Tarantino

[kelber at mindspring.com]

The truth is, they're not really funny.  Bugs et al. are like annoying relatives that you hang out with because you love them and have stuff in common with them.  Personally, I'm solidly in the Daffy camp -- bitter, negative, a tad paranoid.

Laura

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Carvill, John" <john.carvill at sap.com>

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>Oi Vey! What have I started?!
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>Great stuff on RoadRunner/ACME/WWII Joe.
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>But in my original Tarantino post, all I said was Pulp Fiction was about
>as *realistic* as [first thing that came into my head=] Bugs Bunny. I
>never said those cartoons weren't no good, Doc.
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>In fact I loved them as a kid and love them now and intend to make sure
>my son gets exposed to them in preference to the muck of Disney. Growing
>up in the UK, we never really got (in either sense) Donald Duck, Mickey
>Mouse etc., at least not as much as I imagine our American cousins did.
>I don't recall ever finding those Disney cartoons funny, whereas
>everybody over here loved Bugs, Road Runner, Tom & Jerry........
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