Flashing his trademark wit, father of three Gil Martin amused onlookers in the parking lot of the LDS ward house by incorporating a popular movie catchphrase into his search for his car Sunday.
"Dude, where's my car?" asked Martin.
"Dude! Where is my car?" continued Martin, spinning around once before finally "locating" the family's 2006 Plymouth Voyager minivan. An estimated 10 ward members, all over 40, were sufficiently amused by Gil's antics to emit guffaws ranging from medium to hearty.
Gil's antics were largely ignored by his three children, daughters Karen, 17, and Stacy, 15, and son Michael, 13.
"Come on, Dad," an irritated Karen told her father. "Can we please just go?"
Karen's plea only seemed to encourage Gil, who has a history of catchphrase-driven jocularity.
"That's just your father's crazy side coming out," wife Roberta told Karen. "Remember what happened at Disney World?" Roberta was alluding to the family's July 2005 Walt Disney World vacation, during which her husband, upon seeing a pair of park employees costumed as Pluto and Goofy, chanted the chorus to the Baha Men hit "Who Let The Dogs Out?" over the fevered objections of all three children.
Though he hasn't had much success amusing teenagers, Gil's peers give him high marks for his wit.
"If you're ever down in the dumps, you can always count on Gil to pick you back up," said Beth Zaugg, 48, a fellow ward member. "I'll never forget last year's church Christmas party. He wore this crazy hat that had a mistletoe hanging over it, and he ran around pretending to try to kiss everybody. Talk about being a few cards shy of a full deck."
Asked for comment on his parking-lot performance, Martin stayed true to form. "What can I say?" he said, smiling and gesturing comedically. "I'm a wild and crazy guy!"
"Dude, where's my car?" asked Martin.
"Dude! Where is my car?" continued Martin, spinning around once before finally "locating" the family's 2006 Plymouth Voyager minivan. An estimated 10 ward members, all over 40, were sufficiently amused by Gil's antics to emit guffaws ranging from medium to hearty.
Gil's antics were largely ignored by his three children, daughters Karen, 17, and Stacy, 15, and son Michael, 13.
"Come on, Dad," an irritated Karen told her father. "Can we please just go?"
Karen's plea only seemed to encourage Gil, who has a history of catchphrase-driven jocularity.
"That's just your father's crazy side coming out," wife Roberta told Karen. "Remember what happened at Disney World?" Roberta was alluding to the family's July 2005 Walt Disney World vacation, during which her husband, upon seeing a pair of park employees costumed as Pluto and Goofy, chanted the chorus to the Baha Men hit "Who Let The Dogs Out?" over the fevered objections of all three children.
Though he hasn't had much success amusing teenagers, Gil's peers give him high marks for his wit.
"If you're ever down in the dumps, you can always count on Gil to pick you back up," said Beth Zaugg, 48, a fellow ward member. "I'll never forget last year's church Christmas party. He wore this crazy hat that had a mistletoe hanging over it, and he ran around pretending to try to kiss everybody. Talk about being a few cards shy of a full deck."
Asked for comment on his parking-lot performance, Martin stayed true to form. "What can I say?" he said, smiling and gesturing comedically. "I'm a wild and crazy guy!"
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