From: msampo@aol.com   
      
   From the FAQ:   
      
   Q: In many of the season eight episodes, when a character's hand was   
   shown or focused on, Mike or one of the bots say "I thought you were   
   Dale!" or some variation on that phrase. Who is Dale, and what is that a   
   reference to?   
   A: Actually, these references are all based on a mistake by Best Brains.   
   Here's the whole story. Back in the 1970s, there was a series of   
   commercials for Ivory dishwashing liquid, in which mothers were mistaken   
   for their daughters--because the Mom used Ivory and so her hands were   
   young-looking. At around the same time, there was also a commercial for   
   Grape Nuts, in which a teenage boy mistakes teenage girl Dale's mother   
   for Dale and utters the deathless line: "I thought you were Dale!" Best   
   Brains only vaguely remembered these two commericials, and apparently   
   mixed them up in their minds. There were apparently never any Ivory   
   Liquid commercials in which a character said "I thought you were Dale!"   
   And the Grape Nuts commercial in which that line was spoken had nothing   
   to do with hands. So basically they goofed. But the writers THOUGHT they   
   were making a reference to the Ivory Liquid commericals.   
      
   Sampo (and hello to Adam, hope all is well with you--he really is Dale's   
   brother, folks.)   
      
   In article <31466011-8e02-41ec-98e3-8d17ff4a942b@googlegroups.com>,   
    shivadam@phoenixdances.org wrote:   
      
   > It's from a Grape Nuts cereal commercial. Before you object, view the   
   > original commercial and read a message from Kevin Murphy here:   
   > BurkesGrapeNuts.com   
   >   
   > Adam Burke (brother of Dale, son of Mrs. Burke)   
   >   
   > On Friday, January 2, 1998 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, Ryan Dewalt wrote:   
   > >    
   > >   
   > > I was watching thru my expanse of Season 8 tapes, and I was wondering about   
   > > the "I thought you were Dale" running-gag references that keep popping up.   
   > > Can anymstie please tell me what the reference is from?   The only   
   > > occurence   
   > > I've found so far, is from "The Kentucky Fried Movie", about 11 minutes   
   > > into   
   > > the film, there's a couple rolling around in bed, the guy looks at the   
   > > woman,   
   > > realizes she's not who she is supposed to be, and says "I thought you were   
   > > Dale"   
   > >   
   > > Normally that would be enough for me, but where does the hand reference   
   > > come   
   > > into play?   
   > >   
   > > (from "The Undead")   
   > > "Do you see my hand?"   
   > > Mike: "Do you think I'm Dale?"   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > ----   
   > > Ryan Dewalt  mstie # 7-something-or-other... it's way up there...   
   > > rdewalt@meridianksi.com   
   > > tetsolfire@rocketmail.com   
      
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