I'll be spending my Hallowe'en wondering where it came from. We didn't do Hallowe'en here until after ET showed. I was always puzzled by the Charlie Brown special when I was young. I had no idea what it was all about.
batty den wrote:I'll be spending my Hallowe'en wondering where it came from. We didn't do Hallowe'en here until after ET showed. I was always puzzled by the Charlie Brown special when I was young. I had no idea what it was all about.
batty
You mean the Speilberg movie ET kick started Halloween in OZ???
Mako wrote:
You mean the Speilberg movie ET kick started Halloween in OZ???
Pretty much, yeah. It was practically non-existant and almost unheard of until then. My minimal exposure was through the occasional special on telly and vague rumours from people who visited the US. Then, after ET, everyone sort of got it and over the next few years we started seeing a hallowe'en tradition. (For very small values of tradition.)
For some reason, my brouser choked on the PNG file,
so I switched a GIF in it's place. Not sure why.
Probably just Photoshop and Internet Explorer arguing.
Interesting! So Spielberg was successful in exporting
Halloween! Neat!
The world could use a bit of celebration of fantasy and
monster movies and costumes and chocolate candy
for kids. 8)
Scott
Scott Kellogg
The future's so bright, you gotta wear shades... 21st Century Fox
whitepony wrote:
And now I see that Jack has asked for a Red Rubber Ball to chew on?
Oh, it's better than you think. Read the alt tag and you'll discover that Scott has managed to work, not one, but <a href="http://www.mzzkiti.com/tech04.htm">TWO</a> obscure inside-jokes into one comic strip!
...now if only you could have worked in a pun or Monty Python gag also, I think you would have been elegable for the Web Cartoonist Hall of Fame.
Know everything.
Fulfill your limits.
All else is darkness.
whitepony wrote:
And now I see that Jack has asked for a Red Rubber Ball to chew on?
Oh, it's better than you think. Read the alt tag and you'll discover that Scott has managed to work, not one, but <a href="http://www.mzzkiti.com/tech04.htm">TWO</a> obscure inside-jokes into one comic strip!
...now if only you could have worked in a pun or Monty Python gag also, I think you would have been elegable for the Web Cartoonist Hall of Fame.
Does anyone worry that webcomics may be part of a clandestine attempt by unicorn protection devices (the red rubber ball, shown on the cover of the Gneech's Never Never collection "Childproof the Unicorns," and oft-discussed in Freefall forums) bent on world domination?
Well you should! I've finally found the secret memos and e-mails they've been exchanging. Tell everyone before it's too late! We must.... aaaarrrrgh.
Our.. er, my apologies, that was all a typo. All is well. Please continue, citizens.
Icefox wrote:
...now if only you could have worked in a pun or Monty Python gag also, I think you would have been elegable for the Web Cartoonist Hall of Fame.
Well she is seated in a very comfy chair...
Scott
Scott Kellogg
The future's so bright, you gotta wear shades... 21st Century Fox