WordWolf

My reference to JoJo Krako in Star Trek's original series must have gotten you thinking. This one is "STAR TREK-THE NEXT GENERATION."

"Stop The Pigeon" is an acceptable answer. That was the name of the theme song, and the name of the goal of the characters. They had to stop a patriotic carrier pigeon from delivering messages during World Wat I. Their attempts to stop Yankee Doodle Pigeon was what Vulture Squadron was assigned to, permanently. The official title of the cartoon was "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines." That was a reference to "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines." This cartoon took place in Germany in World War I. The planes were of World War I vintage and had German markings appropriate for the time. Dick Dastardly and Muttley were now WW I pilots. Dastardly was in charge of Vulture Squadron. Muttley was actually able to fly a little by spinning his tail like a motorized propellor- something useful every time their planes were destroyed in mid-air. The remaining 2 members of Vulture Squadron were Klunk and Zilly. Klunk was an inventor. He built their planes, and kept trying to design different traps or tricks useful for catching Yankee Doodle Pigeon. He always failed to account for SOMETHING, and they failed when sent up against YDP. Klunk's other problem was he had odd verbal tics and could not be fully understood between his clicks, growls, etc. Zilly was always able to understand Klunk. Zilly's problem was that he was an incredible coward and kept trying to desert. Other regular elements of the stories.... "the General" would phone and chew out DD for failing to stop that pigeon. When DD would free fall, he would call on Muttley to save him. Usually, Muttley would hold out for a medal. Once DD gave him a medal, Muttley would save him (or do some other unpleasant task like bringing Zilly back to their planes.) Occasionally, there would be "Wing Dings" - short gag cartoons, several seconds long. Also, "Magnificent Muttley" cartoons, where Muttley would dream he was some sort of action hero, Walter Mitty style, and wake up as himself at the base or whatever. OF COURSE, Dick Dastardly and Muttley were spun off FROM "the Wacky Races." However, the cartoon in question was not "the Wacky Races" ("Los Autos Locos", "the crazy cars") , but this one.

Wyoming????

Wild guess here...."Pennsylvania"???? That's a chocolate snack cake to me, and Pennsylvania has "Hershey", so it's worth a shot....

That's it. Flo's signature line showed up a lot. Vera claimed Flo said "When donkeys fly" when angry. Mel claimed Vera was a ding-y broad plenty of times. Vic Tayback was Mel Sharples, the diner owner/cook. He was also a mobster in ST TOS' "A Piece of the Action." The Enterprise put the bag on him. :)

Whenever vpw visited a place, they assigned people to buy his creature comforts out of pocket (like bottles of Drambuie as one poster reported- their first experience buying alcohol.) On top of everything else, they took up collections of nice, untraceable cash which was handed over to vpw in a bag. I'm sure he was happy not to report that to the IRS. He also made no secret that he could-and did- go to the twi treasurer whenever he felt like he needed some cash, and got it. ALSO, a LOT of things owned by twi were reserved for his SOLE use, and he called them "MY STUFF."

It wasn't just the ROA, either. Whenever vpw made a visit to people "out on the field", it was an experience all around. Sometimes he was put up in someone's house, and we've had a few horror stories about that. One female poster mentioned vpw exposing himself to her and smiling. Whether or not he was put up in someone's house, someone was assigned a little shopping list. People who never smoked were sent to buy Kool Shorties for him, people who didn't drink were trying to figure out where to buy this Drambuie he drank. And every time, there was always a passing of the horn, and he was handed an envelope full of cash. Nice, untraceable cash. I'm sure the IRS never heard about any of that, just as the ROA cash donations would be news to them also, little undocumented, undeclared assets.

Han Solo, in "the Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi", said the first set. "I've got a bad feeling about this" was a running line, as was "It's not my fault!". C3PO also said the former, and Lando Calrissian also said the latter. There was a famous exchange between Han Solo and Princess Leia. In TESB, just before it looks like Han is about to die, Leia says "I love you." His reply? "I know." A movie later, towards the end, they are about to be captured. She's hiding a pistol, hidden by how he is standing. Han, impressed. "I love you." Leia, smugly: "I know." "I didn't kill my wife!" was obviously from "the Fugitive." Indiana Jones, in "Raiders of the Lost Ark," was asked for plans. "I don't know, I'm making this up as I go along." *jumps on a horse and begins riding.* In "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade", he tells his class in an introductory lecture what archeology is and is not. He mentions that X NEVER marks the spot. Naturally, later in the movie, he realizes that X marks the spot. "I knew it!"

That's it.

`The usual misnaming might be said to be what the characters were supposed to actually DO, something they never seemed able to manage against their patriotic opponent (who was not a human.) The actual title was a bit lengthy for a cartoon show.

"EDWARD SCISSORHANDS."

In hindsight, I wish he'd skipped the movie. He looked as ill as he was, I think.

