To be fair, Varney came up with the character, so why not keep using it?
Do you know he started as a Shakespearian actor? He actually had a huge amount of range, which you can see in the highly underrated Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam.
Here’s him doing a bit of Shakespeare and then being a bit silly:
To be fair, Varney came up with the character, so why not keep using it?
Do you know he started as a Shakespearian actor? He actually had a huge amount of range, which you can see in the highly underrated Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam.
Here’s him doing a bit of Shakespeare and then being a bit silly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QNW4x2HYYg
I did! That’s how I learned it started as a character for ads.
A great character. Also, the micro machines guy has to be included in the Advengers.
John Moschitta, Jr.
I used to have a cassette he put out: 10 Minute University / 10 Classics in 10 Minutes
Looks like you can’t hear the whole thing on YouTube, but here’s the Moby Dick one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKhUoFCBhNE
This one’s really good too
https://youtu.be/0xdZ_exeass
God Viva Variety was great. I think it isn’t available because of the music.
Thankfully, a bunch of the episodes (but not close to all) are on archive.org!
Dr Otto is a regular in our family. Mr Varney has been revered by us for years. Glad to know others do as well.