ANDERSON: The cartoon was my great healing ... to hatch the most transparent evil schemes, which He-Man foils while tossing off bons mots like a drunk uncle. (Soundbite of laser gun) ANDERSON ...

"I personally always thought the cartoon was appalling," said ... I asked the bartender if he made a drink for losers. He pointed at an older man drinking alone and sipping a Harvey Wallbanger.

The character (but apparently not the drink) was the creation of Bill Young, an advertising man with a studio called Young Ideas in Canandaigua. He came up with the cartoon character and the ...