#Barbara Godon

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"You were supposed to be East of Moldoff Street."

I will always always always be a sucker for naming streets in Gotham City after past artists and writers. It's such a perfect way to memorialize these legendary creators who contributed so many iconic characters and stories that we all know and love.

These are more than just easter eggs. Giordano Avenue and Moldoff Street are just little lines on a fictional map, but these eponymous streets quite literally make up the fabric of Gotham City. They are dedicated in honor, and in loving memory to all the comic book greats who have worked to bring this city to life.

Dick Giordano worked as an editor and inker for many years, eventually serving as the executive editor of DC comics for much of the 1980's. His name appeared on countless titles and his impact on the industry cannot be overstated. Everyone loves Dick Giordano.

A name you might be less familiar with is Sheldon "Shelly" Moldoff. During the Golden Age of comics Moldoff was a prolific cover artists for titles like All-American, Action, and All Star Comics. Beginning in 1940, he became the regular artist for Hawkman and designed the costume for Shiera Sanders aka Hawkgirl.

After being drafted into World War II, Moldoff became an early pioneer in horror comics, but it wasn't until 1953 that he began drawing for Batman and Detective Comics.

When Moldoff finally arrived in Gotham City, he was working as a ghost artist, drawing stories that would be credited to Bob Kane. At the time, DC employed plenty of these artists and it was a very common practice. The only difference with Shelly Moldoff was this: DC had no idea that he was working for them.

For nearly 15 years, Shelly Moldoff drew Batman on the down low, taking money under the table from Bob Kane. In a 1994 interview he had this to say of the experience:

"DC didn't know that I was involved; that was the handshake agreement I had with Bob: 'You do the work. You don't say anything.' No, he didn't pay great, but it was steady work, it was security... which is the compensation I got for being Bob's ghost– for keeping myself anonymous."

With little pay and zero recognition, you might expect an artist to put forth a subpar effort, or at least phone it in on occasion, but that's kind of the opposite of what happened. Shelly Moldoff and an anonymous army of other ghost artists churned out tons of new characters during this period that have stood the test of time: Calendar Man, Bat-Mite, Mr. Freeze, Ace the Bat-Hound!!!

Shelly Moldoff revived the Riddler. Shelly Moldoff gave us Poison Ivy!

During the Great DC Writers Purge of 1968, many veteran writers and artists lost their jobs after demanding fair pay, pensions, and health insurance. Shelly Moldoff was among them. His final ghost-drawn story was published in Batman #199, and it would be 30 years before he worked for DC again. Moldoff passed away in 2012. He was the last surviving contriubtor of Action Comics #1.

I don't even know how to end this. Before today I had never even heard of Sheldon Moldoff. After toiling in obscurity and keeping himself anonymous for so many years, I guess I'm just glad to know that Gotham City remembers him.

[geneclarksboobs]

speaking of oracle i love barbara godon oracle and modern bat media doesnt need babsgirl unless its like 50 years in the past in the past times. shes awesome like this

[papermoonloveslucy]

LUCY & THE SPACE RACE

April 12th - International Space Day

International Day for Human Space Flight takes place across the world on April 12. The day celebrates the first space flight and the first human being in space — Soviet cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin - on April 12, 1961. Naturally, the space age ramped up on TV as well. 

Long before man actually went to space, people wondered what might be up there. 

In the 1950′s, America was fascinated by the idea of aliens - mainly Martians. Books, films, and television shows all captalized on this fear of the unknown. 

The fascination and fear of outer space can be traced back to “War of The Worlds”, an 1898 novel by H.G. Wells. In 1938, Orson Welles and the Mercury Radio Theatre used it as a basis for a broadcast that many believed to be an actual invansion from outer space. 

In “Lucy Becomes an Astronaut” (November 5, 1962) Lucy Carmichael and Vivian Bagley successfully spend 24 hours in a simulated space ship as part of a 'Women in Space’ experiment.

