Take a walk on the wacky side with Dr. Fad!

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Seriously, come on. How can you not love this?

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, THAT guy! I remember back inna day when they used to have half-hour previews for the season's upcoming Saturday morning cartoons (remember that? mighty, fallen, etc.) That guy hosted one or was a major feature of one or ... something.

"Remember" might be an exaggeration.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

He totally kicks Mr. Wizard's ass, you realize this right? I mean look at his shirt.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:45 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, that's, uh, pretty neat there Ally.

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Only glow-in-the-dark scorpions could've given Mr Wizard the edge he'd need to take on Dr Fad. Plus, hello, Dr Fad is a DOCTOR.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Well Mr. Wizard was a wizard, Tep, if we want to get all technical and elitist here.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Nowt screams yummy like a spider Hawaiian shirt! He is a prime example of being mega popular for making people want odd / useless junk (delete as appropriate)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously, this just isn't really as cool.

http://www.the-scientist.com/yr1996/oct/oct_art/wizard.jpg

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

whoa, who deputized Ally to the Cool Police all of a sudden?

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Not in the age of pedophiles, anyway. (Couldn't resist)

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Well Mr. Wizard was a wizard, Tep, if we want to get all technical and elitist here.

Yeah, but there's no peer review nor system of checks and balances for wizards. You can't be sued for magical malpractice. There's no ethics commission governing how you treat frogs, nor PETA hoisters throwing paint at you for conducting your experiments on bats and using eye of newt and whatnot. Wizards are pretty laissez-faire. Doctors gotta work it and watch their backs. Especially doctors of fadometry and stuff, cause the field changes so rapidly.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

x-post. oops...

― Nichole Graham (Nichole Graham), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Horace is outed as a secret Mr. Wizard fan, I see.

Tep, I kind of love you right now. You're like the brother I never had.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I want one of those spiders! If I knew that guy, I'd totally steal one from his sweater.

We were watching NA's new FALL dvd last night and in this one video, the band is wearing plastic spiders on their faces. It rules.

― Sarah MCLusky (coco), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

He was my first Asian hero.
who's got an mp3 of the theme song. I remember it being wacky.

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

We can invent a secret handshake at the twee party, Ally, that'd be kind of cool.

They're not spiders, Sarah, they're wacky wallcrawlers!

Seriously, my last apartment? I threw one of those at the ceiling. It stayed for a year. It was there when I moved out. It was like a mascot or something.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Jess alerted me to the fact that Dr. Fad invented those. I didn't know that and neither did he.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

i am still floored by this fact.

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

He had another really big thing, but I can't remember what it was. Dammit. There better be a Dr Fad page, and someone else better find it and link to it.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

i thought him wearing them was just another charming eccentric affectation...but he's really just a walking advertisement!

― strongo hulkington (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:58 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, but surely both Dr. and Wizard are more respectable than Science Guy.

http://www.calacademy.org/casnews/images/scienceguy.jpg

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.drfad.com !

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, you used to be able to get the 'wacky wallwalkers' out of boxes of rice krispies.. or those machines you put a quarter into and get a little plastic shell with some delightful prize in it.

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 17:59 (twenty-two years ago)

ROCK ‘n ROLL: This take off on the Pet Rock did not work. Well, maybe no one wanted a rock imbedded in a bagel. So this fad goes to Memphis, and not to the Fad Hall of Fame.

The next damn fad, I'm gonna imbed it in a bagel, because it's obviously going to work SOMEtime. This includes emo glasses, bdsm, and lacrosse.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Trucker hats imbedded in maidenhead cruellers?

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:01 (twenty-two years ago)

But Science Guy has that funny theme song!

( I never saw this Dr. Fad. :( )

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Trucker hats imbedded in maidenhead cruellers?

I haven't read the maidenhead cruller thread, and now I'm not sure if I want to more or less. ILE smells like ambivalence.

Dr Fad's page makes no mention of his second hit, which is like toneloc.com not mentioning Funky Cold Medina. What the hell? I'll bet it was something fine-at-the-time-and-scandalous-now, like rohypnol lollipops or spankypants.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

It wasn't that long ago, I doubt rohyphnol lollipops would've been fine then either.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Colorchange kittens, then. "Put them in the microwave and watch them turn blue!"

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh, where can I get one?

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

does anyone remeber the part of the show where they had failed fads, and didn't they do something like through them in a pit of acid, or what was it?

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

does anyone remeber the part of the show where they had failed fads, and didn't they do something like throw them in a pit of acid, or what was it?

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I think he'd be totally down with flashmobs. He's like the Akira of trendiness.

Hahaha yeah all the "failed fads" got destroyed dramatically and everyone screamed and yelled at them.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

oops

― A Nairn (moretap), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Ooh, where can I get one?
-- Ally

does anyone remeber the part of the show where they had failed fads, and didn't they do something like through them in a pit of acid, or what was it?

Your question was answered in the next post, Ally.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

They should do a Dr. Fad/Iron Chef crossover.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:14 (twenty-two years ago)

If he doesn't like their food, he hurls it in a pit of acid and screams at them. And throws the wallcrawlers in their faces.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

on an episode of Banzai, somehow

― phil-two (phil-two), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Throw in some robots and schoolgirls and it's like every Japanese television stereotype ever!

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:17 (twenty-two years ago)

AND he has to seek out wacky/faddy ingredients for the theme ingredient.

Hypothetical alternate universe Dr Fad/Iron Chef crossover circa 1996: KIWI BATTLE.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

"CHILEAN SEA BASS BATTLE"

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

"USE ANY INGREDIENT YOU WANT BUT EVERYTHING MUST BE A COULIS" BATTLE

This show would both rock and suck.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

About like now, right.

― Ally (mlescaut), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:24 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, but different. Oh hell, HAZELNUT BATTLE, except I still don't know for sure if that was a time-type fad or just Western Mass.

― Tep (ktepi), Wednesday, 20 August 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

If you are wearing a sweatshirt exactly like Dr. Fad's and you throw yourself against a wall, you don't gently descend down the wall. I learned this the hard way.

So, Mr. Wizard. Remember when, sometimes, he would be downright pissy at the kids when they would do something wrong? (Am I making up these memories? I hope not. I seem to remember him being a cranky sumbitch on occasion.)

What, no mention of Beakman? I think the peak was when his assistant was Josie (she rocked - her successors were...lacking.) Why did Beakman require his assistants to dress like bag ladies? Fingerless gloves?! Was the rat guy supposed to be a furry?

Ok, forget all of those guys - DR. SCIENCE is the one true science personality. ("I have a Master's Degree...IN SCIENCE!" "He knows more than you do!") (Any Duck's Breath Mystery Theatre fans out there?)

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Friday, 22 August 2003 05:55 (twenty-two years ago)

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