WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.320 --> 00:00:05.519 How you doing out there? It's me Tiger, I am Duck Wing Duck. 2 00:00:05.799 --> 00:00:09.800 It's me Bunkers Deep Bobcat. All right, y'all, didn't bree your 3 00:00:09.919 --> 00:00:14.199 favorite firefly you desire? Hold? Oh no, God, my name is 4 00:00:14.279 --> 00:00:20.079 Jim Cummings and welcome to tuned in. Hello, No, everybody you welcome 5 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:23.839 to this very special Cummings commentary here on the tuned in with Jim Cummings Patreon 6 00:00:23.960 --> 00:00:26.960 channel. I am Dando, joined right now by producer Chris. Are you 7 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:31.039 doing so grey? How's everybody doing? Going fantastic? And of course he 8 00:00:31.399 --> 00:00:34.759 is none of them bonkers himself as well as Lucky macl he is mister Jim 9 00:00:34.799 --> 00:00:37.880 Cummings. Jim, how are you mate? Oh it's another Dan in paradise. 10 00:00:38.200 --> 00:00:42.000 Hooray everybody, Welcome, Welcome, welcome, Come on down, Copper 11 00:00:42.000 --> 00:00:45.520 Squat. We're gonna have some fun. Copper squat. That's the time I've 12 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:50.960 never heard before. Yeah, well it means pull up a bean bag or 13 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.000 something. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I want to come to your place 14 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.679 because you always say it's it's always paradise. You must just have a great 15 00:00:56.719 --> 00:01:00.119 life. Jim, Oh well I do. Actually, thank you, thank 16 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:04.040 you, thanks for a notice of me true true true. Well, today 17 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:08.640 we are here to do a commentary track. I'm very excited on the Bonkers 18 00:01:08.680 --> 00:01:12.200 episode New Partners on the Block. Now we're gonna be watching this on Disney 19 00:01:12.239 --> 00:01:15.680 Plus. So if you listened to this, get it up on your Disney 20 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:18.760 Plus app or however you're watching it, and get ready to push play. 21 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.200 As we push play, we'll give you the three two one count. Then 22 00:01:21.239 --> 00:01:26.000 we'll do three to one go not on one when I say go, And 23 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:29.480 we're going to be talking about Yes, this very very famous episode of Bonkers, 24 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:33.439 because the one that bridges the gap gym between the Lucky era and the 25 00:01:33.439 --> 00:01:34.920 Miranda era. Because it's very confusing. I won't get into it again. 26 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.719 We touched on on our Bonkers podcast, but basically there were episodes Miranda. 27 00:01:40.079 --> 00:01:42.000 They didn't like them, so they did Lucky percal episodes, but they only 28 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:45.599 add some of the Miranda episodes first, and then they add some of them 29 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:49.840 after and it was just a big Misspash, So, what are your memories 30 00:01:49.959 --> 00:01:53.159 initially of this episode do you have, like, what are they that when 31 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:56.599 you've recorded it? Did you record this knowing this would be the last time 32 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:00.840 Lucky appeared on the show was that the mentality going into it, you know, 33 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.040 it was a bit of a mishmash. That's actually a pretty good word 34 00:02:07.000 --> 00:02:13.199 or two words. And because you know, he Bonker's got started off on 35 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:17.680 a pretty even keel. But we got a little bit into it and they 36 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:22.840 said, yah, something's missing, something's you know, and so they started 37 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:25.840 they decided, you know, we have to get him a partner. See, 38 00:02:25.879 --> 00:02:30.319 because you know, Miranda is such a sweetheart. You can't you know, 39 00:02:30.520 --> 00:02:34.680 he couldn't have friction with her, you know, because you know she's 40 00:02:34.719 --> 00:02:38.400 a sweetheart, and Bonkers is also a sweetheart. So you know, I 41 00:02:38.439 --> 00:02:44.680 couldn't have friction with Miranda because she was set a pumpkin. And so anyway, 42 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:49.039 now Lucky Pequel, oh, come on, Bonkers. You know, 43 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:53.879 he was a curmudgeon, so he was someone that Bonkers could play off. 44 00:02:54.199 --> 00:03:00.840 So they came up with this character and auditioned ten thousand people. I'm just 45 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:06.680 getting probably about eight thousand and yeah. You know, I ended up getting 46 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:09.639 that part too, and I had to and I had like callback after call 47 00:03:09.719 --> 00:03:15.800 back for that, and I just I figured, you know, while they 48 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:19.080 already have me there, they might as well use me or I think that's 49 00:03:19.120 --> 00:03:23.199 what they were thinking. And uh so I got that part too, and 50 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:29.479 then we kind of re floated the franchise and uh, you know, Bonkers 51 00:03:29.520 --> 00:03:32.680 and Lucky were after the races. Thank goodness they did, because I feel 52 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:36.800 like you, being in control of both of the characters, you were really 53 00:03:36.879 --> 00:03:39.800 able to establish a real unique chemistry between them both. You went relying on 54 00:03:39.840 --> 00:03:43.719 somebody else to have that chemistry with you. It's just, you know, 55 00:03:43.879 --> 00:03:46.439 I know what's going to work with these two characters. I'm doing them both. 56 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.840 I'm in complete control. How was the feeling having that complete control over 57 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.080 the two of the two main characters of a series, because you never really 58 00:03:53.080 --> 00:04:00.280 experienced that before, had you before? Bonkers? Well more expansive cast where 59 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.240 this is? You know, yeah, Buk Bunk is in Lucky. We're 60 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:05.159 the main stars of this show. You know. Yeah, no, I 61 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:10.319 agree. You know, I liked it. It was great because I always 62 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:13.479 knew where I was going with the next line because I had the line before, 63 00:04:14.159 --> 00:04:17.240 you know, and I don't know if we touched on this, but 64 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:23.519 they would often argue but Bucky but you know, and they'd have a really 65 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:30.160 strong ping pong of dialogue back and forth and I kind of invented this little 66 00:04:30.160 --> 00:04:38.839 thing. And I told our director Jenny McSwain, why don't I play Lucky 67 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:43.279 Piquel in my head? And I will respond, I will, I will 68 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:47.399 do Bulgers first, and you know, and they have separate tracks, and 69 00:04:47.439 --> 00:04:50.439 I'll say, yeah, but Lucky, I just yeah, I