Lucy just calls it “the space program,” but her daughter Chris knows that it is actually called NASA – the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. President Eisenhower established NASA in 1958. Alan Shepard became the first American in space in May 1961, just three weeks after Russian Yuri Gargarin. Although the American team planned to launch earlier, delays continually pushed the launch back, allowing the Russian program to scoop the headlines. 

“The Lucy Show” wasn’t the only TV show to use the space program as the basis for storylines.  Three months later “Dennis the Menace” aired “Junior Astronaut,” where Dennis and his classmates  participate in the 'Junior Astronaut’ savings-stamp program. This episode starred Gale Godon, who would join “The Lucy Show” cast in season two. Star Jay North did a short promotional film for the real-life savings-stamp program to support NASA.  

Also in January 1963, “McKeever & the Colonel,” a one-season sitcom that premiered on NBC a week before “The Lucy Show”, explored the topic in “McKeever’s Astronaut,” where a visiting astronaut turns out to be a chimp. Although not in the cast of this particular episode, Charles Lane (Lucy Carmichael’s banker Mr. Barnsdahl) was featured on the series in November 1962. Shirley Mitchell (Lucy Ricardo’s friend Marion Strong) was in the series premiere.  

The most famous example of the space program on television is the sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie,” which premiered in 1965. It not only featured astronauts as the central characters, it was set in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  After John F. Kennedy’s assassination in 1963, the name was changed to Cape Kennedy. It reverted to Cape Canaveral a decade later, although the NASA facilities are still known as the Kennedy Space Center. Jeannie was played by Barbara Eden, who made her sitcom debut on a 1957 episode of “I Love Lucy.”  

Lucy revisited the subject on October 11, 1971 on the “Here’s Lucy” episode “Lucy and the Astronauts”. When Harry and Lucy attend a splash down, she rushes to hug the returning crew before they can be medically cleared, meaning she and Harry must be quarantined with the astronauts. 

Barely tolerating Lucy in the isolation unit, Dr. Jamison (Roy Roberts) grumbles “We never had this trouble with Neil Armstrong.” Neil Armstrong was the first American astronaut to set foot on the moon on July 21, 1969.  Armstrong traveled with Buzz Aldrin on Apollo 11. His famous quote when he stepped onto the moon’s surface was “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

The episode incorporates stock footage of televised moon walks and splash downs. 

This episode was featured in a set of View-Master reels. The View-Master system was introduced in 1939 by GAF, four years after the advent of Kodachrome color film.  

The third act of “Lucy and the Generation Gap” (1969) was set in a futuristic space age in a musical comedy context.  

In 1966, Desilu produced a science fiction series that explored life in outer space - “Star Trek”.  Each episode started with the iconic phrase:

“Space: The Final Frontier”

Ball was friends with Majel Barrett and thought Gene Rodenberry was a talented creator. She supported the show when the network rejected it. Thanks to Lucy, the now iconic franchise has immeasurably contributed to the popularity of the space program. 

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𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍𝐘𝐌𝐎𝐔𝐒  𝐀𝐒𝐊𝐄𝐃  : Mw dc parent with an active child, and mw dc kid ??

absolutely !! dc parents w/ current children : carol ferris, jason todd, roy harper, cassandra cain, stephanie brown, diana prince, harley quinn, clark kent, lois lane, richard grayson, barbara godon, garfield logan, rachel roth, guy gardner, wally west, tora olafsdotter .

dc kids : kyle rayner, joyfire (roy + koriand'r + jason todd), jesssica cruz, wally west, rose wilson, tim drake, clark kent + lois lane, richard grayson, barbara gordon, the joker, punchline, pamela isley, diana prince, donna troy, conner kent, martian manhunter, swamp thing, abigail arcane, constantine, kate kane, selina kyle, courtney whitmore, kara zor-el, aquaman, mera, kaldur'ahm, victor stone, komand'r, zatanna .

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Dick: Small creatures are way more vicious.Its because there’s less room to contain anger.

Babs: Thats ridiculous, name one.

