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Answer: "Hey, you guys"

"Hey you guys" became the opening phrase in fifth and sixth season episodes. Rita Moreno played several characters on the series. These included the obnoxoius little girl, Pandora, and the frustrated director who couldn't get her actors to get the cue cards right. She also played Millie the Helper in first season episodes as an assistant to the milkman (Bill Cosby).

Answer: The Punctuation Song

Lee Chamberlain, Rita Moreno and the members of the short circus were singing about the influence of periods, question marks, exclamation points and commas. The first episode, which aired on October 25, 1971, also featured The Plumber/Canary Animation.

Answer: sitting

In first season episodes, Skip Hinnant played a boy who spent his days sitting in a chair and had an alleged girlfriend named Naomi(Judy Graubart).

Answer: all

The animation "2001: A Space Oddyssey" would show an eruption and a blended word would come out.

Answer: Mel Brooks

"The Adventures of Letterman" was an animation where an evil midget named The Spellbinder would wave his wand and change a letter in a word, causing disaster to happen. For example, he took the s out of the sun and made it into a bun. The earth was dark and the bun was falling down and ready to strike. Our hero, Letterman, took the s from his varsity sweater and changed it back into a sun, making a bunch of sunbathers happy and angering the Spellbinder. Gene Wilder played the voice of Letterman. Zero Mostel voiced the Spellbinder and Joan Rivers was the narrator. Mel Brooks played the voice in several animations as the little blonde man.

Answer: Spidey Meets The Spoiler

Spider-Man joined the series in the fourth season and was played by Danny Seagren. In this first episode, The Spoiler (Skip Hinnant) spoiled someone's lunch by making a rubber glove sandwich. He also put a No Dogs Allowed sign on a hydrant, spoiling a canine's walk.

He tossed a cake, spoiled it and went up to a woman eating ice cream and crushed it. He then had a showdown with Spider-Man, but our hero stopped him, though not before pushing him into a wall and causing it to collapse.

Answer: In a casket

Morgan Freeman played Dracula in several episodes. In this skit, he was signing about the benefits of bathing in caskets.

Answer: green grapes

jim Boyd played Lord Gregory (Greg). He was having dinner with his companions in a posh restauraunt when he was offered some grapes. Instead of taking a handful, he grabbed the entire bunch and wolfed them all down. His companions were disgusted and walked out while an oblivious and gluttonous Greg continued to hog the grapes.

Answer: Easy Reader

Easy Reader was a hip young man who demonstrated the joy of reading. Skip Hinnant played Fargo North, the Decoder. Jim Boyd played Crank, a bitter and cantankerous old man who complained about several words and their meanings. Luis Avalos played Dr. Doolats, a physician parodied from "Dr. Dolittle".

Answer: Jim Boyd

Jim Boyd played the voice of Loralei, the chicken in the first season. He also called in as Crank to make "crank calls". He was not seen until the second season, however. Luis Avalos joined the cast in the second season to replace Bill Cosby, who left the show. Hattie Winston signed on in the third season and succeeded Lee Chamberlain.