know, 70 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:54.759 but we can't. Yeah, I know, I know, but we have 71 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.199 to get to that, you know. And then I would come in, 72 00:04:57.680 --> 00:05:01.199 you know, and I would have balk Lucky's response in my head, and 73 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:04.800 I would say, well, Bonkers, we can't no, because I said, 74 00:05:05.040 --> 00:05:09.439 because you're driving me nuts, you know. And it would be back 75 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:13.240 and forth, and then they would put the two tracks together and it sounded 76 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:16.759 like two people having an argument, and it came out really well because two 77 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:23.639 people were me and me, so, you know, it was kind of 78 00:05:23.639 --> 00:05:26.360 cool. What's your what's your line? You like to save it the split 79 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:30.759 personality? Uh? Yes, and so do we? Yes? That was 80 00:05:31.120 --> 00:05:36.079 yeah, all right, well so it's only true. What do you before 81 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:39.720 we get into it, Chris, what are your memories of Bunkers? Did 82 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:41.519 you ever watch it as a kid. I loved it as a kid. 83 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.800 It was a very big show here in Australia, and you mentioned Jim on 84 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:47.040 a on a recent podcast A lot of Australians when you'll heat we're talking about 85 00:05:47.040 --> 00:05:50.439 bunkers, you know, I can't believe it. I already know this answer, 86 00:05:51.639 --> 00:05:55.759 Chris. Yeah, No, Bonkers. Bonkers was a show that I'm 87 00:05:56.079 --> 00:05:59.120 growing up, I didn't really watch. It was like, you know something 88 00:05:59.199 --> 00:06:00.720 maybe if it came on, you know, I'd check it out, but 89 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.399 it definitely wasn't a show that I like followed or anything like that. And 90 00:06:04.079 --> 00:06:08.360 I really like just doing the research you know, for this episode was when 91 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:12.920 really like the memory starts to pour back, like I remember Lucky Pequel's voice, 92 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.720 Like I remember that voice, and like even when I was watching it, 93 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.279 I had to really like listen to hear for Jim's voice in Bonkers. 94 00:06:19.319 --> 00:06:23.199 To me, it's like one of the most unique voices that you do because 95 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:27.560 it's it's so far away from your speaking voice. To me, it's like 96 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:30.439 so so unique from your speaking voice that it's hard for me to pick up 97 00:06:30.439 --> 00:06:34.079 that it's even you. But yeah, growing up, I didn't watch a 98 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:39.160 lot of a lot of Bonkers, but it's I've found it found it fascinating 99 00:06:39.240 --> 00:06:42.319 to rewatch you know, with Disney Plus and everything like that. It's really 100 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:46.199 cool to like rediscover, you know, with your voice. For Lucky, 101 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.839 I get sort of Laurence Teeny vibes from it, though it's turned out. 102 00:06:49.879 --> 00:06:57.639 Oh okay, just like yeah yeah, he's always just like yeah, yeah, 103 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:01.160 yeah, everything. Well, yeah, he's He's one of those guys 104 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:06.079 that if you tagged on for Christ's sake on the end of every line, 105 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:10.439 it would probably fit. Yes, all right, Bochers, wait a minute, 106 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:14.040 I'll be right there. For Chris's sake. You know that that was 107 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.560 That was kind of like in my house as a kid. All right, 108 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:21.399 Cads, I'll take you over to the playhouse forra you know. And it 109 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:26.199 was one of those and that that that was there's you know, I have 110 00:07:26.279 --> 00:07:30.439 to say, there's a little Lucky Pequella's got a little of my dad, 111 00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.079 Bob Cummings in him. Okay, so you know, from a personal from 112 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:40.920 a voice perspective or a personality perspective. Personality personality. Okay, Well you 113 00:07:40.959 --> 00:07:46.399 bunk as always your brother, Uh No, I was definitely bunking. I 114 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:50.920 bonked heavily as a child. All right, Well, let's get into it, 115 00:07:50.959 --> 00:07:54.759 shall we. Let's get into chatting about new Partners on the Block. 116 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:57.959 So listeners right now, get it up on your on your apps or your 117 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:03.000 TVs whatever. So it's episode twenty one here on Disney Plus. It's New 118 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:05.199 Partners on the Block. Get ready to push play. When I say three 119 00:08:05.240 --> 00:08:09.639 to one, I'll say go. That's when you push play. All right, 120 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:20.600 are we ready, gentlemen? Three two one go? Okay, So 121 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:24.279 here we are watching Bonkers for the first time here on the Companies commentary is 122 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:30.560 now this was this theme song was incredibly incredibly high, you know, high 123 00:08:30.639 --> 00:08:33.080 energy, very wacky, one of the more wacky ones of Disney Afternoon of 124 00:08:33.440 --> 00:08:37.639 You know, he's done done some perusing on social media recently on your post 125 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:41.919 of Bonkers, and it seems like fans either really really loved Bonkers or they 126 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:46.759 really just found him very annoying. What are your what are your thoughts when 127 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:48.159 you when they first pitched Bonkers to you, Did they say to you, 128 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:50.960 we want want him to be as high energy as possible. Was that something 129 00:08:50.960 --> 00:08:56.679 that you brought to the character yourself. Well, it kind of came on 130 00:08:56.759 --> 00:09:03.159 the heels of Roger Rabbit, yeah, at that time, so they kind 131 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:07.639 of wanted to capture that style of energy. But he couldn't sound anything like 132 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:11.519 him, which was no problem, you know, so that that was not 133 00:09:11.559 --> 00:09:16.919 a that was not a problem. But you know, it was it was 134 00:09:16.159 --> 00:09:20.960 painstaking the audition process for this show for me, Uh, it was. 135 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:28.240 It was crazy. I've never had well, it was the most auditioned for 136 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:35.440 role ever because it was very well known at the time that it was inspired 137 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:39.679 by Roger Rabbit, and so everybody wanted a piece of that pie. Okay, 138 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:46.279 you know, because it was ridiculously you know, popular and successful, 139 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:48.039 and they said, okay, let's tap into this. What do we have 140 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.200 to do? You know, well, I don't know, how about a 141 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:56.679 bobcat perfect? You know, So here we are. And so they sent 142 00:09:56.759 --> 00:10:03.559 out an auditioned I mean the audition process it went on for I don't know, 143 00:10:03.639 --> 00:10:05.919 maybe over a month. You know. Usually you go in once or 144 00:10:05.960 --> 00:10:09.840 twice, Okay, we got it. Nope, not this one. It 145 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:16.960 everybody and their dog auditioned for Bonkers. And then of course Lucky came along 146 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:22.399 in a little while later, and you know, it was just crazy. 