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Name |
Old Weird Harold |
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Voiced by |
Gerald Edwards (classic series) |
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Portrayed by |
Aaron Frazier (film) |
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Sexuality |
Gay |
Old Weird Harold (mostly referred to as Weird Harold) is a member of the Junkyard Gang. In the Junkyard Band, he plays the harp (made from bedsprings).
Personality
Weird Harold is extremely clumsy. While he's one of the less-intelligent members of the Junkyard Gang, he can be very nice. He tends to be more straight-forward and right to the point when he speaks.
He never got to do a whole lot in the show, but one episode briefly gave an addiction to video games, but quickly got that under control, and responsibly made efforts to atone for the trouble it caused..
Bill Cosby confirmed in an interview in 2005 that he did indeed based Weird Harold on his closeted sexual fantasies, and that it was his only way of expressing himself without revealing too much information. It has yet to be explained as to what Cosby’s sexual fantasies are, but judging by his previous criminal offenses we could probably take a wild guess.
Appearance
Weird Harold is a very tall (the tallest member of the Junkyard Gang, even taller than Fat Albert) African-American teenager. Due to Filmation's penchant for stylization, Harold has snake-like pupils, mostly seen in close-up shots.
According to Bill Cosby's standup routines, he was called "Old Weird Harold" because he was over six and a half feet tall yet weighed less that one hundred pound, Bill Cosby also said that they "used him to get the footballs out of the sewer".
He wears a yellow dress blazer, a white button-down shirt, blue jeans, socks (one yellow and one red) and white sneakers.
In the film, Weird Harold's appearance changed alot from the waist down, his white button down and yellow blazer remained the same, but his snake-like pupils were removed, he has an afro as opposed to his regular hair, green and black plaid pants, and white and green sneakers.
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