From here to...well...it SEEMS like an eternity

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: BrucePowers

In this case, the book and the movie were the same.[:D]

Tthat guy who was on the Partridge Family" was in the book?? [X(] [:'(]

[CaptDave]

Actually, Bobby Troup was never on "The Partridge Family," although I can see the resemblence to whoever it was that played their manager, Reuben Kincaid. He was, however, on "Emergency" at about the same time, playing Dr. Joe Early (although I spent more time focusing on Julie London, who played the nurse, Dixie).

[BrucePowers]

Same here[:D][:D]

[Cap Mandrake]

We had correctly deduced Prot Moresby as a likely target. We just didn't think it was going to happen so soon. In fact an air offensive was planned for the day after the invasion[:)]

[Alfred]

Hope that the identification of Alpha Centauri on your latest map isn't indicative that a secret Allied base there is being readied for defence.
 
Alfred

[rockmedic109]

If it is a secret base, the first pioneers there would probably find that M & M Enterprises has already taken out a 99,000 year lease on the place.

And a "Kilroy was here" drawing.

[qgaliana]

If you look closely you can see the concrete ramp leading up to the Centauri system. It's just so hard to find productive work for all those seabees [:'(]

[AmiralLaurent]

By the way wasn't Milo the guy who sold parts of the Moon on the Internet ?

[Cap Mandrake]

**********M & M Shipbuilding Works, Pitcarin Is., August 5, 1942***********

V.P. Shibuilding Division, M. Minderbinder is touring the construction site for USS Enterprise. With him is his job welding foreman, F. Christian V. They gaze up toward a bamboo laticework. Sparks fly from a dozen welders on the forward elevator. A dim-witted type runs giggling from spot to spot with a bucket of seawater to extinguish the occaissional smoldering bamboo, ignited by errant sparks.

Mr. Minderbinder: How goes the weld incentive program?

F. Christian: Very well, sir. The welders have taken to making a personalized chalk mark at the end of their shift, in order to get paid appropriately. <they come across a curious chalk drawing which consists of a bare-headed character with an ample nose peeking over a wall. Mr. Minderbinder stops and is much taken with the drawing>

Mr. Minderbinder: Hmmmm. Where is this Kilroy chap?

[MightyPaladin]

I read that last post then wondered when the "Kelly's Heroes" crew is gonna show up, sneak around, and steal something. I'm pretty sure Oddball would fit into this narrative somewhere [:D]

[Grotius]

That Perth recruiting poster reminded me of another phrase from the book M*A*S*H: "Finest kind"!

[Cap Mandrake]

Speaking of Bobby Troup....anyone know (without googling) what famous song he wrote?[:)]

[tabpub]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Speaking of Bobby Troup....anyone know (without googling) what famous song he wrote?[:)]

"Get your kicks on Route 66".
Wrote it with his wife while traveling to California.

Now, get back to the WAR, you SLACKER!!

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: tabpub

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake

Speaking of Bobby Troup....anyone know (without googling) what famous song he wrote?[:)]

"Get your kicks on Route 66".
Wrote it with his wife while traveling to California.

Now, get back to the WAR, you SLACKER!!

Oh...OK dad <skuffs pavement with sole of shoe>

[Cap Mandrake]

See Attachment

[USSAmerica]

Milo copyrighted Kilroy!&nbsp; [X(][&o][:D]

[Moondawggie]

Not only did Milo copyright Kilroy, but now I've got to rack my brain figuring out who on earth had puffy young cheeks on Broadway in 1942? Brando? Don Rickles? (Mr. Moto would have been interned at Manzanar by then...)

C'mon, Capt. Mandrake, tell us what happened at PM.

BTW, I was up on the top of Mauna Kea last winter at sunset, got a good look at Alpha Centauri after dark, and the concrete bridge wasn't still standing----I think that M&M used low quality materials on that job! [:-]

[rtrapasso]

A young M. Brando has already had a "cameo" appearance here... i have assumed it was him...

[Cap Mandrake]

ORIGINAL: Moondawggie

Not only did Milo copyright Kilroy, but now I've got to rack my brain figuring out who on earth had puffy young cheeks on Broadway in 1942? Brando? Don Rickles? (Mr. Moto would have been interned at Manzanar by then...)

[:D]

C'mon, Capt. Mandrake, tell us what happened at PM.

Yes..working on that. I just got back from my annual charity mission to support the economy of Nevada.

BTW, I was up on the top of Mauna Kea last winter at sunset, got a good look at Alpha Centauri after dark, and the concrete bridge wasn't still standing----I think that M&M used low quality materials on that job! [:-]

Seriously, now, wouldn't you have been disappointed if he didn't?

Epic struggle for Yenen makes Stalingrad look like a picnic.

[Cap Mandrake]

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