147 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:26.279 Oh my screen keeps going dark, so I don't know, here we go. 148 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:31.039 Well, you mentioned in the in the Bonkers podcast that we did that, 149 00:10:31.440 --> 00:10:33.480 Jim Carry auditioned for the role and a few other famous people. Was 150 00:10:33.519 --> 00:10:37.320 that usually the case with Disney Afternoon shows? Was it usually the case of 151 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:41.360 having a celebrity audition, not celebrity, but you know he was a known 152 00:10:41.399 --> 00:10:43.919 person or was this the first time you sort of experienced for a Disney Afternoon 153 00:10:43.919 --> 00:10:48.000 show. Hey, this isn't just the usual voice actors, this is actual 154 00:10:48.639 --> 00:10:52.159 people on Celebrity Carry. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, yeah, you know, 155 00:10:52.240 --> 00:10:58.000 I mean Rita Moreno, And you know, there were so many people 156 00:10:58.039 --> 00:11:01.440 on the show. Yeah, yeah, yeah, you know, I mean 157 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:07.080 Carla Devido was on there, and Ron Perlman, yet Frank WelCom, Nancy 158 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:11.879 Cartwright appear there as well. Yeah. The Bonkers is actually incredible when you 159 00:11:11.879 --> 00:11:15.360 think about it. Oh yeah, yeah it was. It was really quite 160 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:20.600 something, And so it was it was a lot of fun. Yeah. 161 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:22.559 Well, this was the episode, as we mentioned earlier, the one that 162 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:26.159 bridged the gap between the Miranda and the Lucky episodes. When you were doing 163 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:30.960 the show, could you tell there was a real difference between the chemistry with 164 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:33.279 Miranda and Lucky. Look, it was almost like a sense of relief when 165 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:37.399 the Lucky character came around, because when you were doing the Miranda one, 166 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:41.519 could you sort of feel it's not really working here for what this character needs 167 00:11:41.519 --> 00:11:45.000 to be Miranda writes, isn't really the character that he needs to bounce off 168 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:48.559 of. Were you feeling that when you were doing those initial episodes. I 169 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:50.759 don't feel that I did, no, because she, you know, I 170 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:54.240 mean, Carla was such a sweetheart. Yeah, you know, she was 171 00:11:54.720 --> 00:11:58.919 great, and she was doing everything great, She was doing everything perfectly, 172 00:12:00.360 --> 00:12:03.399 and she was very sympathetic to Bonkers. And I think the problem was that 173 00:12:03.440 --> 00:12:09.519 there really was no friction, you know, and because you kind of have 174 00:12:09.639 --> 00:12:13.639 to have friction, you know, in order to get anything. I mean, 175 00:12:13.759 --> 00:12:18.600 Romeo and Juliet they had there were there were friction between those two families. 176 00:12:18.840 --> 00:12:20.879 You need an odd couple. Yeah, yeah, the whole bit, 177 00:12:22.519 --> 00:12:28.039 and uh yeah, any know, there's nothing but examples of that, excuse 178 00:12:28.080 --> 00:12:31.720 me. And and so as a result, you know, they kind of 179 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:37.919 retooled, and Bob Taylor came in and and kind of took over the reins 180 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.480 and took it in a whole new direction. And he provided he provided Lucky, 181 00:12:43.600 --> 00:12:46.480 He wrote the character Lucky Piquel. So that was all him was, 182 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:52.159 Oh yeah, and uh. And it was always kind of a thing where 183 00:12:54.399 --> 00:12:58.360 you know, he was the long suffering. It was a bit if you 184 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:03.320 think about it, it was a bit like Laurel and Hardy if you're familiar 185 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.440 with that, that that comic duel from the twenties, I guess. And 186 00:13:07.720 --> 00:13:09.960 there was one big guy who always looked at the camera and went like, 187 00:13:11.879 --> 00:13:15.200 do you believe what I have to put up with? I mean, he 188 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:18.039 didn't say that, but you felt it, yes, And and sure enough, 189 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:22.600 that's you know, Bonker's was what Lucky had to put up with? 190 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:26.279 Is that how Robert pitched the character of Lucky to you? Is that kind 191 00:13:26.320 --> 00:13:28.080 of character? Is that? Is that what he always had in mind for 192 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:33.519 him? No, well they didn't use that example, no, but they 193 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.240 just you know, said that. You know, here he is. He's 194 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:41.960 a human and he's trying to get ahead in the police department, and he's 195 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:46.200 making progress. He thinks he's doing well. Next thing, you know, 196 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:52.279 he gets stuck with a tune. He wait a minute, wait, no, 197 00:13:52.600 --> 00:13:56.559 oh no, come on, you gotta be kidding me. I gotta 198 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.399 have this guy. He's going to be in my squad car. You got 199 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:03.279 oh, come on, why don't you shoot me, you know, And 200 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:07.759 so that's that's kind of the situation that we're looking at here, and you 201 00:14:07.799 --> 00:14:13.080 could see he's never really all that pleased with he just reaches different levels of 202 00:14:13.159 --> 00:14:18.799 tolerance. Yeah. The thing is with this show, I mean touched it 203 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:22.480 with Dark Wing Duck as well. There's lines throughout this where what was that 204 00:14:22.600 --> 00:14:24.559 was the tossest salad was the one in Dark Wing Duck. With this one 205 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:28.200 here, there was a couple of lines we just passed one before where it 206 00:14:28.279 --> 00:14:31.399 says something on the lines of I six fingers away from being pavement pudding. 