Monday, November 28, 2005
Charles Rocket
Charles Rocket, best known to fans of the 80's cyber-punk series "Max Headroom" as Ned Grossberg, who was head of Network 23. He lost his job after the infamous "Blipvert" scandal, and moved to rival Network 66.
He also appeared on "Quantum Leap" in the christmas episode "It's a Wonderful Leap"... he was a scrooge type character, and it was Sam and Al's job to show him the the true meaning of chrismas... doing a "Christmas Carol" style scheme!
Thursday, November 24, 2005
David Thompson
David Thompson, originally a fur trader for the Hudson Bay Company, became a map maker for the rival North-West Company. With his wife and 14 children, he criss-crossed Western Canada and NW United States, surveying and mapping as they went. His results was so accurate, the map was still being used into the early 20th century. It was re-discovered by J.B. Tyrell in the mid 19th century.
John Ware
John Ware, a slave who grew up in the Southern United States, came to Canada in a cattle drive, and became one of Alberta's greatest cowboys. His log cabin is now located at Dinosaur Provincial Park, NE of Brooks, Alberta. The four 9's above the picture were the brand he used to identifiy his cattle.
Monday, November 21, 2005
Friday, November 18, 2005
Batman - The 60's TV Series
This is for the characters from the Batman TV series from January 12, 1966 to March 14 1968.
Frank Gorshin
AKA The Riddler. The Riddler, with an insane laugh to match the Joker, was always dropping clues and riddles to Batman and Robin for them to solve... sometimes at their own peril.
Burgess Meredith
AKA The Penguin. One of Batman's best known villains, the cigarette smoking, umbrella handing villain who had a tendency to go "WAUGH WAUGH WAUGH" when irritated or upset.
Cesar Romero
AKA The Joker. Batman's greatest villain, the Joker was a grinning ghoul who laughed an insane laugh at the drop of hat. He had schemes to get rid of the dynamic dunderheads, but were always defeated by Batman and Robin.
Alan Napier
AKA Bruce Wayne's loyal Butler Alfred Pennyworth, who answered the Bat-phone, kept the atomic pile and the crime-fighting equipment in the Batcave dusted, and helped Batman and Robin in their quest to bring justice to Gotham City
Madge Blake
AKA Aunt Harriet Cooper, Dick Grayson's aunt, who lived with Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson in stately Wayne Manor, and had no idea that Bruce and Dick were Batman and Robin.
Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp
AKA Police Commissioner Gordon, and Police Chief O'Hara. Commissioner Gordon used the red bat-phone in his office to call the caped crusaders whenever trouble arrived. O'Hara was always at the commissioner side, and occasionally helped Batman and Robin out.
Frank Gorshin
AKA The Riddler. The Riddler, with an insane laugh to match the Joker, was always dropping clues and riddles to Batman and Robin for them to solve... sometimes at their own peril.
Burgess Meredith
AKA The Penguin. One of Batman's best known villains, the cigarette smoking, umbrella handing villain who had a tendency to go "WAUGH WAUGH WAUGH" when irritated or upset.
Cesar Romero
AKA The Joker. Batman's greatest villain, the Joker was a grinning ghoul who laughed an insane laugh at the drop of hat. He had schemes to get rid of the dynamic dunderheads, but were always defeated by Batman and Robin.
Alan Napier
AKA Bruce Wayne's loyal Butler Alfred Pennyworth, who answered the Bat-phone, kept the atomic pile and the crime-fighting equipment in the Batcave dusted, and helped Batman and Robin in their quest to bring justice to Gotham City
Madge Blake
AKA Aunt Harriet Cooper, Dick Grayson's aunt, who lived with Bruce Wayne and Dick Grayson in stately Wayne Manor, and had no idea that Bruce and Dick were Batman and Robin.
Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp
AKA Police Commissioner Gordon, and Police Chief O'Hara. Commissioner Gordon used the red bat-phone in his office to call the caped crusaders whenever trouble arrived. O'Hara was always at the commissioner side, and occasionally helped Batman and Robin out.
Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve
Best Known as Superman, who proved he was a true man of steel after he was paralyzed after an accident. He also appeared on the TV series "Smallville" as a astronomer who helped Clark Kent find out about his Kryptonian heritage, and in a humorous ad for the "Christopher Reeve Foundation" with fellow actor Tom Welling, who plays a teenage Clark Kent.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Wayne and Shuster
Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster: CBC Radio and television comediennes, known to Canadian and American audiences for their 67 appearances on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on CBS television, and having their own long running series on CBC television in Canada. They are best known for their "Literate" comedy, combined with slapstick, and for skits like "Rinse the Blood Off My Toga" a take off of Julius Caesar (with the famous line "Julie don't go!), and the Shakespeare Baseball Game, which had a baseball team filled with characters from Hamlet and Macbeth. This was a tip of the hat to the Stratford Shakespeare festival, in Stratford, Ontario.
One of my favorite lines from W&S is from "Rinse the Blood of my Toga", where the hero, Flavius Maximus, the famous Private Roman Eye goes into a bar and orders a "Martinus". The bartender asks him, "Don't you mean "Martini?" Flavius shoots back "If I wanted two, I'd ask for them!"
An interesting note is Frank's cousin, Joe Shuster, is the co-creator of Superman!!
John Lennon
John Lennon: Rhythm guitarist for the world famous British band, The Beatles. He is one of the greatest musical icons of the 20th century, and with Paul McCartney, he heavily influenced the development of rock and roll music. Tragically, John was killed by a deranged fan on December 8, 1980. This year will be the 25th anniversary of this tragic event.
Gilligan's Island
Bob Denver: Best known as the lovable doofus "Willie Gilligan" or just plain "GILLIGAN" on Gilligan's Island
The Howells: Thurston (Jim Backus) and Lovey (Natalie Schafer) were two passsengers on the ill fated "three hour tour" on the S.S. Minnow on the 60's TV series, Gilligan's Island. Jim was best known as the voice of "the nearsighted cartoon character Mr. Magoo".
Alan Hale Jr. : Best known as the Skipper from Gilligan's Island.