It's unfortunate to lose the Archie podcast.  Even if it could continue 4-5 times a year would make it worthwhile.  Even weekly is quite a grind for one person.

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Quote from: steveinthecity on August 13, 2016, 09:54:35 AM
I thought it was that group that sang "Muskrat Love"

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on August 12, 2016, 09:14:52 PM
The Captain and Tenille. They had their own TV show at one time (as did Tom Jones, and Donny and Marie Osmond). Then again, so did Pink Lady and Jeff, so I guess it goes to prove nothing. Prize to the first person to identify Pink Lady (no fair Googling) 

Quote from: steveinthecity on August 12, 2016, 09:01:40 AMI used to buy wholesale clothing from Jackie Goldberg "The Pink Lady" based out of LA.

You never addressed Sheilds and Yarnell or the amazing popularity of Moby Grape tribute bands in the 70's.   
I don't know why I cannot quote this properly.

I don't know anything about Moby Grape tribute bands, but it must be true. Does this work for ya?

(JK!   )

I would have addressed Shields and Yarnell, but it's hard to mime on an internet forum like this one. I will say that to the best of my knowledge they were the first, last, and only mime group to headline their own television series, but unlike the previously-mentioned acts, they weren't pop musicians who made the transition to headlining their own TV series, so I'm not sure how they got lumped in with the others.

PINK LADY, by the way, was a Japanese pop duo (similar to The Peanuts, who preceded them in the early 1960s by starring as the the Alienas, or more familiarly, the "Twin Fairies" in the 1961 Toho Films kaiju eiga, MOTHRA). Pink Lady (who spoke no English) were given their own television series on NBC in 1979, co-starring alongside second-string comedian Jeff Altman. The show was infamously pulled from NBC's lineup after only airing six episodes.

Moby Grape may be of interest to anyone into late 60's or early 70's psychedic rock.  Skip Spence (Jefferson Airplane) was a member. They were apparently influential at the time.  The Pink Lady I spoke of can be found at www.pinkladyhollywood.com.  She's pretty cool to my thinking.  I never heard of the Pink Lady tv series.  Whether it was good or not I'm guessing it was too "ethnic" for middle American tastes.

And yeah, I can't think of any other mime group(or person) that had their own show in tbe 70's.  Wasn't everyone high or sloshed on Blue Nun or that Riunite "on ice" Italian wine during that decade anyway?


I'm still having problems "quoting" on this thread.  What the heck?   

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on August 12, 2016, 09:14:52 PM

Quote from: steveinthecity on August 12, 2016, 09:01:40 AM
I thought it was that group that sang "Muskrat Love"

The Captain and Tenille. They had their own TV show at one time (as did Tom Jones, and Donny and Marie Osmond). Then again, so did Pink Lady and Jeff, so I guess it goes to prove nothing. Prize to the first person to identify Pink Lady (no fair Googling)  I used to buy wholesale clothing from Jackie Goldberg "The Pink Lady" based out of LA. You never addressed Sheilds and Yarnell or the amazing popularity of Moby Grape tribute bands in the 70's.   

I don't know why I cannot quote this properly. 

That $6.98 Polaris Sub that was advertised in the old comics was more in my wheelhouse, but the "boat" you posted was pretty cool, too.

Quote from: DeCarlo Rules on August 12, 2016, 12:08:52 AM
I don't know what the sunday stumper is, but if it means we're supposed to try to identify the photos, then it's Donnie and Marie Osmond.

I thought it was that group that sang "Muskrat Love" or even possibly Shields and Yarnell back when they performed in a Moby Grape tribute band.

Quote from: JonInIowaCity on August 11, 2016, 10:31:28 PM
Jon's on vacation right now. I can write up a poll when I get home, but there's tons of old MLJ and Archie characters. I'm not so rigid that people can't answer in the way that feels right to them though.

I totally get it.  For me, it would just be nice to see the top three or four or more in any poll.  On another forum we've done this to place the top SA, BA, or FF titles for example.  In this sort of environment I'd rather polls always give multiple options.  FF is my all time favorite comic, particularly from the 60's, but I'd hate for ASM, Action, or Lois Lane to be excluded from that list.

If we were to select a favorite Archie artist of all time and the votes went to DeCarlo we'd never know maybe Fernando or Lucey finished third (or whatever). I like the idea of "standings" if you will.

Enjoy your vacation. 

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Quote from: steveinthecity on August 11, 2016, 08:38:40 AM
Yeah Jon, we need a popularity poll. The last few days I've thought about Katy , Sabina, and Josie(!) in particular,  and read a couple Pat The Brats yesterday.  There's some great stuff out there.  I think it's important to define the cutoff date for inclusion as an MLJ character, though.

Well, the topic heading does say MLJ, but in his original post Jon sort of leaves it open as "MLJ/Archie Comics", so I get the impression that what he really meant was any title (or character) that wasn't a direct spinoff of Archie. If we are strictly defining what an MLJ character is, that would be any character created before the company changed its name to Archie Comic Publications, Inc. in 1946 (which of course includes Archie and the gang, which Jon specifically meant to dis-include).

