On Monday, June 17, 2013 2:16:47 AM UTC-7, Chris Sampo Cornell wrote:   
   > From the FAQ:   
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   > Q: In many of the season eight episodes, when a character's hand was   
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   > shown or focused on, Mike or one of the bots say "I thought you were   
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   > Dale!" or some variation on that phrase. Who is Dale, and what is that a   
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   > reference to?   
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   > A: Actually, these references are all based on a mistake by Best Brains.   
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   > Here's the whole story. Back in the 1970s, there was a series of   
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   > commercials for Ivory dishwashing liquid, in which mothers were mistaken   
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   > for their daughters--because the Mom used Ivory and so her hands were   
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   > young-looking. At around the same time, there was also a commercial for   
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   > Grape Nuts, in which a teenage boy mistakes teenage girl Dale's mother   
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   > for Dale and utters the deathless line: "I thought you were Dale!" Best   
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   > Brains only vaguely remembered these two commericials, and apparently   
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   > mixed them up in their minds. There were apparently never any Ivory   
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   > Liquid commercials in which a character said "I thought you were Dale!"   
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   > And the Grape Nuts commercial in which that line was spoken had nothing   
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   > to do with hands. So basically they goofed. But the writers THOUGHT they   
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   > were making a reference to the Ivory Liquid commericals.   
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   > Sampo (and hello to Adam, hope all is well with you--he really is Dale's   
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   > brother, folks.)   
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   > In article <31466011-8e02-41ec-98e3-8d17ff4a942b@googlegroups.com>,   
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   >  shivadam@phoenixdances.org wrote:   
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   > > It's from a Grape Nuts cereal commercial. Before you object, view the   
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   > > original commercial and read a message from Kevin Murphy here:   
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   > > BurkesGrapeNuts.com   
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   > > Adam Burke (brother of Dale, son of Mrs. Burke)   
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   > > On Friday, January 2, 1998 1:00:00 AM UTC-7, Ryan Dewalt wrote:   
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   > > > I was watching thru my expanse of Season 8 tapes, and I was wondering   
   about   
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   > > > the "I thought you were Dale" running-gag references that keep popping   
   up.   
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   > > > Can anymstie please tell me what the reference is from?   The only   
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   > > > occurence   
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   > > > I've found so far, is from "The Kentucky Fried Movie", about 11 minutes   
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   > > > into   
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   > > > the film, there's a couple rolling around in bed, the guy looks at the   
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   > > > woman,   
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   > > > realizes she's not who she is supposed to be, and says "I thought you   
   were   
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   > > > Dale"   
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   > > > Normally that would be enough for me, but where does the hand reference   
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   > > > come   
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   > > > into play?   
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   > > > (from "The Undead")   
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   > > > "Do you see my hand?"   
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   > > > Mike: "Do you think I'm Dale?"   
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   > > > ----   
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   > > > Ryan Dewalt  mstie # 7-something-or-other... it's way up there...   
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   > > > rdewalt@meridianksi.com   
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   > > > tetsolfire@rocketmail.com   
      
   Hey, Chris! Great to find your "hello." I am well and hoping the same for you   
   and yours. All of the Burkes are well, too, including Mrs. Burke and Dale! All   
   the best, Adam   
      
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