Odd ASOUE Real-Life Coincidence Thread

[Marlowe]

Jan 10, 2021 17:48:52 GMT -5 Optimism is my Phil-osophy said:

This is strange ... I remember watching a movie with that name when I was a child. I don't remember the plot. But I remember it was the first film I saw involving a wheelchair ...I remember that I liked the movie.and I remember a scene of a girl (or a boy) walking back into the garden. This is weird ... I remember seeing a cartoon with the same scene. My childhood memories are confused now.

Was it this one? I saw it as a kid too.

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Yes, It was

[Skelly Craig]

Nice, I saw the 1993 version of Secret Garden as a kid, too, and had forgotten I did.

[Invisible]

It appears that my kitten Daisy likes (or at least, interested) the TV show. Right now she's resting from her operation yesterday. Every now and again she wakes up with a curious look on her face. Rather sweet, actually. 😍 She likes Disney's Winnie the Pooh, too. Unless she keeps thinking, "What was that noise?" 😂

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Have a good recovery from the surgery, Daisy!

[R.]

Jan 15, 2021 9:17:27 GMT -5 Invisible said:

It appears that my kitten Daisy likes (or at least, interested) the TV show. Right now she's resting from her operation yesterday. Every now and again she wakes up with a curious look on her face. Rather sweet, actually. 😍 She likes Disney's Winnie the Pooh, too. Unless she keeps thinking, "What was that noise?" 😂

My dog Roxy likes the show as well. I think she knows the story as well, growling defensively at the villains while staying quiet with the heroes.

[Dante]

This "Stupid Comics" entry is basically just the plot of TBB.

[R.]

That is definitely a reference as opposed to mere coincidence.

[Dante]

I did some background research, and the comic dates from the 70s, so... yes, it is very much a coincidence. (Unless Handler borrowed his entire plotline from Richie Rich as opposed to Ann Radcliffe.)

[the panopticountolaf]

Dante has just found my new favorite thing

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057%2F9780230294158_5

I find that very interesting.
Alfred Harvey was of Jewish descent. He created this story. DH is Jewish. He created TBB.

In the link above there is a summary of a study on Jewish culture related to weddings and inheritance. Was it possible that this affected the creativity of both authors in some way?

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

I'm watching a Netflix series in which a character who was very fond of grammar left a secret misspelling message to his 13-year-old son. The message was written in a suicide letter.

[R.]

What was it called?

[Optimism is my Phil-osophy]

Lupin

[R.]

Thanks!