Manny the Uncanny

Manny the Uncanny is an unusual and curious person who travels around the world looking for new and exciting things to try. He would speak in a nasally Jewish accent that his portrayer, Paul Rugg, was known for doing. He hosted his own self-titled segment on Disney's One Saturday Morning. Every episode opened with Manny hanging from a giant inflated man named Mr. Lighter-than-air who from a side view looked to be among the sky, but from a top view would be floating just above the Hubble Space Telescope above Earth's surface. The following surreal exchange would take place:

Manny: "Where are we going today, Mr. Lighter-than-air?" Mr. Lighter-than-air: "Well, Manny...someplace wonderful!"

This was immediately followed by a short song sung by Manny:


 * Hi there ho and happy days
 * Let's have some fun and not be laz-y
 * It's true!

Manny has visited a variety of places including Hollywood, Gold's Gym, United States Mint, Medieval Times, United Nations and Los Angeles Zoo where he traveled with voice actor Frank Welker and learned how he gets his inspiration for animal noises.

Manny was sometimes accompanied by a small ventriloquist dummy version of himself named Little Manny who once attacked him so that he could introduce an episode.

Trivia

 * The voice used by Paul Rugg for Manny the Uncanny is similar to his voice for Mr. Director from Animaniacs, which in turn is loosely based on the eccentric nasally voice stylings of comedian Jerry Lewis.