#Bob Arbogast

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1967.

Bob Einstein interviewed by Bob Arbogast.

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by Bob Arbogast | Twelve-year-old Jesus scares the wits out of his parents. And no wonder. They think they’ve lost him—the holy child that God entrusted to them! After three days, they find Jesus at the temple. He’s sitting there with the teachers: listening and learning, asking questions...

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THE VIRTUE OF NATIONALISM

January 25, 2024 One of the best written books you will ever read is The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony. There is too much in it to quote here. But note this:“The European Union does, despite the propaganda, have a powerful central government whose directives are legally binding on European nations and on their individual members . . .  It lacks a strong executive – an emperor – capable…

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Iron Man #178 (January 1984) by Marvel Comics

Written by Bob Harras, drawn by Luke McDonnell and Steve Mitchell.

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an extremely chaotic collaborative Dreamling playlist that makes me question whether we all even watched the same show

YOUTUBE // SPOTIFY

Tracklist, by year:

an actually readable version of the tracklist is below the cut.

@merytsetesh, @thecosmerekid, @everythings-aces, @flyingfishtailoutpost1, @smallboyonherbike, @ghostboyjules, @reallyintoscience, @puzzleshipper, @lemurianstarship, @sunshines-fabulous-legs, @five-and-dimes, @thranduilland, @nightofheart, @bluetea2206, @thatonetimetraveller and anons thank you for your contribution in making the world worse

(actually tho. this has been a blast. you all made my week. i love you ❤)

1389 Kite // Castle of Sand Voxtrot // Missing Pieces Ben Howard // Call Me Maybe (Cover) Kesha // Finding You Taylor Swift // Love Story (BARDCORE)

1489 Kite // Up for Life Oh Wonder // Ultralife Galantis // Bones The Score // Oh My Love Depeche Mode // Strangelove Florence + the Machine // Heartlines Sophie B. Hawkins // Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover

1589 Dalida // Les temps des fleurs Oh Wonder // Heavy Dayglow // Dear Friend, Katy Perry // The One That Got Away (80s Remix) Voxtrot // Raised By Wolves R.E.M. // Losing My Religion Kiesza // What Is Love (Cover) Linkin Park // Numb (80s Remix)

1689 Anais Mitchell // Bright Star Hooverphonic // Eden Tchaikovsky // The Garland Waltz NightLab // The Measure of Things Sleeping At Last // Two Voxtrot // Every Day

1789 King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard // Yours Animotion // Obsession The Killers // When You Were Young The Cure // More Than This Imogen Heap // Goodnight and Go Aram Khachaturian // Masquerade Suite

1889 MALINDA // How Dare You Moody Blues // Nights in White Satin leo. // despair Phil Collins // Against All Odds Kodaline // High Hopes Hozier // It Will Come Back Live // Meltdown

1989 Sam Tinnesz // Far From Home Luc Arbogast // Ja Nuns Hons Pris (Cover) Heart // Alone Sam Smith // Make It To Me Air Supply // All Out of Love Blondie // Dreaming

2022 The Script // The Man Who Can't Be Moved Sir Sly // Too Far Gone P!nk // Whataya Want From Me Waitress the Musical // A Soft Place to Land Florence + The Machine // Heavy in Your Arms Modern English // I Melt With You Bob Dylan // Make You Feel My Love

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Review: Iron Man Epic Collection 14: Return of the Ghost

Tony Gets His Groove Back

Tony Stark has never been cooler than he was during Bob Layton and David Michelinie’s first run on Iron Man. Denny O’Neil then used the alcoholism that they introduced (and had Tony quickly overcome) to take the character to rock bottom before building him back up again. When Layton and Michelinie returned to the title, it didn’t make sense to undo O’Neil’s excellent run by immediately returning to the 1978-1982 status quo, so they instead spent 2 years having Tony rebuilding his company and reintegrating some of the supporting cast who O’Neil had written out of the book. Sobriety had also given the character righteous fury, and he went after both friends and enemies who were using his technology. Having accomplished his mission, Tony was now able to settle in and return to something like his old self.

