∅ for SFH or Lord Astra on Emmett, Scooter on Erica or Dixie on Keres mayhaps, pick your poison bestie 🫶🫶🫶
I can do all of these pussy
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Song Fenhua
" Ah, our ever stupid cowboy. He truly is quite embarrassing, hardly eloquent enough to express himself. I pity the poor bastard. "
Lord Astra
" Emmett you say? Oh yes quite the silly boy really. His antics are sure to amuse me any day! I however cannot deny my guilt in his situation.. I've no way to fix it at this point however. "
Scooter
" Erica is a dear friend of mine. She's a wonderful person that cares for the gang like a big sister. And I love her! She can be a bit.... much for people though. "
Dixie
" Keres? Keres.... Oh! Oh yeah the bird's lil helper! They're somethin that's for sure! Last time I saw em they turned all red and couldn't talk to me. Kinda cute! I bet they're fun to tease !! "
In 1964, then-23-year-old starlet Ann-Margret bared her soul to 16 Magazine about her “hates and loves” (or, as they put it at the time: “Here they are - the deep-down, intimate secrets of your favourite new star!”). I think Ann-Margret speaks for all of us here! (Please don’t tell me some publicity agent or anonymous hack cobbled this together – the disillusionment would be overwhelming). Pull up a chair – this is one LONG mutha of list.
She hates for anyone to yell at her. She cried the first time a bandleader loudly chewed her out for being late to a rehearsal.
She hates dresses with lots of ruffles and frills. They make her feel like "... a Christmas tree!"
She hates vegetables - especially cooked spinach.
She hates to cook or anything to do with the kitchen.
She hates people who say nasty things about other people whom they don't even know.
She hates the fact that no matter how she rushes, she has a tendency to be late.
She hates to see too much make-up on a woman.
She hates to see an animal hurt.
She hates people who "...kid around with someone's emotions".
She hates gossip of any sort.
She hates rain.
She hates herself when she fluffs a song or dance, even during a rehearsal.
She hates people who think that show business is all whipped cream and glamour. Ann-Margret says: "It's one of the toughest professions in the world".
She hates it when people call her a star. "Right now, I am just a very fortunate girl", she earnestly maintains. "A star is someone who sustains, like Bette Davis".
She hates for people to try and pry into her personal life.
She hates the thought of sitting still for more than five minutes at a time.
She hates to have to straighten up her room.
She hates reports that she dates just for publicity.
She hates for people to tell her how to run her life.
She hates grey days and grey colours.
She hates people who complain and feel sorry for themselves.
She hates it when there is a mechanical failure in her car or motor scooter.
She hates to be told she ought to act such-and-such a way, because "... it's the thing to do".
She hates herself for being so painfully shy when it comes to meeting new people.
She hates jealousy of any kind.
She hates aggressive girls who brag that they can twist a man round their little finger.
She hates to get up early in the morning.
She hates prejudice in any form.
She hates to diet.
She loves going to football and basketball games.
She loves to ride her motor scooter through the Hollywood hills.
She loves a steak.
She loves to wear dark glasses.
She loves animals of all sorts.
She loves chocolate malts for breakfast.
She loves a windy night.
She loves big, shaggy sweaters.
She loves performing for a live audience.
She loves saving things. She has a huge chest, hand-carved by an uncle in Sweden, in which she stores all her mementoes.
She loves sad movies - even though they make her cry.
She loves the colour black.
She loves to sleep under lots of blankets.
She loves pizza with ginger ale.
She loves browsing through family photo albums.
She loves Cantonese food.
She loves talking on the phone. She has two "Princess" models in her bedroom.
She loves waterskiing.
She loves collecting stuffed animals - the pride of her collection is a huge lavender poodle Eddie Fisher gave her in New York. She took it back to California on the plane - strapped in the seat next to her.
She loves flowers and greenery of any sort.
She loves baked potatoes with sour cream, chives and butter.
She loves to travel - especially back to Sweden for a visit with relatives.
