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foolsguinea
05-11-2002, 03:59 PM
http://www.beetlebailey.com/

So there's a contest to name the new geek--er, tech officer--character in Mort Walker's Beetle Bailey. Link provided above.

So, what do you think? Looks kind of like a "Bud" or a "Buzz" to me. "Clem" might work, but doesn't imply anything geeky--er, techie.

Well, I guess there are a few days left. Something may come to me....
Bryan Ekers
05-11-2002, 04:37 PM
Theres already a Lt. Fuzz, so "Buzz" is probably out.

He looks like a "Chip" to me, but I'm not a U.S. resident so I can't enter the contest.
Bryan Ekers
05-11-2002, 04:41 PM
Hmm, just checked and Mort Walker's already using "Chip" as a name in his other strip "Hi & Lois".

Oh, well, I'm more of a Dilbert man, myself.
Stellablue
05-11-2002, 04:51 PM
Maybe the officer shuld be a woman named Dot.
Ukulele Ike
05-11-2002, 07:49 PM
"Hymie."
Qadgop the Mercotan
05-11-2002, 07:58 PM
Does anyone besides me find this contest so lame that it makes me turn to "Mallard Fillmore" for diversion? And I always thought I'd claw my own eyes out before doing that!
Reeder
05-11-2002, 08:00 PM
Debij entered Lt. Gizmo Mobetta
Mr. Moto
05-11-2002, 10:56 PM
Lt. Mike Twidget.

Navy vets like me would understand.

I sent Mort Walker fan mail as a kid. The man was nice enough to respond, including critiqueing my cartoons. This was a very nice thing for him to do for a ten year old maladjusted geek.
Baker
05-11-2002, 11:20 PM
I entered, and gave him my father's first name Harold because Dad complains it is so often used as a "geek" name.
madcat
05-12-2002, 06:08 AM
Major Snafu
E-Sabbath
05-12-2002, 10:05 AM
I voted for "Sparks". It seems to fit the camp, you know. Bit out of date.
Azure Eternity
05-12-2002, 11:31 AM
Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan
Does anyone besides me find this contest so lame that it makes me turn to "Mallard Fillmore" for diversion?

*raises hand*
Lynn Bodoni
05-12-2002, 03:06 PM
Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan
Does anyone besides me find this contest so lame that it makes me turn to "Mallard Fillmore" for diversion? And I always thought I'd claw my own eyes out before doing that!

I'm SO glad that the Dallas Morning News has dropped this strip. They still carry the lame "Hi and Lois", though, as well as Johnny Hart's strips. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram carries both "Beetle Bailey" and "Mallard Fillmore". Gah. On the other hand, the StartleGram does carry some of the Sunday strips that the DMN doesn't carry, such as "Sherman's Lagoon" and "Baldo".
Ukulele Ike
05-12-2002, 04:46 PM
decides to go ahead and say it anyway


My father's name was "Hymie!"


Bastards. See if I feed any of YOU the straight line.
Qadgop the Mercotan
05-12-2002, 07:15 PM
Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni
I'm SO glad that the Dallas Morning News has dropped this strip. They still carry the lame "Hi and Lois", though, as well as Johnny Hart's strips. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram carries both "Beetle Bailey" and "Mallard Fillmore". Gah. On the other hand, the StartleGram does carry some of the Sunday strips that the DMN doesn't carry, such as "Sherman's Lagoon" and "Baldo".
Wow. You have access to "Beetle Bailey", "Mallard Fillmore", "Hi and Lois", and "B.C." all in the same metro area? Next you'll be telling me they've got "Nancy" too! The horror! The horror! Thank god for "Get Fuzzy"!
Second Echo
05-13-2002, 01:58 AM
How about Delbert? :)
AskNott
05-13-2002, 05:28 AM
It's strange. A year after the Army started wearing berets, Beetle and the lads haven't tried them on. Amos Halftrack is hiring an alpha geek, though. Naming him by committee is the Army way, isn't it?
widdershins
05-13-2002, 06:08 AM
How about:

Unfunny McLame
Nial N. Decoffin
Mort S. Outatouch
Zats Pathetic
Oop Chuck
Kilme Now

Yes, I know they all suck.
stankow
05-13-2002, 06:22 AM
Originally posted by AskNott
It's strange. A year after the Army started wearing berets, Beetle and the lads haven't tried them on. Amos Halftrack is hiring an alpha geek, though. Naming him by committee is the Army way, isn't it?
The uniforms in Beetle Bailey haven't been accurate for decades. We don't even notice anymore.

And this week's Army Times does feature the Camp Swampy gang in badly-fitting berets, as an illustration for a story on how to wear the damnable thing properly.
Lynn Bodoni
05-13-2002, 08:57 AM
Originally posted by Qadgop the Mercotan

Wow. You have access to "Beetle Bailey", "Mallard Fillmore", "Hi and Lois", and "B.C." all in the same metro area? Next you'll be telling me they've got "Nancy" too! The horror! The horror! Thank god for "Get Fuzzy"!

Well, we don't have Nancy, but we DO have The Lockhorns. And Ziggy. Can't forget Ziggy! And Prince Valiant on Sundays.
KXL
05-13-2002, 03:14 PM
Dumpen D. Shark
Qadgop the Mercotan
05-14-2002, 08:44 PM
Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni


Well, we don't have Nancy, but we DO have The Lockhorns. And Ziggy. Can't forget Ziggy! And Prince Valiant on Sundays.
Gyarrrggghh! Mark Trail? Do you have that? Or maybe Wee Pals?
raz
05-16-2002, 11:13 PM
I'm rather fond of Close to Home