"Mickey" wrote:
>> Regard Don's ideas as exclusive to his stories alone.
>
> Everyone can regard at those as he wants. [etc.]
I've read and re-read your entire posting more than a few times, and I'm
still not sure whether you agree or disagree with me. In fact, I'm not
sure I understand any part of your message. Could you perhaps rephrase
what you wrote? Thanks.
Lars
Author
Topic: 200404
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Lars Jensen
Donald's uncle Ludwig
Message 166 -
2004-04-07 at 20:04:15
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Barks Quote Quiz
Message 167 -
2004-04-07 at 20:10:32
HARRY FLUKS to me, 07-04-2004:
>> "WHEN, oh, WHEN is Unca' Donald going to give up?"
>> hint #1: "several laps later!"
>> hint #2: "That's DEWEY!"
> Must be the swimming contest story (WDC 71).
Yup! (That's HARRY!) :-)
> I'll take the tricycle, if it's all the same to you.
:-D
--- Dani?l
"Let me out of here! I've got to get to my editor with a hot NEWS SCOOP!"
(Which Barks story?)
>> "WHEN, oh, WHEN is Unca' Donald going to give up?"
>> hint #1: "several laps later!"
>> hint #2: "That's DEWEY!"
> Must be the swimming contest story (WDC 71).
Yup! (That's HARRY!) :-)
> I'll take the tricycle, if it's all the same to you.
:-D
--- Dani?l
"Let me out of here! I've got to get to my editor with a hot NEWS SCOOP!"
(Which Barks story?)
Olivier
Barks quiz - handwriting
Message 168 -
2004-04-07 at 20:32:17
>>>>> > "WHEN, oh, WHEN is Unca' Donald going to give up?"
>>>>> > hint #1: "several laps later!"
I won't let pass one that i know the answer to! And i didn't even need the
hint!
This is from the swimming contest story, where the nephews listen to the
advice of a bad boy, and try to cheat Donald in a swimmig contest. Donald
overhears them and out-cheats them.
WDC&S 71, Aug '46 ("Swimming Swindlers" in WDC&S iC Album 8.
Olivier
PS
A tricky quiz:
In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
>>>>> > hint #1: "several laps later!"
I won't let pass one that i know the answer to! And i didn't even need the
hint!
This is from the swimming contest story, where the nephews listen to the
advice of a bad boy, and try to cheat Donald in a swimmig contest. Donald
overhears them and out-cheats them.
WDC&S 71, Aug '46 ("Swimming Swindlers" in WDC&S iC Album 8.
Olivier
PS
A tricky quiz:
In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
Mickey
Donald's uncle Ludwig
Message 169 -
2004-04-07 at 21:04:17
Lars:
> I've read and re-read your entire posting more than a few times, and I'm
still not sure whether you agree or disagree with
> me.
Very good, my English is very bad :)
I don't agree with you, in general, because you say (or I understood so)
that some ideas by Don about familiar connections cannot be extended to the
other Duck universes. "Regard Don's ideas as exclusive to his stories
alone". I wanna regard Don's ideas as valid to other stories. It's not a
crime...
I hope I explained a bit better....
Mickey, the not-anglophone member
> I've read and re-read your entire posting more than a few times, and I'm
still not sure whether you agree or disagree with
> me.
Very good, my English is very bad :)
I don't agree with you, in general, because you say (or I understood so)
that some ideas by Don about familiar connections cannot be extended to the
other Duck universes. "Regard Don's ideas as exclusive to his stories
alone". I wanna regard Don's ideas as valid to other stories. It's not a
crime...
I hope I explained a bit better....
Mickey, the not-anglophone member
Martin S. Thoresen
Barks quiz - handwriting
Message 170 -
2004-04-07 at 21:10:52
Olivier wrote:
> PS
> A tricky quiz:
> In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
Oh, oh, it's the one with the dancing (waltz?), where Donald
is so dizzy after dancing he writes differently when giving a
message to Daisy, and later he thinks someone else is trying
to date her, or something, right? Buggered if I remember the
title of the story though, actually I don't really know that many
titles of Barks stories. Hazarding a guess: "Waltzing King".
- Martin S. Thoresen
> PS
> A tricky quiz:
> In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
Oh, oh, it's the one with the dancing (waltz?), where Donald
is so dizzy after dancing he writes differently when giving a
message to Daisy, and later he thinks someone else is trying
to date her, or something, right? Buggered if I remember the
title of the story though, actually I don't really know that many
titles of Barks stories. Hazarding a guess: "Waltzing King".
