Camp cartoon star 'is not gay' - ( SpongeBob )

BBC ^ | October 9,, 2002

[honeygrl]

There also comes a time when you need to pry yourself away from Fox News for a half hour to rest your brain. :)

[King Prout]

As long as exceptions are made for quality - Cowboy Bebop - I agree.

[4mycountry]

Exactly!

I wouldn't mind watching animation (meaning anime) aimed at people with more than half a brain. I can see myself watching that "Animatrix" dvd they made...but not Spongebob, which sadly, my brother and sister-in-law watch.

Gene pool needs chlorine....

[King Prout]

Animatrix is generally excellent - especially "The Second Renaissance, I & II". Those shorts are heartstopping gutwrenchers. I hope you manage to see it, but since you are by law too young...

[sadimgnik]

Actually, the Wiggles are straight ... they just act camp 'cause kids love the over-the-top stuff.

They are all qualified preschool teachers, and used that training to develop their act.

Their genesis, by the way, was via a rock band called "The Cockroaches", who had a couple of minor hits here.

http://www.between2shores.com/cockroaches/cockroaches.html

Regards

Sadimgnik

[sadimgnik]

Cartoons just seem stupid and childish to me. There comes a point when you have to stop watching Cartoon Network and start watching Fox News, if you know what I mean.

---

Perhaps. But if you truly appreciate anime, then you will eventually discover that there comes a time to stop watching Fox and return to the Cartoon Network.

Both reflect reality through a prism ... and I'm not entirely sure that O'Reilly is any more accurate than Batfink in exploring 'the human condition'.

Most westerners who like Anime do so because they feel (even if only subconciously) that the Japanese are more likely to consider 'real issues' in their 'toons.

But the issues raised by classic Chuck Jones WB toons are just as 'real world' ... they are merely cloaked in the unreality of a western fantasy cartoon genre.

There's a classic RoadRunner cartoon where Wiley finally catches the bird ... and then holds up a sign saying "what now?"

In that case, an allegory of the problem we all face in chasing the impossible dream ... and then suddenly achieving it ... is encapsulated in a 5 minute animated feature that has tears of laughter rolling down our cheeks as we ponder that.

Is that any less 'valid' a way of considering the world? I don't think so!

Regards

Sadimgnik

NB: - this is NOT meant as a dissin' of Anime, BTW ... I am a huge fan of japanese animation, and consider Spritied Away, for example, to be one of the finest films I've seen in a decade or more.

[rlmorel]

And none wore any pants.

[Corin Stormhands]

What ever happened to Fat Albert?

Brace yourself. They're making a live action version.

[AmishDude]

Squidward listens to public radio according to the movie.

[AmishDude]

Rockie the squirrel coulda been gay but I watched it anyway and I eneded up giving birth 3 times.

To a squirrel? How does that work?

[stainlessbanner]

Hey 4MC - I'm an oldie and I still love the Looney Tunes shows. They get funnier as you get older!

[AmishDude]

A main writer for that show was Steve Marmel, a known right-winger and creator of the cancelled show "This Just In" which was clever but died on Spike TV. Steve also wrote for Season 1 (the best one) of Family Guy.

[AmishDude]

Moreover Falwell's magazine (not Falwell himself) reported it in the context of warning parents not to come across Tinky Winky discussion boards, etc.

[HenryLeeII]

I always figured he's a homo...

[pnz1]

I don't think the Wiggles are gay. Three of the four are married with kids, I think.

[firebrand]

All cartoon characters are gay. If they weren't, they'd be working on Wall Street instead of prancing around in bright colors across from the Find-a-Word and the horoscopes.

[pnz1]

I've seen a few of the Wiggles DVD's (over-and-over-and-over) and my favorite is the Christmas one that we just bought. They do some of the traditional Christmas songs (Away in a Manger, O Come All Ye Faithful, etc.) I really see the Wiggles as a kind of aerobics for kids-something to make them get up and move.

[Constantine XIII]

I am the great AKU!!!

[Cowboy Bob]

First the Queers claim that Alexander the Great was one of them, now SpongeBob SquarePants. Who's next...John Wayne?

[JenB]

Most westerners who like Anime do so because they feel (even if only subconciously) that the Japanese are more likely to consider 'real issues' in their 'toons.

How about "we watch anime because it's generally better drawn, the voice actors have talent, and the topics are worthwhile?

Spongebob - I won't go there. The art is so lousy, it hurts. Most American animated shows are poorly drawn and badly voiced. While some in the last fifteen years have been funny, like "Animaniacs" or "Pinky and the Brain", very few have been meaningful in any way.

Anyway, why should I watch Cartoon Network when I can download the latest show from Japan? Anyone who likes "Fairly Oddparents" should see "Full Moon wo Sagashite", a nice little Japanese story with a slightly similar storyline (child has a pair of magical beings granting wishes) only "Full Moon" actually does more than slapstick with the premise.