The following rules were established by Kent Shakespeare at the start of the first 24-hour version, adapted from the original rules by EDE:
The rules:
1. The Basic Idea: Post to this thread, if no one posts after you for 24 hours, you win!
2. Posts that are not direct responses to one of the five preceding posts are ineligible to win. The topic can drift, but no complete non-sequitors. Posts that are responses to non-sequitors are also ineligible to win. Posts that are responses to responses to non-sequitors, and response nses to those posts, etc., become eligible, however.
3. In the event that this thread is locked, there shall be no winner unless a new thread is started for the contest. Furthermore, any post that results in the banning of the poster shall also be ineligible to win.
4. So, more precisely, one wins if one makes a post, and then no one makes another post that's eligible to win for 24 hours.
Here's a history of our various felons, along with a few missed opportunities.....
I - walkwithcrowds (7-day version) II - none III - none IV - Quislet, Esq V - Rockhopper Lad (the first 24-hour version) VI - Rockhopper Lad VII - cleome VIII - Rockhopper Lad IX - Rockhopper Lad X - none XI - none XII - none XIII - Invisible Brainiac XIV - Invisible Brainiac XV - Invisible Brainiac XVI - Invisible Brainiac XVII - Invisible Brainiac XVIII - cleome XIX - cleome XX - cleome XXI - Jfposey XXII - Invisible Brainiac XXIII - jfposey XIV - Invisible Brainiac XV - PALADIN (eff YEAH!!!) XVI- Quislet, Esq. XVII - Invisible Brainiac XVIII - none XIX - none XX - Quislet, Esq. XXI - thoth lad XXII - Ann Hebistand XXIII - Quislet, Esq. XXIV - Invisible Brainiac XXV - Invisible Brainiac XXVI - Quislet, Esq. XXVII - thoth lad
I love the mumbling in those Popeye cartoons. In the Ali Baba one Bluto (as the chief of the thieves Abu Hassen) says “are you trying to make a fool of me?” To which Popeye replies “Nature beat me to it!”
Hound, an Autobot from the original Transformers, turned into a US Army jeep.
He was my favorite of the "first wave" Transformers. He looked cool and he loved the planet Earth, which reminded him of Cybertron before it became a tech-topia.
Hound had a holographic projector built into him, which always became handy for tricking the enemy.
His voice actor, Ken Sansom, seemed to base Hound's voice on Jimmy Stewart...only Sansom was easier on the ears than Stewart. IMHO.
Yes! That was one of my favorite things about the Transformers show, the "cast of thousands."
It did create some problems during the first season, as a lot of characters got pushed into the background while the writers tried to work out how best to give them all some space.
The second season found the perfect solution: give as many of their characters as possible their own spotlight episode.
One of the things I really dug about the first year Transformers that go lost as the series progressed is how each of them was conceived as having their own special ability/"super power", such as Hound's hologram projector. It was a nice side effect of their character profiles being written by Marvel comics writers.
Good point, although it didn't get entirely lost during Season Two. Blaster had his special sonic powers, Tracks could fly in his car mode (one of my favorite lines from the show is when a Stunticon sees Tracks demonstrate this special power for the first time, he remarks, "A flying car! How droll!"
Certainly made it more interesting than just having everyone be a type of vehicle. As a young boy who never really got into cars and trucks, that was a treat!
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