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To: Samwise

When I saw the Osborne name, I thought it was one of Ozzy's offspring. :)


4 posted on 11/28/2006 11:28:54 AM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: fatnotlazy
When I saw the Osborne name, I thought it was one of Ozzy's offspring. :)

Maybe she's related to Super Dave Osborne?

Super Dave is supposedly an "accomplished" stuntman, though he rarely succeeds when performing the stunts depicted onscreen. His signature is to perform outrageous daredevil stunts which invariably go awry and result in his grievous injury. These included such things as riding inside the hub of a giant yo-yo suspended from a crane (the yo-yo broke free of its string and rolled off a cliff into a ravine) and being flung inside a giant football (the catapult malfunctioned and "spiked" the football instead of throwing it). After an injury has occurred, Super Dave would usually appear torn apart, stretched, or otherwise injured. One of his signature logos is a drawing of his head (in a helmet or his ballcap) on top of a pair of shoes with no body. This was occasionally how he appeared after a stunt resulted in something falling on top of him.

He is the inspiration and head of the fictional "Super Dave Compound" - a combination resort/theme park/learning centre/etc. (anything needed for a particular episode). The demonstration of many of these aspects of the compound were also the basis for many of his misadventures.

His trademarks include his frequent thumbs-ups, and his many uniforms - most of which inlude red, white and blue, yellow stars, and stripes, somewhat reminiscent of those worn by Kneivel. Often-uttered phrases include "sensational" and "putz".

He is often accompanied on his various exploits by loyal friend, sidekick and assistant stunt coordinator Fuji Hakayito. It is usually left to Fuji (or "Fooj", as Super Dave refers to him) to set whatever stunt Dave is performing in motion.


35 posted on 11/28/2006 11:55:25 AM PST by Paleo Conservative (Karl Rove isn't magnificent.)
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