#Magilla Gorilla for President

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(1964)

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Why not?

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Magilla Gorilla vs. Yogi Bear for President - art by Harvey Eisenberg (1964)

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Cereal box campaigners Magilla Gorilla and Yogi Bear. 

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Senators growing frustrated with SSA’s closed offices, pandemic workarounds | Federal News Network

THE SATANIC CULT TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS PLAYED UNDER THE VICTIMS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS!! THE PAEDOPHILES PLACED MENTAL ILLNESS UNDER MY NUMBER, REMOVED MY PHYSICAL INJURIES, REFUSED TO REM9BMVE THEIR FAVMBRICATI9N, REFUSE TO PRODUCE THE PSYCHIATRISTS NAME, ARTHUR CASH IS AN 8DIOT, MY LAW SUITS WEEE FILED AND AWARDED BEFORE 2008, HE IS SATANIC, OPERATE THE BABY RING, IS ACQUAINTED WITH CAREER PAEDOPHILE BABY 4ING OPERATOR BRUCE ARNOLD, BRUCE ARNOLD AND FAMILY RAPED EVERY MCGR8FF, SANDERS, DAVIDSON, MILLER FOR REPRODUCTION, INCLUDING BRUCE WIFE, SHE PRODUCED MONKIES, SHE FAVOR MAGILLA GORILLA, THE PSYCHO TJXX EMPLOYER, ONE OF THE SECURITY BREECHES(CREDIT AND DEBIT CARD FRAUD)TOLD HER HUSBAND AND KATRINA GREENE NULLS TO USE MY VEHICLE AND PARK OUTSIDE HER PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT IN ENFIELD CT, AS THOUGH I AM A STALKER, I TOLD HER SON, OR TEST TUBE BABY, IT WASN'T I OUTSIDE HER MOTHER'S EMPLOYMENT, SO I WENT IN THERE SHOPPED AND INTRODUCED ME, SHE PLAYED PHONY, REMOVED A TAG FROM A CUTE DONNA KAREN HOODED SWEATER $30 FORCMY DAUGHTER, THOSE MONSTERS HID MY DAUGHTERS FOR 51+ YEARS, ,I DECIDED TO GO BACK AND RETURN THE SWEATER, I FELT SHE WAS TRYING TO BE FUNNY, I KNOW I DON'T ALWAYS PAY ATTENTION&SURMISED SHE WASN'T, NO SHE IS A NASTY BISH AS ALL OTHERS, BRUCE JR DIDN'T KNOW HIS ENTIRE FAMILY SHOULD BE REGISTERED AS SEX-OFFENDERS,

BRUCE IS GENDER CHSLLENGED!! HE STATES HE'S A BLOOD GANG MEMBER, AND HIS SON IS UNDER COVER, NO THE RAPISTS FAMILY ARE RAPISTS AND DELUSIONAL, WHAT DID CHILD MOLESTER BRUCE ARNOLD JR STATE ABOUT I, HE IS THE BABY CHILD PREDATOR I LIFTED UP IN COURT AND SWEPT HIS FEET BOY HIT THE FLOOR, "WATCH HOW YOU TALK TO ME" WHY WAS I IN COURT CHILD MOLESTER BRUCE ARNOLD, THE CULT IS BIG AND BAD MEN, THE CHILD MOLESTERS ARE ENSLAVING MY BABIES&MURDERING MY BABIES, THE BABY RING WAS OPERATING IN THE STATE OF MA BEFORE 1960, THE BABY RING WAS OPERSTING IN THE 80'S, IN THE 90'S, HOW MUCH IS THE WAGER"WORLD CIA WAS AMBUSHED, 1988-1989, INNER CIRCLE ARRIVED WITH THE CURRENT AND FORMER PRESIDENTS!!I RELOCATED TO MA IN NOVEMBER 1990, LET ME GUESS NIT ONE KNEW THE BABY RING OPERATING, WASN'T THE MALES AND FEMALES PRETENDING TO ME TO BE MY MOTHER AND BROTHER RESIDING IN MA& LEFRAK CITY

BL9OD GANG STOP THE INFILTRATION OF THOSE RAPING BABIES, OPERATING BABY RING, SPEAK UP9N HOW IMPORTANT THE DRUG CASES , THE SATANIC CULT TERRORIST BABY RING OPERATORS DRUG AND HUMAN TRAFFIC INTERNATIONALLY AND TERRORISTS DEPLOYS, HIS DESP8CABLE RELATIVES WERE IN THE MILITARY AND HONORABLY DISCHARGED

