Hey. Hey.Hey Recycling is OK

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Remember that awesome Dick Tracy Wrist TV from 1975 a few weeks ago? Here it is again in a somewhat less logical form from 1982. I guess you could imagine that Dick threw out his old wrist TV and the Cosby kids found in the junkyard? I dunno it's a bit like dissecting gossamer really....

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[HardyGirl]

Hey, Hey, Hey, Fat Albert toys are OK!

[MIB41]

Is it my imagination or does Albert look like he's posturing to let one rip?

[Mego MkIV]

I had a Space 1999 one I bought at peoples drug store.

[palitoy]

I had a Space 1999 one I bought at peoples drug store.

Yeah, that one has a cool card.

[Wee67]

"I guess you could imagine that Dick threw out his old wrist TV and the Cosby kids found in the junkyard"

But just think how things could have been different... WHAT IF... the kids don't find the TV watch. Like most kids in the early 80's, they're dying to get in some tube time. So Rudy takes advantage of Fat Albert visiting his rich cousins in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and persuades the kids to take the TV from the local rec center over on Diamond St. They pull it off and, intoxicated by their new life as outlaws, the guys grow into the most powerful street gang in North Philly- the Junkyard Dawgs (hey, it's the early 80's an alternative spellings haven't become ironically silly yet.) No one is surprised when Russell has Rudy killed and begins to rule the Dawgs with an iron fist. It all ends violent when, after a violent stand-off, the city drops what it claims is a concussion bomb on the gang. It's not. Mushmouth is saved by the fact he is serving time upstate. His short flirtation with continued fame comes in the form of a novelty rap song in the 90's and short-lived reality show, "Mrs. Mouth", in the '00's. There are rumors he will be one of the next Celebrity Apprentices, but that has not been confirmed.

All because Weird Harold never looked under that dirty yellow overcoat in the junk yard. (((cue sad, eerie music)))

[Ranger 3]

I love that tiny little bit of bling on the wrist band!

[jwyblejr]

Why is it I look at this and am reminded of that episode of The Jetsons with that kid in Elroy's class watching The Flintstones on his wrist TV?

[Earth 2 Chris]

I could see the Brown Hornet having something like this, but not the Cosby Kids.

Chris

[johnnystorm]

If any one of the gang, avoiding Bill's advice to "just learn something", goes bad, they could have slid into Chester Gould's world as a Tracy villain with ease. They even have names that fit in with the likes of Pruneface, Flattop, & the Brow: Weird Harold, Dumb Donald, MushMouth, Fat Albert...

[cjefferys]

That thing makes so little sense, you can't help but like it!