I was a motorsport journalist for 18 years (wish I still could be!). Founding member of GPLEA. Now I'm just this guy, you know? I compose and arrange ragtime.
@MuseumCommodore People complain about loading times today. Choplifter took about five to 10 minutes to load from a cassette. All the “Choplifter” remakes have sucked. The best ‘modern’ take was Strike Force Foxx on the 3DS, but the protagonist was such a jerk that you wished him dead!
@DomenicTencati@HelldiverL61685 All were taken from a compilation of posts known as the Cultural References Guide to Animaniacs, the latest edition of which is https://t.co/XveSyc3yVa
@NotReallyVegan@HelldiverL61685 In the case of Animaniacs, Babylon 5, and Douglas Adams, this was not true. These online fandoms in the 1990s were in direct communication with the creators.
@R_YayOFFICIAL@HelldiverL61685 And the crew have kept in touch to this day. They were as geeky about cartoons as we were. (I’m the skinny guy in the trilby hat in that video.)
@Robmightytrex86@HelldiverL61685 This was not about toxic fans — just obsessed ones. They invited us to the studio and showed us this episode before it aired. They were very pleased that we loved it. They were/are just as cartoon obsessed as we were, and many have remained in touch to this day.
@wbuxtonofficial So glad the rain stayed back. Had the race been called at half distance before most anyone actually started racing, it would have been such a letdown.
@legendslayer98@IndyCar@AlexanderRossi He could in an emergency. It would re-injure his foot to do so, thus he used help when it was not an emergency, but it was possible, hence the clearance.
They mentioned “so many traditions” about the victory celebration, right as I was noting the absence of the pipers. Why thumpy DJ dreck to ruin the atmosphere? #Indy500@IndyCar@IMS