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Robopup · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 137 Location: San Francisco :)

Hello.
I've only heard this once.
"Boys in the band"
I am perplexed by this idiom.
If you know the answer,please
post it here.Thanks.
Robopup^_^;
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Tonester · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:14 pm Post subject:

How was it used when you heard it?

Robopup · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 137 Location: San Francisco :)

Hello.
I heard it on a TV program.
The character was talking when
he said "Boys in the band"
I know this doesn't help too much.
But that's all I remember.
Robopup^_^;;
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Tonester · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:28 pm Post subject:

What kind of TV Program was it?

The phrase "Me and the boys in the band" could have been the way it was used and in this case it would mean "Myself and the other members of the band".

If it was a music program perhaps that was what it was referring to.

Robopup · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 137 Location: San Francisco :)

[quote="Tonester"]What kind of TV Program was it?
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Hi.
Thank you for fast reply^_^;
I was watching a parody program.
It would be hard to describe.
The program had music from the 80s.
Hope this helps.
Cheers!
Robopup^_^;
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Tonester · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject:

Was the phrase used in a song or was it spoken only?

And what kind of person was saying it?

A parody program. Well do you know the name of the program?

I'm asking all these questions because I want to give you the best answer I can to your question.

Robopup · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 137 Location: San Francisco :)

[quote="Tonester"]Was the phrase used in a song or was it spoken only?
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It was spoken.
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And what kind of person was saying it?
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The person was a bad guy.
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A parody program. Well do you know the name of the program?
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I was embarrassed to mentioned it.
It is the English version of
Dynaman(Daina man).This is children
programming.
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I'm asking all these questions because I want to give you the best answer I can to your question.
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Thank you for your concern.I hope
my answer cleared up what I was
watching.Many Thanks^_^
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Tonester · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:14 pm Post subject:

Finally, tell me the name of the character who said the phrase as I am trying to research Dynaman and the characters so that I can then give you the best explanation I can.

Robopup · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 137 Location: San Francisco :)

[quote="Tonester"]Finally, tell me the name of the character who said the phrase as I am trying to research Dynaman and the characters so that I can then give you the best explanation I can.[/quote]
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The character that said "Boys in the Band"was Ouji Mekido.His English name was Nigel.
It happened during the first 2 episodes.
Please remember the dialogue was
dubbed with funny words.Hence,no
direct translation.Hope this helps.
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Tonester · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject: The answer to your question!

After researching Dynaman and doing a search on "Nigel" I found out that the actor who played Nigel Cochrane is "Peter Alves" and going on the memorable quotes from the 1988 program and from your original question I have been able to find out that in the case of this program it refers to him talking about "Himself and the other members of the band (who were all male as the word "boys is used when referring to the male gender)"

I hope that this clears up everything for you.

Robopup · Joined: 05 Nov 2004 Posts: 137 Location: San Francisco :)

Hi.
Thank you so much for the help:)
You cleared up the mystery:)
Thanks^O^
Robopup^_^
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Tonester · Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:51 pm Post subject:

No problem, Robopup!! I work as an Assistant Language Teacher in Japan and have to do the same kind of explaining of certain english phrases for the teachers I work with so your question was not too hard for me to answer.