The Whiners
Joe Piscopo, playing Doug Whiner, and Robin Duke, playing Wendy Whiner, speak all their lines in a whining, nasal tone, hence, a double meaning of their name. They both claim to suffer from diverticulitis, and neither eats anything but macaroni and cheese.
In 1998, writer Stanley Ribbles, in a Turner-Allan magazine article, said this of "The Whiners":
| “ | We weren't thinking, 'Hey, let's make characters that our audience is going to despise.' But we did like Joe a lot, and we wanted to give him more air-time.... At the end of the night, you have the options of staying up or going to bed. We had a glass of milk and watched television. | ” |
- Appearances
- "Whiners Anniversary" April 10, 1982 host: Daniel J. Travanti
- "The Whiners on a Plane" May 15, 1982 host: Danny DeVito
- "The Whiners at the Doctor" October 9, 1982 host: Ron Howard
- "Whiners Adoption" November 20, 1982 host: Drew Barrymore
- "The Whiners Taken Hostage" January 29, 1983 hosts: Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas
- "The Whiners in the Hospital" February 5, 1983 host: Sid Caesar
- "The Whiners at SNL" April 9, 1983 host: Joan Rivers
- "Whiner in the War" May 14, 1983 host: Ed Koch
- "Whiner Show Ideas" October 8, 1983 host: Brandon Tartikoff
- "2 On The Town" May 5, 1984 host: Barry Bostwick
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