Hans and Franz

"Hans and Franz" was a recurring skit on the television sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live that featured Kevin Nealon and Dana Carvey. In the skit, the actors played muscle-bound jocks mimicking Arnold Schwarzenegger right down to the padding for fake muscles, gray sweatsuits, weight belts, and fake Austrian accents. The two proceed to denigrate others for not being strong, and then strike bodybuilder poses.

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Skit - Television - Sketch comedy - Saturday Night Live - Kevin Nealon - Dana Carvey - Arnold Schwarzenegger - Austrian - Bodybuilder

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Some famous lines from the skit include:

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• "I am Hans, and I am Franz"
• "We are here to pump (handclap) you up"
• "Girlie men"

This skit was one of the most popular on SNL, and the characters and their catchphrases entered American pop culture. When Schwarzenegger entered politics, he referred to the skits himself, using of the phrases "girlie men" and "pump you up." He even used the "girlie men" term to refer to California state legislators in speeches during his election campaign for governor of California.

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Catchphrase - Pop culture - Governor - California

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The two Crawler-Transporter vehicles used by NASA are nicknamed "Hans" and "Franz" after the SNL characters.

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Crawler-Transporter - NASA

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