207 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:35.360 That's a pretty full online for a kids show. You know, I'm going 208 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:37.600 to be splinting on the ground. I watched it. I went, I 209 00:14:37.679 --> 00:14:39.759 just don't think that's going to be in the kid show anymore, you know. 210 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:41.559 But as a kid, yeah, you've never been paying attention to that. 211 00:14:41.639 --> 00:14:45.639 But that's what I think the beauty of these shows was was that there's 212 00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.799 jokes for the adults, for the parents to sit there. That's why the 213 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:50.080 Simpsons worked so well. The kids love the animation, they love the wackiness 214 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:52.519 of Bonkers, but there was jokes there for the parents who were forced to 215 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:54.320 sit there and watch the show with their kids as well, you know, 216 00:14:56.480 --> 00:15:00.240 oh gosha, Yeah, there's no question about it, you know. I 217 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:05.399 I've used the example before. I think there was an episode in Raw Tunage 218 00:15:07.399 --> 00:15:09.600 h and there were two coyotes. I think I played both of them, 219 00:15:11.120 --> 00:15:13.919 and uh, and it's just it's just one of those silly things. But 220 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:18.360 uh, the one guy says to the other, well, I don't think 221 00:15:18.440 --> 00:15:24.360 that was mine. It must be urine, and uh, and it snuck 222 00:15:24.480 --> 00:15:28.039 past, you know, you know, and I did it unto the guise 223 00:15:28.080 --> 00:15:31.440 of a hillbilly. You know, we id tea. You would dead dad 224 00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:33.200 right there, you know, you know. And I snuck it past and 225 00:15:33.279 --> 00:15:37.759 it made it. And then after it had already aired, I had to 226 00:15:37.799 --> 00:15:45.480 go back in and say it must be Ye Wars because somebody called up and 227 00:15:45.519 --> 00:15:50.279 said, did he say urine? Excuse me? Do you know what urine? 228 00:15:50.559 --> 00:15:52.600 Oh? My goodness, you know, of course he didn't sound like 229 00:15:52.639 --> 00:15:56.919 Bunkers, but but yeah, that was just what are you gonna do? 230 00:15:58.759 --> 00:16:00.320 I always wanted to bring up so that the bad guy in this episode as 231 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:03.919 well, he's essentially a terrorist. Fire is it Fireball Frank It's name? 232 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:08.320 Yeah, that's a villain and a kids show a terrorist. I don't think 233 00:16:08.320 --> 00:16:11.840 that would happen anymore either, But he was played by Brad Garrett, and 234 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.879 I thought it was incredibly interesting that, like Brad Garrett, he's most known 235 00:16:15.879 --> 00:16:19.320 as being Ray's brother Robert Barone and everybody does around. Everyone's going to remember 236 00:16:19.360 --> 00:16:23.639 him for that, but he's actually more of a notable voice actor than that 237 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.279 show, Like that was one role. Yeah, He's been in so many 238 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:30.840 films and I don't think many people actually quite understand, but his role here 239 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:33.360 as Fireball Frank was great. He's sort of you can get him Robert bron 240 00:16:33.480 --> 00:16:37.399 in Fireball Frank's frustration in this episode. But what are your memories of working 241 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:41.519 with Brad because he actually got to work with him again with Christopher Robin. 242 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:42.799 I'm su whether you're in the same room or anything like that many times. 243 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:45.159 Oh yeah, yeah, okay, yeah, So what are your memories of 244 00:16:45.200 --> 00:16:48.240 working with Brad? Well, you know, he's a good buddy of mine. 245 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.919 He in fact, there was oh god, it's funny, yes that 246 00:16:52.440 --> 00:16:57.080 we you know, there were any number of Disney cartoons coming out of the 247 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:00.960 eighties for Boom Boom, Boom, Boom boom, building up the Disney Disney 248 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:10.400 Afternoon, and Brad would do a pilot and during pilot season he wasn't all 249 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:15.720 that available, and he went and did this pilot, did like two or 250 00:17:15.759 --> 00:17:19.839 three episodes. Boom, big failure, didn't didn't go anywhere. Brad's back, 251 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:25.920 you know then you know from on camera, and then next year he'd 252 00:17:25.920 --> 00:17:30.920 do another one, go through another pilot, season one or two, booked 253 00:17:30.920 --> 00:17:34.559 this one book that one, Eh, boom didn't work. Here's here's Brad 254 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:38.160 again. He's back, and like two or three years, four years, 255 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:45.480 and finally Everybody Loves Raymond came out and it clicked. Brad was God, 256 00:17:45.720 --> 00:17:51.079 good night, everybody. I'll see a letter a out of here. You 257 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:55.519 know. So I ended up actually kind of replacing him. I was like 258 00:17:55.640 --> 00:18:00.720 Brad liked in one or two shows because he was busy being famous, facially 259 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.319 famous. At that point, I'm visualizing, like you know, that Twins 260 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:08.880 with Al Schwarzenegger and like Dane DevD like, yeah, he's easily done, 261 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:12.960 yeah, no question about it. Yeah. But it just seems like a 262 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:17.079 great guy and it's so so talent. Oh he's a great game. Oh 263 00:18:17.160 --> 00:18:18.279 yeah, yeah, he's a buddy of mine. Yeah, Okay, well, 264 00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:21.160 they getting on the show at some point as well. Then, But 265 00:18:21.440 --> 00:18:25.440 this this episode here both commercial breaks. Thought it quite interesting, both commercial 266 00:18:25.440 --> 00:18:29.160 breaks. The first one they're sort of saying that, you know, you're 267 00:18:29.160 --> 00:18:33.279 thinking that maybe Lucky exploded, right, So potential Lucky death in the first 268 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:37.200 commercial break. The second commercial break coming up soon we have Fireball Franks shooting 269 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:38.720 the car of Bonkers and you meant it as a view to go, oh 270 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.039 my god, did Bonkers just die as well? I wonder whether this one 271 00:18:42.079 --> 00:18:45.599 was marketed at the time. Obviously I was too young to remember. I'm 272 00:18:45.599 --> 00:18:48.720 not sure whether you even knew either, as one of your favorites is going 273 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:52.400 to be leaving the show, and that's why they had Lucky and Bonkers both 274 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:56.519 potentially die at the commercial breaks in the episode. I wonder whether that was 275 00:18:56.599 --> 00:18:57.400 the case. It just seems like it would