tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291483812024-03-07T18:03:40.259+00:00Blue Spruce JunctionBuddy Bears Delenda EstPaul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-90406545547394372992018-07-15T12:39:00.000+01:002018-07-15T12:55:00.599+01:00Back In The Spotlight!At the end of May 2018 online retailer<span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://truffleshuffle.com/">TruffleShuffle.com</a></span> announced the launch of a new product line.<br />
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So excited to welcome The Get Along Gang to <a href="https://twitter.com/truffleshuffle_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@truffleshuffle_</a> <a href="https://t.co/r1rXh9NpYF">https://t.co/r1rXh9NpYF</a> <a href="https://t.co/NhE9jl4iJO">pic.twitter.com/NhE9jl4iJO</a></div>
— TruffleShuffle.com (@truffleshuffle_) <a href="https://twitter.com/truffleshuffle_/status/1017365202503946241?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">12 July 2018</a></blockquote>
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There are currently 13 items listed, featuring vintage artwork by T.C.F.C's Mark Spangler, who helped to design The Get Along Gang back in the early 1980s along with Tony Byrd, Ralph Shaffer, Muriel Fahrion, Tom Jacobs and Linda Edwards.<br />
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It's not yet clear if this marks the beginning of an official relaunch or not. So far, there's been nothing in the licensing press or from American Greetings Entertainment, which is slightly odd. This could just be Am' Greetings "testing the water" rather than spending thousands of hours and millions of dollars working on a comeback for the Gang, only to find there isn't a substantial market for the property.<br />
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Other "legacy" I.P.s A.G.E. have plans for include <span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><a href="http://www.americangreetingsentertainment.com/files/news/tinpoageoct1217final.pdf" target="_blank">Tinpo</a></span>, a live action version of <span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><a href="https://www.cinemablend.com/television/2402052/holly-hobbie-is-getting-a-live-action-tv-show" target="_blank">Holly Hobbie</a></span> and (yet another) animated reboot of the<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"> <a href="https://twitter.com/Zedoimi/status/1009453347101954049" target="_blank">Care Bears.</a>https://twitter.com/Zedoimi/status/1009453347101954049 </span><br />
<span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">We at B.S.J. are naturally thrilled that this unjustly neglected franchise is back in the public eye and hope it does well, unlike </span></span></span><span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20041026154346/joesterloriagroup.com/press/viewpr.asp?id=98" target="_blank">the last attempt to bring it back in 2005</a>.💔😠</span> </span>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-36469286386115196892017-01-20T18:44:00.000+00:002017-06-24T13:14:05.877+01:00Better Late Than Never<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At long last Mill Creek Entertainment have pulled their fingers out and released the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Get-Along-Gang-Complete-disc/dp/B01N0LBDO0/ref=sr_1_1?s=movies-tv&ie=UTF8&qid=1484931964&sr=1-1&keywords=%22get+along+gang%22" target="_blank">Complete Get Along Gang</a> TV series on region 1 DVD. In this case "complete" means "just the DiC SatAm episodes" and not, as some might have hoped, the Nelvana T.V. special as well. There's also no info on extras or overall picture and sound quality but at least we now appear to have a legitimate release instead of just another hastily cobbled together knock-off.<br />
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Here's the rear of the DVD sleeve with the (now complete) episode list and some <i><b>hilariously</b></i> off beam character descriptions. }-D<br />
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Zipper - It's possible the blurb writer meant "always looking for ways to <b>work out</b>" which would have been rather more accurate. Idleness wasn't part of Zipper's character profile.<br />
