This is our meeting’s Post 6 of 8.

9) WHAT ARE YOU READING/WATCHING?

On ZOOM right now, we’re asking “What are You Reading, or Watching?” Give us your quick book report, or your brief review of a film or TV show you’ve recently been enjoying!

For those not participating in our ZOOM chat, today, you may still contribute by submitting your concise book reports or movie and television-series reviews via this post’s “Leave a Comment” option. We welcome your input.

This is Post 5 of 8 today.

8) YOUR SF/F TOP-TEN LISTS 

We’ve asked folks to prepare a SF/F top-ten list on any science fiction, fantasy, or horror topic—for example, top ten classic Star Trek episodes, or top ten genre novelists, or top ten sci-fi film sequels; it’s your choice as to the specific topic.

While we’ve included a couple of lists below, this portion of the meeting will also take place on ZOOM, where each participant will have opportunity to present their list. We ask our list-makers to include, perhaps, a few illustrative photos which can be shared with the group as they impart their top ten. And, be prepared to field questions and/or, perhaps, defend your choices!

Those unable to join our video chat today can still submit in writing their own SF/F top-ten list via this post’s “Leave a Comment” option. So, again, we’re looking for your sci-fi, fantasy, or horror top-ten; could be, for instance, top ten space operas, top ten time-travel stories, Hugo-winning novels, classic sci-fi films, genre TV shows, spaceships, movie monsters, scariest horror movies, comic book superheroes, etc.

Include a quick description or outline of each of your entries and explain why you’ve included each, and why your fellow genre fans might also enjoy the selections you’ve listed.

My Top Ten Alliterative Comic-Book Character Names:

By Carl Phillips

Billy Batson, “Bucky” Barnes, Wally West, Rachel Roth, “Pepper” Potts, Archie Andrews, “Jughead” Jones, Sabrina Spellman, Reed Richards, Sue Storm, Scott Summers, Matt Murdoch, Bruce Banner, J’onn J’onzz, also known as the Martian Manhunter, Blue Beetle, Cassandra Cain, Kathy Kane, Vicki Vale, and Hank Hall.

And then there’s Clark Kent, and those many Superman characters having the initials “L. L.”: Lara Lor-Val, Superman’s biological mother; Lois Lane and her sister, Lucy; Lana Lang and her mother Laura; Atlantean sisters Lori and Lenora Lemaris; Krytonian love interest Lyla Ler-Rol, or Lerrol; Superwoman Luma Lynai; 30th-century brothers Lightning Lad and Lightning Lord, associated with Superboy; and Lionel, Lillian, Lena, and Lex Luthor!

All of these comic book characters have been given alliterative names, meaning their first and last, and sometimes middle names begin with the same letter, or sound.

Alliterative character names date back to the earliest years of comic books and have become something of a distinguishing facet of, especially, superhero comics, epitomized by the 300 or so names dreamt up by celebrated Marvel writer Stan Lee over his lengthy career. Lee had such poor memory that the use of alliteration in naming his characters simply helped him to remember them. He reasoned that if he gave a character an alliterative name, and could call to mind either the first or last name, he’d better be able to remember the other because he’d know it begins with the same letter. Applying nicknames to his characters also helped. Such monikers do, indeed, roll rather more comfortably off the tongue and are a little easier to recall than, say, James Buchanan Barnes, Jr. or Virginia Potts.

As for Lois Lane and the many other “L-L” characters starring in Superman comics, their names are said to have been occasioned by the initials of Man of Steel co-creator Joe Shuster’s first girlfriend. As well, Adventures of Superman #646 (January 2006) sees Mr. Mxyztplk intimating that in the Kryptonian language, that “L-L” combo has significance.

All of that said, these are my favourite alliterative comic-book character names:

1) J. JONAH JAMESON, JR.—full name: John Jonah Jameson, Jr.—the perfect handle for this surly, barking, cigar-chomping editor of the Daily Bugle and detester of Spider-Man. The name just fits his character so well, and on top of that, this is double-barreled alliteration!

2) WONDER WOMAN, a formidable Amazonian warrior-princess and superheroine—one of the earliest and most enduring of female supers—she is a founding member of the Justice League of America. Her moniker says it all simply, smartly, and strongly.

