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TALES OF AUTUMN SPRING (ToAS)

by Richard Mandel

based on characters and situations

copyright (C) 2019-2023, all rights reserved

Episode 1 - "Prelude"

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"It's Getting Better" as performed back in the day by "Mama" Cass Elliot is going to be the main theme for the ToAS series. It was written in 1963 by Barry Mann and Cynthia Well. Elliot wasn't the first singer to record it as a pop song; in fact, there were at least three earlier versions by different artists, including a surprisingly good one by classic Star Trek's own Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock), of all people! XD All the same her 1968 version is considered the definitive version given that it charted for so long and wound up being such a big success. It can and has been said that this was her breakout song for her later successful music career. Here's a YouTube link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOMuR…

Associated Artists Productions - The record company that offered the younger Brandy her first opportunity at becoming a music star back in the second season Autumn Spring episode "Brandy's Big Chance." She chose instead to become a wife and mother, but she was offered a second chance about a quarter-century later after her husband Larry's death from natural causes (old age), as depicted in the original series final episode, "Love Eternal." The choice of name is both a deliberate nod and tribute of sorts to the former real world 20th century film distributing company of the same name, and the same whose AAP initials you see on all of those old syndication prints of classic cartoons such as Popeye and the Looney Tunes and the like.

The corporate jet is from GTA4: The Ballad of Gay Tony. It was ripped and ported for XPS use years ago by eddiehimselfstolemyu and I was lucky enough to snag it back then, before he left DOA and closed his account. It also includes a full interior and I've used it both in Resident Sleuths and in the original Autumn Spring. Sadly it seems to have disappeared along with him, but maybe somebody will re-up it someday. In the meantime there's plenty of excellent alternatives out there, provide you go to the trouble to find them.

Description

TALES OF AUTUMN SPRING (ToAS)

by Richard Mandel

based on characters and situations

copyright (C) 2019-2023, all rights reserved

Episode 1 - "Prelude"

FIRST --> NEXT -->

--------------------

COMMENTS

"It's Getting Better" as performed back in the day by "Mama" Cass Elliot is going to be the main theme for the ToAS series. It was written in 1963 by Barry Mann and Cynthia Well. Elliot wasn't the first singer to record it as a pop song; in fact, there were at least three earlier versions by different artists, including a surprisingly good one by classic Star Trek's own Leonard Nimoy (Mr. Spock), of all people! XD All the same her 1968 version is considered the definitive version given that it charted for so long and wound up being such a big success. It can and has been said that this was her breakout song for her later successful music career. Here's a YouTube link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOMuR…

Associated Artists Productions - The record company that offered the younger Brandy her first opportunity at becoming a music star back in the second season Autumn Spring episode "Brandy's Big Chance." She chose instead to become a wife and mother, but she was offered a second chance about a quarter-century later after her husband Larry's death from natural causes (old age), as depicted in the original series final episode, "Love Eternal." The choice of name is both a deliberate nod and tribute of sorts to the former real world 20th century film distributing company of the same name, and the same whose AAP initials you see on all of those old syndication prints of classic cartoons such as Popeye and the Looney Tunes and the like.

The corporate jet is from GTA4: The Ballad of Gay Tony. It was ripped and ported for XPS use years ago by eddiehimselfstolemyu and I was lucky enough to snag it back then, before he left DOA and closed his account. It also includes a full interior and I've used it both in Resident Sleuths and in the original Autumn Spring. Sadly it seems to have disappeared along with him, but maybe somebody will re-up it someday. In the meantime there's plenty of excellent alternatives out there, provide you go to the trouble to find them.