# Whats this simpsons character saying?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 27, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092 "2001-09-27T12:41:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092/1 "2001-09-27T12:41:06Z")

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Professor Frink (sp?) and all his mannerisms. They crack me up every time but what I don’t get the word that he utters when he’s finished spluttering out a sentence, it sounds like he’s saying “Froyhaven” or some such thing. Is it just a nonsense word or is there more of a joke behind it?

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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092/2 "2001-09-27T13:07:32Z")

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I can always make out what he’s saying. Wish I could help you on this particular one, but even if you sent a sound file, my sound card’s busted.

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**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092/3 "2001-09-27T13:17:05Z")

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I think it’s just nonsense.

I believe that the mannerisms come partly from the original “Nutty Professor” character played by Jerry Lewis.

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**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092/4 "2001-09-27T13:19:44Z")

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I’m pretty sure it’s actually spelled “Flayvin.” IIRC, it’s a reference to an old Jerry Lewis character.

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2001, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092/5 "2001-09-27T16:21:43Z")

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“Randomness, it’s all randomness…”  
Me in my sleep once…

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**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-simpsons-character-saying/84092/6 "2001-09-28T00:28:05Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Frink: Whoa, huf, guyven, gloa, pumping is hard, glayven.

from  
[http://www.snpp.com/guides/prof.frink.html#1](http://www.snpp.com/guides/prof.frink.html#1)