Current show: Wednesday (which I haven't seen, so the age related and fast food clues were lost on me).
George
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In the US, Wendy's has run promos specifically with the show "Wednesday." Check out their "Meal of Misfortune", a promo that suffers from offering a bad idea as a promotional.
In the US, Wendy's has run promos specifically with the show "Wednesday." Check out their "Meal of Misfortune", a promo that suffers from offering a bad idea as a promotional.
As of the start of "Wednesday," both Wednesday and Pugsley are high school age, but Pugsley is younger than Wednesday.
There's some differences in interpretation, too. I tend to lean towards Addams' as being unusually tough physically, and easily athletic when they want to be. (Gomez fenced in the original show and in the movie, in the original show he stood on his head and other things, Pugsley and Wednesday seemed unable to damage each other in the movies, etc.) In the new show, it's possible to bully Pugsley because he's not that durable. Also, there's differences of opinion on how Gomez is supposed to look. I'm used to the Gomez from the aforementioned sources- an athlete, a swordsman, an acrobat, a gymnast. A strict hewing to the original illustrations suggests he's a lot chubbier than that, and some cartoons held with that. The new show has Luis Guzman as Gomez. I don't mind that at all, but I mind the chubbier Gomez they went with. I understand that's an artistic decision, and I simply disagree.
I expect there's a lot about the show that would surprise me. I'm used to the family being eerie and creepy, but social- in their own way, not in the usual manner. I'm also used to them being potentially dangerous- when they want to be, which is very different from menacing people openly or brandishing weapons. The series may go along with me on that, but they felt the need to drive the beginning with Wednesday changing schools- which was triggered by Wednesday taking revenge for Pugsley being bullied in an old-school manner. (I would have written the need for revenge differently, but I also get that some people would have disagreed with my ideas.)
I know they don't feel the need to copy anything that came before, but take inspiration from it. To a point, I agree with that heartily. We may agree on a great deal of interpretation, and disagree on a number of points. Ultimately, who cares?
All right, I don't think I've done this one before.
Some characters become more famous than others, and some are longer-lasting than others. In this case, I'm thinking of a specific character. They first appeared in the 1960s in someone else's comic book, intended as a one-off character. They were brought back as a recurring character before getting their own comic book. Before the 60s were over, they had made guest appearances in someone else's cartoons, and did so again in the early 1970s (in completely unrelated cartoons) before getting their own cartoon. (Personally, I watched the second series and not the first nor their own cartoon.) Those cartoons may all be remembered dimly after all this time, but I'm not done.
This character's comic book continued, and the character returned to television. (Other than the 80s being all comics, they have appeared on television in one form or another each decade, not counting the current one.) There's been a variety of cartoons (naturally, they all contradict each other, since obviously can't be in continuity with each other; the character would easily be in their 70s by now.
As for live action, they've appeared in their own series for several seasons and 2 networks, not counting syndication. There were rumors of an appearance guesting in an existing show to result in a backdoor pilot for an alleged spinoff series, but they elected to just start the new series alongside an existing one. (Odd, since, at the time, they probably would have fit in perfectly with the other series.) Besides their own series, they did eventually guest on the other series.
So, we have a long-lived character, who keeps getting their own cartoons and their own television shows, and also guests on the cartoons and shows of others- often exactly the SAME "others" regardless of decade. Who is this?
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The answers are correct.
In the US, Wendy's has run promos specifically with the show "Wednesday." Check out their "Meal of Misfortune", a promo that suffers from offering a bad idea as a promotional.
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What was the age-switch?
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As of the start of "Wednesday," both Wednesday and Pugsley are high school age, but Pugsley is younger than Wednesday.
