Posted by wolfman on 7/1/2008, 2:45 am, in reply to "Re: D & D 25th Anniversary!"
so theres three of us in their 40s here..glad to hear Im not the eldest one.
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: Hey, I was also in college when D&D came out! I thought I was
: eighteen but now that I've actually done the math--I guess I
: was nineteen . Excuse me, I have to go chase some darned kids
: off my lawn now...
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: Geez, guys, you make me feel absolutely mummified. I was of the
: generation that was raised on "Jonny Quest" and
: "The Herculoids," and which could never quite get past
: considering "Hong Kong Phooey " and "Josie and
: the Pussycats" as "new cartoons."
:
: I was nineteen when "Dungeons & Dragons" came out,
: and I watched it for the first time in the dorm at UGA. I had
: been quivering with excitement for weeks; as an animation fan
: and a D&D geek I was thrilled at the combination of the two. I
: have to admit, the first couple of weeks were rather
: disappointing; I might well have given up on the show if my
: friend Bo (a jock and the last person one would have expected to
: become a "D&D" fan)* hadn't gotten hooked (Bobby was
: his favorite character), and kept me watching long enough for ME
: to get hooked. I THINK it was "Quest for the Skeleton
: Warrior" that finally got me.
:
: It was all too short a time before fricking CBS started
: pre-emtpting D&D with boring football games. I don't think I
: ever saw some of the last season's episodes ("The Winds of
: Darkness"?) until Fox started re-showing the series.
:
: So, here's to D&D, and to its fans, particularly to Zakiyah,
: creator of what is almost certainly the most comprehensive D&D
: site on the web, and of Helix, the premiere site for fan
: communitcation. Prosit!
:
: * My roommate Butch was less sympathetic; he always referred to
: the show as "He-Man Meets the She-Hul in the Dungeons of
: the Dragons" -- invariably at that full length.
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