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Post by berkley on May 5, 2023 19:04:07 GMT -5
I could see that gag being made with Moose in Archie comics. Well, he's dyslexic. What's Soozi's excuse?
That she's a girl and blonde, apparently.
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Post by tarkintino on May 5, 2023 19:48:16 GMT -5
Don't forget Joy Harmon. Honestly, a pebble was on a higher intellectual level than Harmon, or rather, how she presented herself for work. Yes indeedy. Weird. I had never known the name or realized that she was in the iconic car-washing scene in "Hud" until a few days ago when for some reason her name came up in the news for some reason I can't recall now. Harmon's car-washing scene was in Cool Hand Luke. She's tended to play extremely dizzy or bubbly characters on shows such as Batman and The Monkees. |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 5, 2023 20:22:26 GMT -5
Yes indeedy. Weird. I had never known the name or realized that she was in the iconic car-washing scene in "Hud" until a few days ago when for some reason her name came up in the news for some reason I can't recall now. Harmon's car-washing scene was in Cool Hand Luke. She's tended to play extremely dizzy or bubbly characters on shows such as Batman and The Monkees. D’oh! Of course. What was I thinking? |
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Post by wildfire2099 on May 5, 2023 22:42:56 GMT -5
I don’t think they were reading it for the dialogue, zaku . But, yeah, Google Barbara Nichols, Carol Wayne, and Joi Lansing. The dumb blonde was really a thing. And the smart friend is brunette, a very conservative hairstyle and, obviously, glasses... It worked for Three's Company (which is an awful show if you try to watch it now.. to think how many hours I spend as a kid watching it in syndication when I could have been reading comic if I had only known...) |
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Post by zaku on May 6, 2023 1:10:55 GMT -5
And the smart friend is brunette, a very conservative hairstyle and, obviously, glasses... It worked for Three's Company (which is an awful show if you try to watch it now.. to think how many hours I spend as a kid watching it in syndication when I could have been reading comic if I had only known...) According to many TV historians, it was considered a ground-breaking and revolutionary show at the time. You know, a man who lives with TWO women! Without being married to either of them! But for modern viewers the gist of the show is pretty much: 1) a straight man pretending to be gay is SO FUN! 2) blondes are stupid |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2023 2:42:32 GMT -5
Well, he's dyslexic. What's Soozi's excuse?
Covers like this seemed to have nothing to do with Moose's dyslexia, he was made to look like a buffoon.
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Post by EdoBosnar on May 6, 2023 2:42:39 GMT -5
It worked for Three's Company (which is an awful show if you try to watch it now.. to think how many hours I spend as a kid watching it in syndication when I could have been reading comic if I had only known...) I thought it was an awful show when I tried to watch it back then (although I did occasionally because one of my older siblings kind of liked it). I never understood the enduring appeal of that show for so many people - once you get past the 'yeah, Suzanne Somers (and Joyce DeWitt if we're being honest) is kind of hot' factor, there's really not much there. It was almost painfully unfunny. Yet it went on for eight friggin' seasons... |
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2023 2:48:03 GMT -5
What would be the point? Like Superman and a few other characters, the Hulk is so over-powered that the Lizard is just a weird-looking guy in a lab-coat, comparatively.
Well, I'll take a stab at "60's Marvel style": Bruce Banner seeks out Curt Connors and tells him his research may be the key to helping him develop a cure. Connors tells him there are no guarantees, but he'll do what he can. Several long days pass, and working around the clock, Connors develops an experimental serum, but broods on the thought "on paper it might be a cure, but how can I be sure." And then in a typical Silver Age "complete lapse of any logic" moment, he decides "the only way to be sure is to try it on myself first, if my equations are right, it should be harmless due to the residual reptile DNA in my bloodstream countering the effects." Immediately proceeding to inject himself, he quickly says "wait, something's wrong, this shouldn't be happening...I can feel the Lizard returning, but somehow it's different, far more intense...must...fight...it...". Turning into an enhanced Lizard with far more strength and toughness than in the past, his reptile persona fully in control and more twisted than ever, he says "Banner did thissssss to me, he will pay!!!". And well, you get the rest. Come on, Marvel, do this now! |
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Post by kirby101 on May 6, 2023 7:58:28 GMT -5
The stars of Second City TV said they could not do a parody of Threes Company because whatever they did looked like a regular episode. The show was a parody of itself.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2023 8:03:21 GMT -5
Well, he's dyslexic. What's Soozi's excuse?
Covers like this seemed to have nothing to do with Moose's dyslexia, he was made to look like a buffoon.
And canonically he didn't have dyslexia back then, that was a 1984 explanation very much after the fact. It was intended, contemporary to Soozi, exactly as you describe. |
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Post by tarkintino on May 6, 2023 10:19:08 GMT -5
Well, he's dyslexic. What's Soozi's excuse? Covers like this seemed to have nothing to do with Moose's dyslexia, he was made to look like a buffoon. That's right; Big Moose was created to be the stereotype of the massive, frightening, semi-bullying dimwitted athlete, who only melts when in the company of his girlfriend. Not once since his creation (up to the dyslexia retconning) did the notion of a medical issue / learning disability ever find its way to the Moose character. |
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Post by Prince Hal on May 6, 2023 10:19:32 GMT -5
I could see that gag being made with Moose in Archie comics. Well, he's dyslexic. As if dyslexia is an indication of stupidity. Tell that to Robin Williams, Picasso or Einstein. |
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Post by kirby101 on May 6, 2023 10:42:06 GMT -5
I becaem slihghtly dyslexic in my 40s. The tpyos aren't a big prolbem, but transposing nubmers can be a rael dangre. Especially with taxes and phnoe nubmers.
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Post by Cei-U! on May 6, 2023 12:13:49 GMT -5
I becaem slihghtly dyslexic in my 40s. The tpyos aren't a big prolbem, but transposing nubmers can be a rael dangre. Especially with taxes and phnoe nubmers. I have dyscalculia a.k.a. numeric dyslexia and it's no laughing matter. Over the years it's made me look dumber than I am in math and science classes, caused me all kinds of financial grief, and even made me late for my sister's wedding ("We don't need the invitation, I memorized the address"). Among its less annoying symptoms is the inability to read music (though even that once prompted a humiliating moment in junior high glee club) .I wouldn't wish it on anyone.
Cei-U! I summon my real handicap!
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Post by Confessor on May 6, 2023 13:24:42 GMT -5
I have mild dyslexia. At school back in the late 70s and 1980s, when there wasn't as much awareness about it as there is nowadays, it was responsible for a lot of teachers simply writing me off as thick. It also resulted in me being placed in the lowest class of the middle stream at secondary school -- just one class away from the remedial stream, which was obviously for children with real serious learning difficulties. That resulted in me turning off and losing interest in school completely and losing all respect for my idiot teachers who just treated me like I was dumb.
I left school with appalling GCSE grades and a vehement hatred of the education system, which meant that I passed on any kind of further education. It probably has effected my prospects as an adult, but I also found life as a musician after school much more rewarding and fulfilling than any "normal" career path that I may have chosen instead.
Anyway, this isn't supposed to be a "woe is me" post, I just thought I'd mention it. These days, my dyslexia is much less of a factor as I've worked very hard by myself to learn how to spell and break the mental habits that cause me to misspell (my grammar and sentence construction was never an issue). Sometimes it will still catch me out, but mostly I'm way, way better than I was as a kid or in my early 20s.
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