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I like everyone!
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My favorite thing about The Simpsons is it made it socially acceptable for adults to watch cartoons, necessary even :-)
Happy fun confessional time, I love Family Guy Star Wars even more then the original movies, I also love Spongebob Squarepants and have seen every episode and both movies :-)
Fair enough. Can't stand the sponge - it makes my head hurt and brain run more slowly just by proximity. I know several very intelligent people who... who... blech... who... like... hrk... it... and... uuuuggghhhuuuhhh... that's... that's... fine... mm. Yes. It's fine.
EDIT: Though Family Guy Star Wars is pretty awesome.
Also, for the Simpsons, I have a... thing... about protagonists that are too stupid or malevolent (or just jerk-ish, even sans active malice). It's why I never got into the The Simpsons (also, my parents forbade such, and I saw nothing to contradict this), South Park, or Married With Children, for example.
Do you guys want to watch this show! i cannot tell you how many people i've told about it, and then never watch it, while giving half-assed excuses (except thegreenarrowgamer, he has a very relevant excuse:-p) its really good, got us thru the great flea epidemic of 2012:-)I will give it a shot soon as my 4GLTE resets!
Not seen it. Might have to check it. :D
Oh hey, no disagreement here, I blitzed through Gargoyles a couple years back myself, and Beast Wars while I was at it.I was born too late for the Thundercats era. I'm more of a Ninja Turtles/Animaniacs/Gargoyles/Batman TAS/Amazing Spiderman/Sonic SatAM/etc. era kid.See, I watched the cartoons Gambitbear mentions into Highschool and college. Yes, I was a nerd. I don't caaaaare~!There was some generational overlap with those shows, Gambitbear. For example, I watched the heck out of some Animaniacs in middle school.
I am a massive Pinky and the Brain fan. I have the entire series on DVD, and it gets much playtime. I also have all but one Animaniacs.
I just need to find Pinky, Elmira and the Brain to complete the collection with that last, obscure, unpopular edition.
Gargoyles is the best.
Yes. Yes it is. Objectively. :D
(Except for the series-add-on-that-shan't-be-named.)
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I can do the voices of a Spongebob (especially his laugh:-D), Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Larry the Lobster and Karen flawlessly, i'm passable as Plankton and Pearlie (Mr. Krabs Whale of a daughter:-p)
i'm a voices kind of guy:-)
kids love me :-p
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Oh hey, no disagreement here, I blitzed through Gargoyles a couple years back myself, and Beast Wars while I was at it.I was born too late for the Thundercats era. I'm more of a Ninja Turtles/Animaniacs/Gargoyles/Batman TAS/Amazing Spiderman/Sonic SatAM/etc. era kid.See, I watched the cartoons Gambitbear mentions into Highschool and college. Yes, I was a nerd. I don't caaaaare~!There was some generational overlap with those shows, Gambitbear. For example, I watched the heck out of some Animaniacs in middle school.
I am a massive Pinky and the Brain fan. I have the entire series on DVD, and it gets much playtime. I also have all but one Animaniacs.
I just need to find Pinky, Elmira and the Brain to complete the collection with that last, obscure, unpopular edition.
Gargoyles is the best.Yes. Yes it is. Objectively. :D
(Except for the series-add-on-that-shan't-be-named.)
I dunno what you're talking about. When the TV series got cancelled they released the 3rd-season-to-be as an excellent comic book. It was great, if sadly short.
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When the Simpsons came out, it was a time when, prior to this, all cartoons were kid friendly. As a result, my parents didn't know any better until I was at least two seasons in and ingrained enough that I didn't want out.
I distinctly remember my father sitting me and my best friend at the time down saying, "Oh look, some kind of Christmas special. You two enjoy," for the first episode.
Unlike Peter Griffin, Homer 1) actually is a good person at heart, even if he's an idiot, and 2) is actually naturally intelligent, but has a crayon jammed in his brain. There was a great Flowers For Algernon spoof addressing that. A poignant episode that resonated strongly with me growing up gifted and the treatment I received for it as a youth.
