# Who are Larry, Darryl, and Darryl? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2007, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764 "2007-03-13T16:51:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/21 "2007-03-13T19:05:47Z")
If I’m not mistaken, the only word they ever spoke was “QUIET!” They yelled it during the final episode. I remember an episode once where they were trying to test the theory “if a tree falls in the woods. . .” So, they put a video camera in the woods, and released a couple beavers to chew down the tree. They were watching the video tape excitedly back at Newharts. . .then everyone started tilting their head to the side in unison. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/22 "2007-03-13T19:15:27Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] So what exactly did they do? [/QUOTE] Pretty much anything the plot required. Originally they were **odd** job men, then, as I mentioned, they were the world’s worst restaurant owners. Mostly though they just showed up when it suited what one might loosely call the “plot”. They might know a spell to make snow fall, they might threaten a bully. “Hi. I’m Larry, this is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl.” “What’s that to me?” “I just thought you might like to know the names of your assailants.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/23 "2007-03-13T19:47:52Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] So what exactly did they do? [/QUOTE] One time they had the Loudens over to their “home” for a dinner party. Larry asked if anyone would enjoy a cocktail. He then handed each person a feather. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/24 "2007-03-13T21:29:51Z")
Of course, the finale of _Newhart_ was classic. But not mentioned (maybe because nobody remembers it, or even saw it. I don’t know) is that that episode itself spun off into a _Bob Newhart Show_ episode. In 1991, CBS broadcast a reunion special that started off like the _Newhart_ finale with Bob waking up in bed and telling Emily about his dream. The next day at the office, Bob is joined by Emily, Howard, Jerry, and Carol and all comment on Bob’s dream and offer reminiscences of their own as clips are shown. Howard tells of a dream he had about being an astronaut in Florida whose best friend had a genie. (Howard, of course, was played by Bill Daily, who used to be Roger on _I Dream of Jeannie_.) At the end of the episode, everybody goes downstairs for lunch together. Carol, Emily, Jerry, and Howard get in one of the elevators. Bob decides it’s too crowded for him and tells the others he’ll take the other elevator. [spoiler]Bob pushes the button and the elevator opens. The interior of the elevator is in disarray. There is a stepladder in the elevator, wires are hanging from the ceiling and tools are scattered about. There are three workmen in the elevator. They slowly turn around. “Hi. I’m Larry. This is my brother Darryl, and this is my other brother Darryl.” Bob screams, “EMILYYYY!” and dashes down the stairs.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/25 "2007-03-13T21:36:09Z")
[QUOTE=WhyNot] They must have done more with the characters than simply the Newhart show, because I never, ever watched it, and I saw 'em. Did they do commercials or something? [/QUOTE] Yeah, they used to turn up occasionally in other places. I remember seeing them at least once on some really bad variety show–one of those things like “Super Stars at the Super Bowl”, or some such shit. The thing is, their whole routine depended on timing and delivery, but they were trying to interact with some host who hadn’t rehearsed and wasn’t in character, and it was really, _really_ awkward. I don’t remember them doing any commercials, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/26 "2007-03-14T00:02:03Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] So what exactly did they do? [/QUOTE] I liked the one where they took their vacation on the Riviera. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/27 "2007-03-14T00:43:37Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] I think one of the Darryls spoke in one other episode when the brothers found out (or thought they found out) that Darryl was the oldest, not Larry. [/QUOTE] No, they’d just take off their hats and nod, and then Larry would speak up, “And I’m their brother, Larry.” ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/28 "2007-03-14T00:51:11Z")
One of the Darryl’s majored in British genealogy at Oxford, the other Darryl went to Cambridge. Larry: “You can imagine the ribbing I get for graduating from Vermont Tech.” On a Bob Newhart interview he said the brothers were supposed to be one-shot deal (the episode involves a witch buried in the basement of the Stratford). Their roles were almost scrapped because the writers thought the intro line (“I’m Larry etc.”) was too silly and surreal. When the brothers actually walked on and Sanderson finished with “…my other brother Darryl” they had to edit the footage because the audience laughed so long. That’s why they wrote them into another episode (the Stephanie _Goldilocks_ episode) then another until they were regulars. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/29 "2007-03-14T02:43:48Z")