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Portia - Although this character did sometimes lose her cool, in response to being patronised or ignored, in the DiC series she was typically depicted as level headed and perceptive beyond her years hence "logical Portia will figure it out" as the theme song puts it. In the Scholastic picture book <a href="http://www.paperbackswap.com/Along-Gang-Crybaby-Susan-Chapman/book/0590402196/" target="_blank">"The Get Along Gang and the Crybaby"</a> , Portia did cry and throw tantrums to get her own way until, with a little help from her friends, she learns not to.<br />
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It's also worth pointing out that the cover illustration now makes a lot more sense as the episode it's from, "School's Out" is actually included. The top screen grab on the rear of the case is from the beginning of "Bingo's Pen Pal" but the two beneath it are not from any known episode. You'd think that they'd be able to find at least two more scenes from actual episodes instead of falling back on stock photos.<br />
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The Buddy Bears were intended to be a send up of "The Get Along Gang" and other allegedly similar shows which have faced in the past and continue to face <b>entirely bogus</b> charges of "promoting group harmony over individual validation". The thing about works of satire is that in order to work they have to resemble the thing they're attacking in more than just a superficial way and the B.B.'s just don't cut the mustard. <br />
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Besides having next to no visual resemblance to the characters they're ostensibly lampooning, their twisted take on "getting along" i.e. <b>always</b> doing what your buddies are doing or always ordering the same thing in a cafe, even if you don't want to, in every episode no less, is not backed up by the available evidence.<br />
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There are however scenes in the original, that could be creatively misconstrued by those skilled in the dark arts of spin and malicious gossip. Those scenes typically depict some character practicing so called "Individual Validation" in a way which puts the others at an unfair disadvantage and sometimes even in actual physical danger. Who in their right mind would celebrate and promote such a thing? Not the Get Along Gang and not their script writers and creators either! <br />
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This blogger can't promise that The Get Along Gang, at least in the form that it eventually took, will entertain or inspire all those who encounter it but for those in doubt surely it would be better to find out for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Along-Dotty-Woolma-Zipper-Monty/dp/B0052MXIYG">themselves if it's for them or not</a> instead of relying on unfairly biased and substantially untrue allegations made by "animation historians" and "walking encyclopedias of cartoon knowledge" that are not always as trustworthy as they seem.<br />
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P.S. Happy Star Wars day! :-)Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-24129479895067807042014-10-28T15:53:00.000+00:002014-12-19T16:38:50.418+00:00Barrie Appleby DotComJust a short post to highlight <a href="http://www.barrieappleby.com/">artist Barrie Appleby's personal website</a> .<br />
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Though mentioning his stint at Marvel UK only in brief, focussing instead on his more recent work for D.C. Thomson and other clients, because of his contribution to adapting "The Get Along Gang" for a British audience it still warrants a place in the newly re-titled <b>Sidebar Of Honour</b>. :-)Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-51888847940375870722014-02-04T18:32:00.000+00:002014-07-06T14:13:29.693+01:00The Saturday Morning Historical Revisionism Society<a href="http://saturday-am-80s.livejournal.com/83685.html"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WARNING: LINK LEADS TO AREA OF EXTREME SELF-SERVING BULLSHIT CONTAMINATION AND LAZY JOURNALISM. CAUTION ADVISED!</span></span></span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Now wash your hands...