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* [[Genius Ditz]]: Fargo North may qualify.

* [[Jungle Princess]]: Jennifer of the Jungle.

* [[Morgan Freeman]]: That's right, he was on this show. Don't be ~~embarassed~~, Morgan!

* [[Morgan Freeman]]: That's right, he was on this show. Don't be embarrassed, Morgan!

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Fargo North appears to have been based on [[Peter Sellers]]' Inspector Clouseau, although the voice is more of a rip-off of [[Get Smart|Maxwell Smart]]. (Skip Hinnant admitted this was on purpose in the PBS pledge drive special ''The Electric Company's Greatest Hits and Bits''.)

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Fargo North appears to have been based on [[Peter Sellers]]' Inspector Clouseau, although the voice is more of a rip-off of [[Get Smart|Maxwell Smart]] (Skip Hinnant admitted this was on purpose in the PBS pledge drive special ''The Electric Company's Greatest Hits and Bits'').

** The recurring character of Dr. Dolots was an amalgam of [[The Marx Brothers|Groucho and Harpo Marx]].

* [["On the Next..."]]: Usually follows a format in which a clip from the next episode plays, and a cast member announces, "Tune in next time, when [character] says [a word or phrase appears onscreen, accompanied by one [[Sound Effect Bleep]] for each syllable]."

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* [[Parental Bonus]]

* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]: HEY... YOU... GUUUUUUUUUUUUUYS!

* [[Punny Name]]: Fargo North, Decoder (Fargo, North Dakota); J. Arthur Crank (British film producer J. Arthur Rank); Dr. Dolots (''[[Doctor Dolittle]]''); Julia Grownup (Julia Child, "The French Chef"); Morgan Freeman's Easy Reader (''[[Easy Rider]]'')

* [[Punny Name]]: Fargo North, Decoder (Fargo, North Dakota); J. Arthur Crank (British film producer J. Arthur Rank); Dr. Dolots (''[[Doctor Dolittle]]''); Julia Grownup (Julia Child, "The French Chef"); Morgan Freeman's Easy Reader (''[[Easy Rider]]'').

* [[Shout-Out]]: Whenever Letterman would come in to save the day, Joan Rivers would make a speech reminiscent of one used for ''[[Superman]]''.

{{quote|Faster than a rolling O! Stronger than silent E! Able to leap Capital T in a single bound! It's a word, it's a plan, it's Letterman!}}

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* [[Tom Lehrer]]: He wrote a few songs for the show, all quite a change from his previous satirical work. Not surprising, however, as he was close friends with Joe Raposo, who served as the program's music director for the first three seasons.

* [[Vegetarian Vampire]]: Morgan Freeman's Vincent the Vegetable Vampire, of course (though [[Word of God]] says that he was originally supposed to be [[Dracula]]).

* [[With Catlike Tread]]: In "O-U (The Hound Song)," a hound sings very loudly about how he dare not make a sound.

* [[With Catlike Tread]]: In "O-U (The Hound Song)", a hound sings very loudly about how he dare not make a sound.

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