Tim: Wasps

Cass: Spiders

Steph: Terriers

Jason: Damian

Damian: *kicks him*

Jason: See!

[gothamcityangst]

Ivy kidnapping Batgirl and Batgirl is like "aw shit imma die" but then for some reason they just start talking about plants and crushes and other weird topics. You can put ur own personal head cannons for Ivy and Batgirl if you want.

Ok, this isn't exactly whump but I'll make an exception.

I can imagine that when Batgirl and Ivy first met it was kinda like that one Powerpuff girl episode where that one "feminist" character tries to convince the girls to commit crime to stick it to the patriarchy. Yeah, that's their relationship.

Ivy get's a lot more gentle around the bat kids when she gets together with Harley. I can see Ivy being like "I've kidnapped you because I'm trying to get to the Bat but you're a good kid so I'm not actually going to harm you because it would upset my wife and also I want to turn you against man."

Barbara is subtly trying to manipulate Ivy by talking to her about her interests to stall for time until Batman gets there. Eventually, it stops being her manipulating and her just talking, understanding her more. It almost becomes like a mini therapy session.

It's just a pure shit-talking session essentially. They talk about everything from crime-fighting, sexualities, what their favourite rollercoaster in Gotham is etc. Just random things that happen to come up. Barbara can tell Ivy is trying to convince her to her side but she's not budging.

Barbara will talk about how her boyfriend is pissing her off. Ivy will automatically suggest poisoning him, even if all Barbara said was that he did something minor like leaving the milk out overnight.

Ivy will talk about rainforests and Bab's will talk about her dead plants to which Ivy recommends the best way to keep them alive. It's nice for them not to be trying to kill each other for a change.

I can 100% see Bruce standing outside the door waiting for them to finish up. Harley comes along drinking a slushie and sits with Bruce outside the door in silence. They're standing outside the door for 3 hours. Ivy leaves to see where Batman is and by that point, Harley and Batman are having a game of poker on the floor. (Batman always keeps a handy deck of Bat-playing cards.)

This would extend beyond just this one situation. Batgirl will visit Ivy in Arkham to try and help her with rehabilitation.

[raven-whisperer]

So, with the wedding coming up, you’ve gotta wonder - who are the boys going with?

Naturally, you’d assume Dick and Babs - however Jason’s canonic crush on Barbara might suggest that he would also ask her to go. According to Nightwing, he and Babs are kind awkward around each other which makes me think they may not go together.

Which is why I’m pretty sure Barbara is going to the wedding with Damian. 

Thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

[spiralcass]

“It’d be so weird for the first Batgirl movie to star anyone but Barbara. She’s the OG and the best!”*

“If Killing Joke isn’t the plot of the first Batgirl movie, they’ve gotta do it for the sequel.”

Do people realize what they sound like when they say stuff like this?

Lets leave aside the fact that 99% of people who see Babs as the best Batgirl only do so because she’s the one with media appearances, and that Killing Joke is a shitty story that dudebros will continue to praise until the end of time, and just focus on how these two statements contradict each other.

Like there’s nothing wrong with thinking Babs should be the first DCEU Batgirl. I disagree, but if you love the character and think they could tell a good, original story, an improved adaptation of Year One**, or if for some reason you like the only truly awful work Gail Simone has ever done and want to see elements from her run adapted, you do you.

But for those who jump straight to the Killing Joke...I’m pretty sure anyone who thinks Babs is the best Batgirl isn’t thinking about how this will lead into Cass being Batgirl in the future. They’re just saying it because Babs is the Batgirl they know and Killing Joke is the only major story they know of which features Barbara prominently...

...except as well all know it DOESN’T feature her prominently. Barbara is not Batgirl in that story, nor is she a character of any kind. She is a tool, there to be stuffed in a fridge for the development of the three male characters the book is actually about. And we’ve seen from the animated feature that trying to fix this problem only makes things worse.

Saying you want to see Killing Joke as a Batman movie shows you have bad taste. Saying you want to see Killing Joke as a Batgirl movie shows that you don’t actually have any respect for the Batgirl mythos or even Barbara herself outside of her name and look.

