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...will usher in a new era of American history. Not only will there be a black President in office, but Walt Disney will feature its first black princess in the film “The Princess and the Frog.” But before these weavers of false hope can convince us of a happily-ever-after between an African-American and an amphibian, we should call to mind a few of Disney’s past lovers and their lies. 5. Simba and Nala—Some of the greatest romances come to fruition over a song...
Most balloon characters take the form of recent popular comics or cartoons, such as Underdog (1965), Kermit the Frog (1977), Barney (1994). Walt Disney got in on the action in 1934, with the first Mickey and Minnie Mouse balloons. But the character with the most balloons has been Snoopy. Charles Schultz' floppy-eared mutt has gone through six balloon changes since his debut...
Eric S. Chivian ’64, one of the authors of “Sustaining Life: How Human Health Depends on Biodiversity,” believes that the answer to treating stomach ulcers may lie with the gastric brooding frog. “It’s mostly the ugly and the small that are keeping life going,” he said. Unfortunately for humanity, this species of frog has been extinct for over a decade. In a book signing Thursday night at the Harvard Coop, Chivian, the founder and director of the Center for Health...
...Blood (Sundays, 9 p.m. E.T.) has a fantastic title sequence. To the tune of Jace Everett's dark country single Bad Things, images of death, lust and religious frenzy flash by. A woman writhes in black lingerie ... a preacher lays on hands ... a Venus flytrap snaps shut on a frog. It's a fever dream of Eros wrestling Thanatos in the middle of a tent revival. Damn! I think. I want to see the show those titles...
Twain first came to national attention in 1865, when he published a comical short story in dialect, which was eventually titled The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. ("You never see a frog so modest and straightfor'ard as he was, for all he was so gifted.") It appeared in newspapers all across the country, was received as a whole new kind of hilariousness and made him famous. "At the close of the Civil War, Americans were ready for a good cleansing laugh, untethered to bitter political argument," writes Twain's recent, so far definitive biographer, Ron Powers...