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cartoon of the week

Categories: weekend, cartoon of the week

Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2007 by durnmoose

yep, another new weekend feature… the cartoon of the week… this week featuring robert ariail, the award winning cartoonist for the state newspaper in columbia south carolina…

cartoon

picture of the week: sunset…

Categories: pic of the week, weekend

Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2007 by durnmoose

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ISS007-E-10807 (21 July 2003) — This view of Earth’s horizon as the sunsets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by an Expedition 7 crewmember onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Anvil tops of thunderclouds are also visible.

be sure to click the pic for a much bigger view…

saturday morning toon time: underdog - tricky trap by tap-tap

Categories: weekend, saturday morning toon time

Posted on Saturday, June 30, 2007 by durnmoose

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ah, saturday morning… the folks are sleeping in, i’m up and sittin’ too close to the tv with a big ol’ bowl of capn’ crunch, and underdog is making things right for sweet polly purebred…

for those who might not remember,

Underdog debuted on October 3, 1964, on the NBC network and continued in syndication until 1973 for a run of approximately 124 episodes…

Underdog was an anthropomorphic superhero parody of Superman and similar heroes with secret identities. The premise was that “humble and lovable” Shoeshine Boy, a cartoon dog, was in truth the superhero Underdog. George S. Irving narrated, and comedy actor Wally Cox provided the voices of both Underdog and Shoeshine Boy. When villains threatened, Shoeshine Boy ducked into a telephone booth where he transformed into the caped and costumed hero, destroying the booth in the process when his super powers were activated. Underdog almost always spoke in rhyme:

When Polly’s in trouble, I am not slow,
So it’s hip! hip! hip! and away I go.

Underdog’s most frequent saying when he appeared was:

There’s no need to fear, Underdog is here.

The majority of episodes used a common template when Underdog first reveals himself. A crowd of people look up in the sky would say: “Look in the sky. It’s a plane! It’s a bird!” After which one woman, who is bespectacled (noting she is afflicted with either myopia or astigmatism) exclaims, “It’s a frog!” Another onlooker responds, “a frog?” To this, Underdog replies with these words:

Not plane, nor bird, nor even frog, it’s just little old me, (at this point, Underdog crashes into something) Underdog…

The villains almost always managed to menace Sweet Polly Purebred (voiced by Norma MacMillan), an anthropomorphic canine TV reporter as part of their nefarious schemes; she was a helpless damsel in distress most of the time, and had a habit of singing in a somewhat whining tone of voice, “Oh where, oh where has my Underdog gone?”, which she sings to the tune of the song “Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone” when in jeopardy. Recurring villains included Simon Bar Sinister, a mad scientist with a voice reminiscent of Lionel Barrymore (voice by Allen Swift); his assistant, Cad; and Riff Raff, an anthropomorphic wolf gangster based on the noted actor George Raft. Other villains include The Electric (Slippery) Eel, Battyman, and Overcat.

- background info courtesy wikipedia

moosings 130 - vacation: day five

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Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007 by durnmoose

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yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

well, actually it’s sort of a working vacation as we’ll be doing quite a bit behind the scenes to enhance your moosey fun and bring you even more moosey goodness each day… in the meanwhile, however, rather than leave you completely devoid of some kind of moose fun, (because everyone hates mopey mooseheads…) we’ll be posting each day a special moosey video just for you… today, a visit with an old friend who is much missed and his moosey companion…

of course, there’s really only one thing missing from that clip…

ping pong balls!!!…

ok, there ya go… and be sure to check back with us each day as we post a new video, then tomorrow as we FINALLY premiere some of our new weekend schtuff and then monday when the moose will announce who he is endorsing in the nashville mayoral race!

have fun, kids,

-moose out!

moosings 129 - vacation: day four

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Posted on Thursday, June 28, 2007 by durnmoose

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yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

well, actually it’s sort of a working vacation as we’ll be doing quite a bit behind the scenes to enhance your moosey fun and bring you even more moosey goodness each day… in the meanwhile, however, rather than leave you completely devoid of some kind of moose fun, (because everyone hates mopey mooseheads…) we’ll be posting each day a special moosey video just for you… today, a clip that shows being a moose isn’t always fun and games… and sometimes even when it is it can be a bit frustrating…

have fun, kids,

-moose out!

