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2006-12-19 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by anonymous5089 2006-12-19 10:41|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 RIP Joe

Posted by RD 2006-12-19 12:13|| 2006-12-19 12:13|| Front Page Top

#2 I used to walk by HB studio on my way to school when I was a kid. The artists sat in windows facing out so you could sit and watch them draw. I was late to school many times.

Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan 2006-12-19 13:07|| 2006-12-19 13:07|| Front Page Top

#3 While I always viewed the HB characters and drawing style as inferior to Warner Brothers, they still represented a day when animation was hand-crafted. Another star has dimmed in cartoon heaven.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2006-12-19 13:59|| 2006-12-19 13:59|| Front Page Top

#4 Second the RIP, but Charles Schultz still is #1 IMHO. Curse You Grim Reaper!/channeling Snoopy

Posted by USN, Ret. 2006-12-19 14:50|| 2006-12-19 14:50|| Front Page Top

#5 I can name 52 of the characters shown. HB's artwork wasn't top-notch, but their cartoons were always more fun than the others'. They had the "most lovable, laughable, loonies by far."

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2006-12-19 20:37|| http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[http://home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2006-12-19 20:37|| Front Page Top

#6 Lovable, laughy, comically-violent "toons" are something our childrens' generation is going to be sorely lacking.

They've cleaned up Road Runner cartoons for Gods' sake!

It is sacrilege of the first order when you cannot see Wiley E Coyote blown up by some Acme explosives package I swear to you!

The Animaniacs series tended to aim at mid-adult humor, but then Spielberg's guys were always raised in our generation.

I look at Sarturday morning cartoons today, when I can find 'em, and I shudder.

Posted by FOTSGreg">FOTSGreg 2006-12-19 20:47|| www.fire-on-the-suns.com]">[www.fire-on-the-suns.com] 2006-12-19 20:47|| Front Page Top

#7 I understand the funeral was nice, but the hearse kept passing the same group of buildings...

Posted by Pappy 2006-12-19 21:27|| 2006-12-19 21:27|| Front Page Top

#8 Race Bannon. I always said when I was old enough I was gonna change my name to Race Bannon...

Posted by tu3031 2006-12-19 21:52|| 2006-12-19 21:52|| Front Page Top

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