Claudius voiced by Ricardo Matalban...
Just wanted to add this little item. Many of you might have recognized his voice. Perhaps this where Ricardo got all of his great lines ;-) to use in the Star Trek Feature "The Rath of Kahn?" Heheheh...
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That exact same thing occured to me as I watched this, I was not surprised. I'm surprised they never riffed on that.
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At some point, Claudius rambles on about something and Servo says, "... with rich Corinthian leather!" It's a reference to some furniture commercials that Montalban did back in the day. I don't quite know what 'rich corinthian leather' is, but it's apparently a big selling point.
***It's the theme from Hamlet's shoooooow! It's the Hamlet Show THEEEEEEME!***
That reference is actually from some commercials Montalban did in the 1970s (during his Fantasy Island heyday) for a luxury car called the Chrysler Cordoba. The "rich Corinthian leather" was the upholstery on the seats.
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"De plane, boss, de plane!"
"Who let you off the island? Be quiet, while I push your head under the surf for upstaging me again."
Thanks, Pheutakyl - I remember those commercials now. Lol! I was watching the MST 3K version on You Tube and thought I heard Claudius' voice before - so I decided to search for the voice-overs in IMDB!
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