BRUCE ALSO CHOPPED A PERSON UP AND PLACED THE REMAINS IN A SUITCASE ON WIMBLEDON!? DR, MCGRIFF MY ENEMY DUE TO THE CALL OF MCGRIFF, SCARY ME, WENT INTO THE BASEMENT SEARCHING, A WHITZ WAS CONFERRING WITH BRUCE, IT ISN'T GOING TO WORK, BOTH BEGAN DISCUSSING SHEET ROCK,REMODELING, ETC...SEE SHE NOT PAYING ATTENTION, USGOV I NEED MY SSDI31K ASAP!!"

BRUCE ARNOLD SUPPOSED TO BE A BIG SATANIC, HE IS ONE OF THE YUCKEST, I DON'T KNOW HIS CULT BORN SONS, DWAYNE CORWISE(SHORTY)TRACEY AUSTIN KNOW THE PAEDOOHILE,,MY BABIES ARE SCREAMING VIA CONFERENCE, THE OTHERS PROBING ME, I SOON WILL BE ON CREEPING AND MURKING,

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“Underwater America with Peter Potamus” (episode 20: the Florida Keys)

[In opening this episode, we can imagine the van which transports our merry band of divers continuing down US Hwy. 1 past Miami--essentially having left Miami after the diving experience in the springs country last week, and heading towards no less than the Florida Keys, diver’s paradiso and then some. Over such footage, we can imagine the narration:]

PETER POTAMUS, and none other than: For some reason, the waters off the Florida Keys have become something of a diving Mecca of late ... and in this particular episode, our motley crew of divers--OK, not that motley--is going to learn just why....

[We can find the van travelling by way of the Card Sound drive into Key Largo, the northern gateway to the Keys, and crossing the Jewfish Key Drawbridge as a decent little shortcut into--]

None other than the legendary Key Largo (and so much for the movie treatment) ... because after all, our first diving stop is no less than the world’s first underwater preserve! [Witness the signs welcoming visitors to John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, and our finding the intrepid crew getting camp set up in the park’s camping area for a couple nights] ... as in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, established to preserve what’s essentially a living community underwater that had long been regarded as a boater’s nuisance, especially the closer to shore that you got ... none other than the coral reef.

SQUIDDLY DIDDLY, trying not to get overly giddy at the prospect: Which, certainly, is probably closer to what my ancestral home looked like--but no, I’m not talking about Bubbleland! At least the very idea of diving over an actual coral reef is certainly bound to be interesting!

MAGILLA GORILLA, likewise: I can certainly tell you, Squiddly, that I couldn’t concur with you more! You remember my famous surfing attempt?

MILDEW WOLF, adding the inevitable snark: Who wouldn’t?!

LIPPY THE LION: Now, honestly--diving into a coral reef isn’t as difficult as walking into a forest for a hike now, wouldn’t it?

PETER POTAMUS, getting back into narrator mode as supper is out of the way: Which, I can certainly acknowledge, is something of an interesting prospect ... which was made even more interesting when one of the park rangers explained where snorkelling may be the best way to discover most of the reef within the park’s waters, what with much of the reef area being less than 15 feet deep below the surface!

[The scene shifts to the following morning, and one of the park’s dive boats guiding our divers out to an interesting section of the reef, and an easily-divable such]

And what could be a wonderful prelude to some wonderful diving ahead than taking a guide boat out to the reef, with one of the park rangers explaining how best to make the experience worthwhile?

[Thence going into a conversation between the park ranger/dive guide and members of the dive party, with as much interesting conversation about themselves as some practical diving pointers, particularly such against touching coral--essentially a living organism--and particularly so the more lethal examples like fire coral and staghorn coral. What’s especially impressive is where the dive guide is impressed about Peter’s diving prowess and his learning such at a young age.

[Soon, without much formality, the action shifts to mask-and-snorkel such over this magnificent specimen of living coral reef--initially on the ocean surface, then some dives down to the bottom. Even with cheesy industrial-film background music, snorkelling among our crew couldn’t get to be more fascinating, especially as Peter “himself” points out an example of brain coral and the rather whimsical patterns so made. Even the guide is rather impressed.]

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And who wouldn’t be impressed by such a sight ... especially when things start getting more interesting heading into Key West ...

