Re: Manx and Ann Gorah in 'The Avengers'

From: Chance <chance_at_unix.infoserve.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 19:35:39 -0700 (PDT)

On Wed, 26 Jul 1995, Paul Hurley wrote:

> Howdy SwatKats fans!
> While trying out my new TV today, I watched an episode of the old detective
> series 'The Avengers'. This episode was about the bad guy trying to conquer
> the world by turning cats into tigers by stimulating their brainwaves. But now
> the interesting thing: the bad guy's name was Dr. Manx, and his assistant's
> name was Ann Gorah! Do you think this is a coincidence or did the inventors of
> the SwatKats (the Tremblay brothers, I thought) watch this episode, too. I'd
> like to hear your opinions.

(copied to author)

     I think we have "coincidence" here, because "Ann Gora" is actually a
fairly obvious cat-pun, and "Manx" is famous because of the rather odd
aspect of the cat-breed; they don't have tails! I'll put this on my
"ask" list for Lance and the Tremblays.

(PS, I _really_ liked the old "Avengers" series - more with Emma Peel
 than Tara King though...)
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Received on Wed Jul 26 1995 - 22:48:04 PDT