Oh man, get this. I got home and my wife was sleeping with a mysterious stranger who ran away. Grrrrrrrr. And worse still I ran over him, tripped, and smashed my head directly into the ground. Now I can’t remember a thing. Do you remember what happened in The Ladies Man?
Pop Quiz Hot Shot!
1) Where did Leon grow up?
2) What identifying feature does Leon have on him that allows Lee Evans to identify Leon as the man who had an affair with his wife?
3) Why did Leon get fired, and then what is the only other radio job he managed to get before also getting fired?
4) How does the roving band of slighted husbands find Leon?
5) Who was Sweet Thing?
Bonus Question: Ahhh, some more sweet early 2000s reminiscing. Do you remember waking up on Saturday morning, pouring an entire box of cereal into a bowl, and eating it while watching some toons? What was the cartoon you watched all the time back then?
Answers
1) It would appear that they suggest Leon grew up at the Playboy mansion and was in fact Hugh Hefner’s adopted son. This is a crazy start to the story.
2) He has a tattoo on his butt which is a smiley face with the words “Have a Nice Day?” over it.
3) Well, Eugene Levy hates Leon. And so he personally writes the FCC to point them towards the show. And now, due to the number of fines the station is getting he gets permission to fire Leon if he gets one more fine … which he almost immediately gets for suggesting the entire city of Chicago partake in anal sex. The only other job he can manage to get is at a religious radio station … and again he gets fired immediately for talking about sex and sending a nun to the hospital in shock.
4) Well, first there is a support group for all of them where they collect information … which is mostly just his clothing, which is unhelpful. But then it turns out he left his Ladies’ Man lighter with the last guy. From there they obviously go straight to the radio station … but he’s gone from there too. But Eugene Levy tells them where his houseboat is … but he’s gone from that too. But they also know about Lester’s … oh wait he’s there! But he gets away on a bus. But now they have his little black book.
5) It was (Will Ferrll) Lance DeLune’s wife! Oh what a twist!! And now he’s going to greco-roman wrestle him to death! But whoops, instead they have a really powerful talk about love and everyone is like daaaaaaaaaaaaaang you do know your stuff Ladies Man, and he gets the girl and his job back the end.
Bonus Answer: The Ladies Man primetime cartoon was certainly something. You don’t remember this? It aired on Comedy Central with 15 minute episodes paired with a Pat cartoon. For real, you don’t remember this? Each episode started with Leon doing his usual early morning radio show, and ultimately falling in love with the unlucky-in-love callers. I remember this one episode a lady submariner called and Leon ultimately enlisted in the navy to be with her. Well, when terrorists take over the submarine, Leon is there to take them down … with well placed advice in their love life which is, naturally, the actual reason the terrorists are down in the dumps. Unfortunately, with rules against navy officers engaging in relationships the navy loses just a bit of its luster, and Leon returns to his radio show. Someday Leon will find the love of his life (or maybe is it right in front of him?)
It is, because that’s the plot of this film. The cartoon was called Saturday Night Cartoons and there ultimately was a series of short lived characters taking the various 15 minute blocks, but The Ladies Man one I think was the best. It was in the style of Drawn Together.
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