[Hence, the drive southward along the Overseas Highway, as US 1 is known over the Keys, towards Key West continues with some brief stops for snorkelling hijinks in the likes of Islamorada, Marathon, crossing the Seven-Mile Bridge towards Cudjoe Key and then--]

None other than Key West ... which is as far as it gets in the United States!

[Melange of scenes in and around Key West calling to mind some Banana Splits “romp” sequence, only with cheesy music in the background, wherein we find our party at the Southernmost Point Monument, President Truman’s “Little White House,” Hemingway’s house and the resident cats, the Duval Street bar and shopping district--and then at the legendary Sloppy Joe’s, where, over their conch stew--]

I have to admit that Key West is about as interesting as it can get ... and it was over some conch stew at the legendary Sloppy Joe’s Tavern that I had an idea: Fixing up our own conch stew over a campfire, and using fresh-caught conch from the waters off the Keys! [Followed by a hilarious wild-goose chase all over Key West trying to find the ideal conch stew receipt, not to mention the makings for as much said stew--aside from the conch--as key lime pie that would be the dessert therefor]

HARDY HAR-HAR, myopic as ever: And you thought finding decent conch was going to be rather easy, especially in waters such as these....

HOKEY WOLF, with a likely glint of the old Sgt. Bilko in his eye: So was it ever going to be easy finding decent conch, to begin with?

[And so, doubling back towards Miami on US 1, encamping themselves just past the Seven-Mile Bridge on a somewhat desolate beach facing the Atlantic side ...]

PETER POTAMUS, narrating: Such would be where we would have our conch-stew feast ... with Mildew Wolf, Loopy DeLoop and Breezly Bruin getting the initial preparations set up ... Wally Gator fixing up the key lime pie--

WALLY GATOR, going into that Proud Floridian spiel: Ain’t there anything typically Floridian as key lime pie for dessert ... [let’s just hope he doesn’t make a serious mess mixing up the key lime juice, egg yolks and sweetened condensed milk there ... and with the action shifting to the waters offshore--]

PETER POTAMUS: --and Breezly Bruin, Loopy De Loop, Magilla Gorilla, Lippy and Hardy, led by yours truly, seeking out some conch with the mask and snorkel ... you just have to make sure you don’t pick up any queen conch, which is protected....

[Back to shore, and, even with the roux being made ready and the conch meat being extracted, rinsed out and diced....]

Admittedly, prepared over a campfire such as ours, conch stew takes awhile to simmer, to develop such nuances of flavour, to tenderise the conch meat ...

[Segue into dinner, with the finished stew being taken with relish and gusto]

... yet for some reason, I just had to wonder how it was that our conch stew proved so irresistable, there were hardly any leftovers ...

SQUIDDLY DIDDLY, taken from an underwater cinematographer’s perspective: The very idea of from-scratch conch stew, and using fresh-caught conch meat at that, couldn’t have been more interesting, come to think of it.

MAGILLA GORILLA: Especially with so much to talk about ...

LOOPY De LOOP: And I wonder if it was something in the conch stew itself that let loose such conversation as much as appetites!

MILDEW WOLF: You can say that again ...

[Out of the final break, and then--]

PETER POTAMUS: I have to acknowledge this may have been a high point in our diving expedition ... but there’s more where we came from ... so make it a point to consider discovering the diving experience for yourself ... and until next we meet ... enjoy the dive!

[Over and out ... and over the Keys, at that]

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TAKEN - JJ

RACE – Mutant

POWER /ABILITY – Genetic Atavism, Superhuman Strength and Senses, Regenerative Healing Factor, Minor Pheromone Manipulation, Razor Sharp Claws and Fangs, Genius Intelligence

AGE: 50s

OCCUPATION – Vice Principal, Biochemist, College Lecturer, Researcher , Teacher

“ .. The Bouncing, Bubbling, Beast, Boychick – Who’s in like Flynn with a great big grin!”

Once upon a time

Born in Dunfee  illinois, Henry is the son of Norton and Edna McCoy. His father worked at a nuclear power plant where he was exposed to massive amounts of radiation during an accident , the radiation affected his genes, and as a result his son was born a mutant. Unlike most mutants, Henry showed signs of his mutation from birth : large hands and feet and a super human intellect.  As a teenage,  he gained simian-like augmented  senses and reflexes, making him a football star.  He gained the nickname Magilla Gorilla. However, Hank hid his thirst for knowledge and his mutation until he was exposed and was asked to leave.  That is when he met Charles Xavier. Under his tutelage,  he accepted himself slowly but surely. He became good friends with Charles and became an active member of the X-men.  However when the school closed after Cuba, he went to work for Brand Corporation  , where he isolated the hormonal extract that created mutation. Not sure what Hank tried to achieve with this serum : catalyst to activate latent mutations or the opposite, he tried it on himself, triggering a second mutation. He became the beast as we know him today.

