna do over this episode, we're gonna we're gonna cover both Fletch and Fletch Libs. We're gonna combine them. We built a really nice like a prize wheel or something. Yeah, a prize wheel, right? So we put all the alias names on a prize wheel and we'll spin them, and I guess we'll go in a rotation of let's say clockwise around the room, we'll each take one. And because the aliases are much more than just funny names. Uh sometimes there's a real person behind the alias. And what makes Fletch so smart and clever is that the aliases that he uses and the real people that they are, sometimes in the situation he uses them in, makes it all the more ironic. And you'll you'll get what we mean uh as we get going. Alright, guys, you ready to get started? All right, let's do this. Yeah, I'm excited.

Jake Parrish 2:18

I'm excited.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 2:19

All right, why don't we why don't we spin the alias wheel? Give it a little give it a nice uh who wants to spin it first, Bob? You want to give it a spin? I'll give it a spin. Come on, big money, big money, big money, big money, big money. Arnold Babar.

SPEAKER_02 2:35

Isn't there a children's book about an elephant named Babar?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 2:39

Bob, why don't you take Arnold Babar? Why don't we start off with Sure?

"Big Bob" West 2:42

Okay. Um Arnold Babar, first and foremost, you know, we all know the scene. We all know that he goes to Jellyfinger uh trying to get information on Stanwick, and we all know what happens. But the funny thing about it is there there are a lot of similarities between the Babar character and Fletch himself. In my digging, um, over the you know, my life thinking about these kind of things, one you know, assuming that one day this episode would come. Uh Babar itself, uh based on uh a 70 book series started in the 30s, started by a French author named uh Jean de Brunhoff. And when he passed away, his son Lament took over. Two names I love Jean and Lament. Yeah, yeah. So just just you know, just just the story itself. You tell me if this sounds fletched to you or not. Much like Bambi, Babar's mother is killed by a hunter. That leads to Babar escaping the jungle and running off to the city to kind of educate himself, learn and and and develop. Now, how often does the Fletch universe situation involve Fletch uh running from uh a woman being killed?

Jake Parrish 3:54

No, you're right. I mean, Confess Fletch is uh is one and um actually several of the books, yes. So I can see the correlation that you're pointing out.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 4:04

What a what a what a disturbing disturbing backstory to a children's book.

"Big Bob" West 4:10

Well, you know, that's that's that's always the case. So once he finally returns, um the king of the elephants dies eating a bad mushroom.

SPEAKER_11 4:19

He's dying for years. Yeah, but I mean the very end, when he actually died, that was extremely sudden.

"Big Bob" West 4:23

And because Fletch is uh Fletch, because Babar is uh so versed, so versed in the world, he gets made the next king.

Jake Parrish 4:32

Wait a minute, are you is this are you making this up? Is this real?

"Big Bob" West 4:36

No, no, this is really what happens. This is really what happens. So he gets made the next king, and then he goes on to marry his cousin, who I assume is Sally Ann Babar. Right. Umries his cousin and no one ever looks uh looks you know at that with any kind of strangeness, being it's a children's book. For one thing, um, as exercise or as recreation, Babar often plays tennis.

SPEAKER_02 4:57

California Racket Club.

"Big Bob" West 4:58

And when he does play tennis, he his tennis outfit is exactly the same as John Cocktail Stone. White polo, white shorts, he actually holds the racket in his uh trunk. There's also a book that came out in 1971. It's called Babar and the Doctor. Now, listen, I didn't get time to read it, but I am sure this has to do with proctology.

Jake Parrish 5:22

Drop your shorts and bend over, Mr. Babar. Of course, it has to be.

"Big Bob" West 5:26

Honestly, if any of you are big Babar fans and have ever read this book, please, please, please call in our phone number, uh, leave us a voicemail and just confirm what we already are assuming that uh Babar goes to the proctologist and gets a trunk up his ass and yeah, it says Moon River.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 5:45

With that little nugget of information that you know Babar is often playing tennis, it's actually makes sense that he uses that sort of alias when talking to the doctor about the tennis club.

"Big Bob" West 6:00

And and that's really you know the extent of uh of the Babar and Fletch similarities.

Jake Parrish 6:06

It's just a shame. It's just a shame that the king was probably just looking for a good time, bad mushroom.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 6:14

All right, good job. Let's uh let's jump right.

"Big Bob" West 6:17

There's a lot because we have uh we have 24 or so, so we have a lot to cover here.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 6:22

Stick with us on the board. I'm counting them 24. Yep, all right. So let's give it a let's spin that wheel. All right, well, and we're we got Igor Stravinsky.

Jake Parrish 6:34

Ah Igor Stravinsky.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 6:36

Absolutely. Who's taking it? Igor or Igor. Who's taking that one? Jake, why don't you give this one a try?

Jake Parrish 6:41

Igor Stravinsky. Do you guys remember where this was in the movie?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 6:45

Remind us.

Jake Parrish 6:47

Um, if memory serves me correctly, I believe that's when he was calling Jim Swarth out, correct? Absolutely.

"Big Bob" West 6:53

This is Igor Stravinsky.

Jake Parrish 6:54

So, Igor Stravinsky is a real character or a real person. Do you guys have any idea what who he was?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 7:01

No.

Jake Parrish 7:02

He was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Okay. From 18 uh born uh June 1882, uh, died uh April 6, 1971. He was uh he is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. So it's funny, I didn't know who it was, but it's just it's funny to see that some of these names are a little bit more famous than others, and people still kind of go over their head, you know.

"Big Bob" West 7:35

And I wonder why I wonder why Fletch chooses that that that voice he does. Yeah. A Russian accent would have worked better. But either way, it's a very funny uh Mr.

SPEAKER_09 7:45

Jim Swarthel. Uh my name is Igor Stravinsky, and I'm calling about some uh ranch property I'd like to buy. Good, Mr. Stravinsky.

