But basically they would solicit feedback on which characters kids liked and which characters

kids didn't like or rather like which they would rank them and the ones that were low ranked

got, well, they got dispatched.

How do you feel about the gay one?

They got dispatched to the Beano Town Lubianca and they never appeared.

Oh, no, they went to live on the Beano farm.

Exactly.

And so characters that I remember...

The Beano Libyanka is such a fun idea.

Lord Snooty being dragged in there and interrogated and he knows he's never going to leave.

And he's like, but I am a good communist.

And they're like, enough from you, comrade Snooty.

Yeah, it is very funny. I think I made the point that much like the ugly american where people even though the book sucks people forget that the

point is you're supposed to be the ugly american because the ugly american is the the guy who uh is able

to charm people of this country this fictional country that's supposed to be like you know you know, the Philippines because he speaks a little bit of their language and likes eating

their food and therefore convinces them to not be, not support the communist and thus the

Soviets have to have to kill him because he's, uh, he's making such inroads, whereas lazy

America's just like different and different energy, Nate, that would be you. In the Philippines, enjoying the food, speaking a little bit of the language, charming the

locals.

The whole point was that he was, he was like, had like bad acne scars and so they called him

the ugly American, but people would always say you don't want to be the ugly American.

It's like, well, actually, you kind of do.

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