He returned to Xavier, where he hid more than took care of Charles, hiding his monstrous looks with another serum he produced. Solace came when the school reopened in the 1980s. He stopped listening to his demons and  focused on the X-men goals of building better relationships between man and mutant. Going as far as becoming a member of government for mutant affairs. He thought nails and teeth (not literally) to get the anti-mutant bill of the table and battled Magneto. When a new president was elected, he returned to teaching and researching at the institute. During the Chitauri attack, he protected the students.

Hank stood by Xavier for the past five years, working on helping keep the piece between mutants and humans alike. It was often hard at times, but with a lot of Hank diplomacy, matters seemed to have gone well. That was until Lagos. Hank signed the SHPA and continues to work on keeping the piece and clean up the mess left by that operation.

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Another Interview!

Readers, I have been lucky enough to get another interview with an Archie Writer. His name is Bill Vallely, who is currently self publishing. His book, Tips to Prevent Dry Eye...That Work! Is coming out this January. It’ll be done in graphic novel form, with some jokes to lighten up the subject matter,  and looks super interesting, so be sure to check it out even if you don’t have dry eye! 

Anyway, without further ado, here it is!

Susan Michaels:  Tell me more [about how the relaunch of Harvey Comics was your idea].

BV: Back in the late 80s, my writing partner, Mark McClellan, had a roommate who was connected to Jeffrey Montgomery. Jeff was looking to start a comic book company. I suggested that Harvey Comics had characters everyone already knew (Casper, Richie Rich, etc) that were stuck in legal limo. Why roll the dice to create something new when properties that were well known were just sitting there, gathering dust? Montgomery’s business model was to focus on marketing Casper t-shirts, mugs, key chains, etc. Later he decided that the real money was in feature films and Direct to Video films.  BTW, I'm getting ready to release my first self published graphic novel - "Tips To Fight Dry Eye ... That WORK!"

SM: Wow, I really like the cover for that!Here are some questions I have: (If there are too many or you can't answer, just let me know)What was your favorite/least favorite franchise to write for in the HB Archie? What was your favorite/least favorite character? What was it like writing for Archie, as a whole?SusanISo I learned that one of the characters, Scrappy, who was disliked by the fandom, had a new version of the character in hopes of “reviving” him to the fandom, but in the end was unceremoniously dropped after slowly having more infrequent appearances. Is that true? What's the story behind that?

BV: No question, my favorite character to write for was Mr. Spacely in “The Jetson”. He had an energy and anger that made him a lot of fun to write for.  What I loved most was working with the most underrated man in comics, Sid Jacobson. Sid co-created Richie Rich, Little Dot - most of Harvey’s characters. (Casper started as an animated cartoon. That Casper was very different from the one we know now.) I’ve never been very fond of Casper. He always struck me as being kinda mop.

SM: Casper's older then I thought...do you know anything about the aforementioned Scooby question?

BV: Well, Scrappy did wind up being the bad guy in the Scooby Doo feature film.He was an attempt to bring life to an old franchise that had mixed results. There are those who loved Scrappy - and then there people like me.

SM: Gotcha. I was talking about his Archie incarnation-I heard that the "animosity was too great" and things went south from there?

BV: This was a very weird period for me. I had been hired to be Humor Editor for a comic book version of Penthouse Magazine - it was called "Penthouse Comix". I was editing Adult Comics during the day and writing Yogi Bear at night. I was largely out of the loop then.

SM: Oh, got it. That must have been quite intense. While we're still on the subject of Scooby though, do you remember a villain you created called "The Gray One"?

BV: That was mine.Yup.I wrote that story mostly to create a secret agent called "R.U." I did that strictly so I could write the line, "Scooby Doo, where's R.U.?"

SM: I noticed in the story the Gray One's perception of the gang was a little...skewed, and since sometimes other writers of the comic had the gang acting rather differently, I was wondering if that was commentary on that.