(oh, and if ya wanna do some vacation time reading along with the moose be sure to check out this multi-part story from the washington post)

moosings 128 - vacation: day three…

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Posted on Wednesday, June 27, 2007 by durnmoose

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yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

well, actually it’s sort of a working vacation as we’ll be doing quite a bit behind the scenes to enhance your moosey fun and bring you even more moosey goodness each day… in the meanwhile, however, rather than leave you completely devoid of some kind of moose fun, (because everyone hates mopey mooseheads…) we’ll be posting each day a special moosey video just for you… today, a little break from the moose theme as we give ya a couple of clips from the daily show… chat, these (especially the second one) are dedicated to you..

ok, there ya go… and be sure to check back with us each day as we post a new video, then this weekend as we FINALLY premiere our new weekend schtuff and then monday when the moose will announce who he is endorsing in the nashville mayoral race!

have fun, kids,

-moose out!

moosings 127 - vacation: day two…

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Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 by durnmoose

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yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

well, actually it’s sort of a working vacation as we’ll be doing quite a bit behind the scenes to enhance your moosey fun and bring you even more moosey goodness each day… in the meanwhile, however, rather than leave you completely devoid of some kind of moose fun, (because everyone hates mopey mooseheads…) we’ll be posting each day a special moosey video just for you… today we pop in on a certain moose and squirrel and their pals (?) the moon mice… enjoy!

have fun, kids,

-moose out!

(oh, and if ya wanna join the moose in a little vacation reading, just pop over here… our friend shan’s doing some great writing as she’s spending her summer exploring nashville…)

moosings 126 - vacation: day one…

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Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 by durnmoose

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yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

well, actually it’s sort of a working vacation as we’ll be doing quite a bit behind the scenes to enhance your moosey fun and bring you even more moosey goodness each day… in the meanwhile, however, rather than leave you completely devoid of some kind of moose fun, (because everyone hates mopey mooseheads…) we’ll be posting each day a special moosey video just for you… up today, the swedish chef teaches us how to make that beloved desert, chocolate moose:

have fun, kids,

-moose out!

(oh, and if ya wanna join the moose in a little vacation reading, just click here… you know it’s gonna be fascinating stuff…)

moosings 125 - moose droppings: the dog is bush and the sign is the constitution… or, y’know, sometimes there’s just no point in even tryin’ to be subtle…

Categories: moosings, junkyard, religion, bush, republicans, headlines, cheney, riaa, freedom, education, freedom of speech

Posted on Friday, June 22, 2007 by durnmoose

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yeah, we’ve been pretty quiet this week - mostly just moosings being posted… but that doesn’t mean that other stuff hasn’t been going on, just that we’ve been fairly busy… so, here’s our opportunity to catch up on some of that “other stuff”… in other words, it’s friday again, and time for moose droppings… our little one (or so) liners to catch up on the “news” of the week… so what’s been going on? well, let’s see…

item! ok, we understand that to the bush administration the u.s. constitution is just a “damned piece of paper”, but when dick cheney starts claiming that the vice-president’s office is not part of the executive branch of the government…

item! of course, this is the same administration that the gao says has disobeyed at least six laws that it signed then added “signing statements” to, so i guess we shouldn’t be surprised that they have total disregard for “the rule of law” …

item! fortunately, the sixth circuit court of appeals is willing to recognise that we as american citizens still have a few rights left to us, and says that federal investigators really do need warrants to read our emails…

item! of course, all of this is taking place in a country where at least one of the justices if the supreme court is such a jack bauer fan that he has been quoted as saying “‘Jack Bauer saved Los Angeles. … He saved hundreds of thousands of lives,’ Judge Scalia said. ‘Are you going to convict Jack Bauer?’ Judge Scalia challenged his fellow judges. ‘Say that criminal law is against him? ‘You have the right to a jury trial?’ Is any jury going to convict Jack Bauer? I don’t think so. So the question is really whether we believe in these absolutes. And ought we believe in these absolutes.” so apparently those absolutes that justice scalia is backing are not (again) the “rule of law” or “human rights”, but “the end justifies any means”… lovely…