3) DR. OTTO OCTAVIUS, another Spider-Man character whose unusual name is both memorable, and seems conceived to resonate well with his supervillain alias, Doctor Octopus, without seeming so overtly forced and clumsy as, for instance, the bad pun that is the Riddler’s alter ego, Edward Nigma (later, “Nygma”), or E. Nigma, as might read the label on his mailbox.

4) THE TEEN TITANS, invoking ancient Greek mythology, is a terrific alliterative name for a team of teenaged superheroes!

5) SILVER SABLE, a highly-skilled mercenary who hunts down war criminals, she is leader of the Wild Pack and Spider-Man’s occasional ally, and sometimes foe! She hails from a fictional Eastern-European country called Symkaria, and her real name is the exotically delicious Silvija Sablinova. That all adds up to a lot of “S” sounds and some awesomely adroit assonance! 

6) FELIX FAUST is a DC supervillain who first appeared in Justice League of America #10 (March 1962). Having lost much of his magical powers in battle with an adversary, this corrupt, ancient sorcerer was banished to another dimension, but made his way back, obsessed with regaining his mystical might. Motivated after reading the tale of Faust, he made his own deal with the devil—DC’s Demons Three—and thereafter called himself Felix Faust. He’s always in search of ever more cabalistic knowledge so as to employ maleficium, or injurious, harmful, dark magic, for his own wicked purposes. The name Felix Faust truly suits an evil sorcerer.

7) ROCKET RACCOON is a name that screams outlandish comic-book adventure, as one might expect from a story featuring an intelligent, space-faring, anthropomorphic raccoon who specializes in weapons and tactics. The character, originally intended as a one-off joke by creators Bill Mantlo and Keith Giffen, was inspired by the title and, in part, lyrics of the 1968 Beatles song “Rocky Raccoon.”

8) GORILLA GRODD, primarily an enemy of DC superhero The Flash, was an ordinary, African gorilla just hanging out in the jungle minding his own business until he was made super-smart one day by extraterrestrial influence. He developed, as well, telepathic and telekinetic abilities. His plot to seize control of Gorilla City, which he and his fellow enhanced apes built, and further, pursue world domination are foiled by The Flash. Grodd, however, returns to trouble the Scarlet Speedster and his allies.

9) WADE WILSON—full name: Wade Winston Wilson—is the mouthy mercenary superhero Deadpool. This choice was, apparently, a deliberate spoof of the genre’s penchant for alliterative character names. Fair enough, and a nice nod to the convention.

10) FIN FANG FOOM, a giant creature from outer space resembling a dragon, was created by comics superstars Stan Lee and Jack Kirby and premiered in Strange Tales #89 (October 1961). This is a good example of comically wacky namecraft and sound repetition; the cadence of that triple-“F” is almost musical.

My Top Ten Cool Sci-Fi Cars and Trucks:

By Keith Braithwaite

“Summer’s here and the time is right for racin’ in the street,” sings Bruce Springsteen. High-performance, finely contoured cars and boss hot-rods have, for me, a captivating allure, which, when coupled with my interest in sci-fi, resulted in this, my top-ten list of cool sci-fi automobiles:

1) BATMOBILE: The Caped Crusader’s wheels top my list. I’m partial to the retro-future styling and bat-trim of the 1960s TV Batmobile, fully equipped as it was with an array of weapons and gadgets, but pretty much any of the subsequent Batmobiles designed for the movies should also get your motor runnin’!

That iconic 1966 Batmobile, built by Hollywood automobile customizer George Barris’ company, was based on Ford’s 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car.

2) POLICE SPINNER: This vehicle was designed by noted concept artist and “visual futurist” Syd Mead for Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (1982). It’s not electric sheep but this ultra-cool police cruiser that any sci-fi fan dreams of when it comes to the genre’s long-promised but as-yet-unrealized flying car of tomorrow.

3) SPECTRUM PURSUIT VEHICLE (SPV): As seen in Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Supermarionation sci-fi television series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967-1968), this is a metallic-blue, high-speed, multi-wheeled, all-terrain, amphibious tank-like vehicle designed for ground pursuit and attack. Global security organization Spectrum has hidden SPVs in secret locations all over the world so that they may be quickly available when needed.