Iron Man 14 begins with the original graphic novel, Crash. I already reviewed it in a separate post, but to recap: it’s terrible and can be skipped. However, once you get into the meat of the Epic with the regular issues, Return of the Ghost quickly becomes a top-tier Iron Man Epic.

The issues themselves are mostly one- or two- issue self-contained arcs. Other than Tony’s complicated romantic life (he may or may not be simultaneously sleeping with 3 different women, all of whom seem to know about the others), there aren’t any running subplots. There’s a breezy tone to them, as Tony switches from yacht dates to corporate meetings to battles with some classic foes like the Mandarin, the Grey Gargoyle, Blizzard, Whiplash, and the titular Ghost.

Layton and Michelinie also devote a lot of screen time to Tony’s large supporting cast. One of my favorite parts of their runs is that Stark Enterprises feels like a real company rather than just a plot device to explain why Tony has enough money to build his Iron Man suits. Mrs. Arbogast, Felix Alverez, Marcy Pearson, Ant-Man Scott Lang, Clay Wilson, and, of course, Rhodey are all individuals with distinct personalities, and they help flesh out Stark Enterprises by representing different viewpoints and goals for the company.

The art looks great for most of these issues as well. Jackson Guice provides most of the layouts, but even when he’s away, Bob Layton almost always does the finishes, which gives the book a consistent look. There’s only one issue that is finished by Barry Windsor-Smith (a fantastic penciler in his own right), and it doesn’t look nearly as good.

The collection finishes with three issues of Marvel Fanfare starring Iron Man. They’re just okay (especially in comparison with Crash) but also feel very inconsequential. Granted, this is par for Iron Man Epic Collections, and I always say that suffering through filler is our lot in life.

Return of the Ghost is an odd collection. On the one hand, these issues are about as good as the title has ever been, and I’d highly encourage anyone who likes Iron Man to check them out. That said, it also feels odd recommending an Epic where more than a quarter is, to be honest, not very good filler. At the end of the day, I do think that the regular series issues are more than strong enough to justify this Epic, but I also wish that Marvel would take it easy on Shellhead fans for a change.

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Turn-On! Turned Off (coda)

A brief recap on the talent involved in Turn-On!:

In addition to Schlatter, Friendly, and Wolfe, and guest hosts Conway, Culp, and Nuyen, the show included some well established talent, some up and coming talent, some soon to vanish talent, and some really…odd talent.

Chuck McCann was doubtless the most famous person in the regular, a constantly working comedy actor who delivered the goods even with the most unpromising material.  He died in 2018.

Teresa Graves guest starred in a few TV shows and movies, then landed the eponymous roles in Get Christie Love, a popular female cop show in 1974.  Graves felt a spiritual calling, however, and abandoned show biz to become an evangelist.  She died tragically in a house fire in 2002.

Hamilton Camp is either the second or third most famous acting alumni from Turn-On! after McCann and Graves.  Another perennially working actor with scores of credits, he died in 2005.

Maura McGiveney played “The Body Politic” on the show and was arguably the most acclaimed performer in the group, having received a Golden Globe nomination in 1966.  Best known as a Broadway actress, she was also an established TV guest star by the time she joined Turn-On!.  Her last onscreen appearance was in 1987, she died of cirrhosis of the liver in 1990.

Mel Stwart is another old familiar face to TV fans, appearing in scores of films and TV shows.  Died of Alzheimer’s in 2002.

Bonnie Boland appeared on TV later in Love, American Style, a comedy anthology that used Turn-On!’s style for their interstitial skits and bumpers.  She also appeared in A Day at the White House which Imdb describes as “A woman sent by the President of the United States to infiltrate and bring down the Los Angeles porn industry instead falls in love with the well-endowed founder of the city's only rental house for animal sex performers.”  Whereabouts unknown.