Jake Parrish 7:52

What'd you have in mind? But Igor Stravinsky, real.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 7:57

Wow. All right, let's give this thing another spin on the nice little spin. Yeah, maybe you take the next one, huh? Whatever it is. Ted Nugent.

Jake Parrish 8:09

Oh, that's classic.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 8:12

Okay. Ted Nugent, the motor city madman. Yes. Uh Ted Nugent is a real person. Uh, it's the first alias that Fletch gives in the movie. He gives it to Alan Stanwyck on the beach.

SPEAKER_13 8:24

I don't see how you can pass that up, Mr. Nugent. Ted Nugent.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 8:28

Ted Nugent's a guitarist, a rocker, uh, most famously uh known for uh Cat Scratch Fever, the song Catch Feature Singer on that.

"Big Bob" West 8:38

You know, I've heard of Ted Nugent a million times, mainly from Fletch, but I I gotta admit, I I don't know what songs he sings.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 8:44

And when you just told me that, that that that's amazing that he sings that song. More recently, I think he's been more of a political uh person, uh very about gun rights and NRA and stuff like that. You know, they call Ted. That basically sums up Ted Nugent. I mean, he's pretty pretty famous, uh, pretty famous rocker.

Jake Parrish 9:06

I remember Cat Scratch Fever. Yeah, I remember that song. I dated a girl. Funny, funny, uh, funny story. I dated a girl who actually had I I thought I didn't even know it was real until she's dead.

"Big Bob" West 9:17

What are the what are the uh side effects of Cat Scratch Fever?

Jake Parrish 9:20

I I don't know. Apparently, apparently enough to uh tolerate me for a short period of time, but only a short period of time because I think she dumped me like a month later.

"Big Bob" West 9:30

Well, you know, it wasn't anything you did.

Jake Parrish 9:33

I don't know.

"Big Bob" West 9:34

Poor girl was sick.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 9:35

Yeah, let's keep this thing going. Let's give this another spin.

"Big Bob" West 9:41

Oh, Mr. Poon. We got Poon, yeah. Okay, all right, classic. You know, as as uh as much as there was on Arnold Babar, um, over my searches over the years, not a ton on Mr. Poon. Sugar, Mr. Poon. No, never, never, thank you. However, there are a few things I'd like to discuss. So, according to the 2010 US census, Poon Poon is the 7308th most common surname in the US. Wow. 4500 4564 individuals do have the name Poon. What kind of a name is Poon? Comanche Indian. Uh Comanche means enemy in the dialect of the Utes. Now, the Utes being natural enemies of the Comanches, the the the Utes, the people that many, many native tribes would uh would fight. Uh I'm sorry, I'm sorry, did you say Utes? I yes, and I'm gonna say, and I'm gonna now I'm gonna explain what a Ute is. So the Utes were a rival tribe, and you know, where would they be from? Of course, Utah.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 10:53

Obviously, Mr. Poon gets hit in the nose, he's got the band-aid. He says the vice the vice president whacked, yeah, blood whacked him with the door. The vice president was George. George Bush Sr. was the vice president at that time.

"Big Bob" West 11:05

Yes, George George H.W. Bush. Absolutely. That was great. And then it also leads into another Fletch alias that that really gets ignored often. Uh Frida's boss.

SPEAKER_09 11:14

No, I'm sorry, who are you again?

"Big Bob" West 11:15

I'm Frida's boss.

SPEAKER_09 11:18

Who's Frida?

SPEAKER_11 11:19

My secretary.

"Big Bob" West 11:20

And that's and that's a line that I've used to cover my ass so many times. Just that double talk is just so great, and I guess it deserves a mention. But yeah, Mr. Poon, without a doubt, one of the greatest of all time. And sure. All right, let's uh let's give this alias uh wheel another spin. You want to go Jake this time, whatever it lands on?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 11:38

Yeah. Ooh, Jake, what what name is that on?

SPEAKER_02 11:41

That's right between two.

Jake Parrish 11:43

Between Dr. Rosen or Harry Truman.

SPEAKER_02 11:45

I think that's I think that's Rosen.

Jake Parrish 11:47

Obviously, that was something that Fletch made up, but um Dr. Rosen Rosen or Dr. Rosen penis, or just Dr. Rosen. But uh yeah, completely made up, but still a classic, classic character when it comes to the movie itself. Uh not mentioned in the book, so exclusive to the movie. Um hey Jim. Um I was just wondering, in the script, was was there mention of specific Rosens, or was there just did Chevy ad lib all of them? Or do you remember?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 12:17

I believe in the final script. Now the the script I have is the final script, which is the script that Chevy co-wrote. And I believe the Rosen dialogue is in there.

Jake Parrish 12:29

Okay.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 12:30

Yes.

Jake Parrish 12:31

Yeah. And you know there are several that were on the wall, obviously, in the directory, and that's what he's looking at. And it's funny because every one of them was Rosen, you know, which is Yeah, without a doubt. Yeah, yeah. Um, but as far as may I help you, Dr.

SPEAKER_12 12:46

Uh Oh, it's me, Dr.

FletchCast Intro 12:47

Rosenpeus.

SPEAKER_11 12:48

I'm just here to check out Danwick's file. Dr.

FletchCast Intro 12:50

Rosen Rosen.

SPEAKER_11 12:51

I'm here to get you the records of. It's Dr. Rosen.

Jake Parrish 12:55

I uh I want to check the records, you know. Dr. Rosen. Real or not real, not real.

"Big Bob" West 13:00

Still the one of the most one of the most quotable scenes in the entire movie. He puts that poor uh that poor woman through hell with what he's doing in front of her.

Jake Parrish 13:08

Yeah, B1. B1.