BV: I wanted to play with the formate a bit.Try pushing the characters in directions they hadn't gone before.Telling a story from the criminals point of view, then finding out that he was fooled all along, struck me as being fun.

SM: It was. 

BV: What I wanted to do was show that all the villains the Mystery Machine fought in the past had ganged up to take down our heroes, but sadly that was not to be.Aw, you only said that because it's true.

SM: Yep! So past villains ganging up on the Scooby gang? What happened to that idea? I mean it doesn't seem to have seen the light of day, but what happened there?

BV: The thinking at the time is that kid comics couldn't handle extended story-lines. Each comic had to be a complete story, never refereed to again. What can I say? They had a point.A six year old buying a comic is a very different animal than a 45 year old comic book collector.I was happy that Sid allowed me to get away with as much as he did.

SM: It's odd, because some of the stories (I don't think they were yours) took a very adult direction...did having the infamous comics code in place ever make anything else difficult?

BV: The Comics Code had largely died in the 90s. Marvel had stopped submitting to the CC.Besides, if anything, I was more of a censor than anyone else.I always remembered that I was talking to 6 year olds, and tried to keep the comics appropriate for that group. After all, they were sold on racks that said "Wholesome Family Entertainment."The average comic sold 30,000 books. With a 3 to 1 pass along (that's other kids who read their friends comics) that's close to 100,000 young minds reading the book.Before turning in a script, I would imagine a football stadium filled with children. Is there anything in my story that I wouldn't say to those kids on a PA system.I have no problem with adult comics. Hell, I helped made them. But they have to be clearly labeled. I've never been a fan of sneaking things past the editor.

SM: This is kind of a silly question, but did you see anyone who worked at HB studios? (I know they probably just licensed it, but I was wondering just in case) Also, for that "Dry Eye Tips Book" did you do  that illustration? I really like it! So you mentioned that you wanted to push characters in new directions, how was that? (I did notice a more sensible Scrappy and a less bland Fred, but I want to hear what you had to say-and I’d like to apologize that these are Scooby-centric-old comics are difficult to come by and Scooby were the ones I happened upon more of) Did any other comic series push characters in new directions? Which Scooby villains did you want to bring back?

BV: Back in the day, I mostly wrote in my living room in Los Angeles. I rarely showed up to the office.Yes, I drew all the illustrations in "Tips To Fight Dry Eye ... That WORK!" And if you could mention that the book is coming out on January 1, 2019.  The next Graphic Novel I want to do is on President Warren G. Harding. I know it sounds dull, but Warren was the original G. O. Party Animal. The book would be sex and hootch and Red Hot Jazz.You're having trouble finding these books? Not half as much trouble as I am.About pushing the characters in new directions, I wanted to do it in a way that stayed true to the characters. One story that I wanted to do, but was shot down, was to have Judy Jetson fall in love with some romantic mope from another dimension who said that one second would her would be worth the end of all worlds. She runs away to smuggle herself to his dimension, while being chased by the cops. She discovers that the cute guy lives in an anti-matter dimension. If they touched, both dimensions would be destroyed. Judy thought the guy was spouting the nonsense boys tell girls - she didn't know he was serious.I was told that was a little too dark.I did a Magilla Gorilla / Yogi Bear story, strictly to show the differences between the two characters. (Yogi is a selfish, charming, lout while MG means well but causes trouble anyway.)I wanted to watch the entire run of the first incantation of SDWAY, and have them all in a room, plotting revenge. Cooler heads prevailed.All the villains, that is.

SM: I’d be happy to mention your book! (I don’t have dry eye, but I do love that cover XD) I don’t have many more questions.So you wanted to go strictly off of SDWAY series, then, but as a result of the higher ups the comic series wasn't continuous with any of the cartoons? Also, if they didn't want you to watch the shows, how did they have writers familiarize themselves with the material? Or were you given creative freedom there? Also, what would’ve happened at the end of that Jetsons idea you had?

