Sometimes you’ve just gotta take a break and post something completely silly. Sorry folks, but sometimes you just gotta… 🙂
Speaking of digital characters, I guess you could say that the role of Thing in The Addams Family represents the first example of an entirely digital character on television. And that was way back in 1964! I mean, it’s not his fault that we’ve changed the definition of “digital” in the last forty four years.
And I guess you could also say, by the same token, that the Golem in ancient Jewish folklore was the first character who ever got clay feet.
Eve was the first woman who ever had an Adam’s apple.
Whereas Adam was the first man who ever raised Cain.
Cain himself was the first character who ever did something not because he was able to, but because he wasn’t Abel.
Meanwhile, in another pantheon, Samson was the first performer ever to bring down the house.
And Narcissus was the first character who was really into self-reflection.
Midas was the first character who turned out to be a real ass (although Bottom and Pinocchio both eventually continued this proud tradition).
But Echo has them all beat: she was the first character ever to go to pieces just because of a critical Pan.
Hmm, I may have just created a new (and entirely unnecessary, I hasten to add) genre of bad jokes. Can anybody think of any more of these?