Lousy society actually looking down on people for being mentally capable. Our world where it's okay to call someone a nerd, but call the other guy an idiot and you get a referral....
Rassin frassin...
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Yeah my parents figured that one out really quick. I remember - vaguely - seeing some Simpsons episodes when I was five or six, before my Dad very firmly decided that we weren't going to watch that show.
It was either 1990 or 1991, and I'd only seen a few episodes, and it wasn't Ninja Turtles (which was hands-down my favorite TV show of all time until I was eight or nine, when it stopped showing new stuff and got replaced by Power Rangers, which within a year got replaced by Batman TAS, Amazing Spider-Man, and the X-Men cartoon), so it didn't phase me much to lose it.
It wasn't until I was in junior high that I realized how much of a minority I was in, when nearly everyone around me could quote Simpsons stuff and would talk about certain episodes, and by then I got so sick of the peer overexposure that I didn't want to see it, which mostly still persists to this day.
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Fair enough. Can't stand the sponge - it makes my head hurt and brain run more slowly just by proximity. I know several very intelligent people who... who... blech... who... like... hrk... it... and... uuuuggghhhuuuhhh... that's... that's... fine... mm. Yes. It's fine.My favorite thing about The Simpsons is it made it socially acceptable for adults to watch cartoons, necessary even :-)
Happy fun confessional time, I love Family Guy Star Wars even more then the original movies, I also love Spongebob Squarepants and have seen every episode and both movies :-)
Oh yeah. My dad loves SpongeBob for some reason. I have yet to understand it, but I can't tolerate it much myself.
Also, for the Simpsons, I have a... thing... about protagonists that are too stupid or malevolent (or just jerk-ish, even sans active malice). It's why I never got into the The Simpsons (also, my parents forbade such, and I saw nothing to contradict this), South Park, or Married With Children, for example.
Oh yeah, those series were where the idea of "family sitcom with dumb father, overbearing and/or manipulative mother, and kids running rampant" really got its start, wasn't it? One of my least favorite tropes in TV storytelling, really. =/
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In other news: hoping we can go somewhere for Mother's Day this afternoon. Haven't heard from the parents as far as scheduling goes though.
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Marge certainly isn't overbearing, and Lisa isn't out of control.
Really it promotes the "males are awful, females are incapable of doing wrong" trope more than anything.
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I wouldn't know, but it's more of a general trope of that kind of family-based sitcom of the late-80s to today in total, rather than speaking specifically.
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Grabbing the roses and heading over to ma's soon. Feelin good today had a celebration yesterday for finishing college again. 3 cakes, 2 kegs, and 25#s of smoked pulled pork all gone! I love it when a plan comes together. /lights cigar
I watched the simpons for awhile got tired of it same with family guy. I loved me some duck tails as a kid.
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I love pretty much all cartoons, right meow my favorites are Archer and Bob's Burgers
See what you made me do, create a new alias :-)
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Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)
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SIMPSONS AND MARRIED WITH CHILDREN FOR LIFE!
also love bobs burgers.
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Ah, the evidence for being the anti-Freehold continues to pile up.
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Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)
+1
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What is your favorite post?
What is your favorite post of mine?
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Happy Mother's Day, all! Happy Mother's Day, my Love!
I'll get back on the question-answering wagon soon enough!
EDIT: Note to self: fifteen posts. XD
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Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)+1
Thanks! I appreciate it!
It's been a good family day. :)
Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)+1Thanks! I appreciate it!
It's been a good family day. :)
Meow you're talking!
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You totally threw me with that avatar pic. I was reading your post thinking, what the heck, my hubby never works Saturday nights. :)
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I wouldn't know, but it's more of a general trope of that kind of family-based sitcom of the late-80s to today in total, rather than speaking specifically.