- Martin S. Thoresen
Dyer, Sonia
Barks Quote Quiz
Message 171 -
2004-04-07 at 21:40:19
>"Let me out of here! I've got to get to my editor with a hot NEWS
SCOOP!" (Which Barks story?)
Is that from the story in which Donald gets a job as a newspaper
reporter, and decides to publish a "scoop" blabbing Scrooge's plans to
move his money?
SCOOP!" (Which Barks story?)
Is that from the story in which Donald gets a job as a newspaper
reporter, and decides to publish a "scoop" blabbing Scrooge's plans to
move his money?
Dyer, Sonia
Cowboy Captain of Cutty Sark
Message 172 -
2004-04-07 at 21:56:25
I have a question for Don Rosa about "The Cowboy Captain of the Cutty
Sark".
I've always been intrigued about the level of detail you included about
life in Indonesia and especially about what the eruption of Krakatoa was
really like to experience from on board a ship. I recently read Simon
Winchester's very interesting book on the subject, but that was
obviously published long after you created the story. May I ask what
source material you found most valuable when you did your research?
Also, with regard to Capt. Moore, was there a real Capt. Moore, or is he
a composite? The way you drew him reminds me very much of Gregory Peck
as Capt. Ahab in the movie "Moby Dick".
Thanks,
Sonia
Sark".
I've always been intrigued about the level of detail you included about
life in Indonesia and especially about what the eruption of Krakatoa was
really like to experience from on board a ship. I recently read Simon
Winchester's very interesting book on the subject, but that was
obviously published long after you created the story. May I ask what
source material you found most valuable when you did your research?
Also, with regard to Capt. Moore, was there a real Capt. Moore, or is he
a composite? The way you drew him reminds me very much of Gregory Peck
as Capt. Ahab in the movie "Moby Dick".
Thanks,
Sonia
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Barks quiz - handwriting
Message 173 -
2004-04-07 at 22:13:51
MARTIN THORESEN to OLIVIER, 07-04-2004:
>> A tricky quiz:
>> In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
> Oh, oh, it's the one with the dancing (waltz?), where Donald is so
> dizzy after dancing he writes differently when giving a message to
> Daisy, and later he thinks someone else is trying to date her, or
> something, right?
Yup, it's the costume ball waltz contest story (WDC 84).
> Buggered if I remember the title of the story though, actually
> I don't really know that many titles of Barks stories.
This is one out of many untitled Barks ten-pagers.
--- Dani?l
"Let me out of here! I've got to get to my editor with a hot NEWS SCOOP!"
(Which Barks story?)
>> A tricky quiz:
>> In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
> Oh, oh, it's the one with the dancing (waltz?), where Donald is so
> dizzy after dancing he writes differently when giving a message to
> Daisy, and later he thinks someone else is trying to date her, or
> something, right?
Yup, it's the costume ball waltz contest story (WDC 84).
> Buggered if I remember the title of the story though, actually
> I don't really know that many titles of Barks stories.
This is one out of many untitled Barks ten-pagers.
--- Dani?l
"Let me out of here! I've got to get to my editor with a hot NEWS SCOOP!"
(Which Barks story?)
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Lost in Davy Jones's Locker / nephews and judo / the Earth's iron
Message 174 -
2004-04-07 at 23:16:49
SONIA DYER, 07-04-2004:
>> "Let me out of here! I've got to get to my editor with a hot
>> NEWS SCOOP!" (Which Barks story?)
> Is that from the story in which Donald gets a job as a newspaper
> reporter, and decides to publish a "scoop" blabbing Scrooge's plans
> to move his money?
Hm. I'm not sure what I should do here... :-)
Scrooge doesn't really plan to move his money, unless you consider his
Old Number One dime. Well, yes, 10 cents should be enough, I think. :-)
It's 'Lost Beneath the Sea' (US 46). Another story in which the nephews
refer to judo, as in 'Hall Of The Mermaid Queen' (US 68).
Scrooge wants newspaper reporter Donald to simmer down, because he
(Scrooge) tries to keep a trip out of the news for business reasons.
His family has to help him guard the Old Number One dime.
During the adventure they are taken to "Davy Jones's Locker", (What
is that?), and they meet four-armed Martians who want to salvage more
than a MILLION tons of iron converted into light rays by a de-atomizer
for some "silly reason". (Quote!)
As a detail, we learn that the Ducks speak Earth language number 623 X
with a slight 737 K Accent. :-)
I've become very fond of this space story. I think it's very nicely
drawn. Very visually. There are some great textual jokes. Here is one
of my favourite Barks scenes:
- four-armed chief of the ship-yard: "If you didn't come to the bottom
of the sea to SPY on our operations, why did you come?"
