Leslie's Omnibus: classic cartoons

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Accident Report

Have you seen the story about the ~~idiot~~ ~~poor sap~~ young fool who didn't measure his rope before swinging down off Corona Arch in Utah?

I know it's sad. I feel terrible for his family. And at the same time, I can't stop myself from comparing him to...

I just know I'm going to burn in hell for this.
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Update: And if I do go straight to hell, I'll be in good company. Heh.

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy:

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Snagglepuss the Lion:

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Quickdraw McGraw:

In the Rearview Mirror

Two ancient memories dredged up within the last 24 hours:

And...

Jackie Gleason...

What I'm really looking for is the "Harry Vederci" episode of The Honeymooners. Anybody know where I can find it? (And if you know which one I'm talking about, you're officially old.)

Drive-Bys

Oooo! Add this to my birthday/Christmas/no-reason-whatsoever gift list, please! Moose and squirrel -- they're particular faves of mine.
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Giggle of the Day:

Dr Teddy Wu, who is currently working in the neurology department at Christchurch Hospital, said he believed it was the first time someone had been hospitalised by a "hickey".

I nearly wet myself laughing.

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Explosive Road? Sheesh! Naming it that was bad karma waiting to happen...
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Excuse my French, but where the f*ck were the parents here?

The boy and his sister, believed to be about 4 years old, were playing in the elevator when the incident occurred, according to residents at the Plaza Hotel, 26 W. Clinton St. in downtown Joliet.

The accident happened around 3:30 p.m Sunday. The toddler left his family's room on the second floor of the Hotel Plaza and got into an elevator, according to Joliet Police Lt. Jeff Allbert. The boy apparently started playing with the elevator's buttons, he said.

The elevator rose, then stopped, leaving a 10-inch gap between the elevator and shaft. The toddler slipped through the gap and fell about 30 feet to the basement, Allbert said.

This is inexcusable parenting.
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How do I feel after having a day to cogitate on the Bears' loss to the Packers?

Two words: Good. Lord.

Yep.

(Read the whole thing. Morrissey nails it.)
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Seems like the folks down in Springfield have finally gotten the message:

The new push is a crackdown on the rising cost of health care for retired state workers. The program costs the state nearly $500 million a year, and more than 90 percent of the retirees and survivors pay no premiums....
The idea is to start charging the retirees who can afford to pay for their health care. And new state research shows some of the 84,100 retirees and survivors appear to possess the ability to pay — the average annual household income for a retired state worker younger than 65 was nearly $78,000.

The sizable rocking-chair income is the result of waves of state workers taking advantage of sweet early retirement plans that allowed them to walk out of government jobs in their 50s, start collecting pension benefits and still have time to start a second career.

The retirees are responsible for co-payments, even if nine out of 10 of them don't pay premiums. The state's costs rose more than 10 percent to hit $488.2 million in the last budget year, and that doesn't even include dental and vision expenses. Some of the increase is attributed to workers who have left Illinois for warmer climates. The cost for their care can be higher because they can't always get the group rate discounts of a managed-care plan when they move to another state.

Yes! It's about time those who can afford to pay for this are held to account. I don't begrudge those who can't afford to pay, but I do begrudge those who can and don't. Especially those who retire on more than I make in any given year.
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Saturday Morning Cartoons

The Incredible Hulk:

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The Mighty Hercules:

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Mighty Thor (Part I):

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Mighty Thor (Part II):

These cartoons are all notable for awful graphics, highly sophisticated story lines, the intonations and pacing of old radio shows and absolutely no understanding of what a kid would find interesting! (Although I am an admitted fan of the old Hercules cartoon.)

Saturday Morning Cartoons

It's Fractured Fairy Tales Day!

The Ugly Duckling:

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The Little Tinker:

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Aladdin's Friendly Lamp-O-Rama:

P.S. -- Here's the scoop on Narrator Edward Everett Horton.

In Memorium

Another one of my childhood heroes has passed away:

Pioneering TV cartoon artist Alexander Anderson Jr., who created Rocky the flying squirrel and Bullwinkle the moose, has died. He was 90. Anderson's son Terry tells the Los Angeles Times his father died at a Carmel nursing home on Friday after battling Alzheimer's disease.

Crusader Rabbit:

Rocky & Bullwinkle:

Dudley Do-Right:

They just don't make 'em like that any more, more's the pity.

Thanks for years and years of enjoyment, Mr. Anderson!

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Enough with the monster high school obsession and on with some other old favorites -- Noveltoons!

Casper the Friendly Ghost:

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Little Audrey:

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Baby Huey:

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Herman & Katnip:

Saturday Morning Cartoons

Better noggins than mine have been working overtime to figure out the name of the monster cartoon has eluded my memory:

My Barstool Blogson suggests it may be The Funky Phantom...

... or Fangface:

Nope. Those are not the ones.

My sister (of all people!) suggested it might be the Drak Pack (although she admits this is a toon from the '80s):

Nope. It's not that one, either.

Mexicanne thinks it might be Gravedale High:

Argh!

It's not Real Monsters...

... or Mini Monsters...

... either.

My Barstool Blogson may, however, have set me on the right path with this link to the schedules for every major cartoon show from the '60s through the '80s.

In the meantime, there was a teenage Frankenstein, Wolf Man, etc. Urk. Was there ever a high school version of the Groovie Goolies?

This is driving me nuts...

Saturday Morning Cartoons

My Barstool Blog Son thinks that the show I was trying to remember was the Groovy Goolies:

While that's a good one...

... it's not the one that's knocking around my noggin. I can't remember the one that's set in a high school for ghoulies.

It's also not the one referred to in this episode of Scooby Doo: