Sunday, August 18, 2019

559 - Silver-Plated Age Comics, That Colorado Rocky Mountain Guy, and "Products Of Interest"!

[1:40 PM]  Mr. Brown.: 
Brown Jr. invented a uncommon superhero this morning
He said he wished he could have a watch that when he pressed a button it would put a bee hive worker suit on him.
Then the thoughts started flooding my head of things i could do with that character
lol
[1:43 PM] 
...fight bees?
[1:44 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Be effective against Ant Man i guess
[1:50 PM]  Mr. Brown.:  It all stemmed from a bee flying around and him not liking it.
I was thinking like his powers would be bees cannot hurt him
He blows smoke
and produces honey
lol
[1:52 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
How about very realistic superheroes
Spiderman grows 8 legs and literally spins a web out of his butthole (or a hole near his butthole)
And he's much smaller than Spiderwoman and after they mate he gets eaten
[1:53 PM] 
Iron man...stands there and rusts
[1:53 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Needs followed around by WD40 Man 24/7
[1:54 PM] 
Strong heroes throw him
Oh!  How about his hands are flat, roughly triangular, get hot and can puff out steam.
[1:57 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
heheh
[2:00 PM]  Mr. Brown.: 
I am IRON Man! Bring me your shirts!
Captain America would just be a redneck wearing an American flag
[2:03 PM] 
Wonder Woman - She's tall, kinda burly, hint of 5 o'clock shadow, odd chest shape, deep voice and maybe an Adam's apple
[2:03 PM]  Mr. Brown.: 
Thor would be a blonde old guy able to eat stinky rotting fish
Black Widow would be a spider
Wait she has no real powers
She would be a old lady that killed all her husbands
[2:05 PM] 
These are more literal super heroes than realistic.
Captain America could have the suggested flag motif, but in a peaked cap with an anchor and a pea coat
[2:13 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Batman - poor eyesight, eats bugs, nocturnal so criminals just do their dealings in the daytime
[2:14 PM]  Mr. Brown.: 
So what is Black Widow?
[2:14 PM] 
...black woman in mourning clothes?
[2:16 PM]  Mr. Brown.: 
ah



[2:29 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Is it me or does John Denver suck?
His death is an interesting read
He was flying an 'experimental plane apparently with some really stupid design features
'leading cause of accident was his inability to switch fuel tanks mid-flight'
Apparently the switch was out of sight and out of reach of the pilot?
[2:41 PM] 
Possibly. 
I recall a certain segment wondering if it wasn't an accident at all and he crashed it himself
As for him sucking? 
I don't think so
I and everyone else seemed to find him to be one of those really likeable guys
I don't look back to a ton of his music, but I liked a good bit of it.
I'm sure he recorded his share o poo...everyone does.
[2:44 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Any song I've heard, I did not like
[2:47 PM] 
Some of that I think has to do with what you grew up on
His height was well before you were born.
Hell...I watched Lawrence Welk weekly. 
I'm damaged
Like any other language, you get wired
[2:52 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
As a kid I confused him with John Ritter
Apparently John Ritter's dad was a famous country singer
[2:59 PM] 
Didn't know that.  Ritter is another of those guys everyone seemed to love.  Willie Nelson is in that group. But he's on his way out. Always surprised he's lasted this long.
When i was really little...since you mention it...I originally thought "Cousin Oliver" was Denver when he was a kid.
Not the only one, evidently
[3:09 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
They definitely look alike
[3:16 PM] 
Where was I...oh yes.  Music. 
My collection is really eclectic
A typical selection has to have some quirk or I don't care.
Novelty songs don't generally count.
People went nuts for Weird Al when he was new, but I didn't find him innovative and his voice wasn't "real".
[3:21 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
Weird Al seems like a nice guy but i don't like his music
His humor is too obvious
I don't see any particular skill in taking a song that's already popular and just changing the lyrics so it's funny
[3:21 PM] 
He got better.  There's a couple things i ended up liking
I can filk a tune like Al but I'm only happy with my innovations.
They Might Be Giants...on the other hand...  Heck, I'm still trying to figure out some of the quips in their old stuff.
2 interesting voices...Odd choices of arrangement...Prone to convoluted lyrics, complex passages, weird associations. 
Man...
I played a tape of TMBGs "Lincoln" to the point of it breaking
[3:31 PM]  Mr. Blue: 
I never gave them a listen, my high school friend loves them
[3:32 PM] 
Missing Persons
Gozilla theme music
Film and Game soundtracks
Bunch of classical stuff with little rhyme or reason to why. 
Sugarcubes/Bjork
Asteroids Galaxy Tour
It's...weird
Some just because they evoke a modern mythology to me
Gods and heroes and monsters even if the artists probably never thought of it "that way"...and some who obviously did...Like Souixie and the Banshees
I tried to catalog it once...categories...
It ended up in one giant folder and about 80 links to YouTube
Hehe
So...where does John Denver fit in?
Uhhhh......
(helplessly gestures towards giant folder)
He probably is in there because his tone of voice can sound like he's in harmony with something that isn't audibly there. 
Probably why they cast him in "Oh God"