- Scrooge: "Believe it or not, I came looking for a DIME!"
- four-armed chief of the ship-yard, amused, heavily shaking both
Scrooge's hands and feet, saying: "A DIME? SHAKE! You win the
Iron Oscar for the most OUTRAGEOUS alibi ever offered by a foreign
agent!"
What I find funny is that the story doesn't seem to answer what will
happen with the *Earth* after that iron conversion. In the end, the
Martians and the Ducks remember each other that they've promised to
tell "no other Earth people" about it!!! Huh? (Hey! Where are the
Junior Woodchucks?)
Maybe there should be a sequel to put some things straight here. :-)
BTW. Another space story about the Earth's iron is Barks's butchered
'Mythtic Mystery' (US 34) story. (Oh! What did they do?!?)
--- Dani?l
"Take your bulb horns and go back to Bulgaria!"
(Which Barks story?)
free hint #1: "The Love Song Of A Bulgarian Tree Toad!" :-D
>> "Let me out of here! I've got to get to my editor with a hot
>> NEWS SCOOP!" (Which Barks story?)
> Is that from the story in which Donald gets a job as a newspaper
> reporter, and decides to publish a "scoop" blabbing Scrooge's plans
> to move his money?
Hm. I'm not sure what I should do here... :-)
Scrooge doesn't really plan to move his money, unless you consider his
Old Number One dime. Well, yes, 10 cents should be enough, I think. :-)
It's 'Lost Beneath the Sea' (US 46). Another story in which the nephews
refer to judo, as in 'Hall Of The Mermaid Queen' (US 68).
Scrooge wants newspaper reporter Donald to simmer down, because he
(Scrooge) tries to keep a trip out of the news for business reasons.
His family has to help him guard the Old Number One dime.
During the adventure they are taken to "Davy Jones's Locker", (What
is that?), and they meet four-armed Martians who want to salvage more
than a MILLION tons of iron converted into light rays by a de-atomizer
for some "silly reason". (Quote!)
As a detail, we learn that the Ducks speak Earth language number 623 X
with a slight 737 K Accent. :-)
I've become very fond of this space story. I think it's very nicely
drawn. Very visually. There are some great textual jokes. Here is one
of my favourite Barks scenes:
- four-armed chief of the ship-yard: "If you didn't come to the bottom
of the sea to SPY on our operations, why did you come?"
- Scrooge: "Believe it or not, I came looking for a DIME!"
- four-armed chief of the ship-yard, amused, heavily shaking both
Scrooge's hands and feet, saying: "A DIME? SHAKE! You win the
Iron Oscar for the most OUTRAGEOUS alibi ever offered by a foreign
agent!"
What I find funny is that the story doesn't seem to answer what will
happen with the *Earth* after that iron conversion. In the end, the
Martians and the Ducks remember each other that they've promised to
tell "no other Earth people" about it!!! Huh? (Hey! Where are the
Junior Woodchucks?)
Maybe there should be a sequel to put some things straight here. :-)
BTW. Another space story about the Earth's iron is Barks's butchered
'Mythtic Mystery' (US 34) story. (Oh! What did they do?!?)
--- Dani?l
"Take your bulb horns and go back to Bulgaria!"
(Which Barks story?)
free hint #1: "The Love Song Of A Bulgarian Tree Toad!" :-D
Olaf Solstrand
Barks and Blum (and a pinch of van Eijmeren)
Message 175 -
2004-04-08 at 00:30:24
> Scrooge doesn't really plan to move his money, unless you consider his
> Old Number One dime. Well, yes, 10 cents should be enough, I think. :-)
>
> It's 'Lost Beneath the Sea' (US 46). Another story in which the nephews
> refer to judo, as in 'Hall Of The Mermaid Queen' (US 68).
>
> Scrooge wants newspaper reporter Donald to simmer down, because he
> (Scrooge) tries to keep a trip out of the news for business reasons. His
> family has to help him guard the Old Number One dime.
Hm... I'm afraid I never read that story (someone said two years ago that
there's a lot of Barks I haven't read, and unfortunately it's still true),
but... Am I the only person being reminded of Geoffrey Blum's "From Dime to
Dime" ("Dime and Dime Again") when hearing this?
Are the two stories relatively similar around this?
If so, does anyone know whether this was an intended hommage or plot theft,
or if this is a coincidence?
I get a feeling that this part of the story is similar in both these
stories, and Geoffrey Blum of all people must have known about this Barks
story (even though I didn't). So, if they are as similar as you give me the
expression of, I'm curious to whether this was an hommage, a theft of plot
Blum hoped nobody would notice, or a plain coincidence. Does anyone know?
