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Author Topic: Mike’s Smokey the Bear voice impression in Drive-In = Dave Coulier  (Read 1216 times)
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« on: April 17, 2017, 10:28:01 AM »

I’ve come to realize that Mike may have inadvertently goofed when he did his Smokey the Bear voice impression in the song “Drive In”.

Here’s a direct timecode link to quickly reference Mike’s impression on “Drive In”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPRmiRkykgo#t=1m23s

Now’s where it gets weird. Mike was possibly inadvertently channeling Bullwinkle the Moose, which of course was years later often voiced/parodied by Mike’s future Full House costar, Dave Coulier:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5BGpmw0MTE#t=1m40s

Here’s a 1959 Rocky and Bullwinkle commercial, with a direct timecode link to Bullwinkle’s original voice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSFDMAbQCpE#t=0m25s

And here’s a 1960 Smokey the Bear PSA, which links straight to the “Only you can prevent forest fires” part:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnMsEocNSiU#t=4m19s

I’d say that Mike sounds way more like Bullwinkle/Dave Coulier than Smokey, who he was apparently trying to mimic. Besides the fact that I clearly have too much time on my hands, what does everyone else think?
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« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2017, 11:27:19 AM »

Interesting take. 

Still not as much a stretch as the thread using "California Girls" as an example why Brian Wilson was right to sever ties with Mike Love. 
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« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2017, 12:44:37 PM »

Hailing from Yurp, I'm blissfully unaware of the difference between these two mammals. Cool Guy
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