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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>> Bonus Question: "What does the family name of 'Groo' mean?"<br><br><div>The "Groo" family name means "the cattle are dying."</div><div><br></div><div>But, did you know that this joke had been done before?</div><div><br></div><div>* Suspense *</div><div><br></div><div>In the TV show "Welcome Back, Kotter," Arnold Horshack</div><div>claimed that his surname was a very old and respected name,</div><div>which meant "the cattle are dying." The TV show ran from</div><div>1975 to 1979, predating Groo comic books.</div><div><br></div><div>But, did you know that someone worked on "Welcome Back,</div><div>Kotter" before working on Groo comic books?</div><div><br></div><div>* Suspense *</div><div><br></div><div>* Suspense *</div><div><br></div><div>* Suspense *</div><div><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: mulch3@hotmail.com<br>To: groop@groo.com<br>Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2015 22:20:37 -0400<br>Subject: [Groop] New GROO!!<br><br>
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<div dir="ltr">Groopers and Groopies:<br><br>HUZZAH! <br><br>Just received issues 1-5 of the new GROO series 'Friends and Foes' for my birthday and am excited to finish reading them and begin a more in-depth discussion with the fine mendicants of the GROOP. <br><br>After blazing through the first two installments, I have to say that I enjoy this series much more than many of the more recently released issues of GROO. For one thing, this new series seems much more fun and adventurous than some of the 'thematically heavier' issues released in previous years (I've always loved the 'moral' at the end of GROO, but for a while there, the comic veered dangerously close to being a bit too heavy-handed, or 'preachy', for my taste . . .). Indeed, for quite some time, I secretly wished to see more Groo in my GROO and (at least so far) it looks as if Sergio and Mark have delivered! Again I say, HUZZAH!<br><br>Whilst we finish devouring the current issues, let's have a little fun. Respond to this thread, all ye who dare, by listing your top three (3) all-time favorite FRIENDS of Groo and your top three all-time favorite FOES of Groo . . . and by all means - don't shy away from mentioning some of the more obscure characters . . .<br><br>My picks:<br><br><b>Favorite 'Foes of Groo':</b> The Great Wizard (issue #26), The Dragons (all five million of them, but notably the Floom-Floom from THE DEATH of GROO Special) and Arba (the tall, good-looking one - <i>not</i> the one that resembles Danny Devito . . .). <i>Finalists </i>for me<i> </i>included<i> </i>Isagul), issue #50's 'Las Sirenas', The Kantors of issue #8 and The Arana. And, though they were not my favorites, I really felt that the antagonists from THE LIFE OF GROO (King Battu and Gorge) made excellent (and worthy) foils for our hero barbarian.<br><br><b>Favorite 'Friends of Groo' (though it's arguable whether or not any of the following would consider themselves 'friends'):</b> In this order: Thaiis, Sylva (from THE DEATH of GROO Special) and (of course), Chakaal. <i>Honorable mention:</i> The Emperor Sakisama and Groo's Mother (aka: "Mrs. Smith") from THE LIFE OF GROO.<br><br>Bonus Question: "What does the family name of 'Groo' mean?"<br><br>In cheese dip we trust,<br><br>Rocky (the Grooper formerly known as 'Finn')<br> </div>
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