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LJ Idol Season 6 Week 4 Throwback Week
This week Gary has given us 5 topics to pick from. A couple I have already written about and a few I have not. The hardest thing is to write something on the topic I have already written on because I don’t want to duplicate my efforts. Behind the cut is my entry this week drawn from some (not so) current events.
Asterix and Obelix turn 50
Asterix the Gaul is a series of graphic novels telling the tales of Asterix and his little town in Gaul who is the last holdout from the Roman Armies. There are a colorful cast of characters and some slightly historical characters tossed in for good measure. In the end the Gauls always win and keep their freedom from the Roman occupation. They are published in 103 countries in many languages.
Asterix and Obelix along with the rest of the gang are a solid part of my childhood. I can remember many a trip down to our annual vacation week in Florida included a new book or two along with all the ones we had already acquired. I think my favorite was Astrix and Cleopatra out of the whole bunch. One of the fun things about those books is that when I was younger I didn’t get some of the screamingly bad puns or the slightly adult double entendres that were through out the books. Like that the Druid of the group was named Getafix. These books were really my first graphic novels.
Recently I found a couple I hadn’t read while in New Zealand. We bought them and I sat happily on the airplane reading my way through the new adventures of my old heroes. I hadn’t known how much I had missed them until I started reading them again.
So this year Asterix is celebrating 50 years of being in print. Rene Goscinny, the writer, passed away in 1977 but his partner Albert Uderzo, the artist, is still producing the comics. France had a big celebration for the anniversary of these beloved characters.
If you haven’t read any Asterix, I recommend them if you have a love of bad puns, seeing Romans get thumped, and a really screwy look at history.
Quick Question: Have you read Asterix or seen any of the films?
Sesame Street turns 40
OK Everyone Sing Along!
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street
Come and play
Everything's A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That's where we meet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street
It's a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To Happy people like you--
Happy people like
What a beautiful
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame street...
How to get to Sesame Street
How to get to...
Sesame Street shaped my life (according to some it warped my life). I was 6 when it came on but I watched it with my preschool brother Sean and then with my other siblings Sheila and Patrick. And after they were too old for it, we kept watching it. I watched it through college and only fell out of the habit in graduate school. I picked it back up after Caroline was born.
Sesame Street was part of our daily lives. Lines from the show were standard phrases around our house. Sketches were repeated ad nauseam. And we did learned things from it both as children and adults.
The magic for me has been and always will be the Muppets. The first time I saw Big Bird, Oscar, Grover, Kermit, and Cookie Monster, I fell hopelessly in love with them. I have always had a special place in my heart for lovable, furry, ol’ Grover, the ever optimist trying to make the world a better place and not always succeeding in his endeavors. I so relate to that character. A close second is Kermit with Oscar not too far behind.
Part of the reason I am a puppeteer is because of that TV show 40 years ago which showed me new possibilities with puppets. There are two generations of people who grew up on Sesame Street. The third generation is just starting and are the grandchildren of the people who first started watching it. It is an institution of education that continues to amuse and amaze us.
Quick Question: Who’s your favorite Sesame Street Character?
Wallace and Gromit turn 20
My first encounter with Wallace and Gromit was part of an Animation festival that was running at the movie theater I use to work at in Atlanta. It was part of the series called “The International Festival of Animation” that was shown at various theaters. That festival introduced me to a lot of filmmakers that I follow to this day. I saw “Vincent” by Tim Burton which was narrated by Vincent Price. I saw my first Plimptoons there. I discovered the work of various European and Canadian artists.
There was something so “nice” about Wallace and Gromit. The animation was not perfect but it didn’t need to be. I was so glad to see a couple of years later another short featuring the two. After that I kept an eye out for Wallace and Gromit and knew I was going to be in for a good time.
When Peter and I got together, I found out that he and his girls loved Wallace and Gromit was much as I did. I was in cheesy heaven when “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit” was released. I enjoy Shawn the Sheep and just about every thing that Aardman has done. Recently we got the new collection of Wallace and Gromit shorts including the newest one “A Matter of Loaf and Death.”
