Joke of the Week Extra: Easter Special

In today's news, fifteen hares escaped from a local petting zoo this morning. Animal control officials are now combing the area.

 

A very Happy Easter to all! :)

Classic Cartoon Showcase: Funny Little Bunnies

This adorable little classic follows several(super cute!) little Easter bunnies as they prepare for Easter. Please enjoy!

Joke of the Week #49

Warden(Hears sawing noises coming from a nearby cell): "Say, what's going on over there?"

Prisoner: "I have to confess...I'm sawing the bars."

Warden: "Watch your grammar. You mean, 'I'm seeing the bars.'"

Classic Cartoon Showcase: The Peachy Cobbler

A humorous take on the classic tale of the Elves and the Shoemaker directed by the great Tex Avery and narrated by Hanna-Barbera veteran Daws Butler. Please enjoy! (Fun Fact: The elves' character designs were based off of those of Disney's Seven Dwarves.)

"Why you blankety-blank-blank-blankety-blank-blank!" Gotta love it. :-D 

Joke of the Week #48

"Doctor, I'm a kleptomaniac."

"Well, have you taken anything for it?"

"So far, I've taken three DVD players, two stereos, and a plasma-screen TV."

The Game Show: Rugrats: Search for Reptar for the Playstation

Just kid-ding! :-D

 

 

In this very first game starring Nickelodeon's famous group of wacky, lovable kids, Tommy Pickles misplaces the pieces of his favorite Reptar puzzle, so it's up to him and the rest of the Rugrats kids to win them back! Players guide Tommy and the crew through a series of minigames based off of episodes of the show, such as:

 

Ice Cream Mountain-The kids play through several(very bizarre!) mini-golf courses in hopes of winning one of the enormous ice cream sundaes offered at the end.(There's also a two-player version of this game.)

 

 

 

The Mysterious Mr. Friend-Stu has built a series of robot dolls which have begun malfunctioning, so it's up to Tommy to fight them off!

 

Touchdown Tommy-In this football game parody, greedy Angelica wants the kids' chocolate milk, so they have to quickly drink it up while avoiding her!

 

The Seven Voyages of Cynthia-Tommy and Chuckie borrowed Angelica's Cynthia doll without her knowing and accidentally got it lost down the sewer, so it's up to Spike(whom a few fans have affecionately dubbed, "The only four-legged Rugrat") to navigate the sewers and find it before Angelica gets back.(An interesting feature I'd like to make note of here is the character's HP gauges; the kids use bottles of milk for HP and Spike uses doggie biscuits.)

 

Mirrorland-In a situation that the fabled Alice could very much relate to, Tommy passes through his mother's antique mirror and ends up with his gravity reversed; Tommy now has to navigate the ceilings of his house and collect enough balloons to float back down to the ground before time runs out.

 

Grandpa's Teeth-Spike makes off with Grandpa Lou's false teeth at a family picnic at the park, so it's up to Tommy and Chuckie to retrieve them first from Spike, and then from a goose!*(Another interesting feature I'd like to mention is the way Chuckie follows Tommy in this game, much like how Tails follows Sonic, or how Luigi follows Mario in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga.**)

 

Hi-ho Spike, awaaaaaaaay!

 

The Gold Rush-Angelica, who's just found a nickel on the playground, becomes greedy for more, so it's up to Phil and Lil to navigate the playground, collecting as many coins as they can before time runs out.(They could certainly take a few tips from Mario and Sonic about this. :-D)

 

Incident in Aisle Seven-Tommy navigates a(much more fraught than your average) supermarket in search of a box of his favorite cereal, dodging flying vegetables and fighting off(GLEEP!) escaped lobsters along the way.

 

Pros:-A very enjoyable, well-made game with virtually no learning curve.

 

         -Well-cast voiceovers with each character being voiced by their voice acors from the series.

 

         -Good graphics.

 

         -Background music taken from the show.

 

         -Many very clever little in-game features, such as toys the kids can play with.

 

 

Cons:-A few bad camera angles that can occasionaly make it difficult to see where you're going.

 

          -At the risk of sounding picky, Phil and Lil don't seem to get much face time in this game.(To be fair, though, this is the only Rugrats game I've played, so they may get more face time in other games.)

 

Overall, a very good, innovative game that represents the franchise well. Although this game is a bit simplistic, it's by no means a pushover(In the same spirit of such arcade classics as Pac-Man, Frogger, or Space Invaders). A must-play for any Rugrats fan.

 

 

Buy it on Amazon!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Wow, they really have their work cut out for them here! :-D

 

**More on that game later... 

 

 

 





Joke of the Week #47

A survey taker is strolling through a local neighborhood when he comes to Mrs. Jones' house. Mrs. Jones very obligingly answers each of his questions, except for the one about her age.

"But ma'am," the survey taker says. "Everyone gives their age for the survey."

"Did the Hill sisters two houses down tell you their age?" Mrs. Jones inquires.

"Well, yes."

"Well, I'm just as old as they are!" she replies indignantly.

As old as the hills, the survey taker jots down.

Funny Poem Showcase: There Was a Young Lady of Lucca by Edward Lear

It's certainly no wonder why she's still single. :-D

Jokes of the Week #46: The Name Game

What do you call...

 

...a guy who likes to work out?

 

Jim.

 

 

...a girl with a frog on her head?

 

Lily.

 

 

...a lady standing in the middle of a tennis court?

 

Annette.

 

 

...a guy balancing a car on his head?

 

Jack.

 

 

...a boy with a chicken in his backpack?

 

Coop.

 

 

...a lady in the distance?

 

Dot.

 

 

...a guy reading a map?

 

Miles.

 

 

...a girl holding a coin?

 

Penny.

 

 

...a boy walking through a pile of leaves?

 

Russel.

 

 

...a guy with a shovel?

 

Doug.

 

 

...a guy without a shovel?

 

Douglas.

 

 

...a lady who works for the phone company?

 

Belle.

 

 

...a dog who likes to travel?

 

Rover.

 

 

...a lady in a flowerpot?

 

Rose.

 

 

...a cat wearing oversized shoes?

 

Boots.

 

 

...a dog with a porcupine riding on his back?

 

Spike.

 

 

...a guy with a Christmas tree on his head?

 

Noel.

 

 

...a lady with a Christmas tree on her head?

 

Carol.

 

 

...a cat wearing gloves?

 

Mittens.

 

 

...a girl sitting in an oyster's mouth?

 

Pearl.

 

 

 

What should we otter do about this? :-D

 

Classic Cartoon Showcase: Popeye in Shakespearian Spinach

In this humorous classic, Popeye and Olive have the lead roles in a production of Romeo and Juliet...but Bluto may have his own idea of who should play Romeo! Please enjoy!

Joke of the Week #45

Molly: "Gosh, Joey, how did you get that black eye?"

Joey: "I got up on the wrong side of the bed."

Molly: "That would make you grumpy, not give you a black eye."

Joey: "Yeah, but my bed's against a wall."

Music Showcase: Don't Say You Love Me by M2M

A hit song from the Pokemon: The First Movie soundtrack. Please enjoy!