 Why does Batman need The Riddler if he already has The Joker? Isn't that a little redundant? I mean, a riddle is a form of a joke, right? The Joker is such an iconic character that the Riddler doesn't stand a chance. Never did. Who can take him seriously? I mean he's like the cheap superhero knock-off of the comic book original. If the Joker was a handbag, you'd purchase him at the Coach store. The Riddler you'd pick up from the lady that sales the knockoffs on the corner, downtown.
I never bought the whole Popeye thing. I mean, spinach might have made him strong but  it also made him stupid. I mean, even as a kid, I could see through the scam. Every episode, that skinny bitch, Olive, leaves Popeye for that big, bad, abusive oaf of a neanderthal, Bluto, Pluto, Brutus, whatever he's calling himself. And every episode, she runs back crying to Popeye to save her which he does ... without question or objection ... just to have her do the same thing over again. THEN, baby Sweet Pea shows up on Popeye's doorstep and HE ends up taking care of him/her. Where is the cartoon Maury when you need him.  There is a saying, attributed to W.C. Fields, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try, again. Then quit. There's no need to be a fool about it." Tom (of Tom and Jerry fame), Wile E. Coyote and Yosemite Sam, can take a page from Fields's book. How many times does the bomb have to blow up in your face or the anvil fall on squarely on your head before you say, "Enough?" There is more to life than chasing after Jerry, the Road Runner and Bugs Bunny.
Now, I could have put Daffy Duck in the above group, but I have a special place in my heart for D  affy. He has more cartoons than Marvin the Martian and the ridiculously innane and useless Tasmanian Devil, yet it's practically impossible to get any Daffy Duck merchandise. I can get a Marvin or Taz t-shirt but if I want Daffy, I have to settle for a Warner Brothers group shot. How could it be that such a central character in the WB lexicon of cartoon characters consistently gets the short end of the stick? I'll tell you. He's black.He's a black duck.
A brotha duck can't get his own t-shirt? A brotha duck can't get more than a measly key chain by himself at the WB store? A brotha duck has to watch while a Tasmanian Devil gets the limelight? Most people don't even know where Tasmania is. And Marvin? He's a Martian. He's anotha brotha from anotha planet and he scores more shit than Daffy. What does a duck have to do to get some love? What the fuck? Labels: Random Shit, Television |