Ken Greenwald is an actor / director nominated for an Oscar in 1971 for his short film, Good Morning. There is nothing on Imdb regarding him after that until 2009 when he made another short film, Dark Readings.  He appeared once on The Carol Burnett Show.  Whereabouts unknown.

Maxine Greene has appeared in a handful of independent productions since Turn-On!, the most recent in 2019.  Whereabouts unknown.

Carlos Manteca played every Hispanic stereotype imaginable on the show.  Past that, there are no known references.  Whereabouts unknown.

Cecile Ozorio’s acting career spans 1968-1970.  Whereabouts unknown.

Debbie Macomber also appeared in 1966’s Step Out Of Your Mind a now lost rock & roll exploitation film by legendary pornmeister Joe Sarno.  Whereabouts unknown.

Robert Staats played the only named character on the show, “E. Eddie Edwards,” a fast-talking sleazeball.  It’s a character he played again in movies like Night Call Nurses and Auditions.  He appeared in a couple of legendary early underground features, Putney Swope and The Projectionist with Chuck McCann.  Despite similarities with a similar character in Monty Python, Staats created his first.  Seeing him on Turn-On! makes one wonder if Dan Ackroyd’s sleazy salesman “Irwin Mainway” on Saturday Night Live derived inspiration from him.  Whereabouts unknown.

Among the writing staff:

Bob Arbogast is primarily known today as a voice actor.  Died 2009.

Albert Brooks is the best known member of the show’s writing team, though he admitted her never got what the show was supposed to be about.  He went on to become a stand-up comic and a film maker.

George Burditt wrote and produced numerous sit-coms.  Died 2013.

Ed Hider’s last known credit was in 1979 on The Soupy Sales Show.  Whereabouts unknown.

Norman Hudis’s writing career covered a whopping 52 years in both the UK and the US.  Died 2016.

Bryan Joseph wrote / story edited / produced TV sitcoms up to 1991.  Died 2008.

Jack Kaplan wrote for kid-vid and sitcoms.  His last known credit is in 1976 for an episode of Snip, a Lesley Ann-Warren sit-com that was cancelled before it premiered when NBC got cold feet over an openly gay character in it.  Whereabouts unknown.

Lester Pine started his career in stand up, then began writing for the screen in 1945.  At 52 he was the old man in the writers’ room.  Died of prostate cancer in 2001.

Steven Pritzker atoned for Turn-On! by writing for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and others. Whereabouts unknown.

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Liked on YouTube: Mel Blanc Associates Presents Superfun

Mel Blanc Associates Presents Superfun SUPERFUN The Radio Comedy Service SUPERFUN, What It Is A comedy void has existed on radio since Jack Benny, Fred Allen, and the other comedy shows left the air. Comedy albums, the only produced humor available to today's radio, have never become a major factor in programming because too few of them are suitable for airing, due to the nature and length of the sketches. As important, no one station in a market has their exclusive usage and the one or two really funny albums released each year become overexposed. SUPERFUIN fills this existing void. It is the most ambitious radio comedy project ever undertaken. Each subscribing station becomes, at once, the prime source of humor in its market...whether the market is Los Angeles, California or East Liverpool, Ohio. One reason for this is SUPERFUN'S scope; the initial service alone fills nine twelve-inch discs. Equally important, by virtue of its unique design and execution, SUPERFUN belongs to you alone in your market, not to us. The writers, producers and performers are to your listeners, anonymous. Creative Supervision... Mel Blanc Produced & Directed by Noel Blanc Head Writer... Richard Clorfene Exec. Producer... Harry O'Connor PERFORMERS: Mel Blanc, Len Weinrib, Byron Kane, Joan Gerber, Arte Johnson, Howard Morris, Joe Sirola, Gary Owens, Lee Zimmer, Rudy Hoffman, Jesse White, Dave Ketchum, Henry Corden, Hazel Shermut, Ed Prentiss, Pat Carroll, Naomi Lewis, Leo De Lyon, Sid Melton, John Stephenson, Diane Hale. WRITING STAFF: John Rappaport, David Pollack, Elias Davis, Red Baker, Bob Ridolfi, Bob Arbogast, Jack Margolis, Judy Corrigan, Robert Biheller, Bill Schwartz. CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Vance Colvig, John Gentri, Robert Einstein, Nick Bennion, Frank Barron, Albert Einstein, Bill Lutz, Robert Kurtz, Steve Clark, Paul Pumpian, Mal Sharpe, Bob Goodwin, Jim Ashton, Jonathan Socher. SOUND EFFECTS: Eugene Twombly AUDIO ENGINEERS: Paul Ryan and Mike Cerone COVER DESIGN: Nick Bennion via YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMnKuZWraNI

