Femme Fatale Friday for my favorite Bond Girl of all time

 

💘  Happy Birthday to Kristina Wayborn, my favorite Bond Girl of all time for this weeks, Femme Fatale Friday.

Born Britt-Ingea Johansson in Nybro Sweden in 1950, she was Miss Sweden in 1970, then was a Semi-Finalist for Miss Universe, while the same year being elected Miss Scandinavia.

Her breakout role came in, The Silent Lovers (1980) when she portrayed Greta Garbo.  Even though Wayborn speaks English with a flawless American accent, she adopted a thick Swedish accent for the role of Garbo, even all the cast & crew were fooled until she suddenly started speaking with her regular voice on set.  Wayborn claims she was blackballed by the films producer for jilting his advances for her to become his girlfriend.

After her role in, The Silent Lovers and her popular poster with a tiger 🐯, James Bond producers took notice of her.  Wayborn was originally considered for the female lead in 1981's, For Your Eyes Only but was later cast as Magda in 1983's, Octopussy.  Her appearance made Wayborn a world wide sex symbol.

Even though she had a very athletic background, Wayborn broke several toes when she kicked a bazooka out of the hands of one of Kamal's henchmen in the climactic final fight scene at his palace.  The bazooka was supposed to have been replaced with a plastic one for the stunt, but someone screwed up.

Wayborn seemed to have a knack for the fight scenes, displaying a skill for Martial Arts and amazing agility, she was known for "beating up" several of Kamal's henchmen in some of the fight scenes.

Her famous scene of backflipping off out the window and sliding down to the ground was offered to a stuntwoman but Wayburn demanded to do the scene herself, and got it on the first take.

Wayborn did many television appearances; The Love Boat, McGyver, Airwolf, Dallas, Baywatch and many others. 📺

Happy Birthday to Kristina Wayborn, who will always be my favorite James Bond "Girl"! 💓

Throwback Thursday: Saturday Morning Lineup

 One of the great memories of my childhood was the annual changeover of Saturday Morning Cartoons each fall, usually sometime in September. 

When I was a kid, I convinced myself, and several friends that this was done in September to "apologize" for being back in school and to keep kids happy until Halloween got there... 😆 but of course, it simply coincided with the fall changeover of the Network lineups for all shows.

One that still lives with me is, Tarzan Lord of the Jungle, hearing the music and seeing the episodes bring back a lot of childhood memories, most great, a few sad.

On Saturday, September 11th 1976, this great cartoon debuted with, Tarzan and the Lost City of Gold, I was instantly hooked.  The classic characters like Tarzan appealed to me, I liked ones who had a strong history and this one came from the mind of the great, Sir Edgar Rice Burroughs.  Tarzan was voiced by Robert Ridgely and really brought a confidence and strength to the character that had a big influence on me.

It wasn't until much later in life that I'd learn the amazing story of the animation house behind the show, Filmation, but they would go on to do animated series for other American Legends, The Lone Ranger and Zorro.  But they would produce at total of 36 Tarzan episodes over four seasons.  The show would have three incarnations, starting out by itself, then as, The Batman/Tarzan Adventure Hour, then as, The Tarzan/Lone Ranger Adventure Hour.

Filmation would dominate the CBS Saturday morning lineup for over a decade, producing other cartoons for Popeye, Mighty Mouse, Fat Albert, Superman and live-action shows for Shazam and Isis.  They would later rule after school cartoon time with, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Not all the episodes are available on home entertainment media yet, but I hope that they continue to release them and keep bringing back the great memories. 

Today's kids miss out on so much of the excitement of yesteryear and the thrill of not knowing what was coming to Saturday morning until you saw an ad like this in the summer edition of a comic book.

If you look through the lineup history, CBS certainly had the strongest ones of the, Saturday Morning Cartoon era in television, but CBS also had some of the longest and strongest history in the broadcasting industry.

Heads Will Roll .... time and again, with this classic

One of the movies that will forever have a place in my, Top 10 Favorite Films, is one that, even when not watched in the Fall will bring a chill to the bone and a bit of gloom to the day, Sleepy Hollow. 💀🎃

Yet another classic collaboration of a great film trio, Tim Burton (director), Johnny Depp (actor) & Danny Elfman (score).  