BV: I wasn’t confrontational with anyone - I didn’t have to be. H/B was lucky to be edited by the most under-rated editor in Comic Book history; Sid Jacobson. Back in the 1950s, Sid improved the art at Harvey Comics, and the rest of the industry followed suit. Sid was always willing to listen to any idea, then improve on it. It was a happy time - I’d work with Sid again in a heartbeat.OCT 20TH, 

SM: Sorry for implying that there was anything confrontational going on behind the scenes. That wasn’t my intention when I asked. So what I was intending to ask when I was curious about the execs and continuity was if, timeline-wise, that meant it was unconnected from the cartoons? (If it is, no worries-I’m mostly just curious-if a bit pleased that either way, it seems that the infamous Scrappy-Doo Era and said character’s cartoon personality were not a thing here) This one is about your book-so is it all going to be in the form of comic, a semi-story with the dry eye symbolized by the little devil? So I asked what your favorite/least favorite character was. What was your favorite story that you wrote? What happened to Richie Rich that put it in legal limbo? (All I know was it used to be Harvey comics, then it became a cartoon for a few years) Thank you for your time and patience :)

BV: Jeff Montgomery and company viewed the characters as products to obtain movie contracts and sell T-Shirts. He viewed the comic book production division as a necessary evil - until he decided we weren't necessary any more. What he didn't understand was that, while the comics didn't make as much as a single Richie Rich Direct to Video Movie, they were the engine that kept the characters alive. Without the funny books, people forgot about Richie and company.

SM: Yikes.

BV: On the day we were fired, I walked into Jeff's office (while he was in the middle of a meeting with someone from Paramount) and stole his equipment. Staplers, pens. That kind of stuff.

SM: Then what happened?

BV: He pretended I wasn't there and nothing was happening. I loudly stated "I'm stealing this ... and this ... this is mine now". I kept that stuff, too.1

SM: Wow, that's-wow! XD

BV: It's the reason I'm self publishing these days. I guess I could get work if I begged.But the best I could hope for would be to insulted, paid a $40 page rate, and maybe make the company rich.Self publishing is no more risky, I have a lot more freedom, and the potential rewards are high.

SM: I did not know that! That's a really funny story, by the way. Also, do you have any answers to the other questions I wrote about above?

BV: Shoot them past me again.

SM: So what I was intending to ask when I was curious about the execs and continuity was if, timeline-wise, that meant it was unconnected from the cartoons? (If it is, no worries-I’m mostly just curious-if a bit pleased that either way, it seems that the infamous Scrappy-Doo Era and said character’s cartoon personality were not a thing here) This one is about your book-so is it all going to be in the form of comic, a semi-story with the dry eye symbolized by the little devil? So I asked what your favorite/least favorite character was. What was your favorite story that you wrote?

BV: 1. No, they had no relation to the cartoons at all. 2. My book is a graphic novel - told entirely in comic book form. I'm doing that because Dry Eye is an unpleasant subject to discuss. The comic book format will make the story clearer and more fun to read.  I have a fondness for "Escape From Nyak, Nyak, Nyak." I had to move to New York to work for a company I wanted nothing to do with. That story was my goodbye to California and Harvey.