</span>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-54964995372568889662011-05-04T14:31:00.000+01:002011-05-04T14:31:13.054+01:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycrl07Zp6L59m9lXMLnf1psNyc1hIraOAmuXf7kwOmVyrMULj3JrEWQvt5bcBPjkMPNB7wQSqMKKI5z2U17OXM05cpRZRRVHba9j3ruxk52EALz0062f3GeGh-qXbHF2Q6A_NQg/s1600/Binary+Funset+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiycrl07Zp6L59m9lXMLnf1psNyc1hIraOAmuXf7kwOmVyrMULj3JrEWQvt5bcBPjkMPNB7wQSqMKKI5z2U17OXM05cpRZRRVHba9j3ruxk52EALz0062f3GeGh-qXbHF2Q6A_NQg/s320/Binary+Funset+copy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Day">Link</a><span id="goog_1126057324"></span><span id="goog_1126057325"></span>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-21844847977295869422011-04-28T08:35:00.000+01:002011-04-28T08:35:48.941+01:00DVD Ahoy!More info-morsels about the Cookie Jar/Mill Creek Get Along Gang DVD release<a href="http://www.cheapdvdpacks.com/the-best-of-the-get-along-gang-10-episode-set.html"> have just emerged</a>.<br />
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Massive hat-tip once more to <a href="http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://tristnmontgomery.blogspot.com/2011/04/al-fin.html&ei=OAm5TamQB5WU4gbDwb3MDw&sa=X&oi=translate&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ7gEwAQ&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522get%2Balong%2Bgang%2522%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D836%26bih%3D493%26tbs%3Dsbd:1%26tbm%3Dblg">Tristan Enorme </a>.Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-23918972915702847792011-04-20T14:27:00.000+01:002011-04-20T14:27:57.905+01:00Timey Wimey TeamFrom G.A.G. #69 (Marvel U.K., 1986)<br />
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Now let me draw your attention to something that needs to be shouted from every rooftop in the Galaxy...<br />
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Trivia: On February 14 1984, "The Get Along Gang" were officially launched at the New York International Toy Fair.Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-82393841705835248452010-12-09T15:57:00.001+00:002015-02-13T15:34:23.569+00:00It's That Time of Year Again......so what better excuse to post this festive scene from 1986;<br />
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<a href="http://www.mitchbenn.com/">http://www.mitchbenn.com/</a>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-7795917385480225472010-10-30T12:59:00.002+01:002010-10-30T16:13:47.390+01:00G.A.G. DVD In The Pipeline?It's a way off yet and Those <a href="http://bluesprucejunction.blogspot.com/2007/05/get-along-canned.html#links"><strike>Stingy Bastards</strike></a> Characters From Cleveland haven't yet had their say in the matter but it looks like Mill Creek Entertainment and Cookie Jar might just be bringing <a href="http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Site-News-Interview-with-Mill-Creek-VP/14528">"The Best of the Get Along Gang"</a> to DVD,(Region 1), next year. <br />
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Stay tuned for further details...Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-1156688932284517342010-08-18T16:22:00.009+01:002010-08-18T19:06:39.084+01:00Sugar Candy Mountain Buddies<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjt8ef67dy2tu4rvWNxXFNW8P_dwgrRhrlvIX8cilWClvyVtAOx140mq188FS9HXOlu_3DPhoTWdPvFeAMVyQRLVm9W5zEzfEx64hCRtzv7k7C2b6vKzGG25JHIUI4k-dM6lM_Nw/s1600/GAGUK34COVER.jpg"></a><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjt8ef67dy2tu4rvWNxXFNW8P_dwgrRhrlvIX8cilWClvyVtAOx140mq188FS9HXOlu_3DPhoTWdPvFeAMVyQRLVm9W5zEzfEx64hCRtzv7k7C2b6vKzGG25JHIUI4k-dM6lM_Nw/s1600/GAGUK34COVER.jpg"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 114px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg5BsbZzssMHkbva6a-pxt0-Y_R9E8G7hC84WZ0e3D9YgXuOQRDI831ZlFsvmuKufp2QRpaGjgeX-NxGwXnvx2n91D2VayEMicQqP_tJpTeQ9fhdGKmFwi070ZYR13hwEcT011HQ/s320/All+Change.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455072552443694658" /></a><br /><br />Getting dressed in a hurry and in the dark can be risky, especially on April the 1st...Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-18005342743329639082010-02-13T12:19:00.010+00:002010-02-15T14:40:55.218+00:00Back on the Radar...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmapLgIRhs97al6T4n5dvjOCsyMg2zmnFnMJDKdURCVD9mtob3kB63lizHAtt5su_M9UJYKmEIEX8OPx65XhDb5xqqz9kX0k7bl3kGIvwL9t7YnvjCiimzyeOHxlU_FIFuTjBXw/s1600-h/Radar1+copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438478051046773330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgmapLgIRhs97al6T4n5dvjOCsyMg2zmnFnMJDKdURCVD9mtob3kB63lizHAtt5su_M9UJYKmEIEX8OPx65XhDb5xqqz9kX0k7bl3kGIvwL9t7YnvjCiimzyeOHxlU_FIFuTjBXw/s320/Radar1+copy.jpg" /></a><br />...For now, at least.