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Sweets from the Sprites

This Pop Culture Shock Therapy comic appeared on Eric Gjovaag’s Wizard of Oz Comics Facebook group, and it inevitably led to a mention of the Keebler Elves, then I brought up Snap, Crackle, and Pop. So why ARE diminutive fantasy … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Authors, Cartoons, Christmas, Comics, Food, Holidays, Humor, J.R.R. Tolkien, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Television | Tagged brownies, candy, cereal, charlie and the chocolate factory, cookies, dorothy gale, doug bratton, elf, elves, ernest j. keebler, fairies, gnomes, j.j. keebler, keebler, keebler elves, kellogg's, leprechauns, lollipop guild, lollipops, lucky charms, munchkins, oompa loompas, pop culture shock therapy, racism, rice krispies, roald dahl, santa claus, slavery, snap crackle and pop, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, tim burton, vernon grant, whimple-scrumpets, wicked witch of the west, willy wonka, willy wonka and the chocolate factory |

Vulgarian Idol

Beth and I watched two movies this past weekend, one an old children’s film and the other about a violent murder. Look, they don’t all have to be consistent in mood. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – Released in 1968, this … Continue reading →

Posted in Families, History, Magic, Music, Names, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged albert r. broccoli, baron bomburst, benny hill, caractacus potts, child catcher, chitty chitty bang bang, dick van dyke, ian fleming, james bond, julie andrews, kitty genovese, mary poppins, murder, roald dahl, sally ann howes, sherman brothers, the witness, truly scrumptious, vulgaria, william genovese |

Villains for Hire

Here are a few things I’ve watched recently and wanted to review, all combined into one post. Big Fan – Patton Oswalt plays a guy from Staten Island who’s a major fan of the New York Giants, and spends most … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Uncategorized, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anjelica huston, big fan, billy bounce, charlie and the chocolate factory, don caulfield, dudley bragdon, james and the giant peach, jim henson, patton oswalt, roald dahl, the bfg, the witches, tony delmar, w. w. denslow, witches |

Coming to a Holt

It turns out that the New York Public Library has a lot of Tom Holt’s back catalog on eBooks, so I’ve been catching up on them. The three I read most recently were: The Good, the Bad, and the Smug … Continue reading →

Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Fairy Tales, Music, Tom Holt, Uncategorized, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, angels, blondel, chasing the moon, crusades, elves, goblins, here comes the sun, james and the giant peach, king richard i of england, overtime, roald dahl, the good the bad and the smug, youspace |

Shake Your Mogwai Maker

There are several horror movies with Christmas themes, but Gremlins might be the only Christmas horror comedy with cute puppets. Well, maybe not, but it’s certainly the most famous. While it came out in my childhood, I didn’t watch it … Continue reading →

Posted in British, Cartoons, Chinese, Final Fantasy, Monsters, Mythology, Video Games, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bible, demons, disney, gremlins, gremlins 2: the new batch, job, mogwai, moogles, roald dahl, royal air force, satan, some time never, the gremlins, world war ii |

The Minus Touch

One of the most famous glitches in video game history is the Minus World in the original Super Mario Bros. No one in my family was ever able to get there, but I’ve seen videos of it. Basically, there’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Greek Mythology, Mario, Mythology, Video Games | Tagged asphodel, chain chomps, charlie and the great glass elevator, charon, king bowser koopa, minus world, minusland, princess peach toadstool, roald dahl, sheol, shigeru miyamoto, super mario bros., super paper mario, the lost levels, underwhere |

Whangdoodle Dandy

The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, by Julie Andrews Edwards – Yes, this was written by the same Julie Andrews who played Mary Poppins and Maria von Trapp, under her married name. I wasn’t aware of this book in … Continue reading →

Barks’s Ducks, Dahl’s Chickens

Donald Duck: Christmas on Bear Mountain, by Carl Barks – The Fantagraphics collections of Barks’s comics go back a bit for this one, which features the first appearance of Scrooge McDuck. Scrooge softened over time, despite always remaining a money-obsessed … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Comics | Tagged carl barks, charlie and the chocolate factory, christmas on bear mountain, don rosa, donald duck, giants, grandma duck, huey dewey and louie, roald dahl, scrooge mcduck, the bfg, willy wonka and the chocolate factory |