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The Fallout: * http://ift.tt/2ikYjdz news-welcome-date-rape-apologist-mike-cernovich.html * http://ift.tt/2bcEZSd * http://ift.tt/2ikM4xJ Partial Transcript: welcome to "red eye." i'm tom shillue. let's check in with andy levy at the "red eye" tease deck. -- coming up on the show, sources say top republicans may be planning an intervention for donald trump. i assume this is for his addiction to winning. plus, did the obama administration pay a $400 million ransom to get iran to free four american prisoners or was it money for nothing and your nukes for free. and the olympics are around the corner so like most of you we will try to find a way to look like we care. -- i care. -- no you don't. -- let's welcome our guests of the she closed more bars than the city health inspector, joanne nosuchunsky. his new book is called gorilla mindset and sadly it is not a biography of magilla. michael cernovich. he is a peach and that explains the weird fuzz on his face. dave smith. and if you plan on visiting his pig farm, it will be the last thing you do. sitting next to me, former covert officer and president of diligence llc, mike baker. -- and owner of pig farm. a real pig farm. -- let's start the show. -- fox news has connish ifed donald trump's confirmed donald trump's allies are planning an intervention. trump is addicted to controversy. and caring for beagles. he loves beagles. preibus and rudy guiliani are hoping to chat with the new york billionaire after a not so great few days. trump's campaign manager said the intervention is happening. -- the only need we have for intervention is with media types who keep saying things that are not true. a candidate is in control of his campaign. -- i was wrong there. apparently no need for an intervention. it was gonna happen, and maybe it is not. they want to do something. what do you think? -- i think it is crazy you went with a beard joke about me even though you are growing out your own peach fuzz. -- isn't that weird? -- i thought it was a ridiculous idea until his campaign manager reaccount as exactly how you react when there is a problem. no, we can stop anytime. the one thing hillary clinton said in the last 20 years that wasn't a lie as when she said in her speech, donald trump is donald trump. there is no other trump that is coming. everyone should get over the idea that he is going to be convinced to become a politician. it is not gonna happen. -- there you go. it is not gonna happen, and i don't think it should happen. michael, welcome to the show. -- thank you. -- how are you doing down there? -- that was another media conspiracy theory to make trump look bad. a made up story like all of them. they were saying it from the beginning. manifort was fighting with them in the campaign. anything to make them look bad. they are losing. the only way to beat trump, and they won't beat them, is to lie. -- michael, can you be back here tomorrow night? i love this guy. -- he clearly has the gist of the show. -- i like it. i think this was this two weeks, of course he had a rough two weeks because the media won't stop uhing taking him. stop attacking you. -- exacty loo. all three of you have beards. -- you have a little something there. -- i do, but it is in the past hour. the idea i agree with you that this is the personality that we've got. he is not going to change. the idea of doing an intervention usually an intervention, and it is my understanding that if is that you don't advise the person going through the intervention. it is a surprise. -- there was a reality show on this. -- you surprise them. he is not going to change. i think in part you can argue that a lot of his supporters like him for his very reason that he is not scripted and he will go according to crept. the problem wea are facing is we are looking at an election, both candidates, that are defying the norms from the previous election. and we are trying to apply the old rules to this and trying to process what is happening with clinton and with trump. using the old rules of politics. and they seem to have broken down for this campaign season at least. -- i was reading an article and it said democrats are worried. they act confident on the outside and they are worried because they know trump can turn it upside down and it can be a year like no other. -- everyone is worried. there are no rules. it is literally like your favorite reality show minus "the bachelor" and they say there's no rules. the bachelor and the bachelorette can do whatever they want. within the producer's own rules. i think trump would totally agree to an intervention if you approached him with it in the right way. it will air and get huge ratings.

[sohannabarberaesque]

In Minneapolis at Aquatennial Time with The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera essentially

Just imagine the opening scene here: Snagglepuss and Mildew Wolf, as per their co-commentator roles in Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, being in some two-bit Hollywood screening room on a par with the legendary Nosseck's, getting ready to preview what essentially amounts to a documentary on what is encapsulated in the title of this piece ... with Mildew giving the command to start the projector, and with the inevitable film heders and all giving way to--

A somewhat reechy-sounding recording of "Minneapolis at Aquatennial Time," the longtime hymn of the Minneapolis Aquatennial (especially back when celebrities were invited over in the 1950's, many such being guests of a special Cedric Adams-led radio broadcast over the legendary WCCO as part thereof) showing some classic Aquatennial moments from the past ... segueing into the arrival of many of Hanna-Barbera's greatest Funtastics upon the Mill City (with multi-frame images throughout, many such having the Skipper Pins being affixed) as the Aquatennial approacheth ... not to mention an eve-of-Aquatennial gig featuring both The Banana Splits and the Cattanooga Cats at the legendary First Avenue on the same stage which Prince made famous in his time ... itself cutting to--

The Opening Conclave on Tuesday evening, as presided over by Huckleberry Hound and Snagglepuss as Co-Leaders of the Hanna-Barbera Convocations since last spring's such over the Truth or Consequences Fiesta weekend, with Huck's traditonal "... and a Huckleberry Hound Doh HOWWWWWW-DEEEEEE to all of you!" and Snagglepuss' ice-breaking "Heavens to Cedric Adams!" bringing things to a start, along with the inevitable reminder of all participant making sure they got their Skipper Pins and Events Schedule, followed by Droopy delivering the Welcoming Address, of which a ful transcript will follow tomorrow.

Not to mention a Midnight Turkey Dinner following in tribute to the storied Club 538 (”Where Turkey Is King”), with The Goofy Guards (Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey) enjoying the turkey drumsticks with pretty much everybody else taking stock of roast turkey breast with Thanksgiving/Christmas-type trimmings (notably a green-bean hotdish which Clementine "herself" whipped up, but also including garlic-laced mashed potatoes, bread stuffing, roast gravy and plenty of desserts--as well as some stimulating conversation and introductions to boot besides).

