Showing posts with label superheroes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label superheroes. Show all posts

Thursday, January 26, 2012

R.I.P. Dick Tufeld aka B9, the Robot from 'Lost In Space'

He was the man who provided the helpful, baritone-staccato voice that faithfully warned Will Robinson of danger & traded insults with that lame-ass Dr. Smith. Dick passed away a few days ago at the age of 85.
Image from the blog Big Cartoon News
He narrated some of our favorite cartoons & TV shows over the years. Just look at this resume! What a great voice!

When I was a kid & watching Lost In Space in syndication, I wished I had a robot like Robot. I came close in the 90s: I found some sound wavs Dick Tufeld had done as B9 to be used as audio "events" for PCs. It was awesome.

Thanks for the memories, Richard Norton Tufeld.

Previously:
The Sleestak Hunter Gallery Presents: Lust In Space

Thursday, January 5, 2012

Happy Birthday, George Reeves

George died at the age of 45 in 1959. I'll let you Google the rest...

With all due respect to Christopher Reeve, I think George was and still is the best screen Superman. At least so far.

Saturday, March 5, 2011

The Dark Knight On A Thursday Morning...

New Montgomery, SF, CA, 2/24/11
"No time to waste, old chum! The boys are thirsty in Atlanta and there's beer in Texarkana!"

We've heard of the Batmobile, the Batcycle (with optional Robin sidecar), the Batboat & the Batcopter. There's a Batplane. There might be a Batsub, too. Don't quote us.

But, we didn't know there was a Batflatbed!

Batman's a little shorter and balder than I thought he'd be. Or maybe it was Alfred and Batman was riding shotgun. Either way, I didn't want to be all fanboy and yell "Hey, Batman!" like I did when I saw Dave Chappelle hanging out in front of the Palace on New Montgomery last year.

I said "Hey, Dave!" (and not 'Hey, Batman', obviously) and Dave was all "...hey!..." and it was cool. But, you never know what you'll get with Batman. Will he be the Adam West nice Batman or the angry, raspy one with the body armor?

It's best to keep a respectful, quite distance, I think. Save the "Heys!" for Dave Chappelle. Or Superman. He seems pretty easy going, too.