She loves the name Skuby. So far, it's the "handle" for her Yorkshire terrier (also a gift from Eddie Fisher).
She loves her red motor scooter and her red compact convertible car.
She loves window-shopping.
She loves the excitement of Las Vegas.
She loves watching parades.
She loves laughing and seeing others laugh.
She loves working with Elvis Presley.
She loves weddings. Last year she was maid of honour at the nuptials of Sharon Louver of Summit, N.J., and Joanie Stremmel, of Wilmette, Ill., both of whom had been her best friends since the sixth grade. She caught Janie's bouquet!
She loves dancing - especially the Twist.
She loves the new house she bought for herself and her parents in fashionable Benedict Canyon.
She loves the beach - day or night.
She loves Marlon Brando's acting.
She loves little children.
She loves Capri pants.
She loves candlelight dinners.
She loves watching TV.
She loves Sammy Davis, Jr. and Elvis Presley records.
She loves modern furniture.
She loves being alone for a certain part of every day.
She loves her good luck charms - a miniature red horse, ivory Buddha, smooth beach pebble and tiny hula doll named "Jungle Julie".
She loves writing in her diary.
She loves playing a jukebox.
She loves holding deep philosophical conversations.
She loves suede jackets.
She loves riding a bicycle.
She loves to write letters and receive them. Write to her at 8966 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, California.
A different type of family tree: Applying family history concepts to animation
"Modern Cartoon Family Tree 2.0" by AlexB9598w
This family tree is unlike any other tree I've seen before. I thought I'd do a fun one this week. It's not focused on a specific character or on the draw of family, the latter which I wrote about before. Instead, this shows the connection between people and their different shows. It all starts out with Donovan Cook and moves down from there. I think this tree is interesting in that it shows the connection between these shows. However it is also, you could say, limiting. I say that because it doesn't exactly focus on the interconnection between people. I know that, for instance, that Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey are married, but this chart only shows them as writers. Similarly, I know about the controversy which enveloped Twelve Forever, leading to the end of the show, and Shadi Petosky, a trans woman, becoming the executive producer of the show and having her own project on the way. Since I don't know most of these shows, I'm narrowing it down to the shows I do know and working back from there. Let's start with one of my favorite shows, Cleopatra in Space, and focusing on the executive producer of that show, Doug Langdale.
Reprinted from my Genealogy in Popular Culture WordPress blog. Originally published on August 28, 2020.
I then expanded this by looking at the companies behind each one of these productions, and it starts to look more like a bit of a tree, showing the parent companies and production companies. Keep in mind that Sony Pictures Television, as of 2002, owns both Columbia divisions, so the chart would look a little different now. Additionally, DreamWorks is now owned by Universal Pictures, a division of NBC Universal, which is, itself, owned by Comcast. So, the chart would look different today.
Now, I wanted to expand this a little more, so I originally wanted to look at all those who have been listed as being on the Cleopatra in Space crew (herein called Cleo Crew), apart from Doug Langdale. Since that was 40 people, I narrowed it down to storyboarders, which consisted of 18 people in total: Aaron Brewer, Abigail Davies, Adam Temple, Andrew Marshel, Bob Suarez, Chris Ybarra, Derek Thompson, Eugene Huang, Gary Ye, Ingrid Kan, Kevin Slawinski, Laurianne Uy, Samantha Suyi Lee, Scooter Tidwell, Thalia Tomlinson, Topher Parnell, and Wei Li. From there, I broke it down by the overlapping shows that they had worked on. [1] I ended up narrowing it down mainly to DreamWorks shows, as you'll see in the chart below:
We learn a lot from this. For one, Chris Ybarra and Bob Suarez had worked together and/or on two of the same shows: Big Mouth and Turbo Fast. Additionally, Adam Temple and Wei Li had both worked on Carmen Sandiego, while Abigail "Abby" Davies and Laur Uy had worked on Spirit Riding Free. We also find that Bob Suarez and Laur Uy worked on the same show too. Even more fascinating is the fact that ALL of these productions were on Netflix and most, apart from Carmen Sandiego, were tied to DreamWorks. We can conclude that many of the storyboarders probably knew each other and/or had worked with one another in the past. If we combine this with the information about Doug Langdale I showed earlier, it would mean that Langdale worked on the same team as Bob Suarez and Laur Uy on The Adventures of Puss and Boots. These connections were likely part of the reason they were hired in the first place.
