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You can ask my wife, I hesitated on whether or not to do this Battle of the Cartoon Theme Songs. It is supposed to be fun, but it may not exactly scream gravitas. Oh well, maybe it's a good idea not to take yourself so seriously.
But I do want the important things discussed here to be taken seriously. So in order to avoid the awkward juxtaposition of, say, a 9-11 montage next to a cartoon poll, I'm only going to keep the poll up until tomorrow morning. So call your friends and neighbors and have them vote before I leave for work tomorrow morning.
With those preliminaries out of the way, I can announce that Duck Tales won its division handily with over 50% of the vote. Gummi Bears came in second with 20%, then Tailspin with 14%, followed by Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers in last place with 13%.
This week is the "Warner-Brothers-Cartoons-I-Was-Too-Old-For-But-Still-Watched-Occasionally" division. I could only come up with three good entries in this category, so you'll notice one cartoon definitely doesn't belong here. But, I guess the fourth cartoon still deals with small creatures, so that's what holds it all together.
Here are the four competitors for this week.
1. Tiny Toon Adventures
Pro: Good rhyming scheme
Con: Hard to top the original Looney Tunes
2. Animaniacs
Pro: Bill Clinton plays the sax, baloney in our slacks, play for pay contracts
Con: A bit exhausting
3. Pinky and the Brain
Pro: "Same thing we do every night, try to take over the world." Classic.
Con: Does not exactly appeal to the better angels of our nature.
4. Muppet Babies
Pro: Very singable with a warm sock-hop feel
Con: Inter-species romance
Monday, September 14, 2009
Battle of the Cartoon Theme Songs, Week II
You can ask my wife, I hesitated on whether or not to do this Battle of the Cartoon Theme Songs. It is supposed to be fun, but it may not exactly scream gravitas. Oh well, maybe it's a good idea not to take yourself so seriously.
But I do want the important things discussed here to be taken seriously. So in order to avoid the awkward juxtaposition of, say, a 9-11 montage next to a cartoon poll, I'm only going to keep the poll up until tomorrow morning. So call your friends and neighbors and have them vote before I leave for work tomorrow morning.
With those preliminaries out of the way, I can announce that Duck Tales won its division handily with over 50% of the vote. Gummi Bears came in second with 20%, then Tailspin with 14%, followed by Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers in last place with 13%.
This week is the "Warner-Brothers-Cartoons-I-Was-Too-Old-For-But-Still-Watched-Occasionally" division. I could only come up with three good entries in this category, so you'll notice one cartoon definitely doesn't belong here. But, I guess the fourth cartoon still deals with small creatures, so that's what holds it all together.
Here are the four competitors for this week.
1. Tiny Toon Adventures
Pro: Good rhyming scheme
Con: Hard to top the original Looney Tunes
2. Animaniacs
Pro: Bill Clinton plays the sax, baloney in our slacks, play for pay contracts
Con: A bit exhausting
3. Pinky and the Brain
Pro: "Same thing we do every night, try to take over the world." Classic.
Con: Does not exactly appeal to the better angels of our nature.
4. Muppet Babies
Pro: Very singable with a warm sock-hop feel
Con: Inter-species romance
But I do want the important things discussed here to be taken seriously. So in order to avoid the awkward juxtaposition of, say, a 9-11 montage next to a cartoon poll, I'm only going to keep the poll up until tomorrow morning. So call your friends and neighbors and have them vote before I leave for work tomorrow morning.
With those preliminaries out of the way, I can announce that Duck Tales won its division handily with over 50% of the vote. Gummi Bears came in second with 20%, then Tailspin with 14%, followed by Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers in last place with 13%.
This week is the "Warner-Brothers-Cartoons-I-Was-Too-Old-For-But-Still-Watched-Occasionally" division. I could only come up with three good entries in this category, so you'll notice one cartoon definitely doesn't belong here. But, I guess the fourth cartoon still deals with small creatures, so that's what holds it all together.
Here are the four competitors for this week.
1. Tiny Toon Adventures
Pro: Good rhyming scheme
Con: Hard to top the original Looney Tunes
2. Animaniacs
Pro: Bill Clinton plays the sax, baloney in our slacks, play for pay contracts
Con: A bit exhausting
3. Pinky and the Brain
Pro: "Same thing we do every night, try to take over the world." Classic.
Con: Does not exactly appeal to the better angels of our nature.
4. Muppet Babies
Pro: Very singable with a warm sock-hop feel
Con: Inter-species romance
