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By: JET73L

JET73L — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 06:00:49 +0000

I had no idea who Billy Mitchell was, but I did get the point that he was a Topper (he who insistys on topping all of your announcements and accomplishments, at any risk to himself. See the character by the name of Topper from Dilbert for one of the silliest examples) who was hated by the record-attemptee.

By: altın çilek form

altın çilek form — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 17:20:58 +0000

It may out me as a huge geek, but I totally got this, and it cracked me up. Mitchell seems to generate strong emotional responses from people. I can easily accept that someone would grate themselves silly just to get Billy to grate himself a teensy bit more.

By: Latest Lingy List | lingamish

Latest Lingy List | lingamish — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:19:02 +0000

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By: PNes

PNes — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:17:20 +0000

I took this a completely different way. Billy Mitchell happens to also be the father of the modern Air Force. I was totally confused.

By: metamorphaze

metamorphaze — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:49:01 +0000

Very nice. Thanks for the laugh.

@ Clay: give me some more. I watched the movie and I did feel Billy the villain . . . where can i find more footage? Where can I find documented info for the other side?

thanks

By: Baywolfe

Baywolfe — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:19:06 +0000

Ok, thanks ShoEboX. It actually IS funnier now.

By: Konger

Konger — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:48:06 +0000

By: Clay

Clay — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:19:27 +0000

“King of Kong” was a great movie that was significantly more fictional than the producers made it seem — they made Billy Mitchell into a villain, and cut the movie so as to make it that much more compelling of a story. Reality got lost in those cuts, unfortunately.

Still, I enjoyed the reference. I do wonder how many people got it.

By: shoebox

shoebox — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 19:51:51 +0000

In “King Of Kong,” Steve Wiebe sets a world record in Donkey Kong witnessed live at a tournament. Shortly after he’s done so, it’s revealed that Billy Mitchell has sent in a videotape of himself beating this record.

So what I’m really going for here is the idea of spite taken to an extreme – the Steve in this strip has developed a hatred of Billy so intense that he’s willing to take a cheese grater to 87% of his body just so Billy will have to grate 88% of his own.

-=ShoEboX=-

By: Baywolfe

Baywolfe — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:37:46 +0000

Ok, I just read the synopsis of The King of Kong on IMDB, and I kind of get it now. I think the idea is, that Billy Mitchell used to have the cheese grader record? And now he’s going to propose another cross-country duel?