Posts tagged “cartoons”
#FridayFive: Ducks
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#FridayFive: Disney Characters
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If You Can Dream It, You Can Do It
Today is the birthday of Walt Disney, one of the most important men in my life. He was born December 5, 1901, in Chicago. He changed the world, and his creations have had a profound impact on me. I truly would not be who I am today if it wasn’t for his vision. I grew
The Return of Wile E. Coyote, Genius
Repetitive failure
#FridayFive: Simpsons Characters
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#FridayFive: Villains
View the Friday Five from April 9th, 2010
Daily David
A collection of links I found on March 15, 2010.
Snow Sharks
Calvin and Hobbes wasn’t in the Sunday funnies when I was young enough to be reading the Sunday funnies, so I sort of missed that whole boat. Every now and then I’d see a strip, though, and I always thought it was a great comic. (The “snow sharks” one was my favorite.) Someone gave me
Happy Birthday, Moose and Squirrel!
Fifty years ago [today], a squirrel wearing an old-school aviator’s hat and goggles came flying across the screen followed by a goofy moose, launching arguably the greatest cartoon in television history. Moose and Squirrel are now old enough for AARP memberships. Yet their warped and wonderful brand of humor, written and performed so that kids
Why the Original “Star Trek” Still Matters
Listen: I was never a huge Trek fan. I was always Star Wars all the way. After school my sister and I watched cartoons — Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Superfriends — and then, because we were usually with my grandparents, the standard early 80s grandparent shows: Happy Days, Barney Miller, Alice, and M*A*S*H. It