John-Paul
02-26-2002, 05:25 PM
Rateitall.com's expert reviewer Wiggum reviews some old favorites right here:
For some reason Scooby Doo bugs the crap out of me. It's one of the few classic cartoon shows I've always disliked. I do, however, get a kick out of the drug-culture interpretation of the show's set-up, with a bunch of misfits riding around in a van while Scooby and Shaggy are perpetually high and looking for food. I read somewhere that they're going to do a live-action Scooby-Doo movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne and Freddie Prinze Jr as Fred... Are they really that desperate for movie ideas?
As a kid, Speed Racer was my absolute favorite cartoon. I idolized that guy. Not that I started wearing white pants or anything, but I did want to name our (female) family dog "Speed Racer." It's a shame my parents vetoed that idea.
There are only two classic cartoon characters I can't stand: Woody Woodpecker and Scooby Doo. Woody Woodpecker is kind of a smart-ass, I guess, but not a laid-back sarcastic smart-ass like Bugs Bunny. He's more of a hyper in-your-face smart-ass. The only good thing about Woody Woodpecker is the episode where he visits that alligator in a Florida swamp, and when the alligator tries to bake Woody in a pie, Woody escapes and the pie explodes, causing the gator to wail "My pie! What happened to my pie?" Hmmmm... that episode is much funnier in my head than it is when I type it out...
I put Bugs right up there with Snoopy as one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time. Bugs was always on top of things, always one step ahead of bunglers like Elmer Fudd. Not only would he get the better of you, but he'd make a few choice sarcastic remarks as he was administering the final blow.
I just don't get the appeal of Mickey Mouse. To me he doesn't seem to have much of a personality at all. Does his mood ever change? He's too peppy and happy all the time. The idea of building a club around this mouse makes no sense to me at all. Why not a Bugs Bunny club? At least Bugs has a personality.
Yosemite Sam is kind of a bad-ass. I mean here's a guy fresh from the Western frontier, six-guns at his side. Nobody but Bugs could get by with tormenting a character like that. Mickey Mouse wouldn't last ten minutes. And one shot is all it would take Yosemite Sam to pick Woody Woodpecker right out of the sky.
For some reason Scooby Doo bugs the crap out of me. It's one of the few classic cartoon shows I've always disliked. I do, however, get a kick out of the drug-culture interpretation of the show's set-up, with a bunch of misfits riding around in a van while Scooby and Shaggy are perpetually high and looking for food. I read somewhere that they're going to do a live-action Scooby-Doo movie with Sarah Michelle Gellar as Daphne and Freddie Prinze Jr as Fred... Are they really that desperate for movie ideas?
As a kid, Speed Racer was my absolute favorite cartoon. I idolized that guy. Not that I started wearing white pants or anything, but I did want to name our (female) family dog "Speed Racer." It's a shame my parents vetoed that idea.
There are only two classic cartoon characters I can't stand: Woody Woodpecker and Scooby Doo. Woody Woodpecker is kind of a smart-ass, I guess, but not a laid-back sarcastic smart-ass like Bugs Bunny. He's more of a hyper in-your-face smart-ass. The only good thing about Woody Woodpecker is the episode where he visits that alligator in a Florida swamp, and when the alligator tries to bake Woody in a pie, Woody escapes and the pie explodes, causing the gator to wail "My pie! What happened to my pie?" Hmmmm... that episode is much funnier in my head than it is when I type it out...
I put Bugs right up there with Snoopy as one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time. Bugs was always on top of things, always one step ahead of bunglers like Elmer Fudd. Not only would he get the better of you, but he'd make a few choice sarcastic remarks as he was administering the final blow.
I just don't get the appeal of Mickey Mouse. To me he doesn't seem to have much of a personality at all. Does his mood ever change? He's too peppy and happy all the time. The idea of building a club around this mouse makes no sense to me at all. Why not a Bugs Bunny club? At least Bugs has a personality.
Yosemite Sam is kind of a bad-ass. I mean here's a guy fresh from the Western frontier, six-guns at his side. Nobody but Bugs could get by with tormenting a character like that. Mickey Mouse wouldn't last ten minutes. And one shot is all it would take Yosemite Sam to pick Woody Woodpecker right out of the sky.