<br /><br />It's too early to tell if <a href="http://tmportal.uspto.gov/external/portal/tow?SRCH=Y&isSubmitted=true&details=&SELECT=US+Serial+No&TEXT=77929489">this</a> will amount to anything much or <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InNameOnly">what we'll end up with</a>, if it does.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Original art at </span><a href="http://www.codeproject.com/KB/grid/DrawingRadarDisplayWithCS/Radar1.jpg"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://www.codeproject.com/KB/grid/DrawingRadarDisplayWithCS/Radar1.jpg</span></a>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-17975533251709359112009-10-25T09:10:00.006+00:002009-10-25T12:18:00.622+00:00Lord of the 'BoardsJust a quick post to flag up <a href="http://jimsmithcartoons.blogspot.com/2009/10/completely-unrelated-projects_14.html">this little gem</a> on ex-DiC Get Along Gang storyboarder Jim Smith's blog. No <em>not</em> the big bloke with the axe and a slight anger management problem, brilliant though it is. Scroll down a bit... no just a bit further... <strong>there</strong>, yes <em>that</em> one. (Phew! You readers are such hard work at times.* )<br /><br />It looks to be from "Get Along Gang Minus One"**, where Bingo "Bet it All" Beaver finds out he's moving house but can't convince his buddies that <em>this time </em>it's the truth and not just another scam...<br /><br /><br /><br />*Yes, <em>both</em> of you.<br />**If anyone knows different feel free to comment.Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-55842210330744173552009-09-01T06:41:00.015+01:002015-02-13T16:08:26.353+00:00Five Things I Hate About the G.A.G. Pilot EpisodeI agree with the majority, that Nelvana generally did a great job of <i>animating</i> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1HH6ZLIwd4">The Get Along Gang TV special</a>, <span style="color: red;">(WARNING- LINK LEADS TO AREA OF EXTREME YOUTUBE COMMENT IDIOCY)</span> ,however, there are still a few elements of it I'm glad DiC didn't use in the series proper:<br />
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1. Your mileage may vary over DiC's Montgomery Moose but at least he didn't sound like Foghorn Leghorn. On Helium.<br />
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2. Making Leland Lizard part chameleon was a cool idea. Making him more irritating than Scrappy Doo, Jar Jar Binks, PeeWee Herman and a ton of itching powder combined? Not so much. That trilling, gargling sound he makes instead of actually speaking doesn't help...<br />
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3. Bingo "bet it all" Beaver. Yes, its the voice again. Nails down a blackboard or rusty gate hinge? You be the judge.<br />
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4. <i>We're the Get Along choir, hi how are you<br /> enjoying the show?, now it's our job to<br />Add a totally unnecessary running commentary<br />to what's happening on screen<br />despite the fact that you can see<br /><br />It perfectly well, thanks all the same<br />and by about now we really can't blame<br />You for getting mad and wishing that we'd fall under a bus<br />'cause there's few things quite so grating <br />as intrusive voice-overs</i> <br />
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5."Bing bang bong..." No, Dotty Dog, that's just <i>rubbish</i>. Here, take this stack of foolscap and a biro and write out "I will not make cheers that suck harder than a bagpipe powered vacuum cleaner.", twenty thousand times. Then go stand in the Naughty Corner, next to the person who did the voice casting.Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-25535689951130571822009-03-21T14:43:00.015+00:002015-02-13T15:27:56.627+00:00The Traducers<br />
A common charge brought against characters like "The Get Along Gang", is that they preach <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong">"The Complainer is always Wrong, the Group is Always Right"</a> thanks largely to the screen/comic writer and contemptible lying gobshite <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Evanier">Mark Evanier</a> peddling <a href="http://www.newsfromme.com/pov/col145-2">specious crap on his website</a> and elsewhere and the seemingly endless <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churnalism">churning </a>of it by some of the web's more credulous elements. <br />
