Classic Cartoon Showcase: Christopher Crumpet and Christopher Crumpet's Playmate

This amusing classic from the creators of Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing Boing introduces us to a bratty little boy named Christopher Crumpet who has the odd habit of turning into a chicken whenever he's angry. Christopher's dad places a wager with his boss to see Christopher do this amazing feat, but when the time comes, will Christopher comply? Please enjoy!

Then, in the sequel, Christopher stirs up even more trouble with his not-so-imaginary elephant friend Webster. His dad then makes another wager with his boss to see the elephant, but Webster turns out to be quite the slippery little fella! Please enjoy!

You can see it here!

Life's a Circus for Whopper

 

Here is a Pound Puppies fanfiction of mine, which is based on this Tom and Jerry cartoon, and is named after this Tom and Jerry cartoon. In this story, Whopper is chased around a local circus by the dogcatcher Dabney Nabbit, until he meets a kindly elephant named Jumbo, and helps remove a tack from her foot. Jumbo is duly grateful for this, and in return for Whopper's kindness, protects him from the ever persistant Nabbit. Please enjoy!

 

Whopper and Jumbo

 

 



BTW, here is a picture of Jumbo. She's a very gentle sort, but when her friends are in danger, she won't back down for a second!

Joke of the Week #78

Sally: "Quick, ask me if I'm a ferret."

Nona: "Okay, are you a ferret?"

Sally: "Yes, I'm a ferret. Now, ask me if I'm an elephant."

Nona: "Okay, are you an elephant?"

Sally: "No, don't you remember? I just told you I was a ferret!"

From Nickelodeon Magazine.

Joke of the Week #63

A man was sitting on a park bench, tearing up a newspaper and throwing the pieces all around him. "Say, what'cha doin' there?" a passerby inquires.

"Well, you see," the guy replies. "I'm doing this to keep elephants away."

The passerby gives him a strange look. "But, there are no elephants within a hundred miles of here."

"See how it works?"

From Nickelodeon Magazine.

Joke of the Week Extra: The Riddle Seller Always Rings Twice

1. If two's company and three's a crowd, then what are four and five?

2. What can be heard, but not seen, and only speaks when it's spoken to?

3. Which side of a pie is the left side?

4. What are two things that a person can't have for breakfast?

5. What did Paul Revere say at the end of his famous ride?

6. Why might a lion go over a hill?

7. What is there more of the less you see?

8. How could someone eat a banana without peeling it?

 

9. All of them are long, sharp, and steely. The ones with eyes don't have heads, and the ones with heads don't have eyes. What might they be?

 

10. What weighs more, a ton of cotton or a ton of rocks?

 

11. Which is preferable, "The house burned up", or "The house burned down"?

 

12. What's taken before you get it?

 

13. What weighs nothing, but is hard to hold for a very long time?

 

14. What gets larger the more you take from it?

 

15. What question can never be answered, "Yes"?

 

16. If you're walking through the woods and see a jar of honey sitting on a tree stump, where might the honey have come from?

 

 

 





17. Which number is worth more when it's turned upside down?

18. When do elephants have 20 legs?

19. What was the tallest mountain before Mt. Everest was discovered?

20. What flies all day, but never gets anywhere?

21. Four guys are walking down the street, when suddenly, it starts to rain. Only three of them got their hair wet. How is this possible?

22. Which burns longer, an orange candle or a purple candle?

23. When Christopher Columbus first discovered America, what did he see on his right hand?

24. What gets wetter the more it dries?

25. What begins with P, ends with E, and has millions of letters?

(Answers below!)

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1. Nine.

 

2. An echo.

 

3. The side that didn't get eaten.

 

4. Lunch and dinner.

 

5. "Whoa!"

 

6. Because he can't go under it.

 

7. Darkness.

 

8. If they have someone peel it for them.

 

9. Needles and pins.

 

10. Both weigh the same.

 

11. Either's pretty bad.

 

12. Your picture.

 

13. Your breath.

 

14. A hole.

 

15. "Are you asleep?"

 

16. From a bee.

 

17. 6 becomes 9.

 

18. When there are 5 of them.

 

19. Mt. Everest.

 

20. A flag.

 

21. One of them was bald.

 

22. Neither. All candles burn shorter.

 

23. Five fingers.

 

24. A towel.

 

25. Post office.

 

From Nickelodeon Magazine.



Choose Your Own Powerpuff Adventure

 

The Powerpuff Girls Plus You series is a nifty little series of choose your own adventure books starring that ever-popular group of adorable little superheroes. Join Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup(with the occasional book starring Professor Utonium, The Mayor, Mojo Jojo, or Princess Morbucks) as they battle monsters, search for a missing circus elephant, explore a haunted house, fight crime under water, take on career day at their school, rush to stop a bad hair ray, try to stop the Gang Green Gang from stealing mind-reading juice, hurry to find the antidote for an opposite potion, and much more. If you like choose your own adventure books and you like the Powerpuff girls, these are the books for you!

