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Games and comic books

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Garfield
(placed on Februari 8 1999)
On the POTO mailinglist Eleni wrote:
It's from "Garfield Hangs Out", the 19th book. I flipped when I first saw it, it's really cute.

(placed on Februari 8 1999)
On the POTO mailing list Jenn wrote:
I was just wondering what comic strips you all know of that have a Phantom spoof or reference!! Today I was looking through an old Garfield comic strip and the thing at the front that says "GARFIELD" in large letters had a one liner and picture accompanying it; it had a picture of Odie at a pipe organ and holding up a Garfield  mask and Arlene (the girl cat that Garfield likes) cringing on the floor and saying "It's the Odie of the opera!" or something like that.

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Mother Goose and Grimm
(placed on Februari 8 1999)
On the POTO mailinglist Jenn wrote:
And  then there's always the Mother Goose and Grimm comic strip with the Phantom of the Opera Airlines thing.

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Banjo Kazooie
(placed on Februari 8 1999)
Kelly wrote to me:
I have a video game for the Nintendo 64 called Banjo Kazooie that I love playing.  There is a level on it called "Mad Monster Mansion" which is a giant (you guessed it) mansion surrounded by eerie things like an old church and graveyard, a vine covered maze and an old, stagnant pond.  Anyway, getting to the point, if you go underground you come to an old wine cellar, complete with wine kegs.  Anyway, on the wine barrels, the date that is printed on the face of it is "1881"!!!  If I remember correctly, that was the date when the "Phantom of the Opera" thing took place in the original novel and that Erik had a very good wine cellar! It just might be a coincidence, but...... maybe not!

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