Taken from the classic story,  The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving, this version still holds it's own as the most popular theatrical version of the tale.

Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean) plays the odd, Ichabod Crane, a constable from New York City, sent to Sleepy Hollow to solve 3 gruesome murders, where the victims were decapitated.  It's not until Crane arrives to the quiet upstate town ("mainly Dutch") that he learns of the details of the killings, supposedly done by a maniacal horsemen who is himself, decapitated.

In Disney's classic animated adaptation, with a great song about the Horseman sung by legend, Bing Crosby, Crane is a schoolteacher who falls in love with the local beauty, Katrina Van Tassell, in the film, portrayed by, Christina Ricci (The Adams Family).

Part of her story remains to the classic, as she is the daughter of a local land owner, Baltus Van Tassell, but in this tale, her mother died and her nurse marries into the family and begins a plan of vengeance against the town and family, with the wild horseman as her demonic servant of doom.

Depp's version of Crane varies greatly from many past tales, this one is very cerebral who is always questioning the towns superstitions of the occult, denying the existence of the Horseman and insisting that the killer is "a man of flesh and blood, and I will seek him out."  This version, although still a bit timid, is a valiant hero compared to the Disney's animate one.

The men of the town is like a who's-who from popular film, half of them recognizable from the Harry Potter films. ...don't hate the Magistrate for how he treats Harry in another life or wonder why Dumbledoor doesn't just wave the Horseman away, if anyone was going to do anything, Batman's butler Alfred should have called for help, or the local minister calling the ghost with the most... 😆

The visuals in the film are outstanding and really draw you into the town and the era, along with the constant chill that seems to be in the air.  The film seems to have been perfect for director, Tim Burton, and the chilling music of Danny Elfman (Batman).

It's one of those films that I never get tired of watching, and hopefully never will ... until the horseman comes for me... 💀🎃

 

Happy Birthday on Femme Fatale Friday to, Cassandra Peterson

 Best known for her alter-ego, Elvira Mistress of the Dark, we're saying Happy Birthday 🍰 to the woman behind the wig, Cassandra Peterson 💘 whom I've had a crush on since the first time I saw her.

Peterson was born in Manhattan KS and raised in Colorado Springs CO.

When she was 5 years old, Peterson was scalded by boiling water on a large portion of her body, as a child, she went through 17 skin graph operations to cover the scars.  This didn't stop her from several nude pictorals over the years but she has never appeared nude as Elvira.

She began her showbiz career as the youngest showgirl ever in Vegas, at 17 she was featured in the show, Vive Les Girls at the Dunes Hotel.  It was an encounter with The King himself, Elvis Presley that would change her life.  She went off to Europe to pursue her career as a singer and actor, she starred in several Italian films and spent time as the lead singer of an Italian rock band.

After returning to the states and settling down in Hollywood, she spent four and a half years in Los Angeles's best improvisational troupe, The Groundlings, this is where she really developed her outrageousness.

In 1981 she auditioned for a weekly television show that featured horror films, "Movie Macabre" and her new persona, Elvira were an overnight sensation, enough so that she did a guest appearance in Hal Needham's film, Stroker Ace.

Peterson used the fame of Elvira to help focus on her personal causes of animal rescue and AIDS awareness.  She now owns her own production company in Los Angeles called, Queen B Productions.

As a co-writer for Movie Macabre she also co-wrote two motion pictures focusing on her alter-ego, Elvira Mistress of the Dark (1988) and Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001).  In 2007 she was the producer, writer and star of, The Search for the next Elvira.  She continues to appear all over the world as, Elvira. 

To this day, Cassandra and her alter ego are one of the most famous sex symbols in the world, still hosting science fiction and horror events to the delight of her fans.

Happy 107th Birthday to the Man in the Mask

 Happy Birthday to the late, great, Lone Ranger himself, Clayton Moore! 

Moore portrayed the classic American hero from 1949 to 1951 and from 1954 to 1957 but unlike some others, Moore embrased the character and continued to dawn the mask for the rest of his life whenever called upon, even for an unforgettable episode of Happy Days as he would surprise The Fonz on his birthday (which gave re-runs of the classic western a new surge with young people in the 70s).

He was born September 14th 1914, Jack Carlton Moore in Chicago Illinois, the youngest of three sons.  His father, Charles Sprague Moore was a well-to-do real estate broker and his mother, Theresa Violet was a housewife.

