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  • Re: Video Comics - Nickelodeon (circa 1979-1981) Swamp Thing

    From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to Ubiquitous on Sat Jun 4 10:29:09 2022
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    Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
    Video Comics was a very early (and not to mention low-budget) show on Nickelodeon where a narrator would read DC comics aloud. This
    particular clip is from Swamp Thing.

    https://youtu.be/Hdm0JgM8UYU

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    You know, if he read that at a decent pace he could’ve gotten through it in half the time and it would be twice as interesting.

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  • From BTR1701@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jun 4 16:59:04 2022
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    On Jun 4, 2022 at 10:29:09 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
    Video Comics was a very early (and not to mention low-budget) show on
    Nickelodeon where a narrator would read DC comics aloud. This
    particular clip is from Swamp Thing.

    https://youtu.be/Hdm0JgM8UYU

    You know, if he read that at a decent pace he could’ve gotten through it in half the time and it would be twice as interesting.

    When I was but a wee pup and living in Saudi Arabia where we had no TV or movies to entertain us, my grandpa would mail us special Marvel comic books that came with a record and you could listen to it like one of those old radio dramas, with the performers voice-acting the roles and rudimentary sound effects in the background.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03qUxc6wamo

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  • From anim8rfsk@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Sat Jun 4 19:17:18 2022
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    BTR1701 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Jun 4, 2022 at 10:29:09 AM PDT, "anim8rfsk" <[email protected]> wrote:

    Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
    Video Comics was a very early (and not to mention low-budget) show on
    Nickelodeon where a narrator would read DC comics aloud. This
    particular clip is from Swamp Thing.

    https://youtu.be/Hdm0JgM8UYU

    You know, if he read that at a decent pace he could’ve gotten through it in
    half the time and it would be twice as interesting.

    When I was but a wee pup and living in Saudi Arabia where we had no TV or
    movies to entertain us, my grandpa would mail us special Marvel comic books that came with a record and you could listen to it like one of those old
    radio
    dramas, with the performers voice-acting the roles and rudimentary sound effects in the background.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03qUxc6wamo


    Cool, but I wanna slap that guy making the whooshing noises.

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  • From Paul S Person@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 5 08:31:56 2022
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    On Sat, 4 Jun 2022 10:29:09 -0700, anim8rfsk <[email protected]>
    wrote:

    Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:
    Video Comics was a very early (and not to mention low-budget) show on
    Nickelodeon where a narrator would read DC comics aloud. This
    particular clip is from Swamp Thing.

    https://youtu.be/Hdm0JgM8UYU

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    Let's go Brandon!



    You know, if he read that at a decent pace he could�ve gotten through it in >half the time and it would be twice as interesting.

    Him can't. His target audience wouldn't be able to keep up with him.
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  • From James Fabiano@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 6 08:59:24 2022
    I wonder if the "comic" where Bill Cullen meets Superman was on this show instead of an actual comic?

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  • From Ubiquitous@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jun 7 09:28:05 2022
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    [email protected] wrote:
    Ubiquitous <[email protected]> wrote:

    Video Comics was a very early (and not to mention low-budget) show on
    Nickelodeon where a narrator would read DC comics aloud. This
    particular clip is from Swamp Thing.

    https://youtu.be/Hdm0JgM8UYU

    You know, if he read that at a decent pace he could've gotten through it in >half the time and it would be twice as interesting.

    He was reading at the pace of the show's young viewers.

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