make sense for that to be 276 00:18:57.440 --> 00:19:00.720 the reason, right, Yeah, I guess so, except that would have 277 00:19:00.799 --> 00:19:07.920 ended the series. But Lucky did leave the series though, so basically they 278 00:19:07.960 --> 00:19:11.480 could because Lucky. They went line if they said that one of your favorites 279 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:17.839 is leaving Bunkers, Lucky did leave the Bunkers. Yeah, And I'll tell 280 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:22.160 you what was weird about that is we started the recording process with Miranda, 281 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:26.799 yeah, you know, with Carla DeVito, and she was great, she 282 00:19:26.960 --> 00:19:33.680 was wonderful. It is to this day, of course, and they reconfigured 283 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:38.759 it after as the show went on to they kind of swapped it, yeah, 284 00:19:38.839 --> 00:19:42.640 which was I thought was interesting. And you know, they got everybody 285 00:19:42.640 --> 00:19:47.680 in and well, Lucky was very well received. You know, I was 286 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:53.079 very pleased about that, you know, because I played him, and and 287 00:19:53.079 --> 00:19:57.279 and and they just you know, they work their Disney magic to kind of 288 00:19:57.319 --> 00:20:02.160 weave one in and out of the other so that they, you know, 289 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:07.400 people, and I do think with cartoons that there doesn't necessarily have to be 290 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:11.440 continuity. I mean, the Simpsons don't really have any I mean, it's 291 00:20:11.000 --> 00:20:15.799 Homer's doing something, you know, Bart's doing something. You know, it's 292 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:19.720 not like it's a serial show in which this happened, so therefore this has 293 00:20:19.799 --> 00:20:22.960 to now next week, This will next week this way, you know, 294 00:20:23.000 --> 00:20:27.359 it's not like that take the mickey out of that on the Simpsons where they're 295 00:20:27.359 --> 00:20:32.720 at sort of like a comic contentel And speaking of Simpsons, that's Nancy Kurt 296 00:20:32.759 --> 00:20:33.839 right, right, Nancy cart right, of course, yes, she plays 297 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.839 our phone, dear. Yeah, and also that was touch on Full Apart 298 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:41.680 Rabbit, Full Apot Bunny. So that's Frank. Well, Frank Welker, 299 00:20:41.720 --> 00:20:45.880 we've touched on the podcast before, absolutely legend. But my memories of working 300 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:48.920 with Frank on this show in particular, do you have any memories of working 301 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:55.640 on Bunkers with Frank? Oh? Yes, yeah, we uh we you 302 00:20:55.680 --> 00:21:00.079 know, he and I we worked together so many times that you know, 303 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:04.160 neither one of us knows how many. But she I remember Genny McSwain, 304 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:11.480 the Great Jenny. She she gave us an assignment that Bonkers and fall Apart 305 00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:15.000 had to be running a game on somebody. There had to be little con 306 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:18.680 men or something. And and so Bonker said one thing, and and and 307 00:21:18.759 --> 00:21:22.920 fall Apart came in and bump it up, it up, and and it 308 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:29.680 just we I can't recreate it, but but it's just kind of yeah, 309 00:21:29.680 --> 00:21:33.759 it was kind of hysterical. He's timing and my timing matched like a glove. 310 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:38.519 And it was ridiculous. And you know what, Markley's uncle, Hey, 311 00:21:38.559 --> 00:21:41.480 let's leave your family out of this, you know, And and and 312 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:45.640 we went, you know, and Frank and next thing, you know, 313 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.119 and Genny goes, I don't know what you just said, print it and 314 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:55.599 so so and you know, so it drove the animator's nuts because you know, 315 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:57.640 you're not supposed to overlap, but we did. I think that's sort 316 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:02.039 of just epitomizes Bonkers though, right. It was that kind of vibe and 317 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.640 that sort of chemistry that made the show. Yes, oh, I agree, 318 00:22:04.680 --> 00:22:10.759 Yeah, his name was Bonker's not you know, steady as you goes. 319 00:22:11.440 --> 00:22:15.400 Because of that, you were able to sort of test out new theories 320 00:22:15.400 --> 00:22:18.880 and new sort of ways of voice acting as a result, just try new 321 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:21.440 methods. I mean, I know it's dark when you could improvise and things 322 00:22:21.480 --> 00:22:23.640 like that, but Bonker's being so wacky, like, for example, you 323 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:27.640 mentioned your method before of the overlapping of the voices. Do you think Bonkers 324 00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:30.960 was one of those shows that really allowed you to expand on your work as 325 00:22:30.960 --> 00:22:34.839 a result of just the wackiness of the show. I think so. Yeah. 326 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:38.079 Well, it just gave a lot of freedom, a lot of freedom. 327 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:44.640 You know, it was a license to steal. I might have mentioned 328 00:22:44.640 --> 00:22:48.720 this before, but readom Mareno the great reader. Marina, she's like one 329 00:22:48.759 --> 00:22:52.319 of the I think she may be the only person who's wanted Grammy and ask 330 00:22:52.359 --> 00:23:00.160 her and Emmy and you know, the whole spectrum. And and she she 331 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:03.480 would bring her daughter to the show a few times. And she was sitting 332 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:07.079 there and she was and she was very sweet and doing this character. And 333 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:11.960 she goes, oh my god, this is like a license to steal. 334 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:17.519 You can't I can't say anything wrong. I can't do anything wrong here. 335 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:22.000 If it's too if, I mean, if it's over the top, it's 336 00:23:22.119 --> 00:23:26.079 not enough, you know. And and we all laughed, you know, 337 00:23:26.160 --> 00:23:29.880 and here's rita moreno bah bah blah b b b b up uh you know, 338 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.200 west Side Story and on and on and on, and she's going, 339 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:37.559 this is great, and her daughter's sitting in there going, you know, 340 00:23:37.720 --> 00:23:40.640 it was a lot of fun. It was a lot of fun. What 341 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:42.960 else are your favorite memories of being in the studio for Bunkers? Did you 342 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:45.400 have did you how often did you have the whole cast sort of in there? 