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Seventy-nine years ago today.

That’s a still from the animated special What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?  It was the follow-up to the film Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown.  Charlie Brown Linus, Peppermint Patty, Marcy, and Snoopy are on their way back to America.  They stop and camp for the night and Linus thinks they’re something familiar about the place.

Wow.  That premiered forty years ago last week.  It’s well worth tracking down and watching.

Remembering all who came ashore at Normandy on this day nearly eighty years ago.

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I will go to my grave believing that the Nineties gave us the best television animated series that have ever been produced.  Think about it: Tiny Toons, Gargoyles, X-Men… and of course Batman: The Animated Series, a show that forever raised the bar and redefined what cartoons were capable of.

But of all those shows and more, it’s The Tick that holds the most special place in my heart from that era.

Based on Ben Edlund’s underground comic book, The Tick premiered in 1994, ran for three seasons and stunned everyone with its unique style of superhero parody and screwball comedy.  The Tick was the one show I made a point to always watch on Saturday mornings (even if I worked late the previous night and was low on sleep).  It was such a big influence on me that when I finally got Internet access for ...

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Dear Scott Adams:

Today’s edition of your comic strip Dilbert is one of the most encouraging – and one of the funniest – cartoons that I’ve come across in a long time. As a person with bipolar disorder and on behalf of many others who must deal with having a mental illness, thank you for giving us something to laugh and smile about 🙂



I think after reading this, I’m gonna begin referring to most other people as “normals” and myself as… how does “meta-human” sound? 🙂

Sincerely,
Chris Knight...

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I’m trying to determine who came up with this ‘cuz it deserves proper attribution.

But this is way too good not to share in the meantime. I found this on Facebook on the Doctor Who and the Tardis by Craig Hurle page…

It’s definitely embiggenable so click and save away! No doubt to become wallpaper for your desktop or your iPad 🙂

Here’s the pic’s link on Facebook. I like what one person commented: “Brings new meaning to the phrase ‘Madman with a Box!'”...

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This video turned up on my YouTube front page this afternoon. Why, I’ve no idea whatsoever, apart from wondering if Google/YouTube is aware of my fondness for old animation. Especially old animation that isn’t shown anymore for various reasons.

From 1946, here is the ten-minute long “The Story of Menstruation”, produced by Walt Disney (“through the courtesy of Kotex Products”)…

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Trying to move forward on some things, after the events of the past few weeks. Our family is still dealing with Mom’s passing, and all of the matters pertaining to that.

I’m gonna try to resume blogging in earnest during the next few days, ‘cuz a lot of y’all have been sending some really nice compliments and condolences, and apparently this lil’ site is a pleasurable pastime for more people than I had realized. That means more than I can possibly convey. So for sake of this site’s regular readers as much as my own, I need to get back into the swing of things.

I can share the news that my first real film project in quite a long time is in the very early stages right now. It’s something that Kristen and I had the idea for together so we’re writing it together! Lord willing we’ll start shooting ...

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The very sad news today is that Bil Keane, creator of the long-running comic strip Family Circus that has entertained readers for more than half a century, has died at the age of 89.

Family Circus was one of the best examples of what comic strips could be in their finest form: entertainment for people of all ages. As Keane once said in an interview…

“We are, in the comics, the last frontier of good, wholesome family humor and entertainment… On radio and television, magazines and the movies, you can’t tell what you’re going to get. When you look at the comic page, you can usually depend on something acceptable by the entire family.”

His friend Charles M. Schulz, the late creator of “Peanuts,” once said the most important thing about “Family Circus” is that it’s funny.

“I think we share a care for the same type of

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Couldn’t resist sharing this lil’ gem that I found a few days ago. Okay yeah it’s awesome all on its own. But for me there’s whole other significance. You see: this was the very first thing that I watched on a VCR in my own house! It was sort of a “late Christmas present” to ourselves. So on December 31st 1983, I came home from a sleepover at my best friend’s place and Dad was hooking the first VCR we ever owned up to the TV, and to try it out he rented a tape with a bunch of Mister Magoo cartoons on it. I think we must have watched that thing over and over half a dozen times before the tape went back to Cobb TV and Stereo Barn (the only place in Reidsville at the time to rent videotapes from) on Monday morning.

So from 1957 here is ...

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