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Star Wars Rebels: Worth Your Time

I have watched the new Star Wars cartoon three times now. Why three? It is fantastic. It’s Disney’s first real Star Wars project since acquiring Lucasfilm; if this project is any indication, I have serious hope for Star Wars Rebels and fair to middling hope for Episode VII (because Abrams). 

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Lunchtime Poll

Lunchtime Poll: Favorite Cartoons

Okay, so I write a lot about cartoons, but that may have a lot to do with the fact that I’ve been watching a LOT of Bob’s Burgers and Archer.

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Pop Culture

Everything I Learned (About School), I Learned From ’90s Cartoons: “Recess”

Much like Animaniacs taught me about authority and control in the classroom, Recess prepared me for some of the social sorting and clique forming that happened directly outside of the classroom.

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Open Thread

This Open Thread Is About the Baby Song

Hey kittens, do you like not dealing with your problems? Or rather, drowning them in cartoons?

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Open Thread

Open Thread: Monday Night Flashback

Saturday mornings. Are you old enough to remember Saturday morning cartoons on all of the major networks? I am. Saturdays were my favorite morning of the week, because there were cartoons on from the time I woke up until lunch. We didn’t get a VCR or cable until I was in junior high, so all […]

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Tuesday Trivia

Tuesday Toon Trivia

Last week I was all about the sweetness, this week I’m feeling animated.  I love cartoons, always have, always will.  Tonight’s selection is a mix of cartoony questions, both old and new. 1.  On Futurama, who is Bender named after? 2.  There is only one actor who has provided voices for every single Scooby-Doo cartoon […]

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Pop Culture

Netflix Instant: Cartoons of the 90s

I will be perfectly honest: I love Netflix Instant. Objectively, the Instant Queue is the entity I’ve spent the most time with in the last year or so. I love it, and for the most part I think it loves me back. Once, in the midst of my Worst Day Ever, I discovered that there […]