343 00:23:45.480 --> 00:23:48.240 Was it just usually you and Frank together or was it did you usually 344 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:52.559 have a group of people recording Bunkers? Can you remember, yeah, we 345 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:56.880 we had a group of people that absolutely, Yeah, you know, Sherry 346 00:23:57.079 --> 00:24:03.279 was there, Frank Walker, Ron Pernel, Oh yeah, Ron was there 347 00:24:03.039 --> 00:24:07.200 and he just loved it. We we that's why that's when we first met, 348 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:12.319 and and Jeff Bennett. You know, I just you know, it's 349 00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:18.279 just crazy, and but we would have a lot of fun because one person 350 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:22.720 will say something and then we'd feed off that and then we'd explore that, 351 00:24:22.839 --> 00:24:26.039 you know, just push it to the limit, and then they had to 352 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:30.519 edit, you know, so you know, I just think it was just 353 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:33.440 wonderful. You know. It was like like reading Marino said, it was 354 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:37.960 like a license to steal. You could just go over the top. There 355 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.799 was no such thing as too much. Yeah, I was got to touch 356 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.480 them before you actually brought it up. I was going to say, the 357 00:24:42.799 --> 00:24:47.880 idea of doing a show where anything you do can't be perceived is wrong must 358 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:51.839 have just been so fun. Oh god, yeah, yeah, absolutely, 359 00:24:52.559 --> 00:24:57.039 you know, you know, more is more. So This episode ed October 360 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:00.279 fourth, ninety three, written by Marion Wells, directed by of course Bob 361 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:04.480 Taylor. So this one wasn't actually the last episode featuring Lucky to air. 362 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:08.359 This actually was. So what they did was they ad they had nineteen Miranda 363 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:12.119 episodes. They aired nine in early ninety three, and then they returned with 364 00:25:12.519 --> 00:25:17.720 began with the official premiere with the Lucky episodes, and then that first batch 365 00:25:17.720 --> 00:25:19.880 of Lucky episodes, there was still twenty left, but they brought the remaining 366 00:25:21.000 --> 00:25:23.160 Miranda ones and that's what this episode. That's where this episode fitted in. 367 00:25:23.640 --> 00:25:26.640 So when you recorded this, you're saying that you didn't record this knowing it 368 00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:30.000 was gonna be the last one. Can you remember the last Balks episode that 369 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:33.359 you did record? Like, can you remember when the show was wrapping up? 370 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:37.400 Gosh, gosh, not really, you know, because I don't even 371 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:41.079 think, you know, while we were doing it. You know, we 372 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:45.160 were just doing them, start piling them, yeah, putting them in the 373 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:51.039 can and not really counting, you know. It was it was kind of 374 00:25:51.119 --> 00:25:55.680 like, because we had been derailed then put back on the boards, you 375 00:25:55.759 --> 00:26:00.440 know that we recorded some shows that did not make the cut, you know, 376 00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:04.240 so as a result, there were you know, we just kept on 377 00:26:04.359 --> 00:26:08.279 going, kept on going, and apparently and somewhere along the line we hit 378 00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:14.640 our magical number of sixty five and we made it. Yes, So you 379 00:26:14.720 --> 00:26:18.880 know, it was interesting because all those shows were recorded in a batch, 380 00:26:18.920 --> 00:26:21.599 weren't they, Yes, So there was there never ever a case of all 381 00:26:21.720 --> 00:26:23.319 right, guys, this is it, this is the last one, make 382 00:26:23.400 --> 00:26:26.640 it, make it a good one. It was never that kind of mentality. 383 00:26:26.640 --> 00:26:30.400 It was always just recording in a batch. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, 384 00:26:30.759 --> 00:26:33.519 yeah, just kept on going. Now before earlier in the show we 385 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:37.119 had we had Bonkers or do you want to say something, Chris, Yeah, 386 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:40.880 I was gonna say I just you know, we're just talking. Do 387 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:44.920 you remember there being a sixty five episode limit on Disney shows back then? 388 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:47.839 I think Bonkers was one of the shows that fell under that, and they 389 00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:52.440 had like a pretty controversial rule where they wouldn't let any series go past two 390 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.960 or three seasons or cumulatively, except sorry, sixty five episodes. Do you 391 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.079 remember it? An you think about that, Jim, do you remember that? 392 00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:03.640 But you know, talked about yeah, you know what the idea then 393 00:27:03.559 --> 00:27:11.039 was to cater to Disney Afternoon and and the whole thing was the sixty five 394 00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:17.319 episodes would air, you know, five days a week, and that filled 395 00:27:17.400 --> 00:27:22.480 up thirteen weeks, and so thirteen weeks you know times, you know. 396 00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:26.039 In other words, they wanted to get a whole year's worth and they would 397 00:27:26.119 --> 00:27:33.079 just hit the sixty fifth show and boom, next week they'd start over so 398 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:37.359 they'd start airing the same right from the get go. They'd still air boom 399 00:27:37.400 --> 00:27:41.119 boom, boom, boom boom. And that's where that came from. That's 400 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:45.240 you know, they were trying to fill up a year sixty five weeks at 401 00:27:45.559 --> 00:27:49.160 or not sixty five weeks, sixty five episodes. So if the show did 402 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:52.519 well, though, was there ever a chance I would bring it back four 403 00:27:52.559 --> 00:27:55.680 more episodes? It was always just case of sixty five and then were done. 404 00:27:56.000 --> 00:28:00.119 What was the reason they didn't expand on SEB shows? Well, well, 405 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:03.359 you know, we couldn't figure that out. You know, I could 406 00:28:03.480 --> 00:28:07.440 not figure that out. The only show that I know they did that with 407 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:11.480 was Dark Wing. You know, they because we did sixty five Dark Wings 408 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:15.519 and they go, wow, these are really pretty good, and they Disney 409 00:28:15.599 --> 00:28:22.200 and ABC TV were not the same company at that time, and ABC said, 410 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:26.200 listen, can we get more of these? You know, because they 411 00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:32.839 were on Saturday morning on ABC and five days a week on you know, 412 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:38.000 Disney Channel or or in syndication like in Los Angeles it was Channel nine, 413 00:28:38.960 --> 00:28:45.000 and so they just kept going. They said, oh wow, okay, 414 00:28:45.160 --> 00:28:49.640 yeah, NBC or ABC wants more. Well okay, And I think We 415 00:28:49.759 --> 00:28:53.920 ended up doing a like close to one hundred, maybe over one hundred dark 416 00:28:53.960 --> 00:28:59.920 Wing docks. So there were exceptions, yes, there were before we before 417 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:02.000 we expand here I just want to touch on, so this is sort of 418 00:29:02.000 --> 00:29:06.559 the end. Here I'm looking at and we've got your Lucky's wife and daughter 419 00:29:06.680 --> 00:29:11.079 here. The memories of those characters as well, Oh they're very sweet. 