Posted on 09/24/2013 8:14:16 PM PDT by semaj
Just caught the beginning of the new ABC television program Agents of SHIELD. The first segment gives mention to our own Travis McGee with reference to his successful novels. Congratulations Travis!
Travis McGee is the character from John MacDonalds popular series of books from the 50s through the 80s (maybe?).
Perhaps, I was unaware of the other reference.
The pilot was okay, but not great. Maybe it will get better, because the pilot was rather weak.
Wow. Didn’t know Travis had a hand in this but i DVR’d it because it was new and a pilot. Will watch it after Cruz on the Senate floor.
Ping
I saw it. Overall it was a decent show. I will watch it again. I heard the Travis McGee reference and (vaguely) remembered a FReeper has that handle. Is he the “real” Travis McGee?
Kewl. Congrats Travis.
So, to be clear, was the reference to Travis McGee or Matt Bracken?
I wish!
The name mentioned was “Travis McGee” — I assumed it was a reference to our freeper, but I guess the world reads his books and knows him only as Matt Bracken. So perhaps the show was simply referencing a John McDonald character from decades past.
Tee head agent dialogue mentioned reading Travis McGee novels, and I put two and two together and got 5 it seems. I was unaware of the novels by another author and naturally attributed the reference to our own Travis McGee, AKA Matt Bracken. My bad.
Coulson said he was dropped off on an island in the Caribbean with a stack of Travis McGee novels. Pretty sure that was in reference to the MacDonald books since they are set in Florida and the Keys.
There are two Travis McGees and they’re both fictional!
Not me. The ref would be to the serial character of novelist John D. MacDonald. It’s just my screen name on FR.
Don’t feel bad, I didn’t know until a few days ago, suspecting that TmG was a character from one of Ayn Rand’s literary bombasts.
Thanks. My wife is a big fan of the TmG books by MacDonald. Her FR handle is Slip18. :^)
(I chose wisely)
Mazeltov, Matt.
I also have a series of books. Some Doctor plajariz....playjareyes.....stole my ideas.
GREEN EGGS AND FOOD POISONING
THE CAT IN THE CATBOX
GO DOGS GO CRAP IN YOUR OWN YARD
ARE YOU MY DADDY? (Dedicated to Bill Clinton)
HOP ON POOP IN THE PARK
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