Comments on: Bike Ride: ‘Great Traver’s Ghost!’ http://tomchappell.com/blog/2007/08/bike-ride-great-travers-ghost.html Yet Another Media Spotlight Sat, 19 May 2012 04:56:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Tom Chappell http://tomchappell.com/blog/2007/08/bike-ride-great-travers-ghost.html#comment-272 Tom Chappell Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:41:05 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/2007/08/bike-ride-great-travers-ghost.html#comment-272 Ha! Sean (aged 23) recognized that I was alluding to 'Great Ceasar's Ghost', which is all that is required for an allusion to succeed, though he couldn't place an instance of the phrase in popular culture. And (and!) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riders_in_the_Sky:_A_Cowboy_Legend" rel="nofollow">Ghost Riders in the Sky</a> is a country and cowboy-style song written in 1948! Surely my <em>Superman</em> reference (c. 1932) is more relevant to Today's Youth! Ha! Sean (aged 23) recognized that I was alluding to ‘Great Ceasar’s Ghost’, which is all that is required for an allusion to succeed, though he couldn’t place an instance of the phrase in popular culture.

And (and!) Ghost Riders in the Sky is a country and cowboy-style song written in 1948! Surely my Superman reference (c. 1932) is more relevant to Today’s Youth!

]]> By: Ron Traver http://tomchappell.com/blog/2007/08/bike-ride-great-travers-ghost.html#comment-270 Ron Traver Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:59:43 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/2007/08/bike-ride-great-travers-ghost.html#comment-270 A bettter title would be "Ghost Rider in The Sky". No one under 50 will get the reference in your current title to the 1950s Superman TV show. Or not, Chappell readers out there? A bettter title would be “Ghost Rider in The Sky”. No one under 50 will get the reference in your current title to the 1950s Superman TV show. Or not, Chappell readers out there?

]]> By: Bill Standley http://tomchappell.com/blog/2007/08/bike-ride-great-travers-ghost.html#comment-254 Bill Standley Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:19:23 +0000 http://tomchappell.com/blog/2007/08/bike-ride-great-travers-ghost.html#comment-254 Dude, you're killing me! I am such a sedentary slug now. Dude, you’re killing me! I am such a sedentary slug now.

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