"Jack", a natural athlete, became a circus acrobat by age 8 and appeared at the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago with a trapeze act (no wonder he was so fearless of all those western film stunts).

Moving out to Hollywood in the 30's, Moore took on parts as a stuntman and bit-player between modeling jobs (yes, I said modeling), until he was persuaded to change his stage name to, Clayton by producer Edward Small.  After which Moore got parts in four Republic Pictures cliff-hangers and two films for Columbia Pictures.

Moore served his country during World War II in the United States Army as part of their first Motion Picture Unit, making training films.

Moore was working on the serial, Ghost of Zorro, when he caught the eye of Lone Ranger radio producer and co-creator, George W Trendle.  

The show and character was a world wide sensation, he became the single most recognizable character in the world for a few years

The only interruption in Moore's appearances as the Lone Ranger came from 1979 to 1984 when the film producer of, The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981, which I talked about before).  Jack Wrather owned the rights to the character and filed a law suit for Moore to stop appearing as the character, Moore continued by altering his costume and using a pair of wrap-around sunglasses instead of a mask.  The public was rabidly behind Moore in the suit (who counter-sued) and is blamed for part of that films lack of ticket sales.  (They'd have been FAR better off  by working with the legendary Moore and allowing him to help promote their film, just my take).

Even with this interruption in his portrayal, Moore will forever be synonymous with The Lone Ranger.

HIGH-HO SILVER, AWAY!!!  We thank you for all the wonderful memories, Mr Moore, and miss you!

Scooby Doo, 52 years old ... in human years...

 Scooby Doo, where are you?  We've been asking that question since this day in 1969, Happy Anniversary/Birthday to one of the most famous pups in history, beloved by tens-of-millions all over the world.

The series was created by Joe Ruby & Ken Spears who also created DynoMutt Dog Wonder, Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch and Jabber Jaw.

The went on to assemble, Ruby-Spears Productions that would give Saturday mornings to, Fangface, Plastic Man, Saturday Supercade, Mister T, The Chipmunks and the Salkinds Saturday morning version of, Superman.  The production company would later be bought out by Hanna-Barbera.

The original cast features Don Messick as Scooby Doo (Papa Smurf, Bamm Bamm Ruble, Muttley, Astro).  Casey Kasem as Shaggy (American Top 40 Countdown, Robin the Boy Wonder when Burt Ward wasn't playing the part).  Frank Welker as Freddy (Megatron, Dr Claw, Ray Stanz on The Real Ghostbusters and would replace Lorenzo Music as Garfield after Music's passing).  Stefanianna Chritopherson would play Daphne Blake in Season one, then Heather North would step into the role for season 2 & 3.  Nicole Jaffe portrayed Velma Dinkley in Season 1 & 2 but would be replaced by Pat Stevens in Season 3.

The characters continue to appear in animate films and two somewhat forgettable live-action films.  With a throwback to the classic "New Scooby Doo Movies" they have been teaming the gang with people like legendary rock band, KISS and the stars of the WWE.

The original three seasons is still seen as the best of the best!

Ashley Mattingly, lost too soon

 💔 She would have been 35 today, another beautiful angel gone too soon after bouts with alcohol and depression, she took her own life at only 33. 💔

Ashley Mattingly was born in Dallas Texas on September 10th 1986, and in 2011 was Playmate of the Month, also gracing the cover of that issue.

Her troubles became public in 2012 when her ex-boyfriend was convicted of domestic battery.  She fell into problems with substance abuse.  In early 2016 she was charged with DUI when she wrecked a golf cart into several parked cars.

She was living in Austin at the time she died, trying to get her life back on track.  Ashley had adopted a 9 month old golden retriever names, Miss Jean, to help with her loneliness and the "shelter in place" did more harm than good for her.  She posted a video to instagram just a couple of days before taking her life by gunshot.  Benzodiazepine and opiates were found in her system.

The bigger tragedy in our world is that we only seem to hear about things like this afterward, and only when it happens to someone famous.

This beautiful angel was lost too soon for many reasons, nobody is to blame but it shows that we need to be more mindful of our loved ones, pay attention to what they say and don't say, see through the "I'm fine" when we know that's not where they are in life, especially when they are on medications or might be taking something on their own.

