#the wrong stuff

[ironbloodaika]

This is a scene from "The Wrong Stuff" an episode from the 1st Season of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. This aired on November 28, 1985. I'm not sure if the writers (Stanley Ralph Ross, Story by : Flint Dille) realized just how scary and accurate this scene would become.

[todays-xkcd]

The phantom found Edward Everett Hale a century too early; by the time we invented satellites, the specifics of his 'brick moon' proposal were dismissed as science fiction.

The Wrong Stuff [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[A ghost is approaching Cueball in a workshop. They are surrounded by shop equipment, such as a table with a press on it, and a small pile of what appears to be lumber. Cueball is backing away from the ghost, holding his hands up defensively.] Ghost: oooOOOOOOoooo [The "ooooo"s of the ghost are written in wavy letters of varying sizes] Ghost: Build a spaceship out of bricks! Ghost: oooooOOOOOOOOoo Cueball: No! Go away!

[Caption below the panel:] The Spruce Goose, the Project Habakkuk Ice Ship, and the Trojan Horse were all work of the Material Phantom, a ghost that wanders the Earth convincing engineers to make giant vehicles out of the wrong stuff.

[dinosaurwithablog]

Part two... Simon is even funnier in this part of the scene. If astronauts have the right stuff, Howard stuff is wrong. 🤣🤣🤣

[detective-jane-rizzoli]

[deadpresidents]

I'm only about halfway through John Strausbaugh's book The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned (BOOK | KINDLE | AUDIO), but it's already one of the best books I've read this year. It's a fascinating history of the Soviet Union's space program and Strausbaugh obviously researched the book intensely, but it's also very funny at times. It also has the perfect title for a book on this subject. I highly recommend it! It's available now from PublicAffairs and the Hachette Book Group.

[renegadesstuff]

“And I am guessing that, uh, before too long, there's gonna be a few more little castles creating havoc around here.” 🥹

S7E16, “The Wrong Stuff” aired 9 years ago (February 23, 2015) 🧡

[crazy56u]

In honor of Monday, I have made something horrible.

[im-a-thylacine]

Other people: omg I love timothee chalamet his hair is so floppy 🤪

Me: the way Scott Bakula imitates the mannerisms of a chimpanzee 😩👌🏻