Bud Palmer, You Will Fail: 20 Questions

[readyeddy?]

I'm THINKING of a character.

This isn't just for the nefarious one. Anybody's welcome.

[Wade Wilson]

is it BudPalmer?

[readyeddy?]

I'll have to spend the night debating whether I should count that toward the twenty but----- the answer is an unqualified NO!

[BigDaddyHub]

Is this character from prose?

[readyeddy?]

Is this character from prose?
No, it's possible he may have appeared in books that I'm unaware of at some time.

[BigDaddyHub]

No, it's possible he may have appeared in books that I'm unaware of at some time.

Note the pronoun...

[readyeddy?]

Note the pronoun...
Frikkin' frakkin' freebies! Dang it!

I'll still stump you all. Nyah ah ah.

[Kalel21]

Is he from television?

[readyeddy?]

Is he from television?
He has been on television, yes.

[Kalel21]

He has been on television, yes.

Oh, come on!!!! Ya know what I meant!!!! Did he originate on television?

(I feel like we've entered a re-run of The Brady Bunch, where one of those perpetually annoying kids insisted that any orders from his parents be interpreted literally. "Exact words, Jan!!!!") :laugh:

[readyeddy?]

Oh, come on!!!! Ya know what I meant!!!! Did he originate on television?

(I feel like we've entered a re-run of The Brady Bunch, where one of those perpetually annoying kids insisted that any orders from his parents be interpreted literally. "Exact words, Jan!!!!") :laugh:

Hey, I already gave you a freebie when I slipped and said he, so I need to be "carefully" precise in order to thwart the nefarious one!
No he did not originate on television.

Three questions down.

[Kalel21]

Did he originate in comic books?

[readyeddy?]

Did he originate in comic books?
No, not comic books.

4 questions down.

[Kalel21]

Is he a real-life person?

[readyeddy?]

Is he a real-life person?
No, he's fictional.
Five questions down.

[BigDaddyHub]

Did he originate in video/computer games?

[readyeddy?]

Did he originate in video/computer games?

No.

Six questions down.

[BudPalmer]

I'm flattered to be called out but I have too much going on at work to play today. You can make me look the fool some other time.

[batfink]

Is it Bud Palmer?

[readyeddy?]

Is it Bud Palmer?
Somebody already tried that joke.

[readyeddy?]

I'm flattered to be called out but I have too much going on at work to play today. You can make me look the fool some other time.
Rate this is going, you'll have plenty of time.

[readyeddy?]

It looks like I need to field a hint here to move things along.

This character first appeared in a print medium.

[Thawmus]

Is it BudPalmer?

[Kalel21]

It looks like I need to field a hint here to move things along.

This character first appeared in a print medium.

Well, if it wasn't prose or comic books, I'm going to ask:


Did he originate in a newspaper comic strip?

[readyeddy?]

Well, if it wasn't prose or comic books, I'm going to ask:


Did he originate in a newspaper comic strip?

No, seven questions.

[BigDaddyHub]

Did he originate in poetry?

[BudPalmer]

Did he originate on posters (like the things that hang on the wall)?

I don't know why but I'm getting an Uncle Sam vibe.

[readyeddy?]

Did he originate in poetry?
No, Eight questions.

[readyeddy?]

Did he originate on posters (like the things that hang on the wall)?

I don't know why but I'm getting an Uncle Sam vibe.

No, nine questions.

[Kalel21]

What other types of print media are there?

He's not:

Prose (which would leave out the literature, pulps, etc)
Comic Books
Newspaper Comic strips
Poetry
Posters


I'm stumped.

[readyeddy?]

By prose, I'm thinking books only.

[BigDaddyHub]

Recap-
So he originated in print medium
Not in comics
Not in prose
Not in poetry
Not in wall-hanging posters

um...
what's left here? Hieroglyphs? Cave-paintings? Are there any literary critics who can narrow this down for us a bit more?

[BigDaddyHub]

By prose, I'm thinking books only.

AHA. So you are differentiating between prose as narrative writing and prose as narratives contained in book format.

[Kalel21]

By prose, I'm thinking books only.

But prose by definition includes any type of printed fiction. So the "No" to prose in this case only applies to books?

[BigDaddyHub]

Did he originate in a periodical publication such as newspaper or magazine?

EDIT: Wait for your response to Kalel before counting this question, please.

[BudPalmer]

But prose by definition includes any type of printed fiction. So the "No" to prose in this case only applies to books?


That's what you get for using fancy words with all your book-lernin'!



Oh and I'm calling shenanigans!

