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I genuinely can't think of a character who I enjoy more with a costume I despise less than Bullseye. Edit: poo poo. Okay, this thread has got me reading Punisher v Bullseye and it is loving wild.    
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Darthemed posted:
There was some kind of brief uranium prospecting fad in the 50s. I've seen an episode of the Jack Benny show where he and his wife go prospecting for uranium.
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Pure uranium! The flesh is melting right off our bones!
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Jan 27, 2023 23:43
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There's an I Love Lucy episode about it too!
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GokuGoesSSj69 posted:There was some kind of brief uranium prospecting fad in the 50s. I've seen an episode of the Jack Benny show where he and his wife go prospecting for uranium. IIRC the old version of the boardgame Life had one way of winning money involving uranium mines.
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sebmojo posted:Pure uranium! The flesh is melting right off our bones! all I can think is the Fallout 4 sound track. Uranium fever has got a hold of me...
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Mooseontheloose posted:all I can think is the Fallout 4 sound track. Which was in fact a song originally about said uranium prospecting fad.
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I had a weird moment just now realizing that all of the nuke-themed songs in fallout were like, actual cold war era songs about ICBMs n nukes n poo poo and not parody songs to fit Fallout's setting. Like on some level I knew that because Fallout always uses real music but it didn't really click in my brain
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sebmojo posted:Pure uranium! The flesh is melting right off our bones! Enough to make you rich for the rest of your life!
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GokuGoesSSj69 posted:There was some kind of brief uranium prospecting fad in the 50s. I've seen an episode of the Jack Benny show where he and his wife go prospecting for uranium. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acMqxcdxE0E
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every goddamn word in a permanent groove etched in a circle in my brain, like the world's stupidest record
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arsenicCatnip posted:I had a weird moment just now realizing that all of the nuke-themed songs in fallout were like, actual cold war era songs about ICBMs n nukes n poo poo and not parody songs to fit Fallout's setting. Like on some level I knew that because Fallout always uses real music but it didn't really click in my brain And if you mod in more radio stations, you find out there was a lot of that music and people were really poo poo-scared of the atom bomb. I went to search one up and found it hosted on the same channel hosting Uranium Fever above.
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arsenicCatnip posted:I had a weird moment just now realizing that all of the nuke-themed songs in fallout were like, actual cold war era songs about ICBMs n nukes n poo poo and not parody songs to fit Fallout's setting. Like on some level I knew that because Fallout always uses real music but it didn't really click in my brain There's actually exactly one "parody" song on the Fallout 4 soundtrack, which is to say one that isn't being sincere -- namely Crawl Out Through the Fallout. But it's also a period novelty song from 1960, by comedy allstar Sheldon Allman, and it still fits PERFECTLY because it could go either way in Fallout's hosed up world. You can either take it straight on its face as a sincere song, or as a parody that Fallout's USA would never hope to get because it doesn't understand subtlety whatsoever. The rest of 'em, though? Yeah, they're all real -- Uranium Fever, Atom Bomb Baby, Rocket 69, the lot (though exactly how "serious" you're supposed to take some of 'em like Rocket 69 is, well, up to you). It's really difficult in the modern era to comprehend just how much the atomic revolution and the space race changed and obsessed our culture for the duration; decades later neither of them seem that special because we've had decades to get used to them, but back in the 50's and 60's there really didn't seem to be any limit to what either one could do.
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Darthemed posted:
*a clumsy Spanish waiter appears from behind a panel, starts running around exclaiming in panic*
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Redeye Flight posted:There's actually exactly one "parody" song on the Fallout 4 soundtrack, which is to say one that isn't being sincere -- namely Crawl Out Through the Fallout. But it's also a period novelty song from 1960, by comedy allstar Sheldon Allman, and it still fits PERFECTLY because it could go either way in Fallout's hosed up world. You can either take it straight on its face as a sincere song, or as a parody that Fallout's USA would never hope to get because it doesn't understand subtlety whatsoever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW4-ljxZ9Cs This was my introduction to the genre. Dad explained to me what it was a parody of.
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Bruceski posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KW4-ljxZ9Cs God bless Tom Lehrer.
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Grendels Dad posted:God bless Tom Lehrer. His humor seems really good here, but I've never heard of him. What's his deal?
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Grendels Dad posted:God bless Tom Lehrer. evilmiera posted:His humor seems really good here, but I've never heard of him. What's his deal? He made all his songs freely available, so you can find out for yourself: https://tomlehrersongs.com/
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The Fury of Firestorm, The Nuclear Man #17 (1983) They shouldn’t have problems at all considering they have two Tony Starks on board
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anyone else not seeing any of these at all?
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evilmiera posted:His humor seems really good here, but I've never heard of him. What's his deal? Famous for Parody / Satirical songs from the 50's-60's. Most relevant / influential song is probably Werner von Braun, other bangers include uber-nerd favorite the Elements song and Poisoning Pigeons in the Park. Listen to those and you'll know if you want to listen to the rest.
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evilmiera posted:His humor seems really good here, but I've never heard of him. What's his deal? It's sort of cliche to describe Lehrer as "Weird Al before we had Weird Al". Lehrer's best known for his various comedy songs, most of which have a satirical element to them. His Wikipedia page gives a good rundown on his life so far (he's still around at the age of 94!). Of course Lehrer's greatest contribution to humanity is probably not his work in mathematics, or even his songs, but instead his invention of the Jello Shot!
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evilmiera posted:His humor seems really good here, but I've never heard of him. What's his deal? He was a musical satirist from the 50s onward. Big for his day, which was on it's way out just before I started growing up in the 80s, but influenced a bunch of folks who came afterward. I first found out about him when one of the songs he did for the Electric Company public broadcasting kids' show came on and my dad recognized the voice. While he wasn't fond of going full-on protest like some folk singers, his bouncy musical style added lovely bite to satirical songs like National Brotherhood Week or Werner von Braun. His recent legacy is notable because he put his entire work into the public domain. First music and lyrics, recently the full recording and performing rights.
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Synthbuttrange posted:anyone else not seeing any of these at all? He looked like that through a lot of the late 70s and early 80s   
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In this context, So Long, Mom should not be missed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pklr0UD9eSo (which is my personal take for favorite final lines of a song) stringless fucked around with this message at 03:52 on Jan 29, 2023 |
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There's also "So Long Mom," his pre-nostalgic song for World War III ("I feel that if any songs are going to come out of World War III we'd better start writing them now"), which has its own classic conclusion: I'll look for you When the war is over An hour and a half from now! Edit: Bah! Ninja'd!
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GPTribefan posted:He looked like that through a lot of the late 70s and early 80s 
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3D Megadoodoo posted:Judging by the colour, he's off his tits on Yoohoo. Ah, just like me at 9.
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TwoPair posted:Ah, just like me at 9. You're always 9 somewhere.
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muscles like this! posted:IIRC the old version of the boardgame Life had one way of winning money involving uranium mines.
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Ghostlight posted:I grew up with a family board game called 'Careers' and an entire career pathway was "become a uranium prospector". It was the most financially profitable career on the board.
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muscles like this! posted:IIRC the old version of the boardgame Life had one way of winning money involving uranium mines. You might be thinking of Careers (designed by a sociologist! about balancing goals!), in which (in the original 1955 edition, which I inexplicably had as a kid) one of the best/riskiest career tracks was Uranium Prospecting (Astronaut was also available). https://fgbradleys.com/rules//Careers%20Original.pdf for a blast from the past.
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