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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Re: Eighth Man
Message-ID: <395@vax2.fluke.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 23-Feb-85 01:27:11 EST
Article-I.D.: vax2.395
Posted: Sat Feb 23 01:27:11 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 27-Feb-85 04:13:41 EST
References: <553@pyuxd.UUCP> <567@vortex.UUCP> <437@bunkerb.UUCP>
Reply-To: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer)
Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc., Everett, WA
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In article <437@bunkerb.UUCP> mary@bunkerb.UUCP (Mary Shurtleff) writes:
>BTW,
>he was called Eighth Man because he was eighth in the series of advanced
>robots created by the brilliant Professor Genius, and the only one that
>was anywhere near successful.

Yes, no subtlety here in the naming conventions.  However, who was the evil
professor (with a cane?  This is all on the outer boundaries of my
memory...) who was always after Tobor?

>Also, let us not forget the other marvelous characters, the unrequited
>Jenny Heartsweet (Tobor's secretary)

I seem to remember a "last issue" where Jenny found out Tobor was a robot
(oh well, there goes the average 2 1/2-kid suburban family, Jenny).  I seem
to remember some type of happy resolution, but again, I need help from
somebody with a better memory.

	      "Scotty, I need Warp Drive in three minutes or we're all dead!"

					Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
					John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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