tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589165667013235064.post3526576974258093867..comments2023-11-30T14:57:50.466-05:00Comments on Thoul's Paradise: A New Concept (for 1982)perdustinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05842738630442736894noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589165667013235064.post-49079548091316235112015-02-25T20:44:30.125-05:002015-02-25T20:44:30.125-05:00Dallas is way better.Dallas is way better.perdustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842738630442736894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589165667013235064.post-38697320722963698142015-02-24T20:05:41.994-05:002015-02-24T20:05:41.994-05:00Sounds like fun but is it as good as the Dallas RP...Sounds like fun but is it as good as the Dallas RPG?Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589165667013235064.post-30358707162602216192014-12-24T14:01:05.948-05:002014-12-24T14:01:05.948-05:00Yes, it is L.A. County General. The show is set i...Yes, it is L.A. County General. The show is set in fictional Port Charles, New York, but it is filmed in non-fictional L.A. I remember one of the actors cut me off in traffic once...<br /><br />Thanks for the Cloak & Dagger link!perdustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842738630442736894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589165667013235064.post-45539351656771144762014-12-23T17:17:09.220-05:002014-12-23T17:17:09.220-05:00Say, I recognize that exterior building shot. That...Say, I recognize that exterior building shot. That's the Los Angeles County General, a well-known historic hospital. Wasn't the show set in New York?<br /><br />Another so-called "role-playing game" of the era is 1984's Cloak & Dagger (based on the movie of the same name with a tie-in video game). Each player has three attributes (Speed, Strength and Agility) that improve with success or degrade with failure. That's about it for "role-playing."<br /><br />http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4621/cloak-daggerTonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04006976826851198428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589165667013235064.post-58888929586680096942014-12-22T10:14:56.685-05:002014-12-22T10:14:56.685-05:00That sucks. One of the problems with litigation i...That sucks. One of the problems with litigation is that deep pockets tend to prevail even when the other side is “in the right.” <i>coughcough</i>Disney<i>coughcough</i> Sure, companies have to defend their trademarks but this was satire and was certainly not causing “irreparable damage.” It’s like suing Mad magazine.<br /><br />In a better world, the band would have performed on the show (but not the actual General Hospital song, that would be too meta).<br />perdustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05842738630442736894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2589165667013235064.post-12200469382642332972014-12-22T01:07:02.107-05:002014-12-22T01:07:02.107-05:00Perhaps tangential, but in Boston when I was just ...Perhaps tangential, but in Boston when I was just getting into punk music but still not quite old enough for clubs, a band called Planet Street released a single called "General Hospital". The tune was catchy and the verses were witty. They were just a local club band that never (I don't think) made it out of Boston.<br /><br />They were sued by ABC for $500,000.<br /><br />Read the story at http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2209&dat=19810908&id=eKArAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bvwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=7031,1260115<br /><br />You would think this would have been good for publicity, and it was to a point. But I'm not sure the net effect was positive. As I remember it, the legal costs were no joke to them, and I think they broke up soon after. Searching the internet for the completion of their story has as yet yielded nothing.Oakes Spaldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08078500142758654392noreply@blogger.com