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Mr. Bill is a clay figurine who suffers various indignities at the hands of Mr. Hands and Sluggo in parodies of children's shows. He appeared on Saturday Night Live from 1976 to 1981 and later in other TV shows and films.
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Oct 17, 2021 · He’d stumble upon Mr. Bill, who Chase would engage in a brief conversation before accidentally crushing him with a bookshelf. On Oct. 17, 1981, Mr. Bill would appear on SNL for the final time.
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Mr. Bill is a clay figurine star of a parody of children's movies shows created by Walter Williams in 1974. The Mr. Bill showing got its start on Saturday Night Live as a series of Super 8 films sent in response to the show's request for home movies during the first season. Mr. Bill's first appearance occurred on the February 28, 1976 episode.[citation needed] After five submitted films, Williams became a full-time writer for the show in 1978 and wrote more than 20 sketches based on Mr. Bill.
Each Mr. Bill episode started innocently but quickly turned dangerous for Mr. Bill and his dog Spot. He would suffer various indignities inflicted by Mr. Hands, a man seen only as a pair of hands (originally performed by Vance DeGeneres). Sometimes the abuse came from Sluggo, another clay character, which Mr. Hands usually jokingly brands as one of Mr. Bill's "best friends".[citation needed] A running gag in the sketches is whenever Sluggo would make his appearance, Mr. Bill would get worried and say, "He's gonna be mean to me!", to which Mr. Hands often gives him reassurance by responding with, "No!".[citation needed] The violence inevitably escalated, generally ending with Mr. Bill being crushed or dismembered while squealing "Ohhhh noooooooooooooo!" in a falsetto voice.
The concept for Mr. Hands came from Williams' observation that children's cartoons in the 1970s were so static, he expected the artist's hands to enter the screen at any moment and physically start moving the drawings around.
Initial Saturday Night Live sketches featuring Mr. Bill were self-contained episodes with no direct continuity, with the earliest installments featuring higher-pitched character voices.[citation needed] After Walter Williams joined SNL's writing staff in 1978, Mr. Bill formally moved to New York City at the start of the season. Later sketches saw Mr. Bill become aware of Mr. Hands and Sluggo's mistreatment, with the 1979–80 season harboring an extended story arc where Mr. Bill lost his home, sought psychiatric help, attempted to get Mr. Hands and Sluggo arrested, and was ultimately thrown into prison.
•Mr. Bill – The star of the show. His catchphrase is "Ooh nooooo!"
•Spot – Mr. Bill's dog, who dies in most episodes.
•Sluggo – The main villain.
•Mr. Hands – A pair of human hands (originally played by Vance DeGeneres), which subject Mr. Bill to abuse, often at Sluggo's prompting. Mr. Hands also serves as the narrator of the show.
•Miss Sally – Mr. Bill's girlfriend, introduced in October 1979.
•Mr. Bill's Mom – Introduced in January 1979, primarily seen in flashbacks.
1.February 28, 1976 (The Mr. Bill Holiday Special)
2.October 16, 1976 (Mr. Bill Goes To A Party)
3.January 22, 1977 (Mr. Bill Goes To A Magic Show)
4.March 25, 1978 (Mr. Bill Goes To The Circus)
5.April 8, 1978 (Mr. Bill Pays His Taxes)
6.October 14, 1978 (Mr. Bill Goes To New York)
The character's popularity spawned the 1986 live-action Showtime television film Mr. Bill's Real Life Adventures, with Peter Scolari as Mr. Bill.
A new Mr. Bill short film entitled Mr. Bill Goes To Washington premiered in theaters in 1993, preceding the movie Ernest Rides Again. The short, which sees Mr. Bill elected as President of the United States, was also featured on the Ernest Rides Again home video release.
Mr. Bill has been one of the best remembered characters from the show. In addition to a DVD compilation of all the Mr. Bill shorts a line Mr. Bill figurines and branded merchandise is still avialable for sale.
After Mr. Bill last appeared on SNL, Walter Williams continued to make Mr. Bill shorts and Mr. Bill has starred in some recent commercials, including two for Ramada Inns and one from the "For Everything Else, There's Debit MasterCard." series. In the 1980s, Mr. Bill also starred in a series of anti-drug public service announcements where he would be doing an activity, only to be often buried under a pile of pills by Sluggo. The public service announcements would end with "Say 'OH NO!' to drugs!".
In the early-to-mid-1990s, a series of commercials for Pizza Hut were done (The Pizza Head Show), also produced by Walter Williams. Identical voices were used. The antagonist is a pizza cutter named Steve and the protagonist is a slice of pizza with toppings for a face named Pizza Head.
A large number of unofficial Mr. Bill episodes have been made by fans and imitators and uploaded to YouTube.
•"Oh No It's A Mr. Bill iPhone Game" at Kotaku
•Official website
1.Lee, Wendy A. (June 2, 2008). Mr. Bill Returns (in One Piece) to Pitch a Debit Card.
2.According to Walter himself, Mr. Bill was originally created in 1974, one year before Saturday Night Live created..
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4.Oh Noooooo! It's Mr. Bill's 20th Anniversary (1995).
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Mr. Bill the Play-doh character from Saturday Night Live now has his own website, mrbill.com. Watch videos from his glory days on SNL as well as new adventures from his new series and buy neat products from his General Store.
