Abman51
Danger, ay?
Cauldron said:Another one (yes). What is the significance of the mysterious Rudy character from Sunday Cruddy Sunday? I'm sure I've seen him somewhere else, not on the Simpsons though.
Along with this, what is the purpose of Roy's appearance in the Itchy and Scratchy and Poochie show?
"Rudy" was a movie.
The small man not going to Miami is a play on Rudy, a small man
who, in the 1970's, played for Notre Dame's football team. Though his
football career only lasted a few minutes, he gained his popularity though
the fact that playing for Notre Dame was his life-long dream, and that he
did everything to achieve it. His story was made into a 1993 film by Tri-
Star.
Inspiring 1993 movie about a
small kid who dreams of playing football for Notre Dame all his life, and
finally, in the last game of his senior year, goes out and makes a
completely meaningless sack of the opposing quarterback. It's actually a
pretty good movie, even if it is a slight story to hang a feature film on.
Roy:
Roy is a take-off of the Fonz (Happy Days)
The premise of Roy's new show is very familiar to "Three's Company," a popular ABC comedy.