Dave Childs, the Beer Sommelier of ASL

Thanks for all of your work….

Now for some criticism (heresy!!! cover your eyes….)

The only problem I have with the podcast is the incessant whining and begging for the Kleinschmidt counter. At the risk of having Dave get his panties in a bunch I would suggest that names on counters are meant as tributes to those who give to the hobby with no expectation of personal glory (as opposed to feeding the ego). Dave….we all know how much you’ve done for the hobby …. WE APPRECIATE IT …. you just don’t have to keep reminding us constantly…..

I (Jeff) couldn’t agree with you more. If you only knew how much bawling and blubbering I edit out every episode. It’s embarrassing. He’s even taken to handing out “Put Me on a Counter” campaign fliers on street corners and at sporting events. Next week he’s hosting a bake sale and car wash. Hey, I know how we can get Dave to stop begging — everyone send an email to MMP and insist they put his name on a counter! Isn’t that a great idea? Ha ha ha ha!

Jeff [and Dave who would have answered this but he’s currently going door-to-door with a petition for you-know-what]

Thanks for bringing back the art review. If you run out of art, might I suggest WWII movie reviews. Don’t limit yourself to land warfare though, my favorites are naval (read Midway).

-Will

I do have one comment though that I’d like to hear less of (maybe it’ll make the podcasts shorter??)… The discussions you guys have about the box art is not at all very interesting and maybe include more player email discussions?? Just a thought. Maybe I’m the only one who doesn’t care about the box art…

Either way, great job all around!!!

-Jason

Jason, the box art controversy is over. After several episodes without it due to a few letters of complaint, many fans weighed in in favor of keeping it. One even donated a hefty sum to see it’s return. Although the show is not for sale, Dave happily jumped on that as an opportunity to enlighten the listening audience about the finer things in ASL. We feel listeners brains need a break from “rules brain confusion” once in a while. Maybe you can think of it as an opportunity to take a BR break. Joe will return in a show or two for our LATW episode. Thanks for listening. Dave (and Jeff)

The “Cu” part has an oo sound like “pool.”

The “o” in the “po” part is a long o, and the a in the “la” part is a short a.

They were mainly a part of the 7th Army until they were secretly transferred to the famous 3rd Army to go into Germany.

There is a museum in Abilene, Texas that I must visit. I would love to travel in their footsteps from training in Texas, to NY, to England, France and finally Germany.

http://www.12tharmoreddivision.com/history.html

As usual, from your non-ASL playing (although I did just buy two MMP games, PanzerBlitz and Bastogne.) listener, thanks again for the great podcasts,

Todd

I just suggested myself as an interviewee to Dave and Jeff, as an original Squad Leader only player/afficianado. OBVIOUSLY, Mr. Hill would be the better choice for this slant. (Although I do a mean impersonation of George C. Scott as Patton, and he may not.)

Cupola is properly pronounced: coop-uh-luh, with the accent on the first syllable.

Great podcast! This weekend, I got to meet the great John Hill, the designer of the original Squad Leader. He’s a heckuva nice guy too. After getting an autograph and talking about games, I mentioned the 2 Half Squads. I hope I wasn’t too forward but mentioned if he’d like to do an interview. He said yes, so you might like to try to contact him.

I’m the first commenter again!!! Whoo hoo!