VLVL2 (15): Saturday Morning

[Dave Monroe]

"Not only did he look like something shoplifted from a
toy department, but his tone of voice likewise
suggested Saturday morning more than prime time.  Zoyd
observed the furry hand emerging from the lawyer's
tweed sleeve [...].  Even the twinkle in this
small-sized and potentially crazy attorney's eye was
furry." (VL, Ch. 15, pp. 359-60)


"Saturday morning"

p. 360 Zoyd's lawyer's voice "suggested Saturday
morning more than prime time"   That is, it reminded
one of a cartoon character. Lessee, would it be a
Smurf or a chipmunk?

http://www.mindspring.com/~shadow88/chapter15.htm

ABC (American Broadcasting Company) began broadcasting
Saturday morning television shows for children on
August 19, 1950, with two programs. Of course, not
many people owned a television in the 1950s. What did
those lucky children who had a TV watch? ...

http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/modern/tvkid_1

Saturday Morning TV Schedules of the 80s

http://www.inthe80s.com/saturdays.shtml

And see, e.g., ...

Burke, Timothy and Kevin Burke.
   Saturday Morning Fever: Growing up with Cartoon
   Culture.  New York: St. Martin's, 1998.

http://www.holtzbrinckpublishers.com/stmartins/search/SearchBookDisplay.asp?BookKey=17603

http://www.stmartins.com/


"furry"

Decidedly not ...

http://www.vexen.co.uk/human/furry.html

But why "furry"?  Let me know ...


	
		
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