From Che Sent Tue, Oct 21st 1997, 01:47
From Che Sent Tue, Oct 21st 1997, 01:47
On Mon, 20 Oct 1997, lwtcdi wrote:
> > I've always thought the Smedley in question was Dick Dastardly's
> > sidekick, you know, the sniggering mutt with the goggles & scarf.
>
> That was Muttley, was it not?
>
> > Dick &
> > Smedley debutted on "Wacky Racers", and were spun off into "Stop That
> > Pigeon", sometime in the halcyon days of Hanna Barbera's Saturday morning
> > dominance, the late 60's, early 70's. 2 of my all time favorite
> > cartoons.
>
> Yeah, they're pretty wicked. My friend tried to watch a two hour
> compilation tape of them but it was too much. Mind overload... Still,
> I'm sure it was Dastardly and Muttley. Muttley 'cos he's a dog. Pingu is
> wicked too, but again, watching lots of episodes in a row is a bad idea.
> Thus, my compilation lays dormant most of the time. Loveable as he is,
> after more than three five minute installments, you want to strangle the
> little bastard and all his plasticine pals. Maybe that's how they get
> the noises for that show...
Now I've really shown my age - I can't even remember the cartoons of my
youth! Dammit, I know there was some cartoon character named Smedley,
and the sounds on Smedley's Melody are from the Hanna Barbera SoundFX
Library...
>
> > I still have a "Dick Dastardly Wants You" poster that I got
> > from a box of cereal. God, I've really dated myself now...
>
> It isn't that old. I'm but a spring chicken of 21, and I remember it
> (but then again I remember Larry Grason doing the Generation Game ("Shut
> that door" - what a freak!) and that was supposedly before I was born.)
> makes it to this list).
No, no, I'm not talkin' no reruns, I'm talkin' the original broadcasts,
circa 1968. Uh oh, I'm getting a hardon for Penelope Pitstop....
ohmygodijustfoundthe StopThatPigeonHomePage. Haahahahhahahahhah
So WHO IS Smedley??!?!?!?
OB IDM: WHat's this cheesy rave-shit on the new BMW commercial?
Che$!#@$!@$!%