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From: pam@cepu.UUCP (Pam McGarvey )
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Tom Terrific
Message-ID: <468@cepu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-May-85 19:27:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: cepu.468
Posted: Wed May 29 19:27:31 1985
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Organization: VA Wadsworth Med. Center; LA CA
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In article <45@biomed.UUCP> lagasse@biomed.UUCP (Robert C. Lagasse) writes:
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>Remember Tom Terrific and his dog?  I think the dog was called Monfred or 
>Manfred or something like that.  It was shown on some morning kiddie show but 
>I don't remember which one.....?
>Bob Lagasse Biomed. Eng. Mass. General Hosp.


Ah, the memories of youth!  Having grown up in the U.K., the "Tom Terrific
Show", featuring Tom's dog Mighty Manfred, was my introduction to U.S.
children's t.v. in 1956.   I think I was entranced by the show because
of Tom's headwear (an inverted metal funnel) which bore some resemblance
to the characters of "Bill and Ben, the Flower Pot Men" which had been my
favorite show on British telly.  Mighty Manfred, the most inept, cowardly,
overweight dog ever created, was the main attraction for my younger
brother who would dissolve into gales of laughter when ever MM made his
bumbling appearance.

Pamela McGarvey
UCLA Comprehensive Epilepsy Program