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- From: mwdenney@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Michael W. Denney)
- Subject: Re: The DUMBEST saturday cartoon ever
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 21:38:03 GMT
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- Ok, so far the nominees are:
- Rubik, The Amazing Cube
- Punky Brewster
- The Harlem Globetrotters (actually The Super-Globetrotters by the
- description)
- My Little Pony
- Care Bears
- Where's Waldo? (yuck!)
- Riders in the Sky
- Pandamonium
- The Funky Phantom
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Jabberjaw
- Captain Caveman
-
- C'mon surely we can add to this?
-
- How about: Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n' Wrestling
- or: I am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali
- or: The Karate Kid
- or: Lazer Tag Academy
- or: Mr. T
- or: The Dukes
- or...
-
- I don't know what basis we are using to judge 'DUMB' but the type of cartoon
- *I* hate has the following formula:
- 1. pick any cute creature
- 2. make an enormous number of them
- 3. give each a distinct trait but keep them relatively the same
- 4. insert standard bad guy
- 5. mix and serve
- This mold is good for: Smurfs, Snorks, Monchichis, Pound Puppies, Care Bears,
- Trolkins, whatever those things on the Smoggies are called, Popples, etc.
-
- My own personal vote for dumbest cartoon, however, is any of the 'a video game
- would make a great cartoon' tries: Donkey Kong, Q-bert, Frogger, Pac-man,
- Pitfall, Donkey Kong Jr., Space Ace, Kangaroo.....
-
- Incidently I *liked* Hong Kong Phooey. And Jaberjaw and Captain Caveman?
- Well the star characters weren't bad, but I like comparing all the similar
- style cartoons ie:
-
- Take Scooby-Doo replace the dog with a car and you have SpeedBuggy, replace
- the car with a shark and you have Jaberjaw, replace the shark with a
- caveman and you have Captain Caveman, take out the caveman put back the
- dog but give him a hat and make him blue and you have Goober and the Ghost
- Chasers, lose the dog and add a werewolf and you have Fangface, change
- the werewolf to a ghost and you have the Funky Phantom, make the whole
- gang musicians and you have Josie and the Pussycats, add a genie...well
- you get the idea. :)
-
- Oddly enough I kinda of like this use of a mold. I guess lower cute quotient
- helps.
-
- Michael
- a.k.a. The Phantom Scribbler
-
- - Dabble Dabble!
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