This is the mashup I needed today

January 28, 2021 10:53 AM

I am constantly amazed at the work folks will put into these videos. This one combines a couple of favorites of mine. I don't want to spoil-it is OK for work and children.
posted by agatha_magatha (13 comments total)

I'm typically against vague posts, so to add a bit of context for others but still without spoilers: it takes 1 iconic 80s character and makes them the main feature of a very, very different 90s franchise. Worth the watch
posted by FirstMateKate at 11:00 AM on January 28, 2021 [4 favorites]

This was fun! I feel like my kids are missing out not watching that iconic 80's character. Man we watched some weird shows back then.

Also wondering - did Mike Meyers take inspiration from him for the Dr. Evil character?
posted by kitcat at 11:36 AM on January 28, 2021

This was super well-done. Nice going, Francis.
posted by Mchelly at 11:45 AM on January 28, 2021 [2 favorites]

Superb work—a lot of work.
posted by bz at 12:05 PM on January 28, 2021

This calls for a soundtrack! (Or maybe this instead.)
posted by wenestvedt at 12:25 PM on January 28, 2021

Also wondering - did Mike Meyers take inspiration from him for the Dr. Evil character?

Dana Carvey Says He Forgives Mike Myers for Allegedly Stealing Dr. Evil Character (The Hollywood Reporter, May 22, 2019) Carvey, a Saturday Night Live alum who became a household name along with Myers for their Wayne's World sketches and films, dropped by Howard Stern's SiriusXM Satellite Radio program on Wednesday. Carvey claimed he was the first SNL castmember to do an impression of show creator and executive producer, Lorne Michaels. Myers, he says, took that and ran with it for Dr. Evil. [...]

Myers told The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 for an oral history on Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery that, yes, Dr. Evil was based partially on Michaels, but also on another actor. "The Dr. Evil voice is a little bit Lorne Michaels, there are no two ways about it, but there is a lot more Donald Pleasence in there than Lorne."
posted by Iris Gambol at 12:31 PM on January 28, 2021 [1 favorite]

This is great, thanks for posting!
posted by winesong at 12:35 PM on January 28, 2021

Magnificent, thank you!
posted by EXISTENZ IS PAUSED at 3:52 PM on January 28, 2021 [1 favorite]

And they managed to do it all w/o using *that* Goldblum quote, which I had to say I was waiting for.
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 6:09 PM on January 28, 2021

I'm typically against vague posts, so to add a bit of context for others but still without spoilers: it takes 1 iconic 90s character and makes them the main feature of a very, very different 80s franchise. Worth the watch
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 9:14 PM on January 28, 2021 [4 favorites]

Bikes, uh, find a way.
posted by benzenedream at 9:19 PM on January 28, 2021 [4 favorites]

I had this 5 year old clip all teed up for a post by its title yesterday, hit Preview and found I was an hour late here. Which makes me wonder why the Google algorithm churned it up yesterday.
posted by y2karl at 11:20 AM on January 29, 2021

But for a fact, there are Fifty Shades of Play, Pee Wee's Big Halloween, Pee Wee as Kylo Ren -- there's a regular cottage industry of these mashups.
posted by y2karl at 3:19 PM on January 29, 2021 [3 favorites]