Talk:Sprockets (Saturday Night Live)

message: Best SNL skit ever
:This is a recurring problem in articles about comedy. We'll have a description of the character and a few sample lines of dialogue, but there's no hint on why this is funny. Without going into original research, would it be possible to give an indication on what sort of humour this is? Or maybe quote a few lines from a review or something? 85.165.6.208 01:08, 3 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comments 

message: i have read before that this character was based on someone he knew in school from Germany that would say things like "maybe we can go to the zoo and they'll let us touch the monkies." I'm not adding it since i do not have a source handy, but its worth a look.  youngamerican (talk) 20:00, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source of character 

message: Don't forget when it was time for the Sprockets to dance! --D-Day I'm all ears How can I improve? 10:47, 21 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dance 

message: The image is a photograph taken of a TV screen at an angle.  Is there any screenshot type fair use image we could use?  The current photo is amateur quality.07:36, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Image Quality

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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:Dieter mit kyle mclaglen.jpg

message: Not sure how to put these in as sources re: the Lawsuit, but here they are, for editors more talented than I.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117782342.html?categoryid=22&cs=1&query=Mike+Myers+lawsuit
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117783432.html?categoryid=22&cs=1&query=Mike+Myers+lawsuit
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117783530.html?categoryid=22&cs=1&query=Mike+Myers+lawsuit
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117783480.html?categoryid=22&cs=1&query=Mike+Myers+lawsuit
Jonathon Barton 02:51, 4 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sources 

message: http://kraftwerkfaq.com/miscellaneous.html#sprockets  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.45.84.21 (talk) 10:55, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation for Kraftwerk track 

message: This section describes two lawsuits and gives no indication what the result was; surely after 15 years there has been one? Languagehat (talk) 13:11, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: This is covered briefly on the Mike Myers page, but for a little more info: Dreamworks brokered a deal between Universal, Imagine, and Myers. Universal and Dreamworks wanted to get into bed on cofinancing kids' movies. Dreamworks wanted Myers free to replace Chris Farley in Shrek. So, they made some kind of deal that convinced everyone. The detailed terms were secret, but the ultimate result was Cat in the Hat. When Tim Allen dropped out of the Imagine-produced, Universal-financed movie, Myers replaced him (and signed a deal for two sequels that never happened), Dreamworks injected financing in place of Universal in exchange for international rights, Imagine got a promise that Myers would not be involved in the script, and everyone lived happily ever after. (Well, until the reviews came in, and Dr. Seuss's widow refused to allow Universal to adapt any more of her husband's books.) --50.0.192.101 (talk) 10:33, 23 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed film adaptation