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Dog and Pony Shows

Here are my thoughts on three movies and three television shows, with SPOILERS for all of them. Phantom of the Paradise – Brian De Palma’s campy 1974 rock musical is mostly a take on The Phantom of the Opera, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Cartoons, Food, Gender, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Star Wars, Television, The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Toys, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a new hope, adrienne barbeau, allan sherman, augie doggie, bail organa, barney rubble, boo boo bear, brian de palma, captain caveman, cindy bear, danny devito, darth vader, doggie daddy, faust, fred flintstone, goober and the ghost chasers, great gazoo, hanna-barbera, huckleberry hound, jabberjaw, james earl jones, jamie lee curtis, janet leigh, jellystone, jerry springer, jerry springer fights camera action, jessica harper, John Carpenter, jonny quest, loopy de loop, magilla gorilla, my little pony, my little pony the movie, obi-wan kenobi, oprah winfrey, peter potamus, phantom of the paradise, princess leia, quick draw mcgraw, raspberry rover, richard dominick, satan, scooby-doo, shazzan, smooze, snagglepuss, solo a star wars story, the fog, the hillbilly bears, the phantom of the opera, the picture of dorian gray, tom atkins, tony randall, top cat, touche turtle, vivien lyra blair, wally gator, william finley, wilma flintstone, yogi bear |

The Hanna-Barbera Now initiative at DC Comics started in 2016, with the idea to use characters from the old studio’s cartoons in more modern and often darker stories. I’d been interested in the Flintstones series for a while now; it’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Art, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics, Environmentalism, Families, Humor, Plays, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Technology, Television, The Flintstones, The Jetsons | Tagged aliens, astro, augie doggie, bamm-bamm rubble, barney rubble, cosmo g. spacely, dc comics, dogs, dorothy parker, elroy jetson, exit stage left, frank pugh, fred flintstone, gay marriage, george jetson, george o'hanlon, great gazoo, hanna-barbera, hanna-barbera now, homophobia, homosexuality, huckleberry hound, jane jetson, jimmy palmiotti, marilyn monroe, mark russell, marriage, mike feehan, nasa, pearl slaghoople, pebbles flintstone, peter potamus, pier brito, president richard nixon, puns, quick draw mcgraw, robots, rosey the robot, roy cohn, satire, snagglepuss, squiddly diddly, tennessee williams, tony danza, who framed roger rabbit, wilma flintstone |

Expanding Game Worlds

I’ve long had somewhat of an affinity for media based on video games, even though most of them aren’t really that good. I grew up on the Super Mario Bros. cartoons and Choose Your Own Adventure style books, and read … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Cartoons, Comics, Mario, Mega Man, Pac-Man, Sonic the Hedgehog, Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged adventures of sonic the hedgehog, archie comics, cd-i, coconuts, dr. robotnik's mean bean machine, freedom fighters, grounder, hanna-barbera, hotel mario, hyrule warriors, king harkinian, link, nintendo adventure books, nintendo comics system, pac-land, princess lana, robots, ruby-spears, scratch, sonic 2, sonic the hedgehog spinball, street fighter ii, street fighter the movie, the great mission to rescue princess peach, the legend of zelda, valiant comics |

Desperately Seeking Santa

Merry Christmas! Since the day is almost over, I might as well share my thoughts on a few Christmas movies and specials I watched this year. I Am Santa Claus (2014) – A documentary examining the lives of several people … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Holidays, Humor, Muppets, Music, Sesame Street, Television, Uncategorized, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged a muppet family christmas, andy williams, art carney, bert and ernie, big bad wolf, big bird, christmas in disneyland, disney, disneyland, fozzie bear, fraggle rock, glenn miller, hanna-barbera, i am santa claus, kermit the frog, mick foley, miss piggy, muppet babies, sandy duncan, santa claus, swedish chef, yogi bear, yogi's first christmas |

Toon Talk

I find it interesting that the original voice of Porky Pig, Joe Dougherty, really did stutter. Because he couldn’t control it, recording sessions would run too long and become too expensive, so he was replaced by Mel Blanc. Blanc kept … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged apu nahasapeemapetilon, clarence nash, donald duck, elmer fudd, foghorn leghorn, hanna-barbera, joe dougherty, looney tunes, mel blanc, porky pig, walt disney, warner bros |

Scooby-Doo’s Greatest Mystery

Since I’ve been talking about sentient animals in cartoons, what about Scooby-Doo? Here we have a group of kids constantly proving that the supernatural is actually just groundskeepers with a grudge and access to expensive projectors, yet they take for … Continue reading →

The Boys of Animation

A few days ago, Beth and I were trying to think of female characters from the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons, and all we could come up with was Cindy Bear. Then we got to thinking about how animation in general is, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Television | Tagged barney rubble, betty boop, betty rubble, cindy bear, daisy duck, disney, fred flintstone, granny, hanna-barbera, he-man, josie and the pussycats, minnie mouse, nostalgia chick, penelope, pepe le pew, petunia pig, scooby-doo, she-ra, warner bros, wilma flintstone |