"Big Bob" West 13:10

And makes and makes her and makes her collate all those papers too. Let's give that let's give that spin another wheel, or wheel another spin. Sorry. Oh. Don Corleone. Uh you know, I'll take that one. Uh mainly because not so much Don Corleone. I mean, we all know who who Don Corleone is. You know, we're talking about the infamous, probably many people regard as the greatest movie, American movie of all time, The Godfather, uh, Don Corleone being the head of the Corleone family. Um Fletch uh mentions his his two sons actually had three, one being Sonny and the other being Mike and Fredo. Um listen, if you don't know the Godfather movies, then how the hell do you know any of me at this point? How are you on a Fletch podcast? But but yeah, you know, he he he beautifully kind of talks about the family and how uh his uh sons are taking over the business and Mo Reeds out of the Tropicana. It just all ties into a reference to the movie itself.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 14:12

Right. He can yeah, he goes with he goes with the alias. It's not just a name, he continues with information that supports the godfather.

"Big Bob" West 14:21

Right, trying to trying to just you know stall for time because he has a gun to him. Now, the bigger uh thing to talk about in this scene in this scene is the mattress police, okay? I'm gonna ask you both a question. Mattress police, real or fake.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 14:35

I've we've always been been trained to think it's real.

Jake Parrish 14:38

Yeah, same.

"Big Bob" West 14:40

You think so? You know what? You're right. The mattress police are an actual state inspectors from the Bureau of Home Furnishings, according to the LA Times, okay? They they do have police powers, they can write citations for removing tags off of furniture and betting. What they do, okay, when they go around to stores and warehouses, okay. Uh I wouldn't say they're undercover, but I guess you you wouldn't know who they are, okay? When they find a product in the shop or a factory uh that has no tag, their police powers take effect, and then they can write citations or violations, okay? That's what the mattress police do. They are real.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 15:24

They are real, but they're not yeah, consumers can remove the tags. It there's no law. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

"Big Bob" West 15:30

This is prior to buying it, the tags can't be removed. Right, right, right. Once, okay, folks, yeah. Just in case you ever wonder this or concerned, once once you purchase whatever product has a tag and it's in your home, you are allowed to remove the tag. So that's a little bit of an inaccuracy for for for the movie itself. Uh, but I don't think that that guy who working for the landlord knew what the hell was going on anyway. But yeah, they they're they're policing those tags being on a product before it's sold.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 15:56

And also with another Don Corleone connection, the Alan Stanwick mansion was the mansion that was used in The Godfather as well.

"Big Bob" West 16:06

Yes, it was. Yeah, yeah, you know what? I'm so glad you mentioned that because I sure didn't. The the exteriors are used. I think it's Hearst Mansion, isn't it? Yeah, yeah. The exteriors are used with that with that big uh uphill driveway with all this beautiful statues and everything. Great call. Good team effort. Good team effort. Yep.

Jake Parrish 16:24

I I know we're early, but I have got to give you kudos for your research. I mean, it is top notch today.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 16:31

Oh, thanks. He is a bear for detail. Oh, thank you.

Jake Parrish 16:34

You really are. You are a bear for detail. Oh my god.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 16:39

Thank you. Uh, this will be edited out. Okay, let's see what the one's coming up next. Oh, John Cocktalstoy. Oh, one of my favorite names. Now, I think there's a misconception as to what the actual name is. Is it John Cocktolstoy, John Coctolstin, John Cochtolstoy? Yeah, the honest answer is they're all right. Because Chevy Chevy delivers it in a different way every time he says it. I'm John.

"Big Bob" West 17:07

Oh, John.

SPEAKER_12 17:11

Oh, Kevin. Uh now, John who?

SPEAKER_13 17:17

John Coctew still.

"Big Bob" West 17:19

Yeah, you're right. He really puts a lot of emphasis on the cock.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 17:24

Of course. Well, it's Scotch Romanian.

Jake Parrish 17:28

Well, it's an unusual combination.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 17:30

So are my parents. Uh, now, a little extra bonus fact. If you guys, if anybody out there has a Moose Southwest Grill near them.

FletchCast Intro 17:40

To the off-the-wall entree names and promotions. Moose knows what people like.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 17:46

Oh you can actually order a John Cocktalston quesadilla. What a life-changing day it was for us when we discovered that, right? Yep.

Jake Parrish 17:55

Yeah, I remember seeing that for the first time. I was like, oh.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 17:58

And uh in the description of it, it says um, you know, it says all the things that are in it, and it says at the bottom, definitely not an odd combination, which is again just great. Wonderful.

Jake Parrish 18:09

If you read Fletch 2, that scene is uh with the different names, is is kind of in that, but it's a different name. But the name changes.

SPEAKER_09 18:16

Who is it?

Jake Parrish 18:17

Uh it's John.

SPEAKER_08 18:18

John Who?

SPEAKER_13 18:20

It's John. John Lebs. I don't remember.

SPEAKER_08 18:23

John Cocktoon.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 18:26

All right. All right, let's give this another spin. Yeah, let's let's keep on spinning. Mary Poppins.