In sum, this is a unique family tree of sorts, which shows connections between those in the animation industry. You can see who the "parents" (like DreamWorks and Houghton Mifflin) are and who the "children" (like Bob Suarez and Laur Uy) are as well. This sort of analysis is much better than the "modern cartoon family tree" shown at the beginning of that post. That post almost treats the connections between individuals as static. I may do another one about LGBTQ animations or something else. We'll see what happens! As always, comments are welcome, as I'm deeply unsure about what I'll write about next.
[1] I also found that Aaron Brewer and Eugene Huang storyboarded Little Big Awesome, which was produced by Amazon Studios and Titmouse, Inc., and that Aaron Brewer and Bob Suarez storyboarded Niko and the Sword of Light, produced by the same groups. Additionally, Frank Squillace directed Jackie Chan Adventures, while Scooter Tidwell was a storyboarder. At the same time, Bob Suarez, Frank Squillace, and Scooter Tidwell storyboarded The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Furthermore, Abigail Davies worked on Cartoon Network's Ben 10, with Scooter Tidwell as a sequence director. Finally, Frank Squillace directed Transformers: Rescue Bots while Thalia Tomlinson worked as an animator for the same show.
Giorgio Gaber || La ballata del Cerutti (The Ballad of Cerutti) || Italian lyrics + English translation
A parody of the famous Northamerican ballads, this very Milanese hit from the Sixties details the ordinary (mis)adventures of everyman Gino Cerutti -- or, as the narrator quite bureaucratically states, "Cerutti Gino" -- a twenty-year-old from Milan and something of a minor celebrity at the neighborhood bar, where he spends most of his days loafing about. That is, until he tries to nick somebody's scooter -- and immediately gets busted by the cops in the process.
Io ho sentito molte ballate
Me, I've heard a lot of ballads
Quella di Tom Dooley, quella di Davy Crockett
The ballad of Tom Dooley, the ballad of Davy Crockett
E sarebbe piaciuto anche a me scriverne una così
And I would've liked to write one of those myself
Invece… invece niente, ho fatto una ballata
Instead… instead, no dice, I wrote a ballad
Per uno che sta a Milano, al Giambellino¹
For this guy in Milan, he lives in Giambellino
Il Cerutti, Cerutti Gino
A fellow called Cerutti, Cerutti Gino
Il suo nome era Cerutti Gino
His name was Cerutti Gino
Ma lo chiamavan Drago
But he was known as Dragon
Gli amici al bar del Giambellino
His friends down at the bar in Giambellino
Dicevan che era un mago (era un mago)
Would say he was a wizard (was a wizard)
Vent'anni, biondo, mai una lira
Twenty years old, blond hair, not a dime on him,
Per non passare guai
To avoid getting in trouble
Fiutava intorno che aria tira
He'd sniff around, see which way the wind blew
E non sgobbava mai
And never worked a second
Il suo nome era Cerutti Gino
His name was Cerutti Gino
Ma lo chiamavan Drago
But he was known as Dragon
Gli amici al bar del Giambellino
His friends down at the bar in Giambellino
Dicevan che era un mago (era un mago)
Would say he was a wizard (was a wizard)
Una sera, in una strada scura
One night, in a dark street
Occhio, c'è una lambretta²
Look, there's a Lambretta scooter
Fingendo di non aver paura
Pretending not to be afraid
Il Cerutti monta in fretta
Cerutti quickly hops on
Ma che rogna nera quella sera
Tough luck that night, though
Qualcuno vede e chiama
Someone sees and calls
Veloce arriva la pantera³
The patrol car comes quick
E lo beve⁴ la madama⁵
He gets busted by the cops
Il suo nome era Cerutti Gino
His name was Cerutti Gino
Ma lo chiamavan Drago
But he was known as Dragon
Gli amici al bar del Giambellino
His friends down at the bar in Giambellino
Dicevan che era un mago (era un mago)
Would say he was a wizard (was a wizard)
Ora è triste e un poco manomesso
