{"id":33400,"date":"2021-10-30T13:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=33400"},"modified":"2021-10-30T13:41:32","modified_gmt":"2021-10-30T18:41:32","slug":"travels-with-murf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=33400","title":{"rendered":"Travels with Murf"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Yesterday, I noticed an odd character popping up in my friends&#8217; social media posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There was this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why deny us such joy?! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bwYrx6e4ZM\">pic.twitter.com\/bwYrx6e4ZM<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Fraize \u270c\ufe0f\ud83e\udd1f\ud83d\udd96 (@Fraize) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fraize\/status\/1453443245367832580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Followed by this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COMING NOVEM\u2014 \u2026oh, bother.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrekCODA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrekCODA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrekProdigy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrekProdigy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PrqXEeCsw6\">https:\/\/t.co\/PrqXEeCsw6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Blj5VUsQj5\">pic.twitter.com\/Blj5VUsQj5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David Mack (@DavidAlanMack) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidAlanMack\/status\/1454164302848569349?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not to mention this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This guy.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrekProdigy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrekProdigy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GEwq80SHme\">pic.twitter.com\/GEwq80SHme<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dayton Ward \ud83d\udd96\ud83d\ude0e (@daytonward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daytonward\/status\/1453820409032364032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Hey! Have you checked out the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrekCoda?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrekCoda<\/a> trilogy from me, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jmswallow?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jmswallow<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidAlanMack?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@davidalanmack<\/a>? It&#39;s an epic new&#8230;&#8230;dude. Down in front.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrekProdigy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrekProdigy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tMlggDv2GY\">pic.twitter.com\/tMlggDv2GY<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dayton Ward \ud83d\udd96\ud83d\ude0e (@daytonward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daytonward\/status\/1454193445032054795?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And this&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s all fun and games until you photobomb the wrong guy.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrek?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrek<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrekProdigy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrekProdigy<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StarTrekLowerDecks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StarTrekLowerDecks<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0SXsCtYt9y\">pic.twitter.com\/0SXsCtYt9y<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Dayton Ward \ud83d\udd96\ud83d\ude0e (@daytonward) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daytonward\/status\/1454276120803741696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 30, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I went through some old photographs on my hard drive, and I found this from 1919&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/murf-baseball1919.jpg\" alt=\"Women are playing baseball in front of the Washington Monument, 1919 -- and Murf pokes his head into the shot\" class=\"wp-image-33399\"\/><figcaption>Murf! You&#8217;re blocking my shot &#8212; and the cute girl playing with her hair!  (Original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=32458\">here<\/a>.)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This from later in the 1920s&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"958\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/murf-1920s.jpg\" alt=\"A group of women are posing in front of the Capitol Building in the 1920s -- and Murf jumps into the shot\" class=\"wp-image-33397\"\/><figcaption>Murf? Whad&#8217;ya doing? Not that I have any idea what anyone else is doing&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>And even this, when future president George H.W. Bush met Babe Ruth a few months before Ruth&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/murf-baberuth.jpg\" alt=\"Babe Ruth is presenting his autobiography to George H.W. Bush, captain of the Yale baseball team -- and Murf gets in the shot\" class=\"wp-image-33398\"\/><figcaption>Murf! This is history in the making!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>His name is Murf, and he&#8217;s a character on the new animated series <i>Star Trek: Prodigy<\/i>. And, I agree with Dayton &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/daytonward\/status\/1453419168796225544\">there <em>should<\/em> be a Murf photobombing app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dayton posted a link to five PNG overlays of Murf, and I had fun grayscaling the overlay, adjusting the brightness and contrast to better match the underlying image, and adding grain and dirt on top to make it all look integrated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Who knows where &#8212; or when! &#8212; Murf will turn up next?  The Yalta conference?  The moon with the Apollo 11 astronauts?  Napoleon&#8217;s retreat from Moscow?  Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, I noticed an odd character popping up in my friends&#8217; social media posts. There was this&#8230; Followed by this&#8230; Not to mention this&#8230; Then this&#8230; And this&#8230; Then I went through some old photographs on my hard drive, and I found this from 1919&#8230; This from later in the 1920s&#8230; And even this, when<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/?p=33400\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Travels with Murf&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[5031,5030],"class_list":["post-33400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-star-trek","tag-murf","tag-star-trek-prodigy","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.allyngibson.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}