WordWolf

1976 was a busy year for twi. This was the thread for experiences at the time, recollections related to 1976 and twi.

This was the second of the "eyewitnesses" threads, looking for accounts from people who were "there." It has actual accounts from people who were there, :)

This was the first "Eyewitnesses" thread, looking for personal accounts of twi from that time-frame. As you can see, the gleanings were lean, but it's worth reviewing.

"He's the toughest man there is alive. Wearin' clothes from a wildcat's hide." "He sure is hip, ain't he? Like what's happening? He's too much Ride, Daddy, ride."

Ok, next one. "He sure is hip, ain't he? Like what's happening? He's too much Ride, Daddy, ride."

Those are some bands I listen to from time to time, but I didn't expect GSC'ers to join me there. :) BTW, I think of "oldies" as more "Les Brown and His Band of Renown" and other things predating Sinatra. Then again, Mrs Wolf is a Sinatra fan, so that does shape my view somewhat. As a Marx Brothers fan, I do acknowledge that some old-time stuff stands the test of time very well, whether music, or movies, or books, and so on. I tend to think I listen to anything between Norah Jones and Rob Zombie, with "I can make out the lyrics" as a hard rule for the hardest stuff, which is how RZ makes it in.

A) This black-and-white cartoon featured a shape-changing doodle and his dog, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog. His hat was shaped like a funnel and was the source of his powers. He seemed to think of himself as some sort of super-hero. In an attempt to revive him, Haley Joel Osment was cast to be his voice actor. TV Guide rated him in their list of Top 50 Greatest TV Cartoon Characters. George identified "Tom Terrific", taking the round. B) This inept super-team was invented by Ralph Bakshi. They included Strong Man, Rope Man, Tornado Man, Cuckoo Man, and Diaper Man (a super baby, not drawn as an adult despite an adult voice.) This was "the Mighty Heroes." I kept misremembering the last one as "Baby-Bottle Man." (He carried one.) C) Creekmud Junction, Tennessee had a canine lawman, who was white and wore a black hat. "Deputy Dawg." D) These mischievous twin brothers got into all sorts of trouble, and didn't seem to have individual names. Their Papa was played for comedic value and had a short temper and was as inept as most Dads on TV at the time. Paul Terry's "TERRY BEARS." E) This little black duck was sometimes played as a duck on a farm, and sometimes as an orphan looking for a home. An attempt at a revival had him voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. "Dinky Duck." F) This little brown mouse had a clever name, but otherwise seems to have nothing noteworthy, and has faded into obscurity. "Little Roquefort." G) This little yellow canary had a speedy voice and a green hat. His foe was Sylvester the Fox. "Dingbat." H) This dopey dog spun off into his own cartoon for two whole episodes. He's remembered more for being a gadfly for 2 mischievous characters who had their OWN cartoon. "Dimwit Dog", and George identified him also. I) This bow-tied goose had a voice patterned after Ed Wynn. He actually appeared in the crowd at the end of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" "Gandy Goose." You can get lots of details at the Terry Toons wiki. https://terrytoons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Terrytoons_Wiki I imagine lots of them are on YT and/or DM. I know Tom Terrific is on YT.

So, yes, George got that (A) was "Tom Terrific", and also identified "Dimwit Dog" and took the round twice over. Next comes naming the bunch....

Ok, if she was going to respond, she should have by now. We're closing out this round and moving on. Explanations to follow in a few minutes...

My first reaction was that this was nonsense- born without a brain? However, it is technically possible, and there's been a few stories with that sort of thing, and someone surviving and growing. https://www.cbc.ca/passionateeye/features/the-boy-born-without-a-brain-is-now-a-practical-joker-who-loves-playing-mar https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3293259/Baby-born-without-brain-amazes-doctors-celebrating-second-birthday-says-Mummy-time.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wu47BpI4ld8 I don't recommend everyone watch the video I linked. There's some of us who have trouble watching videos like that. (I can't watch all of it.) Those are 3 different stories, with 3 different degrees of success. So, there's stories of people surviving who were basically born with a brain stem but not an accompanying full brain. There's information at this link from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anencephaly ========================= As to the guy in the connected video, his facial structure and so on MIGHT be for such a person, or it might not. Going only from that, it's plausible. The later part of the entire video finally shows his forehead, and it is unlikely there's neither brain nor cranial abnormalities. That is not a standard forehead. That having been said, everything else is hearsay. It might all be true, it might all be otherwise false. It might have big truths alongside big lies. I didn't see any documentation of specifics. ========================= (BTW, if you're going to make us look for the video- and this wasn't hard to find this time due to some details- please include both the name of the video and the name of the account under which it was posted. It's better if you learn to copy and paste the URL, though.)

I'm trying to give Mrs Bean a few more hours. I'll update with the answers Sunday afternoon if there's no response for her through Human.

I'm surprised you both know this one. Another spoken line in this song is "Are You Gonna Be My Girl?" , and this song is by Jet. which is almost a 1-hit wonder.

That's him! He actually spun off to two whole episodes for himself. (I was going to post about H & J if nobody got any of the others.)

BTW, movie theaters may once have shown "Katzenjammer Kids" cartoon features, but they were never aired on TV (as near as I can discover.) However, the cartoon "Captain and the Kids" DID air on TV, based on the strip that had expies of the KK, made by one of the regular cartoonists of the KK once upon a time. I had a vague memory of watching a KK cartoon once- but it was obviously "Captain and the Kids."

