Oolite Bulletins

DaddyHoggy wrote:

I remember the ad Warner ran when Mel Blanc died - it was all the cartoon characters stood off to one side with an an empty mike on the other and a single word "Speechless" - very poignant.

Missed.

That's the one - good find. Sad, but good.

Yup, over to Commander McLane.

And that image is actually an artwork that Warner produced (I have one of the issue). There were 3 of them commemorating the deaths of certain animation greats. One for Don Messick (voice of Scooby Doo) called "Farewell" and the last one for Friz Freleng called "Friz".

McLaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane!

While we're waiting for the good commander to think of a question, here's one...

Name the novel and author.

"A weapon of mass destruction is in the wrong hands and threatens the galaxy, and the only people who can prevent it are an embittered young star pilot and a scientist."

Status Quo, by a certain Drew Wagar?

Disembodied wrote:

Selezen wrote:

Name the novel and author.

"A weapon of mass destruction is in the wrong hands and threatens the galaxy, and the only people who can prevent it are an embittered young star pilot and a scientist."

Status Quo, by a certain Drew Wagar?

LOL now why didn't I think of that!

Was going to say Star Wars but that was obviously wrong lol!

Disembodied wrote:

Status Quo, by a certain Drew Wagar?

Hee hee. Right on commander...

Well, I thought he deserved a mention...

Sorry, guys, I've got a trivia-question-maker's block.

Seems I've run out of obscure German SciFi. Have to search for something else... I promise I'll have a question by tomorrow.

(And I actually had thought about asking for something from Status Quo as well. )

Whilst we are waiting for Cmdr McLane to come up with a question, I'll ask one:

Author and Title please. Mount Kraken erupts on an idyllic waterworld called Thalassa.

JazHaz wrote:

Whilst we are waiting for Cmdr McLane to come up with a question, I'll ask one:

Author and Title please. Mount Kraken erupts on an idyllic waterworld called Thalassa.

Arthur C. Clarke, The Songs of Distant Earth

Dammit McLane, that was the first one I actually knew ... Well, aside from the Status Quo one.

Cmd. Cheyd wrote:

Dammit McLane, that was the first one I actually knew ... Well, aside from the Status Quo one.

Hehe. Score 2 McLane! Thought it was quite easy.

Finally I've come up with a new challenge:

The mad scientist builds a cyborg and lets it loose on the masses in order to stir a riot, in what was the most expensive movie featuring the most stunning special effects of its time. What's the scientist's name?

Frankenstein? :-)

Ahruman wrote:

Frankenstein?

Nope.