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OLAF SOLSTRAND to FRANCESCO SPREAFICO, 06-07-2003:

> Olaf the Blue
> Yvan Eht Nioj!

yhw?

--- l?inaD

I just goofed and send eight empty messages to this list.
My apologies if you didn't like them.

To make this ninth email on-topic, I'll end with reminding you of
the last remaining undiscovered Barks-quote.

--- Dani?l

"THIS is getting monotonous!" (Donald Duck)

Hint: This story features a Gyro Gearloose invention. Gyro is
mentioned, but does not appear in this story. At the end of the
story, Gyro is mentioned again. About a deal, this time.
New hint: The story refers to a dinner.

> ARTHUR FARIA to HARRY FLUKS, 18-09-2001:
>
> >>About organs: I think Catholic churches don't have organs, and that
> >>they were introduced in protestant churches after 1570. Is that true?
> >>(Just curious.)
>
In the U.S., most older Catholic churches -- and many of the newer ones --
certainly do have organs. How often they are used is another matter. A lot of
churches prefer more informal guitar and piano accompaniments.

Chris

I wrote some time ago:

> > I'm not an expert on this matter, but in S?o Paulo, Brazil, there
> > is an old Catholic cathedral (Catedral da S?) with an old, big and
v> impressive organ in it.
> And I also remember that nice Zorro's TV episode where Don Diego
> > plays an organ in a Catholic church.

And Daniel van Eijmeren wrote:

> Reading this, I'm tended to think that in Barks' "The Phantom of
> Notre Duck" (US 60), the phantom looks and acts a bit like Zorro.
> Could this mean that Barks's story may have been inspired by this
> Zorro episode, or by a comic book adaption of that episode, in case
> any exists?
> Or could it be the other way around, namely the Zorro's TV episode
> having been inspired by Barks's story?
> What are the details of that Don Diego Zorro TV episode?

I think Barks' "Phantom of Notre Duck" story was
inspired in two classical stories: "The Phantom of the
Opera" and "Hunchback of Notre Dame".

About that Zorro episode, "Zorro rides to the Mission",
it was aired in 10/24/57 (and was beautifully coloured
in 1992). I'm not sure it has served as inspiration
for Barks, although it has never ocurred me since now
that yes, Barks's phantom looks and acts a bit like
Zorro, swinging on a bell rope, making tricks on
Garcia and soldiers, and wearing of course a black costume and mask...

-- Arthur.

<"THIS is getting monotonous!" (Donald Duck)

Hint: This story features a Gyro Gearloose invention. Gyro is
mentioned, but does not appear in this story. At the end of the
story, Gyro is mentioned again. About a deal, this time.
New hint: The story refers to a dinner.>

I had given up this one, but your new hint did the trick: It's
from "The Custard Gun", WDC186.

Gyro has invented a gun that shoots custard goolets. This is
supposed to be a more humane form of hunting. The idea is to
blind the game with the custard and then hog-tie it while it's
helpless. When I read this as a kid, I remeber thinking it was
not very logical. You're still going to kill and eat the game in
the end aren't you? Do you also have to humiliate it first?

Anyway, the line "THIS is getting monotonous!"comes the
second time Donald misses the game and blinds HIMSELF with
custard instead. He then decides to go after a moose, because
it's big and difficult to miss. For anyone who has access to the
story: Dig it out and look again at panel four on the last page.
It's one of the funniest panels in comic book history.

At the end of the story, the ducks have turkey for dinner.
From the shop.

Nils from Norway

Daniel van Eijmeren <dve at kabelfoon.nl> wrote:

> "THIS is getting monotonous!"
> (Donald Duck)
>
> Hint: This story features a Gyro Gearloose
> invention. Gyro is mentioned, but does not
> appear in this story. At the end of the
> story, Gyro is mentioned again. About a deal,
> this time. New hint: The story refers to a
> dinner.

It's stated by Donald after being creamed himself several times by Gyro's
new cream-rifle - a new weapon for hunting used to blind the animal
temporarily instead of killing it. Gyro had to buy Donald and the boys a
dinner after missing the wall of a barn with his own cream rifle (he lost a
bet with Donald).

Sigvald

I hoped someone could help me with some information about the King
Features Syndicate editor (or manager) Ward Greene (1892 - ? ), who
wrote the first daily newspaper strips with "Scamp" (1955 - 1956). The
artist was Dick Moores.

In fact Ward Greene wrote the original short story "Happy Dan, the
Whistling Dog", which was Walt Disney's major inspiration to the
development of the animated feature "Lady and the Tramp" (1955), where
Scamp is introduced.

Thanks a lot!

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