I never met Ashley, wasn't even going to post about her, until I read her story, what happened to her and know how horrible loneliness is, especially when battling alcohol and drugs, it breaks my heart that she felt so alone.  People shouldn't feel alone, not anymore, especially in today's society when there are SO many ways to reach out to them.

If you or someone you know is having issues with depression and/or substance abuse, TALK TO SOMEONE, don't keep it all to yourself, family and friends are supposed to be there in times of need and few are as more in need than times of real loneliness.

Our Nation needs its Teddy...

 Did you have one?  Not sure I've ever met anyone who didn't have one, even if not a bear, a stuffed animal that was a part of you as a small child.

It is National Teddy Bear Day, each September 9th is set aside for this legendary piece of our history.

Arguably the most iconic toy in the history of civilized man, even if it only officially came about in the early 1900's and named after President Theodore Roosevelt, who got the nickname, Teddy (which he hated) after a hunting trip in Mississippi around 1902.  "Invented" in the US and Germany at pretty much the same time.  In the US Morris Michtom and Richard Steiff in Germany under his mother, Margarete Steiff's company.

The image of the Teddy Bear has been represented in stories, songs and films.  The toy is still seen by many children as the ultimate security blanket, many times, over the blanket.

There are Teddy Bear runs that have leather clad bikers running bears to toy drive destinations during the holidays.  Community events to raise the toys for local children, our local Zoo does one every year.

I remember my bear clearly but unfortunately did not keep it from my childhood, wish I would have, sentiment means a lot to some. 

Just look at all the ways that the bear has been promoted and used to promote projects and stories.  Winnie the Pooh, Fozzie Bear, the Hair Bear Bunch, Yogi Bear, Smokey the Bear,  Baloo, the Care Bears, and Corduroy.

55 years Treking through life...

 

"Keep looking, you'll find yourself there." is one of the lines that I've heard from many people about, Star Trek, and it's true, sort of, I haven't found my counterpart, but did find my place, Deep Space 9.

Today is the 55th anniversary of the television debut of Star Trek the original series, a television show that would change the world.  People's outlook on the future changed to one of hope.  

Most of the science fiction from that era and before was all about alien raiding parties, planetary conquest and the destruction of all mankind, very few tales of the future being one of human achievement.  Until Gene Roddenberry pushed for a story of man regaining a track of peace and exploration. 

After the original series, The Next Generation wouldn't debut until 1987 but would continue with the quest for peace and exploration, it expanded Roddenberry's dream of our future.

Up until this time, I was far more into the world of Star Wars than I was in Star Trek, the Lucas version was a bit more like the adventrous swash buckling classics that I enjoyed.  I didn't even start watching Next Generation until it was in syndication. 

Then on January 3rd 1993, Star Trek Deep Space 9 would premier and I found my home in the universe that Roddenberry created.  My family was in the tire business for over 50 years, roadside truck stops were part of my life, I got them, I understood them because I grew up in them and this was a truck stop in outer space.  It was a connection to the Star Trek Universe that I didn't know I was looking for.  Even though I liked Next Generation, it was DS9 that made me a, Trekker and proud of it.

A more in-depth blog about DS9 will come soon, but it's Roddenberry's effect on society that I want to address here, how that if you do watch enough Star Trek, you will find yourself, or at least you place in that universe, sooner or later you find it, and you're hooked, even if on just that one show.  Because I found my place there, the rest of it all makes sense now, it's inspirational to me, I get chills when I see that classic ship on the screen.

There are certain moments in film that I will never forget, seeing the USS Enterprise on the big screen in 1979 is one of them, even if it didn't hit me until far later in life, when the moment happened for me, that memory came awake like the dawn of a new day, a kid, staring up at the screen and being in awe.

A television show that broke barriers down in many ways for the late 60's, fan participation, racial diversity, ethnic diversity (in the positive ways) unlike a lot of shows today, it gave a bit of hope for everyone that mankind can truly and boldly go, where no man has gone before, in so many ways.

Thank you, Gene!

Hong Kong Phooey: 47 Years of being Number One

 For 47 years today, the Number One Super Guy has been entertaining us and protecting the city from evil-doers, Happy Birthday to, Hong Kong Phooey! 🍰

It was on this day in 1974 that Hanna-Barbera introduced to kids on Saturday mornings.  Even though it seems like we grew up with him for years, there were only 16 episodes of the original show.

