Why did they have a stand-in rather than asking the real Mike

>>95326767
cause they could.
now it would be seen as novel.

>>95326767
Mike Tyson was probably in jail.

>>95326994
The episode aired in November 1996, so they probably worked on it in 1995 at the earliest. Tyson got out of prison in March 1995.

>>95327062
The last thing he probably wanted to do once he got out of prison is so some cartoon. Mind you in 95 he wasn't really seen on tv or media outside of interviews like we see him today. He was also pretty fucking insane until he mellowed out. Modern Tyson is a totally different person than he was when he was boxing.

>>95326767

Because Tyson is a moron who can barely speak coherently

>>95327195
It's what makes Mike Tyson Mysteries work.
They just let him Mike Tyson and then write the rest of the episode to work with that

>>95326767
Tatum had been around since Season 2, moron.

>>95327195
It's so interesting because you come across as a nice guy but you're really a piece of shit.

>>95326767

He was a legacy character from back before they started using real people.

>>95327164
>Modern Tyson is a totally different person than he was when he was boxing.
He's still pretty fucking crazy, just not as violent.

>>95327254
>It's what makes Mike Tyson Mysteries work.
But that show doesn't work. It's just a series of things that are unrelated with characters who appear on screen at the same time and sometimes interact but never in a meaningful way.

>>95326767
>prison riot, everyone going absolutely nuts attacking each other
>Tatum looks up from his book and in a normal speaking voice tells them to knock it off
>prisoners and guards all quietly and nervously apologize and go to back to their cells/work

I still miss the Simpsons

I'm sure this was during the period he was a psycho.

>>95327495
Like I said, Mike Tyson Mike Tysoning

>>95327433
Was not Adam West used in Season 2?

>>95328902
Old simpsons was so good it could literally do the shit later simpsons is slammed for but right.

>>95328902
Yeah but it's Adam West.

Come on.

>>95326767
was back when simpsons was good and wasn't merely a conduit for celebrities to boost their image with a cameo

>>95327380
man, i remember that interview.
what was that guy expecting when he asked that stuff to mike?

>>95327584
He was eating a salad.