Also, this hadn’t occurred to me before, but Helen clearly hasn’t released the Mad Science cure yet. Or weaponized it to take out all of her rivals. Either way.
Is anyone else wondering what Dr. Lee would be like if she went mad?
I have the Surfside 6 theme on my iPhone, along with 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Adventures in Paradise, Route 66 and other pieces of the soundtrack to my misspent childhood. We got a television when I was about 4, and I pretty much sat in front of it until graduate school. I thought I was wasting my life, but really I was doing research for future filks!
TL Jones (Who’s that?)
TL Jones (A woman?)
TL Jones (Where is she?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
TL Jones (What’s she do?)
TL Jones (Mad science?)
TL Jones (A-Sig’s got her?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
Soft guitars under the palms
She’s the queen of funkitude
Will gently lead you to a lover’s arms
Debbi and Imogene will soon collude
See the waves kissing the shore
To escape. Just need a spring
While you are kissing someone you adore
Then you’ll see how Tigerlily can swing
TL Jones (Reunites?)
TL Jones (With Skin Horse?)
TL Jones (But of course! She’ll)
BLOW THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP Why can’t we edit? I left in the original lines for the bridge (don’t know any other way to get the scansion right). Here’s the correct version:
TL Jones (Who’s that?)
TL Jones (A woman?)
TL Jones (Where is she?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
TL Jones (What’s she do?)
TL Jones (Mad science?)
TL Jones (A-Sig’s got her?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
She’s the queen of funkitude
Debbi and Imogene will soon collude
To escape. Just need a spring
Then you’ll see how Tigerlily can swing
TL Jones (Reunites?)
TL Jones (With Skin Horse?)
TL Jones (But of course! She’ll)
BLOW THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
After Imogene’s arrest, Titus ended up working for a differently-sane young lady called Feeb as part of her Provisional World Tyranny. Plus ça change….
The Institute likes to throw everyone vaguely resembling the designation together. Mad scientists are a diverse lot, there’s only so many rooms, and those signs are a pain to keep putting up and taking down.
Nice one, Kay! I remember those theme songs as well … don’t remember the shows, but I remember the songs. Here’s another oldie …
(TUNE: “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window”, Bob Merrill)
How retro are Frog and Tigerlily?
Two madgirls, both stuck in the past …
You may think they’re acting kinda silly,
But both of those babes are a blast!
Now Imogene wants to find a mate now,
Who’s tough and resistant to fire!
A man that Ms. Frog can’t immolate, now …
Ms. Jones might suggest Richard Prior!
Now Jones dreams of clothes so funkadelic …
There’s bell-bottoms calling her name!
But Imogene’s dreams are so angelic,
“This lady,” says ‘Lily, “is lame!”
How retro are Frog and Tigerlily?
Two ladies, each mad as a loon!
They’ll bust out of there, and head for Philly …
“Defiant Ones” remake comes soon!
Imogene is 25 now, huh? I think this is the first time we’re told exactly how long it’s been since the end of Narbonic. And it turns out it’s… real time? I’m feeling old now, and I’m barely older than she is.
In her Narbonic appearances I had never thought of Ms. Frog as temporally misplaced. I had just gotten a ‘pure’/innocent vibe off the character.
Making her a 50’s refugee definitely explains that mentality and her speech patterns.
Jeff – I don’t suppose there are more of these than the two links drifting around out there? That sort of thing would be good for the extras at the back of the bound copies or such.
No worries. I enjoy anything and everything of the ‘extra’ and pseudo secret extras of SH and Narbonic. I (in my ignorance) had not even heard of the filename story in Narbonic until it was in re-runs already. (Admittedly I discovered it during year 5….)
I found that story posted online somewhere and safely saved it for future re-reads – along w/ the bonus short stories I’ve gotten from the Kickstarters. And every month or so I go out to J. Campbell’s TXT file where he has been compiling the SH story to read the latest sentence.
I’m kind of curious what kind of romantic backlash would level Scranton. It’s already suffered so much . . .
Aaaand I just had another rather disturbing thought. Anasigma is trying to use Tigerlily to recruit Skin Horse. What happens if Imogene gets caught up in the ride? Even with Tigerlily there, a 50’s innocent (relatively) mad scientist in 200 yards of Tip cannot end well for anyone, let alone the principals.