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Most, if not all online talk about the show seems to be dominated by those keen to pay lip service to individualism but happy to let someone else form their opinions for them. How ironic! All Evanier's efforts and those of his fellow traveller, the late <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null"></a><a href="http://www.toonopedia.com/getalong.htm">Donald D. Markstein</a> seem to have done is help entrench the very "Groupthink" they tried to attack.<br />
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Here's a mad idea, instead of following the herd and blindly parroting someone else's "P.O.V.", why don't all you "individualists" out there <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/getalonggangepisodes">check out a few episodes for yourselves</a> . You might just find that some of those long held assumptions of yours hold a lot less water than you thought!Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-68727922833874944352008-09-28T12:01:00.003+01:002010-02-15T14:48:12.000+00:00Nobody's Fool<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEsnbClphLPuosXF6WAYTkDWfYwT4LPnqJxD4JsdUfny6WomGgtirZWL7TkcmHU820S1_5x6C1CckBZK5fDO-FYfhM7HPJpXu6m0z25UG_AjpAYybBQNUX5FpnlBdzTXw1wbJiw/s1600-h/Paul+Newman++1925+-2008.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5251026430020096978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnEsnbClphLPuosXF6WAYTkDWfYwT4LPnqJxD4JsdUfny6WomGgtirZWL7TkcmHU820S1_5x6C1CckBZK5fDO-FYfhM7HPJpXu6m0z25UG_AjpAYybBQNUX5FpnlBdzTXw1wbJiw/s400/Paul+Newman++1925+-2008.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Newman">Paul Newman, 1925-2008</a></div>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-26939213970717813852008-09-21T05:29:00.003+01:002008-09-21T05:47:06.924+01:00Let's De-Motivate!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CEdET_roHPteJ_tEK8icnQAFPEdzgSz-G559h10rprSCNKpG8jqRamma4MxYUQUKOg5Iv67YfL67rLkcAcBrUtOxjWOMA7Xiku_9g4f6aN3LFLmCllWEb9mHvTunO7Ue3LW2jw/s1600-h/radium.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248328532434495746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_CEdET_roHPteJ_tEK8icnQAFPEdzgSz-G559h10rprSCNKpG8jqRamma4MxYUQUKOg5Iv67YfL67rLkcAcBrUtOxjWOMA7Xiku_9g4f6aN3LFLmCllWEb9mHvTunO7Ue3LW2jw/s400/radium.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOymVtyxvYLBLvrmAcBieWmMx_iinpW0k_E6UBNi0Ghi9uyVnw4vBQTT6bZs3yYKx8vc4Up903_hy-2rpiRcva2XNoNvKgQPMeLVQnxCWBzMPqiy7XbRriBd4eNogXmaCSNxL3fg/s1600-h/poster49572481.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248328536725364626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOymVtyxvYLBLvrmAcBieWmMx_iinpW0k_E6UBNi0Ghi9uyVnw4vBQTT6bZs3yYKx8vc4Up903_hy-2rpiRcva2XNoNvKgQPMeLVQnxCWBzMPqiy7XbRriBd4eNogXmaCSNxL3fg/s400/poster49572481.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div>Find more <a href="http://www.he-man.org/forums/boards/showthread.php?p=1990839#post1990839">here</a> , including the above, and make your own at <a href="http://despair.com/">Despair.com </a>.</div>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-70872743899149451572008-09-13T12:29:00.007+01:002008-09-14T10:19:10.164+01:00Stuffed<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ivCYjQWb5X0dvb5Aude74lg80ZHsuAn8a1CW5w6QNiJVE65YMGdjQaTbxneW2KtodjL7p3J9YaeLDCuR-Yxr41LAxtivbYX87R3HTlzNKS5P1s2NSLrQJKOv7zhKcj9jHyYqOA/s1600-h/Stuffed.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245802671336687074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ivCYjQWb5X0dvb5Aude74lg80ZHsuAn8a1CW5w6QNiJVE65YMGdjQaTbxneW2KtodjL7p3J9YaeLDCuR-Yxr41LAxtivbYX87R3HTlzNKS5P1s2NSLrQJKOv7zhKcj9jHyYqOA/s400/Stuffed.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tGFaOO52F8r4twTQTLJkj3KkW7FNRKq4NgmkreYJsVf3G53h8QEyShXMS-9rI1rLznALJuSsvr3_Sd987G9e9UbwS4UCFHACekaPxDV83q8spxgcwjwjBMUIGAxNMc9zuBtFfA/s1600-h/Stuffed+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245802675316419602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9tGFaOO52F8r4twTQTLJkj3KkW7FNRKq4NgmkreYJsVf3G53h8QEyShXMS-9rI1rLznALJuSsvr3_Sd987G9e9UbwS4UCFHACekaPxDV83q8spxgcwjwjBMUIGAxNMc9zuBtFfA/s400/Stuffed+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8KG01z_g-r8pzLpMBZGr6kqRZ05vC4kQeLsB5qxLO3s0q05g5ztyE-PnXUTDgyQ_tDpXpxZVjJjOz9uLQQ0IZ6s2ys4TjiRDjVbNM2C2UGgu3_kxzaFcBUKHhtH4xkUozuvOAA/s1600-h/Stuffed1.jpg"></a><br /><br /><div>Partly inspired