*These aren’t direct quotes, just general things I’ve seen said by many people. I’m pointing out a lack of logic, not trying to offend anyone. Unless you unironically love The Killing Joke. Then offense intended.

** Side Note: I know some people love it, but I think Batgirl: Year One is only decent.

[buffyfan145]

Surprised they did this 2 days before Fandome but Vanity Fair just confirmed that Michael Keaton and Ben Affleck will both play Batman/Bruce Wayne in major roles in the “The Flash” movie!!! :D The director also teased other DC actors from previous films and the TV shows will make cameos too and he alluded to Grant Gustin and how the “Flash” show teased the multiverse for the films!!! :D My guess Lynda Carter and John Wesley Shipp will appear too with alludes to Christopher Reeve’s Superman as well as our normal DCEU cast and possibly Robert Pattinson. I’m hoping Grant does but not sure if others in the Arrowverse will as well. I’m also guessing since Keaton is staying on as a mentor that the actress playing Barbara Godon/Batgirl will be too to lead up to her movie as that’s rumored to be announced at Fandome. So excited about all of this!!!

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Gotham Crusaders - A Batfamily TV Show

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by BlatantBookworm

A (more detailed than expected) idea of what a potential Batfamily TV show might look like, divided into six seasons with episode plots, scenes, and even dialogue. This fic is a mixture of canon adapted for the screen (for major arcs) and plenty of original/almost original ideas of my own. Starts from Dick’s final year as Robin, continues until Damian is well established into the role.

Includes stories such as:

Dick steals the Batmobile and makes Tim an unwitting accomplice; Babs has her first attempt at challenging the internet; Tim goes on a journey from failing gym, to acing it, to deliberately returning to failing; Jason can’t even go to the library without getting caught in a hostage situation; it’s not really Steph’s fault her identity gets worked out in five minutes but maybe if Spoiler fought more criminals than Cluemaster the search would be broader; Tim’s favourite crime show tries to frame Dick for murder; Damian successfully uses the phrase “Drake is not my brother” as a way to be nice to Tim; Jason spends several months trying and failing to convince himself he doesn’t care; and Bruce collects more children than intended, fails to see this as a problem.

And a musical episode!

Words: 10302, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Under the Red Hood

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Barbara Godon, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Jack Drake, So many other characters appear but I don't want to fill up their character tags with cameos

Relationships: Batfamily - Relationship, minor Dick Grayson/Barbara Gordon, hints of Tim Drake/Stephanie Brown if you put on your shipper goggles but honestly it's pretty gen

Additional Tags: this fic is told entirely in dotpoints but the scene got remarkably detailed anyway, too many platonic relationships to properly tag everyone, the whole point of this fic is a collection of Batfam plots, there is much individual brother-sister-friend bonding both one-on-one and in groups, by the end Bruce has four sons and a daughter, plus Babs and Steph who are not adopted but still family, POV Outsider, Not really but kinda it's POV audience member of a hypothetical TV show, I try not to tell character thoughts and only say what can be seen on screen, I think I failed at that but I tried, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, honestly there is less character death than canon, odd considering this is forty percent a canon rewrite to be a consistent timeline, canonical child abuse (off-screen), Child Neglect, Bruce Wayne is a Good Dad, Jack Drake tries to be a Good Dad but he is bad at it and Tim deserves better, Sheila Haywood fails at being a mother but you know what she's sorry, David Cain just flat out sucks, the musical episode does not involve Batman singing and I apologise for any false advertising

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[pangeanews]

Storia sommaria di Michel Leiris, l’artista che sfidò l’Africa, cercò di tramutarsi in ghepardo per scoprirsi più alieno di prima. “Io che contavo di rientrare con l’aspetto affascinante e profondamento segnato di un corsaro…”

