He’s got some of my favorite lines, like “Bingo Bango, sugar in the gastank, your ex-husband strikes again.” There’s also the dressing down he gives to comic book guy - “Oh a fat sarcastic Star Trek fan…”
He’s generally depicted as bald with a mustache. I assume that Hank Azaria provides the vocal talent, but to the best of my knowledge, it’s never billed (other than probably ‘clerk’ or ‘salesman’). I just call him the slick talkin’ guy.
The guy that’s got that sort of muttering New Yorker voice? I don’t know his name, but is that who you’re talking about?
I’m pretty sure he’s known as “Raphael,” but I don’t remember how I came by that knowledge.
I got yer corroborating evidence right here.
Yup.
I am skeptical that his name would be Raphael.
D’oh! Damn slow board!
Thanks much BraheSilver!!
“Hey fatty! I got a movie for ya! A Fridge too Far!”
“Whoa! Whoa! A fat, sarcastic Star Trek fan. You must be a devil with the ladies.”
His voice is identical to the versions of Charles Bronson that we’ve seen on the show. Remember when they screwed up and instead of Branson, Missouri they went to Bronson, Missouri?
“Yo Ma, how 'bout some cookies?”
“No dice.”
“This ain’t over.”
How 'bout inventing yerself some undahpants?
Lisa: I want the most intelligent hamster you’ve got.
Clerk: OK.
[reaches into a box of hamsters under the counter and randomly
selects one]
Uh, this little guy writes mysteries under the name of J. D.
McGregor.
Lisa: How can a hamster write mysteries?
Clerk: Well, he gets the ending first, then he writes backward.
Lisa: Aw, C’mon.
Clerk: Look, kid, just take him before his mother eats him, all right?
So here is the exchange with “Raphael”:
Raphael: Okay, here’s your storage locker, just the way you
left it.
Bob: Thank you, Raphael. Now, this is a ticklish
question, but …
Raphael: You want to live in the box? Cost you two bucks a
day.
Bob: Oh thank you, kind innkeeper. [hands Raphael some
money]
Raphael: You gonna wanna wake-up jab? [makes jabbing motion
with a broom handle]
Bob: Please.
Raphael: No problemo.
So here is the exchange with “Raphael”:
Raphael: Okay, here’s your storage locker, just the way you left it.
Bob: Thank you, Raphael. Now, this is a ticklish question, but …
Raphael: You want to live in the box? Cost you two bucks a day.
Bob: Oh thank you, kind innkeeper. [hands Raphael some money]
Raphael: You gonna wanna wake-up jab? [makes jabbing motion with a broom handle]
Bob: Please.
Raphael: No problemo.
:smack:
IIRC in the Season Two commentaries, Groening refers to the character as “Sarcastic Guy.” And he doesn’t always look like “Raphael.”
My favorite exhange he’s had with Homer, in “The Way We Was,” when he plays Homer’s prom night limo driver—only Homer doesn’t have a date anymore.
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Ah yes, Sarcastic Guy. Is there only one of him, or are there many? Who knows? Maybe they all came to Springfield from Bronson, Missouri.
“Sorry, Donkey Kong, you’re just not a draw anymore.”
(Is hit with barrel)
“Hey, he’s still got it.”
I think this guy might have done a quick part on The Critic while it was still on.
Jay Sherman: And now, a preview of Death Wish 9.
Charles Bronson in a hospital bed: Oy, I wish I was dead.
I started a thread some time ago asking about this same guy. My favorite line of his (from when Homer gained weight to go on disability, and he’s trying to go see a movie) "Hey fatty! I got a movie for you! ‘A Fridge Too Far’! "
Actually, that was the Simpsons episode when Jay Sherman was invited to Springfield to judge the film festival. Immediately after showing the clip, Sherman interviewed Ranier Wolfcastle and panned his movie, prompting Wolfcastle to threaten Sherman and send him scurrying to Springfield in order to get out of New York for a while.
Apparantly some time after this, Wolfcastle married into Joe Quimby’s family, and I anticipate a future episode where Governor Mary Bailey is recalled and Wolfcastle starts an election campaign.