tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936281921751735006.post5436513968565460803..comments2023-05-17T00:41:14.698-07:00Comments on Diary of a Madman: Of Wikis and Wold Newton: Part 1Sean Levinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17338199695708410919noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936281921751735006.post-11576733261792167932012-01-05T16:34:20.122-08:002012-01-05T16:34:20.122-08:00Mark, thanks for the info, buddy. What I've re...Mark, thanks for the info, buddy. What I've read of your genealogical work is very interesting.<br /><br />The Blogmaster (not to be confused with the Beastmaster)<br /><br />P.S.: Very glad to have met you last year.Sean Levinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17338199695708410919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936281921751735006.post-47942420082893824582012-01-05T11:08:27.548-08:002012-01-05T11:08:27.548-08:00I will post a comment on the Eddie Munster/Wednesd...I will post a comment on the Eddie Munster/Wednesday Addams marriage. This was the TV version of the Addams Family, and while it's not canonical, it does have a history behind it.<br />When I was doing some of the genealogies featuring the roles actors played, the most significant one being Mark Goddard's, showing Major Don West's descent from Jim West, the Claytons, and the Ringo Kid's deputy, I had the chance to speak with Butch Patrick, who played Eddie Munster. I mentioned the idea of Eddie and Wednesday being married, and he told me the following.<br />Some SF store had had a grand opening a few years before then where he and the actress who had played Wednesday on TV were in attendance, in character. It was Halloween, and they played the characters, and they did get married... though Butch's lady was quick to point out it was the characters getting married, not the actors.<br />Wedding pictures of the event do exist, and I was able to find some on the web later.<br />So there IS some kind of justification for that stance.<br />Also, I believe the 2 pages of "Wold Newton Characters" that were retained on users' talk pages were the remnants of connections and lists that various folks had contributed to that were fairly ruthlessly "Edited" out of existence, leaving almost nothing when they were done, not even Farmer's own reference. It was about that time (I wasn't caught in the frenzy myself, just aware it was going on) that Wikipedia wasn't worth my time and effort under those circumstances. And I still have what I consider better things to do with my time, which makes me incredibly glad someone like Sean is attempting this daunting task.icarus_23https://www.blogger.com/profile/05004718282093606746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936281921751735006.post-6757250267892316372010-01-11T22:38:41.386-08:002010-01-11T22:38:41.386-08:00Interesting stuff so far, Sean, and I'm lookin...Interesting stuff so far, Sean, and I'm looking forward to reading more. I agree with Robert about those people creating their own reality rather than tarring the real WNU.<br /><br />Even within my own little sandbox of Toobworld, I always suggest connections as possibilities rather stating them as fact.<br /><br />Okay, onward to part two.....Toby O'Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999037844031101965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936281921751735006.post-50686393967359336892010-01-09T09:22:12.463-08:002010-01-09T09:22:12.463-08:00Sean,
Thank you for taking on this good work --it...Sean,<br /><br />Thank you for taking on this good work --it is *highly* appreciated. It is grating that so many readers are turned off by or dismissive of Wold-Newtonry because of baseless lists like "Phil Sandifer's," and thus all real Wold Newton research gets painted with a broad brush of ridicule. <br /><br />Your work here is highly valuable and I look forward to the subsequent posts!<br /><br />-WinWin Scott Eckerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09741672104139893249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6936281921751735006.post-61503676309108788762010-01-08T18:17:30.618-08:002010-01-08T18:17:30.618-08:00Kudos. I'm glad to see someone try to nip thi...Kudos. I'm glad to see someone try to nip this bad trend in the bud. If he really wants to have all these characters in the same universe, he should create his own "reality" and not attribute it to the work of Farmer or call it the WNU. <br /><br />I've actually been thinking of creating my own list of who is in the WNU, expanding on the lists created by Win and Dennis, and going off of Farmer's work, as well as the work of other published writers such as Win, and those who have articles on Win's and Dennis' sites. But that is a very exhausting task, because it actually involves reading and researching, rather than randomly making things up. So that project will have to wait for now.Robert E. "Robyn" Wronski, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10604283909178053827noreply@blogger.com