Equipped with radar, rear-mounted caterpillar tracks that can be deployed to provide additional traction over rough landscapes, an array of cannons, and an ejector seat, the vehicle’s hydrogenic power unit is removable and can be hastily converted into a personal jet pack! Spectrum agents drive the windowless SPV by way of forward- and rear-positioned cameras feeding a video screen in the cockpit. The driver and passengers sit in rear-facing seats, all the better to minimize injury in the event of a crash—safety first!

The largest of the wooden SPV models built for production was about 24 inches in length so one would have to construct from sturdier materials any full-scale version for use on Quebec’s notoriously pothole-scarred streets and highways!

4) DeLOREAN TIME MACHINE: Eccentric inventor Emmett “Doc” Brown extensively retrofitted a 1981 DMC DeLorean sports car in Back to the Future (1985), his “flux capacitor” being the key component in that it allowed the car to time-travel! A subsequent upgrade included the capability of flight. Who among we SF fans wouldn’t want to be able to take a Sunday drive to the future, or to any year in history?

Introduced in 1981, the wedge-shaped DeLorean, with its brushed-aluminum body panels and gull-wing doors, sported a sleek, futuristic look, but as a production sports coupé, failed to pass muster. A V-6 mill left the car underpowered, and overall factory workmanship was sub-standard. The DeLorean Motor Company folded in late 1982, after producing a total of 9000 vehicles. The car has maintained a cult following, however, with interest in the DeLorean augmented by its starring role in the Back to the Future movies.

5) M577 ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC): Used by the Colonial Marines in Aliens (1986), this truck would easily satisfy any automotive buff’s desire to own a tank!

The vehicle was, in fact, a modified “pushback tractor,” which is a low-profile, heavy-duty tug used at commercial airports to move jumbo jets backwards on the apron, usually away from a gate, until the aircraft can proceed safely to the taxiway under their own power.

6) FAB 1: Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward’s elegant ride is tricked-out like something James Bond would drive. I’m a fan of the original version of the car as featured in the classic sci-fi puppet series Thunderbirds (1964-1966) and two associated feature films, Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) and Thunderbird 6 (1968), all from the aforementioned Andersons. But the updated designs seen in the more recent Jonathan Frakes-directed, live-action movie Thunderbirds (2004), and the computer-animated remake of the original series, Thunderbirds Are Go (2015-2020), are certainly no jalopies!

Fashioned as a futuristic Rolls-Royce, with the approval and cooperation of the distinguished British car-maker, the powerful, six-wheeled FAB 1, painted pink, as befits the lady, is usually driven by chauffeur Aloysius “Nosey” Parker. International Rescue’s resident genius, Brains, has equipped the vehicle with a bulletproof canopy, machine guns, grappling hooks, extendable tire studs for increased traction, and deployable hydrofoils and skis for travel over water or snow. The car can also put up a smoke-screen and dispense an oil-slick.

7) ECTO-1: When there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? Ghostbusters! And they’ll soon pull up in front of your house in this groovy chariot! Also called the Ectomobile, the car is an old, refitted ambulance used by the original Ghostbusters crew to transport personnel and equipment to scenes of spooky spectral shenanigans in New York City. The car became an icon of the film franchise which began with Ghostbusters (1984).

Ecto-1 was an overhauled limousine-style, end-loading ambulance/hearse combination car built on a 1959 commercial Cadillac chassis by the Miller-Meteor company, which, beginning in the mid-1950s, specialized in fabricating such professional vehicles. Miller-Meteor was a subdivision of parent corporation Divco-Wayne, principally, manufacturers of school buses. Later simply called the Wayne Corporation, the conglomerate is, today, defunct.

In the original film, Dr. Ray Stantz, portrayed by Dan Aykroyd, purchases and refurbishes the car, adding assorted ghostbusting paraphernalia to repurpose the old ambulance for use as the Ghostbusters’ vehicle.

8) KNIGHT INDUSTRIES TWO THOUSAND (K.I.T.T.): Featured in the sci-fi action/crime drama series Knight Rider (1982-1986), this is a powerful, advanced, talking supercomputer on wheels in the form of a modified 1982 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am. A self-aware, cybernetic logic module at its core, the high-tech A.I. can think for itself, learn, analyze evidence, and talk to and interact with humans, most often driver Michael Knight, a crime-fighting agent with the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG).