I’ve read enough manga to realize that Tip has absolutely no chance of surviving in a Harem situation without removing/negating his seduction superpower/weakness.
Hammerspace plus Mad is not a safe place to live. Try to behave and run from any questionable situations that involve the opposite gender – unless taking a protective stance against an outside party.
Darn, girl! In that case start noticing Titus, why don’t you? ^_^
She can’t go noticing her henchmen after Helen did it. That’s just trend-following.
Wait. That should be fine for the 1950s. Never mind.
Naw, Titus is too smart to get romantically entangled with a mad scientist. At least voluntarily.
… before some other madgirl steals him away.
FOOT GOOD QUALITY. FOOT WELL CONSTRUCTED AND EXPERIENCED IN CONQUEST.
FOR GOOD TIME CALL FOOT.
One kinda wonders why they haven’t just …fixed the outfits yet. I guess they keep Jones away from wire.
http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-191/
It can only happen when no one is watching. That’s why they stick her with the retro chicks. They’re always watching.
There is still a gap for the 1960s, tho. I wonder, given that’s the superspy era, if she’s already escaped?
Technically its the freaky retro chicks. Regular ones are not to bad. These are the crazy ones that even mad scientist call crazy.
And he was doing so well, up until the napalm butterflies…
Also, this hadn’t occurred to me before, but Helen clearly hasn’t released the Mad Science cure yet. Or weaponized it to take out all of her rivals. Either way.
Is anyone else wondering what Dr. Lee would be like if she went mad?
Don’t get that argument started again. Please.
That way madness lies?
The discussion RE: Lee and whether she is actually mad, and what mad means, was… long.
I’d been wondering if Imogene had aged in real time.
Imogene was 16 (if I recall correctly) when she showed up in Narbonic, so that seem to be a “yes”.
To quote from the Narbonic comments section:
Shaenon Garrity (shaenongarrity) says:
> Since they are Jeff’s characters, do you think that it might be possible for you to work with Jeffrey Channing Wells on a comic strip?
Oh, sure, like Jeffrey Wells would want to work with me on a comic strip.
Indestructible men are hard to come by.
But they sure do last.
Well, they’re made, not born
I have the Surfside 6 theme on my iPhone, along with 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Adventures in Paradise, Route 66 and other pieces of the soundtrack to my misspent childhood. We got a television when I was about 4, and I pretty much sat in front of it until graduate school. I thought I was wasting my life, but really I was doing research for future filks!
tune: “Surfside 6,” Jerry Livingston & Mack David, 1960, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS3hoWKLPi8
TL Jones (Who’s that?)
TL Jones (A woman?)
TL Jones (Where is she?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
TL Jones (What’s she do?)
TL Jones (Mad science?)
TL Jones (A-Sig’s got her?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
Soft guitars under the palms
She’s the queen of funkitude
Will gently lead you to a lover’s arms
Debbi and Imogene will soon collude
See the waves kissing the shore
To escape. Just need a spring
While you are kissing someone you adore
Then you’ll see how Tigerlily can swing
TL Jones (Reunites?)
TL Jones (With Skin Horse?)
TL Jones (But of course! She’ll)
BLOW THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
CRAPCRAPCRAPCRAPCRAP Why can’t we edit? I left in the original lines for the bridge (don’t know any other way to get the scansion right). Here’s the correct version:
TL Jones (Who’s that?)
TL Jones (A woman?)
TL Jones (Where is she?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
TL Jones (What’s she do?)
TL Jones (Mad science?)
TL Jones (A-Sig’s got her?)
IN THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
She’s the queen of funkitude
Debbi and Imogene will soon collude
To escape. Just need a spring
Then you’ll see how Tigerlily can swing
TL Jones (Reunites?)
TL Jones (With Skin Horse?)
TL Jones (But of course! She’ll)
BLOW THE INSTITUTE
Cha cha cha
Cha
Wait, so that IS Imogene Frog?! Oh dear, that’s beyond amazing! But… but what happened to Titus Misanthrope, World’s Best Henchman?
After Imogene’s arrest, Titus ended up working for a differently-sane young lady called Feeb as part of her Provisional World Tyranny. Plus ça change….
Oh my god, that’s Imogene Frog. And she’s 25 now. Has she figured out about the squirrels and the feeding bottles yet?
And being a 1970s blacksploitation queen isn’t retro like being a sock hop bunny? (Sorry. I like to point out the obvious.)
