#mr. roboto

[bgranville]

Another Retrotober!

Here are Rupert the egotistical mini t-rex, Sheepington the anxious brain-cell holder, and Mr. Roboto, a robot assistant.

Here they are from 2012 with some of their other friends. I didn't change their designs at all.

They're story was that they were on a children's show that got cancelled. Now they're out of work actors trying not to starve or kill each-other while looking for work.

I made them up when I was in high school in the 2000s and drew a few little comics. They would have been the stars of my first webcomic, but I was initially intimidated by the idea that a webcomic needed to basically be a novel or something. Then Bojack Horseman came out...

I forgot how fun it was to draw these silly little animals! I still love them!

[secret-unburnt-guitars]

happy 41st anniversary to kilroy was here (1983)!!!!!!!

here’s my collection of little kilroy-related trinkets and name. license plate. things. i’ve collected over the past couple years :3333

[rubiatinctorum]

*styx voice* i am the

[megafighter343]

Anyone wanna make a Styx musical?

So, I mulled over the idea of a musical based on the Styx concept album Kilroy Was Here. After a quick talk with ChatGPT, I now have a playbill

Act 1:

Mr. Roboto Cold War Don't Let It End High Time Heavy Metal Poisoning

Act 2:

Just Get Through This Night Double Life Renegade (from "Pieces of Eight" album) Haven't We Been Here Before Don't Let It End (Reprise)

Encore:

Come Sail Away (from "The Grand Illusion" album)

If any of you theater kids on here wanna have a go at taking this tracklist, writing a story around it and putting on a production, then have it. I wanna see the results.

[gnomecity]

In the movie Eight Crazy Nights, Whitey dances to the song “Mr. Roboto” after the 1981 JCC miracle basketball game. However, the song came out in 1983.

[mortifiedandawesome]

Styx - Mr Roboto (Culture Shock Remix)

[oooklathemok]

Styx - Mr. Roboto (Official Video)

[topoet]

Art Trash Toronto

I had been using my collection of ‘found’ art for ‘Picture Perfect’ posts. But there is still a sizeable backlog – some from the wonderful Craven Rd. fence. Others spotted in the trash! A few strategically place on people’s front porches. sunny trees sunny trees in the shade fishing fun Mr Robotoh! sunset or sunrise? the Rockies blue torso nude descending into the trash Hey! You can give…

[growingupgreene]

I had an interesting revelation tonight in a conversation with my dad. We were listening to Styx’s “Kilroy was here” album & he said that it was Classic Rock. Which I disagreed with, since to me, Classic Rock is the ‘50’s-‘60’s rock era. Styx is definitely Rock ‘n Roll, but not Classic. Just straight Rock.

His take was that Mr. Roboto is classic rock, as in it’s a classic song. I agree with that, but found it intriguing that we had different definitions for “Classic Rock”. I was thinking of it as a genre or sub genre, a specific era of rock music, with a capital C. He was thinking of it as a way to determine songs that have staying power, with a lowercase c. Both are right, but come from different directions. It’s fascinating to think that we can use the exact same word but mean quite different things.

Also, “Kilroy was here” isn’t just an album. It’s a whole rock drama, which I only found out about because the album back cover had the cast pics & the inside of the album had a synopsis. It’s on YouTube, so I know what I’ll have on in the background while I work tomorrow…

[scholarofgloom]

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[secret-unburnt-guitars]

happy saturday i forgot i drew this

[80ssonglyricmeditations]

The problem’s plain to see; too much technology. Machines to save our lives, machines dehumanize.

[storyweaverofgondor]

Ok, listening to Mr. Roboto didn't fix me but it did unlock a particular childhood mind space so there's that.

[mistfunk]

Mistigram: hats off to @roboto_txt of HPM for tying for first place in this weekend's quarterly Blender improvised art competition -- a contest it seems he just can't lose! This kicks off the first of five #ANSIart screens I might well share with you demonstrating his superior "blending" of the surprise topics #godzilla / skyscraper / playing #chess. Open up your calendars, the next Blender is up the weekend of October 21st!