Wilrow Hood the Ice Cream Guy
Merry Jinglemas… or should I say Feliz Natal?
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Thanks to today’s special guest, Wilrow Hood, better known as the Ice Cream guy, is a background character who runs by Lando, Leia and Chewie with other panicking Bespin citizens and workers. He got the name Ice Cream guy because of what looks like an ice cream vat under his arm. As usual, Hasbro is willing to make a toy out of anything that appeared in the movies, in this case scraping the bottom of the ice cream barrel by making one of Mr. Wilrow Hood. And, of course, the Expanded Universe has been sure to name this porky ice cream seller and give him a back story. Interestingly, there’s a cone head alien who runs past in a blur who I don’t believe has ever been named. I don’t think there’s even an still photos of this guy. Perhaps he makes the cones for Wilrow? I know, that was really lame. Moving on…
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This strip really should have taken place before we had Lando, Leia and Han find Mal on the WRONG Platform, so once next Friday’s strip goes up I’ll shuffle things around to put things into better chronological order. I’m in a hell of a rush, as Kevin and Andreas are coming over for a special New Years Eve recording of the Blue Milk Special Podcast that will be a Holiday Special… Yes… a Holiday Special. Think about that. What could that mean for the episode? Are we brave enough? Alcohol will be served to lessen the pain. |
It looks like the costume department even spared no expense giving him a used Xwing coverall for a costume. I would think maybe Wilrow washed out of fighter pilot training, due to eating too much ice cream, but Jek Porkins made it. 😉
Perhaps Vader will bring the emperor back some Ice Cream, instead of Queso?
Speaking of Porkins, wouldn’t it have made a silly strip if, instead of being shot by a Tie Fighter, he started coughing while eating the stuff he bought from McLucas and crashed his X-wing?
I know. If such a thing were made, the creators of such a webcomic should be strung up and burned. 😉
Sorry. It just seemed like a monty-pythonesque bit.
Chomp. Chomp. Chomp. Cough. Chew. Swallow. CRASH!
I saw this action figure in the store once. the package states the thing he’s carrying is some sorta data bank or something about secret illigal transactions to the allaince that he obviously doesn’t want the imps to get a hold on :3
or something like that, I think
“Duane.” That Cone Headed guy is now named “Duane.”
“Duane Schmekle”
“Duane Reginald Johnson Schmekle”
“Duane Reginald Johnson Schmekle”, I second that motion.
Now someone go write a detailed Expanded Universe background story. 😉
Oooo! I think I know what my next skecth request will be at next year’s Baltimore Comic-Con!!!
What’s a city panic without looters? 😛
I’ve wondered for some time about the consequences of defying the Empire at Cloud City. We don’t hear about it again, and apparently, from what I’ve heard about the Expanded Universe, the place is still up and running. But wouldn’t it get smashed, at least based on the Emperor’s track record? Who knows.
Well, I guess the expanded universe geniuses forgot that Lando ordered everyone to GTFO. Or “evacuate” in politer language. So, yeah. The threat was to human life and freedom. There’s no doubt about that.
Well, they came back. Come on, who would just leave an empty city like that for years on end? Obviously someone decided to take it back and get it up and running again. 🙂
Think of the all the empty deserted/abandoned theme parks out there. There’s one in Disney World. But yeah. You’re right.
Vader isn’t dumb (unless he is in BMS) he probably re-started the city for a substantial cut of the profit.
After all who would mess with it, or try to undercut it then?
Go ahead Xizor or Jaba, try to lean on them now.
The Romans were seldom allowed to make war, unless they could profit from it. I see the Emperor instituting similar practices.
Heeeey…are there going to be anymore Podcasts? Podcasts…es?
I’m working on three at once. An excess of material. I’m shooting to have one up on Monday. However, beyond that, I think it will be one episode per month, unless there’s a LOT of breaking news.
Okay sorry. lol
I thought after you figured out how to record them, that’s all you really had to do; sit and talk, and record it. lol
I wish it was that simple. I’m having trouble recording the sound clips now. Plus it takes a lot of time to clean up the recordings. The holiday special recording we made was a lot easier though. Less clean up was necessary. I just need to add in the bells and whistles this weekend and ep 4 should be good to go. 🙂