Era fuori tempo – questo, forse, gli diede l’impressione di essere appropriato – per lo più, era stanco, fiacco, aveva una faccia a forma di vaso egizio, con quegli occhi che parevano cobra, sfrecciavano. Una faccia pericolosa, ecco. Aveva quasi trent’anni, studi in chimica piuttosto fallimentari, un impulso inquieto – ma privo di argini, di generi – verso il verbo; gli piaceva il jazz e aveva conosciuto Max Jacob. Piuttosto, sposare Louise Godon, nel 1926, figliastra di Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, potente collezionista d’arte, gli permise di sfiorare l’epica cubista, di ammirare Picasso, Braque, Juan Gris. La cosa, gli giovò poco; ambiva a fondare una rivista, voleva chiamarla “La guerra civile”, era in ritardo anche per quello. L’ingresso nella redazione di “Documents”, piuttosto, la rivista fondata da Georges Bataille e Carl Einstein, lo galvanizzò: lì le discipline interloquivano fino al chiasso, si faceva archeologia e storia dell’arte, l’etnografia era una branca della lirica, la poesia si sfatava in scienza. La rivista durò poco, dal 1929 al 1931: il tempo adatto perché Michel Leiris incontrasse Marcel Griaule, il grande studioso, implorandolo di avviarlo all’avventura. “Stanco della vita che conduceva a Parigi, considerando il viaggio come un’avventura poetica, un metodo di conoscenza concreta…”, attacca la quarta del magnetico diario di Leiris, L’Africa fantasma (che ora torna in mirabile edizione Quodlibet, a cura di Barbara Fiori, dopo l’antica edizione Rizzoli del 1984), il primo libro, il più bello, che subito stronca ogni Eden, “Il suo tentativo di evasione si è rivelato fallimentare”. Anche i tonti sanno che evadere è una prigione, mi ha detto un amico in santità. Ma forse era proprio questo che il fantomatico Leiris – il fantasma, infine, è lui, in lui – desiderava, un passaggio da una prigione (l’etica occidentale) a un’altra (l’ipotesi di un’origine a cui fare meridiano ritorno). La fatale Mission, architettata dal Musée d’ethnographie du Trocadéro, contava sette persone, Leiris fu imbarcato come “scrittore di viaggio”, studioso di etnografia, aiutante per varie ed eventuali; gli eroi s’imbarcarono a Bordeaux il 19 maggio del 1931 sul “Saint-Firmin”, fecero scalo alle Canarie, attraccarono a Dakar. Da lì partì la missione vera e propria, concentrata a studiare i Dogon: il 30 gennaio 1933 termina, a Gibuti. Approdo definitivo a Marsiglia: 17 febbraio del 1933, sul cargo a vapore “D’Artagnan”. Un anno e mezzo di viaggio. Così Leiris il 22 novembre 1931: “Pessimo trucco per nascondere a me stesso il terrore persistente (e crescente) davanti alla morte, alla vecchiaia e anche alla vita. L’esistenza ascetica che conduco non mi accorda nessun paradiso infantile. Non mi immobilizza, non mi fissa nella liquefazione putrescente della vita. Con il casco, la camicia cachi, i calzoncini da cacciatore, resto lo stesso uomo angosciato che alcuni considerano una brava persona, tranquilla e pittoresca (?) al tempo stesso, una specie di borghese artista. Non c’è niente che mi umilia come un simile giudizio: resto scioccamente sensibile al giudizio degli altri”. L’Africa, il paese delle maschere, smaschera Leiris, il mito – francofono – del ‘buon selvaggio’, sfascia la placenta esotica, l’epica del colono avventuriero, del Rimbaud equilibrista all’equatore.

