From: Richard S. Holmes (rsholmes_at_MailBox.Syr.Edu)
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 11:29:17 PST
I set off this bargain basement firework I bought last July. It lasts
4 seconds and explodes in a brilliant display of .... beige??? Sigh.
You get what you pay for.
Still, what a party, eh? Seems like everybody who's anybody from the
world of books, comics, and films is here:
There's a big contingent from The Lord of the Rings:
Frodo
Sam
Aragorn
Gimli
Legolas
Boromir
Gandalf (should've bought my firework from him, eh?)
Sauron
Wormtongue
Saruman
Eowyn
Galadriel
Tom Bombadil
Elrond
Treebeard
While just a random few from the Foundation Trilogy:
Hari Seldon
Arkady Darrell
The Mule
Preem Palver
>From various Disney films come:
Snow White
The Seven Dwarves
Beauty
The Beast
Lady
The Tramp
and from a certain novel by Herman Melville:
Ishmael
Ahab
Moby Dick (watching balefully from offshore)
>From the works of Mark Twain:
Tom Sawyer
Becky Thatcher
Aunt Polly
Huckleberry Finn
Jim
The Duke
The Dauphin
and from the works of Arthur Conan Doyle:
Sherlock Holmes
Dr Watson
Mycroft Holmes
Moriarty
A raucus delegation from Looney Tunes:
Bugs Bunny
Daffy Duck
Sylvester
Tweety
Yosemite Sam
Coyote
Road Runner
Pepe LePew
Marvin the Martian
and several from Dr Seuss:
The Cat In the Hat
Thing One
Thing Two
The Grinch
>From a certain show on Nickelodeon:
Spongebob Squarepants
Patrick
Squidward
Mr Krabs
>From The Wizard of Oz:
Dorothy
Cowardly Lion
Tin Man
Scarecrow
The Wizard of Oz
Good Witch of the North
A token few from the works of Robert Heinlein:
Valentine Michael Smith
Lazarus Long
Jubal Harshaw
Several personages from Star Wars:
Luke Skywalker
Princess Leia
Han Solo
Chewbacca
R2D2
C-3PO
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Darth Vader
Jabba the Hutt
Yoda
Jar Jar Binks
Padme Amidala
Boba Fett
>From DC Comics:
Batman
Robin
The Riddler
The Joker
The Penguin
Superman
Supergirl
Lex Luthor
Spider-Man
and from The Sandman:
Destiny
Dream
Death
Desire
Despair
Delirium
Destruction
A motley lot from Shakespeare:
Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
Oberon
Titania
Ariel
Umbriel
Bottom
Falstaff
King Lear
Cordelia
And from Disney, again:
Mickey Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Donald Duck
>From Jim Henson:
Kermit
Fozzie
Miss Piggy
Ralph
Dr Teeth
Zoot
Swedish Chef
Gonzo
Scooter
And then there are the ones from the comics pages... several from Doonesbury:
Mike Doonesbury
Uncle Duke
Zonker Harris
Zipper Harris
B.D.
Boopsie
Joanie Caucus
Rick Redfern
Mr Butts
And several more from Peanuts:
Charlie Brown
Snoopy
Linus
Lucy
Schroeder
Peppermint Patty
Pigpen
Woodstock
>From Frank and Ernest, rather obviously:
Frank
Ernest
And from Mr Boffo, rather less obviously:
Weederman
Back to the TV for a trio from Blackadder:
Edmund Blackadder
Baldrick
Lord Melchett
and their friends from Fawlty Towers:
Basil Fawlty
Sybil Fawlty
Manuel
Polly
More Brits from Doctor Who:
The Doctor
K-9
Romana
The Master
While from Star Trek we have:
James T. Kirk
Spock
Leonard H. McCoy
Montgomery Scott
Uhura
Chekhov
Sulu
Jean-Luc Picard
Beverly Crusher
Deanna Troi
William Riker
Q
Speaking of Q, there's another one in this group from the books of Ian Fleming:
James Bond
M
Q
Miss Moneypenny
>From the fiction of Stephen Brust:
Vlad Taltos
Kragar
Morrollan
Sethra Lavode
Aliera
Cawti
Khaavren
Pel
Tazendra
Aerich
>From the Discworld:
Rincewind
Twoflower
Death
Vetinari
Sam Vimes
Granny Weatherwax
Nanny Ogg
Magrat Garlick
Chancellor Ridcully
The Bursar
Ponder Stibbons
The Librarian
Cohen the Barbarian
And of course:
Gilligan
The Skipper
Thurston Howell III
Mrs Howell
Ginger
The Professor
Mary Ann
Oh, and Gandalf wants me to say this: The most exciting fireworks
shows always have at least three fireworks in the air at any time.
Future rules should follow Gandalf's advice.
--
- Rich Holmes
Syracuse, NY
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Rule Date: 2003-01-14 19:29:35 GMT
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