We went to an awesome local Italian place and chatted for a while over great salad and garlic rolls, and got a couple days' worth of leftovers out of our main courses. Mission accomplished =)
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There you go, made it much less confusing :-)
It seemed like a better idea in my head at the time :-)
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HangarFlying, I think you just blew my mind, man.
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I used to think my posts that Tacticslion favorited were special. That his approval was something significant. Now, I am no longer sure that his approval means anything seeing how freely it is given away.
CURSE YOU JIGGY! THIS THREAD HAS UNDERMINED MY SELF CONFIDENCE!
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What is your favorite post?
What is your favorite post of mine?
Why have you not answered these questions yet?
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Why have you not answered these questions yet?What is your favorite post?
What is your favorite post of mine?
~smirks~ It is because you are not his favorite.
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WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!
TL MEGA-POST INCOMING!
5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0~!
IT BEGINS:
I can do the voices of a Spongebob (especially his laugh:-D), Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Larry the Lobster and Karen flawlessly, i'm passable as Plankton and Pearlie (Mr. Krabs Whale of a daughter:-p)
i'm a voices kind of guy:-)
kids love me :-p
I, too, am a "voices" guy, though I'm inconsistent at best. I am, however, known for my "cow". Mooooooooooooo~!
I dunno what you're talking about. When the TV series got cancelled they released the 3rd-season-to-be as an excellent comic book. It was great, if sadly short.
To break my own rule mentioned above, just for others' knowledge, I'm going to name it: there was a series of Gargoyles towards the end of its run called Goliath Chronicles. It was... less awesome than the rest of the show.
When the Simpsons came out, it was a time when, prior to this, all cartoons were kid friendly. As a result, my parents didn't know any better until I was at least two seasons in and ingrained enough that I didn't want out.
I distinctly remember my father sitting me and my best friend at the time down saying, "Oh look, some kind of Christmas special. You two enjoy," for the first episode.
Unlike Peter Griffin, Homer 1) actually is a good person at heart, even if he's an idiot, and 2) is actually naturally intelligent, but has a crayon jammed in his brain. There was a great Flowers For Algernon spoof addressing that. A poignant episode that resonated strongly with me growing up gifted and the treatment I received for it as a youth.
Lousy society actually looking down on people for being mentally capable. Our world where it's okay to call someone a nerd, but call the other guy an idiot and you get a referral....
Rassin frassin...
Yeah my parents figured that one out really quick. I remember - vaguely - seeing some Simpsons episodes when I was five or six, before my Dad very firmly decided that we weren't going to watch that show.
It was either 1990 or 1991, and I'd only seen a few episodes, and it wasn't Ninja Turtles (which was hands-down my favorite TV show of all time until I was eight or nine, when it stopped showing new stuff and got replaced by Power Rangers, which within a year got replaced by Batman TAS, Amazing Spider-Man, and the X-Men cartoon), so it didn't phase me much to lose it.
It wasn't until I was in junior high that I realized how much of a minority I was in, when nearly everyone around me could quote Simpsons stuff and would talk about certain episodes, and by then I got so sick of the peer overexposure that I didn't want to see it, which mostly still persists to this day.
My experience was much closer to Gambitbear's. I didn't see a full episode until something like six years ago... with my father at his house. Because we were both adults. I never really missed it, even in high school. I was always supremely uninterested in seeing either that or South Park - the other super-popular show at the time - and the more people quoted and described them to interest me the less my interest became.
Fair enough. Can't stand the sponge - it makes my head hurt and brain run more slowly just by proximity. I know several very intelligent people who... who... blech... who... like... hrk... it... and... uuuuggghhhuuuhhh... that's... that's... fine... mm. Yes. It's fine.My favorite thing about The Simpsons is it made it socially acceptable for adults to watch cartoons, necessary even :-)
Happy fun confessional time, I love Family Guy Star Wars even more then the original movies, I also love Spongebob Squarepants and have seen every episode and both movies :-)
Oh yeah. My dad loves SpongeBob for some reason. I have yet to understand it, but I can't tolerate it much myself.
