Erin- My video store has the uncolorized version of Topper, but that doesn't help you, sorry. <BR> <BR>I missed the reference to the 12th man, can somebody share? The last man I know about is the Third Man, how did we get to 12, and what happened to the ones in between? Is this a boomer thing? <BR> <BR>It seems like there are some movie buffs after my own heart here. On the "make it up" thread a few weeks ago, I almost asked if Karl Marx was buried in Fredonia, but was afraid no one would get the reference. Boy was I wrong!

Cheryl, we got to the 12th man (I presume this is right, Richard?) by looking at my email address. Since you are at Harvard, Cheryl, and far far away from my own university (right now, anyway, back in grad days I too was at Harvard, but ah, I digress) I will give you a hint....it has to do with "tamu's" <BR>football team. Also, Cheryl, I was the one on the making it up thread who threw in the wrong stuff about where Karl Marx was buried. Have to confess that I wouldn't have gotten the Fredonia reference. Gee, this is fun...like following clues in a mystery.

Oops, that was a typo. I meant to say "Freedonia".

Hail, hail, Freedonia! <BR>Need more clues on the 12th man thing--my college didn't even have a football team and was nowhere near Boston.

Was Winky Dink a little kid cartoon who drew on the tv screen, and you put up a piece of clear plastic on the tv screen and drew along with him? <BR> <BR>And I directly attribute my uncontrolled love of scifi/space adventures to Captain Midnight and Flash Gordon. <BR> <BR>

How about Rin Tin Tin? I watched it only once because in a shot from what must have been under the dog's chin I could see an airplane moving across the sky. I was only about 8 and became disillusioned... <BR>

Well... <BR>Whirlybirds <BR>Sky King <BR>Highway Patrol <BR>The Mounties ? <BR>Combat <BR>The Rat Patrol <BR>My Friend Flicka <BR>Fury <BR>Lassie <BR>Rin-tin Tin <BR>The Real McCoys <BR>Kukla, et. al. <BR>Romper Room <BR> <BR> <BR>Trivia: What was the original title of My Three Sons (hint, it's the theme song). <BR>

Martha- Well done on Freedonia! And they say women don't like those movies! <BR> <BR>Kay- Freedonia is the mythical country in the Marx Brother's Duck Soup. <BR> <BR>I looked up the football team and it's the Aggie's, but I still don't get the reference.

AJ, thank you yah rotten kid for giving me those unforgettable Paladin lyrics. Your brother is a sadist, isn't he? Hard to explain to the boss why I suddenly threw my head down on my desk and folded my arms over my head, my whole body wracked with hysterical laughter. I will never see Richard Boone the same way again....

Keeping with the dog theme (see Lassie and Rin Tin Tin above), TAMU has Reveille, we have Bevo (much easier to spell).

Cheryl, good goin'. The Texas Aggies have a time hallowed tradition, starting way back in 1922, that has enshrined the Twelfth Man in sacred memories forever. In honor of him, the student body stands throughout all Texas Aggie football games. If you want to learn more about this tradition, check out <BR>http://corps.tamu.edu/corpscenter/tr...s/12thman.html <BR>The Twelfth Man now refers to any Aggie in the football stands, because the support is so immense that it helps the team win, as the original Twelfth Man did. Now, are you sorry/glad you asked?!?

Oh Richard, you are a pretty nice guy, for a tea-sip. Now do you want to explain about that one?

Kay, I thought I was the only person who remembered Winky Dink and you. I really thought it was funny when some kids forgot to use the plastic screen and drew directly on their tv screens! I guess that's why the show didn't last very long! <BR> <BR>I would have thought that Topper qualified for Tony in the European forum. Wasn't Topper always played by a British actor? <BR> <BR>And, not only do I remember Spin and Marty, I met them at Disneyland when I was about 7 years old!

Elvira- <BR> <BR>I just tried to e-mail you a file with the Ballad of Paladin, but it didn't go through, sorry. I loved the image of you hysterical, and thought it might be even better if you could hear the song!

A feeble attempt to keep with 'dog theme'...'Old Yeller'...now that is a classic. <BR>What was the show that always had 'quicksand'...show was set in a jungle. And since I love baton twirling, does anyone remember Mary Hartline from 'The Big Top'? <BR>I must close as I need to get a life. Have to run, Ted Turner is on speaker phone...he's mentioning something about Fodorites/Topper/soon to be a mini-series.

Kay, I really do have to get back to the (literal) drawing board. Reveille was meant as a clue. I'm a Yankee, but my kids are UT grads. Keep the aTm bonfires burning.

Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, with his faithful dog, Skunk. <BR> <BR>and anyway, whyaduck?

Wasn't it Robert Sterling that played Mr. Kirby on Topper. And Yes, "topper" is not only being misleading but as said above wasting peoples time and causing topics to go unanswered. You would think they would have something better to do!!!

hmm I lost the thread of this conversation about 70 or 80 posts ago ...I suppose it would mean something to me if I was a *middle-aged* American? <BR> <BR>Ilisa, Hanna Barbera ruined Scooby Doo by introducing a new character, Scrappy Doo, into the show. Often a sign that a show is flagging, the addition of a new character was supposed to open up loads more storylines for the gang. Load of nonsense nowadays... <BR> <BR>regards

You sad, sad people. Tony, maybe we should start the UK version of this thread? <BR> <BR>ANZAC day is to do with Gallipoli when the corps was wiped out in Turkey in the Great War. A Scottish singer/songwriter who now lives in Australia wrote a very famuos song about it called "The Band played Waltzing Matilda" <BR> <BR>At least it's famous here...tho' probably not so famous as "Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo"