CRAIG CONLEY (Prof. Oddfellow) is recognized by Encarta as “America’s most creative and diligent scholar of letters, words and punctuation.” He has been called a “language fanatic” by Page Six gossip columnist Cindy Adams, a “cult hero” by Publisher’s Weekly, a “monk for the modern age” by George Parker, and “a true Renaissance man of the modern era, diving headfirst into comprehensive, open-minded study of realms obscured or merely obscure” by Clint Marsh. An eccentric scholar, Conley’s ideas are often decades ahead of their time. He invented the concept of the “virtual pet” in 1980, fifteen years before the debut of the popular “Tamagotchi” in Japan. His virtual pet, actually a rare flower, still thrives and has reached an incomprehensible size. Conley’s website is OneLetterWords.com.
Here's another precursor to the film A Cry in the Dark (1988). A dingo took her baby in this image fromUkrainian Folk Tales, illustrated by J. Hnizdovsky.
In this scene fromDark Shadows episode 987, we suspect that each scientist left out at least one word in his line. When you hear these lines spoken, as opposed to reading the subtitles, it’s even more confusing … especially because the actors’ faces are so deadpan, and they don’t stumble but smoothly leave out words. They look as though they mean this nonsense and seem to understand each other. Cue the eerie music, indeed!