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Got My Mind Set on Mindsets

I saw a billboard this past weekend saying something like, “Paying too much for health care? Vote Republican!” Aren’t the Republicans the ones who are constantly pushing to make health care more expensive, constantly trying to repeal the Affordable Care … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Food, Health, Holidays, Introspection, Judaism, Language, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Religion, Television | Tagged affordable care act, atheism, autism, classism, donald trump, fear, foghorn leghorn, grammar, guns, health care, looney tunes, president barack obama, republicans, smoking |

I Found My Thrill on Oregon Hill

I haven’t been listening to music all that much recently. That’s not to say that I couldn’t, just that I usually find myself doing other things that are difficult to do at the same time. But anyway, here are some … Continue reading →

Posted in Albums, Camper Van Beethoven, Cartoons, Christmas, Concerts, Cracker, Holidays, Humor, Language, Music, Nellie McKay, Valentine's Day | Tagged accordion, alberto rabagliati, bugs bunny, david lowery, duncan galloway, emma smith, kate mullins, leaving key member clause, looney tunes, love, marcella puppini, puppini sisters, rosemary clooney, the puppini sisters unlocked |

Koopas Behind the Curtain

This article I read this week discusses the idea of Mario and company being essentially actors in different scenarios, as per a comment from Shigeru Miyamoto comparing them to the cast of Popeye cartoons. It obviously addresses Super Mario Bros. … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Dreams, Mario, Muppets, Plays, Popeye, Relationships, Video Games | Tagged baby herman, doki doki panic, kermit the frog, king bowser koopa, lakitu, looney tunes, mario and luigi paper jam, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mickey mouse, new donk city, paper mario, roger rabbit, shigeru miyamoto, super mario 64, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, who framed roger rabbit, wreck-it ralph |

A Foray Into Animated Enchantresses

A few days ago, Tavie brought up how both Disney and Warner Bros. cartoons have witches named Witch Hazel, both voiced by June Foray, and said I should write a post about that. From the brief research I did, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Comics, Disney Afternoon, Etymology, Halloween, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Names, Television, William Shakespeare | Tagged bea benaderet, bewitched bunny, broom-stick bunny, bugs bunny, carl barks, casper the friendly ghost, chuck jones, donald duck, ducktales, huey dewey and louie, june foray, little lulu, looney tunes, macbeth, madam mim, magica de spell, scrooge mcduck, the sword in the stone, trick or treat, witch hazel, witches |

I Really Didn’t Say Everything I Said

One topic that comes up fairly enough is that of quotations that everyone knows, but are wrong in some way. They might be misattributed, or they might be somewhat off. The other day, Beth was reading a Cracked article recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Celebrities, Futurama, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Politics, Star Trek, Star Wars, Television, The Simpsons, William Shakespeare | Tagged al gore, blazing saddles, bugs bunny, casablanca, cracked, dan quayle, darth vader, democracy and things like that, dragnet, edward g. robinson, i love lucy, jerry seinfeld, looney tunes, luke skywalker, marx brothers, of mice and men, president george w. bush, quotations, sarah palin, sarah vowell, saturday night live, stan freberg, the empire strikes back, the ten commandments, the treasure of the sierra madre, tina fey |

The Initial Problem

It’s sort of an unspoken rule that cartoon characters tend to have the middle initial J. It’s probably really not as common as you might think, but it does show up in quite a few unrelated cartoon franchises. In The … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Futurama, Popeye, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Television, The Flintstones, The Simpsons | Tagged abraham simpson, barney rubble, bart simpson, bullwinkle j. moose, donald duck, elmer fudd, fred flintstone, homer simpson, j. wellington wimpy, jay ward, lisa simpson, looney tunes, michigan j. frog, middle initial, middle name, nancy cartwright, philip j. fry, rocket j. squirrel, wile e. coyote |

Absolutely Cuckoo

I think the first time I came across the word “Cloudcuckooland” might have been in The Dictionary of Imaginary Places, but I’ve come across the term occasionally since then. Apparently it’s actually used as the name of a place in … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Cartoons, Etymology, Fairy Tales, Food, L. Frank Baum, Language, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Plays, Television | Tagged acme acres, alice's adventures in wonderland, aristophanes, arthur schopenhauer, big rock candy mountain, borat, burl ives, cloudcuckooland, cockaigne, cuckoo, david hulan, dodo, harry mcclintock, looney tunes, mo, nephelokokkygia, pepperland, perfect strangers, peter bruegel, porky in wackyland, porky pig, that 70s show, the birds, the dictionary of imaginary places, the glass cat of oz, tiny toon adventures, toontown, wackyland, who framed roger rabbit, wolkenkuckucksheim, yellow submarine |

The Egghead Experience

Elmer Fudd appears to have more or less evolved from a character named Egghead, called that after his egg-shaped head. (No surprises there, anyway.) Created by Tex Avery and first seen in 1937, Egghead sported a hairstyle like Moe Howard. … Continue reading →

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 |

I’m Hunting Anthwopomowphic Wabbits

I’ve discussed the issue of cartoon anthropomorphism with Disney, but it seems to be even more complicated with Warner Bros. Their most famous character, Bugs Bunny, has some clear anthropomorphic traits. He speaks English (with a New York accent, at … Continue reading →