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Subject: Burke&Murray: They're Brothers!
Date: 14 Jul 1995 15:05:05 GMT
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Mike Swanigan's 'SwatKats' article in Toon left out the ancilliary
character descriptions, but I came across the ones for 'Burke and Murray'
from an H-B outline.
EXCERPT BEGINS:
"Burke and Murray":
These two creeps give a bad meaning to brotherly love. Burke and Murray
used to operate the MegaKat City Salvage Yard. When Jake and Chance were
assigned to run the place, these sadistic siblings got "promoted" to
hauling scrap for the city. Burke and Murray love nothing more than
putting down our two heroes, teasing them because of their "lowly"
station. Little do these brothers realize that their victims are really
the famous Swat Kats! In fact, the city scrap they sadistically dump on
Chance and Jake's doorstop provides the perfect raw material for all the
Swat Kat equipment including the Turbokat itself! That's Chance and Jake
for you, give 'em a lemon, and they'll make lemonade!
BURKE
The big oaf is as strong as an ox, if not as bright! He's just
spoiling for an excuse to mix it up with the burly Chance to see who's
tougher, little realizing that the incognito Swat Kat could kick his tail
in about a minute flat!
MURRAY
The "smart" one, for what _that's_ worth! A fast talking wiseguy
with a sarcastic streak about a mile wide, he loves to bait Jake with a
barrage of cruel words, never suspecting that his sparring partner is
none other than the agile minded Swat Kat, Razor!
END OF EXCERPT
Burke and Murray (and for that matter, Jake and Chance) follow the
standard H-B formula throughout history of pairing villains and heroes
alike in a "short and tall" fashion (Dastardly and Muttley, Fred and
Barney, Ted and Jane <Freudian slip....>). Realistically, I think Burke
and Chance would make a fairly even fight - Burke's size roughly
approximates Chance's greater 'smarts', but in the Jake/Murray matchup -
no contest; Razor would avoid getting involved until it became absolutely
unavoidable, then Murray would become an airborne virus.
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"...$%#!!_at_!!, does EVERYTHING have to occur at the speed of MTV?!"
- George Lucas on the cancellation of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles",
after hearing that viewers expected constant action, rather than a
"gentle history lesson"
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"...$%#!!_at_!!, does EVERYTHING have to occur at the speed of MTV?!"
- George Lucas on the cancellation of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles",
after hearing that viewers expected constant action, rather than a
"gentle history lesson"
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Received on Fri Jul 14 1995 - 11:15:38 PDT