Zoidberg!

What can I say? Maybe it's the sandals... maybe it's the pincers... maybe it's that voice, so suavely ethnic for an alien...

I think Dr. Zoidberg is the coolest character on the show. Will anyone second my opinion?

Where can I find those sandals?

Neil Robertson wrote:

Pleeeeaaaaase post a picture of Your feet. :)))

Neil Robertson wrote:

Zoidberg sounds like Jackie Mason! Think he's supposed to be Jewish? (If so, must be Reform. Shellfish isn't kosher.)

I've been thinking about that voice. Jackie Mason came to mind as a possible influence, but I think there's more of a Georgie Jessel quality to it. Actually, I think Billy West got it from one of the older Hanna-Barbera voice actors who was borrowing from Jessel, and he adapted it one generation further.

Shellfish isn't kosher? I'm not surprised.

Zoidberg sounds quite a bit like Wally Walrus in the new Woody Woodpecker series, who is also voiced by Billy West.

possible

voice

further.

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 14:56:14 -0500, Deacon wrote:

Human meat isn't Kosher either. However, the fact that he eats a hot dog and requests "Something crawling with parasites" would still support the reform theory.

He is a doctor, his name ends with 'berg' and with his accent he's got three Jewish stereotypes working for him. My guess is his real name is in that trumpet sounding language from episode two ("What, My mother was a saint" (make that four Jewish stereotypes)) and he choose Zoidberg as his "human" name. For some reason, all aliens have names that start with Z plus he wanted a name that sounded like a doctor so he wanted 'berg' at the end.

--Larry

So the correct spelling would be Zleela? :-)

Mandos D Shadowspawn Esq /s

No, the first letter of the LAST name.

Mandos D Shadowspawn Esq wrote in message ...

In article , "Rick Carlson" wrote:

Besides, she's racially alien but culturally human. And yes it really bothers her when people make fun of her eye.

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:21:02 -0700, [email] (Ashley Yakeley) wrote:

It bothers her even more if you make fun of her nose.

--Larry

She is apparently bothered by Amy kissing Fry, and a host of other things. The chick is highly neurotic, when you get right down to it.

Larry F wrote in message ...

...but I wouldn't mind at all "getting right down to it" with Leela, Amy, or both.

Rick Carlson wrote in message ...

Rick Carlson wrote:

Separately, or en masse?

Yes. One, then the other, then both, then start over. Then lunch!

Deacon wrote in message ...

or

Rick Carlson wrote:

My opinion of Leela is: no prob with the purple hair, (anime fantasies and so forth), nice rack, but the one big eye puts me right off it. And if you married her, she'd sit around on the couch, eating bon-bons and whining "A-AL!!!" all day. . . .

Are you stupid? How many chicks out there do you know with a body like hers AND karate skills equivalent to those of a 2nd degree black belt? She's a catch, no question about it.

On Tue, 02 Nov 1999 13:42:21 -0600, Deacon wrote:

Wrong show, man! I cant imagine Leela whining about much of anything. And, with the exception of depth perception [which COULD cause problems in the bedroom], I dont think the "one eye" thing would be bad. Remember, the EYE is the window to the soul, so gazing into Leela's would be like watching big screen TV.

And besides that, Peggy Bundy is just a fictional character!

Larry Finkelstein wrote:

I don't know what's more disturbing, 1) cannibalism or 2) the fact that it

was prevalent enough among the Israelites to actually make them go to the trouble of forbidding it. . . .

As Greg's father (from "Dharma and Greg") would say it:

"FINKELSTEIN!!!!"

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maybe it's

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Zoidberg? Definitely George Jessel. Sounds like Jackie Mason with a mouthful of marbles.