Johnny Ola

[Michael Morbius]

The last time I saw one of the Alex Trebel game show sketches he said
"Tell them what they've won, Johnny Ola." And then last night *The
Godfather Part II* was on TV and there was a character named Johnny Ola.

Mike

[Steve Ferra]

The game show announcer was Johnny Olsen. There really was a Johnny
Olson that did game show announcing in the 70s and 80s (for all I know,
he's still around).

[Bob Grimes]

Steve Ferra wrote:

> The game show announcer was Johnny Olsen. There really was a Johnny
> Olson that did game show announcing in the 70s and 80s (for all I know,
> he's still around).

Johnny Olson was the famous announcer for Bob Barker on The Price is
Right. He died several years ago and was replaced by a guy who sounds
just like him!

[quincyw...@my-deja.com]

In article <39AAFBDE...@earthlink.net>,

Bob Grimes <rsgr...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>
> Steve Ferra wrote:
> >
> > Michael Morbius wrote:
> > >

> > The game show announcer was Johnny Olsen. There really was a Johnny
> > Olson that did game show announcing in the 70s and 80s (for all I
know,
> > he's still around).
> Johnny Olson was the famous announcer for Bob Barker on The Price is
> Right. He died several years ago and was replaced by a guy who sounds
> just like him!
>

Come on down!!! Yeah, Johnny Olsen was one of the greats. Still I've
gotta belive the Godfather reference was intentional. That might have
been a funny moment in the Godfather episode, having Johnny Olsen in
place of Johnny Ola. I've always wished they had brought back Ramis in
that show to play Moe Green and finally cement the connection between
the two characters. There's no way that name was an accident - both
Moes look exact

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[Michael Morbius]

quincyw...@my-deja.com wrote:

> I've always wished they had brought back Ramis in
> that show to play Moe Green and finally cement the connection between
> the two characters.

I kept waiting for that too--but the closest they ever got was when the
people who kidnapped Moe Green called with their demands and you hear
someone (presumably not Harold Ramis) being tortured in the background
over the phone.

> There's no way that name was an accident - both
> Moes look exact

Didn't the Moe Green in *The Godfather* have much shorter hair?

Mike

[quincyw...@my-deja.com]

In article <8offir$2ec$7...@sylvester.vcn.bc.ca>,

Well sure, it was the fifties. Same face, though. Maybe Ramis is Alex
Rocco's s

[Michael Morbius]

quincyw...@my-deja.com wrote:

> Well sure, it was the fifties. Same face, though. Maybe Ramis is Alex
> Rocco's s

They do have very distinctive voices.

Mike

[James Allen Gray]

Michael Morbius wrote:

> I kept waiting for that too--but the closest they ever got was when the
> people who kidnapped Moe Green called with their demands and you hear
> someone (presumably not Harold Ramis) being tortured in the background
> over the phone.
>

The sketch you're referring to is from Episode 29 (Season 2, Show 3). It
is actually Ramis' voice. This is the last show Ramis did with SCTV
before he left. He returned a few seasons later to guest in the role of
Crazy Legs.

[Michael Morbius]

James Allen Gray <yaa...@idirect.com> wrote:

> The sketch you're referring to is from Episode 29 (Season 2, Show 3). It
> is actually Ramis' voice.

Woah! Cool!

Mike

[Markshark989]

Actually, the show in the second season is the one where Moe Green is
kidnapped, and that was Harold Ramis' last appearance as a regular. In the
third season sketch, Guy Cabbalero is on the phone with the Leutonians and you
hear Moe screaming in the background. Different episode altogether. When Ramis
did a guest shot in '83 I was disappointed that they never wrapped up that
loose end. He could have been recued and then kidnapped again.