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Behind the scenes of Iron Man's redesign in the build-up to ARMOR WARS (1987-1988)

MORE: Armor Wars - - - ARTISTS: Mark Bright & Bob Layton - - - FROM: Marvel Age #55 - - - FEATURING: Iron Man, Crimson Dynamo, Titanium Man & Beetle (plus James Rhodes & Bambi Arbogast) --- Tony Stark's technology has been stolen. Now he wants it back! 

ARMOR WARS was originally called 'Stark Wars' when it was first printed, but Marvel decided 'Armor Wars' was a better name for the trade paperback collection, so it stuck.

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Bob Arbogast

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by Bob Arbogast | Nobody likes to downgrade. Balding men want more hair, not less. Techies want a faster computer, not a slower one. And we all want better relationships, not worse ones. But the eternal Son of God downgraded to the nothingness of being human (Philippians 2:7). Imagine that...

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Heartbeaten

Iron Man #243

Unappealing art drags it down but a strong issue otherwise. 

Tony is in the hospital, so the focus is on the supporting cast, as they cope with the news that he might die. The final page heralds a change for the series, moving forward. 

The appearance of Tigra is the nicest (and smartest) surprise. Though not a character who appears in this book, she and Tony co-starred in WEST COAST AVENGERS so it makes sense for her to show up. The scenes with Rhodey and Mrs. Arbogast are much as you’d expect. Fine, but no surprises. We even see a villain relishing the news. The other surprise is Rhodey’s doubts about Marcy’s sincerity. Interesting. 

David Michelinie (30 of 38). 

Bob Layton (29 of 38). 

8/10

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IRON MAN #120-121 MARCH - APRIL 1979 BY DAVID MICHELINIE, BOB LAYTON, JOHN ROMITA JR, BEN SEAN AND CARL GAFFORD

SYNOPSIS (FROM MARVEL FANDOM)

Tony Stark is aboard a passenger jet flying back to the United States from France. He is angered beyond measure after discovering that his so-called allies in S.H.I.E.L.D. have been secretly buying up stock in Stark International with the intention of taking control of the company. To cool his nerves, Tony begins downing several martinis.

Things become decidedly odd when a passenger notices an army tank flying towards the window of the jet. The vehicle slices through the wing of the airplane and it goes into a tailspin. As the passengers begin to panic, Tony races to the bathroom so that he can change into his Iron Man armor. He flies outside and helps level the plane, bringing it safely down to the water near an island in the South Atlantic Ocean. A U.S. Special forces unit arrives to help rescue the passengers. Iron Man angrily questions one of the soldiers about the flying tank, and the man tells him that the vehicle was not flying, but was in fact thrown.

Iron Man flies to the island where he discovers that the perpetrator of the "flying tank" incident is none other than Prince Namor, the Sub-Mariner. Namor appears to be defending an elderly farmer named Hiram Dobbs. Iron Man wants to get Dobbs off the island since he knows that that the military has been using it for radioactive waste disposal.

As per tradition, Namor is unreasonable and refuses to listen to anything that Iron Man has to say to him. The two begin fighting one another in the sky, and even the land-bound Hiram Dobbs takes a few shots at Iron Man with a rifle. The combatants grapple with one another and their fight brings them down beneath the waves.

