victorf@houca.UUCP (09/27/84)
Who can name what each button on Speed's steering wheel did? Gotta match the letter with the function too. Ha! I have you now! (in deep Vader-like voice)
okamoto@ucbvax.ARPA (Jeff Okamoto) (10/01/84)
> Who can name what each button on Speed's steering wheel did? Gotta match > the letter with the function too. Ha! I have you now! (in deep Vader-like voice) *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** A - Powered Jacks used for jumping chasms, crashed cars, etc. Can also be used as actual jacks! B - Grip treads around tires. Useful for escaping the debilitating effects of oil on the Mach 5. C - Twin saws. Useful for cutting through trees. D - Closed canopy. Bulletproof (the car too!) E - Infrared lamps that project their view onto a CRT inside the car. F - Submarine mode. Combined with D, F raises a periscope and starts a 1-hour oxygen supply. G - The Homing Robot. Speed can control it with a joystick or press the Home button and it will fly whatever was defined as home. This was one of my favorite cartoons. The last time I saw it was about 11 years ago. I typed this out in 5 minutes, not needing to go into heavy bouts of recall, etc. Super Trivia question: What were the 5 Thunderbird vehicles? (Meaning, what were they?) Jeff Okamoto ucbvax!ucbmiro!okamoto okamoto%ucbmiro@Berkeley.ARPA
brahms@trwspp.UUCP (10/02/84)
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>> Super Trivia question: What were the 5 Thunderbird vehicles?
>> (Meaning, what were they?)
That's one of the easist Trivia questions I've seen.
Thunderbird 1 took off like a rocket, but flew more like a jet.
It was used to get to the screen of the emergency faster than the other
birds could get there.
Thunderbird 2 was the cargo transport vehicle. Different mid-
sections could be added depending on the emergency.
Thunderbird 3 was a rocket ship. It was able to fly into outer
space.
Thunderbird 4 was a small underwater ship. It was carried in one
of the mid-sections of Thunderbird 2.
Thunderbird 5 was orbiting command station. It kept an ear out
for any type of emergency.
The Thunderbirds have to be the best marionette show of all times. In
fact, does anyone know of any others?
Heres a little bit of trivia for you. The Japaneses produce a new cartoon
called Thunderbirds: 2080 (did I get the year right?). I have seen about
ten different episodes on Select TV in Los Angeles. It has the look of a
very typical modern Japanese cartoon.
-- Brad Brahms
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arpa: Brahms@USC-ECLCmoriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (10/05/84)
>The Thunderbirds have to be the best marionette show of all times. In >fact, does anyone know of any others? From the days of my youth, I remember one which was even better than this... STINGRAY, I believe. Mucho fun. And there was always FIREBALL (?) XL... "It's not MY GODDAMN PLANET, Monkey Boy!" Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA
kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen) (10/05/84)
> > The Thunderbirds have to be the best marionette show of all times. In > fact, does anyone know of any others? > > -- Brad Brahms > usenet: {decvax,ucbvax}!trwrb!trwspp!brahms > arpa: Brahms@USC-ECLC Of course! There was at least one other marionette show. Does anyone remember 'Fireball XL5'? I watched that much more often than I watched 'The Thunderbirds'! Ken Olsen {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!kmo
afo@pucc-k (Laurie Sefton) (10/08/84)
Let's not forget that epitome of marionette shows, 'Diver Dan'. The amazing
special effects, that human/marionette interaction,and those thrilling plots.
The only think I can't quite recall was whether it was on Garfield Goose
or the various incarnations of Ray Rayner...
Laurie Sefton
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"But dear, I need something I can use around the office"kmo@ptsfa.UUCP (Ken Olsen) (10/10/84)
> Let's not forget that epitome of marionette shows, 'Diver Dan'. The amazing > special effects, that human/marionette interaction,and those thrilling plots. > The only think I can't quite recall was whether it was on Garfield Goose > or the various incarnations of Ray Rayner... > > > Laurie Sefton > {harpo, ihnp4, decvax, allegra}pur-ee!pucc-k!afo > "But dear, I need something I can use around the office" In the Southern California area (maybe others too?) 'Diver Dan' was on "Captain Kangaroo" along with 'Clutch Cargo', et. al. Ken Olsen {ihnp4,ucbvax,cbosgd,decwrl,amd70,fortune,zehntel}!dual!ptsfa!kmo ". . . you'll notice they don't so much fly as plummet . . ."