The car itself sports a virtually impenetrable shell and an equipment package that seems an endless list of defensive mechanisms, weapons, analytical apparatus, and assorted other devices like a dashboard-mounted printer and an entertainment system that plays music and video, and can run electronic arcade games. I wonder if K.I.T.T.’s music library includes any of David Hasselhoff’s songs!

9) PURSUIT SPECIAL: Last of V-8 Interceptor’s, this is highway patrol officer Maxwell “Mad Max” Rockatansky’s police car, a specially modified, supercharged 1973 Ford Falcon XB GT. The Falcon was a production vehicle exclusive to Australia, where the original Mad Max (1979) was filmed.

Max’s muscle car sees him through the post-apocalyptic Outback in a gasoline-deprived future of scarcity, brutal roving gangs, and vehicular violence until it is finally wrecked in sequel, Mad Max 2 (1981), released in North America as The Road Warrior. If only Elon Musk had been born a little earlier, all of that could have been avoided!

10) LANDMASTER: If your converted VW microbus isn’t enough of a family camper for you, then this huge truck, bristling with weaponry, is surely right up your Damnation Alley! This is basically a Winnebago for the post-apocalyptic world.

Built for the sci-fi film Damnation Alley (1977) by Dean Jeffries, a custom car designer/builder who fabricated numerous vehicles for the television and motion picture industries, the Landmaster is an articulated, amphibious, all-terrain vehicle featuring a unique trinary wheel arrangement that allows it to drive over very rugged terrain.

 

Many of these automobiles, whether the lovingly restored originals or exactingly faithful replicas, can be viewed at car shows and sci-fi conventions across the country.

I could have added a few more to the list, like Black Beauty, the Green Hornet’s ride, circa mid-1960s, or the killer Corvette-like racer driven by Frankenstein in the 1975 car-carnage classic Death Race 2000, or the Batpod motorcycle seen in Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight films of about a decade ago, or the haunted 1958 Plymouth Fury featured in John Carpenter’s 1983 film adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, Christine! But alas, there was only room for 10 entries.

Welcome to Post 4 of 8!

This month marks the 55th anniversary of the opening of Expo 67, still remembered as Montreal’s finest moment. The centrepiece of Canada’s Centennial celebration, Expo is constantly ranked among the greatest World’s Fairs.

Rather than pavilions conforming to cookie-cutter designs, the finest architects provided their imagination. Designers, filmmakers, and others put together a 1,000-acre showplace and playground. Everyone who was anyone was in Montreal that summer, from performers to world leaders.

Expo showed us the future. Computers examined problems that today, a 12-year-old could carry out on their smartphones. We could use the videotelephone. We could see a model of Air Canada’s supersonic transport, already on order for service in the far-off year of 1980. We could ride on the new-fangled Hovercraft. We could take a monorail, although it was called the minirail – this was the 60s after all. We could stand in line for hours to see the Labyrinth: the forerunner of IMAX. In the pavilion of the Indians of Canada, the First Nations told their story, which was different (to say the least) from patronizing, romanticized displays at earlier World’s Fairs.

Some of the future came true, some … not so much. Over the next hour, we’ll see photos from my personal collection, taken as a budding young photographer, completed by images and videos from the Internet

 

 

 

 

 

 

Building Expo

BUILDING THE ISLANDS OF MAN AND THIS WORLD EXPO 67

In The Labyrinth – concluding 10 minutes

In the labyrinth, expo 67 Labyrinth pavilion movie part 2

 

 

 

A Place to Stand

 

The Seekers – free concert at Place des Nations

The Seekers – rare live song from Expo 67 Georgy Girl

 

 

Battlestar Galactica, 1981: episode “Greetings from Earth”

Note – no sound

Battlestar Galactica at ruins of Expo 67

This is Post 2 of 8. 

5) VIRTUAL-REALITY PLANETS

We are thrilled to welcome a special guest, this afternoon, who will speak on applying virtual reality to the visualizing of planets like Mars and Jupiter!

Lonny Buinis saw the SF movie classic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) during the film’s initial theatrical release, and wondered, “Do things in outer space really look like that?” He was set on a path which allowed him to combine his interest in both astronomy and art, and later, digital graphics, 3-D modelling and animation, and virtual reality.

