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Backseat Driver

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8. Ill-advised corporate name, you gotta admit...
Tue Feb 4, 2020, 02:47 PM
Feb 2020

"Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?" - The Shadow knows.

http://www.radioclassics.com/who-knowswhat-evillurks-in-the-hearts-of-men/

[snip]... But, the most famous of The Shadows wouldn’t arrive until the fall of 1937, when the newly-formed Mutual Broadcasting System debuted a series sponsored by Blue Coal that featured a 22-year-old actor named Orson Welles. Welles, before he made that movie about the sled, played both The Shadow and his alter ego, Lamont Cranston—a wealthy playboy who was taught, during a visit to the Orient, the hypnotic power to “cloud men’s minds” in order to become invisible. This nifty parlor trick allowed Cranston to adopt the identity of The Shadow who, like The Green Hornet, became a headache to the underworld as he smashed rackets and generally made life uncomfortable for them. The Shadow’s friendly nemesis on the police force was Commissioner Weston (played by Santos Ortega and Ray Collins, among many others), who publicly vowed to put an end to The Shadow’s activities but was secretly glad “the Shad” was on his side. Cranston’s “friend and companion, the lovely Margo Lane” was the other regular on the show, originally played by Welles’ fellow thespian from his Mercury Theater troupe, Agnes Moorehead. [snip]

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden

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Just got a Message as to that. Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #1
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Oddly, now is the best time to use it. zaj Feb 2020 #3
They have give or take 2 weeks. SaschaHM Feb 2020 #7
I wouldn't use Shadow to count balls and strikes, gab13by13 Feb 2020 #4
I don't think people understand how small the world of political software is Recursion Feb 2020 #5
This. Right here. Zolorp Feb 2020 #6
Ill-advised corporate name, you gotta admit... Backseat Driver Feb 2020 #8
Good call HarlanPepper Feb 2020 #9
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