Re: Re: Musings on Beowulf and Grendel

From: Oliver Bernuetz <bernuetz_at_...>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 20:16:34 -0500


Peter Metcalfe wrote:

>wrote:
> > Gandhi. Gandhi becomes a martial artist to force the British out
> > of India. Famous for the Armistar miracle in which Gandhi
> > personally punches or kicks away every bullet from its
>> target.

>>I recall a made-for-tv movie with Danny Devito in which Devito's
>>character made a movie like this. Can't remembet the title.

>There was a similar take in Weird Al's "Vidiot from UHF". Gandhi
>II: He's back and he's mad.

A short lived primetime cartoon called The Critic, voiced by Jon Lovitz had a reoccuring character who was an Australian actor. One of his roles was Crocodile Gandhi. Since it was the early nineties it was more guns than martial arts but there was a bit of that too.

Oliver

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