Il libro appassionò André Malraux: d’altronde, è una memorabile, complicata, granitica analisi della “condizione umana”. Leiris, antropofago dell’ego, non aveva la docenza decadente di André Gide – che nel 1927, per Gallimard, aveva pubblicato il suo Voyage au Congo – né la scaltra innocenza di un Pierre Loti, che ambiva alla cartolina. Era, appunto, fuori tempo – un Marlow inteso a sondare la propria tenebra, usando il cuore come zattera. “Sono ingrassato. Provo un’ignobile sensazione di pletora. Io che contavo di rientrare dall’Africa con l’aspetto affascinante e profondamento segnato di un corsaro. La vita che conduciamo è quanto mai piatta e borghese. Il lavoro, non molto diverso dal lavoro di fabbrica, di studio o di ufficio” (31 marzo 1932); “È così bello essere un po’ solo! È anche un po’ triste perché, in fondo al cuore, ci si domanda ciò che davvero siamo venuti a fare qui…” (15 maggio 1932). La sua fame l’aveva portato, prima dell’Africa, in Egitto, in Grecia. Dai luoghi della sapienza a quello in cui tenta l’insipienza – L’Africa fantasma è il regesto della scomparsa dell’anima, dell’impossibilità di far patto con i fantasmi – chi scrive vuole tornare a far patti con i morti, ma qualcuno ha ammazzato pure i morti. In Francia, Leiris costruisce un numero della magnifica rivista “Minotaure” sulla missione africana; poco dopo, gli tocca scrivere un articolo sulla morte di Raymond Roussel, suicida a Palermo. La pubblicazione per Gallimard de L’Africa fantasma rovina per sempre i rapporti con Marcel Griaule, a cui il libro è dedicato – accade quasi sempre così, i libri, quando sono buoni, sono coltelli alle spalle. Il giorno di ferragosto del ’32, comunque, Leiris, insieme ad alcuni cacciatori di laggiù, ha l’intuizione esatta, “indubbiamente l’estraneo, la brousse, l’esterno ci invadono da ogni parte”. La giungla agguanta. “Sono lontano dall’indifferenza degli ultimi giorni. Qualcuno dirà che forse comincio effettivamente ad essere posseduto”, scrive Leiris. Stava per trasformarsi in ghepardo. (d.b.)

L'articolo Storia sommaria di Michel Leiris, l’artista che sfidò l’Africa, cercò di tramutarsi in ghepardo per scoprirsi più alieno di prima. “Io che contavo di rientrare con l’aspetto affascinante e profondamento segnato di un corsaro…” proviene da Pangea.

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[papermoonloveslucy]

Lucy Becomes an Astronaut

S1;E6 ~ November 5, 1962

Synopsis 

Lucy and Viv successfully spend 24 hours in a simulated space ship as part of a "Women in Space" experiment. Lucy's ego swells from the publicity so Viv and Harry decide to deflate it by convincing Lucy that she's been chosen to be the first woman astronaut.

Regular Cast

Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Vivian Vance (Vivian Bagley), Jimmy Garrett (Jerry Carmichael), Ralph Hart (Sherman Bagley), Candy Moore (Chris Carmichael), Dick Martin (Harry Connors)

Guest Cast

Nancy Kulp (Jane Corey) played the cockney hotel maid who teaches Lucy how to curtsy in “Lucy Meets the Queen” (ILL S5;E15). Born in Harrisburg, PA, Kulp will always be remembered as Miss Jane Hathaway, the upright secretary of banker Drysdale on “The Beverly Hillbillies” (1962-1971) which premiered just five days before “The Lucy Show.”  The role of Miss Hathaway earned Kulp an Emmy nomination in 1967. She made an unsuccessful run for Pennsylvania congress in 1984, after which she retired and taught acting.  Kulp died of cancer in 1991.

The episode also employs a dozen middle-aged women as extras in the “Women in Space” program luncheon. Several sources claim Alix Talton was among them. A former Miss Georgia, Talton acted in a handful of films and TV shows in a career that spanned several decades, including seven episodes of “My Favorite Husband,” which was the television version of Lucille Ball's radio show of the same name.  

Lucy and Viv were ensigns in the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), which was the World War II women's branch of the U.S. Naval Reserve. It was established in 1942 in order to release officers and men for sea duty and replace them with women in shore establishments. By September 1946, the last of the WAVES had been discharged. The WAVE sponsored “Women in Space” program depicted in the episode is fictional.  