Exactly why I'd want the question further defined in a poll.  Josie was what '63?, and I'd pick her above any 40's-50's characters otherwise, even though not MLJ.

I'd buy a new Reggie comic, but I'd grumble quite a bit. 

I'd think it should be done in the more classic style (art-wise) and show Reggie as an arrogant, egotistical prankster.

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Quote from: irishmoxie on May 04, 2016, 09:40:20 PM
At around $40 a pop that's quite a collection. How are the Popeye books? What made you want to get all 6? Are they the same as the reprinting of the classic comic they are doing monthly now? I read it occasionally.

There are three different series of Popeye hardcovers. The first (chronologically, in the history of the strip) is the 6-volume collection of books from Fantagraphics. Those reprint the entirety of original creator E.C. Segar's work on Popeye. Popeye was originally a quite minor character, introduced into the ongoing THIMBLE THEATER strip (whose main characters were Castor Oyl and his sister Olive, and her boyfriend Ham Gravy). He proved to be so popular with readers that he eventually took over the strip and became its star. Segar died relatively young (age 43) in 1938.

Bud Sagendorf was a teenager when he was recruited by Segar as an assistant, and later he became primarily responsible for the Popeye comic books, beginning in the late 1940s through the 1960s, while someone else took over the newspaper strip (eventually Sagendorf did get his shot at the more prestigious newspaper strip). It's the Sagendorf original Popeye comic books that are reprinted in IDW's ongoing Popeye Classic Comics (and those are later collected into hardcover volumes as well, published by IDW). I didn't even list those, although related, on my list (because they're not reprinted from the newspaper strips, but the comic books), but I highly recommend them. Comparing Segar's original Popeye strips with Sagendorf's comic books, you'll notice some differences. In between those two came the famous Fleischer Brothers Studio animated cartoon, which took some liberties with Segar's Popeye - and some of the animated cartoon elements were so popular and identified with the character that Sagendorf incorporated them into his comic book stories.

The final series of collected Popeye hardcovers are the much later strips by cartoonist Bobby London (these are collected in 2 volumes from IDW/LoAC in the horizontal format), done in the late 1980s. These update Popeye to make him topical (much like Archie, always keeping up with current trends) for the late 1980s - something that hadn't been done in the strip up to that time, and the results are quite funny, at least for anyone who can appreciate the topical references.

@irishmoxie- the E.C. Segar Popeye stuff is fantastic.  Never read any until last year.

Also a fan of older Ernie Bushmiller Nancy, any Peanuts, classic Blondie, and I'd give a thumbs up to 70's Hagar The Horrible, and older Beetle Bailey and Hi And Lois comic strips.

As for comic books, that's another list entirely.

B-ko(Biollante) oversees another comic-fiction related site.  I sincerely doubt B-ko is doing anything to delete or manipulate posts in any way.  Just my two cents.

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I'm glad you mentioned SPIRIT OF WONDER...I liked the artwork, but I can't remember much about the story other than it had a little bit of a steampunk feel to it (before that genre had become as popular as it is today)

I realised when I read this, that I couldn't remember anything about the story either. So I'll have to dig out the issues and add them to the reading pile (Judge Dredd: The Uncensored Cursed Earth Saga is on top at the moment).

I am also a big Judge Dredd fan, although I find it difficult to keep up with the various Rebellion releases, but I've been reading Dredd (and other 2000 AD series like Rogue Trooper, Strontium Dog, A.B.C. Warriors, Nemesis the Warlock, etc.) since the Titan Books albums released in the 1980s.

Dredd can be a bit hokey and over the top with some plots and the "Law" thing, but it's a great series overall, imo, but well worth reading.  Additionally, anyone who can get these at their libraries should check it(them) out.  Probably falls mostly under the "hero" genre beyond the action-sci-fi futuristic thing for those interested.

I don't recognize Nemesis The Warrior.  Was that originally a Starlord magazine character?

Yeah Jon, we need a popularity poll. The last few days I've thought about Katy , Sabina, and Josie(!) in particular,  and read a couple Pat The Brats yesterday.  There's some great stuff out there.  I think it's important to define the cutoff date for inclusion as an MLJ character, though.

Quote from: BettyReggie on August 07, 2016, 01:25:50 PM
The Real World NY is on MTV classic now. I remember it watching when I was younger. Andre was my favorite guy on it. The show is going be on all day. It was on in 1991. I was 11 years old .

Please post a pic of yourself in a Winger t-Shirt or we won't believe you lived through the 90's.   

Quote from: BettyReggie on August 07, 2016, 01:25:50 PM
The Real World NY is on MTV classic now. I remember it watching when I was younger. Andre was my favorite guy on it. The show is going be on all day. It was on in 1991. I was 11 years old .

Please post a picture of yourself in a Winger tee shirt so we know you're not just pretending to like the 90's.   

An older book from around 1990, Stephen Coonts "Under Seige".  Lots of criminal murder and mayhem, political revisionism(Quayle makes good judgement calls for example), very fast paced with multiple subplots occurring simultaneously.  Not my normal type of read, but I really enjoyed this.