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.
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.”
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.
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]
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.
I liked the one where they took their vacation on the Riviera.
No, they’d just take off their hats and nod, and then Larry would speak up, “And I’m their brother, Larry.”
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.
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.”
Wikipedia says that they were also on Coach. But that’s something I will never, ever, ever verify.
Here’s a couple of YouTube clips:
Dick’s Dream
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.
[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
Excellent! I’ll watch these tonight at home.
I vaguely remember them doing a commercial. I think it was for A & W Root Beer, but can’t confirm it.
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)
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]
I’ll confirm that. Sanderson (“Larry”) was the spokesman for A&W Root Beer.
William Sanderson has his own website where, among other things, you can hear him say his famous line (sound, of course).
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?!”
“Well, I’m for it. Darryl? Darryl? Two to one. We’ll do it.”