WIP: DYNAMIC DUO OF THE OZARKS

A work-in-progress by Jeff Boggs

Once again I have been fooling with A-I programs to create versions of how I see my characters in THE DYNAMIC DUO OF THE OZARKS.

“THE BIG THIRTEEN HUNDRED K-I-DOUBLE-L! HEY HEY, I’M LOVABLE LANCE, THE MAN WITH THE MUSIC TO MAKE YOU DANCE! THAT WAS BOB DYLAN ASKING THE MUSICAL QUESTION ‘CAN YOU PLEASE CRAWL OUT YOUR WINDOW?’ BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE A DOOR KNOB (rimshot). FIRST NATIONAL BANK TIME AND TEMPERATURE IS 54 DEGREES AND 12:15 (beep-beep) IN SPRINGVILLE MISSOURI. HEY HEY, I’M LOVABLE LANCE AND THIS IS THE WHO WITH ‘MY GENERATION‘ ON THE BIG THIRTEEN HUNDRED K-I-double-L!”

Meanwhile across town, at 6-7 K-B-U-B, home of the K-B-U-B Cowpokes (and the big neon sign on the highway, Lovable Lance’s arch-enemy Cousin Clyde is pandering to hillbillies and old cranky people.

“Howdy, Howdy, dear friends and neighbors! This is your old Cousin Clyde at 6-7 K-B-U-B on your radio dial. Ain’t it a priv-a-lige to live here in the Ozarks. We just heard Charlie Louvin and ‘See the Big Man Cry Mama.’ I like to fish and you can buy a copy of my book of fish tips and hillbilly wisdom at many of fine stores here in the Ozarks. I’ve been fishing since I was a knee high to a grasshopper. It’s so sad that these kids today just want to stay in the house and watch cartoons on TV. The two things I love the most in this old world is fishing and being an American. It’s time for the K-B-U-B Song of Inspiration and it’s Johnny Paycheck singing ‘Old Rugged Cross.’ Then, I’ll go down the hall for a cup of coffee and I’ll turn the microphone over to one of the fellers from the K-B-U-B 24 Hour Newsroom.”

Remember I posted a drawing of Cousin Clyde with the chapter about the remote at the boat show when he and Lovable Lance clashed? CoPilot produced that photorealistic image from that drawing. It is perfect!

One of the subplots involve a shady character and John Birch Society member name Laban Edward Fantt taking over the Browne County Republican Party. He isist that people call him the Pachyderm. He and another shady character called the Mason Dixon the Confederate Colonel kidnap the mayor’s son and his girlfriend. Clint and Mykel rescue them while dressed as Batman and Robin. I have tried several times to create L. E. Fantt with A-I, but this is the first time a program (CoPilot) get it right.

And last but not least, a new photo of Mykel, using a free face swap program.

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