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Futurama is a cartoon; Futurama also currently plays on Comedy Central. This relationship would have viewers believe that Futurama is a funny cartoon, when in fact it is much more than that. Over the years, Futurama has had some of the finest dramatic writing on television this side of the year 3000. When it comes [...]
Posted by Jim Ciscell on Friday, November 2, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Television · Tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, animation, brain fry, cartoon, comedy central, emotional episodes, Fryrish, funny cartoon, Futurama, jurassic bark, Leela, Luck of the Fryrish, Philip J. Fry, planet express
For some reason, movie studios aren’t content with the millions of dollars they make off of hit movies. Even after the avalanche of money that a hit movie makes, studio executives try to milk every single penny out of a franchise. There are ill-conceived sequels, over the top merchandising, and, worst of all, terrible cartoon [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Friday, March 9, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Music, Television · Tagged animation, bad cartoons, Cartoon Network, cartoons, Fictional mutants, Force of Freedom, Frank Oz, Fred Hunt, George Lucas, godzilla, Godzilla vs. Megalon, Godzuki, Hanna-Barbera, Jack Nicholson, Jackie Chan, L. Frank Baum, Little Shop of Horrors, Marvel Action Universe, movie spin offs, Police Academy, Police Academy 8, Rambo, Rambo and the Forces of Freedom, Return of the Killer Tomatoes, Revenge, Rick Moranis, RoboCop, RoboCop: The Animated Series, Rocky, Rumble in the Bronx, Rush Hour, Sam Smith, star wars, The Wizard of Oz
StumbleUpon is one of the highest traffic generating social networks for websites, and for good reason. When a user gives a page their thumbs up, they open the door to that page getting hundreds upon thousands of visitors in a fury. So what kind of content does well on StumbleUpon? Let’s find out by looking [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Internet, People · Tagged animation, CN Tower, Courtroom Quotations, Death Cab for Cutie, how to Tick people off, Human World, iphone, Lady Gaga, Musicovery, Online Games, Robert Plant, Sidewalk Chalk Guy, street installations, stumbleupon, StumbleUpon Inc, Testing Your Reaction Time, The Meaning of Life, traffic generating social networks, Travel Agent, Travel Agent Stories
Another American election has come and gone, and no matter what your political opinions are you have to agree that the 2010 campaign had its fair share of baffling ads. Commercials like the infamous Demon Sheep and “I’m not a witch” became viral hits, but there were plenty of other insane ads out there that [...]
Posted by Mark Hill on Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Advertising, Politics · Tagged .com, Alaska, alien technology, animation, Basil Marceaux, BP, BP Plc, candidate for the Minnesota, CGI, Chuck Norris, Dale Peterson, Dan Fanelli, Dan Freilich, Democratic primary, Franklin, George Washington, Governor, Independence Party, judge, Mike Weinstein, Minnesota, Minnesota,United States, National Rifle Association, new york yankees, Norris Attempt, Pamela Gorman, pitcher, Politics of the United States, poor aide, Republican primary, Rick Barber, Rob Hahn, RoboCop, Rudy Moise, Samuel Adams, Sarah Doesn, sarah palin, Tennessee, Tennessee,United States, Tom Horner, united states presidential election, USD, Vermont, Vermont,United States, Washington Goes, Women in politics
There’s more to making a family film palatable for grown-ups and kids alike than letting riff-rabid Robin Williams off the leash or dropping double-entendres and pop-culture name-checks among the sight gags: The story has to speak to the child in all of us while not talking down to tykes. These ten movies wrap their simple [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, September 13, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged 20000 Leagues Under The Sea, A Christmas Story, animation, Aronnax, Bambi Meets Hamlet, Brad Bird, Captain, Children's films, Christmas, director, E.T., Entertainment, Entertainment_Culture, Fairy tale, Fiction, film, Folklore, Harrison Ford, Iron Giant, James Mason, Jeremy Irons, Kids movies adults will like, King, Kirk Douglas, Lake Michigan, Maine, Maine,United States, Mandy Patinkin, Mass media, Michael, michigan, Michigan,United States, Mufasa, Musical films, Ned Land, Nemo, Official, Paul Lukas, Peter Lorre, Pinocchio, Pinochhio, Pleasure Island, Princess, producer /director, Professor, Ratatouille, Red Ryder Carbine-Action, Rob Reiner, robin williams, Simba, Snow White, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, star wars, Steven Spielberg, The Fairy with Turquoise Hair, The Incredibles, The Lion King, The Princess Bride, The Wizard of Oz, Toy Story, Wallace Shawn, Yuletide
The mythos of Superman has been circulating the planet Earth for more than 50 years now. And besides the first form, a comic book, that gave us this super-powered Kryptonian, there have been numerous television shows, movies and other forms of media to Earth’s best Boy Scout. The most recent sojourn into his mighty mythology [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Monday, January 12, 2009 at 1:39 am
Filed under Comics, Television · Tagged animation, Bizarro, Christopher Reeve, clark kent, Comic, comic book, D.C., kal el, krypton, lana lang, Lex Luthor, metropolis, smallville, Superman, Television, Tom Welling
Surpassing “The Flintstones” more than 13 years ago as the longest animated sitcoms and the longest running animated program, “The Simpsons” has also become a hallmark for American television. In the nearly 20 seasons, “The Simpsons” has created a few of its own hallmarks such as the couch gag, the chalkboard gag and guest stars. [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Tuesday, August 12, 2008 at 12:02 am
Filed under Art, Television · Tagged Actors, Aerosmith, animation, Bart, Beatles, cartoon, comedy, dustin hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Elton John, flaming moe, george takei, guest stars, Homer, J.K. Rowling, John Lennon, Kelsey Grammer, leonard nimoy, Lisa, Maggie, Marge, Meryl Streep, Michael Jackson, mr sulu, Mr. Spock, Paul McCartney, Ringo, Ringo Star, Simpsons, Springfield, Star Trek, Stephen King, televsion, tv
The best part of a movie is rarely the movie studio’s logo at the beginning, unless you are watching a really bad movie. But we all can admit to being a little excited when seeing some of the following logos because that means the movie will soon follow. Some of these logos were all but [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 at 10:52 am
Filed under Art, Movies · Tagged 20th Century Fox, 2oth Century Fox, animation, Black Narcissus, Columbia, Columbia Pictures, design, film, logos, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM, movie, Movies, Paramount, Powell and Pressburger, producers, Rank, RCA, RKO, RKO Pictures, Selznick, Selznick Logo The mansion, Studios, Terry Bigham, The Archers, top 10 list, Universal, Universal Studios, Warner Brothers