"Big Bob" West 18:38

I forgot about I forgot about this one. So um, so yeah, I'll take that one. Um, so first and foremost, um, Mary Poppins, Peggy Lee's Orber. Now, Mary Poppins, not so much to talk about other than the fact that he's hanging from a uh a gutter, drops down, much like the way, you know, Mary Poppins, infamous nanny who could fly, magical powers. So, so you know, he's he's actually in a maid's outfit. In Fletch Lives, we see such a wealth of uh three named characters. You know, maybe it's because it's in the south and everyone down here goes by first, middle, and last name. But Peggy Lee Zorba is the first one to lead us off. And not so much because it's in the south, but the movie opens and they're in a Greek restaurant. Now, Peggy Lee Zorba, of course, a reference to the 1964 movie Zorba the Greek. Okay. Um, in that scene itself, uh, Chevy is dressed as a uh a cleaning lady and they're a maid. I don't want to get the term wrong and put myself in a situation where I'm using the wrong terms, but but a maid for lack of a better term. Um in this scene, have you guys ever noticed that really rockin' cool opening song? And I don't know what it is. It's I don't know if it's Faltimayer or not, but just something to look back on. Again, he's in a Greek restaurant that opens up. They the the Greek people are pretty much, I don't know if they're mafia or just crooked running a restaurant, but they're talking to some sort of accountant about um uh cooking the books. And of course, Fletch is there dressed as Peggy Lee Zorba. Uh he goes into the woman's restroom after he's observing and taking notes of what they're saying, because obviously he's gonna write a story on what they're up to and the corruption in this restaurant. Uh, he's followed in by Uncle Kakakis. Uh, Uncle Kakakis being uh from a different time, not condoning it, follows Peggy Lee Zorba into the woman's room and just absolutely gets a handful of ass. Just grabs Peggy Lee Zorba's ass. Hi, what's your name, little lady?

SPEAKER_11 20:48

My name? Peggy Lee Zorba. Peggy Lee Zorba. You're cute. Do you mind if I just freshen up a little bit? Splash a little water on my face.

SPEAKER_01 21:00

Whatever makes you feel sexy.

"Big Bob" West 21:03

It's a reference to uh Anthony Quinn's character in the movie uh the uh Zorba the Greek, uh Alexis Zorba. Obvious reference based on the movie because they're in a Greek restaurant and because the it's one of the most famous Greeks.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 21:15

One thing I like about one thing I like about the Mary Poppins alias is he thinks of it so quickly. I mean, he never I mean he doesn't know he's gonna fall on top of a car and have to have an alias ready. You know, but the fact that he fell from the sky, land on the car, they're like, Who's this?

FletchCast Intro 21:31

What the hell is that? Oh geez, if it's a cop, kill him. Hi, Mary Poppins.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 21:37

It's just so quick that's true witted by Fletch to put that together as a joke and an alias. Listen, that's that's Fletch, though.

"Big Bob" West 21:47

You know, race under pressure.

Jake Parrish 21:49

That's a great scene. That's a great opening scene.

"Big Bob" West 21:51

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Porn fuckis. His glasses are so thick. Titos Vandis, I believe, is real name. He's an actor from the 60s, 70s. It's just Such a sweet old man, even though he's kind of you know being a local pervert. Uh, what he's done, what he's up to is no good. But you know, at least by today's standard, and really by all standards, you shouldn't assault somebody that way. But but such a sweet scene, regardless. He's so in love at first sight with Peggy Lee and poor Uncle Kakakis just has no idea. Feel a little horny, Uncle Kakakis. Absolutely. Either way, let's keep spinning that wheel as a lot of fun. You give this one a spin. Oh, me? All right, I'm gonna spin it the other way. Yeah, not as not as strong as I thought it was. It's supposed to go all the way around, too. It's supposed to go all the way around. I'm pretty embarrassed. Harry S. Truman.

Jake Parrish 22:37

I'll take this one. Um, yeah, I mean, this is pretty obvious. Um, we know where Harry S. Truman was. He will works for Casewell Insurance. Uh when he comes to Marvin Stanwyck, and you know, as he says, his parents were uh big fans of the former president, and he dropped he dropped a big one, yeah. And he dropped two of them, actually.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 22:59

He dropped two big ones, dropped two big ones. Yeah, well, you know what, and this, I mean, I I could correct me if I'm wrong, but this is this is the first alias that the guy recognizes the name.

Jake Parrish 23:11

They actually have a discussion about it, yeah.

"Big Bob" West 23:13

You're right, you are correct, yeah.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 23:14

Right. So he has to have a backup story in case he gets figured out.

Jake Parrish 23:19

I guess he could say that about any of our alias. That his parents were big big fans. That's true.

"Big Bob" West 23:26

Yeah.

Jake Parrish 23:27

So we know that Harry Truman was the 33rd president uh from the mid-40s to 1953. He was actually um he was actually FDR's vice president. He was born in 80, 1884, died in 72, became president when FDR died. He and that's he, I think he's most famous for ending World War II because of dropping the big ones.

SPEAKER_12 23:46

Yeah, he was a good man. Or what? He showed the Jeffs a thing or two. Oh, yeah, he dropped the big one, huh? He dropped two big ones on it. He was a real fighter.

"Big Bob" West 23:54

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm sure he did.

Jake Parrish 23:59

I love it. It's like he hits the pothole, you hit the pothole, boof. You know, they ought to recall these things. You hit one good bump out here, and boom.

SPEAKER_11 24:06

Whole rear window explodes.

Jake Parrish 24:08

I love and also totally random when he tries to drink out of the uh out of the glass with the straw. Yeah, the straw is upside down.

"Big Bob" West 24:16

Oh, straw? That straw is just a mess.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 24:20

I feel like the straw is like melting in the heat, too, in the way it bends. Well, no, because he has the short part underneath, so when it floats up, the long part floats away from his mouth.

Jake Parrish 24:31

California, San Burdu.

"Big Bob" West 24:34

And I asked, you know, one last thing too about that scene. One last thing about that scene that I love, and I and I use this line all the time. When she she's trying to show more pictures, she says, No, I'm trying to quit. I just love the delivery of that.

Jake Parrish 24:47

That's such a great delivery. So there's Harry S. Treatment.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 24:50

All right, Jay, give this one a give this one a whirl. All right, let's let's keep on spinning.