> Old Number One dime. Well, yes, 10 cents should be enough, I think. :-)
>
> It's 'Lost Beneath the Sea' (US 46). Another story in which the nephews
> refer to judo, as in 'Hall Of The Mermaid Queen' (US 68).
>
> Scrooge wants newspaper reporter Donald to simmer down, because he
> (Scrooge) tries to keep a trip out of the news for business reasons. His
> family has to help him guard the Old Number One dime.
Hm... I'm afraid I never read that story (someone said two years ago that
there's a lot of Barks I haven't read, and unfortunately it's still true),
but... Am I the only person being reminded of Geoffrey Blum's "From Dime to
Dime" ("Dime and Dime Again") when hearing this?
Are the two stories relatively similar around this?
If so, does anyone know whether this was an intended hommage or plot theft,
or if this is a coincidence?
I get a feeling that this part of the story is similar in both these
stories, and Geoffrey Blum of all people must have known about this Barks
story (even though I didn't). So, if they are as similar as you give me the
expression of, I'm curious to whether this was an hommage, a theft of plot
Blum hoped nobody would notice, or a plain coincidence. Does anyone know?
Olivier
Barks quiz - handwriting
Message 176 -
2004-04-08 at 01:03:52
>> > A tricky quiz:
>> > In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
Martin S. Thoresen:
>>>> Oh, oh, it's the one with the dancing (waltz?), where Donald
>>>> is so dizzy after dancing he writes differently when giving a
>>>> message to Daisy, and later he thinks someone else is trying
>>>> to date her, or something, right?
Dani?l:
>>>>Yup, it's the costume ball waltz contest story (WDC 84).
Correct. And I thought it was slightly tricky. :\
I will try and think of something really trickier-- unfortunately, I don't
have time to read & take part in the current discussions, but I'm keeping
everything to read as soon as possible.
Olivier
>> > In this Barks story, Donald can't recognize his own handwriting!
Martin S. Thoresen:
>>>> Oh, oh, it's the one with the dancing (waltz?), where Donald
>>>> is so dizzy after dancing he writes differently when giving a
>>>> message to Daisy, and later he thinks someone else is trying
>>>> to date her, or something, right?
Dani?l:
>>>>Yup, it's the costume ball waltz contest story (WDC 84).
Correct. And I thought it was slightly tricky. :\
I will try and think of something really trickier-- unfortunately, I don't
have time to read & take part in the current discussions, but I'm keeping
everything to read as soon as possible.
Olivier
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Lost Behath the Sea / From Dime to Dime / Letter to Santa
Message 177 -
2004-04-08 at 03:12:00
BLUE SOLSTRAND to me, 07-04-2004:
>> ['Lost Beneath the Sea'] Scrooge wants newspaper reporter Donald to
>> simmer down, because he (Scrooge) tries to keep a trip out of the
>> news for business reasons. His family has to help him guard the
>> Old Number One dime.
> Hm... I'm afraid I never read that story (someone said two years ago
> that there's a lot of Barks I haven't read, and unfortunately it's
> still true),
I envy you. I'm a Barks ruminator when it comes to his stories.
You still have so much "fresh" adventures waiting for you, calling
for you. I have nothing. I'm only a poor old collector. :-)
> Am I the only person being reminded of Geoffrey Blum's "From Dime
> to Dime" ("Dime and Dime Again") when hearing this?
No.
> Are the two stories relatively similar around this?
Yes.
> If so, does anyone know whether this was an intended hommage or plot
> theft, or if this is a coincidence?
I'm sure Blum intended it as a hommage. He's a professional Barks scholar.
That should rule out any coincidence, I'd say. :-)
> I get a feeling that this part of the story is similar in both these
> stories, and Geoffrey Blum of all people must have known about this
> Barks story (even though I didn't).
Hasn't Blum written an article on 'From Dime to Dime", in a Gemstone
comic? (I really don't know, at the moment.)
> I'm curious to whether this was an hommage, a theft of plot Blum hoped
> nobody would notice, or a plain coincidence.
Hiding something for DISNEY READERS? People like you and me?
That's impossible, don't you think? :-)
BTW. Has anyone found the visual "Letter to Santa" error, yet? I expected
it to be common knowlegde... (Hint: Look at Santa Donald while fighting
with Santa Scrooge.)
--- Dani?l
"Take your bulb horns and go back to Bulgaria!"
hint #1: "The Love Song Of A Bulgarian Tree Toad!"
hint #2: "My word! What UNUSUAL answers!"
>> ['Lost Beneath the Sea'] Scrooge wants newspaper reporter Donald to
>> simmer down, because he (Scrooge) tries to keep a trip out of the
>> news for business reasons. His family has to help him guard the
>> Old Number One dime.
