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...FUNNIEST cartoon performance, though, is Jy Murphy's, as the insane pool cleaner. He says nothing, but walks up and down the edge of the pool, like a refugee from Monty Python's "Ministry of Silly Walks" sketch. For some reason, this is screamingly funny. But is it funny because Prascak meant for his actors to be so one-dimensional, or because the actors are simply inept? I don't know; it's hard to tell...
Nothing infuriates critics of children's TV more than cartoon shows that are produced or partly financed by toy manufacturers. Mattel, for example, used He-Man and the Masters of the Universe to help sell an estimated $175 million worth of toys last year, while Hasbro's Transformers helped generate sales of $214 million. Under President Reagan, the Federal Communications Commission has removed all limits on advertising in children's programming and refused to take action against shows that detractors call "program-length commercials...
...groups of people, however, were not ignoring him at all. Children, for one, seemed to love him. While struggling in prime time, Cosby became a frequent guest on The Electric Company and Sesame Street, and created the critically acclaimed Saturday-morning cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids. His other major fans were advertising executives. Attracted by his rapport with children, Jell-O hired Cosby in 1974 for a series of commercials in which he talked and mugged with youngsters eating Jell-O pudding. He was soon in demand for other TV spots, hawking products for Ford, Texas Instruments...
When the editors of the Mesa Tribune in suburban Phoenix jumped into print early with copies of this week's Doonesbury cartoon strip, they knew they would be making news. The object of Artist Garry Trudeau's satire is Evan Mecham, Arizona's outspoken Republican Governor. The strips lampoon controversial remarks Mecham has made since taking office in January, including his description of recall-movement leaders as a "band of homosexuals and a few dissident Democrats." Mecham is not amused: he complained that the Doonesbury series "crossed the point of decency" and advised his lawyers to explore a possible libel...
...What are you going to do now?' 'Act!' I said. 'What else?' she asked. 'I'm working on a screenplay. I'm a writer,' I said. 'A writer!' she screamed. 'You can't even spell!' She cleared the table, and papers flew up in the air like in a cartoon...