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Bunky
Posted by R. Berg on June 22, 2001
In Reply to: Bunky posted by ESC on June 22, 2001
: : What was the origin of "Is that your problem, Bunky?" I have a fuzzy memory of a recorded comedy routine: a creaky male voice, possibly with music, delivering a sort of pep talk that sounded like a parody of sales pitches for home remedies. Was this a radio or TV routine? Name of performer? A search on Google reveals only that many people say "Is that your problem, Bunky (sometimes Binky)?" when posting on bulletin boards, especially the ones about making your computer behave.
: I have that same fuzzy memory -- there was a TV ad featuring a man's funny little voice. It seems that the same guy did a cartoon voice. Maybe our resident ad expert will know.
Maybe he won't notice that "sales pitches for home remedies" makes little sense. You don't buy home remedies, you make them. Well, a goose-grease poultice is a home remedy if you have geese, but someone might sell goose grease to the gooseless. I should have said "patent medicines."
