Talk:A Boy and His Dog

message: According to this article, and the article Tiger (dog actor), the dog was played by Tiger from the Brady Bunch. According to Barry Williams Tiger died on the set of Brady Bunch during the filming of the episode "Katchoo."  Katchoo originally aired on October 24, 1969.  There is no way Tiger could have stared in a movie in 1975 when he died in 1969. I have posted a citation needed notice on the article. I, or someone else, will remove the mentioning of Tiger from the article if no one can explain this in a reasonable amount of time. --PoeticX 07:38, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As Tiger (dog) clarifies, the character "Tiger" was played by two dogs, the second of whom has the off-stage name of "Tiger".--Jerzy•t 07:31, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Played by Brady Bunch dog Tiger?

message: Having lived in Topeka I found it appropriate as the name of the religiously delusional group that lived under ground. I have always wondered if there was a connection between the author and Topeka and would like to know.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.245.153.165 (talk) 22:05, 21 March 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Seeing both this article and the film article setting the story in "Southwestern US" has stumped me. Which Topeka is in the SW US? KS, IL, IN, or MI?? Someone pls add a citation tag to the intro. Sadsaque (talk) 17:10, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Topeka 

message: Shouldn't this article be about the short story, not the film?216.189.133.142 (talk) 01:57, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No. --Michael C. Price talk 21:06, 24 October 2009 (UTC)

text: The article is about more than either the short story or the film, and i've corrected the lead to reflect that: the topic is the literary cycle that includes both, along with the other forms the tale has taken. The coverage of the written versions may be worth expanding, and it may be desirable to split it into two topics, namely the cycle as a whole and the principal film, each with its own article. Until that decision is made, we've got one article, and hence one topic, and the topic is the full cycle -- tho the early works of the cycle are probably under-discussed.--Jerzy•t 04:41, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

text: Oh no there isn't! --Michael C. Price talk 21:06, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:    It sounds like AFX knew of A Boy and His Dog (1946 film) and missed the fact that MCP was aware of: the 1946 film is based on a work (by Samuel A. Derieux, who died in the 1920s -- WP bio in progress, off-line) quite distinct from Ellison's franchise (related only by name, or by helping feed the meme that the Ellison took his title from). --Jerzy•t 07:09, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why is this article about the film? 

message: This article is meant to be about the short story by Harlan Ellison, not the film. There's a separate page for the film. --AfterFX 20:59, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Oh no there isn't! --Michael C. Price talk 21:06, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:    It sounds like AFX knew of A Boy and His Dog (1946 film) and missed the fact that MCP was aware of: the 1946 film is based on a work (by Samuel A. Derieux, who died in the 1920s -- WP bio in progress, off-line) quite distinct from Ellison's franchise (related only by name, or by helping feed the meme that the Ellison took his title from). --Jerzy•t 07:09, 11 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Story vs. film 

message: I just re-read the novella last night and I'm really curious about the source for the backstory provided (e.g. JFK surviving the assassination attempt, the detailed dates about WWIII, etc.).  It's not in the story, and the dates that are given in the book do not match up with those in the article.  I think a lot of this needs to be deleted unless a credible cite is provided.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.40.5.69 (talk) 21:28, 14 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Source for the backstory? 

message: It  appears (despite my having said "films", plural) to be too early to include the 2012-or-so animated remake listed by IMDb and mentioned some other places. On the other hand, editors of the accompanying article may want to keep their ears open, and their Google-alerts primed for it, in case it ever starts to gel.--Jerzy•t 05:06, 28 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Animated version 

message: Quote:
" Vic uses the fact that Quilla June's father secretly desires sex with her as a distraction; instead of impregnating her, Vic lets Ira Holmes in to see Quilla lying naked from the waist down, legs akimbo; thus stunned at seeing his "secret desire", Vic is able to incapacitate or kill the father to enable the start of Vic's and Quilla's escape attempt."
This makes it look like Ira Holmes is Quilla June's father, but this is the only mention of Ira's name in the whole article. Elsewhere, it is stated that Lou Craddock is her father. 
So who is Ira Holmes?
Marchino61 (talk) 23:29, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Who is Ira Holmes? 

message: I can remember reading a short story with this plot line in "Solo" magazine in the UK (as sci-fi mag aimed at young teenagers, sister publication to TV21) in the early-mid 1960's.
I can only assume this was a reprint of the original short story. It certainly wasn't novella length and as far as I can remember was only in one issue.
The details are much the same as described here, but I've no recollection of the sexual content - I suspect that was edited out for the target audience.
Olddemdike (talk) 20:31, 8 January 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Solo Magazine