Wednesday: First day of Aquatennial. Among the characters at the Minneapolis Farmer's Market (Lyndale Avenue) pre-dawn: The crew from Clue Club (Woofer and Whimper among them), Penelope Pitstop, Magilla Gorilla (hopefully not overzealously squeezing some of the produce) ... the Hair Bear Bunch and the Bungle Brothers doing a street-performance schtick downtown, with plenty of corny jokes of Capt. Billy's Whiz Bang sort ... plenty of appearences alongside the downtown food trucks, including Ruff and Reddy and Peter Potamus helping dish some wares up ... Scooby-Doo's siblings in a Frisbee-toss demonstration ... and, heading into the Torchlight Parade, the whole crew chowing down on Juicy Lucys with The King's crew performing a rather silly routine (and Big H setting a record for eating the most Juicy Lucys in one sitting). Still, though, the Torchlight Parade appearence was rather memorable (and, hence, will be discussed next week in this space in further detail)--and these were just the highlights!

Thursday: Monty Python notwithstanding, a SPAM Breakfast Buffet, with no less than seven different varieties of Minnesota's famous luncheon meat (including SPAM Lite and SPAM Oven-Roasted Turkey) featured, along with Belgian waffles, omlettes featuring diced SPAM and cheese and French toast, prepared and served by the Laydeez of Hanna-Barbera "themselves"--preceded with such illustroius Hanna-Barberians prowling the Minneapolis Farmer's Market as the Scooby-Doo crew, Ruff and Reddy, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy and Goober and the Ghost Chasers ... Kwicky Koala setting up an Aussie Sampler tent downtown offering Vegemite on SAO crispbreads, several varieties of TimTams (including White Coat and Dark Mint), Iced Vo-Vos, Cherry Ripe bars and cuppas of Australian-grown Nerada Tea ... and, as if walkabouts weren't good enough for many of the Hanna-Barbera stable, you also had lunchtime symposiae featuring such greats as Scooby-Doo's crew, the CB Bears and the Cattanooga Cats (who also performed a free evening concert on the riverfront).

Friday: The Hair Bear Bunch, Cattanooga Cats, Snagglepuss, Peter Potamus and Crazy Claws making the Farmers' Market walkabout rounds, not to mention Kitty Jo picking up some fresh bread and produce ... the aforementioned Crazy Claws passing out Wisconsin Dells literature on Hennepin Avenue and Fifth Street, not to mention the commuters coming in on the Northstar commuter rail at Target Field Station ... Loopy DeLoop working a poutine truck downtown, with such toppings as the classic homestyle gravy, chicken curry, turkey chili and Bolognese spaghetti sauce ... a symposium featuring The Banana Splits, with plenty of curious Q&A throughout ... Shaggy being seen chowing down on Juicy Lucys without serious discomfort, as seems to be thecase with him and food ... and the Skatebirds pulling off some crazy disco-sk8er moves when an Aquatennial visitor left a boombox on for no apparent reason whatsoever.

Saturday: Rounding out the whole: A Hotdish Cookoff Competition downtown, with many Hanna-Barbera greats spending the morning at the Farmers' Market getting supplies as much as meet-and-greet of the usual market crowds early mornings and even well-wishing when word of the hotdish competition somehow leaked out. Not even Sis and Honey were immune from the frenzy, even to the point of having stocked up on cream of mushroom soup, typical indispensible to preparing hotdish in the Minnesota fashion, as well as fresh chicken breasts. The venue for the cookoff being an abandoned storefront downtown, with Aquatennial fans even being invited in for "meet-and-greet" and an evening sampler of the finished products. Sadly, nothing with Scooby Snacks featured, but plenty of wild rice, macaroni, spaghetti, stuffing mix, breadcrumbs, cream-style soups--and even ground beef and veggie burgers--dominating.  One particular favourite: Shaggy and Velma's take on green-bean hotdish, adding veggie crumbles to the Thanksgiving dinner side dish classic. Unlikely winner: The Cattanooga Cats' chicken-and-dumpling pie with bacon chips and homemade biscuits on top. As for the concluding fireworks: Inch High Private Eye, considering his rather small stature, being invited to check all the fittings and connexions to make sure all was in order ... and Scrappy-Doo (whence did HE come from?) setting off the display.

But these were just the highlights ... there's more of this where this came from encapsulating the Hanna-Barbera Aquatennial Convocation in this space over coming days. (Oh, and did I mention Sis and Honey, formerly of The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour, having their very own overnight shortwave radio station over the course of Aquatennial, replete with interviews and interludes?)

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America’s best bet!

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From "Magilla Gorilla for President", 1964