“I really enjoyed their latest music video – except for the astronaut in shorts. I wonder, did the costume designer forget the rest of the suit, or something?”
OMG such a scene at the school!!! Stan was driving his dad’s Mercedes like a TOTAL SHOW-OFF, and he parks it by the runway, and he’s standing around all like Aren’t I just God’s gift to girls, and he’s wearing short-shorts too cold for the weather, and you could see his blue balls!!! What a loser!!! I don’t know why he doesn’t show his face, he’s kinda cute (but not in that way!!!) And then in Blurb class Mr. Times is all A Master of Science Fiction and More One of the Deep Siprits of the Age, and I’m like, Okay, I’ll hand it in on Tuesday, and he’s all AVON and I’m all AV-OFF!!! Big laffs from the other gals.
Actually, Mr. Stein @7 is correct. In one of Ijon Tichy’s voyages in “The Star Diaries”, if I remember correctly, Ijon is supposed to go to a top-secret meeting but is scrambling to make it on time because his servant robot has gone mad and is drinking up all the lubricating oil and misplacing everything (stationery in the refrigerator, etc.) – and in fact has sent *all* of Ijon’s pants to the cleaners. This forces Tichy to put on his spacesuit so he can go to the store to buy pants.
Of course, this doesn’t explain why the astronaut on the cover
1. has the spacesuit on his torso, but is wearing his boxers below.
2. is starring in “The Busby Berkley Follies of 2518”, complete with big-finale stairs, and
3. parked his spaceship/jet (with superfluous jet air intake? on the front) on-stage, instead of discreetly in the actors’ parking lot out back, and
4. why the jet’s tail (too small do really do anything) is above what looks like the intake to the jet engine and not at the other end….
March 13th, 2017 at 11:45 am
Looks like he’s freeballin’ it.
March 13th, 2017 at 12:28 pm
This ‘and more.’ master thing has me intrigued. Legos? Kung-fu? The Mystic Arts?
March 13th, 2017 at 1:21 pm
@fred Well, the artist is clearly a master of one point perspective.
March 13th, 2017 at 1:52 pm
This is one of those talent shows, isn’t it?
March 13th, 2017 at 3:14 pm
Ralph Reader’s Gang-Show goes Vegas.
This must be from the closing number, “Ging-Gang-Goolie’
March 13th, 2017 at 3:30 pm
“I really enjoyed their latest music video – except for the astronaut in shorts. I wonder, did the costume designer forget the rest of the suit, or something?”
March 13th, 2017 at 3:41 pm
To be fair…. Forgetting his pants in space sounds quite like the main character of the book….:)
March 13th, 2017 at 3:51 pm
Astronaut on top, German PE teacher below!
March 13th, 2017 at 4:26 pm
13 March 20XX
Dear Star Diary,
OMG such a scene at the school!!! Stan was driving his dad’s Mercedes like a TOTAL SHOW-OFF, and he parks it by the runway, and he’s standing around all like Aren’t I just God’s gift to girls, and he’s wearing short-shorts too cold for the weather, and you could see his blue balls!!! What a loser!!! I don’t know why he doesn’t show his face, he’s kinda cute (but not in that way!!!) And then in Blurb class Mr. Times is all A Master of Science Fiction and More One of the Deep Siprits of the Age, and I’m like, Okay, I’ll hand it in on Tuesday, and he’s all AVON and I’m all AV-OFF!!! Big laffs from the other gals.
March 13th, 2017 at 5:00 pm
Steve Irwin’s great great grandson learns from his ancestors and always wears a protective vest.
March 13th, 2017 at 6:27 pm
@dswbt – Good Show Sir! 🙂
March 13th, 2017 at 7:10 pm
The Angry Espers face their greatest foe – Psychic Scout-master. He has a bad case of blue balls.
March 13th, 2017 at 9:15 pm
Apparently their spaceship engineering software never evolved beyond extrude, revolve, and Boolean.
March 13th, 2017 at 9:26 pm
Actually, Mr. Stein @7 is correct. In one of Ijon Tichy’s voyages in “The Star Diaries”, if I remember correctly, Ijon is supposed to go to a top-secret meeting but is scrambling to make it on time because his servant robot has gone mad and is drinking up all the lubricating oil and misplacing everything (stationery in the refrigerator, etc.) – and in fact has sent *all* of Ijon’s pants to the cleaners. This forces Tichy to put on his spacesuit so he can go to the store to buy pants.
Of course, this doesn’t explain why the astronaut on the cover
1. has the spacesuit on his torso, but is wearing his boxers below.
2. is starring in “The Busby Berkley Follies of 2518”, complete with big-finale stairs, and
3. parked his spaceship/jet (with superfluous jet air intake? on the front) on-stage, instead of discreetly in the actors’ parking lot out back, and
4. why the jet’s tail (too small do really do anything) is above what looks like the intake to the jet engine and not at the other end….
March 14th, 2017 at 1:59 pm
This cover projects a very strong “1970s children’s television show” vibe…
December 27th, 2023 at 6:09 pm
@A.R.Yngve: indeed, with the weird dancing space baby and the irregular font I thought the title was “Star Diapers”.