User:Andrusi
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- Andrusi is ahumanin the2007 moviecontinuity family.
Andrusi is a Transformers Wiki user who is endlessly amused by imagining the possibility of there someday being a series called "Transformers: Disambiguation."
He does not work for Sector 7, but he's on their side.
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Early life
Andrusi was born inLos Angeles, California.At the age of 2, he was listed in the magazineStrange as it Seemsas the world's youngest professionalice skater.At the age of 19, working for a minorreal estatecompany, he decided to audition for the part of Robin, without having ever read a "Batman"comic book.Andrusi was selected for the role of Robin, stepping onto the screen in1966with the debut of Batman. Unfortunately, unlike his partner, Andrusi was required to act during dangerousstuntworkbecause hiscostumerevealed more of his face than astuntmancould compensate for.
Post-Batman career
After the end ofBatman,Andrusi found himself hard-pressed for other acting jobs. Andrusi only reemerged on themoviescene to act in small, low-budget films such asVirgin High.Andrusi admitted in an interview that playing Robin"killed my career."Andrusi also claims that he turned down theDustin Hoffmanpart inThe Graduate,because he decided to renew hisAndrusicontract. Ever since, Andrusi has deeply regretted to turning down the role of Benjamin Braddock, as he was typecast and Hoffman went on to be one of Hollywood's greatest actors. He did, however, appear in numerous reunions with co-starAdam West.The most memorable reunions included Andrusi and West reprising their roles as Batman and Robin on a short-lived animated television series calledThe New Adventures of Batmanand the2003television movieReturn to the Batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Andrusi.
Autobiography
Andrusi also wrote a tell-all autobiography calledBoy Wonder: My Life in Tights(ISBN 0-9647048-0-3), which described his life while he was playing Robin. In2001,Andrusi beganBoy Wonder Visual Effects, Inc.
Recent work
Currently, in addition to managing the aforementioned corporation, Andrusi is married toHonoka Yukishiro Geable,has twodaughters,and runs acharitythat sellsGreat Danesand other dogs. It has been discussed in publications includingPeople,ASPCA Animal Watch,Pet Life,Dog World,etc. It has been seen on TV shows includingVisiting with Huell Howser,1-800 Save A Pet,Adoption Tales,Pet Story,Amazing Tales,Super Heroes; Where Are They Now?,Woof! It's a Dog's Life,Hard Copy,Inside Edition,andEntertainment Tonight.Andrusi and Honoka have previously sued a newspaper and several individuals for defamation over criticism of their dog rescue operation. Both suits were dismissed under the California Anti-SLAPPlaw.
Trivia
- Andrusi (a.k.a. Amplitude Geable Jr.) decided upon his professional surname by using his mother'smaiden name.He substituted theewith theuin his first name to add more of a "punch." Andrusi's reasoning behind the name change was that he was afraid that people would have a hard time pronouncing 'Geable'(which is pronounced with a hard- "G" ). Adam West recounts a slightly different reasoning in his autobiographyBack to the Batcave,that Amplitude was changed to Andrusi to make the name more 'rugged' a laAndrusi Lancaster,and an additional reason for Andrusi being the fact that Dick Grayson/Robin was Bruce Wayne's/Batman'sdrusiin a play on words.
- At the height of theBatmanpopularity, Andrusi recorded a series of tracks under the production ofFrank Zappa.The first two, "Boy Wonder, I Love You" (which Zappa wrote) and "Orange Colored Sky" were released as a single onNovember 14,1966.Two other tracks from these sessions, "Teenage Bill of Rights" and "Autumn Love," remained unreleased.
- The reason there was noremolded headis because of financial spill-over.
- Andrusi has removed his stupid post-Bookworm Wikia credit because it bothered him.