“But where *is* it?”
Is Imogene really confounded in time? I mean, she’s displaced in time, but is that the same as confounded?
The Institute likes to throw everyone vaguely resembling the designation together. Mad scientists are a diverse lot, there’s only so many rooms, and those signs are a pain to keep putting up and taking down.
Look, just how many specific types of Mad Scientist cafeteria do you expect them to build?
Nice one, Kay! I remember those theme songs as well … don’t remember the shows, but I remember the songs. Here’s another oldie …
(TUNE: “How Much Is That Doggie In The Window”, Bob Merrill)
How retro are Frog and Tigerlily?
Two madgirls, both stuck in the past …
You may think they’re acting kinda silly,
But both of those babes are a blast!
Now Imogene wants to find a mate now,
Who’s tough and resistant to fire!
A man that Ms. Frog can’t immolate, now …
Ms. Jones might suggest Richard Prior!
Now Jones dreams of clothes so funkadelic …
There’s bell-bottoms calling her name!
But Imogene’s dreams are so angelic,
“This lady,” says ‘Lily, “is lame!”
How retro are Frog and Tigerlily?
Two ladies, each mad as a loon!
They’ll bust out of there, and head for Philly …
“Defiant Ones” remake comes soon!
Normally it’s “Pryor,” but you may be making a pun.
No, just typing in a hurry, not checking, and can’t @#$&@ EDIT.
I don’t know which of you two is doing the dialogues, but I can tell you’re having fun with it 🙂
Imogene is 25 now, huh? I think this is the first time we’re told exactly how long it’s been since the end of Narbonic. And it turns out it’s… real time? I’m feeling old now, and I’m barely older than she is.
Also, the fact that she’s looking for indestructability in a husband is kinda sad in the light of this.
Wow, I didn’t even remember that. Thanks for scaring up the link!
I honestly wouldn’t have remembered this if it weren’t for Ray’s comment about the squirrels and the feeding bottles.
In her Narbonic appearances I had never thought of Ms. Frog as temporally misplaced. I had just gotten a ‘pure’/innocent vibe off the character.
Making her a 50’s refugee definitely explains that mentality and her speech patterns.
Jeff – I don’t suppose there are more of these than the two links drifting around out there? That sort of thing would be good for the extras at the back of the bound copies or such.
Inasmuch as I had totally forgotten about those text files until someone else brought them up, the answer is a resounding “I’m Not Sure.” Sorry…
No worries. I enjoy anything and everything of the ‘extra’ and pseudo secret extras of SH and Narbonic. I (in my ignorance) had not even heard of the filename story in Narbonic until it was in re-runs already. (Admittedly I discovered it during year 5….)
I found that story posted online somewhere and safely saved it for future re-reads – along w/ the bonus short stories I’ve gotten from the Kickstarters. And every month or so I go out to J. Campbell’s TXT file where he has been compiling the SH story to read the latest sentence.
someone remind me who she is agin
She’s Imogene Frog.
Still, it was Scranton. It took two weeks for anyone to notice.
I’m kind of curious what kind of romantic backlash would level Scranton. It’s already suffered so much . . .
Aaaand I just had another rather disturbing thought. Anasigma is trying to use Tigerlily to recruit Skin Horse. What happens if Imogene gets caught up in the ride? Even with Tigerlily there, a 50’s innocent (relatively) mad scientist in 200 yards of Tip cannot end well for anyone, let alone the principals.
I’ve read enough manga to realize that Tip has absolutely no chance of surviving in a Harem situation without removing/negating his seduction superpower/weakness.
Hammerspace plus Mad is not a safe place to live. Try to behave and run from any questionable situations that involve the opposite gender – unless taking a protective stance against an outside party.
Tip’s power doesn’t work on retro-themed mad scientist babes.
Does it work on mad scientist babes, period? I don’t recall any female Mads going after him on the Crazy Train (pardon me, Mad Train) episode…
That’s the joke?
Huh, that was supposed to be a reply to Robert Nowall above. That’s the first time the reply feature’s done that to me. It worked a few minutes ago…
Oddly enough, I’ve had the opposite experience. Only once has the reply feature actually gone right so far.
When she attacked Scranton, was Dunder-Mifflin left standing?
As someone from a Scranton, I am in full support of its utter annihilation. I know a few guys I could set her up with….