Quick Question: So what’s your favorite Aardman character?
I hope you have enjoyed my entry this week and will give me your vote when the time comes
Asterix and Obelix turn 50
Asterix the Gaul is a series of graphic novels telling the tales of Asterix and his little town in Gaul who is the last holdout from the Roman Armies. There are a colorful cast of characters and some slightly historical characters tossed in for good measure. In the end the Gauls always win and keep their freedom from the Roman occupation. They are published in 103 countries in many languages.
Asterix and Obelix along with the rest of the gang are a solid part of my childhood. I can remember many a trip down to our annual vacation week in Florida included a new book or two along with all the ones we had already acquired. I think my favorite was Astrix and Cleopatra out of the whole bunch. One of the fun things about those books is that when I was younger I didn’t get some of the screamingly bad puns or the slightly adult double entendres that were through out the books. Like that the Druid of the group was named Getafix. These books were really my first graphic novels.
Recently I found a couple I hadn’t read while in New Zealand. We bought them and I sat happily on the airplane reading my way through the new adventures of my old heroes. I hadn’t known how much I had missed them until I started reading them again.
So this year Asterix is celebrating 50 years of being in print. Rene Goscinny, the writer, passed away in 1977 but his partner Albert Uderzo, the artist, is still producing the comics. France had a big celebration for the anniversary of these beloved characters.
If you haven’t read any Asterix, I recommend them if you have a love of bad puns, seeing Romans get thumped, and a really screwy look at history.
Quick Question: Have you read Asterix or seen any of the films?
Sesame Street turns 40
OK Everyone Sing Along!
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street
Come and play
Everything's A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That's where we meet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street
It's a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To Happy people like you--
Happy people like
What a beautiful
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame street...
How to get to Sesame Street
How to get to...
Sesame Street shaped my life (according to some it warped my life). I was 6 when it came on but I watched it with my preschool brother Sean and then with my other siblings Sheila and Patrick. And after they were too old for it, we kept watching it. I watched it through college and only fell out of the habit in graduate school. I picked it back up after Caroline was born.
Sesame Street was part of our daily lives. Lines from the show were standard phrases around our house. Sketches were repeated ad nauseam. And we did learned things from it both as children and adults.
The magic for me has been and always will be the Muppets. The first time I saw Big Bird, Oscar, Grover, Kermit, and Cookie Monster, I fell hopelessly in love with them. I have always had a special place in my heart for lovable, furry, ol’ Grover, the ever optimist trying to make the world a better place and not always succeeding in his endeavors. I so relate to that character. A close second is Kermit with Oscar not too far behind.
Part of the reason I am a puppeteer is because of that TV show 40 years ago which showed me new possibilities with puppets. There are two generations of people who grew up on Sesame Street. The third generation is just starting and are the grandchildren of the people who first started watching it. It is an institution of education that continues to amuse and amaze us.
Quick Question: Who’s your favorite Sesame Street Character?
Wallace and Gromit turn 20
My first encounter with Wallace and Gromit was part of an Animation festival that was running at the movie theater I use to work at in Atlanta. It was part of the series called “The International Festival of Animation” that was shown at various theaters. That festival introduced me to a lot of filmmakers that I follow to this day. I saw “Vincent” by Tim Burton which was narrated by Vincent Price. I saw my first Plimptoons there. I discovered the work of various European and Canadian artists.
There was something so “nice” about Wallace and Gromit. The animation was not perfect but it didn’t need to be. I was so glad to see a couple of years later another short featuring the two. After that I kept an eye out for Wallace and Gromit and knew I was going to be in for a good time.
When Peter and I got together, I found out that he and his girls loved Wallace and Gromit was much as I did. I was in cheesy heaven when “Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit” was released. I enjoy Shawn the Sheep and just about every thing that Aardman has done. Recently we got the new collection of Wallace and Gromit shorts including the newest one “A Matter of Loaf and Death.”
Quick Question: So what’s your favorite Aardman character?
I hope you have enjoyed my entry this week and will give me your vote when the time comes
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