Lucy jokingly says that she served with Admiral Dewey at Manilla. George Dewey (1837–1917) was Admiral of the U.S. Navy. He was best known for his victory at the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War in May 1898.

Lucy just calls it “the space program,” but Chris knows that it is actually called NASA – the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. President Eisenhower established NASA in 1958. Alan Shepard became the first American in space in May 1961. In February 1962 U.S. Colonel John Glenn made three orbits around the Earth. In this episode, Viv sarcastically calls Lucy 'Colonel Glenn' Carmichael.  

There is a reference to a long distance call from Cape Canaveral, Florida, the home of NASA and a location that has became synonymous with the U.S. space program.  After John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963, the name was changed to Cape Kennedy.  It reverted to Cape Canaveral a decade later, although the NASA facilities are still known as the Kennedy Space Center.

Just eight months after this episode aired, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space in June 1963.  It would take the U.S. twenty more years to equal that achievement when Sally Ride went into space in June 1983.

During the isolation experiment, Viv gets claustrophobic. In real life it was Lucille Ball who suffered from claustrophobia, not Vivian Vance.

An unenthusiastic Viv says that by participating in the isolation experiment she is missing a big party with lots of Broadway celebrities that Eddie invited her to. Eddie Collins, Viv's sometimes boyfriend, hasn't been seen since “Lucy Digs Up a Date” (S1;E2).

On the telephone with what she thinks is NASA, Lucy nervously says: “Off in the 'wild blue' what sir?”  This is a reference to the “Air Force Song,” the first line of which is “Off we go, into the wild blue yonder.”

Lucy quotes John F. Kennedy's iconic inauguration speech of January 20, 1961: 

“Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” 

Later, fearing the dangers of space travel, Lucy tearfully regrets her enthusiasm: 

“I collect for the Red Cross. I buy savings bonds. I was with the WAVES.  How much does that man in the White House want from me?”

When hearing about a splash down, Lucy says she can't swim.

We see that the local newspaper is The Danfield Tribune.

“The Lucy Show” wasn't the only TV show to use the space program as the basis for storylines.  Three months later “Dennis the Menace” aired “Junior Astronaut,” where Dennis and his classmates  participate in the 'Junior Astronaut' savings-stamp program. The one who buys the most stamps wins a trip to Cape Canaveral to meet an astronaut.  This episode starred Gale Godon, who would join “The Lucy Show” cast in season two.  It also boasted John 'Shorty' Powers, who was a real-life NASA officer at the time. Star Jay North did a short promotional film for the real-life savings-stamp program to support NASA.  

Also in January 1963, “McKeever & the Colonel,” a one-season sitcom that premiered on NBC a week before “The Lucy Show”, explored the topic in “McKeever's Astronaut,” where a visiting astronaut turns out to be a chimp. Although not in the cast of this particular episode, Charles Lane (Lucy Carmichael's banker Mr. Barnsdahl) was featured on the series in November 1962. Shirley Mitchell (Lucy Ricardo's friend Marion Strong) was in the series premiere.  

The most famous example of the space program on television is the sitcom “I Dream of Jeannie,” which premiered in 1965.  It not only featured astronauts as the central characters, it was set in Cape Canaveral, Florida.  Jeannie was played by Barbara Eden, who made her sitcom debut on a 1957 episode of “I Love Lucy.”  

“Here's Lucy” also featured a NASA-themed episode titled “Lucy and the Astronauts” (HL S4;E5) in 1971.  The episode also features an 'isolation' element when space nut Lucy must go through decontamination with astronauts when she accidentally makes physical contact with them just after landing. This episode was commercially released on View-Master slides!  

In June 1963 Gold Key published their first issue of “The Lucy Show” comic books.  Although the main photo was from “Lucy Puts Up an Antenna” (S1;E9), there was a small colorized inset photo from this episode of Lucy, Viv and the kids looking at the newspapers reporting about Lucy and Viv’s experiment.