Jake Parrish 24:55

All right, here we go. And boom. Try to make it go, try to make it go all the way around.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 25:01

I'm like, that was embarrassing. Geometry Fletch. I I forgot about this one. Not a lot to it, but it's it's a funny one because it's obviously a um you know a comeback to calculus from Fletch Lives. I'll be calculus, you have to be. You be Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher?

SPEAKER_13 25:20

I be Fletch. Geometry Fletch. You'd be Miss Trigonometry Ross.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 25:25

Oh, please, Dom Chill. Obviously, carrying on with the uh the mathematic first names. And um actually, like not that long ago, I don't know if you guys heard, somebody actually named their son Scientific Map. Interesting. Let's give it a I'll give this one a spin. Billie Jean King, Bug Busters. Bob, you gotta take this. It's a Fletcher Lives one.

"Big Bob" West 25:52

Oh, Billy Jean King Busters. Billy Jean King, of course. Yeah, yeah, one of my favorites, one of my favorite characters. I love the scene itself. Uh of course, Billie Jean King a reference. First of all, once again, being in the South, three names. Billie Jean King, of course, being the number one ranked tennis player, uh, with 39 Grand Slam titles, 12 in singles, 16 in uh women's doubles, and 11 in mixed doubles. Uh, just a legend. You know, before the the Williams sisters, Venus and Serena Williams came along, Billie Jean King was the talk of the town in women's tennis and tennis in general. The biggest takeaway, though, not to disparage uh her struggle or her life, was that she married somebody named. That's right. The Bugbuster scene itself, though.

Jake Parrish 26:33

It's so fantastic. It's so fantastic.

"Big Bob" West 26:37

So much to talk about that I could spend an episode on. You know, there's a bit of a deliverance reference in there where with the squeal like a pig. Uh, the fact I love when he tells the guy to smack his head from the side, and he he no, this side, and and I love the way the guy's combover goes flopping over when he does it, and he leaves him there. Again, he's using the novelty teeth in that scene. Uh, the funny accent he uses, the the word deplay mean, just one of the best scenes. You know, if you're looking for a funny scene to watch on YouTube and you're looking up Fletch Lids, that's one of the words. You know, and he managed to find the queen.

Jake Parrish 27:12

You know, they multiply by masturbation. I don't get that.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 27:15

Uh all right, spin it again. Oh, G Gordon Liddy. Well, actually, you know, we we make the common mistake of saying G Gordon Liddy, but the alias is actually just Gordon Liddy.

SPEAKER_12 27:28

Uh, do us a favor, pal. Name's Liddy. Gordon Liddy.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 27:32

But the true person, the person behind the alias is G. Gordon Liddy. Now, uh, G. Gordon Liddy was uh the chief operative in the Watergate scandal. Right. He was convicted of uh several crimes, uh uh including conspiracy, burglary, illegal wiretapping. They famously burglarized the Democratic National Committee headquarters. And uh served uh served 52 months in prison, and then after that became a pretty popular political radio host, radio talk show host.

SPEAKER_01 28:09

From Washington, D.C., Radio Free DC with G. Gordon Liddy.

SPEAKER_05 28:14

And it is I, G. Gordon, known to Reverend Leadman as the G-Man. And this is Radio Free DC, the G Gordon Liddy show. And we're good to go and ready to launch.

"Big Bob" West 28:23

That's where the money is.

SPEAKER_05 28:25

Or no.

SPEAKER_13 28:26

That's you. Don't tell me my business, boy. Just checking the luggage.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 28:38

How many? Uh I wonder how many are left. Let's see. Let's keep spinning. We haven't got a duplicate yet. Yeah. We haven't got a duplicate yet.

SPEAKER_02 28:48

And the next one up is power. We're really powering through. We are. No shadamas.

Jake Parrish 28:52

I'll take this one. I mentioned it earlier. So um, you know, this is this is a great scene in Fletch Lives. Um, so please do buddy. Um, I I just think this whole scene is hilarious with the uh the woman that just had her nose ducked on the airplane. Um on the airplane. So funny.

"Big Bob" West 29:12

She is a steam, she is a scene stealer, that lady.

Jake Parrish 29:15

She is when he says his name is Nostradamus. Oh my gosh. And then she says, Nostradamus.

SPEAKER_00 29:22

I love the Fontenaris.

Jake Parrish 29:25

So we know that Nostradamus was a real person, uh, lived in the 1500s. He was a French astrologer, famous, most famous probably for his book Les Prophets, or something like that, it's called. There were like over 900 poems. Um, and they claim in uh quotations claim that he predicted the Great Fire of London, the French Revolution, uh Hitler, Napoleon, uh the World Wars, um 9-11, yeah, 9-11. 9-11.

"Big Bob" West 30:00

So he's a scary son of a bitch. But again, if you if you if you make vague references, anyway, anybody can choose how it refers to the world. But the scary thing is how it's so accurate to the year in so many cases.

Jake Parrish 30:13

But yeah, go on. Well, that was about it. So um, but that's Dr. Johnson. Yes, he was real.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 30:20

All right, I stopped, I stopped that last wheel. Um, this one, Bob, you gotta take this one. Peter Lemon Jellow.

Jake Parrish 30:33

Oh, yes, that's that's that's your alias. That was not first and foremost.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 30:41

Bobby Rap. Peter Lemon Jellow, your house is on fire.

"Big Bob" West 30:46

I I love the name Peter Lemon Jell. Anybody want to guess out of the top 15 where lemon jello lands for favorite flavors?

Jake Parrish 30:53

It's gotta be top five.