[Kalel21]

From the Oxford English Dictionary:

PROSE: Language in the form in which it is typically written (or spoken), usually characterized as having no deliberate metrical structure (in contrast with verse or poetry).

[readyeddy?]

Did he originate in a periodical publication such as newspaper or magazine?

EDIT: Wait for your response to Kalel before counting this question, please.
The whole thing is complicated as the way he was originally presented isn't really prose but the answer to the above question is yes.

[Kalel21]

Was he in a single-panel cartoon (as opposed to a comic strip)?

[readyeddy?]

Was he in a single-panel cartoon (as opposed to a comic strip)?
Yes, 11 questions.

[Kalel21]

Is it The Yellow Kid?

[readyeddy?]

Is it The Yellow Kid?
No, twelve questions.

[Kalel21]

Did this character first appear prior to World War II?

[wintremute]

Did he originate in BudPalmer?

[readyeddy?]

Did this character first appear prior to World War II?
Yes, 13 questions.

[Kalel21]

Yes, 13 questions.

I was thinking "Dennis the Menace" for a moment there, but he was created in 1950.


Did this character appear in a DAILY cartoon (a new one appearing every day)?

[readyeddy?]

I was thinking "Dennis the Menace" for a moment there, but he was created in 1950.


Did this character appear in a DAILY cartoon (a new one appearing every day)?
No, 14 questions

I'll give you another hint. He was part of a larger cast of characters.

[Kalel21]

Was the cartoon in which this character appeared something that would have regularly appeared in the Sunday comics page?

[readyeddy?]

Was the cartoon in which this character appeared something that would have regularly appeared in the Sunday comics page?

No, 15 questions.

Do I need to give more hints?

[Kalel21]

Well, I'm pretty much stumped, so I'll take a hint.

[readyeddy?]

He's a pretty well known character and has been adapted for television and film along with the rest of his cast.

[readyeddy?]

Next hint:

Odds are, any library would have a collection of his creators work.

[Kalel21]

Is this an action-adventure type character?

[readyeddy?]

Is this an action-adventure type character?
No, 16 questions.

Next hint: he appeared in a monthly magazine, but didn't always appear.

[Kalel21]

Just to clarify: He appeared in a single panel cartoon--not a strip?

[readyeddy?]

Just to clarify: He appeared in a single panel cartoon--not a strip?
yes, they were always single panel cartoons.
17 questions.

Next hint. They were a bit macabre.

[Kalel21]

Is it Gomez Addams?

[readyeddy?]

Is it Gomez Addams?
No, 18 questions.

[Kalel21]

Uncle Fester?

[readyeddy?]

Uncle Fester?
No, 19 questions. Down to the wire here.

[Kalel21]

Is it Lurch?

[readyeddy?]

Is it Lurch?
Yes it's Lurch, who happens to be my favorite Addams Family character especially as played by the late great Ted Cassidy.

I probably should have witheld that last hint.

[wintremute]

Nice job Kalel!

In Spanish, your name is El Kal.

[charlesx]

Nice job Kalel!

In Spanish, your name is El Kal.

Sorry. It is not.

It is El Kal-El.

There it is and there you have it. For real.

[readyeddy?]

I probably won't try this again for a while but when I do, I'll remember that pronoun mistake. Congrats on the win Kal.

[BudPalmer]

Good call Kal!

[Kalel21]

I don't think I would have gotten it without that last clue, though.

[readyeddy?]

I don't think I would have gotten it without that last clue, though.
Aha, I knew that last clue tipped the scales. On the other hand, don't you work in a library? I thought that library clue might have helped because you would have known what cartoon collections were in stock.

[BudPalmer]

I had no idea The Adams Family started as a comic strip.

[Kalel21]

I had no idea The Adams Family started as a comic strip.

It was a series of cartoons by Charles Addams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deardeaddays.jpg). He also came up with all the names (Gomez, Lurch, etc.) for the characters when they were brought to television in the 1960s.

[readyeddy?]

I had no idea The Adams Family started as a comic strip.
It wasn't a strip, it was a series of single panel cartoons done by Charles Addams for New Yorker magazine. Gahan Wilson was inspired by him.
After Charles Addams died a cartoon was printed with the Addams Family visiting his grave while he is climbing out on the other side of the tombstone.
Apparently the series was supposed to be a collaboration between Addams and Ray Bradbury but circumstances left Addams to do it on his own. The library should stock one or two collections for you to check out.

[Kalel21]

Interestingly, when the Addams Family met Scooby Doo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxVv4UfMLQY), the voices of the TV actors were used, but the character designs were taken directly from Charles Addams' original cartoons.