- Has anyone else noticed how the main villains in both Aladdin and The Lion King look like Jonathan Harris, the actor who portrayed Doctor Smith on the TV show Lost in Space?
-Contributed by Ora S. - Popeye seems to be a curious meld of Zen and absurdist philosophies. The Zen nature of Popeye is obvious: “I am what I am and that’s all that I am.” Popeye sees himself as existing neither in contrast nor comparison to any other entity, he simply is. His relationship with Olive Oyl can be read as absurdist. In many episodes, Olive willingly leaves Popeye for Bluto (or Brutus). Popeye goes to great lengths to “rescue” her when the relationship goes bad. The memory of these rescues never impresses Olive because we know she will leave Popeye again and again need to be rescued. (“Who are we waiting for? We are waiting for Godot.” Repeat ad infinitum.)
-Contributed by Chris B. - In Muppet Babies, I feel there are two main reasons why Nanny was only shown from the knees down. These are:
1. to make a running gag
2. to make the show seem to be even more from a child’s point of view.
-Contributed by The Editor - Of course this is pointless, but I used to notice frequently on Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids that if they were chasing a member of their group, the ensuing crowd of pursuers would also include the one who was being chased. For instance, if Rudy had committed some offense and Fat Albert and the gang chased him across that junk yard, Rudy would also be in the crowd that was chasing him! C’mon guys, spend a half-hour and ink a new cel.
-Contributed by Ken G. - What is the concept of Pokemon? People capture these wild animals, and use them to battle other people who engage in this activity with a hope to have the strongest creatures and the title of “Pokemon Master.” Now let’s pretend this is real. You would go out and capture wild creatures and force them to fight each other. Now aren’t cockfights and dogfights illegal? And if animals were smart enough to do what they were told, I think most people wouldn’t want to do such a horrible things to them! When you think about it, the whole concept of Pokemon is wrong and evil. So I think.
-Contributed by Xwonka
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I met Jonathan Harris at a convention over 20 years ago. Very distinguished, wonderful gentleman he was. I even had a glass of wine with him.
Jonathan Harris as Doctor Zachary Smith was the stereotypical “kid friendly villain!” There is no wonder why Harris’ image wouldn’t be used.
He should have recieved royalties!
Hah, I’ve thought about the cockfighting pokemon comparison before. However, the whole concept becomes much less evil when you take into account that pokemon literally can -not- grow up and mature (evolve) unless they fight.
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