"Big Bob" West 30:54

I'm gonna say top 10. I was gonna say top 10, but it sounds like it's not. No, doesn't barely cracks the time. It's 14th ranked right above pineapple. The top five on the pineapple. I will give you the top five. Yeah, me neither. Yeah, pineapple, pineapple's 15th. Uh, yeah, it falls uh pretty low. Uh, I guess it's just too too strong a flavor. But again, the name is just a made-up name, not real, not based off of anybody historically. But I love the name so much because it's just such a funny throwaway scene. The way he walks into the control center and takes over. The way he lies to Bobby Ralph about his house being on fire, and that poor son of a bitch probably lost his job and ran home. Probably thrilled to find out that his house was not on fire and his family was safe, but we're probably also so destroyed with the fact that they fired him based on what happens when he leaves his post.

Jake Parrish 31:49

That's a really funny scene, too. Um he just kind of walks in and nonchalant says, Your house is on fire. And then the everything that proceeds, you know, or uh you know, the everything that comes after that, as far as you know. Compulsive gambler, but he was actually you know, he had hemorrhoids, I think, right?

"Big Bob" West 32:10

Is that TB Ted? Or is that something?

Jake Parrish 32:12

No, that's Tbu Ted. Yeah, it is TB Ted. Poor Tibu.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 32:16

Yeah, good lower T Boo. Put your pants back on. But but but Bob, I will tell I will just interject one little thing. Peter Lemonjello is a real person. Peter Lemon Jello, he is a six. Yeah, there's a singer. He was a he was a 70s, a 70s cabaret singer named Peter Lemonjello. Yes, out of town. Fletch gate out of town. He I think he had a hit album called Love76.

SPEAKER_08 32:45

You are about to witness a new dimension in entertainment, Peter Lemon Jello. Peter Lemon Jellow. Yes, Peter Lemon Jellow. In this album at age of seventy-six, you will experience all the warmth and tenderness living in the heart of Peter Lemon Jellow. The excitement that is Peter Lemon Jellow on stage.

Jake Parrish 33:43

How did you know? And Bob didn't know. Are you a cabaret fan?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 33:49

I do love cabaret. You know that. You that was a loaded question. Well, I know. I that's true. That was a dumb question. That was a loaded question. But right now, yes, go to peterlimangello.com. I'm sure it's uh I'm sure it's still in it's more active than Fletch Wanda.

"Big Bob" West 34:03

Yeah, I never knew. I never knew. I'm humbled and embarrassed.

Jake Parrish 34:07

You know, I was I was I had such I I I had such high accolades for you at the beginning of this podcast, Bob. And then you totally botch Peter Lemon Jelly.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 34:16

Yeah, I just shit the bed.

Jake Parrish 34:18

You did you set the bar up?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 34:20

Yeah, he came out of the gate of the bar. Yeah.

Jake Parrish 34:22

So maybe when you started in the message board all these years, maybe LJ thought, wow, this guy really likes that cabaret singer.

"Big Bob" West 34:29

When you say L J, do you mean Laker Jam or Lemon Jell- Yeah?

Jake Parrish 34:33

Oh, that's true. Either or they're interchangeable.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 34:37

Well, you know what? Maybe, maybe Bob, what happened was you spelled lemon jello wrong. Because lemon jello is spelled with a G. That's the reason why. Lemon. That's the reason why.

Jake Parrish 34:46

That's the reason why. Because when you think Jell-O, you think J-E-L-L-O.

"Big Bob" West 34:51

You know, I'm gonna have to circle back to this and re-edit this podcast and uh and suddenly know all about Peter Lemon Jell. I'm gonna need about 40 minutes of research. I'm hoping you guys don't mind. Man.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 35:03

We don't have that kind of time. All right, let's spin the spin the wheel.

Jake Parrish 35:12

Oh, I uh let me do that one because I saw that one a little while ago. So um we know Victor Hugo from what? Does anybody want to take a guess?

"Big Bob" West 35:20

Uh he was an author, right?

Jake Parrish 35:22

Yes. He wrote Les Mes, Les Miserables. You know, everybody knows the famous, you know, the musical, but yes, he he was the one who wrote the novel. He was a French poet, uh, he was an essayist, a playwright, and Le Miz was I wrote this down, uh talking about the social injustice of 19th century European society with focus on sufferings of the poor. So everybody knows about Le Miz and uh Victor Hugo.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 35:53

Why am I drawing a blank when he says it? I can picture him saying it, Victor Hugo. What why can't I picture where this is in the in the movie?

Jake Parrish 36:01

You're right. I can't remember either. I had it on top of my mind when I was writing it down last night, but I can't remember what it was. It's gotta be Fletch Lives, right? Oh, I know where it was. I know it. I know it. Where he was in the cell with Ben Dover.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 36:13

Oh, oh, you're right.

Jake Parrish 36:15

Yes, that's right. Victor Hugo. So overshadowed by the Ben Dover line.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 36:20

Ben Dover then. Ben Victor Hugo. Okay, I guess. Yes, I knew it.

Jake Parrish 36:24

I knew I'd I thought of it last night. Good call.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 36:27

All right, we figured it out.

"Big Bob" West 36:30

Oh Baba Al Rum. I'll take this guy. I know you're I know you I know that you're a wealth of knowledge when it comes to Baba Al-Rum.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 36:37

So yeah, yes, I and I told you guys I had I had started to prepare this information prior to even knowing we were gonna do this episode. So Baba Al Rum, as we obviously know, we never know it in the movie. He's never referred to as that. Um, but that is the uh like guru character that Fletch plays at the very end of the movie. He's on the roller skates, he's got the beard, he's got the bald head and the robe. So Baba Al Rum, and we know that from the um from the ID on the cover. On the cover or the poster, on one of the fletch IDs it says Baba A Rum. Uh, so that was actually based on a real person, Baba Ram Das, who was a California guru as well. He was uh, you know, he was somebody that uh he he's known for the book, uh the best-selling book, Be Here Now. He was a spiritual healer, and um he helped uh kind of popularize Eastern spirituality. And uh there's actually a Netflix documentary really um about him. Yeah, it's called Ram Das Going Home, and he looks exactly like Fletcher the beard, the bald head, the robes. It's almost identical to the way Fletcher looks in the scene. And yeah, it's was based on a real that was based on a real guy. I'll be honest, that's the one alias that I knew nothing about.

