You know what bothers me?

Kinja'd!!! "Rainbow" (rainbeaux)
10/10/2018 at 10:11 • Filed to: None

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That kids show Handy Manny. Why the hell isn’t it “ Handy Mandy?” Is the idea of  a woman using tools just THAT far-fetched? That title just works so much better, and the premise of the show would still be exactly the same.


DISCUSSION (20)


Kinja'd!!! CalzoneGolem > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:18

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That is a much better title. Might I also offer Handy Andy as pretty obvious better choice.


Kinja'd!!! Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:18

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Mandy Patinkin wouldn't care either way...


Kinja'd!!! OPPOsaurus WRX > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:18

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Handy Manny may have a completely different theme to it (you may have a typo in there)

Edit: nevermind

Handy Manny sounds like something that might be a follow up for ‘to catch a predator’


Kinja'd!!! Takuro Spirit > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:19

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It’ll bother you more once you realize Manny’s VERY recognizable voice on an adult crime show

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Every time my wife watches it I start singing the Handy Manny theme song/Hop Up Jump In COME ON LETS GO


Kinja'd!!! Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:20

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handy mandy sounds like something youd find on pornhub


Kinja'd!!! LongbowMkII > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:24

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They couldn’t have got that guy from the 70’s show to do the voice if that was the case


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:27

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Kelly runs the hardware store, and often pitches in on the work.


Kinja'd!!! Chuckles > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:30

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I agree with you, but I’m guessing that you put more thought into this than they did. They were probably very stoned when one of them said “let’s make a show about a Handyman..We’ll call it Handy Manny! Get it?”

I agree that Handy Mandy sounds better, but Handy Manny is closer to Handyman, and that's probably as far as they got. Plus, Handy Mandy would be a Handywoman, then the play on words doesn't work so well.


Kinja'd!!! The Ghost of Oppo > CalzoneGolem
10/10/2018 at 10:33

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Handy Andy was a kids tool play set in the 60's and 70's.

You are welcome for that bit of useless information.


Kinja'd!!! nermal > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
10/10/2018 at 10:36

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No, you’re thinking of Mandy’s Handys.


Kinja'd!!! nermal > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:36

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Why not Handy Randy?


Kinja'd!!! Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > nermal
10/10/2018 at 10:46

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when youre right youre right


Kinja'd!!! ToyotaFamily > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:47

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The show came out almost 12 years ago, at that time it was kind of a big deal that there was a Hispanic main character on a kids show .

Disney execs weren’t ready for Handy Mandy.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > The Ghost of Oppo
10/10/2018 at 10:51

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It was also a chain of home centers, pre-Home Depot.


Kinja'd!!! shop-teacher > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 10:53

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Given what I’ve learned about the toy/kids show industry from my wife who worked in it for 13 years , it’s because the people making all the decisions are a bunch of old dudes.


Kinja'd!!! Maxima Speed > Rainbow
10/10/2018 at 11:03

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Ummm, I thought that was obvious. The characters name is Manny (derivative of Manuel) Garcia. He’s supposed to be Hispanic that’s goes along with them teaching Spanish words. The whole show has a Latin cultural lean. Mandy is used as  shortening of Amanda in Latin countries but it doesn’t have a Hispanic connection for young non-Hispanic viewers.


Kinja'd!!! The Dummy Gummy > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero
10/10/2018 at 12:19

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Thought she was a lefty?


Kinja'd!!! The Dummy Gummy > Maxima Speed
10/10/2018 at 12:20

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but #rage!


Kinja'd!!! Manny05x > Maxima Speed
10/10/2018 at 12:53

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Messed up part is my name  Manny Garcia and every time i fix something around the House my wife calls me handy Manny.


Kinja'd!!! Maxima Speed > Manny05x
10/10/2018 at 13:07

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RIP