Lonny earned degrees in physics and computer science from the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, and is one of the 200 space artists worldwide who hold membership in the International Association of Astronomical Artists. The United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey has named one of its observatories after him in recognition of his decades of volunteer work there.

“Virtual-reality objects have been around on Web sites for a while,” says Lonny, “helping to market everything from jewelry to automobiles.” This afternoon, he will take us on a VR tour of our solar system, and beyond!

We’ll compare century-old and modern maps of Mercury, Mars, and Saturn by transforming them into 3-D globes, and we’ll superimpose modern space art onto a Hubble map of Jupiter, exoplanets, and more. Lonny will also demonstrate how you can use your fingers, or any pointing device, to hold a planet in your hands!

All of this will be taking place over the next 90 minutes as part of our ZOOM session. To join us on ZOOM, Click here: This Afternoon’s MonSFFA e-Meeting on ZOOM

To join by phone (voice only), in Montreal, call in toll-free: 1-438-809-7799. Find your out-of-town ZOOM call-in number here: Call-In Numbers

Have this information on hand; you may be asked to enter it:

Meeting ID: 881 5338 5883
Passcode: 486931

For those unable to participate on ZOOM, we invite you to surf over to Lonny’s Web site and have a look: Astronomy in Motion

Also, check out the International Association of Astronomical Artists here: IAAA

Lastly, you may want to visit online the United Astronomy Clubs of New Jersey, a networking group for the Garden State’s amateur astronomy clubs; Lonny was a co-founder of this group: UACNJ

Our MonSFFA e-meeting, meanwhile, will take a quick snack-break today at 3:00PM, and continue at 3:15PM with a look back at Expo 67, Montreal’s wonderful world’s fair, which opened in April, 55 years ago! Expo showcased the technological marvels of tomorrow, and some of that predicted future even came true! So be sure you get back here to enjoy that presentation!—Today’s MonSFFA e-Meeting

This is the first of eight related posts constituting our April 2022 MonSFFA e-meeting.

1) INTRODUCTION

Welcome to our 25th virtual MonSFFA meeting, and to the sixth wave!

Almost all Public Health mandates were recently lifted across Canada, even as an exceedingly contagious sub-variant of Omicron began to spread and virus-related infections and hospitalizations again climbed. Exhausted governments around the world seem to have given up on trying to beat the tenacious bug and are now espousing a mantra of learning to live with COVID-19. Mandatory restrictions have been rescinded across the board, but many doctors are warning that with this sub-variant on the rise, now is not the time to drop safety measures, especially masking.

Reasoning, however, that a high percentage of the population is, at this point, fully vaccinated and so protected from serious illness or death, governments here in Canada have apparently decided that society can no longer tolerate COVID-19 limitations. And so, we have all been left to our own devices, free to maintain now-familiar cautions, or not. The Quebec government has just acknowledged that we are, indeed, in a sixth wave, and the province’s mask mandate, which was set to be lifted next week, has now been extended for the remainder of the month. Also, a fourth shot of the vaccine has been authorized for a larger cohort of older Quebecers.

Many folk have opted to continue social distancing whenever possible and are staying away from large, indoor gatherings in order to minimize their potential exposure to the extremely communicable sub-variant. Probably a sensible strategy given current circumstances, especially if you’re older and/or part of a high-risk group, medically speaking.

We welcome a special guest speaker to this afternoon’s get-together, which will unfold both on ZOOM and right here on the club’s Web site over the course of the next few hours, beginning with this first post, and followed by subsequent posts at 1:30PM, 3:00PM, 3:15PM, 4:15PM, 4:30PM, and 4:45PM, with a final post at 5:00PM. All posts will be available concurrently on MonSFFA’s Facebook page (www.facebook.com/MonSFFA), however, note that the interface best suited for taking in this meeting is this very Web site.

With a sixth wave upon us, we cannot yet, with reasonable safety for all, assemble in large numbers indoors. As such, this April 2022 virtual meeting has been prepared especially for you, MonSFFA’s membership. Sit back, check out each of the afternoon’s posts, scroll down leisurely through the proffered content, and enjoy!

Don’t forget to comment on what we’ve presented. Let us know what you think of specific topics or the meeting overall. Your input helps us to tailor these virtual meetings for maximum interest and enjoyment.

