Yes, his name in the book was Anthony. Others commonly referred to him as Tony
I was looking for my anthology book that has Armageddon 2419 AD, but I think I had loaned it to my son, which means it’s now in Texas. I want to say it was something like Andrew or Anderson.
And if, back in WW2 days, Capt. America had adopted his kid sidekick Bucky Barnes, he’d have become Buck Rogers.
Voiced by Mel Blanc.
So would a modern version have the little robot saying “skibidibidi”?
Go to your room and think about what you’ve done.
(That post actually cleared something up for me; a humor website I used to visit back in the day would sometimes use “bee-dee-bee-dee-bee-dee” in reference to blocky-looking robots, and I didn’t know where it came from.)
A private jet owned by former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle has crashed in North Carolina, with multiple fatalities reported. It has not yet been made public whether Biffle was on board.
It’s now being reported that he was on board.
He was 55 years old.
Along with his wife and kids. Just awful.
Ugh. Reminds me of Colin McRae, who died along with his 5-year-old son in a helicopter crash. And obviously, Kobe’s death as well, which also took the life of his daughter and some other people, including some other kids.
Former North Carolina Governor Jim Hunt has died at 88.
My first thought was the Payne Stewart plane crash.
In the early '70s, the iconic actor Janos Prohaska died alongside his son in a plane crash. The prevalence of bears, gorillas and large scary creatures in entertainment dropped considerably after that.
I met him right after he had been reelected to his fourth term. My ex-wife and I were having dinner at Amedio’s, a local Italian restaurant. I was in line to pay my tab, and there was a gentleman behind me. After I paid my bill, I turned around and noticed the man behind me. I said to him something like, “You look just like Jim Hunt, only shorter.” He replied, “Actually, I am Jim Hunt.” Unfortunately for me, a giant fissure did not open up and swallow me whole, so I just murmured a congratulations on his recent reelection and left.
TCM has made their “TCM Remembers 2025”
