Orson Welles Should've Been In...

[Chris L]

Mork.

Or Mork's son.

What about Tattoo from Fantasy Island, with all his shots filmed against green screen?

[Juice]

UHF. He plays the creepy alien technician dude; Filo I think his name was.

[buffcoat]

Mork.

Or Mork's son.

What about Tattoo from Fantasy Island, with all his shots filmed against green screen?

I don't get the latter-day love for Jonathan Winters.  I will grant that I was a kid when I watched all of his comedy.  I do remember hating "Mearth" for all I was worth, but maybe it was just the name.

Did the producers of Mork & Mindy get any money from the Benjamin Button people?

[Steve of Bloomington]

Archie Bunker on 'All in the Gang'

[Gregory]

If it had come out earlier, Orson Welles would've made a great Dr. Giggles.

[timmx]

I can't decide if he should have been Mario, from the Magic Shop, or Madam Ruby, the fortune-teller, in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure".

[Austin From Chicago]

Hot Stuff.

[Chris L]

I can't decide if he should have been Mario, from the Magic Shop, or Madam Ruby, the fortune-teller, in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure".

I would settle for Amazing Larry.

[Wes]

I can't decide if he should have been Mario, from the Magic Shop, or Madam Ruby, the fortune-teller, in "Pee-Wee's Big Adventure".

I would settle for Amazing Larry.

Mr. Buxton, father of Francis.

Mr. Buxton: He couldn't have stolen your bike. We've been setting up Francis's birthday plans all day.
Pee-wee Herman: Gee, I guess I was wrong. We don't have to involve the authorities in this matter, do we, Mr. Buxton? It was an honest mistake, and I'm very sorry.
Mr. Buxton: Well... I still think you should apologise to Francis, and then I want to see the two of you shake hands.
Pee-wee Herman: I'm sorry, Francis.
[Shakes his hand, and reaches for his trick gum]
Pee-wee Herman: Here, would you care for some gum?
[Francis takes a piece of trick gum]
Pee-wee Herman: Would you like some, Mr. Buxton?
Mr. Buxton: Oh, thank you.
Pee-wee Herman: Spearmint or fruit?
Mr. Buxton: Uh, fruit please.
Mr. Buxton: [Takes a piece of trick gum]
Pee-wee Herman: [leaving] Well, goodbye.
Mr. Buxton: Goodbye.
Francis: You do believe me, don't you, Dad?
[as Francis chews the trick gum, the saliva in his mouth turns black. Mr Buxton screams as he realises his own gum is spicy]

[Rhymes with Don Draper]

I was going to say what I think Orson Welles should have been in when I called into the show but Tom hung-up on me. (No hard feelings on my part and I hope that John Hodgman wasn't offended by me comparing his likeness to Bunsen Honeydew. If he was, I'm sorry.)

Otherwise: I think it would've been funny if Orson Welles played the Edward James Olmos part in Blade Runner or the Robert Preston role in The Last Starfighter. Why? It would've been funny to see Orson Welles pilot something as cool as a flying hover-car and probably make it look like the Rascal Scooter of the future.

[heliumsocket]

THE CAT FROM OUTER SPACE. Disney, 1978.

'The Cat From Outer Space' Trailer for TV (1978)

[timmx]

Mr. Buxton, father of Francis.

I considered that but that performance is so untouchable to me ultimately I eliminated it from the running.

Now, imagining Mr. Wells offering a boomberang bowtie or delivering the line "You're here because.... you want something." I think that could have really added to the movie.

[Christina]

I've been unable to listen all summer but I've been slowly catching up so this topic now makes more sense - the first thing I thought of was Creepshow, in Stephen King's role, where he plays the dumb hick who gets taken over by the extraterrestrial plants. Can't you see him in those overalls!

[cavorting with nudists]

Some dude on the show stumped Tom and John with Cutter's Way.  It's a pretty good 80's neo-noir, though when I rewatched it recently I noticed enormous holes in the mystery plot that I hadn't before.  If Welles played John Heard's role it would be a great example of his doing anything for money, since it's integral to the character that he's a disfigured Vietnam vet.  (Welles was 50 when the US started sending ground combat forces to Vietnam.)

[Lewkatz]

How about Orson Welles as the drunk sailor Paddy Button in "Blue Lagoon"? Imagine him thespian-ing the hell out of that monologue where he tells the children that they are forbidden from going to the "human-sacrificey" side of the island.