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Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have done
« Thread Started on May 2, 2012, 10:05pm »
I was watching Eegah! last night, and there's a scene where Roxy's dad tells the helicopter pilot to be back at 4:00 the next day, and the camera goes to the pilot grinning far too widely and Joel goes "Heh heh heh heh, suuuure, foooour, whateeeverrrr, ha ha ha ha HAAAAAAAAA."

It's around the 19-minute mark and Joel's delivery absolutely nails it - my text doesn't do it justice. And it's very much a Joel-specific line, especially the cackle (which carries on well past when the camera leaves the pilot). Totally inappropriate for Mike.

Similarly, Mike's punchier, more energetic style was perfect for certain lines, like Time Chasers' "Hi, I'm Bob Evil!" or Night of the Blood Beast's "What I'm about to say may sound strange, but I think we should eat this corpse."

What are some other examples of this?
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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #1 on May 3, 2012, 8:53pm »
Mike had a real knack for delivering lines angrily, like "Can't we have a rule that in the future, films have to be made by filmmakers?"
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« Reply #2 on May 3, 2012, 9:55pm »

May 3, 2012, 8:53pm, TVsGrady wrote:
Mike had a real knack for delivering lines angrily, like "Can't we have a rule that in the future, films have to be made by filmmakers?"


Actually I think that was a crow line but yes mike had a knack for those jokes.
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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #3 on May 3, 2012, 11:29pm »
One of my favorite "angry Mike" lines was from 12 to the Moon, when one astronaut gives another one the Medea stone, which burns the guy:

"Would you stop handing me stuff like that?!?!"
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« Reply #4 on May 4, 2012, 7:08am »
More "angry Mike" from Phantom Planet:

"Wow, how did I manage to land without that mincing little co-pilot jabbering on about the good and the beautiful?"

Well, maybe more sarcastic than angry, but definitely a Mike-flavored bitterness.

And there's another great Joel-specific riff which comes to mind, only I can't remember which episode it's from. I'm pretty sure it's in a sword-and-sorcery movie - there's a character calling to a king in a loud, undignified way, and there isn't any particular emergency, I don't think.

Character: YOUR MAJESTY!
Joel (as king): YEAH!

I don't think Mike would have raised the pitch of his voice high enough for that.
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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #5 on May 4, 2012, 1:19pm »
My favorite Joel-esque line was a simple one, during the Circus on Ice short. When the ringmaster skates out and cracks his whip and Joel yells "YES!" Just a perfect intonation.

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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #6 on May 4, 2012, 2:18pm »
Favorite Joel:

"Because I'm the laziest man on Mars!" from Santa Claus Conquers The Martians with a Droppo-like delivery.



I love angry Mike and it's probably why I'm partial to him over Joel, but my favorite Mike line has to be:

"and she went aaaaaaah" from Teenage Strangler delivered in a girly Tiny Tim-like way.
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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #7 on May 4, 2012, 10:54pm »
This is a bit of a cop out, but I can't think of a single line. Mike and Joel definitely had their separate styles, but they didn't stick to that 100% of the time. There are plenty of times where Mike says something whimsical, simple, off beat, etc. just as there are many times where Joel gets angry and crude.

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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #8 on May 6, 2012, 11:53am »
Oh, thought of a good Angry Mike one! Overdrawn at the memory bank, when Raoul Julia is pretend clenching the Matrix or whatever:

"The director's neck, right in my hands..."
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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #9 on May 8, 2012, 5:24pm »
This isn't terribly specific, but Mike was the best at angrily muttering stuff. Or dead-panning one word, like "...Pumaman."

And Joel's the only person on earth who can deliver "Oh, wow" just right. ;)
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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #10 on May 13, 2012, 4:11am »
From "The Painted Hills."

Joel (innocently): "Well look, Shep is Tommy's supervisor."


From "Boggy Creek 2."

Mike (perfect redneck accent) "We're going camping and you're gonna watch."
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« Reply #11 on May 16, 2012, 1:34pm »

May 13, 2012, 4:11am, Shep wrote:


From "Boggy Creek 2."

Mike (perfect redneck accent) "We're going camping and you're gonna watch."


That nearly made me lose my cereal.
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Re: Lines that ONLY Joel or ONLY Mike could have d
« Reply #12 on May 20, 2012, 10:45am »
Both Mike and Joel did the "sure, honey" thing, but Joel's was more Joelier I think.
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