These cartoons are all TERRY TOONS. Sylvester and Tweety were Warner Brothers, so they were Merrie Melodies, Looney Tunes, or both (probably both.) For the curious, Merrie Melodies was once for those cartoons centered around MUSIC. Then the lines got blurred, then erased. Looney Tunes' Sylvester is a CAT. Terry Toons' Sylvester was a FOX. Also, I once saw Tweety with a BLUE hat, a la Little Lord Fauntleroy. This birdy usually wore a hat, and that hat was always (AFAIK always) green. Go ahead and run the question past Mrs Bean. Terry Toons tended to air a LONG time ago, but a few aired into the 70s, and there was a very brief attempt at new cartoons decades later.

I was unclear. All the ones I began with were obscure. I was going to resort to adding more choices if everyone drew a blank. A) IS "Tom Terrific." I guessed you'd name him first. (D) was not "the Katzenjammer Kids." (D) was actually a pair of animals who were twin brothers. Other than (A) and (B), these were all animals. I'll leave the rest up for the rest of the day, so that the others have a shot at naming something else for laughs, but you DO have the round.

"btw, not to get off subject, whatever happened to Dave Craley?" "He's on Facebook. FB, from time to time, suggests I friend him." "Anyone foolish enough to trust FB should not be surprised at the results. They (the results) WON'T be to their (the user's) liking." "I don't see how that's germane to the question or the response. But thanks for letting us know how you feel. Also, my point is that if Thomas wants to know what's up with Mr Craley, he could go ask him himself. " It was germane to the response. FB isn't in the business of being in the user's best interests. It would not surprise me if it kept recommending vpw critics and survivors (FOR EXAMPLE) to "friend" vpw apologists and defenders, since both mention him and "seem interested" in him. (And yes, FB IS one way to contact people, which might work for the OP.)[/b]

Ok, starting from the obscure to the less-obscure...... One round, we met "Hector Heathcote" of Terrytoons. That studio, once upon a time, put out a bunch of cartoons. This round will be based on identifying one or more. Answer any ONE correctly to take the round. A) This black-and-white cartoon featured a shape-changing doodle and his dog, Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog. His hat was shaped like a funnel and was the source of his powers. He seemed to think of himself as some sort of super-hero. In an attempt to revive him, Haley Joel Osment was cast to be his voice actor. TV Guide rated him in their list of Top 50 Greatest TV Cartoon Characters. B) This inept super-team was invented by Ralph Bakshi. They included Strong Man, Rope Man, Tornado Man, Cuckoo Man, and Diaper Man (a super baby, not drawn as an adult despite an adult voice.) C) Creekmud Junction, Tennessee had a canine lawman, who was white and wore a black hat. D) These mischievous twin brothers got into all sorts of trouble, and didn't seem to have individual names. Their Papa was played for comedic value and had a short temper and was as inept as most Dads on TV at the time. E) This little black duck was sometimes played as a duck on a farm, and sometimes as an orphan looking for a home. An attempt at a revival had him voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. F) This little brown mouse had a clever name, but otherwise seems to have nothing noteworthy, and has faded into obscurity. G) This little yellow canary had a speedy voice and a green hat. His foe was Sylvester the Fox. H) This dopey dog spun off into his own cartoon for two whole episodes. He's remembered more for being a gadfly for 2 mischievous characters who had their OWN cartoon. I) This bow-tied goose had a voice patterned after Ed Wynn. He actually appeared in the crowd at the end of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?" Some of these cartoons appeared in comic books. (I) appeared in one that was put out by Timely Comics (before they became Atlas, which was before they became Marvel Comics.) Can anyone get any of these from this list? I could have named {B), but my money's on George naming (A).

I actually couldn't go further on my own. All of my guessing was from the Flintstones' episode "Shinrock-A-Go-Go" with the "Beau Brummelstones" (the band did their own song in the episode.) I used to think that it was "ShiMrock" and it spoofed something called "Shimmy", but later heard that it was "ShiNrock" spoofing "Shindig." So, I had 2 names, and I had to try to fit either to something the episode spoofed. I'll see what I can come up with. As you see, putting up a few, related, obscure shows gives a better chance than hoping a SINGLE such show triggers a memory!

Yes. For further discussion, please go back a page in this thread and follow the links to your threads of choice for the discussions of choice.

The other way, it could have been taken to mean that we all started the discussions on our respective "sides", and stayed there. I reversed my position based on the discussions (and my own thoughts concerning the subject and the discussions), so obviously there was something there to get me to at least think about changing positions. Oh, and if anyone thought that this is an all-or-nothing deal- as someone suggested once- that someone either has to swallow what we were taught and say that was supernatural, or abandon the concept that God Almighty exists and works mightily in ANY supernatural ways ("false dilemma" which was a silly reason to hang onto a position), I say "No you don't- I'm right here!"

Anyone foolish enough to trust FB should not be surprised at the results. They (the results) WON'T be to their (the user's) liking.

Is #4 "Shindig"?

Is #2 "Shimmy"?

To be a bit more specific, when we began the discussionS, I disagreed with him, period, not the least for his approach. As the discussions unfolded, I followed what was said, and considered all the posts as well as all the responses I could make to every post. As it turned out, I was unable to refute the points made for one side, and attempts to refute it tended to center around fuzzing issues and obscuring them- the opposite of actually ANSWERING them, as I saw it. In short, the position advanced by twi and BGL had squat. (That was highlighted when I pointed out I had been hoping to see a post that brought up even one thing I had never considered, and was asked to post an example of something I had never considered, which is a lot like asking someone for an example of something they've forgotten.) So, I REVERSED positions on this issue. I don't have to LIKE truth to FACE truth, and that had been one of my core beliefs for a very long time. So, I'd be a believer who disagreed with him initially but later reversed positions to agree with him. (I didn't start the discussions agreeing with him.)