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<FONT FACE="Verdana">on 11/21/04 3:00 AM, dcml-request@stp.ling.uu.se at dcml-request@stp.ling.uu.se wrote:<BR>
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</FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT FACE="Monaco"><TT>"Somewhere..." is a sequel to "Yukon...", and the cover is for <BR>
"Somewhere..." - a sketch Barks did that Pat Block has finished.<BR>
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Gary<BR>
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I hate to disagree with Gary about this, but—as the person who wrote the script to “Somewhere in Nowhere”--I want to make it clear that “Somewhere” is not a sequel to “North of the Yukon.” There are definitely some similarities between the two: 1) general location; 2) both involve dog sledding; and 3) a desperate attempt by the hero to make his way across the frozen tundra while the villain tries to stop him. There are, however, some big differences between the two. <BR>
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“Somewhere” does not continue or in anyway refer to the plot of “Yukon.” Scrooge is not the main character in “Somewhere.” And the villains—although both pig-faced—are different. In “Somewhere” Donald is trying to deliver mail to an impossible address in the wilderness and in “Yukon” Scrooge is racing against the villain to recover a satchel dropped from a plane.<BR>
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I don’t want to get any more specific than that because I don’t want to spoil the plot.<BR>
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As to whether “Somewhere” was inspired by “Yukon,” well—yes, no and maybe. “Yukon” was certainly a story I kept in the back of my mind when I was scripting “Somewhere.” But I certainly wasn’t trying to do a sequel or make it similar to “Yukon.” If anything, quite the reverse. I can’t say for sure what Carl had in mind when he came up with the original plot. It may very well be that some aspects of “Yukon” were reflected in or influenced the creation of “Somewhere.”<BR>
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Best Wishes,<BR>
John Lustig<BR>
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