There was one episode where the Simpsons went to a restaurant, and the Maitre d' kept saying "yes, YES" is a long, drawn out, and over enthusiastic voice. I couldn't figure out what this was a reference to, and the closest thing I could think of was character actor Frank Nelson (see http://www.uptonogood.com/fnelson/index.html), who appeared in dozens of I Love Lucy episodes in roles like a Maitre d'. He is best known as the Conductor in "The Great Train Robbery" episode where Lucy keeps stopping the train (his famous line there, "did you stop this train?"), the customs officer in "The Return Home from Europe" (who found the cheese hidden in Ricky's instruments), and as characters Freddie Fillmore and Ralph Ramsey. Is there another, more obvious reference that I'm missing?
Maitre d' question
In , "Zan Hecht" wrote:
That's it. "Yes" was his big line from the Jack Benny Show.
Jim
No. It's Nelson. And I figured that out a long time ago, so don't flatter yourself. :-)
Although the capsule got it wrong..
-- An XPeeple Production -- "As a child, I always wanted to bite his head off. This is my way of doing that... creatively." -Andy Dick as Marylin Manson "Most critics want to be authors, screenwriters and novelists, [but] they just suck." -Joe Rogan
I had a stroooooke!!
"Bill McNeal" wrote in message news:[email]...
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Well, aren't you SPECIAL!!!
I've never really watched I Love Lucy much (although I did see the Train episode.) Anyway, at the VERY least, most people of my generation remember his roles on The Flintstones -- jewellery salesman, bowling ball salesman, piano salesman... :) Imagine my surprise to learn it REALLY WAS him, and not just someone impersonating him.
Dr Music P.S. Parking was ample.