by Cornelia Parker's <a href="http://www.cambridge2000.com/gallery/html/P2262143e.html">"Breathless" </a>. </div></div>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-49155681756088717202008-09-12T15:08:00.002+01:002008-09-12T15:18:01.466+01:00Toy Time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqW_GNHcJHtensFVqXiqu0dSm0efIiTPRVKwyvyzo1caMZAx7s8Yc7lKOy1HzyMrddfF6ObJBlxtHG0LFjtXvziIQG4up9GQeJVfsVXe7qB4eGHKVmbTProcV_4mjfb4r95Y-1kQ/s1600-h/Portia's+Pal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245137804991557554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqW_GNHcJHtensFVqXiqu0dSm0efIiTPRVKwyvyzo1caMZAx7s8Yc7lKOy1HzyMrddfF6ObJBlxtHG0LFjtXvziIQG4up9GQeJVfsVXe7qB4eGHKVmbTProcV_4mjfb4r95Y-1kQ/s400/Portia's+Pal.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><em>When I was sick and lay abed<br />I had two pillows at my head<br />And all my toys beside me lay<br />To keep me happy all the day</em><br /><br />Robert Louis Stevenson 1850 - 1894<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.ilkleytoymuseum.co.uk/">Ilkley Toy Museum</a>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-75180367984705366372008-06-25T07:18:00.027+01:002015-02-13T16:17:57.267+00:00Avenue of TropesAt last, the Get Along Gang or at least the Sat-AM cartoon series, has it's own page on <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheGetAlongGang">tvtropes.org</a><strike></strike>. Unfortunately it's looking a little threadbare, even though the show's a textbook example of <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TropeOverdosed">Trope Overdosed.</a> *<br />
<br />
There are so many G.A.G<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FunWithAcronyms">.</a> related tropes that <i>could</i> be there*:<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MerchandiseDriven">Merchandise Driven</a><br />
Somewhat.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming">Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming</a><br />
"The Bullies"<br />
"Head In The Clouds"<br />
"Zipper's Millions"<br />
"Woolma's Birthday"<br />
Most episodes in fact...:)<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AmusingInjuries">Amusing Injuries</a>, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Slapstick">Slapstick</a>, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ToonPhysics">Toon Physics</a><br />
More than you'd think, given the type of show <i>some</i><a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TastesLikeDiabetes"> have accused it of being</a>. It has <i>moments</i> that come close,(see above) but <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Friends">Barney</a> it ain't.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/InevitableWaterfall">Inevitable Waterfall</a><br />
"Camp Get Along"<br />
"Caboose On The Loose"<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PinballGag">Pinball Gag</a><br />
Portia Porcupine in "The Wrong Stuff"<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShoutOut">Shout Out</a><br />
"Half a Map is Better Than None"<br />
A wall carving in the Mole-Tec temple spells out the initials <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Greetings">AG</a>.<br />
Some of Green Meadow's businesses are named after the show's background artists, Bridget Bottorf, Ted Blackman and Joe Pearson.<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AppliedPhlebotinum">Applied Phlebotinum</a><br />
"Montgomery's Mechanical Marvel"<br />
(Hermie the Robot and his control box.)<br />
"A Pinch Of This, A Dash Of That"<br />
("Anti-gravity" paint)<br />
"Engineer Roary"<br />
(The old firewagon)<br />
The Clubhouse Caboose<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FoodFight">Food Fight</a>,<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CoveredInGunge">Covered In Gunge</a><br />
"Caboose On The Loose"<br />
(Leland Lizard with a big cake, although it's <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DeadlyDodging">meant for Bingo</a>.)<br />
"Follow The Leader"<br />
(Catchum Crocodile and Leland Lizard's comeuppance, with an even <b>bigger</b> cake. <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ShadowOfImpendingDoom">The Mother of All Cakes</a> to be exact.)<br />
"That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles"<br />
(The whole Gang, with flour.)<br />
"The Bullies"<br />