Jake Parrish 38:07

Yeah, nothing going into it. And he never uses the name though, does he? I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

"Big Bob" West 38:12

Except excuse me, that's the second alias, because obviously I didn't know anything about Peter Lamangello, too.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 38:17

Well, now you do.

"Big Bob" West 38:18

That's very important.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 38:19

No, yeah, yeah. He never says it in the movie, never names himself, just the ID on the cover of was the was the Baba Arum person in real life?

"Big Bob" West 38:28

Was he big on roller skates, or was that just like an added twist?

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 38:31

I don't think so. I think roller skates was Fletch's uh little twist. All right, let's give this thing another spin. And we're going to land on Eldridge Cleaver.

Jake Parrish 38:48

Oh boy, I'll do this one. So Jake, yeah. So Eldridge Cleaver, real person. Uh he was an American real person, but the alias is not delivered by Fletch.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 39:00

It is Fletch's alias, but it's delivered by the card. That's right.

Jake Parrish 39:04

Were they they were in the morgue, right? Was it weren't they in the morgue when that happened? Oh, yes, yes, absolutely. Yes, yeah. Um, with Ben Dover uh American writer, uh political activist, and his big claim to fame was he was the early leader of the Black Panther Party, right? So um, so he was born in uh August of 35. He died in the late 90s, but that is Eldridge Cleaver, so real.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 39:28

So the Black Panther, leader of the Black Panthers, a name that maybe in the South should have rung a bell to Ben Dover, but yes, no, but but also uh it did ring it did ring a bell to uh calculus, probably somebody we look up to, right? All Ben Dover was concerned with was tagging his toe and stealing his Lakers.

"Big Bob" West 39:46

And yeah, that the loss of that Laker watch is is such a you know, you you worry about continuity in movies and you worry about people getting their belongings back. I I was always so panic stricken to think like he can't lose that watch for you.

Jake Parrish 39:59

But don't bother him, he's watching the Terminator.

"Big Bob" West 40:02

We're getting towards the bottom of the barrel, not the bottom of the barrel, but the bottom of the list here. You know, we're running out of people.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 40:10

Oh, Henry Himmler. Oh, Hank Himmler. Okay, yeah, Hank Himmler. Now, now that's uh that's an alias that's given during the Ku Klux Klan, Ceno Fletch lives. And uh Hendrich Himmler, who he's who he's uh nicknaming, uh nicknaming nicknaming himself after, he was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, and he was actually only second in power to Hitler. Uh was Hendrich Henry Hank Himmler. Uh so uh, you know, as we know from the movie too, he's uh the California clavin.

SPEAKER_12 40:47

Who goes there? Henry Himmler, what clavin claims you? California clavin, cucumonga.

Jake Parrish 40:53

And uh and again, an alias that totally came given to another claim should have been recognized. Especially, yes, exactly. Something they probably should have recognized.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 41:03

Okay, let's give it a let's give it another spin. We got Ed Harley. I love that. Yeah, Ed Harley.

Jake Parrish 41:19

Let me do this one. I'll do this one. Okay, so we know where Ed Harley comes. He's at the bar in Fletch lives, uh and and Chevy Fletch is really, really funny in this.

"Big Bob" West 41:32

Um absolutely the great one of the best, one of the best uh little um uh voice uh acting scenes he does in the entire series. Yeah.

Jake Parrish 41:44

And then, of course, like you said, feel a little horny. I mean, that's a great line too. I love that line. I love I thought I we say that all the time. Um any t-shirts or bumper jiggers, decals, yeah. So Ed Harley is technically but now the Harley Davidson, so there is a Harley, but it's not Ed Harley, it's actually William Harley. Oh, okay. But but didn't he say though that his granddaddy maybe he screwed Davidson? Maybe there's an I couldn't find an Ed Harley, but yeah, William Hardy was the one that obviously started the company. Um so yeah.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 42:27

Now was it two people named Harley and Davidson?

Jake Parrish 42:30

Harley and Davidson, yes.

"Big Bob" West 42:32

Absolutely, yeah. You know, in that scene, uh, one of the other lines that I abuse to death is whenever uh I see a blue car, I always say original blue, and I'll say something like you and luck, why the biggest blue you can ride that low rider there if you want. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Nobody touches my hogs.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 42:52

I always say, like, your your mustache look funny. Yeah, you do say that a lot. Yeah, a lot of mustaches look funny.

"Big Bob" West 43:00

That's why I also love the the lead up to that. Before um Benover gets there, the the kind of the conversation he has with the teacher from Nashville where he you know Can I have a soda, please?

SPEAKER_13 43:13

Diet Pepsi or tab would be good.

SPEAKER_08 43:18

Hey, pussy.

SPEAKER_05 43:19

Name's Ed. Ed Harley. Yeah. Are you sure you're in the right place? I think so. I think so.

Jake Parrish 43:33

Okay. Uh I I okay. Fun fact about myself. I used to drink tab all the time before they stopped making it. All the time. Yeah.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 43:41

Oh, really? Oh, wow. I think they started making tab again.

Jake Parrish 43:45

I hope they do.

"Big Bob" West 43:46

Fun fact about uh Laker Jim and I, uh, I where I grew up in in New Jersey, I was next door neighbors with Laker Jim's only uncle, Uncle Mike. And uh, you know, whenever Laker Jim would come over to my house, you know, swim, play basketball, whatever, we'd always Not always, but when we were younger, we'd always take a walk over to Uncle Mike to say hello. Um, he was a tab enthusiast, and we used to constantly a cool tab for us, yeah. Cooler tab, and we'd always ask him for a tab, and he'd oh yeah, he's drinking all my tab, you know. I'm gonna have to throw a tab for all the tab you're drinking. So shout out to Uncle Mike for always supplying us with the best tab in the house. Shout out, Uncle Mike.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 44:22

All right, what do we got? How do we got three left? Hold on. All right, let's see if we can get this one. We got Claude Henry Smoot. So funny. Other than Claude Henry, I love Claude. You know, also mustache.

