Dr. Ransom's Find
by Steve Watters on 11/30/2006 at 1:00 PM
If you've been reading our blog posts without digging into the comments, you're missing out on some real nuggets. "Dr. Ransom" (name borrowed from the C.S. Lewis book That Hideous Strength) dug up a great AiO episode to add context to the Rocky rebirth story. He found the following dialogue referencing a throwaway "Rocky" sequel-movie parody in the 1995 AiO episode "Gathering Thunder," written by Marshal Younger:
MANAGER: Come on, Champ! You can't do it anymore. Boxers are younger, stronger, faster. You get in that ring and you're gonna kill yourself.
ROCKY: I'm not quittin'. I just wanna go the distance ta prove that I can still fight!
RODNEY RATHBONE (watching movie, hollers at screen): Ha! my grandmother can take ya!
BUTCH: Yeah my grandmother's teeth could take ya!
And "Odyssey" writer Nathan Hoobler on his website has the remainder of the scene: "hidden dialogue" that escaped the final program's production:
MANAGER: You're crazy!
ROCKY: I gotta do it for my kids!
MANAGER: For crying out loud, Champ, they're married and have their own kids! They can fend for themselves. You've proved yourself to them, now you gotta move on.
ROCKY: To what, Mick?! I can't do nothin' but box! I don't know nothin' else! (BEAT) I know what it is. Yeah, I know! You're gonna put me in a nursing home, aren't you?!
MANAGER: Oh, Rock!
ROCKY: You don't want me back in that ring 'cause it'll prove I can take care of myself!
MANAGER: I'm not doubting that you can take care of yourself!
ROCKY: Oh, yes, you are! (BEAT) And I'm gonna prove it to you.
MANAGER: You don't have to, Rock!
ROCKY: I'm gonna do 50 sit-ups, right here in front of you.
MANAGER: Oh, Rock, you don't have to do that.
ROCKY: No, you don't believe me.
[ROCKY GETS ON THE FLOOR WITH A GROAN.]
ROCKY: Hold my feet.
MANAGER:(SIGHS) Okay, if it'll make you feel better.
[ROCKY BEGINS HIS SITUPS. AFTER A WHILE...]
MANAGER: One.
1. Jessica said the following at 2:17 PM on Nov 30:
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“I’m just not used to having people NOT react when they hear my name.”
~ Richard Maxwell
Adventures in Odyssey has been a part of my life for the past 14 years, at least. So much so, that even now, as a 25-year-old in the workplace, I listen to the daily episodes on the Internet. I am currently working in an office environment and many clients pass by my desk, oftentimes speaking on their cell phones. One day, as I was focused on my work, I was mentally jolted out of my task, as I heard a male voice pass by my desk saying, “Yes, this is Richard Maxwell.” My first thought was, “Oh no, he’s back in town!” Then, thankfully, before I could physically react and pull a “Connie”, I realized where I was and breathed a sigh of relief.
2. Liz said the following at 9:10 AM on Dec 2:
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When I heard they were making a new Rocky movie, I thought of that Odyssey episode too! I'm a PhD. student, but most of my education has come from Odyssey...
3. Eugene Rocks! said the following at 2:49 PM on Dec 3:
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Odyssey Forever!
They have been part of my life since I was nine or so (I'm now 22), and I also still listen at least weekly on the internet. My younger sister (19) still listens to a tape (yes, we have most of them on tape) every night before bed!
Closet Adult Odyssey Listeners of the world unite!