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FICTIONAL ROMANCESby Kathy Wolfe

In honor of Valentine’s Day, Tidbits reviews some facts on famous sweethearts who existed only in the minds of their creators. • Itwaswhileworking as awaitress at a resort that

WilmaSlaghoopleandherbestfriendBettyfirstmettheir future husbands Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble,whowereemployedthereasbellhops.TheFlintstones was broadcast on ABC television from 1960 to 1966, with cartoon characters based on the 1950sTVseriesTheHoneymooners.FredworkedasacraneoperatoratSlateRock&GravelCompany,whileWilmastayedhometoraisedaughterPebblesandkeephouse,usingthemodernconveniencesofawoolymammothvacuumcleaner,pelicanwashingmachine,andapiggarbagedisposal.

• A romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr.Darcy seemed doomed from the start. Jane Austen’s 1813novelPrideandPrejudicenarratedthestoryoftheverywealthybutsnobbishandrudeproprietorof Pemberley Estate, and the witty and intelligentMissBennet.Goodmarriagestowealthymenwerevital to the five Bennet sisters, as their propertyand home was destined to be inherited by a male cousinuponthedeathof their father. Sparksflewfromthebeginning,whenMr.DarcyinsultedElizabeth’s

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FICTIONAL ROMANCES (continued): appearance. When he finally realized his

attraction and proposed to her, he did so while still reminding her of the large difference in their social statuses. Lizzie’s negative response reminded him of his arrogance and conceit, assuring him he was “the last man in the world I could ever be prevailed upon to marry.” However, as with all good romances, love triumphed as Mr. Darcy realized his pride, she recognized her prejudice, and Miss Bennet accepted the second marriage proposal.

• Barbara Millicent Roberts met Ken Sean Carson in 1961. Barbara, aka “Barbie”, had been on store shelves since 1959, but her hunky boyfriend wasn’t introduced until two years later, when the two “met” on the imaginary set of a TV commercial. Each of them has had a wide variety of occupations over the years, Barbie having been a teacher, dentist, veterinarian, Air Force jet pilot, firefighter, astronaut, and ballerina, among many others. Ken has worked as a pizza delivery boy, rock star, pro tennis player, and doctor, just a few of his 40+ careers. After 43 years as a couple, Mattel announced they had split in 2004, but in 2006, after Ken received an extensive makeover, they were reunited.

• The 1961 musical film West Side Story chronicled the story of Tony and Maria, a tale loosely based on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, New York City style. The story revolved around the rivalry between two street gangs, the Sharks and the Jets. Tony, co-founder of the Jets, fell in love with Maria, the sister of the Sharks founder, a combination that could only result in disaster. Richard Beymer took the role of Tony after it was declined by Elvis Presley, and Natalie Wood was chosen over the likes of Audrey Hepburn and Jill St. John. The film, which ended with the deaths of both Maria’s brother and Tony, took home 10 Oscars, including Best Picture and was the second highest-grossing film of the year. It ranks #51 on the American Film Institute’s list of 100 best movies.

• Although the love story about Lois Lane and Clark Kent, aka Superman, has been told in many different ways in various forms of media, they were first introduced in June of 1938 in the DC Comics publication Action Comics #1. Their romance started out as a rivalry, after Clark scooped Lois on a story at the Daily Planet, an exclusive on Superman. Clark was enamored with Lois, but ironically, her affections were fixed on his alter-ego Superman. The couple didn’t tie the knot until 1996 when the event was published in the

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Feb. 5: in 1937, President Roosevelt proposedincreasing the number of Supreme Court justices;criticsaccusedhimoftryingto“pack”thecourtwithhisallies.In1962,FrenchPresidentCharlesDeGaullecalledforAlgeria’sindependence.

Feb. 6: in1778,Francerecognized theUnitedStatesandsignedatreatyofmilitaryaid;Englanddeclaredwar onFrance the sameday. In 1952,Britain’sKingGeorge VI died; he was succeeded by his daughter,Elizabeth,whostillreigns.

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Feb. 9: the ProvisionalCongress of theConfederateStates of America elected Jefferson Davis presidentand AlexanderH. Stephens vice president. In 1943,theWorldWarIIbattleofGuadalcanalendedwithanAmericanvictoryoverJapaneseforcesinthePacific.

Feb. 10: in 1763, France ceded Canada to Englandunder the Treaty of Paris, which ended the FrenchandIndianWar.In1962,theSovietUnionexchangedcapturedAmericanU-2pilotFrancisGaryPowersforRudolphAbel,aSovietspyheldbytheUnitedStates.

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“PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE”: TheveteranOscar-winningsongwriter(“Evergreen,”“We’veOnlyJustBegun”)whoalsohadsomesuccessasanactor(“SmokeyandtheBandit,”“PhantomoftheParadise”)isprofiledbyfilmmakerStephenKessler,whosoughthimoutafterhisbeliefthatWilliamshaddiedwasprovedwrong.Thedocumentaryisverymucharecountingofthetrustthatbuildsbetweenthetwomen,thoughit’sonthevergeoffallingapartatmanymomentsbecauseofWilliams’skepticism,especiallyinreflectingonpersonaldemonshehadtoconquer.***

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FICTIONAL ROMANCES (continued):comic book to coincide with the nuptials

on the TV series Lois and Clark. In 2007, they welcomed the addition of an adopted Kryptonian boy then named Chris Kent.

• Peter Parker made his first appearance in August of 1962 in the Marvel Comics’ publication Amazing Fantasy. He was an orphaned high school student in Queens, New York, living with his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. When he was bitten by a radioactive spider, he attained the “agility and proportionate strength of an arachnid,” and acquired the ability to cling to walls and ceilings. In other words, he became Spiderman! Aunt May continually tried to fix him up with “that nice Watson girl next door,” a beautiful green-eyed redhead whose face was first seen in 1966. Mary Jane, or MJ for short, first met Peter when she was 13 years old, and staying with her elderly Aunt Anna. Peter was 14. They married in a Spiderman comics issue in 1987. On the big screen, the pair was popularly portrayed by Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst for three films. The fourth film, released in 2012, didn’t include MJ, but rather Peter’s first girlfriend, Gwen Stacy.

• Author Edgar Rice Burroughs conceived the idea of the British Lord and Lady Greystoke being marooned on the coast of Africa in 1912. Lady Greystoke gave birth there, but died on her son’s first birthday, while the Lord was killed by the leader of the Mangani ape tribe. Their son, John, Clayton, Earl of Greystoke, was adopted by the ape tribe, and grew up to

FICTIONAL ROMANCES (continued):be their leader. Thus went the story of Tarzan

over the course of 24 novels. Tarzan met Jane Porter when she and her expedition were marooned in a similar manner. The pair married in Burroughs’ second book, published in 1913. The immensely popular series led to radio programs, comic books, and 89 movies, beginning with silent films in 1918. The most popular actor to play the ape-man was an Olympic hero, Johnny Weissmuller, winner of five gold medals in swimming, who starred in 12 Tarzan films from 1932 to 1948.

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