I know a married couple. It’s the second marriage for each of them. They each had a son named Sean by their first marriage. I tried to persuade them to have a child together named Larry so that some day he can introduce himself and his brothers by saying, “Hello, I’m Larry. This is my brother Sean, and this is my other brother Sean.” ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/30 "2007-03-14T03:07:36Z")
Wikipedia says that they were also on _Coach_. But that’s something I will never, ever, ever verify. ---
**Author:** ![bienville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@bienville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bienville)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/31 "2007-03-14T03:08:37Z")
Here’s a couple of YouTube clips: [Dick’s Dream](http://youtube.com/watch?v=MD-MYd3QM3s) Larry, Darryl, and Darryl come in at 2mins20secs. This clip’s maybe a little confusing if you didn’t watch the show, because the “jokes” are that all the characters are not themselves- they don’t display any of the attributes that usually annoy Dick. [Larry’s Dream in which he hosts the Tonight Show](http://youtube.com/watch?v=NhdWLc-p8Gc) ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/32 "2007-03-14T03:19:28Z")
[Hijack]Obligatory self reference.[/Hijack] CENTURION: Where is Darryl of Nazareth?! DARRYL: You sanctimonious bastards! CENTURION: I have an order for his release! DARRYL: You stupid bastards! MR. CHEEKY: Uh, I’m Darryl of Nazareth. DARRYL: What?! MR. CHEEKY: Yeah, I-- I-- I’m Darryl of Nazareth. CENTURION: Take him down! DARRYL: I’m Darryl of Nazareth! VICTIM #1: Eh, I’m Darryl! MR. BIG NOSE: I’m Darryl! apologies and copyright to Monty Python ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/33 "2007-03-14T13:31:01Z")
[QUOTE=bienville] Here’s a couple of YouTube clips: [Dick’s Dream](http://youtube.com/watch?v=MD-MYd3QM3s) Larry, Darryl, and Darryl come in at 2mins20secs. This clip’s maybe a little confusing if you didn’t watch the show, because the “jokes” are that all the characters are not themselves- they don’t display any of the attributes that usually annoy Dick. [Larry’s Dream in which he hosts the Tonight Show](http://youtube.com/watch?v=NhdWLc-p8Gc) [/QUOTE] Excellent! I’ll watch these tonight at home. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/34 "2007-03-14T15:39:40Z")
[QUOTE=Freddy the Pig] I don’t remember them doing any commercials, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did. [/QUOTE] I vaguely remember them doing a commercial. I think it was for A & W Root Beer, but can’t confirm it. ---
**Author:** ![2pelo\_honey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/ecb155/32.png) [@2pelo\_honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2pelo_honey)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/35 "2007-03-14T15:52:41Z")
[QUOTE=bienville] Here’s a couple of YouTube clips: [Dick’s Dream](http://youtube.com/watch?v=MD-MYd3QM3s) Larry, Darryl, and Darryl come in at 2mins20secs. This clip’s maybe a little confusing if you didn’t watch the show, because the “jokes” are that all the characters are not themselves- they don’t display any of the attributes that usually annoy Dick. [Larry’s Dream in which he hosts the Tonight Show](http://youtube.com/watch?v=NhdWLc-p8Gc) [/QUOTE] Wow, thanks for that link! I think I saw that Larry dream scene about, what, 20 yrs ago? And even reading this thread, I wasn’t really remembering what the Darryl’s looked like!!! The blond one always reminded me of Harpo Marx. "Did’ja ever play ‘Let’s See if This is Edible?’…(snort) ---
**Author:** ![Saltire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saltire/32/553_2.png) [@Saltire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saltire)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/36 "2007-03-14T16:46:09Z")
I always loved this bon mot from Larry: “Women! Can’t live with 'em, can’t stuff 'em in a sack.” I’m often heard to repeat it. [edited for punctuation] ---
**Author:** ![zamboniracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9a140/32.png) [@zamboniracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zamboniracer)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/37 "2007-03-15T04:10:18Z")
[QUOTE=xizor] I vaguely remember them doing a commercial. I think it was for A & W Root Beer, but can’t confirm it. [/QUOTE] I’ll confirm that. Sanderson (“Larry”) was the spokesman for A&W Root Beer. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/38 "2007-03-15T05:01:11Z")
William Sanderson has his own website where, among other things, you can hear him [say his famous line](http://www.williamsanderson.net/Larry/larryindex.html) (sound, of course). ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Don\_t\_Call\_Me\_Shirley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Call_Me_Shirley)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/39 "2007-03-15T14:43:19Z")
> [@Guinistasia](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by Rick > > I think one of the Darryls spoke in one other episode when the brothers found out (or thought they found out) that Darryl was the oldest, not Larry. > > No, they’d just take off their hats and nod, and then Larry would speak up, “And I’m their brother, Larry.” I loved that one! And then they found out that it was actually \*Darryl \*who was the oldest, not Darryl, causing Larry to ask “I wonder how we could have made that mistake?!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-are-larry-darryl-and-darryl/395764/40 "2007-03-15T15:00:24Z")
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