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California Scheming

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World – This was a quite ambitious movie for its time, bringing together many of the most famous comic actors of the time. Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Buddy Hackett, Jonathan Winters, Mickey Rooney, Phil … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Cartoons, Celebrities, Humor, Muppets, Sesame Street, Stan Freberg, Television, The Simpsons | Tagged bart simpson, beetlejuice, bert and ernie, buddy hackett, curly joe derita, dick shawn, follow that bird, homer the vigilante, it's a mad mad mad mad world, jim backus, joe besser, jonathan winters, matt groening, mickey rooney, milton berle, phil silvers, sid caesar, spencer tracy, terry-thomas, the producers, the three stooges |

It’s a Brazzle Dazzle Day

Pete’s Dragon – Released in the year I was born, this classic Disney film is about human trafficking, child abuse, alcoholism, and medical scams. It also has a cartoon dragon, which is why it qualifies as a live-action/animation hybrid. I … Continue reading →

Nobody Cares Like a Bear

The Care Bears were a line of characters originally created for greeting cards, which was kind of a thing at the time. That also happened with Strawberry Shortcake, the Popples, and Rainbow Brite, among others. They’re sort of teddy bears … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Cartoons, Music, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged american greetings, care bear cousins, care bears, carole king, john sebastian, mickey rooney, the care bears movie, the care bears movie ii: a new generation |

The Darlings of Slumberland

With the new Little Nemo comic series by Eric Shanower, Gabriel Rodriguez, and Nelson Daniel now in its third issue, I thought checking out the history of this franchise might not be amiss. I believe I first heard of Little … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Eric Shanower, Holidays, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Thanksgiving, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged chris columbus, coney island, cupid, father time, flip, gabriel rodriguez, gertie the dinosaur, hayao miyazaki, jack frost, king morpheus, little nemo, little nemo in slumberland, little nemo the dream master, little nemo: adventures in slumberland, little nemo: return to slumberland, mickey rooney, nelson daniel, nightmare king, nintendo power, princess camille, ray bradbury, santa claus, sherman brothers, Slumberland, super mario bros. 3, winsor mccay, world's columbian exposition |