Originally Posted by pitbulllady
Did anyone else notice that in the pilot episode, Wilt was a LOT "looser" and sort of "cut up" a lot more, like his impersonation of Groucho Marx in the conversation with Coco, and telling the snobbish family that they didn't want Bloo because he was...and I quote, "A stinky, STINKY man...PEEE-EEWWWWW!" He says that latter just as seriously as can be, too, even though it's not really true! The only other two times I've seen him really show that sorta goofy, silly side was in "Partying Is Such Sweet Soiree", in the dance sequences, and of course most strongly in "Make Believe It Or Not", when he actually goes so far as to develope, and get totally into, a whole new "dark" persona. Most of the time, though, Wilt is pretty serious, not as stick-in-the-mud serious as Mr. Herriman, but Wilt definately represses his "inner child" to the point of "inner child abuse". His humor tends to be quite "dry" and a bit on the sarcastic side, as shown in "Eddie Monster", when he commented on the Imaginary Friends of teenage boys. I guess that a lot of that self-repression is due to his emotional state, fearing that in attempting to be funny, he might say something that would offend or hurt someone's feelings. I read some comments and reviews on other sites in which some people described Wilt as "shy", which really is NOT the case at all. He's very much a "people person", who has no trouble introducing himself to new people at all. It was just so interesting in the movie to see him open up to these total strangers in ways he's never done with old friends at Foster's, and to reveal just how articulate he really is, even though in most episodes, he limits what he says to just a few brief lines. I guess at that point, though, Wilt realized that his hour of "High Noon" was finally upon him, and he had nothing left to gain by holding back, so he might as well open up and tell all to these people he knew he'd never see again.
pitbulllady
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02-10-2007, 04:12 PM
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