The show centers around a mild-mannered janitor at the local police station, with Sergeant Flint in charge, Rosemary the telephone operator and the stations trusty cat, Spot, also Hong Kong Phooey's sidekick (pun intended).  When trouble starts brewing, Henry jumps into a filing cabinet drawers, down the chute to his trusty Phooey-mobile, and the chaos just gets better.

The shows theme song is one of the most memorable and legendary of Saturday Morning Cartoons, even being rereleased by the, Butthole Surfers (guess they couldn't find a real band). 😆

The cast is a whos-who of the day in television and cartoon voice acting...

Scatman Crothers starred as Phooey and his alter-ego, Henry.  Crothers also voiced Meadowlark Lemon in almost all the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon incarnations, as well as Jazz on the original, Transformers and most other cartoons of the age.

Crothers also appeared on many television shows, Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Mannix, The Incredible Hulk, Hart To Hart and, Kolchak the Night Stalker.  He also appeared in, Twilight Zone : The Movie, Zapped and, The Shining.

Kathy Gors voiced, Rosemary, the telephone operator, and also voices for, Inch High Private Eye, Valley of the Dinosaurs and many others.

Joe E Ross was Sergeant Flint, but is better remembered for, It's The Hair Bear Bunch, but did voices for dozens of cartoons and classic radio comedies & drama.

Then there is, Don Mesick, in the cartoon world, the biggest name on the list, for decades he was the voice of, Scooby Doo himself.  Mesick also provided the famous snickering laugh for Muttley and the wise, Papa Smurf on, the Smurfs.

Other cartoon voice legends like Frank Welker and Casey Kasum would also be heard on the show.

With that kind of "star power" it's amazing the show didn't last longer but the writing just wasn't there, cheesy and corny were the standard and the show really went overboard with it, glad to see the character stayed around for The Great Race and the Laff-A-Lympics. 

Comedy legend, Eddie Murphy attempted a short for making a full length motion picture of the character, and if you've seen it, you know why we're glad it never took off, it was beyond terrible.

 

Bring back the Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon!

 On September 4th, 1966, The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon went on the air and would be a staple on the holiday for over 40 years, and today, we need this event more than ever.  Lewis would host until 2009 and appear by video on a few more.

For many years, the telethon ran from Sunday night, after the evening news until Monday night just before the evening news, about 21.5 hours.

Produced by the American Broadcasting Company (ABC) it would appear on all three of the major networks (CBS & NBC) even though some markets would interrupt it with athletic events (which was wrong on their parts). 

For the first several years I saw it, it was annoying, because it interrupted my television shows with all these “old people” but years later, I’d not only learn to greatly appreciate the show but volunteered for many years, it’s a great memory of growing up.

The Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) was founded in 1950 to bring awareness to the disease and raise funds to help with its research and aiding families struggling against the disease.  

The show became a star studded showcase of legends, current superstars and up-and-comers getting anywhere from 4-8 minute spots, depending on who it was, Lewis would give a lot of new comedians and singers an opportunity to show off their stylings on the telethon in some of the hard to fill, overnight slots.  During the prime spots, people like Jackie Gleason and Frank Sinatra would appear.  Like the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, this would be another very high profile show that Elvis Presley would never appear on (thanks to the Colonel’s greed).

Speaking of Sinatra, it was in 1976 that television witnessed the most high profile celebrity reunion of all time, as 20 years of animosity would be set aside between Lewis and long time comedy/film partner Dean Martin would come back together as Frank introduced his “special friend” who was a “real fan” of what Lewis did.  To this day the video still gets me tearey eyed, but I also not once that when Dean comes out, Frank is quick to take Lewis’s microphone from him so he doesn’t say anything foolish over the air. 😆 Sinatra is the only one who could have pulled any of this off and seemed joyed to finally see the two back together.

This yearly event came to mean a lot to me, I enjoyed volunteering in whatever aspect I could, and in the early 90s it even gave me the opportunity to interview actor, John Goodman for our college newspaper.  Still have a large collection of buttons from all those years and others I’ve collected over the years.  In my hometown of Bolivar, the call center was in the basement of a local bank, it was great running errands for them on my bike in the first few years and other activities as they went on.

