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Title: Fun #42 - Burt Ward and the Batmobile
Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 25, 2011, 03:29:47 AM
When he gets bigger, he'll be riding in style.

For 1 point, identify this lad, and the car with which he would later be famously connected.    

Be sure to answer all parts of the question, if you'd like the point.

Only complete answers will earn a point

I believe this one is impervious to Google's image matching, but if you take that easy way to the answer, please be honest and tell us so.

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Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 05, 2011, 04:13:55 PM
Maybe an Expert has a guess?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Siata1 on October 05, 2011, 04:48:46 PM
John F. Kennedy and Lincoln Continental?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 05, 2011, 06:38:59 PM
Quote from: Siata1 on October 05, 2011, 04:48:46 PM
John F. Kennedy and Lincoln Continental?

No sir
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: streamliner on October 06, 2011, 06:25:32 AM
Is it Craig Breedlove and maybe his Ferrari Lusso?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 06, 2011, 06:34:07 AM
Quote from: streamliner on October 06, 2011, 06:25:32 AM
Is it Craig Breedlove and maybe his Ferrari Lusso?

Not him. This youngster had already achieved a kind of fame before he was old enough for kindergarten. But he's be paired with the car that's the co-subject of this puzzle when an adult.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: D-type on October 06, 2011, 08:21:59 AM
Archie Scott Brown and the Lister
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 06, 2011, 08:48:09 AM
Quote from: D-type on October 06, 2011, 08:21:59 AM
Archie Scott Brown and the Lister

Our puzzle subject isn't connected with a competition car.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 07, 2011, 09:13:19 AM
Johnny Whitaker?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 07, 2011, 10:49:10 AM
I guess there is a bit of resemblance, but not him.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 07, 2011, 04:49:26 PM
All right. But I don't understand how I could reply in the Expert Board.
There is a beginning of an explanation here http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=1682.0

Still, between pros and feature writers, all this is not very clear, especially since I don't really understand what I am: a pro? A feature writer? Both?

I'll save my next guess until this one is upgraded for the pros I suppose.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: araknid on October 07, 2011, 06:13:54 PM
Ricardo Montalban and the Chrysler Cordoba ("I love what they've doen to my car")
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2011, 02:49:03 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on October 07, 2011, 04:49:26 PM
...since I don't really understand what I am: a pro? A feature writer? Both?

I'll save my next guess until this one is upgraded for the pros I suppose.

I hadn't noticed your gaffe. The vagaries of the mechanics of this board allow pros to post as rookies and experts, but don't allow experts to post as rookies. Unless they are feature writers.  :P

Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2011, 02:51:14 AM
Quote from: araknid on October 07, 2011, 06:13:54 PM
Ricardo Montalban and the Chrysler Cordoba ("I love what they've doen to my car")

What profession did he ply as a youngster?

Not him.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 08, 2011, 05:18:54 AM
Frankie Darro?  "Born into a show-business family - his parents were circus aerialists - Frankie Darro appeared in his first film at age six."


If it's him, the car would be (let me just find an images) Robbie the Robot's in Forbidden planet, since he "played" Robbie.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2011, 05:38:09 AM
hmmm...

I guess I better move this to the Pro section.

Not Master Darro. This lad's work started at an earlier age.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 08, 2011, 06:52:18 AM
That's what I guessed from your line about kindergarten.
So, a baby actor?
Baby Leroy for instance?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2011, 07:00:14 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on October 08, 2011, 06:52:18 AM
That's what I guessed from your line about kindergarten.
So, a baby actor?
Baby Leroy for instance?

Not a baby actor. But his early work was usually done for the entertainment of paying customers.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2011, 07:04:30 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on October 08, 2011, 05:18:54 AM
Frankie Darro?  "Born into a show-business family - his parents were circus aerialists - Frankie Darro appeared in his first film at age six."


If it's him, the car would be (let me just find an images) Robbie the Robot's in Forbidden planet, since he "played" Robbie.


I own copies of two of Robbie's movies early - Forbidden Planet and The Invisible Boy. The former is one of my top-10 favorite films, my my all-time favorite screen adaptation of a Shakespeare story. I also have a couple of movie posters from the film, and a miniature Robby toy.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 08, 2011, 07:49:20 AM
 :) I think that I have made a very serious fan of  Shakespeare come out of the woods. I had no idea of the shakesperean relationship of Forbidden Planet, but I quickly thought of The Tempest when I read you.
Very interesting. I have to discuss this with my wife, the most dedicated Shakespeare lover in the house.

