U$ tipping, Citizen Kane ++

Knut Hunstad Knut.Hunstad at veg.sintef.no
Mon Sep 25 15:42:27 CET 1995


Hi!

This message reached my mailbox in 2 parts when I first sent it: 1 with only
myself as receiver (with most of the message) and another with the list as
receiver and only the "Hi!" in the message. So I try to resend it. Sorry
about the mess...

>From Don:

>KNUT:
>        Well, you're right -- $crooge tossing a tip (even if it was a penny)
>to a doorman, or to tip ANYBODY, would be out of character, eh? I think I
>was probably searching for an opening panel gag, and sorta showing how
>$crooge or Donald probably don't really ever notice that little "helper"
>like he's just omnipresent clutter in Gyro's shack. I feel like Gyro is so
>used to him that he's only vaguely aware he (the Helper) is around. Of
>course, the nephews are aware of everything at all times.

Well, I liked the gag itself, U$ suddenly talking to Little Helper and sort
of wondering what he really is.

>        Never seen CITIZEN KANE? I'm one of those who thinks it's the
>greatest film ever made, and by a wide margin.

Doesn't really surprise me, as you can imagine :-) Didn't know it had such
resemblance to U$ before. I'll check the video-store within the next few days...

>        What was the episode of "Columbo" that had something to do with CK?

I saw this a long time ago, before I even knew the meaning of "Rosebud". But
it just stuck into my head, this word. Well, the plot is like this: a guy
(A) has been killed by another guys (B) two Dobermans (or where they
Rottweilers?). A was alone in Bs house while B was at his doctor. The clue
was the Dobermans where trained to attack anyone who said the word:
"Rosebud". So B made a phonecall while at his doctor and asked A what was
written on this sleigh on his wall (claiming a bet was going on). Get the
point? B has an alibi, the dogs are normally not aggressive at all etc.
Can't remember seeing this trick ever used anywhere else in a crime story.
Perhaps an idea for a Mickey story??? BTW, Colombo found of it, of course...

>months ago. Now I'm doing a tale called something like "The Ten Avatars" or

I had never heard the word "Avatar" before you last mentioned this story on
the list. The next day I read an article about 3D interactive communication
over internet. You can create a 3D-figure to represent yourself, so that
others "chatting" with you see you as that figure on their own computer.
This representation is called an "Avatar"! So the word might suddenly have
become commonplace (at least among techno-freaks) before your story comes out...

Knut




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