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Hmmmm.... EIC. E. I. C......... reversed, that's CIE... and with just one letter shifted.. it's... DIE(!) Oh no!! Guth, undercover agent for the secret brotherhood of Demagogs for Imagination Extermination has taken over the club!! Can Guy and Sergei head off his power hungry attempts at buying the souls of the entire club? Will the constitution be proven a fraud? Just who ARE Guy and Sergei, for that matter? Compelling questions that demand answers!<P>-Wish
Letter wrangling even the Junior Jumbler would be proud of.

I'm glad we got to hear from the other club members (at least six of them) even if we didn't get to see them. I really really hope this isn't Guth's whole part in this chapter. That'd really tick me off.<P>------------------
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Ummmm...there was this one series with art by Edward Gorey (rock) that I used to read as a kid. It starred a professor and this kid solving mysteries that actually had the paranormal in them (thank you very much, Hardy Boys)... I can't remember the name, but I adored those books with all of my lugubrious little heart! <P>EX animo,
m.d

Was one of the books in question "The House with A Clock in it's Walls"? I think I remember the series you mention, and that it scared the bejesus out of me when I read it (around age 6).<P>
---<P>I too can read upside down mirror writing without a mirror thanks to Encyclopedia Brown, and his comparatively violent sidekick Sally.

Hmmm I think I vaguely remember Encyclopedia Brown. Really all I watched was cartoons as a kid. Though there was this weird show on PBS. I remember it was broken up into segments, and one regular segment was some sort of live action math detectives. I do not know.
I read a lot of those Hardy Boys books, but for the life of me I can not remember a single one. I think one had them in a giant video game or something. Ah, memories are fun.

Guth will return in this chapter, albeit briefly...

The show you are thinking of is Square One TV, Doublespeak. Mathnet was probably the most interesting part of it.....<P>---<P>Yes, I AM a big geek.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Raiden:
<B>Was one of the books in question "The House with A Clock in it's Walls"? I think I remember the series you mention, and that it scared the bejesus out of me when I read it (around age 6).<P>
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I too can read upside down mirror writing without a mirror thanks to Encyclopedia Brown, and his comparatively violent sidekick Sally.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>YES!!!! Jonothon Bellairs was the author's name, I think. God I loved those books. <P>Ex animo,
m.d

Square One? Man, this is really a stroll down nostalgica lane for me. Used to be my favorite show. Ah, the math-parodies and crime-solving with math. Those were the days....

<I>Square One</I> was a lot of fun, but it was no substitute for <I>The Electric Company</I>. (sigh) I think I'm showing my age.<P>Still, massive cool-points for any show that features surf-music about geometry. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P>------------------
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Am I the only one here who thinks Guth, when younger, was a Three Investigator's fan?<P>I know I was. <P>"Ghost-to-ghost hookup!" - Jupiter Jones, Three Investigators, hero to smart, overweight kids everywhere.

One of my ultimate pipe dreams is a cable channel that reruns old (non-Disney, non-Warner, non-Hanna Barbera) cartoons and educational shows 24/7. I would call it "Misspent Youth TV" <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">

I was more an "Encyclopedia Brown" man, myself.

You include Transformers and I am in.

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Nodrog:
<B>"Ghost-to-ghost hookup!" - Jupiter Jones, Three Investigators, hero to smart, overweight kids everywhere.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Oh yeah, I loved that series! Found it in 6th grade and read every book they had in the library that year. Jupiter Jones is Da Man! Made me want to set up office in a junk yard.<P>Now for the question, why would Rikk want Guth to set up an exponential informational campaign? To find something out, probably, but what? The location of FIB? Agent Jones' hairdresser? Inquiring minds want to know.<P>--Tuscahoma<p>[This message has been edited by Tuscahoma (edited 05-07-2001).]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Godai:
<B> I can get Electric Company on my TV. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif">
It's on Noggin.<P>I grew up with Mr. Wizard and 3-2-1- Contact.
And the Letter People. <P>Heh anyone ever have to watch the Voyage of the Mimi? I saw both seasons. <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"><P>
Godai<P></B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>I remember all of those!!! Man...<P>*singing* meeeemories...<P>Ex animo,
m.d<P>

The Three Investigator rocked. I think I still have some of the books somewhere.....

Man, the Three Investigators. That takes me back. I used to be big on mysteries when I was in elementary school: Three Investiators, Encyclopedia Brown, Einstein Anderson, Inspector Mantis, and yes, even Sherlock Holmes. <P>I lost interest in mysteries as a genre since then, but I whiled away a lot of summer hours reading them.<P>Has anyone read Inspector Mantis? It was actually quite a clever parody of Sherlock Holmes with everyone as insects. A couple of its stories were quite horrifice (in a good sort of way) for a kid (one mystery had them pursuing a headless insect in a parody of Sleepy Hollow which was quite creepy).

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bevan:
<B>Man, the Three Investigators. That takes me back. I used to be big on mysteries when I was in elementary school: Three Investiators, Encyclopedia Brown, Einstein Anderson, Inspector Mantis, and yes, even Sherlock Holmes. <P>I lost interest in mysteries as a genre since then, but I whiled away a lot of summer hours reading them.<P>Has anyone read Inspector Mantis? It was actually quite a clever parody of Sherlock Holmes with everyone as insects. A couple of its stories were quite horrifice (in a good sort of way) for a kid (one mystery had them pursuing a headless insect in a parody of Sleepy Hollow which was quite creepy).</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P> Speaking of insect themed investigators..
Has anyone heard of/remember <I> Incognito Mosquito</I>? It was a series of three books, starring a mosquito detective. It was in the same format as the Einstien Anderson/Encyclopedia Brown series-a short story ending with a mystery the readers had to solve. The hallmark of the series was atrocious puns ["Then lunch arrived...the sandwiches were on white bread with the crush cut off for the wasps..."]<P>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Maccabee:
<B>Ahh, The Great Space Coaster... There was a GSC thread on the old board... how's that for nested nostalgia?<P>Remember when Sesame Street was actually good?
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Oh yeah, I remember our thread like this back in the OLD days! Now that was a bulletin board! Lemme tellya! You typed something up there you better have meant it! You couldna gone back in and fixed it like ya can now! Nosiree!<P>Oh, poor Sesame Street. I think the death knell sounded when Elmo came on board. Of course, I really hate Elmo anyway. I blame him for the death of Grover. Good old Grover. *sigh*<P>Hey! Wish! I remember the Bloodhound Gang too! I hate the that the band named after them has ruined the memory for most people. Cursed modern music! heh heh. I remember the Fatboys song you're talking about, at least I remember the visuals for it. Hmmmm...I wonder how many of the songs I remember.<P>Infinty, You can Count Forever!
You can Count on it.
Probability (Ghost of a Chance)
and....this one on Roman Numerals I remember because of the atrocious joke at the end. The slick rocker guy says "That was great, let's take....FIVE!" and he holds up a peace sign.<P>Geeze! Only four? Oh well.<P>How bout the immortal School House Rock? I think this was successful on an epic scale. Not only are these old cartoons still selling videos but there's two versions of a stage play (one for adults and one for kids as actors) and the various albums of the original songs or covers by famous bands. I actually gotto perform in the production at NCC last year and it was great fun. I played the part of the teacher who was preparing for his first day of school, aptly named Tom. The coincidence was so convenient that we just changed all the characters' names to our own (and also because the characters were just named after the writers/first cast). Any one else out there seen the show or have something to say about Schoolhouse Rock?<P>
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