"Big Bob" West 44:39

Also, you know, one of those names, too, that uh wasn't originally Claude Henry Smoot. He had to improvise. It was doesn't he say Claude Henry Carlson at first, and then he changes it to Smoot? No. Well, it's Claude or Claude, yeah, yeah.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 44:52

So not a real not not a real character. I'll take it. Not a real character, only because we got to speed this thing up. Uh not a real character, faith healer from the Farnsworth Ministry, obviously. Uh, you know, suffers from migraine headaches, as we know. Uh and he and he got those intense migraine headaches. He was um on his gazebo making some repairs, and he was struck by land. Now he he did receive the healing gift, but you know, still got to deal those migraines all the time. You know, yeah. For every yin, there's a yang. Caude Henry, Caude or Claude, not real.

"Big Bob" West 45:28

Not real. Boom. Right.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 45:33

We got Bobby Lee Schwartz. Bobby Lee.

"Big Bob" West 45:36

Um you know, big Bob will take Bobby Lee. Uh, not a lot, again, not a lot on Bobby Lee Schwartz the second. Um, just again, it plays off of the whole three names in the south. Uh, really not much. You know, he's you know, we see Fletch standing in line, and we just like how when he's originally walking in the first time and he gives the the Claude Henry Smoot name and the address of seven, uh, he does the same thing, you know, where he's just giving fake names just to get it by. He is dressed as uh uh in the costume as one of the the I don't know if it's a Confederate or a rebel or whatever the hell he is, but you know, it's just again, it's just just a throwaway name to get himself in the door.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 46:15

Yeah, you know, I feel like these three named Southern uh aliases are names he's coming up as he's saying them. You know, he's yeah, literally putting the three words together.

"Big Bob" West 46:25

When you say that, do you when you say that, do you mean in terms of the flesh character, or do you think Chevy Chase, the actor himself, is just doing it? Because I I could see it either way. Yeah, I could see it either way too. Yeah, not much to go on there other than that. Just just a throwaway. Unless you guys are gonna jump on me again and tell me he was like the governor of uh the governor. I was hoping you didn't yourself.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 46:46

I was hoping you didn't you didn't claude Henry smoot me because I was sure that that had to be somebody, but it wasn't yeah, yeah, yeah.

"Big Bob" West 46:52

I did I did do a little bit of extra research on uh on on Schwartz, probably Schwartz, and the name comes up, but again, nothing's nothing that would be like a tie-in to anybody.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 47:01

Now there's no reason to spin the wheel because we have one left, Elmer Fud Gantry, and I will uh I'll take this guy. Jump on it. Um yeah, so Elmer Gantry is a 1960s movie called Elmer Gantry. It's based on a novel about a fast-talking traveling salesman who's uh basically selling religion to a small town. Okay, so it kind of fits into the whole like theme of Fletch Lives. It's a it's a name that you would, you know, you could you could work in that makes sense with the with the theme and the the religious overtones, and uh and also it it he's he um uses the alias in the Phil Hartman Bly scene. So he's a fast talking, you know, he's a fast talking traveling salesman kind of guy. Uh so that kind of all makes sense. And obviously Elmer Fudd, uh, you know, the uh arch enemy of Bugs Bunny.

SPEAKER_13 47:56

Aaron, you are I are pissed! Some damn fool told me it was on back order and I'd have to wait. Whose signature is this? Who signed that? Well, I can't. Well, that's the trouble. It's typical of a large corporation. Lack of communication. That's why I like to keep Everest small. Oh, you're from Everest. Now you're talking. Elmer Gantry, Elmer Fudd Gantry. Mr. Gantry, I'm not sure there's anything I can do. Well, you could pull my file instead of standing there pulling your putt.

Jake Parrish 48:24

That scene is so funny, too.

"Big Bob" West 48:26

With the southern accent that Elmer Fudd, the character, the cartoon character has, it kind of works well with uh with the fact that he's using the slipping in that scene and and he's pissing blood.

Jake Parrish 48:36

Oh, the white god is so funny.

"Big Bob" West 48:40

Five suits a day. Yeah, I love that scene. And and a great Phil Hartman uh scene. He's so missed. He is so missed in the world, Phil Hartman. Yeah, Phil was great.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 48:50

All right, boys. Well, we killed I think we killed the aliases. That uh that's yeah, that was really informative. Like a lot of that stuff I didn't I didn't really realize.

"Big Bob" West 48:58

No, if you're if you're listening at home, if you're listening at home and listening at home, you're in a car, you're at work, you're listening. If you have things to add, again, that's why we have our phone number. Give us a call, leave us a voicemail, tell us what you know. Tell me that Bobby Lee Schwartz was somebody that I don't know about. But by all means, give us the info that we're missing if you can. This is gonna be an episode once it drops. Uh, we are going to definitely have a lot of activity on social media, like we said earlier. Some of the photos, some of the pictures we're gonna post, comment like, you know, but but definitely uh keep the conversation going on social media.

"Laker Jim" James Kanowitz 49:36

And that wraps up episode 10 of Fletchcast. Man, this was fun. The aliases. Join us next week for a special Christmas episode. There's only two episodes left in season one of Fletchcast. So if you haven't caught up, catch up. The last two episodes are going to be amazing. For Jake, for Bob, I'm Laker Jim. I'm gonna catch the last 10 minutes of Dynasty. See ya.