> Hm... I'm afraid I never read that story (someone said two years ago
> that there's a lot of Barks I haven't read, and unfortunately it's
> still true),
I envy you. I'm a Barks ruminator when it comes to his stories.
You still have so much "fresh" adventures waiting for you, calling
for you. I have nothing. I'm only a poor old collector. :-)
> Am I the only person being reminded of Geoffrey Blum's "From Dime
> to Dime" ("Dime and Dime Again") when hearing this?
No.
> Are the two stories relatively similar around this?
Yes.
> If so, does anyone know whether this was an intended hommage or plot
> theft, or if this is a coincidence?
I'm sure Blum intended it as a hommage. He's a professional Barks scholar.
That should rule out any coincidence, I'd say. :-)
> I get a feeling that this part of the story is similar in both these
> stories, and Geoffrey Blum of all people must have known about this
> Barks story (even though I didn't).
Hasn't Blum written an article on 'From Dime to Dime", in a Gemstone
comic? (I really don't know, at the moment.)
> I'm curious to whether this was an hommage, a theft of plot Blum hoped
> nobody would notice, or a plain coincidence.
Hiding something for DISNEY READERS? People like you and me?
That's impossible, don't you think? :-)
BTW. Has anyone found the visual "Letter to Santa" error, yet? I expected
it to be common knowlegde... (Hint: Look at Santa Donald while fighting
with Santa Scrooge.)
--- Dani?l
"Take your bulb horns and go back to Bulgaria!"
hint #1: "The Love Song Of A Bulgarian Tree Toad!"
hint #2: "My word! What UNUSUAL answers!"
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Lost Behath the Sea? (OT)
Message 178 -
2004-04-08 at 03:17:12
I mistyped:
> Subject: Lost Behath the Sea / From Dime to Dime / Letter to Santa
Sigh... I think it's time to go to sleep now. %-)
--- Dani?l
"Take your bulb horns and go back to Bulgaria!"
hint #1: "The Love Song Of A Bulgarian Tree Toad!"
hint #2: "My word! What UNUSUAL answers!"
> Subject: Lost Behath the Sea / From Dime to Dime / Letter to Santa
Sigh... I think it's time to go to sleep now. %-)
--- Dani?l
"Take your bulb horns and go back to Bulgaria!"
hint #1: "The Love Song Of A Bulgarian Tree Toad!"
hint #2: "My word! What UNUSUAL answers!"
Daniel Van Eijmeren
Barks Wedding Quiz
Message 179 -
2004-04-08 at 03:24:50
OLIVIER, 08-04-2004:
> I will try and think of something really trickier-- unfortunately,
> I don't have time to read & take part in the current discussions,
> but I'm keeping everything to read as soon as possible.
Here's one: Has Barks ever refered to a wedding in his stories?
And if so, in which one(s)?
On a weak moment, this turned out to be a real hard question for me.
So, I'm curious who'll jump on it.
--- Dani?l
> I will try and think of something really trickier-- unfortunately,
> I don't have time to read & take part in the current discussions,
> but I'm keeping everything to read as soon as possible.
Here's one: Has Barks ever refered to a wedding in his stories?
And if so, in which one(s)?
On a weak moment, this turned out to be a real hard question for me.
So, I'm curious who'll jump on it.
--- Dani?l
Kai Saarto
Cowboy Captain of Cutty Sark
Message 180 -
2004-04-08 at 10:09:39
Dyer, Sonia wrote:
>Also, with regard to Capt. Moore, was there a real Capt. Moore, or is he
>a composite? The way you drew him reminds me very much of Gregory Peck
>as Capt. Ahab in the movie "Moby Dick".
>
>
You are very perceptive. You'll find answers to this at
http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/exist/moore.html.
An excellent web-site by ML-member Gilles Maurice (is he still around?)
---
Name the Rosa story:
"Look what you've done! What's the MATTER with you?!"
Hint #1: A salesperson is mad at Donald.
Hint #2: Melons
>Also, with regard to Capt. Moore, was there a real Capt. Moore, or is he
>a composite? The way you drew him reminds me very much of Gregory Peck
>as Capt. Ahab in the movie "Moby Dick".
>
>
You are very perceptive. You'll find answers to this at
http://goofy313g.free.fr/calisota_online/exist/moore.html.
An excellent web-site by ML-member Gilles Maurice (is he still around?)
---
Name the Rosa story:
"Look what you've done! What's the MATTER with you?!"
Hint #1: A salesperson is mad at Donald.
Hint #2: Melons