(Montgomery Moose becomes "Moose a la Mode" when the Pig Sisters work him over with a can of aerosol cream and a handful of cherries.)<br />
<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KentBrockmanNews">Kent Brockman News</a><br />
"Nose for News", naturally.<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CulturalCrossReference">Cultural Cross Reference</a><br />
"Pick Of the Litter"<br />
Bingo gives a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan_yell">Tarzan yell</a> as he swings across The Old Swimming Hole on a rope.<br />
"The Get Along Detectives"<br />
The gang watch a movie called the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Maltese_Falcon_%281941_film%29">Maltese Duck</a>, starring <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphrey_Bogart">Dogey</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Bacall">Fifi Bacall</a>.<br />
"Get Along Gang Go Hollywood"<br />
A lobby poster for "The Maltese Duck" appears in one scene.<br />
"Half A Map Is Better Than None"<br />
Pretty much the whole episode is a ten minute nod to Indiana Jones, particularly <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark">"Raiders of the Lost Ark"</a> .<br />
"Them's The Brakes"<br />
The Clubhouse Caboose jumps a gap in the tracks like the mine car in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Jones_and_the_Temple_of_Doom">"Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom"</a>. Also has a "perilous mine car ride" sequence of its own.<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TreeBuchet">Tree Buchet</a><br />
"Zipper's Millions"<br />
Used to catapult Zipper to the rescue of Dotty, Bingo, Woolma and Portia as they careen down a steep slope towards a cliff edge and certain doom. In a <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/IAmNotMakingThisUp"><i>house</i></a>.<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlliterativeName">Alliterative Name</a>, <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpeciesSurname">Species Surname</a><br />
Most of the characters.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BigBallOfViolence">Big Ball of Violence</a><br />
"The Bullies"<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CrossDressingVoices">Cross Dressing Voices</a><br />
Bingo Beaver - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0525716/"><b>Marla Lukofsky</b></a> (Nelvana)<br />
Zipper Cat - <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0498103/"><b>Robbie Lee</b></a> (DiC)<br />
<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FourFingeredHands">Four Fingered Hands</a><br />
Most characters, most of the time.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LimitedWardrobe">Limited Wardrobe</a><br />
"Snowbound Showdown".(<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LampshadeHanging">Lampshaded</a>)<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoOSHACompliance">No O.S.H.A. Compliance</a><br />
Dear God, too many to mention. Let's just say it's a good job they're cartoon characters...<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoMouth">No Mouth</a><br />
"A Pinch of This, a Dash of That"<br />
Portia Porcupine, by mistake.<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoFourthWall">No Fourth Wall</a><br />
"The Get Along Gang Detectives"<br />
DOTTY DOG: If the thieves are in this building, we'll make sure they never get out!<br />
PORTIA PORCUPINE: And if they do get out, we'll make sure they never <i>get back in again...</i> (Dotty turns and stares at the camera in disbelief/bafflement)<br />
The credit sequence (DiC)<br />
(Towards the end, the Gang all turn and wave to the camera.)<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CharacterDerailment">Character Derailment</a><br />
Dotty Dog, to a small degree. She was the gang's <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WrenchWench">mechanical and scientific genius</a> in the Nelvana produced pilot episode and some of the G.A.G<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FunWithAcronyms">.</a> storybooks. In the regular series that talent belongs to Montgomery Moose.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DrowningMySorrows">Drowning My Sorrows</a><br />
"Bingo's Pen Pal"<br />
(parodied)<br />
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<a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong">The Complainer Is Always Wrong</a><br />
<br />
