# "Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You might remember me from....

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 28, 2002, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-troy-mcclure-you-might-remember-me-from/111248 "2002-05-28T22:47:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![DoctorJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctorj/32/2904_2.png) [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-troy-mcclure-you-might-remember-me-from/111248/41 "2002-06-10T05:42:01Z")

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> Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House

[obscure music fact]Yo La Tengo used this as the title of a song on their _And Then Everything Turned Itself Inside Out_ album.

Dr. J

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**Author:** ![flairgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7c8e57/32.png) [@flairgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flairgun)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-troy-mcclure-you-might-remember-me-from/111248/42 "2002-06-10T10:47:21Z")

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“Troy Mclure?,I thought you said he was dead?”  
“I never said he was dead, I said he was sleeping with the fishes…”

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-troy-mcclure-you-might-remember-me-from/111248/43 "2002-06-10T16:08:04Z")

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For the curious, the name Troy McClure comes from two blond actors of the 1960s, Doug McClure and Troy Donahue:

Troy Donahue  
[http://detnews.com/2001/obituaries/0109/06/obituaries-284512.htm](http://detnews.com/2001/obituaries/0109/06/obituaries-284512.htm)

Doug McClure  
[http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/beefcake5.html](http://www.briansdriveintheater.com/beefcake5.html)

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**Author:** ![jb\_farley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9d8465/32.png) [@jb\_farley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jb_farley)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2002, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hi-im-troy-mcclure-you-might-remember-me-from/111248/44 "2002-06-11T07:08:12Z")

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and doug mcclure was the policeish dude from “Out of This World”, starring none other than the voice of Burt Reynolds.

and the girl from Cloak and Dagger.

jb

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