# The TICK! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 18, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612 "2001-01-18T02:11:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/1 "2001-01-18T02:11:59Z")
Dear God. Okay, who knows of the Tick? He made for a really cool comic, and a WICKEDLY funny cartoon. I LOVE that show. But I just saw a FOX commercial for a LIVE ACTION Tick show. Now for those of you that dont know, the Tick is something like 8 feet tall, really stupid, and nigh invulnerable. He’s also a raving, hilarious idiot. And they have some guy in a blue plastic suit!@ and a white plastic suit for Arthur! That’s IT, I’m gonna bomb FOX. Survivor! Temptation Island! When Grass Attacks, XXXVII! So much more! AND NOW THIS! WHO’S WITH ME?! ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/2 "2001-01-18T02:22:30Z")
You do mean a bug bomb, that is one of the best ways to eliminate ticks. ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/3 "2001-01-18T02:26:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by deb2world \* > \*\* > You do mean a bug bomb, that is one of the best ways to eliminate ticks. > \*\* Nonono. You’re missing the point. See, the Tick is the man. I love his cartoon. It’s what Fox is doing to him that’s a disgrace. I stand by my proposal to destroy FOX. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/4 "2001-01-18T02:27:10Z")
Patrick Warburton as a giant lumbering buffoon of a SuperHero? I am so THERE! ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/5 "2001-01-18T02:31:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mnementh \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by deb2world \* > > \*\* > > You do mean a bug bomb, that is one of the best ways to eliminate ticks. > > \*\* > > Nonono. You’re missing the point. See, the Tick is the man. I love his cartoon. It’s what Fox is doing to him that’s a disgrace. > > I stand by my proposal to destroy FOX. > > \*\* Once again a joke is lost in the wind. I have seen the show and know what you are talking about. Sorry to have whoshed you, you know if you keep allowing things to go over your head like that you will go bald. 😉 ::note to self, must always use smileys as much as they are abhored. ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/6 "2001-01-18T02:33:23Z")
I have but one thing to say: SPOON!!! I love The Tick. I have all the episodes on tape, and although the show looks silly I will have to watch it before I judge, although I will prolly be with you on that bombing run. ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/7 "2001-01-18T02:34:30Z")
mmm…Liz Vassey… 😃 (she’s gonna be in the movie) ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/8 "2001-01-18T02:39:26Z")
**deb2world** : I thought it was a joke of some kind, but yeah, you wooshed me. Do tell? ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/9 "2001-01-18T02:45:17Z")
Well if you bomb Fox, can you at least make sure that Calista Flockhart is sitting on the bomb first? Oh and you may as well throw in those people who thought “Temptation Island” and “Who Wants to Marry a Multi-Millionaire” would be good ideas for a tv show. BTW, I’m sure I’ll end up watching “The Tick.” ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/10 "2001-01-18T03:36:08Z")
A live action Tick show? NO WAY, MISTER. THAT’S JUST WRONG!! (Actually, I’ll take my Tick anyway I can get it.) ---
**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/11 "2001-01-18T03:38:08Z")
This statement contains forward looking pop cultural references: “Java devil, you are now my bitch!” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/12 "2001-01-18T03:59:36Z")
Ah, exactly what I need to drive up the price of my limited edition Tick comics…any buyers? ---
**Author:** ![douglips](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@douglips](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/douglips)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/13 "2001-01-18T04:28:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Max Torque \* > \*\*Ah, exactly what I need to drive up the price of my limited edition Tick comics…any buyers? \*\* And then he threw a chimney at us! All I’ve got is #3 (I think) - Ninja Wolrd! (sic) I’ve got a friend with #1-6(?). He even bought Paul The Samurai, but says it sucks. Oh, did I digress? sorry… ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/14 "2001-01-18T04:33:35Z")
I just pray that the villin is \*The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight. ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/15 "2001-01-18T04:46:25Z")
[http://www.zealot.com/news/archives/200101/20010116.php3](http://www.zealot.com/news/archives/200101/20010116.php3) ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/16 "2001-01-18T05:06:36Z")
Work with me dear **M** friend. “The Tick” is totally cool, anyone who does not understand is among the great unwashed. ---
**Author:** ![Mnementh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/898d66/32.png) [@Mnementh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mnementh)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/17 "2001-01-18T06:05:45Z")
He’s just so… so… NOT the Tick… I mean, his face isnt even blue and he dosnt have huge, blank, white eyes or an enormous, all-consuming idiotic grin. Those things _made_ the Tick. They _were_ the Tick… I’m so… Lost… Where’s the Tick of yesteryear… ---
**Author:** ![Edwardina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Edwardina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edwardina)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/18 "2001-01-18T06:13:17Z")
I miss the cartoon. _whimpers_ ---
**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/19 "2001-01-18T12:43:26Z")
Screw the live-action and the cartoon - I’ll stick to the _original_ comics, back when Ben himself was doing them. “Arthur, you’re not… you know… _funny_, are you?” Cracks me up! 😃 Esprix ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2001, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612/20 "2001-01-18T13:42:29Z")
I was all prepared not to like the live-action “Tick” show, but then I learned the woman who’ll be playing Arthur’s sister is someone I’ve played improv with before. So I’m on board with the new show. I’ve never seen someone I’ve hugged on network TV before. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-tick/50612.md?page=2)