And, of course, you can participate, as well, on ZOOM!

2) JOIN THIS AFTERNOON’S VIDEO-CHAT ON ZOOM!

To join our ZOOM video-chat, which will run throughout the course of the meeting in tandem with the Web site-based content presented, simply click here and follow the prompts: This Afternoon’s MonSFFA e-Meeting on ZOOM

If you’re not fully equipped to ZOOM by computer, you can also join in by phone (voice only); in the Montreal area, the toll-free number to call is: 1-438-809-7799. If you’re from out of town, find your ZOOM call-in number here: Call-In Numbers

Also, have this information on hand as you may be asked to enter it:

Meeting ID: 881 5338 5883
Passcode: 486931

3) MEETING AGENDA

In This Afternoon’s Virtual Meeting…

4) QUICKIE QUIZ!

We offer, for your amusement, another Quickie Quiz like the one we posted at the outset of last month’s e-meeting. How well do you remember the titles of old genre television productions or movies?

We all, on occasion, have trouble recalling the title of a classic SF/F TV show, or of a particular episode, or that of an old sci-fi movie we haven’t seen in many, many years! It’s on the tip of our tongue, but we simply can’t remember the title of the thing!

We fondly recollect having thoroughly enjoyed the production as a youngster, and we recall certain particulars—a memorable alien or monster featured, a cast member or guest star, a specific scene, an unforgettable ending—details major or minor that, for whatever reason, have stuck with us all these years. But we just can’t quite put our finger on the exact title!

We stammer, we sputter, we cluck our tongues, and we finally utter something like, “It starred what’s-his-name, that guy who was in that other movie!” Or, “You know, the episode where they…” Or, “the one with the…”

Below are a baker’s dozen such paltry descriptions of SF/F television series, episodes, or of films; can you extricate the exact title for each from the cobwebbed recesses of your mind?

Good luck and play fair; no resorting to Google for the answers! You can, of course, ask a friend for help, provided that friend’s name isn’t Siri or Alexa!

1) What was the title of that old science fiction anthology series produced back in the 1950s, I think it was? You know, the one that began each episode with the host demonstrating a simple science experiment which was related to that week’s episode!

2) What was the title of that classic Star Trek episode, the one where Captain Kirk delivers a stirring speech about risk?

3) What was the title of that 1960s science fiction/horror movie featuring an exotic, green-skinned alien woman who turns out to be a vampire?

4) And then there was another science fiction/horror picture I remember seeing many years ago, with Hammer stars Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. You know, the one where a frozen primeval monster discovered in a cave is being transported to Europe on the Trans-Siberian Express. The creature awakens and begins picking off passengers one by one! What was the name of that one, again?

5) What was the title of that Saturday-morning sci-fi show about young cadets attending a space school built on an asteroid? The old guy from Lost in Space was their commander!

6) What was the name of that Thunderbirds episode where an attempt to jack up and move the Empire State Building goes catastrophically wrong, requiring the involvement of International Rescue? 

7) What was the title of that old science fiction film about an advanced supercomputer that evolves at an exponential rate and soon exercises complete control over the entire world as a nuclear-armed, God-like guarantor of global peace?

8) What was the title of that Night Gallery story? You know, the one where Count Baltar is rescued at sea by the Lusitania, distraught at his cowardly behaviour, that of having dressed as a woman in order to get into a lifeboat and escape certain death when the Titanic went down. Then later, he finds himself once again adrift in a lifeboat, one of the Lusitania’s, as the Andrea Doria maneuvers closer to rescue him! 

9) What was the name of that NBC sci-fi series about sea monsters that aired in the mid-2000s? There was a baby sea monster called “Nim.” 

10) What was the title of that movie, again? It was released not so long ago; you know, the one about a group of guys on a pub crawl who find themselves in the middle of an android take-over!

11) What was the title of that mid-1970s made-for-television movie about an android in search of his creator? Two Star Trek actors were in it, and so was B. J. Hunnicutt from M*A*S*H! 

12) What was the name of that animated series about this boy who can breathe underwater by way of a special kind of chewing gum?

13) What was the name of that old macabre suspense series on NBC? You know the one; it was hosted by Boris Karloff!

The answers will be revealed later this afternoon in our 4:45PM post!

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