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If you’re thinking in those lines how about Marcus coming back as an immortal? Jason Carter would swing a pretty cool sword.

“Honey, for my birthday I want you to give me a blueberry grunt.” “Is that like a Dirty Sanchez, or more like a Rusty Trombone?” “‘Cause either way, it’s twenty bucks, same as downtown.” I couldn’t decide which punchline to use. But out of respect for for your nice present for your husband I waited a little while to make my comment. I hope you both had a nice time.

Beware the Pie-Corps. “THE CRUST IS MOTHER, THE FILLING IS FATHER!” ....and with that we bring it back around to Babylon 5.

Pants

From the top picture, does anybody else think Kevin Spacey would be an excellent Bela Lugosi in a bio-pic?

The lower left corner has the kind of jacket I was talking about. The lower left corner is the type of jacket I was talking about.

In my youth I had that job, now that I’m old and disabled I know every gas station in the area that still does full service.

“Everybody out of the pool!”

Are you going for “Cheers” or something else?

Nah, without ‘em I’d be wandering the neighborhood with an axe and a duffel bag full of heads.

So, was that a bear role playing as a squirrel, or a squirrel in a very good bear suit? Maybe I’M a butterfly dreaming he’s wasting time on the internet? NURSE! I think it’s time for my meds!

Tired And I am.

While you are absolutely right on many points, the reason that those types of heroes go astray as much as they do is simply that it makes for better storytelling. Your argument (I mean that word in the “argument for debate” style) is based on a real world viewpoint. Two people meeting, falling in love and living happily ever after just isn’t as enjoyable to an audience as Romeo & Juliet or Love Story. In gaming a proactive hero means a lot more work for a GM. Because that means that the story is only about what one character in particular wants and it’s not necessarily the one the GM wants to tell. It can also run the risk of one characters quest being the be all, end all of a campaign. Regardless of the other players who want to do their own things. I remember a campaign that I played in got stuck in that mode and the rest of the group complained that the game had devolved into “Batman and his 5 Robins.” It’s a delicate balance and tough to pull off, making sure that everyone has their time in the spotlight. Blue-Booking is a good way around this if circumstances preclude one on one sessions. This is an interesting subject. Are you more interested in nuts & bolts ways to deal with this in books and games or in a more philosophical discussion of the trait in storylines? Either way is good for me, happy trails.

Kids in schools......no wait, that’s something the next generation will remember that their kids will make fun of.

Five & Dime stores have been literally replaced by Dollar Stores. Same kind of low price/low value merchandise. Like a cheesy department store. Penny candy type confections still exist but it’s now $1.50 a bag. I’m gobbling down jellybeans and sour balls as I type this. Curse my late night sweet tooth!

I remember those from the Batman ‘66 movie. The Penguin used them in his attack inside the Batcave. They popped like soap bubbles because Pengy accidentally used the ionized water tap that Bats used for the atomic reactor in the ‘cave.

I was trying to come up with late ‘50’s early ‘60’s equivalents for those three names and the Zigfield Follies was the name of a variety show on early TV. Before “Toast of the Town”. (the original name of The Ed Sullivan Show) Mmmmmm, HoJo’s. I remember a long summer road trip when I was a kid where my Father kept us all looking out the windows of the station wagon for those orange roofs so we could have a clean place to eat and get directions to the next Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge, so we could stop for that night. The taste of a clam roll and a dish of orange sherbet ice cream comes back to me now.

Cool idea. I’m currently re-reading “Soon I will be Invincible” where the lead character is Dr. Impossible who is powered by “Zeta Energy”. So how about Zeta-Men, Zeta-Droids or Zeta-Bots? I like the armor picture but how about an alternate look for when he’s puttering around the lab? Something more like Sivana perhaps? Something in one of those white, mandarin collared, buttons up on the side, pulp era style Doctor’s jackets.

That’s what I’m saying, it’s fun to bash the ones who’re too young to remember stuff that was important to us, but let’s keep some perspective. Ziegfeld, Parr and Murrow were the Sullivan, Carson and Cronkite of their eras. In fact Jack Parr was the host of the hugely popular Tonight Show who retired and turned it over to that youngster Johnny Carson. I’m starting to feel like one of those “If you want to know more about these figures, check them out at your local library,” things ant the end of a family TV show.

I get where you’re coming from, but before we get too high & mighty, how many of us know anything about.... Flo Zeigfield Jack Parr or Edward R. Murrow?

And that is how little Elmer Fudd learned to hate rabbits.

Walkman hell! Listening to radio, and what cassette tapes are!

I remember that one.

Now it’s “I have to pay off my college loans, so I’m working in this fast food place.”

A couple of years ago I was sitting at the dinner table with my brother, his wife and their three adult children and the conversation mentioned the Police Dept. So I held my hand up to my face like a radio mike and said “One Adam-12, One Adam-12, see the woman.” My brother and his wife smiled, and the three kids looked at me like I’d had a stroke.