He's sad now, and a little damaged
Si trova al terzo raggio⁶
Staying on the third row
È lì che attende il suo processo
He's there, waiting for his trial
Forse vien fuori a Maggio
He might get out in May
S'è beccato un bel tre mesi il Gino
Got himself a good three months, ol' Gino
Ma il giudice è stato buono
But the judge was kind
Gli ha fatto un lungo fervorino
He lectured him long and good
È uscito col condono
And let him out with a pardon
Il suo nome era Cerutti Gino
His name was Cerutti Gino
Ma lo chiamavan Drago
But he was known as Dragon
Gli amici al bar del Giambellino
His friends down at the bar in Giambellino
Dicevan che era un mago (era un mago)
Would say he was a wizard (was a wizard)
È tornato al bar Cerutti Gino
He's back at the bar, Cerutti Gino,
E gli amici nel futuro
And his friends, in the future,
Quando parleran del Gino
Whenever they talk about Gino
Diranno che è un tipo duro
They'll say that he's a tough guy
Notes
1) Giambellino is a neighborhood in Milan, born as a working-class area in the first half of the 20th century.
2) Lambretta was a famous 1950s Italian scooter.
3) Literally "the panther" -- slang for police car.
4) "Bere" means "to drink", but when someone "drinks" somebody else, it means they bust them, catch them (and in this case arrest them); it's really mostly used when the police or some sort of authority is involved.
5) Literally "the madam" -- slang for "police"; not so common anymore (but it might be more used in the North).
6) A reference to San Vittore, a well-known prison in Milan, which is divided into rows.
haii davie!!! thank you for the ask :) i wasn’t exactly sure what do for accidental so i’m just gonna leave it for now💪
17/back of hand - “daddd, i fell off my scooter. where are the bandaids? damian won’t tell me.” gregory frowned, dramatically holding his wrist of his scraped hand.
i got up and pushed my chair in, “i think they’re in one of the kitchen cabinets..maybe.”
the cut didn’t seem too bad but it looked like it probably stung. it might’ve had some pebbles in it. “give me a second.” i took a wild guess and opened the wrong cabinet. third try’s the charm must’ve been true because i got the right cabinet in my third try.
i got out two smaller bandaids and a disinfectant thing. i looked at gregory and held both of them in my hand, “do you want to do it or do you want me to?”
gregory paused before proudly saying, “i’ll do it.”
“alright well. let me know if you get hurt on the scooter again.” i said, handing him the items. gregory gave me a thumbs up (with the non hurt hand) and started to clean the scrape
cole mcward is making me look at the osu team a bit more now...
👁👄👁
who do you think are the top 5 guys based on looks?
this is actually a v hard question to answer because there are so many good looking guys imo
but i'd say
(in no particular order)
Cole McWard
Joe Dunlap
Patrick Guzzo
John Larkin
Scooter Brickey
honorable mentions are tyler duke, davis burnside, matt cassidy, jake wise, cam thiesing & sometimes mason lohrei (he has been hitting different... he's just tall & a sarcastic little a$$ but he's really growing on me)
Okay, so I'm enjoying Maryellen's first book more than I thought I would be. We've finished the first third (the whole "Meet Maryellen" bit) and it was cute! It's more tame than I would say I remember other character's meet stories being, but it was fun. I really enjoyed the family dynamics at play and that Maryellen really thought about how life and things has affected her mother. Also her friendship with Davy is too adorable.
Although can someone let me know if her dog Scooter makes it through the whole series? It's mentioned that he's older and I want a heads up if anything happens to him. (One of our cats passed away earlier this month and his death has been rough on my kids.) Also have a sneak peek at a project I'm planning on starting for one of my kiddos.😊