The Official Homepage of Livingston Dangerously

The Official Homepage of Livingston Dangerously is a feature on the old Between the Lions Website. It got removed when the website got revamped in 2007.

Top 10 Cliff Hanger episodes that were never made
"Cliff Hanger and the Nasty Hangnail"

"Cliff Hanger and the Bad Clams"

"Cliff Hanger and the Dippy Hippie"

"Cliff Hanger and the Pre-Chewed Gum"

"Cliff Hanger and the Nagging Feeling He May Have Left the Iron On"

"Cliff Hanger and the Unusually Early Bedtime"

"Cliff Hanger and the Extra-Boring Museum"

"Cliff Hanger and the Itchy Turtleneck Sweater"

"Cliff Hanger and His Aunt Who Hugs Too Much"

"Cliff Hanger and the Foreign Movie That Just... Would... Not... End!"

Top 5 discarded characters before Cliff Hanger
The Adventures of Ty Dup (Pun on "Tied up")

The Adventures of "Nap King" Cole (Pun on Nat King Cole)

The Adventures of Bo Ring-Plotz (Pun on "Boring plots")

The Adventures of Stan D'Around (Pun on "Stand around")

The Adventures of Clothes Hanger

Livingston Dangerously's Writing Schedule
5:00 - Get up.

5:05 - Deep knee bends.

5:10 - Nap.

10:30 - Get up.

10:45 - Light breakfast of half grapefruit, quarter cup granola.

11:00 - The Price Is Right!

12:00 - Sharpen pencils.

12:30 - Get writing.

12:35 - Milk and cookies.

12:40 - Get writing!

1:00 - Try NOT to think about leftover chicken in fridge.

1:05 - Wash out empty chicken containers.

1:10 - GET WRITING!

3:00 - Shift stare from blank page to window. Inspiration?

3:30 - Spot Big Pig in a Wig dancing a Jig.

3:45 - Staring for inspiration.

4:00 - Flying King with a Shining Wing swoops by.

4:15 - Inspiration...

4:30 - Van with "Fred, Ted, and Ned's Red Beds" written on the side drives by.

4:45 - I...n...s...p...i...r...a...t...i...o...n...

4:55 - Snail on windowsill chewing lettuce leaf loudly. Impossible to work under these conditions! Will start tomorrow bright and early.

5:00 - Jeopardy!

An interview with Livingston Dangerously By Reid Daley
Reid Daley: Livingston, I presume?

Livingston Dangerously: Yes. But you may call me Mr. Dangerously.

RD: Of course. Mr. Dangerously. How did you create Cliff Hanger?

LD: One day while I was walking, looking at the clouds, I fell off a cliff.

RD: Off a cliff? But surely you were hurt!

LD: It was only seven inches high. I skinned my knee. But as I hung there from a branch for three days waiting to be rescued, I came up with the idea for Cliff Hanger.

RD: You were up there for three days?

LD: Three LONG days, let me tell you. You wouldn't believe how excited I was to see the Wiener Dog Rescue Team coming my way.

RD: Mr. Dangerously, what was the first Cliff Hanger book called?

LD: Cliff Hanger #1 was originally called "Cliff Hanger Gets Off the Cliff"...

RD: Interesting.

LD: ...but then I realized there would be only one book, so I changed it to "Cliff Hanger DOES NOT Get Off the Cliff."

RD: Much better.

LD: I thought so.

RD: Mr. Dangerously, is Cliff Hanger's Survival Manual a real book?

LD: (Laughs) In a way, yes. (Laughs some more)

RD: In what way...

LD: (Snorts) One...moment...please. (Laughs uncontrollably for five minutes)

RD: Are you okay?

LD: Oh, my. Yes, I'm fine. As I was saying, the Survival Manual is based on a book my mother made for me. You see, as a child, I was a bit awkward, AND I was forgetful.

RD: Not a good combination.

LD: Yes, thanks for pointing that out. ANYWAY, after I became trapped under the couch cushions for the third time in as many days, my mother decided to create a survival manual for me, to remind me how to get out of problems.

RD: Besides the pillow cushions, what else was in there?

LD: Oh, you know, the usual stuff. Painting yourself into a corner for a third time; trapped by a scary shadow that's actually a coatrack for the third time; hand caught underneath leg for the third time...

RD: That's an interesting one. What was the remedy for that?

LD: Standing up, if I remember correctly. So, really, they were the things that ALL kids faced. Quite universal, actually. Which explains the worldwide appeal of Cliff Hanger. It's been translated into 17 languages, you know, including Swahili, Japanese, and Swedish.

RD: Wow! So what is Cliff's first book in Swedish?

LD: I believe that was "Cliff Hänger Never Get Øffa Da Cliff."

RD: Are you making that up?

LD: (Glances around) Maybe?

RD: Mm-hmm. So, Mr. Dangerously, do you have anything to tell all your fans?

LD: Yes. I want to tell them that being a writer is the greatest job a person could ask for. Just be careful of getting your left index finger stuck under the TAB key. It kind of stings.

RD: Thank you, Mr. Dangerously.

LD: A pleasure, I'm sure.