Going through my games tonight and I was feeling a little bored so I
though I would either tell a story or just run off some blanket thoughts
out of my head. Plus the fact that Beck is working on the Halloween
costumes and I am up late keeping her company (not helping mind
you...last time I tried to "help" on something of this nature I almost
put my hand through the sewing machine 😀) I just had the inkling to
run my mouth...which is something that some people on here
hate...but some actually like.
Did anyone notice they brought Grimace back to the McDonald's
commercials? After a long stint as hiding out as Barney the dinosaur
this big purple blob of crap is back. What in the hell is Grimace
anyway??
And after watching Sesame Street the other day with the kids I
realized that Bert and Ernie have been living together for like 35 years
with NO female companionship. You guys make your own assumptions
on that one...but I think I know what is going on..hehehe.
And after watching that I was forced to watch some of the biggest crap
cartoons that never should have left the drawing board. What
happened to a Saturday filled with Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner?
Man...cartoons went downhill with the invention of Monchichi and when
they put Yohann and PeeWee on the Smurfs...and it has only gotten
worse. Showing my age here obviously 😀
And finally after all of that crap...a Halloween story...after turning
15..well Halloween wasn't the same. No going and getting candy...just
looking for something to do...well that year we happened to procure
some beer from my dad...two of my friends and me...get pretty
lit..and walk around acting stupid. Nothing dangerous untill we are in
front of this one house and my friend looks at the other and bets him
he won't dive into the HUGE bush they have right at the edge of their
driveway. He of course being hammered takes of running and leaps
Superman style when all of the sudden..CLANG!!!!..and his legs go
flipping over his ass and we hear a scream followed by a loud thud
and a OOOMMMFP.
I looked at my bud and said.."Damn I didn't see that mailbox"...to
which he replied very calmly.."I did"
Thanks for indulging me 😀
Dave
Well done Kirk on getting to 1400 (and getting back to a 50:50
win/loss ratio). I'm sincerely pleased for you, couldn't happen to a
nicer guy.
Try and build on this and get a permanent foothold in the 1400s now.
I know you can do it.
Dave, good point on children's cartoons.
The latest stuff is rubbish (although perhaps it's more to do with the
fact that we have changed rather than the quality of the
programmes.....but nah). Even as recently as when I was small child
there was still quality going out in the form of Bananaman (did you
guys have that in America?). I've still been known to wander round
going "Dr. Gloom I presume?", and then (insidiously) "Aaaah,
Bananaman".
What was that other one called, where they raced round in
cars...Wacky Racing or something. Dick Dastardly, Penelope Pitstop
(surely the greatest name in, like, ever) are the only two characters I
can remember the names to.
Mark
The Bananaman Lover
I disagree with your and Dave's assessment of the state of cartoons. I think the quality of cartoons
is on the upswing. Of course the golden age of cartooning was during the Bugs Bunny era, nothing
can top those. During the seventies and eighties cartooning entered a black hole during which they
put out nothing but sludge. Poor animation quality, stupid ideas, etc. During the nineties
cartooning has made bold strides towards regaining its former glory. We've had The Animaniacs,
The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy, Dexter's Lab, and SprongeBob Squarepants to name a few. All are
inspired creations which appeal to a broad audience, not just little kids. It gives me great hope that
I can drown my sorrows, after a crushing defeat at chess, by watching an episode of The Powerpuff
Girls.
Yes, actually thinking about it I would have to agree with you. The
Simpsons especially but also Ren and Stimpy (and many more
besides) are such good shows, appeal to a far broader spectrum of
ages and take the humour and ideas to way beyond the simple that I
tend to forget they are, after all, "cartoons".
Thanks for making me realise I was wrong!
Mark
The Squirrel Lover
abso-flogging-lutely.. do any of you remember cartoons such as G-
force... I remembered that with great passion until I actually saw it as
an adult and saw how poor both the plot & the animation was... even
Captain Caveman, more & more scooby Doo, roadrunner; all were
dated and repetative to me before I was halfway through my youth ( &
I was NEVER officially allowed to watch cartoons as a child - it was all
precious stolen moments). Thank God for the creators of the modern
cartoon & the producers etc who took the ideas on (I believe both
Dexters Lab & Spongebob were winners of TV "vote for the best" poles
to win contracts from shorts). They may not be the same as Bugs &
Daffy, but are equal in a different way... And damn funny...
I am going to have to go along with you about the Animaniacs,
Dexter's Lab, SpongeBob and the PowerPuff Girls, but Ren and
Stimpy, what the hell are they anyway. I mean their favorite song was
about a log for heaven's sake. What was is "It's Log, it's log, it's big,
it's heavy, it's wood, it's log, it's log, it's better than bad, it's good."
(My best friend was a big Ren and Stimpy fan and walked around
singing that all the time, I never saw the show that or Bevis and
Butthead). The Simpson's to me tried to hard to portray the average
American family and missed by a long shot, but that is my opinion.
Tara
Princess of MAP
Ren and Stimpy's "Log" song was funny precisely because it WAS so ridiculous. It took our
collective sense of childhood wonder and joy over a new toy like the Slinky (which the song strongly
resembles) and juxtaposes it with a product that is totally unbefitting such sentiment. In this case
an ordinary log. In essence, the song itself is the setup and the product is the punchline.
As for the Simpson's, I don't think they were trying to portray the average American family so much
as to lampoon it. Even though the Simpson's were broad caricatures, most of us were able to
recognize some part of the Simpson's foibles within ourselves. We could find humor in Homer's
weakness, for example, precisely because we ourselves have been afflicted with very similar
weaknesses.
Quick survey, who prefers/preferred the Disney cartoons to the Warner Bros'? Come on, you
Mickey Mouse fans must be out there somewhere, otherwise we wouldn't be subjected to the
constant stream of animated and non-animated cottage cheese they issue. I know they want
to get a U certificate (or whatever you use in the States that lets anyone watch it) but
please, they don't have to completely kill the plot.