Has been <a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CowboyBebopAtHisComputer">falsely accused</a> of promoting this.<br />
<br />
<span style="font-size: 85%;">(*Yes I know, it's a WIKI, so why don't I just edit them in myself? Don't think the thought hadn't crossed my mind but each time it tried, two words barred the way - </span><a href="http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EditWar"><span style="font-size: 85%;">Edit War</span></a><span style="font-size: 85%;">. Frankly, life's short enough as it is without wasting time and keystrokes arguing with the insane.)</span>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-21314552126964378952008-05-22T17:06:00.006+01:002010-02-15T15:10:38.798+00:00The Hat Comes Back<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFTzMJBpePpGHWTLP9XcWTfgbJxK0fHjmIi_UcA_9qw1u71qPnl5Wyg-n26Y_XabdUMzg2T_4uIh5GhO2MozLP66j-fLKLHi-E-HLoU-Z3ANDr9K0QL6IY1TIUcw4Q-3u5d-vOw/s1600-h/Fortune+and+Glory.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203237706008575730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFTzMJBpePpGHWTLP9XcWTfgbJxK0fHjmIi_UcA_9qw1u71qPnl5Wyg-n26Y_XabdUMzg2T_4uIh5GhO2MozLP66j-fLKLHi-E-HLoU-Z3ANDr9K0QL6IY1TIUcw4Q-3u5d-vOw/s400/Fortune+and+Glory.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.indianajones.com/site/index.html">indianajones.com</a>Paul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29148381.post-32856653797659601312008-03-26T14:46:00.005+00:002008-03-26T15:20:14.824+00:00Teetering On the Brink......of bankruptcy.<br /><br />No, not this blog, or it's owner, (yet). The -<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">FIVE LEAST SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES IN THE GET ALONG GANG UNIVERSE </span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdR8p0SywjbgeZwrHn4dvEvgOtH2Q6M3bM6zLiXBevRgoBhT0QdCRX_FnuMF6psc-3YCC0-jfLBfq1DG79ZZHCeH2V2GJZ7L4aTs-xCe-jegDl-KQfQTe7IFZAyZP9GKczqKhqXw/s1600-h/GMbankrupts1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182066700675260674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdR8p0SywjbgeZwrHn4dvEvgOtH2Q6M3bM6zLiXBevRgoBhT0QdCRX_FnuMF6psc-3YCC0-jfLBfq1DG79ZZHCeH2V2GJZ7L4aTs-xCe-jegDl-KQfQTe7IFZAyZP9GKczqKhqXw/s400/GMbankrupts1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xaHl1Yk601X1kAUKOQQOOK0QOGoSFRCRLaTxj86BrEdmG3kGbxoYWhrkwbF9JkyqxlxsgTbgcLA0JX74LjUjqIrTwjZDYOtHrYY0jIwZsIpeMY4YiyQPJj58-2cSs_0r8FR4UA/s1600-h/GMbankrupts2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182066704970227986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0xaHl1Yk601X1kAUKOQQOOK0QOGoSFRCRLaTxj86BrEdmG3kGbxoYWhrkwbF9JkyqxlxsgTbgcLA0JX74LjUjqIrTwjZDYOtHrYY0jIwZsIpeMY4YiyQPJj58-2cSs_0r8FR4UA/s400/GMbankrupts2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmxsMGQstFSJg76Y8KvFISS57WoAzNoKLoNNixgAGIJ15f897UR3l-iMj1qxFkL-UvFReyfX9Cpo0-dTfYWLv3arPPj59R2fAWj7upZCIEAGmTzNncaVFB8EpsE5QCjes82Nh3Q/s1600-h/GMbankrupts3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182066704970228002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtmxsMGQstFSJg76Y8KvFISS57WoAzNoKLoNNixgAGIJ15f897UR3l-iMj1qxFkL-UvFReyfX9Cpo0-dTfYWLv3arPPj59R2fAWj7upZCIEAGmTzNncaVFB8EpsE5QCjes82Nh3Q/s400/GMbankrupts3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlY-XAD0-danOnrmXOYDDME2ODMPg084J6c2mfDqEEVdnCObPcVyaWoeAderFGBy8h7nyPWRLv3krkqmII8YUk3GuFd3ij68Y0GQYescrerD0kCfTv-nhBLTxMcUrsgvXNbsp8A/s1600-h/GMbankrupts4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182066713560162610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhlY-XAD0-danOnrmXOYDDME2ODMPg084J6c2mfDqEEVdnCObPcVyaWoeAderFGBy8h7nyPWRLv3krkqmII8YUk3GuFd3ij68Y0GQYescrerD0kCfTv-nhBLTxMcUrsgvXNbsp8A/s400/GMbankrupts4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmOOh_nOiC518pGZfAeclKuJhPqXqJb8Qlvu6CFfSxUxVS-W9uDY12gMGdBX4U-I57n0Eonsm1jzsERXn0Yqn_Fu1AxKLh3ZkI0znQ2JoMNf0UmkDHFASOvCtX3McVWm0cdLfrg/s1600-h/GMbankrupts5.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182066717855129922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmOOh_nOiC518pGZfAeclKuJhPqXqJb8Qlvu6CFfSxUxVS-W9uDY12gMGdBX4U-I57n0Eonsm1jzsERXn0Yqn_Fu1AxKLh3ZkI0znQ2JoMNf0UmkDHFASOvCtX3McVWm0cdLfrg/s400/GMbankrupts5.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Inspired by:<br /><a href="http://www.brunching.com/starwarscompanies.html">The Five Most Profitable Companies in the Star Wars Galaxy</a><br />by Lore SjöbergPaul M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02085020165452630820noreply@blogger.com0