I watched it on tv when I was a kid in the late seventies. It was a superhero parody. The hero was an old man with a moustache, a coat, a hat and an umbrella. He could fly, and tipicaly did it with his arms extended as if they were the wings of an airplane. He had a wife who was an old lady whose stockings were always falling. In the intro of every episode you could see a lot of more traditional heroes (with muscles, capes and tights) being humiliated by a misterious figure (for example, being left in their underwear) so the old man was the only one left to save the day.
2006-12-22 05:05:17 · 5 answers · asked by asigalat 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Television
Thanks for the memory ... I had forgotten about Tyrone.
(Arte Johnson's ) ... other iconic Laugh-In character was "Tyrone F. Horneigh" (the last name pronounced "horn-eye"--a "clean" variant of the vulgar term "horny"), the white-haired, trenchcoat-wearing 'dirty old man' who repeatedly sought to seduce "Gladys Ormphby" (Ruth Buzzi's brown-clad 'spinster' character) on a park bench. Tyrone would enter the scene, muttering a song, and, spying Gladys on the bench, would sit next to her. He would ask 2 related 'leading questions,' each earning him a hard whack from a shocked Gladys using her purse. His third statement would be an appeal for medical assistance, at which time he would fall off the bench. An example:
TYRONE: "You want to go to my place, and see where I sleep?" [WHACK!]
TYRONE: "You want to go to your place, and see where you sleep?" [WHACK!]
TYRONE: "You mind if I go to sleep right here?" [moans, and falls off bench]
Years after Laugh-In ended its run, the 2 characters were made into an animated Saturday-morning children's show, with Tyrone as a helpful, muttering 'superhero.'
He also provided the voice for his "Tyrone" character in the 1977 Saturday morning animated weekly Baggy Pants and the Nitwits.
2006-12-22 05:20:09 · answer #1 · answered by istitch2 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Inspector Gadget?
2006-12-22 05:06:43 · answer #2 · answered by Stephen R 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's a takeoff from the old Laugh-In show.
The man was Artie Johnson and the lady was Ruth Buzzy
2006-12-22 05:07:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scooby Scooby Doooooo!
2016-05-23 16:00:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wasn't it Inspector Gadget?
2006-12-22 13:05:33 · answer #5 · answered by chantilly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