Oct 16
Lord Kelvin Comments: Nothing new. New York has always been full of freaks.
Published 1959
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Lord Kelvin Comments: Nothing new. New York has always been full of freaks.
Published 1959
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October 16th, 2023 at 9:32 am
Ooh, first, which means I’m up past my bedtime.
Okay, so jumpsuit* guy in his flying saucer car is speechifying to the dinosaurs, apes, giant scaredy-cats, and other assorted whatever plus the on;y 7-20 people in New York. Are the critters the native New Yorkers, and the humans are the invading monsters, in best 50’s style?
Whar part of New York doesn’t have tall builings, even in a flying-car future? Is it not NYC, but just a small town in New York state?
Did he just buy that car at the dealer’s which has the yachting pennants flying?
I’ll check back later to see what y’all have figured out.
*need that tag
October 16th, 2023 at 9:47 am
Afraid of being thought of as too normal, Dave grew some flagpoles out of his arm.
October 16th, 2023 at 10:20 am
Ted’s effort to sell the locals on mechanical transportation began to falter when the guy on the yellow whatsit asked if his flyer would lay eggs on its own, or would they have to buy or rent another one so they could mate?
October 16th, 2023 at 10:24 am
But first you need to spend three years on your Bachelor of Evolution, despite the self-evident self-contradiction there.
October 16th, 2023 at 1:02 pm
Dr. Moron: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to eat Chicago-style pizza, that is the law. Are we not New Yorkers?
Beasts (in unison): Are we not New Yawkez?
Dr. Moron: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to go on lawns. Are we not men?
Dr. Moron: What is the law?
Sayer of the Law: Not to park flying cars in a loading zone. Yer gonna have to move that thing, pal.
October 16th, 2023 at 3:31 pm
I always enjoy how it was considered perfectly fine to represent the sky as yellow in the illustrations of the 1960s.
October 16th, 2023 at 3:39 pm
Not since Godzilla 98 have New Yorkers been so entertained.
Both Double covers.
https://www.isfdb.org/wiki/images/f/f8/MSEVFIH1959.jpg
October 16th, 2023 at 4:54 pm
By the look of the flags it seems the French have taken over New York
October 16th, 2023 at 10:35 pm
New York? I wonder if they ever eat at Dagon’s.
October 17th, 2023 at 12:03 am
The physics aspects of that second cover are mindbending. Is the tow string curving because of a black hole just out of frame?
Is there a complete second spaceship attached to the other end for deceleration?
October 17th, 2023 at 1:00 am
@B’man: French, monsters, mox nix.
(The setup was RIGHT THERE!)
@Tat: Four years of undergrad for the bachelors of evolution, another two years and a thesis defense for the masters, then perhaps onto a doctorate with another 4-6 or more years, an even worse thesis defense, plus teaching the Evolution 101 courses to freshmen.
Maybe flying car guy has traveled to NY to look for a PhD thesis topic. He’s ready to shoot it out with dude riding beast. Which the reins do not connect with the head of the mount. Guy on dino is the dean of the department, and damsel in front is department secretary.
(other tags needed: dude,damsel,bird,sidearm/gun)
October 17th, 2023 at 2:22 am
I’ve got to admit it, mastering evolution just so you can grow a chair on a dino neck is 50s wackiness at it’s finest.
October 17th, 2023 at 3:38 am
Scaredy-cat is saying, “IT’S A COOKBOOK!”
October 17th, 2023 at 2:53 pm
I love that everyone and everything is staring at flying saucer guy and ponytail gal (?) as if they are the weirdoes. It’s probably because flying saucer guy is wearing a belt AND braces.
November 6th, 2023 at 5:33 am
@Tor (#9):
I don’t know if they do, but *I* sure did when I was in NYC. As luck would have it, I stayed in a hotel at W 94th St. and Broadway, and Dagon was less than a quarter-mile walk from the hotel.
Went to brunch there Saturday morning, had an excellent tuna salad sandwich. Olive oil-poached tuna, cucumber, hard-boiled egg, potato, harissa and preserved lemon on small soft rolls. Really, really good. And so much food I couldn’t finish it all.
November 7th, 2023 at 2:14 pm
@Hammy. Sounds like a good entry for the Sarnath thread.