Just when I thought the Boon related posting had come to an end, and I had headed back to my nerdy roots - he’s back. Yes, it’s true. Boony Lives. And thanks to an oversight by the Boony developers, it looks like he is here to stay!
We’ll delve a little further into the how and the why - and show you how to make your Boony live forever…
Every good knock has to come to an end. We will fight on to bring Boon back through reverse boonjaneering, but in the mean time here are some submitted photos from Tom and Matt to remind us of the good times….
If you have something you’d like to add to the Boon shrine, send them in. I’ll put them up when I can (and while I’ve got space!). And if you are feeling particularly sentimental, why not follow along with Trappers and build an Appreciation Cabinet so Talking Boony can spend the rest of his days in a prized position in the pool room.
The Boony fun and games are over - no more playin’ sound files at the little bugger - it’s time to crack Da Boony Code. Presented here are the collected findings of people smarter than myself. It will hopefully culminate it the complete unravelling of the inner secrets of the mystical plastic batsman.
These projects aren’t going to require a degree in electrical engineering - Tim’s got that - and he’ll tell us how to do this with just a soldering iron and a couple of bits picked up from Dick Smith. Though before we get soldering, a few warnings…
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Really Late breaking News: Tim has cracked Da Boony Code and is now offering a mod-chip service to Pimp Your Boony! Freakin’ Awesome!
Not so late breaking News: Read out how ‘n’ why Boony is Back from the Dead!
In an effort to get to the bottom of the Boony mystery I have started the Facts Of Boon page and the Reverse Boonjaneering Project. Please contribute all you can to these noble causes. Or pledge your respect in our Homage to Talking Boony…Last update: 01 Sept 06, 9:17am
As a whipper snapper, David Boon was by far my favourite batsman. And even though he was um, plump, he was the fastest runner-between-wickets in the Australian side. That’s pretty impressive. So when I learnt of the “Talking Boony” marketing ploy by VB, I had no choice but to ignore my taste buds and purchase a carton - I strolled out of the local bottle-o with a slab, a bubble-wrapped Boony statuette, and the instructional leaflet that accompanied him.
“How do I make it talk?”, I thought to myself “And why would it be so difficult that I’d require an instructional leaflet?”. The answer left me dumbfounded. Dumbfounded and incredulous.
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“Hey you, you with the teeth. Come here… That’s better. Do you know me? Of course you do. That’s because I’m famous.”
Mr. T’s Be somebody, or be somebody’s fool takes the viewer on an emotional, philosophical and educational rollercoaster ride through space and time. It’s solid variety-show-in-the-hood, featuring New Edition and vocal arrangements by Ice T. One can only assume it was made to fulfill some community service obligations.
Through song, verse and even soliloquy, Mr T lends his collected wisdom on a myriad of topics of top concern to the youth of the 80’s. Much is still highly relevant today. Here’s a summary, so you can refer to it daily.
Yesterday’s Radar in The Sydney Morning Herald had a nice big ad, I mean, article about Channel 9’s breakfast program Today. Channel 9 have launched a new print campaign for the show featuring the Today team on the front of a cereal box, along with a bunch of wacky news based cereal puns, and cereal based news puns.
I don’t (and until my soul is crushed completely by full time employment, will never) work in advertising, so I couldn’t tell you how much cash the designers of that hilarious campaign earned. But I betcha it was more than $100.
So I’m sure Channel 9 will be kicking themselves when they find out that they could have saved a bundle by doing what the designers did - purchase a copy of “How To Cheat In Photoshop” by Steve Caplin, and follow the 3 simple steps in Chapter 10’s Building Boxes.
You don’t even have to change the orange sunburst or anything. Just change that little black box on the side to the channel 9 logo, and hey presto - deadline met!