"Kiss mah grits!" "When donkeys fly!" "You're a ding-y broad!" Although the first one, I think, is the best-remembered, all 3 are repeated lines.

I barely remember that show. I almost never watched it.

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The Wacky Racers did not work for The Kaiser, nor was the cartoon set in World War I. Did you mean to make a different guess?

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MTM?

A little accidental humor??

"cause he gets up in the morning"

You say "Of course", but it's a bit before my time. It's not quite as obvious to me.

How many cartoons can you name where the main characters worked for The Kaiser? I can only name one. In fairness, the name "the Kaiser" never appears in the cartoon. However, this cartoon was visibly set in one country in one specific time-frame, which means the main characters HAD TO work for The Kaiser. Their insignia make it almost obvious, if one actually stops to think about it, which nobody ever did. The regular characters were guys who worked together, and one American character who was their enemy....who kept winning. He was kinda smug about it. It's funny to say that when he never uttered a single word, but it was also obvious he was smug and celebrated his victories over the others. I will accept the correct name- for bragging rights, the full correct name. I will also accept the common INcorrect name the show is often called by people if they remember it at all. The official name of this cartoon is a bit lengthy and cumbersome. (I never had any problem reading or remembering it growing up.) The incorrect, unofficial nickname the show has picked up is based on the show's theme song. It had a full theme song, complete with lyrics, sung by the main protagonist (the other main protagonist never had lines.) People incorrectly confuse the name of the song- and the mission of the characters- with the name of the cartoon. Since the beginning of the cartoon show always began with the name of the show onscreen as the song began, I never quite understood why the adults always seemed to get this one wrong. This cartoon had 2 protagonists, 2 main supporting characters, one antagonist, and the rest. The one antagonist wasn't human, but was American. The 2 protagonists had been introduced in a previous cartoon that's reasonably well-known, and have appeared in more obscure cartoons since then. This cartoon is not in the same continuity as the more famous cartoon since the more famous one takes place decades later (late 20th century, it appears), and this one is obviously early 20th century, based on the events and the technology. Of the 2 protagonists, 1 is human, and the other is probably smarter, and definitely better-liked by the audience. Of their supporting characters, one is absolutely necessary for the cartoon, and the other is needed because of the odd thing about the one who is necessary, but is otherwise useless. In the Spanish version, their names rhyme and basically imply they're both idiots. (In the case of the former, I think that's a bit harsh.) In the English version, their names are not connected. These characters work for the Kaiser's military, as is plainly obvious from watching the cartoon. Both this cartoon and the one that introduced the protagonists could be seen as defined by the methods of transportation used by the characters.

Before I saw his reply, my first thought was "Fifty bucks." So, probably that, but I could be wrong. Everything else was retail, too. Food costs were retail. Everything in the bookstore was retail. Showers cost money, but not a lot. Then again, they were set up more like an institution, so no privacy. Naturally, at least once during the evening teachings, they passed the baskets around for donations (in my experience, once a week during them, not once each night.) Interesting how food costs were retail, when the workers were all volunteers. As always, twi was organized to run everything at a profit, down to the least items. Pay the people nothing, pay nothing for locations/have the locals cover it out-of-pocket, charge everyone retail prices for all items, make everything possible in-house before charging retail, shake the people down for a 10% mandatory donation, then guilt them into giving more..... Although under lcm, the mandatory 10% went as high as 20%. There was the mandatory "tithe" (which means "tenth" of 10%, 15 or 20% depending on the era. Then there were the shakedowns for "abundant sharing", which were above that, and people were guilted into paying. Under lcm (possibly sooner, but I only heard lcm speak of it), they invented "plurality giving." The concept there.... figure out what you need to live on. Everything else you make above that, you give to twi, period. Do not save money, do not invest money, do not pay for insurance. BTW, while doing this, you weren't allowed to go into debt, either. How were people supposed to get anything? Well, remember those family members who weren't in twi? The ones we were supposed to blow off if they weren't in twi? Well, we were expected to shake them down for financial help. The only savings allowed was to receive an inheritance when someone died or something....and you were expected to tithe on that, too. Naturally, none of this applied to the people at the top, who lived well at twi's expense, not even counting any money that they received as a salary. rfr had twi peons working for her, doing her yardwork and housework and maintaining her boat, etc. twi covered any expenses there- not that the people were paid even like day laborers, they were serfs to twi. Naturally, all of that started with vpw, who considered anything belonging to twi as "his." Some things owned by twi were reserved for his specific use, and all expenses were paid for by twi. That was done after him, and if someone told me that stopped now, I'd say they didn't know what they thought they knew, and were being deceived by the people who still benefited from this system.

"I've got a bad feeling about this." "It's not my fault!" "I know." "I didn't kill my wife!" "I don't know- I'm making this up as I go along." "X never marks the spot."