Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site sw1c.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!pyuxww!sw1c!ucoelm From: ucoelm@sw1c.UUCP Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: Dangermouse and Penfold??? Message-ID: <153@sw1c.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 01:23:42 EDT Article-I.D.: sw1c.153 Posted: Mon Jul 8 01:23:42 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 05:35:30 EDT References: <8778@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: Southwestern Bell Telephone, St. Louis, MO Lines: 54 As for your requests for availability information on Dangermouse publications, I have never seen Dangermouse in print. That, of course, doesn't mean that there isn't anything in print. If it is, it is probably an English publication since the characters are English. This discussion probably belongs in net.tv since my total exposure to Dangermouse is via that medium. Dangermouse and Penfold are the only cartoon characters that I consistently watch anymore. I think the writing is hilarious. The script writers are obviously aiming toward adults as in the old Warner Brothers cartoons. The humor can be pure slapstick such as when Dangermouse gets thrown into the side of a mountain, or it can be verbal (some of which is subtle) such as: (The quotes may not be as precise as I would like them to be as I am doing them from memory) ----------- (Scenario: DM and Penfold are captured and shackled to a wall with only minimal limb movement possible. DM has thought of a possible method of escape.) "Penfold, toss that power crystal that I gave to you on my foot." "The last time I dropped something on your foot you were ever so cross." "Well, that WAS a steam iron then Penfold." ------------ (Sometimes the (questionable) humor can almost go over your head because of British slang or geography, for example:) (Scenario: A character has just introduced himself to DM and he has a middle initial of M.) DM: "What's the M for?" "The M4 is a motorway from London to South Wales, ask me another." (If you hadn't heard of the M4 before, you probably wouldn't have gotten the joke--such as it was.) ------------ (One time they even addressed my other favorite British TV show.) (Scenario: Through a series of incidents, it is becoming apparent to DM that this grandfather clock he is inside is really a time machine.) "You know, Penfold, I don't think this is a clock at all but a time machine." "But DM, I thought a clock was a time machine." "No, I mean a machine that moves through time." "OH, you mean like that Doctor." "Who." "I forget." ------------- Actually, much of the humor is a real groaner but I can't help smiling at even those. If you have cable and are receiving Nickelodeon, then you are receiving Dangermouse. I think it is on twice a day during the weekdays and once a day during the weekends. I usually watch the 6:30 PM Central showing. There may be some local stations around the country showing DM, but I haven't heard. Hope this helps. -- Lee Morehead Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. ...!ihnp4!sw1c!ucoelm My opinions are my own ... no one else will claim them. "Tell them Willy boy is here...and he's eating the furniture again."