At Stark International, Mrs. Arbogast receives word that Tony Stark's plane has crashed into the ocean. Jim Rhodes and Bethany Cabe race towards the airfield in a desperate effort to help Tony out.

Elsewhere, a man named Justin Hammer conspires with his underlings on a scheme designed to take control of Iron Man's armor. They already tested phase one of the operation while Iron Man was aboard the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier. Now Hammer decides that it is time to test phase two.

While Iron Man is underwater fighting Namor, the sealing plates on his helmet spontaneously open and water begins rushing in. Iron Man begins drowning inside his own armor.

Tony Stark's Iron Man armor malfunctions and he begins drowning beneath the waves of the South Atlantic. The Sub-Mariner, who had been fighting Iron Man only moments before, brings him ashore and places him inside the cottage of islander Hiram Dodds.

Meanwhile, Jim Rhodes and Bethany Cabe approach the island via helicopter. Military ships surrounding the island warn them to turn back, but Rhodey presses forward. The soldiers open fire and Rhodey takes a bullet to the shoulder. The Helicopter crashes into the sea, and the soldiers bring Rhodey and Bethany on board one of their ships.

At Hiram's cottage, Iron Man recharges his armor on a car battery while he explains to Namor and Hiram Dodds about the dangers they face if they remain on the island. He notes that the U.S. military has maintained a base here for several years and has been using the island as a dumping ground for toxic chemicals. Hiram responds and tells Iron Man that the military has never set foot on the island until that very morning. Realizing that they have both been duped, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner agree to cease hostilities until they can get to the bottom of this mystery.

Meanwhile, Rhodes and Cabe are brought before Jonas Hale, the ringleader of this operation. He reveals that he works for the Roxxon Oil Company, the true presence behind this island's occupation. Hale knows that the island is rich in Vibranium, so he fabricated a military presence in order to scare off competitors. As this is the only known Vibranium deposit outside the sovereign nation of Wakanda, anyone who claims the rights to it, will hold a major stake in the global economy.

Iron Man and Sub-Mariner, now realizing that this is not the true United States military, attack the battleship. The soldiers open fire against them, but the heroes easily deflect the attacks. Jonas Hale refuses to surrender. He decides that if Roxxon cannot stake a claim on the Vibranium, then nobody should. He sets off a series of timed explosions which threaten to destroy the entire island. Iron Man pulls all of the battleships away to safety, while the Sub-Mariner grabs Hiram Dodds. The explosives detonate and the island, and all its Vibranium, are destroyed.

REVIEW

I know John Romita Jr.’s style changed a lot during his first years, but there is nothing recognizable here. I think I am seeing mostly Bob Layton’s style.

The story, while not out of the ordinary, is entertaining and fast-paced. I personally try to avoid Namor as much as possible, but he wasn’t that annoying in these issues.

I give these a score of 8

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Iron Man

Volume: 1 #123

Casino Fatale

Writers: David Michelinie, Bob Layton

Pencils: John Romita Jr.

Inks: Bob Layton

Covers: Bob Layton

Featuring: Iron Man, Melter, Blizzard (Gregor Shapanka), Whiplash (Mark Scarlotti), Bethany Cabe, Mrs. Arbogast

Marvel

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Here’s the Stone Mountain Ramblers self titled album.  Another request filled.  Much love to our followers for sharing this one.  You have some frailing style banjo mixed with 3 finger style, a nice mix.  Pretty traditional music on this one.

Carl Strayer, guitar, vocal Scott Hershey, fiddle, vocal Bob Arbogast, bass, vocal Don Wittinger, banjo, vocal Jim Krouse, mandolin

01 - Lover Please Come Home 02 - Midnight Flyer 03 - Somewhere Between 04 - Rocky Island 05 - Ramblin' Man 06 - Fields Have Turned Brown 07 - Images Of You 08 - Old Home Place 09 - Glenn Dale Train 10 - Sweet Blue Eyed Darlin' 11 - Summer Wages 12 - Jesse Taylor

Enjoy!