Rebels of Mars

Science Fiction/Fantasy Composition 101

Posted by Tom Novak, who say's "Ah Ha! That's how they do this stuff."

Jet Screamer!

posted by Tom Novak, who just couldn't resist yelling "Zoom, Dad, Zoom" as he posted it .

Original John Carter Animation art from 1936

Clampett-John Carter Of Mars
Uploaded by klangley

Bob Clampett showing his and John Coleman's original work for the original official John Carter of Mars animated movie that still has never made it into production.  The lettering is just fantastic!

posted byTom Novak who wishes he had all of the originals to post

Duck Dodgers - The New Cadet

Space Santa 1955

More Old Planetary Romance

Underdog and Sweet Polly Purebred, of course

Posted by Bob Wallace, who always wondered about Underdog's "Superenergy Pill."

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Quisp and Quake

I preferred Quake cereal but didn't remember what he looked like until I Googled him. I certainly remember Quisp, though. Both were engaged in a cross-country race from Long Island to Lompoc, California (it's pronounced "lompoke." I know this because I hitch-hiked there with a friend when I was 17.). Quisp won the race. Yah! Aliens vs. Jocks! E.T. wins!!

Posted by Bob Wallace, who actually preferred Cap'n Crunch.

Quisp Cereal - now I've seen everything

Yes, you can find anything online - including everyone's favorite galactic breakfast - Quisp Cereal. And there is even a Quisp store too, with the whole Quisp story.

posted by Tom Novak who could use some Quazy Energy these days.

Space Doofus Tooter Turtle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Tooter Turtle (sometimes spelled Tutor) was a cartoon about a rather dopey-looking, talking turtle who first appeared on TV in 1960, as a segment, along with The Hunter (a detective dog), as part of the King Leonardo program.

Tooter's segment was always a simple morality play, which involved Tooter calling on his friend, Mr. Wizard the Lizard, to transport him to some place in the past that Tooter had read about and wanted to visit. Since none of Tooter's trips ever worked out, the moral of each segment was always the same: "There's no place like home."

When Tooter's trip finally became a catastrophe, he always called out the same thing, the famous, "Help, Mr. Wizard!" Mr. Wizard would rescue him with the incantation, "Drizzle, drazzle, druzzle, drome, time for this one to come home." Then, Mr. Wizard would always give Tooter the same advice: "Be what you is and not what you is not. Folks that is what they is, is the happiest lot." Tooter never learned, though.

The most major pop culture reference to Tooter Turtle comes from The Matrix. In a scene where Neo is attempting to find a way to return to the real world, he contacts his operator and says to them, "Mr. Wizard, get me out of here." This is a reference to Mr. Wizard's rescuing abilities.

Tooter debuted on NBC, on Saturday, October 15, 1960, and ran for 43 episodes over two years. His voice was done by Allen Swift, who also did Simon Bar Sinister, the main villain on the Underdog show. The voice of Mr. Wizard was Sandy Becker.

Posted by Bob Wallace, who wrote this entry for Wikipedia