|
 DC Universe [all categories]
 DC Universe Archives
 Dynamic Duo Archives and Hootenanny Hotshots
|
 UBBFriend: Email This Page to Someone! |
next newest topic | next oldest topic |
| Author | Topic: Dynamic Duo Archives and Hootenanny Hotshots |
|
Jim Davis Member |
posted March 22, 2003 05:36 PM
 
The recent Batman: The Dynamic Duo Archives, Volume 1 reprints Batman #164, which has a story featuring a folk group called the "Hootenanny Hotshots". The cover of Batman #164 has a blurb ("guest-starring The Hootenanny Hotshots!") which suggests a prospective buyer is supposed to know who they are. My question is: was there a real folk group called the Hootenanny Hotshots? Is this one of the numerous cases of real life celebrities appearing in DC comics of this period? The cover blurb suggests that it is but a google search on "Hootenanny Hotshots" only gets hits referring to this issue. Not that I really care; I just like typing "Hootenanny Hotshots"! Jim Davis IP: Logged |
|
michaelrbn New Member |
posted March 22, 2003 06:46 PM
I vaguely recall when reading that issue of Batman sometime in April of 64 (at the age of 7) that mention was made in the letter column that the Hootenanny Hotshots were a real group (Of course I no longer have that issue). I had never heard of them before, and I know I never heard any mention of them ever again either on TV or radio. Even at that tender age I thought they were a bizarre choice of a group to include in the story as some kind of topical reference, similar to the William B. Williams appearance about a year or so later in Detective. Some peculiar interest of Julie Schwartz's? IP: Logged |
|
roccomorocco Member |
posted March 22, 2003 07:06 PM
I don't remember a group with that name, though there was a folk music-oriented TV show called Hootenanny that was fairly popular in the early '60s. I don't know whether folk music was a Schwartz interest or not (He made so many jazz references that I had him pegged as a jazz fan) but he probably saw this as a good topical reference, one that would appeal to people of his readers' ages. It may be, too, that the Hotshots were intended to become part of Robin's cast of characters, just as the Mystery Analysts were woven into Batman's circle of friends. IP: Logged |
|
OldGuy Member |
posted March 22, 2003 10:14 PM
quote: John Broome was definitely a Jazz fan. This is discussed in connection with his Atomic Knights story in the Strange Adventures letter column. IP: Logged |
|
Amentep Member |
posted March 22, 2003 11:21 PM
According to All Music Guide [http://www.allmusic.com] there was a 60's band called the "Hootenanny Singers", but I'm getting nothing for a band called the "Hootenanny Hotshots" IP: Logged |
|
NecessaryImpurity Member |
posted March 22, 2003 11:36 PM
The All-Music Guide is the best damn resource on the planet! It gets 15 out of 10 possible stars. IP: Logged |
All times are ET (US) | next newest topic | next oldest topic |
  |
|
Contact Us | DC Comics
Copyright © 2003 DC Comics
Powered by Infopop www.infopop.com © 2000
DC COMICS PRIVACY INFORMATION
Ultimate Bulletin Board 5.47