It was a big deal, both technologically and pop culturally.
Pop culturally it gave us the great song...Telstar! (Margaret Thatcher's favorite song, incidentally.)
No, no, no, sir. No more chick pit for you. Come on.
Riley ,'Lessons'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Jul 10, 2012 11:26:12 am PDT #13352 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 11:34:29 am PDT #13353 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
There was a '60s cartoon called Frankenstein Junior, about a kid and his giant Frankenstein... robot or something.
There was a scene where the kid was in peril, and he managed to send for help by bouncing the signal from his communicator ring off Telstar. Which cracked me up.
DavidS - Jul 10, 2012 12:06:19 pm PDT #13354 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
There was a '60s cartoon called Frankenstein Junior, about a kid and his giant Frankenstein... robot or something.
Yup, Frankenstein Jr., paired with The Impossibles (a superhero rock band).
Frankenstein Jr. was a giant robot with an underbite, and a zorro mask. Because...you wouldn't want to be able to guess his secret identity as a mild mannered giant robot with an underbite.
DavidS - Jul 10, 2012 12:10:06 pm PDT #13355 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Ooh, look Frankenstein Jr. stained glass.
Did any of y'all you ever see that incredible stained glass in Voluptuous Panic (the book on Weimar Germany)? Just a stunning piece from the '20s of a dominatrix standing over her sub in beautiful detail. So wicked.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 12:12:54 pm PDT #13356 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yup, Frankenstein Jr., paired with The Impossibles (a superhero rock band).
Huh. I saw Frankenstein Jr. in syndication, paired with Space Ghost.
Frankenstein Jr. stained glass.
Cool. I'm not sure, but I think I recognize the middle Impossible.
tommyrot - Jul 10, 2012 12:17:44 pm PDT #13357 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hec, maybe you know: If Frankenstein Jr. was a robot, why did he look like a Frankenstein's monster, with the ragged clothes and stitched-together body parts? Was he a robot disguised as a Frankenstein's monster made of stitched-together body parts from various dead giants?
Maybe he wore the Zorro mask just to add an additional level of WTF-ness to those trying to figure out his "secret identity."
Sheryl - Jul 10, 2012 1:20:37 pm PDT #13358 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Happy Birthday Sox!
Happy Belated Birthday sarameg!
DavidS - Jul 10, 2012 1:23:50 pm PDT #13359 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Was he a robot disguised as a Frankenstein's monster made of stitched-together body parts from various dead giants?
How very Mark Pauline and Survival Research Labs!
Burrell - Jul 10, 2012 3:46:46 pm PDT #13360 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Happy birthday Sox! And happy belated birthday sarameg!
hippocampus - Jul 10, 2012 4:07:34 pm PDT #13361 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Thanks everybody! It was a great birthday. One of my presents is here: [link] (it's a Raq, a D, and an Amy). Relatedly, this weekend Raq and I took HPF and Mal to the Franklin Institute - aka World Domination Training Camp. We heard them whisper "robot army" to each other, and then they took off to hone their skills. [link] & [link]