The Incredible Dave Draper

Dave guest starring on The Monkees. Dave was Mr. America and Mr. Universe.

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[Neil6000]

I really hate how they used to portray bodybuilders on TV and in the movies back in those days as totally narcissistic and stupid. Thanks Arnold for changing everything.

[bbgonnabe]

Loved Draper. Early roided guys look so much better than the current roided freaks.

[hebneh]

This scene is a satire on the famous Charles Atlas cartoon-style ads that ran for decades in comic books, in which a "98-pound weakling" gets sand kicked in his face on the beach by an aggressive muscleman - who then walks off with his girlfriend. However, after buying the Charles Atlas at-home musclebuilding course, the former wimp returns to the beach, slugs the bad guy, and gets his girlfriend back.

[ericinghammontevista]

who is the blonde girl??? :D

[wkyken]

I think the cultural love affair with blond muscle began with this man -- wow!

[DippShits]

@ronwelker8 Well...

...looking like the MilkyBar kid on steroids may have had a negative impact on the variety of roles he was suitable for.

[ronwelker8]

There is absolutely no reason whatsoever that Dave Draper should not have become a huge movie star in Hollywood -- especially after all the acting ability he showed in the film DON't MAKE WAVES in 1967. there was room for him and Arnold on the Hollywood stage

[CaneFu]

@DrRocksotheClown

I think the Monkees TV show was probably written for kids maybe 6-12 years old. I remember my friends & I were 13-14 and thinking this show was incredibly lame. I also remember an older friend of ours who was in a local rock band in the late sixties cutting out pictures of Mickey Dolenz & the rest of the Monkees and taping them up on his dart board and we threw darts at their pics for fun. At no point during the sixties were the Monkees ever considered cool by anyone over 12.

[DrRocksotheClown]

@Neil6000 wow...people actually WATCHED this super cheesy bullshit..?oh welll i guess peopel had diffrent tastes in teh 60's...

[23nbafan23]

the best ever

[ronwelker8]

after displaying superb acting ability in the film DON'T MAKE WAVES -- he stole scenes from Tony Curtis and Claudia Cardinale  -- it is unbelieveable that the only place for a bodybuilding star in US films was reserved for Herr Schwarzenegger when Dave Draper fitted the bill

[mayena]

@Neil6000 I think that many people, especially men, where indimated or threatned by them so they try to portray all the negative stereotypes to belittle them.