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Phil Seuling on the Mike Douglas Show - 1977 +Pini as Red Sonja

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mrwoogieman

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Not sure if this has been posted here previously or not. If so, here it is again! I love seeing how the comics are treated. I half expected Klinger to roll up the CapAm 1 and put it in his back pocket!

 

Look for Pini to come out in her Red Sonja costume at the end of the segment. Enjoy!

 

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wizardseye311

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Hey, it was 1977. We were lucky to even have a bag for comics. Most of the time we did roll them up, and put 'em in our back pockets. Think about this, that Superman #1 was about as old then as that Marvel Feature Vol.2 #4 feat./Red Sonja is now. Of course even in a 9.8 now it's barely worth a fraction of trashed copy of Superman #1. Pretty crazy.

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Scrooge

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Thank you for posting the video.

 

The comics are treated fine. I am more pleasantly surprised by how much time the host gave Seuling to talk and how many comics he let him showcase on camera. In today's world of host, he would be interrupted constantly and barely given a voice.

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That was pretty cavalier handling of a Superman #1 even in 1977. Boards and bags were in common use by then. The fact that Seuling showed up with a stack like in what looked to be pretty nice shape and was comfortable passing them around unbagged, shows a true fan though.

 

Douglas' initial "kid's stuff" attitude does show how things have changed. Even though the collecting community still jokes about the image of comic collectors as stunted adolescents, that perception isn't really as pervasive as it was back then.

 

Funny to think that the Golden Age books he was passing around were about the same age then as the Red Sonja book is now.

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Logan510

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That was pretty cavalier handling of a Superman #1 even in 1977. Boards and bags were in common use by then. The fact that Seuling showed up with a stack like in what looked to be pretty nice shape and was comfortable passing them around unbagged, shows a true fan though.

 

Douglas' initial "kid's stuff" attitude does show how things have changed. Even though the collecting community still jokes about the image of comic collectors as stunted adolescents, that perception isn't really as pervasive as it was back then.

 

Funny to think that the Golden Age books he was passing around were about the same age then as the Red Sonja book is now.

 

Don't fool yourself. People may be astonished how much some of those old "funnybooks" are worth, but the prevailing attitude towards comics in western culture is still the same.

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Didn't know him but Phil Seuling came off well, a normal and fun guy with all good talking points about comics. Thanks for uploading the video, very cool.

 

He came across as very personable and happy to laugh at himself. I was impressed with the way he dealt with some of the barbs aimed at him. Great clip.

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