420 00:29:11.160 --> 00:29:18.079 There's there's Sherry, and you know, it was just it was kind of 421 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:21.480 bittersweet. It was very sweet, you know, you know, you got 422 00:29:21.480 --> 00:29:25.559 to see him as a family man, and it kind of and it enhanced 423 00:29:26.279 --> 00:29:30.640 Yeah, I was going to say it outlined the fact that he was the 424 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:34.839 human and Barker's was the tune. Yes, and you know, ne'er the 425 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:41.559 Twain shall meet except in cartoons. So it was interesting that some of the 426 00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:45.599 characters had to hit a ride to Washington with Luckiness episode because they weren't in 427 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:48.000 the Miranda episodes, because the Miranda episodes were made before these ones. So 428 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:52.119 they're like, hey, fall apart, Rabbit, and hey, everybody else, 429 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:55.640 mind going to Washington because you ain't gonna be around anymore in these Miranda 430 00:29:55.680 --> 00:30:00.799 episodes. So everyone's sort of like, yeah, yeah, it was a 431 00:30:00.839 --> 00:30:03.039 little disjointed for me when I when I saw the way it was put together, 432 00:30:03.160 --> 00:30:06.920 But it all came out in the wash, it did. Yeah, 433 00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:10.079 all to ask you did so when you had these episodes and when these shows 434 00:30:10.079 --> 00:30:12.880 were airing, had you finished recording the sixty five before it had started airing 435 00:30:14.000 --> 00:30:17.599 or were you still recording them as it went as it was airing. I 436 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.920 think we still had a few to go, so few to go? Ok, 437 00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.960 yeah, yeah, I believe so. Yeah. I think they always 438 00:30:25.000 --> 00:30:27.599 were like that, and it was always a thrill because I was literally in 439 00:30:27.680 --> 00:30:33.680 every series of Disney Afternoon and you know, because we do like forty or 440 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.759 fifty or whatever, and then boom it would premiere, and you know, 441 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:41.799 the remaining episodes were just a blast. Yeah, oh here we go. 442 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:45.920 Here, here's our crowder Kracker. Yeah, Carlo Cabdo. Look at that 443 00:30:47.480 --> 00:30:49.920 beautiful voice actors there and the cast. You just freeze fame on that cast 444 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:52.960 and you just think, wow, we all one show. It is incredible. 445 00:30:53.359 --> 00:30:56.960 But yeah, that was the end of our Lucky on On Bonkers. 446 00:30:56.039 --> 00:31:00.519 So there you go, all right this as well before we we wrap up 447 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:03.279 today. Of course, we did promise the people that Lucky and bonkers would 448 00:31:03.319 --> 00:31:04.519 be paying us a visit. We want to get their thoughts on this final 449 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:07.400 episode of Lucky. So do you know if they're around it all? Jim 450 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:11.519 Oh, for crying out loud? What do you want now? I'm trying 451 00:31:11.559 --> 00:31:18.319 to relax in my retirement and you guys keep pulling me back. What do 452 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:21.200 you want? Come on? Make it quick? Wait? What time is 453 00:31:21.279 --> 00:31:23.480 it? You know what? I got a golf I got a tea time? 454 00:31:23.599 --> 00:31:26.440 And I'm sorry, what did you want? I don't know, Lucky. 455 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:30.640 You have to excuse me or you won't, because either way, you 456 00:31:30.720 --> 00:31:33.559 know what, I gotta go to the bathroom. I'll be right back, 457 00:31:33.680 --> 00:31:41.359 Lucky. Uh so yeah, okay, keep themselves busy then, yeah, 458 00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:45.319 yeah, yeah, they're still very busy obviously, are they? Are they 459 00:31:45.400 --> 00:31:49.640 fun characters to revisit? Oh goshya, yeah. I mean you know, 460 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:52.640 I had a ball doing them. I had a ball. And you know, 461 00:31:53.079 --> 00:31:57.079 Chris and I just watched the episode. Uh, I don't know, 462 00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:01.079 an hour ago or whatever it was. It was so nostalk for me. 463 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:06.799 It was very nostalgic. It was, you know, it was kind of 464 00:32:06.839 --> 00:32:10.680 like revisiting old friends, like going over to an old buddy's house that you 465 00:32:10.759 --> 00:32:15.559 haven't seen since high school, and you know, you're sitting on the porch 466 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:21.680 and having a lemonade, and it was great. You know, I'm very, 467 00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:27.640 very fond of all the characters that I've kind of voiced and given life 468 00:32:27.720 --> 00:32:30.880 to, and it's it's just a blessing. It really is. The beauty 469 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:35.200 of these two. It's kind of like the dynamic of Pooh and Tiger when 470 00:32:35.240 --> 00:32:37.160 you do two characters on the show. If someone says, do the Pooh 471 00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:38.960 voice, you can sort of break into Tigers one, have a bit of 472 00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:42.960 a conversation with yourself as opposed to just oh yeah yeah, as opposed to 473 00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:45.079 just having to do the one voice. If someone says, du bonkers, 474 00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:46.960 you're just naturally bust out lucky as well, and have that little conversation. 475 00:32:47.039 --> 00:32:52.039 I think must be such a delight, you know. Oh yeah, well, 476 00:32:52.079 --> 00:32:54.640 there's no question about it. After all. Don't forget I'm very cute. 477 00:32:55.599 --> 00:33:00.559 I'm just kidding. No, Bulkers for crying out. Listen, I 478 00:33:00.680 --> 00:33:06.039 gotta go, uh, y'all leave you to bonkers t l K. Here 479 00:33:06.119 --> 00:33:09.640 we go anyway. Yeah, yes, well, Chris, there's anything else 480 00:33:09.640 --> 00:33:13.079 you want to touch on with Bunkers before we have before you bat now, 481 00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:15.559 we did an episode recently, but look, anything else you want to ask 482 00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:17.839 Jim, Yeah, no, just about this episode. I just thought i'd 483 00:33:17.920 --> 00:33:23.160 add a little fun fact. And it has not aired on television since nineteen 484 00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:27.400 ninety five. It was pulled from syndication in nineteen ninety five because of the 485 00:33:27.440 --> 00:33:31.119 Oklahoma hom acidic bombings, and it has not been seen by anybody, by 486 00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:35.960 any public until it came back on Disney Plus and they re released it. 487 00:33:36.480 --> 00:33:39.240 So this is one of like the rarest episodes of Bonkers that we just watched. 