More and more I’ve realized that the American Society NEEDS this telethon to return!

An entire weekend of reminding us to GIVE, to be GENEROUS and to show our love for our fellow man, especially children in their times of need, it reminded the whole world, TO GIVE, money, time, effort, anything to help someone who really needs it, we were a better world when this telethon was on the air.

After Lewis’s retirement, the show would make drastic changes, it went from an all day event to part day event of 6 hours, to a 3 hour special to a 2 hour special, and in 2020 was a “social media event”… really, it was, does anyone remember it at all?  I do not.  WE NEED THE BIG TELETHON BACK!

Like too many important events, it was demoted, over and over again to the point that it pretty much doesn’t exist anymore, and that is just plain WRONG.

Multiple locations, Las Vegas, Orlando, Branson and others need to step up, work together and remind the world how important it is to step up.

We need to see those Firefighters and other volunteers at the major intersections of our cities, ALL weekend, raising money to help kids in their fight against this terrible disease.

We need local broadcasters/entertainers to do their part in the breakaways they did to show that the nation was working together to help children.

Our world needs a reminder to give, get involved, don’t be so superficial, don’t be so self centered, help others and give of yourself, not just your money.  I’d like to see two telethons a year, one on Memorial Day weekend to raise money for children’s cancer funds and the return of the full Labor Day Telethon, we need it more than we know, it makes truly better people of all of us.

Friday Femme Fatale : Soolin DeMaria

💖 Soolin DeMaria is one of the stars of, Fantasy at the Luxor, and rightfully so, she's a fantasy come true for sure, a Vegas Showgirl, International Playboy Playmate and one of the most stunning women on the planet.

She started dance at an early age, a sock drawer of the dance world, ballet, jazz, tap, lyrical, contemporary.  Early on she knew that Vegas was a possibility so she expanded her studies.  She was dancing professionally on a cruise ship by 18 but decided for a change, due to a mild case of motion sickness, not a great thing wearing heels on a cruise ship. 

Her unique name was from her parents being fans of the 70's British sci-fi show called, Blake's 7 and the character, Soolin, portrayed by, Glynis Barber, hard to forget for sure.

After landing in Las Vegas, which she chose to be close to home, San Francisco California, she began in a magic show, one with lions, then on to, Sin City Bad Girls, "X" Burlesque and Striptease The Show before finally finding a home with, Fantasy, where she has been part of the cast for over a decade.

Soolin had been interested in modeling for Playboy for a while but not sure how to get started, but after a photo shoot with a former Playboy photographer, she was approached and thrilled about the possibility, she became Playmate of the month for Playboy International in their February issue of 2006 and has only gotten more beautiful since.

 

Throwback Thursday : Peter Pepper piling patties pretty perfectly

 My personal favorite video game of all time, from the great minds at DataEast, as Peter Pepper tries to build his burgers, in 1981 created by Akira Akimodo. 🍔

Originally released as, Hamburger, in Japan, there was question over the copywrite in the name so when it came to the states it was released as, BurgerTime, distributed by Bally Midway to this day.

Building burgers while dodging dangerous attacks from hotdogs, pickles and fried eggs 🍳 (no nothing to do with your last cholesterol test 😉) but since you are Peter Pepper you have a weapon, pepper, that temporarily stops their attack on you but you only have a limited supply.  As most video games, you can replenish by finding ice cream 🍦, French fries 🍟, or a good old cup of coffee ☕

There are six levels of play, and this one is rated as getting pretty difficult, very quickly 😡 so get ready to be challenged, then the whole thing starts over.

Intellivision had the first home version and the original Atari version was released not long after but the graphics were horrendous.  Had several reincarnations on home game decks but in 2011 was released by X-Box LIVE as, BurgerTime World Tour in fabulous 3-D.

There were a couple of spin-offs in, Ice Cream Factory 🍦, which was only released in Japan but Intellivision released, Diner, which many did like, but not me. 😁

The original stands the test of time, right up there with the other classics of the age. 🍔  A good difficulty ranking, even on the first stage, don't expect patterns to work too well on this one.  It's an underrated legend that doesn't get talked about enough, but Peter Pepper did have a brief cameo in, Wreck-It-Ralph and you can still find a t-shirt with the logo on E-Bay.