Callbacks!

In “Lucy's Club Dance” (ILL S3;E25) the headline of the New York Gazette reads “Bond Issue Defeated.” The same exact prop newspaper was used in “Ricky’s Old Girlfriend” (ILL S3;E12). Here, eight years later, a headline in The Danfield Tribune  is “City Bond Issue Approved”!  

The paper also has a smaller headline: “Plane Lost a Year Ago in Andes Still Untraced." This article actually appeared in The New York Times on July 20, 1933. It reported the continuing mystery of the 1932 disappearance of a Pan American Airlines flight from Santiago, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Eight months after the article, the plane was found four miles south of Puente Del Inca, Argentina.  Coincidentally, the very same side headline appeared on a newspaper used on a January 1961 episode of CBS's “Perry Mason.”  

Blooper Alerts!

Cut the Cord! After Lucy hangs up the phone while in the space suit, one of the cords dangling from the suit get's snagged on the telephone cord.  Lucy quickly untangles it without missing a beat.

“Lucy Becomes an Astronaut” rates 4 Paper Hearts out of 5 

[ao3feed-brucewayne]

Gotham Crusaders - A Batfamily TV Show

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by BlatantBookworm

A (more detailed than expected) idea of what a potential Batfamily TV show might look like, divided into six seasons with episode plots, scenes, and even dialogue. This fic is a mixture of canon adapted for the screen (for major arcs) and plenty of original/almost original ideas of my own. Starts from Dick’s final year as Robin, continues until Damian is well established into the role.

Includes stories such as:

Dick steals the Batmobile and makes Tim an unwitting accomplice; Babs has her first attempt at challenging the internet; Tim goes on a journey from failing gym, to acing it, to deliberately returning to failing; Jason can’t even go to the library without getting caught in a hostage situation; it’s not really Steph’s fault her identity gets worked out in five minutes but maybe if Spoiler fought more criminals than Cluemaster the search would be broader; Tim’s favourite crime show tries to frame Dick for murder; Damian successfully uses the phrase “Drake is not my brother” as a way to be nice to Tim; Jason spends several months trying and failing to convince himself he doesn’t care; and Bruce collects more children than intended, fails to see this as a problem.

And a musical episode!

Words: 10302, Chapters: 1/6, Language: English

Fandoms: Batman - All Media Types, Batman (Comics), Batman and Robin (Comics), Red Robin (Comics), Under the Red Hood

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: Gen

Characters: Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson, Barbara Godon, Jason Todd, Tim Drake, Stephanie Brown, Cassandra Cain, Damian Wayne, Alfred Pennyworth, Jim Gordon, Jack Drake, So many other characters appear but I don't want to fill up their character tags with cameos

Relationships: Batfamily - Relationship, minor Dick Grayson/Barbara Gordon, hints of Tim Drake/Stephanie Brown if you put on your shipper goggles but honestly it's pretty gen

Additional Tags: this fic is told entirely in dotpoints but the scene got remarkably detailed anyway, too many platonic relationships to properly tag everyone, the whole point of this fic is a collection of Batfam plots, there is much individual brother-sister-friend bonding both one-on-one and in groups, by the end Bruce has four sons and a daughter, plus Babs and Steph who are not adopted but still family, POV Outsider, Not really but kinda it's POV audience member of a hypothetical TV show, I try not to tell character thoughts and only say what can be seen on screen, I think I failed at that but I tried, Canon-Typical Violence, Canonical Character Death, honestly there is less character death than canon, odd considering this is forty percent a canon rewrite to be a consistent timeline, canonical child abuse (off-screen), Child Neglect, Bruce Wayne is a Good Dad, Jack Drake tries to be a Good Dad but he is bad at it and Tim deserves better, Sheila Haywood fails at being a mother but you know what she's sorry, David Cain just flat out sucks, the musical episode does not involve Batman singing and I apologise for any false advertising

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2HNNRMc

[raven-whisperer]

Batgirl icons! Feel free to use!