There's some differences in interpretation, too. I tend to lean towards Addams' as being unusually tough physically, and easily athletic when they want to be. (Gomez fenced in the original show and in the movie, in the original show he stood on his head and other things, Pugsley and Wednesday seemed unable to damage each other in the movies, etc.) In the new show, it's possible to bully Pugsley because he's not that durable. Also, there's differences of opinion on how Gomez is supposed to look. I'm used to the Gomez from the aforementioned sources- an athlete, a swordsman, an acrobat, a gymnast. A strict hewing to the original illustrations suggests he's a lot chubbier than that, and some cartoons held with that. The new show has Luis Guzman as Gomez. I don't mind that at all, but I mind the chubbier Gomez they went with. I understand that's an artistic decision, and I simply disagree.
I expect there's a lot about the show that would surprise me. I'm used to the family being eerie and creepy, but social- in their own way, not in the usual manner. I'm also used to them being potentially dangerous- when they want to be, which is very different from menacing people openly or brandishing weapons. The series may go along with me on that, but they felt the need to drive the beginning with Wednesday changing schools- which was triggered by Wednesday taking revenge for Pugsley being bullied in an old-school manner. (I would have written the need for revenge differently, but I also get that some people would have disagreed with my ideas.)
I know they don't feel the need to copy anything that came before, but take inspiration from it. To a point, I agree with that heartily. We may agree on a great deal of interpretation, and disagree on a number of points. Ultimately, who cares?
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The topic: 1960s sci-fi TV shows. I'll give the names of characters on the show; you give me the titles (at least two required to win):
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So far, all I have is number 5.
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That is probably the easiest one. To be fair, I would only have gotten numbers 3 and 5.
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I'll add some descriptors and a few more names
The topic: 1960s sci-fi TV shows. I'll give the names of characters on the show; you give me the titles (at least two required to win):
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Adding another show. Mostly a comedy, but with sci-fi mixed in.
The topic: 1960s sci-fi TV shows. I'll give the names of characters on the show; you give me the titles (at least two required to win):
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I'll have to run this past Mrs Wolf. There's one such show she will know, and I'm feeling confident it's in this list somewhere.
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OK, here's our guesses.
5) is definitely "JOHNNY QUEST."
3) might be "the Time Tunnel."
6), is remotely possible it is "the Ghost Busters."
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5) IS Jonny Quest
3) IS The Time tunnel
So, you win. (Incidentally, those are the two I would have known immediately.) The others:
1) The Invaders
2) Land of the Giants
4) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
6) It's About Time
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I'll have to thank her for correctly identifying which was "the Time Tunnel." I suspected it was up there, but she used to watch the show.
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I doubt you have access to "MeTV" but it broadcasts those shows on Saturday night.
I get a kick out of "Time Tunnel." No matter where and when they wind up, everyone speaks English.
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That channel doesn't air here, but I'll be mindful nevertheless. I think I've seen a total of 2 episodes of TTT.
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All right, I don't think I've done this one before.
Some characters become more famous than others, and some are longer-lasting than others. In this case, I'm thinking of a specific character. They first appeared in the 1960s in someone else's comic book, intended as a one-off character. They were brought back as a recurring character before getting their own comic book. Before the 60s were over, they had made guest appearances in someone else's cartoons, and did so again in the early 1970s (in completely unrelated cartoons) before getting their own cartoon. (Personally, I watched the second series and not the first nor their own cartoon.) Those cartoons may all be remembered dimly after all this time, but I'm not done.
This character's comic book continued, and the character returned to television. (Other than the 80s being all comics, they have appeared on television in one form or another each decade, not counting the current one.) There's been a variety of cartoons (naturally, they all contradict each other, since obviously can't be in continuity with each other; the character would easily be in their 70s by now.
As for live action, they've appeared in their own series for several seasons and 2 networks, not counting syndication. There were rumors of an appearance guesting in an existing show to result in a backdoor pilot for an alleged spinoff series, but they elected to just start the new series alongside an existing one. (Odd, since, at the time, they probably would have fit in perfectly with the other series.) Besides their own series, they did eventually guest on the other series.
So, we have a long-lived character, who keeps getting their own cartoons and their own television shows, and also guests on the cartoons and shows of others- often exactly the SAME "others" regardless of decade. Who is this?
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