Death Valley Days quote

[Secretfire]

Many times I've heard Joel and Bots say " Welcome to Death Valley Days. The
driver is either missing or he's dead"
Does anyone know the source of this line?

Thanks
BWZ

[Sampo]

Okay, this one gets complicated, so strap in.

Back in the second season they did several episodes of a serial called "The
Phantom Creeps." In one scene, a character is looking at an empty car, and says
"The driver is either missing or he's dead" or something to that effect in a
voice that sounds very much like Ronald Reagan. And so Crow riffs, using a
Ronald Reagan voice "Welcome to Death Valley Days!" (which was a show Reagan
was on).

Now. In later episodes, when Reagan was invoked, they would say "The driver is
either missing or he's gone," even though it was only a riff on Reagan, and
nothing Reagan actually said...sort of a call back riff.

Sampo (guess it wasn't that complicated after all...)
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On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 19:42:42 -0600, "Secretfire" <b...@kih.net> wrote:

>Many times I've heard Joel and Bots say " Welcome to Death Valley Days. The
>driver is either missing or he's dead"
>Does anyone know the source of this line?
>

>Thanks
>BWZ
>

This refers to the old TV show 'Death Valley Days'. Ronald Reagan was
the narrator for a season, and it seems to be an imitation of him that
they do when they use this reference. For info check out:

http://www.skypoint.com/members/joycek19/dvdays.htm

KJ

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