That you had a thing with this film and Robbie I maybe guessed before.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: wingroad on October 08, 2011, 02:35:38 PM
Richard Teague?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 08, 2011, 03:59:46 PM
Quote from: wingroad on October 08, 2011, 02:35:38 PM
Richard Teague?

Interesting guess!

But; no
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 09, 2011, 05:19:14 AM
Sticking to show business in his younger age: circus performer?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 09, 2011, 05:31:45 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on October 09, 2011, 05:19:14 AM
Sticking to show business in his younger age: circus performer?

No sir.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: roger on October 09, 2011, 04:42:37 PM
Mickey Rooney?
Ford Model A Roadster 1931 ?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 09, 2011, 05:37:59 PM
No, not Mr. Rooney
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: roger on October 10, 2011, 05:59:42 AM
Was he Canadian?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 10, 2011, 08:15:25 AM
Quote from: roger on October 10, 2011, 05:59:42 AM
Was he Canadian?

No
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: bentleybob on October 10, 2011, 02:11:53 PM
Would this be James Dean as a kid, later obviously associated with Porsche in general, and the 550 Spyder he died in in particular?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 10, 2011, 02:36:29 PM
Nope. This lad's still around.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 11, 2011, 04:09:39 AM
Did he won a title like "Most beautiful baby of whatever"?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 11, 2011, 04:32:09 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on October 11, 2011, 04:09:39 AM
Did he won a title like "Most beautiful baby of whatever"?

Given the puzzle picture, I'd say that's a stretch!  :D

No, he earned his early accolades. And his later accolades, as well - though his work was not to everyone's tastes
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 11, 2011, 05:53:20 AM
Well, in the puzzle picture he may have had just his finger nipped by a crab, which may account for his expression.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: streamliner on October 11, 2011, 07:48:22 AM
Ummm...  How about Christo and his Post-It Note car?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 11, 2011, 08:23:01 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on October 11, 2011, 05:53:20 AM
Well, in the puzzle picture he may have had just his finger nipped by a crab, which may account for his expression.

Or, perhaps, a cat. Cats don't like water
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 11, 2011, 08:24:10 AM
Quote from: streamliner on October 11, 2011, 07:48:22 AM
Ummm...  How about Christo and his Post-It Note car?

Not born in Europe
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 15, 2011, 05:56:42 AM
Uh oh! This one is sliding toward the black hole. Who can stop it??!!

Here's a clue, in fact there's two - in the form of a nun, and an armed bandit, too.

If you know who they are, you can follow their trail, the crux of this conundrum will soon be unveiled.

Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: bentleybob on October 15, 2011, 06:40:44 AM
Jerry Lewis?
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 15, 2011, 06:45:22 AM
Neither the puzzle boy nor the clues pics are Mr. Lewis
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 15, 2011, 10:33:31 AM
Frank Gorshin, then?
so the car could be the 1927 Model T roadster from Dragstrip Girl.

But, given some of your recent puzzles, I suppose that the car is the Batmobile, ex-Lincoln Futura, which, as The Riddler, he steals in Return to the Batcave.

EDIT: And then, I could be wrong, first because he's still alive, second because I see no trace of any celebrity before kindergarten.
But he did play a one eyed nun.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 15, 2011, 11:23:59 AM
Quote from: Ray B. on October 15, 2011, 10:33:31 AM
Frank Gorshin, then?
so the car could be the 1927 Model T roadster from Dragstrip Girl.

But, given some of your recent puzzles, I suppose that the car is the Batmobile, ex-Lincoln Futura, which, as The Riddler, he steals in Return to the Batcave.

Frank was the clue; he's not the puzzle subject. He was earning money performing before he graduated high school, he was not doing so before kindergarten.

Batmobile is correct however. Still need the puzzle boy's ID

Since Ray identified Gorshin, an extra point is reserved for him if he can identify the film from which the clue pics were taken.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Ray B. on October 15, 2011, 11:40:13 AM
The film should be Record City, but I still have to recognize that kid...

...and I guess it's Burt Ward, who was a professional ice skater at age 2.
Title: Re: Fun #42
Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 17, 2011, 05:06:33 AM
Complete.

Burt was not in Record City (point for that too, by the way), but his ofttimes co-star Gorshin was.