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Originally Posted by Intrepid Homoludens
Shit, what is that thing, Jaz?!!!
Aw, it's cute! I want one!
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You ask what that thing is?! YOU ASK WHAT THAT *THING* IS?! I bet you'd wish to know.
(I've been waiting that someone asks).
Why, that *thing* is the one and only original Gremlin as referred to by William Shatner ("There's sssssomething on the wing...") in the 1963 "Twilight Zone" episode
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet!
Yeah, so the options for special effects weren't much to shout about back then. So you take a guy with an Afro, dress him up in old carpets, add a bit of creepy lighting, and you have yourself a Gremlin.
So:
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The right ligthing(tm) and Black-and-White-Television
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Incidentally, the company (Sideshow Toys) who made that collectible Action Figure also made the Black Knight collectible Action Figure (You know: "'Tis but a Flesh Wound" and "Come here! I'll bite your legs off!!". Monty Python, of course!) I have.
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