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Drunken Mike

Post by Michael Pajaro » Thu Mar 05, 2009 5:50 pm

OK, let me start by acknowledging that it's easy to get cheap laughs by having a character get drunk.

That being said, I thought drunken Mike was really well done, and it's another example of why I think Justin Bruening is really well-cast. It was very funny to hear KITT calmly ask if they should get food for the girl in the trunk and for Mike to say "No! She's not hungry!"

And they went back to his drunkeness several times... having to clean out KITT, Mike telling KITT "hangover voice"...

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Scott Kirkessner » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:00 pm

Hey Mike! Think you can post a screen cap of when they took Mike out the building and he had this totally drunk smirk/feel-good-grin on his face?

Could be a good caption contest!

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Faithful Car KRO » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:25 pm

Here's a pic
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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Lynda414 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 6:47 pm

Drunk Mike was pretty funny. I loved how he was rationalizing getting a cheeseburger to KITT and he was just talking really fast.

I'm going to make a motivational for that pic.

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Rainack » Thu Mar 05, 2009 8:25 pm

Michael Pajaro wrote:OK, let me start by acknowledging that it's easy to get cheap laughs by having a character get drunk.

That being said, I thought drunken Mike was really well done, and it's another example of why I think Justin Bruening is really well-cast. It was very funny to hear KITT calmly ask if they should get food for the girl in the trunk and for Mike to say "No! She's not hungry!"

And they went back to his drunkeness several times... having to clean out KITT, Mike telling KITT "hangover voice"...

Good stuff.
He obviously was drunk, but I'm wondering if he wasn't quite as drunk as he let on. Either that, or he's a drunken master, LOL. :wink: As he was still able to deal with the two goons holding him and grab the girl.

Anyway, I too found these scenes hilarious.
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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by mikey » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:40 pm

I might be looking too deep into it, but was him wanting a burger a homage to the original series? I remember Michael and Devon having the "burger debate" in at least one episode (Might have been another)

still, great bit. Cheap? Meh, I laughed.

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Dee_Jay77 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 9:44 pm

mikey wrote:I might be looking too deep into it, but was him wanting a burger a homage to the original series? I remember Michael and Devon having the "burger debate" in at least one episode (Might have been another)

still, great bit. Cheap? Meh, I laughed.

could've been the episode good day at white rock when michael was asking devon for some time off but then again i think it happened quite a bit during the original series run

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by tamatt27 » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:22 pm

mikey wrote:I might be looking too deep into it, but was him wanting a burger a homage to the original series? I remember Michael and Devon having the "burger debate" in at least one episode (Might have been another)

still, great bit. Cheap? Meh, I laughed.
I thought it was a cheap nod to Hasselhoff and his drunken cheesburger fiaco. 8)
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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by KRAvengerII » Thu Mar 05, 2009 10:54 pm

I need a burger! :lol:
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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Pct1theory » Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:12 pm

"KITT, Hang Over Voice" :mrgreen:

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Lost Knight » Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:37 am

Dee_Jay77 wrote:
mikey wrote:I might be looking too deep into it, but was him wanting a burger a homage to the original series? I remember Michael and Devon having the "burger debate" in at least one episode (Might have been another)
Actually, I was thinking about Hasselhoff's unfortunate leaked video, not the original series. I don't think they'd make a deliberate joke out of it, though, and would write it off as coincidence.
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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by K.A.C.I. » Fri Mar 06, 2009 1:42 pm

Mike is a FUNNY drunk. A VERY funny drunk.
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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by R.I.T.T. » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:38 pm

tamatt27 wrote:
mikey wrote:I might be looking too deep into it, but was him wanting a burger a homage to the original series? I remember Michael and Devon having the "burger debate" in at least one episode (Might have been another)

still, great bit. Cheap? Meh, I laughed.
I thought it was a cheap nod to Hasselhoff and his drunken cheesburger fiaco. 8)
Until I saw your post I didn't even thought about DH.

It was funny though, I like drunken Mike :P Although I first thought he was faking it especially because he still took down two guys and put a girl in the trunk.
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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by weeezl » Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:57 pm

The burger refference was a bit :shock: but funny as hell :D

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Dee_Jay77 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:11 pm

does anyone or can anyone get a screencap of the bad guys holding him up forcing him to drink the alcohol

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by Lynda414 » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:27 pm

Dee_Jay77 wrote:does anyone or can anyone get a screencap of the bad guys holding him up forcing him to drink the alcohol
You know what, I can use a pic of that as well. Who makes the high quality screens we see in the episodes section? I want to know how they do it.

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Re: Drunken Mike

Post by KRAvengerII » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:44 pm

I'd like to know why i can't print out copies of the screen caps, myself..
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