 



 

Several of these books are availabe on Amazon*:

 







 

Career Day Blossom

 

Bubbles and the Opposite Potion

 

Buttercup and the Mind-Reading Juice

 

The Mayor's Birthday Surprise

 

Hide-And-Go Mojo

 

Bubbles in the Middle

 

Buttercup's Monster Challenge

 

Rainy Day Professor

 

Forever Blowing Bubbles

 

Not Another Buttercup

 

Blossom and the Haunted House

 

Buttercup, the Better Cop

 

Mojo Jojo's Secret Paper

 

Bubbles Saves the Circus

 

Blossom's Bad Hair Day

 

The Professor's Monkey Business

 

Bubbles' Butterfly Hunt

 

Diamonds are for Princess

 

Blossom vs. the Blasteroid

 

Professor Utonium's Dating Game

  

Bubbles in Storyland

 

Brand-New Blossom

 

Buttercup's Terrible Temper Tantrums

 

 

 

*There's another book in this series entitled, "Mojo Jojo's Day Off" which, regrettably, isn't currently available on Amazon, but does occasionally show up on ebay.

 



Christmas Music Showcase:I'd Like To Have an Elephant For Chritmas by Hank Thompson and Uhm...Well, Goofy! :-D

...Or possibly an elephant?

BTW, there was another version of this song on a Disneyland music video entitled, "The Twelve Days of Christmas", sung(unsurprisingly) by Goofy. Please enjoy!

Joke of the Week #27

A circus came to a small town one day. This was a very high-quality circus that really had it all: acrobats, jugglers, clowns, fire eaters, sword swallowers, horseback riders, human cannonballs, strongmen, and all sorts of animals, such as lions, elephants, leopards, tigers, dancing bears, performing seals, and little trained poodles. Everyone in town filed into the giant red and yellow striped tent at a quarter to noon; a spotlight fell on the center ring, and a lone clown strolled out.

"What's 3 times 3 times 4 minus 7 divided by 8 to the ninth power?" he asks.

A hush suddenly falls over the crowd. No one there was particularly good at math.

"I'm sorry," says the clown. "But this show can't go on." and he leaves, with the other circus performers following closely behind.

Why couldn't the clown continue?

 

 

There were three rings, but nobody answered.

 

 

 

 



In the Lemon-Limelight:Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch

This is the first of my series of articles of underappreciated cartoons that, despite their low fanbase, are still more than worth a peek.

Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch is a cartoon series made by Hanna-Barbera in 1971. The show concerns three wacky bears living at the Wonderland zoo. The trio consists of the scheming, afro-adorned group leader Hair, the sloppy, doleful Square, and the short, gibberish-speaking Bubi. The bears would often try to flee the zoo in search of adventure, and end up being pursued by the zookeeper, Eustace P. Peevley and his(rather inept) assistant, Lionel J. Botch(The latter of whom is known for his pet phrase, "Ooh! Ooh!" not unlike Welcome Back, Kotter's Arnold Horshack; unsurprisingly, this was Botch's voice actor Joe E. Ross' pet phrase.). The bears, however, usually outwit them in the end, often with the help of their zoo animal friends, such as Bananas the Gorilla (who bears a striking resemblance to Magilla Gorilla), Furface the Lion (gotta love that name!), Bumpo the Elephant, Slicks the Fox, and Pipsqueak the Mouse, among others. One particular point of interest is that the bears owned, among other things, an invisible motorcycle. (Hmm, do you suppose they got it from Mermaidman?)

The show had a very short run, with only 16 episodes made. Reruns can be seen on Boomerang. (Check local listings for the time and channel.)

UPDATE 7/7/12:I recently discovered this DVD which contains, among other(very nifty!) things, a Hair Bear Bunch episode!:

Saturday Morning Cartoons:1970s Vol. 2

 

Overall, this was a humorous, well-made show that truly deserved more attention. (I may be a little biased because I love Hanna-Barbera stuff!) Despite the show being made in the '70's, it doesn't seem particularly dated, even by today's standards, and the characters are interesting, funny, and likeable. (Even Peevley and Botch!) A rather underrated(Even Joe Barbera disliked it; when even the producer doesn't like the show, that's the definition of underappreciated!) show that's definetly worth a peek.

The theme song is also mighty catchy!

For those interested also, there are some Hair Bear Bunch items available at the site below(including, of all things, a tissue box cover); some are a little expensive, but well worth it for any Hair Bear Bunch fan :

A few Hair Bear Bunch goodies

Square Bear mug

Many more such nifty items are available on ebay, many of such being comics(which I highly recommend.) :)

"Let's split!"



Fanart of Botch saying his signature phrase.

Another fanart I just had to add. (This one's just silly.)

A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Bookstore:Every Thing On It by Shel Silverstein

This collection of previously unpublished poems by the late, great Shel Silverstein truly does have everything(as per the title). Retaining Silverstein's usual humorous/bizarre style, this book contains such gems as, "Growing Down", where Mr. "Grow-Up" Brown discovers the joys of growing down, "The Romance", where an elephant and a pelican decide to get married because no one else's names rhyme with theirs, "A Mouse In This House", where Uncle Ben detects a mouse and (literally!) takes the house apart to find it, "How Hungry Is Polly?", where a girl says she's, "So hungry she could eat a horse," which a nearby horse doesn't think is very nice, "Italian Food", which may be just as much fun to say as it is to eat, and "You'll Never Be King", where a queen tells her young son that he'll have to take his job more seriously if he ever wants to be king. All in all, it's a good collection and a must-have for any Shel Silverstein fan or anyone who likes wacky poems.

Here are a couple of my favorites:

I hear there's quite an epidemic of this.

Wow, how hypocritical is this?

Buy it on Amazon!