Serious question: Why do old people call Mario "Merry-o"?

[Devsman]

I legit can't figure out where this came from.

[Xero_Daxter]

Here's a better one. My parents use to call Pokemon "Pokeman".

[Vinz Clortho]

Origineel geplaatst door Good Night Owl:

Or Pokemon "Poke-E-Mans"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLwjDigdM6k

[Devsman]

Origineel geplaatst door Xero_Daxter:

Here's a better one. My parents use to call Pokemon "Pokeman".

I remember a KFC commercial from those days where the colonel called them "po-kay-mon pikachus." Which is actually pretty accurate, except pikachu is just one of the pokemon.