[10:37 AM] 
Good ol Silver Junior.
I let him know about the discovery of plastic eating bacteria and enzymatic acceleration and what a big deal that is. 
Yesterday he apparently picked up from some online source that the bacteria have improved and can now reduce a plastic in something like 4 hours.
"Then we're doomed."
"...wait...what?"
"Can you imagine the consequences of that getting out into the wild?  Someone is having you on."
"But..."
"Plastic would be useless as a material in a matter of months.  Stuff would be falling apart all over the world."
"Wow.  Yeah."



[10:44 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
What a weird business name: "PRODUCTS OF INTEREST"
They're closing I guess. Wonder why
"Nobody would come in!"
[10:47 AM] 
Lack of interest in their products, perhaps.
[10:49 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
"We're done laundering dirty money.  I mean i uhh.."
[10:49 AM]
Hehehe!
(Enter store.  All pristine shelves of aligned white boxes. Figure behind counter shifts from static pose to alert.  Bright eyed, big smile)
"Welcome to Products of Interest, hu-, sir!  Are there any products that would be of interest to you today, adult male?"
"Uh...all this stuff is unmarked.  What kind of store is this?"
"We are not storage.  What is your interest in products.  I'm sure we can produce something that would interest a 5'11" common Caucasian male in his mid 20s."
"Uh... I was looking for a set of headphones before hitting the Chinese place.  I saw your sign."
"Headphones?  Lets see.  Ah!  Here is just the product of your interest.”
(Grabs white box, sets on counter, opens lid, produces headphones, closes lid)
Do these interest you?" 
"Nice set.  Got them in, like, red?"
(opens lid, put in headphones, closes lid, opens lid, pulls out red headphones)
"Your product sir."
(Puts box back on shelf)
"That's pretty cool.  What do I owe you?"
"You'll find out."
"What?"
"All free today.  Special promotion.  Enjoy your auditory interest.  Chinese.  You wish to hit the Chinese Place, you said?" 
"Yeah...I was going there next."
"Defining interest.”
(Salesman goes catatonic a few seconds)
I believe I have the product you are interested in.”
(Wanders all about the store.  Stops at original box.)
"Ah!  the very thing." 
(grabs white box, sets on counter, opens lid, produces Mac 10, closes lid)
"For your hit on the Chinese Place... ... G."
"What?  No...no...  I want to eat Chinese...  I want to hit the place for lunch." 
"This product of your interest would allow for the harvesting of several Chinese at The Place."
"No gun...I just want the phones and some Chinese for lunch, man." 
"I understand your interest.”
(replaces gun, closes box, places on shelf.  Collects same box.)
Ah, I believe the products of your interest are in this one.  Now what part of Chinese anatomy can I produce to sate your lunch interest, Earth savage?"
[While I could - unfortunately - do this for hours, I won't]
[11:08 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
The Products of Interest factory gate opens. From the back a curly-haired man walks limps forward wearing a purple top hat as well as a purple suit holding a cane.
hehe
[11:09 AM] 
(Sings) "Come with me...and you'll find... a whole woooorld of Products of Interest..."
[11:10 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
lol
[11:10 AM] 
Willie Wonka and the Products of Interest Factory
[11:11 AM]  Mr. Brown.: 
Come with me... Take a look... Do these pro-ducts pique any of your interests?
[11:11 AM] 
(I need to look away a sec...losing it!)
[11:13 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
(sings Who can take the merchandise... make it marketable... the Product Man can because he mixes it with interest and sells the goods to you-ou
Oh this one's too easy
[11:14 AM] 
(Veruca) "I want pro-ducts...pro-ducts of IN-trest!  Don't care what, I'm interested Now!"
[11:14 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Oompa, Loompa, doopity do. I've got some products of interest for you
[11:15 AM] 
LOL
[11:25 AM]  Mr. Blue: 
Oompa Loompa doopity dee, if you are wise you'll buy them from me
What is your choice of com-mod-i-ty?
A new home appliance or a novelty tee?
Where are you at hoarding all of your cash?
What do you think will come - of - that?
We've got some new merch-an-dise!

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