#Mel Allen

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Longtime Yankees announcer Mel Allen switches from radio to television on May 11, 1956. He is calling the game between the Yanks and the Baltimore Orioles at the Stadium. Cameraman is Jim Woods. Baseball was originally broadcast on AM radio, but at this time major automakers were switching their advertising from radio to TV.

Photo: Robert Kradin for the AP

[dayniac]

Doris with Hank Bauer, Mickey Mantle and Mel Allen

[oldshowbiz]

Tired of Mel Allen’s How About That Bias

[gummyartstradingcards]

[pup-pee]

hi i did it

srry don i cut u out i rlly didnt want 2 draw 2 adults ;;

[autumnmobile12]

After some reflection on why I gravitate towards certain characters, I've narrowed my favorites into three archetypes:

(Note: These are not all of my favorites; just the immediate suspects who come to mind right now.)

A snarky bitch

(With exceptions. This sort of character does have a fine line between a delightful smart ass and someone who's just mean.)

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Someone who's living in the madness of their own mind

(However which way that manifests.)

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Characters who just have confidence or straight-up audacity and/or are past the point of giving a shit for whatever reason

(I'm aware insecurity is a big part of Shizuo's character, but the guy also has boundaries he's not shy about enforcing.)

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Or characters who are some bizarre combination of all three

(Or have traces of those three elements.)

Yes, Allen belongs in this final category because, while a sweetheart, he will still blackmail his allies, cheat at cards and publicly humiliate his opponents, and is a occasionally snarky little shit.

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Disclaimer: None of this is to say I don't enjoy the badasses like Vi, or wholesome characters like Celty or Sypha, or the cinnamon roll, heart full of rainbows, 'can do no wrong' type of characters like Deku. They just don't entertain me half as much as the lineup pictured above.

You also may have noticed that some of these characters are straight up really awful people. (Izaya in my opinion being the worst cause he doesn't even have the paper thin excuse of a tragic backstory.) Being entertained by fictional characters and condoning what they do are two separate matters. I condone nothing; these people are monsters. Sometimes you want to hand them a blanket and some tea, sometimes you're just here to watch them fall, but fictional monsters are the only good kind of monsters.

[mutt-the-miracle]

so i was working on tornado twins stuff and i couldnt get this outta my head

[melissa-titanium]

✍

SGT NORM ALLEN

can almost GUARANTEE i fuckedhim up but...here u are :3

[melonlthawne]

Oooh, how would meloni raising Thad change things? Bc I’d imagine it’d change a lot lol

HI. sorry this took a bit. im notoriously terrible at answering asks or like anything at a practical pace so i had to get my brain into the mood to answer. but thanks for sending i really appreciate it!

so yes the short answer is that A LOT changes. i think the main aspect here is that thad is actually raised as a wanted, loved child with his own thoughts and feelings that matter versus president's thawnes upbringing of him only being useful when he can be used as a tool to terminate bart or hurt the flashfam. though meloni definitely wasn't expecting another child in this au, she welcomes thad in with open arms knowing that if he's raised by eobard, thad won't be loved and she would never want that if she could help it. so the best option she has is to take him home and raise him herself.

she's not the best parent ever. no one is. but if there's one thing meloni can ensure she does is make sure thad knows hes loved and appreciated no matter what his origin is. when thad is older she probably explains the complex situation to him so that he doesn't have to find out in some other way that could be traumatic.

assuming things go to plan, mel would encourage thad in any way she could much like how she does with bart canonically in the very little time they have together. in this au/verse, bart's rapid aging either doesn't exist or is solved when hes still a baby which makes things a bit more normal though i imagine raising any speedster child can be a nightmare at times.

i'm sure some traits that thad has typically still show up, like him being very dedicated to whatever his tasks/responsibilities are, maybe being a little unintentionally rude or blunt, and he and bart would probably still bicker and fight a lot but not physically or to an extreme degree. just like typical sibling junk. but because from the moment they got him thad isn't "trained" to be evil or whatever he probably just ends up in a sort of chaotic good position or maybe even chaotic neutral but NOT evil. he still has the potential to be bad just like we all do but it would only end that way if he has some other influence outside of mel bart & don that is frequent and persistant enough to outshine mel's well intentioned upbringing.

he'd probably still end up as a hero. idk if he'd still be inertia maybe cause its just a cool ass name but maybe with a different suit that isn't inverted-color impulse since he has his own life now and has different interests and thoughts outside of his genetical coding being identical to bart. he's allowed to become his own person no matter what his dna says. he's not constrained to JUST be the better or inferior bart/bart-clone. and meloni and don would make sure thad always knows he is his own person and he's not just an extension of bart. they may be brothers but they are not the same person.

i could probably ramble even more on this and i will probably. i have that fic i plan on touching after like a year and a half of nothing. i have a surgery coming up and a buttload of time to recover so i might get some writing done soon. if you're interested in this stuff, keep an eye out! plan to get more art and writing in this verse asap : )

[gardenerian]

Freddie... or Fred, then.

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The first Emmy Awards (then called the Michaels) were handed out on March 21, 1950 by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for Television and Radio. Ed Sullivan (second from left, the MC), posed with winners Milton Berle (Outstanding Comedian of the Year), singer Fran Warren (Most Promising Star), actor Everett Sloane (Best Dramatic Actor on Radio), and Mel Allen (Best Sportscaster on Television & Radio).

Photo: Associated Press via the Oregonian

[bo-loved]

remember the Don and Mel fic I talked about?

yeah so it might be happening, actually the prologue/first chapter is almost done actually so that’s cool

I’ve been slowly chipping away at it but once I get it beta read and finally finished I’ll post it for the world to enjoy

And y’know what.. how about a preview? BOOM!

[westfieldswoes]

staring at our front. why is it so CROWDED up in this bitch

[unreformedcarrots]

Gracie Allen and George Burns with Mel Blanc.

[grande-caps]

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[goldenradioage]

Gracie Allen, George Burns, and Mel Blanc (aka The Happy Postman)