As Dreamers Do: American Magic Redux
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If the ET premiere was held outdoors, would you prefer Murrayfield or Hampden Park?
Wow with John out of the picture earlier than the original American Magic, I wonder who will be considered the "big bad" like how John K was in the original timeline?Excerpts from a Press Conference announcing John Kricfalusi's arrest
Held at Parker Center (LAPD Headquarters)
March 10, 1982
Griffin Bell
Attorney General of the United States
"Good afternoon. I am honored to stand alongside Los Angeles County District Attorney Robert Philibosian, Robert S. Mueller III, Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, as well as the State of California's Attorney General George Deukmejian."
"Yesterday, the FBI arrested 26 year old Canadian national Michael John Kricfalusi, charging him with three counts of bribery and five counts of child enticement."
"Mr. Kricfalusi was entrusted by his bosses with the privilege of using his talent to help the Hanna-Barbera cartoon studio build on its success as the standard bearer for quality family entertainment. Instead, Mr. Krifcalusi stands accused of using his creative gifts to circumvent the authority of the Screen Cartoonists Association of America and its Cartoon Czar's office."
Robert S. Mueller III
"Mr. Kricfalusi is also accused of giving monetary bribes to several members of the National Broadcasting Company's department of broadcast standards and practices. Three of NBC's censors are now in federal custody for accepting those bribes. This was the result of objections raised by the network over the content of the Eastland Girls episode titled 'Home Economics,' for which Kricfalusi is credited as the sole writer. In that episode, a young boy named Todd, who is depicted as being the same age as the main girls on the show, is clunked on the head with a baseball bat and dragged into the dormitory where the girls live and study. Todd is then shown donning a diaper and a baby bonnet while sitting on an oversized high chair and fed with a baby bottle. All of this is culmination of the home economics lesson being given by Mrs. Garrett, the housemother of the dormitory."
Bell
"Over a three and a half year span, Mr. Kricfalusi attempted to lure child actresses such as Mindy Feldman, Dana Plato, Molly Ringwald, Felice Shachter and Nancy McKeon to his residence for the purposes of committing obscene acts with minors. Because of the repeated attempts to entice these young ladies, Mr. Krifcfalusi is currently being held without bail."
"A trial date will be discussed at a later date. Now I am happy to answer any questions."
The next boss battles will likely involve names like Weinstein, Spacey, Cosby, maybe Belfort.
Entertainment News for Late March 1982
Trial date for Kricfalusi set for October 25.
- The Los Angeles Times
Universal's Wrinkle dominates the early spring box office due to weak competition.
- Variety
Walter Lantz confirms that the long-rumored Woody Woodpecker film is in the works.
- The Hollywood Reporter
Citing sagging attendance and revenues, the NHL confirms the Colorado Rockies are up for sale.
- The Hockey News
- The Los Angeles Times
Universal's Wrinkle dominates the early spring box office due to weak competition.
- Variety
Walter Lantz confirms that the long-rumored Woody Woodpecker film is in the works.
- The Hollywood Reporter
Citing sagging attendance and revenues, the NHL confirms the Colorado Rockies are up for sale.
- The Hockey News
On the one hand, it can't be a coincidence that Mr. Lantz announces a Woody Woodpecker film after such a successful release in theaters. On the other hand, the chances of it being as good as Wrinkle are about as small as Andy Panda's fanbase.
Oddly enough, might I suggest having Namco buy the Colorado Rockies, after the megahit that was Pac-Man? I mean, if Nintendo of America can buy the Seattle Mariners in 1992 and still own ten percent of it after selling the company in 2016 in our timeline, then this timeline can have Namco gobble up a hockey team by comparison.
@TheFaultsofAlts
Buying an NHL team should be a bargain in 1982. So would an NBA team before David Stern becomes commissioner.
Buying an NHL team should be a bargain in 1982. So would an NBA team before David Stern becomes commissioner.
All the more reason to have Mr. Pac-Man eat up a sports team.
Entertainment News for April 1982
Walt Disney, Jr., who will turn 36 in June, officially succeeds his father as head of the Disney organization.
- The Hollywood Reporter
NHL Board of Governors approves the sale of the Colorado Rockies to Japanese video game company Namco. The team had previously been rumored to be headed to New Jersey.
- The Denver Post
Paramount acquires the distribution rights to the oft-delayed Thief and the Cobbler for a Christmas '82 release.
- Variety
Embassy Pictures wins $16 million USD in damages in its breach-of-contract suit against Hanna-Barbera. The case was filed amid the Home Ec scandal that rocked the business of animated cartoons last fall.
- The New York Times
Pick up the May '82 issue of MAD Magazine for the TV satire "Ecch-Land Hurls," which touches heavily on the Home Ec incident.
- The Bedrock Bugle; An unauthorized HB fanzine
- The Hollywood Reporter
NHL Board of Governors approves the sale of the Colorado Rockies to Japanese video game company Namco. The team had previously been rumored to be headed to New Jersey.
- The Denver Post
Paramount acquires the distribution rights to the oft-delayed Thief and the Cobbler for a Christmas '82 release.
- Variety
Embassy Pictures wins $16 million USD in damages in its breach-of-contract suit against Hanna-Barbera. The case was filed amid the Home Ec scandal that rocked the business of animated cartoons last fall.
- The New York Times
Pick up the May '82 issue of MAD Magazine for the TV satire "Ecch-Land Hurls," which touches heavily on the Home Ec incident.
- The Bedrock Bugle; An unauthorized HB fanzine
Well, he most certainly has the brand name recognition for the job.
Glad to see you took my suggestion into account here.
Let's hope that it turns out well compared to how it ended up IOTL.
And that's a win that needed to happen.
The fact that a fanzine dedicated to Hanna-Barbera unabashedly mocked the company they were promoting to kingdom come should say something about that infamous scandal.
This repeated spamming of the same bloody questions gas reached the level of trolling.
It STOPS.
NOW.