item! and the same country in which a judge in a rape trial has banned to use of the words rape, sexual assault, victim, assailant, and sexual assault kit from being used during the trial…

item! and where a woman can easily register her dog to vote in order to prove how flawed the voter registration system is…
item! hmmm… who would have thought that using a taser on a man who had previously doused himself in gasoline might not be a good idea…item! if you’ve been checking out the moose’s myspace page, you’ll already know how he feels about the vatican’s new ten commandments for motorists…

item! of course, you’ve already heard about the pakistani response to britain’s knighting of sir salman rushdie: “the west is accusing us of extremism and terrorism… therefore we’re gonna blow things up and but the queen in effigy to show we’re not extreme”… now comes word that in response, a group of pakistani clerics has bestowed the religious title “saifullah” on osama bin laden… does that mean we get to blow a lot of stuff up now? ummm… oh, wait…

item! remember those chemistry sets a lot of us used to have when we were kids (”put the blue powder in wiith the red powder and watch the fun begin”) yeah, well, you can forget giving one to your kids unless you want to register with homeland security first…

item! the new rock standard? flashing your audience… apparently it’s considered a good way to give them a little something extra…

item! while we’re all for the “turnabout is fair play” aspect of this article, we’re sure that daddy has signed an executive order somewhere exempting the twins from any responsibilities whatsoever…

item! the good news: “Since 1999, support for the idea of banning ‘books with dangerous ideas’ from public school libraries has declined from 55% to 46% and has now fallen to the lowest level of support of the past 20 years, in contrast with the modest increase observed in concerns about pornographic material in magazines and movies.” the bad news: 46% of the public still support the idea of banning books…

item! according to the belfast telegraph, tony blair will become a catholic after stepping down from the prime minister’s position…

item! and the differences between the current war and the one fourty years ago?… probably even less than you think…

item! once again from our “the headlines just do our job for us” department: “Politeness is for milk-livered clotpoles“…

last item! finally, a bit of good news… it’s once again safe for teen girls to snog while riding the bus in portland…

ok, kids, hope y’all have a good weekend…

-moose out…

moosings 124 - jump in the wayback machine…

Categories: moosings

Posted on Thursday, June 21, 2007 by durnmoose

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we’re on a bit of a nostalgia trip here at durnmoose central today, so we figured it was time for some retro commercials just to pass a bit of time and maybe bring back some fond memories…

first up, it’s true, we couldn’t pass up that classic coke commercial from 1970…

now let’s go back a little ways to when tv shows were sponsored by individual products, and lots of the time, the stars of the shows would also do the commercials… here’s one from those days starring the flintstones pitching a somewhat surprising product…

(of course, under the new ratings guidelines, we suppose that spot would make all the flintstones shows r-rated…)

our next commercial aired originally when your loving moose was only two years old, but i do remember the good captain engaging in his seeming never-ending battle with the pirate jean lafoote…

“silly rabbi, kicks are for trids”… and, this one time only, for ricky trabbits…

and finally, our last clip isn’t from a commercial but it does go with the one above as we see a perennial underdog finally get what he’s always wanted…

hope y’all has as much fun looking back at these as we did…

-moose out…

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June 2007

cartoon of the week

picture of the week: sunset…

saturday morning toon time: underdog - tricky trap by tap-tap

moosings 130 - vacation: day five

yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

moosings 129 - vacation: day four

yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

moosings 128 - vacation: day three…

yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

moosings 127 - vacation: day two…

yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

moosings 126 - vacation: day one…

yep, it’s true, the moose is on vacation this week…

moosings 125 - moose droppings: the dog is bush and the sign is the constitution… or, y’know, sometimes there’s just no point in even tryin’ to be subtle…

moosings 124 - jump in the wayback machine…

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