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Bela + Eric the ape

posted 17 years ago by sheeterbros
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attention Hungarian language speakers! When Bela, as Dr. Mirakle addresses Eric the ape in ape talk, the result is suspiciously mittel European. I think he's throwing in a little Hungarian as an inside joke for his countryman, and I'd love to know what he's saying. I'll bet anything it isn't Eric's life story, as it purports to be in the movie...

[–] salvin 16 years ago

Hehe, Bela is wonderful in that scene, it may be gibberish, but it could be Hungarian. Or as the three guys in the movie said...

- Italian!
- Danish!
- German!

[–] ohmylord12 16 years ago

I'm Hungarian, and I can tell you, it's not Hungarian, and didn't sound to me like any other ME language. I think it was just gibberish.

[–] Yogami 9 years ago

Gibberish! Every word of it!