The stars of 'Archer' reveal their favorite running jokes on TV's best spy comedy
"Woodhouse’s heroin habit. I’m always interested in being reminded of a octogenarian’s next fix." —H. Jon Benjamin (Sterling Archer)
"One of my favorite bits remains one from the episode 'Skytanic' from season one, where Pam is on the toilet watching Cyril have choke-sex with Cheryl/Carol. It’s just uncomfortable in every possible way it can be: Cyril is ruining his relationship with Lana, Sheryl/Carol is asphyxiating, Pam is dropping the kids off at the pool. If I wasn’t laughing, I’d be sprinting to therapy." —Aisha Tyler (Lana Kane)
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"'Sploosh' is one of my favorites. It's just so simple and basically a new way to say something is awesome or sexy or awesome and sexy. I also think people forget that there is a sweet hand maneuver that goes with it, too!" —Amber Nash (Pam Poovey)
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"Krieger doing the final Charlton Heston rant from the original 'Planet of The Apes' is probably my favorite running gag. It's one of my top three favorite movies of all time and I love that I get to honor it every now and again. Fun fact: I rarely need to record a second take. THAT'S HOW WELL I KNOW THAT RANT!" —Lucky Yates (Dr. Algernop Krieger)
"Archer's MAWP is another great one. I think it's awesome that a running gag on the show is helping to raise awareness about tinnitus." —Amber Nash (Pam Poovey) "There’s nothing funny about it according to people who have it, but Archer having it makes so much sense, considering he’s been in like 7000 firefights." – H. Jon Benjamin, who voices Sterling Archer.
"Archer's MAWP is another great one. I think it's awesome that a running gag on the show is helping to raise awareness about tinnitus." – Amber Nash, who voices Pam Poovey.
"There’s nothing funny about it according to people who have it, but Archer having it makes so much sense, considering he’s been in like 7000 firefights." – H. Jon Benjamin, who voices Sterling Archer.
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"Krieger has a bizarre breast milk fetish that crops up from time to time and it never fails to make me laugh when I read the scripts." —Lucky Yates (Dr. Algernop Krieger)
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"In the episode 'The Kane' in season six, we see a young version of Lana in her parents’ car after a science fair. The artists drew that version of Lana from a real photo of me taken at my own eighth-grade science fair, Coke-bottle glasses, early-model Casio calculator watch, and all. They even copied my science project, which was adorable-slash-humiliating! They also captured my parents’ love of the hot tub. They’re diabolical." —Aisha Tyler (Lana Kane)
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"Lana's hands. It always makes me laugh when I reference them as Archer. I don’t think I have ever made fun of Aisha’s hands, although I imagine they are big." —H. Jon Benjamin (Sterling Archer)
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"I also love Poovey Farms. I love that it exists and that it's a part of who Pam is and is referenced regularly and there is a racing team!" —Amber Nash (Pam Poovey)
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"'Archer Vice' (season five) is probably my favorite season of 'Archer.' It pays homage to the great franchises of my childhood — 'Convoy,' 'Miami Vice,' 'Return to Witch Mountain.' And it’s also the season where Lana runs into live fire while pregnant with Abbiejean, and Pam invents cocaine yogurt (which I’m pretty sure is Paleo, hence her dramatic weight loss). It’s a fiesta of awesome." —Aisha Tyler (Lana Kane)
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"The coming and going of 'phrasing.' Even when we're not doing it, we're doing it, all thanks to the genius of Adam Reed." —Lucky Yates (Dr. Algernop Krieger)
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"Archer" returns for its seventh season on Thursday at 10 p.m. on FX.
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