488 00:33:39.680 --> 00:33:44.519 And I think that's fascinating that that's what from nineteen ninety five until when 489 00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:46.440 did Disney Plus come out just a couple of years ago? Yeah, just 490 00:33:47.039 --> 00:33:51.400 three or four years ago now, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, 491 00:33:51.599 --> 00:33:53.839 so it's been over twenty years. In this episode, along with a couple 492 00:33:53.920 --> 00:33:58.279 others, there was a couple just be cause like how you mentioned Brendan earlier 493 00:33:58.440 --> 00:34:00.279 in the episode, just because of the theme of you know, like a 494 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:05.839 terrorist plot essentially, you know, it was a little too sensitive for the 495 00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:09.199 times and just whatever in ninety three at kids show terrorist too close to Home? 496 00:34:10.199 --> 00:34:14.800 Yeah yeah, so really, I mean, how many times in two 497 00:34:14.960 --> 00:34:17.440 years. Did this episode really air? You know, probably not that many, 498 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:22.280 and you're raised, that's that's a good observation. Yeah. I felt 499 00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:25.280 like bunk Is just in general just had disappeared for a good while, didn't 500 00:34:25.320 --> 00:34:29.280 it. It sure did. Yeah. It was one of those shows that 501 00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:30.480 we always say. It was like, did I imagine that show? Because 502 00:34:30.880 --> 00:34:35.320 as a kid of the nineties, I always remembered the theme song. I 503 00:34:35.440 --> 00:34:37.559 was like, that show had to exist. But I'm like, am I 504 00:34:37.639 --> 00:34:39.599 just confusing it for like a scene in Roger Rabbit? Like did it actually? 505 00:34:39.840 --> 00:34:44.119 Was it real? Yeah? Yeah, yeah, well it was? 506 00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:47.599 And then again not quaite. It's interesting. I've been doing some research on 507 00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:52.039 bunk isn't He had his own mascot at Disneyland for a while, and you 508 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:53.880 had a whole range of merchandis, and you had like the action figures and 509 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:57.599 the cars at Burger King and all that kind of stuff, So it was 510 00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:02.920 heavily market Yes, exactly, Ray, Yeah, Burger King is one of 511 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:07.960 my proudest accomplishments. Thank you, Thank you for bringing that up. What 512 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:13.400 would be Donald's, I don't know what would be Bunker's burger of choice from 513 00:35:13.400 --> 00:35:17.599 Burger King? Do you reckon the one closest. I like this one, 514 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:22.559 the one with the cheese and the burger and the King thank you, or 515 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:28.760 the mac oh you know or the mac King. No, anyway, you 516 00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:32.159 know, I'm like Kik taking fried chicken too. What did he say in 517 00:35:32.239 --> 00:35:37.360 this episode? He said this was his favorite meal food? Yes, yeah, 518 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:42.280 yeah, there was actually a good gag I liked as well. It 519 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:44.440 was I think it was fall Apart that said. It was something like he 520 00:35:44.519 --> 00:35:46.559 was reading through the cans and the last ones like refrigerate after opening or something 521 00:35:46.599 --> 00:35:49.280 that was the last clue, and I was like, that was really good 522 00:35:49.280 --> 00:35:52.920 stuff. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, the great Frank 523 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.719 Welker, the one of a kind. Yeah, and you know, we 524 00:35:54.760 --> 00:35:58.159 don't hear much for Frank anymore, but man, we need to get this 525 00:35:58.280 --> 00:36:02.639 man on because he is he is Mount Rushmore. Oh, he's amazing. 526 00:36:04.159 --> 00:36:07.280 Could not be a nicer guy. He's a mile and a half away as 527 00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:09.960 we speak. Or just open your window, yelly out, tell them to 528 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:13.719 come over. Give me. Yeah, yeah, okay, let's do that. 529 00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:16.119 You know, you know I will try. I told you that before. 530 00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:20.199 Yes, I think there should be a big public cray. Yes, 531 00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:22.199 Frank, we need to get you. We need to celebrate you, mate, 532 00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:24.800 because you are an absolute jam. But guys, thank you for listening 533 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:27.719 to this show. If you enjoyed it, If you are listening to this, 534 00:36:27.840 --> 00:36:30.800 that means you are a supporter of ours on our tuned in Patreon channel. 535 00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:35.719 So you guys are absolute legends and were bringing you more episodes of comings 536 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:39.440 commentaries in the next few months, going back and revisiting the old Disney animated 537 00:36:39.480 --> 00:36:42.840 cartoons. Oh, here we go, Jim's holding up a Bonker's plush. 538 00:36:42.920 --> 00:36:45.400 Now that's gonna be worth something right now? Is that that's the Yes? 539 00:36:45.639 --> 00:36:50.440 There he is. Hello, everybody, come I down. You're the nuts 540 00:36:50.519 --> 00:36:53.280 contestant. Oh no, wait, never mind, No you're not. Anyway, 541 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:59.079 It's really nice to see you. Okay, it's actually I can envision 542 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:01.519 Bonkers hosting his own game show. I feel like that would work. I 543 00:37:01.920 --> 00:37:06.360 can't. I do too, I mean I do too. There we go. 544 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:09.599 That would definitely work. It would definitely work. We need to make 545 00:37:09.639 --> 00:37:13.000 that happen. Yeah, we need bo would come on that way. We 546 00:37:13.079 --> 00:37:15.480 need to come back. But yeah, you guys, you do want to 547 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:19.119 send us a messages to Jim Cummings Podcast at gmail dot com but yes, 548 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:21.280 thank you for supporting us here on the Patreon channel, and we're gonna be 549 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:23.639 putting up a poll on Patreon asking us which show you like us to go 550 00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:27.800 back and revisit in the next episode of Cummings Commentaries. Look at for that 551 00:37:27.960 --> 00:37:30.400 on the feat as well. But thank you once again Jim Bonker's Lucky and 552 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:35.519 Chris for his Comings commentaries. 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