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David A Gerstein David.A.Gerstein at williams.edu
Wed May 12 23:46:33 CEST 1993


	Dear Rich,

	As for Goofy and Pete having sons, it has been made very clear
that the "Goop Troop" situation is a ROLE played by 'Goofy the actor.'
How else could they make it work?  I refer you to _Goofy Adventures_
#17, which describes the -- then upcoming -- series from 'Goofy's own
words' (actually, I think Cody Weiss stood in for him!).

	The DuckTales plotline allegedly takes place AFTER the classic
Barks stories, although something's wrong because they rework (only
occasionally very well) many Barks stories in the series.  The story
"Coffee, Louie or Me" (US 257) inaugurates the 'post-DuckTales' era by
featuring Donald in his normal role referring to his stint in the Navy
as being over.  (That story, however, shouldn't really be accepted as
canon as it is AWFUL.)

	DuckTales didn't really do a very good job of covering up the
fact that what they really needed was Donald.  Launchpad wasn't really
as much of a substitute for Donald as a lot of people paint him to
be (no temper, obvious daredevil attitude vs. Donald's cowardice,
etc.), so he couldn't completely fill Donald's role, though he
provided some fine pieces of comedy.  Unfortunately, Fenton Crackshell
in the second-season episodes was all too obviously an attempt to
mimic Donald, and his grating voice and _superhero secret identity_
(!) didn't succeed in covering that up (although they certainly made
him more unpleasant).

	Also, although unlike some people I can accept Launchpad as an
addition to the Barks universe when handled right, I cannot accept
Bubba Duck or Gizmo Duck as being part of Barks' semi-realistic
Duckburg.  I also don't like the ruby dome on top of Scrooge's bin
topped with a gold $ sign:  do you really think Scrooge would pay for
such "consarned _extravagance_"?  Howlin' crashwagons, do you think
he's made of money?

	Your friend,

	David Gerstein

	"I ought to know.. I'm the guy that _makes_ them rare!"
		-- Scrooge via Barks, WDC&S 130 (I believe)





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