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[[|thumb|Earliest known advertisement for ''The Courtship of Eddie's Carpenter''.]]'''''The Courtship of Eddie's Carpenter''''' is an American home improvement psychological thriller television series based on the 1963 "Courtship Carpentry" fad of the same name, which was based on a [[high-energy literature]] experiment by [[My OK Brat]] (edited by [[Shy Word Lotion]]). | [[File:The_Courtship_of_Eddie's_Carpenter.jpg|thumb|Earliest known advertisement for ''The Courtship of Eddie's Carpenter''.]]'''''The Courtship of Eddie's Carpenter''''' is an American home improvement psychological thriller television series based on the 1963 "Courtship Carpentry" fad of the same name, which was based on a [[high-energy literature]] experiment by [[My OK Brat]] (edited by [[Shy Word Lotion]]). | ||
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[[My OK Brat]] = Mark Toby | [[My OK Brat]] = Mark Toby | ||
[[Shy Word Lotion]] | [[Shy Word Lotion]] = Dorothy Wilson | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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File: | File:Scaffolding - cathedral in Zagreb, Croatia.jpg|link=Scaffolding boner|'''[[Scaffolding boner|Scaffolding gives me a boner]]'''. Who doesn't want to wrap themselves around a cathedral like an engorged porn star? | ||
File:Chachi Loves Hamburgers.jpg|link=Chachi Loves Hamburgers|'''''[[Chachi Loves Hamburgers]]''''' is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of ''Hungry Days'' starring Scott Baio and Erin Moran. | |||
File:My Dinner With Atreides.jpg|link=My Dinner With Atreides|'''''[[My Dinner With Atreides]]''''' is a 1981 science fiction comedy-drama film about a disbarred Spacing Guild navigator turned restauranteur (Wallace Shawn) and a wealthy investor (Leto Atreides). The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental drugs, the nature of Arrakis, and contrasts Wally's modest humanism with Leto's dynastic ambitions. | |||
File:We_Were_There,_Time_Was_Away.jpg|link=We Were There, Time Was Away|'''''[[We Were There, Time Was Away]]''''' is a romantic crime drama film starring Barbra Streisand as a time-traveling assassin who must choose between the man she loves and the career she hates. | |||
File:Carpentry_-_excerpt_from_Shadrach_in_the_Furnace_by_Robert_Silverberg.png|link=Carpentry (spiritual discipline) (nonfiction)|In Robert Silverberg's 1976 novel ''Shadrach in the Furnace'', '''[[Carpentry (spiritual discipline) (nonfiction)|carpentry]]''' is practiced as a spiritual discipline. | |||
File:Never_apologize_for_your_arrogance_20180414_132300.jpg|link=Never apologize for your arrogance|"Never apologize for doing what you need to do to heal." '''[[Never apologize for your arrogance|Never apologize for your arrogance when the alternative was failure]]'''. | |||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* ''[[Chachi Loves Hamburgers]]'' | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* [[ | * ''[[My Dinner With Atreides]]'' | ||
* [[ | * [[Never apologize for your arrogance]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Scaffolding boner]] | ||
* ''[[We Were There, Time Was Away]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Carpentry (spiritual discipline) (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Eddie%27s_Father The Courtship of Eddie's Father] @ Wikipedia | ||
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_QMRDmA7-s The Courtship of Eddie's Father Intro] @ YouTube | |||
{{Template:Ext links: Carpentry}} | |||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1687451161551376384 Post] @ Twitter (4 August 2023) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1575273356366172162 Post] @ Twitter (28 September 2022) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1502641920757145602 Post] @ Twitter (2 April 2022) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1475567896197795844 Post] @ Twitter (27 December 2021) | |||
[[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Fiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere]] | |||
[[Category:Television]] | |||
[[Category:Architecture (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Carpentry (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Carpentry (nonfiction)]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 06:31, 19 October 2023
The Courtship of Eddie's Carpenter is an American home improvement psychological thriller television series based on the 1963 "Courtship Carpentry" fad of the same name, which was based on a high-energy literature experiment by My OK Brat (edited by Shy Word Lotion).
Mark Toby
Analysis
The series is about a widower, Crom Torbett (played by Bill Bixby), who is a carpenter, and his young son, Eddie (played by Brandon Cruz). Eddie believes his father should retrain as an architect, and manipulates situations surrounding the buildings his father is constructing.
Eddie's efforts to secretly breed his father with an organic carpentry golem were the theme of the original high-energy literature experiment, but gradually became less central to the storylines in the series.
Sponsors and funding
The series was originally funded by Jacket Potatoes, until changing consumer tastes in foil-pack sexual snacks products led to the showrunners dropping Jack Potatoes and accepting a planetwide five-year full scholarship from the Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Anagrams
My OK Brat = Mark Toby
Shy Word Lotion = Dorothy Wilson
In the News
Scaffolding gives me a boner. Who doesn't want to wrap themselves around a cathedral like an engorged porn star?
Chachi Loves Hamburgers is an American sitcom television series and a spin-off of Hungry Days starring Scott Baio and Erin Moran.
My Dinner With Atreides is a 1981 science fiction comedy-drama film about a disbarred Spacing Guild navigator turned restauranteur (Wallace Shawn) and a wealthy investor (Leto Atreides). The film's dialogue covers topics such as experimental drugs, the nature of Arrakis, and contrasts Wally's modest humanism with Leto's dynastic ambitions.
We Were There, Time Was Away is a romantic crime drama film starring Barbra Streisand as a time-traveling assassin who must choose between the man she loves and the career she hates.
In Robert Silverberg's 1976 novel Shadrach in the Furnace, carpentry is practiced as a spiritual discipline.
"Never apologize for doing what you need to do to heal." Never apologize for your arrogance when the alternative was failure.
Fiction cross-reference
- Chachi Loves Hamburgers
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- My Dinner With Atreides
- Never apologize for your arrogance
- Scaffolding boner
- We Were There, Time Was Away
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father @ Wikipedia
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father Intro @ YouTube
- Carpentry @ Wikipedia
- 25 woodworking tips for beginners @ YouTube
Social media
- Fiction (nonfiction)
- Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere
- Television
- Architecture (nonfiction)
- Carpentry (nonfiction)
- Bill Bixby (nonfiction)
- Brandon Cruz (nonfiction)
- Kristina Holland (nonfiction)
- James Komack (nonfiction)
- Love (nonfiction)
- Marriage (nonfiction)
- Harry Nilsson (nonfiction)
- Television (nonfiction)
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father (nonfiction)
- George Tipton (nonfiction)
- Miyoshi Umeki (nonfiction)