Also, for the Simpsons, I have a... thing... about protagonists that are too stupid or malevolent (or just jerk-ish, even sans active malice). It's why I never got into the The Simpsons (also, my parents forbade such, and I saw nothing to contradict this), South Park, or Married With Children, for example.Oh yeah, those series were where the idea of "family sitcom with dumb father, overbearing and/or manipulative mother, and kids running rampant" really got its start, wasn't it? One of my least favorite tropes in TV storytelling, really. =/
I always have a headache after Spongebob. Blech to bad family tropes.
Marge certainly isn't overbearing, and Lisa isn't out of control.
Really it promotes the "males are awful, females are incapable of doing wrong" trope more than anything.
Also (but lesser) blech to these tropes. Not because it has strong female characters - that's a good thing - but I feel that it continually stresses inequity in family and personal expectations.
I wouldn't know, but it's more of a general trope of that kind of family-based sitcom of the late-80s to today in total, rather than speaking specifically.
Exactly. And, to be clear, referencing said tropes is actually fine... I just don't like the whole show to be nothing but.
In other news: hoping we can go somewhere for Mother's Day this afternoon. Haven't heard from the parents as far as scheduling goes though.
A bit late, but the whole time I was thinking, "Good luck, and God bless you!
... and then...
I wouldn't know, but it's more of a general trope of that kind of family-based sitcom of the late-80s to today in total, rather than speaking specifically.We went to an awesome local Italian place and chatted for a while over great salad and garlic rolls, and got a couple days' worth of leftovers out of our main courses. Mission accomplished =)
Congratulations! Woot!
Grabbing the roses and heading over to ma's soon. Feelin good today had a celebration yesterday for finishing college again. 3 cakes, 2 kegs, and 25#s of smoked pulled pork all gone! I love it when a plan comes together. /lights cigar
I watched the simpons for awhile got tired of it same with family guy. I loved me some duck tails as a kid.
Ack! Allergic! Alleeeeeeeerrrrrrrrgiiiiiiiic!
Also, congratulations! And happy (belated) mother's day to you and your mother!
Also, also: DUCK TAIL - WOO~OO! (And the Moon Theme~!)
I love pretty much all cartoons, right meow my favorites are Archer and Bob's Burgers
See what you made me do, create a new alias :-)
Glad you're enjoying! (Take this as applying to what you will in this comment. :D)
Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)
Huzzah!
SIMPSONS AND MARRIED WITH CHILDREN FOR LIFE!
also love bobs burgers.
... enjoy! (At least we'll always have 08th MS Team!)
Ah, the evidence for being the anti-Freehold continues to pile up.
I've not actually seen Bob's Burgers, so I can't comment. I like the name, though!
Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)+1
Huzzah! +1!
What is your favorite post?
What is your favorite post of mine?
1: I don't know. It's a really good question. I'd have to think about it some more, and, likely, I'll forget by the time I'm done, because I have children and attention defic-SHINY!
2: Dunno! I don't go archive diving enough to know for sure, and I like enough things that I can't recall my favorite's from everyone! It's like Tin Foil Yamakah - I'd once favorite'd a post of his talking about his wife, but it'd been so long since I'd read that, I forgot he had a wife, at least consciously. So... I dunno!
Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)+1Thanks! I appreciate it!
It's been a good family day. :)
Yes! (And a really, really busy Monday after, as it turns out.)
Also happy Meowthers Day Lady Firedove:-)+1Thanks! I appreciate it!
It's been a good family day. :)Meow you're talking!
My, what a handsome fell- Ah, man, you changed it!
Also, you're going to keep the InternationalPunRegistry really, really busy, aren't you?
You totally threw me with that avatar pic. I was reading your post thinking, what the heck, my hubby never works Saturday nights. :)
He didn't throw me off! ... wait.
There you go, made it much less confusing :-)
It seemed like a better idea in my head at the time :-)
That's (many things within) my life. :D
You all do realize that this entire thread is irrelevant unless Tacticslion favorites all of his own posts, don't you?
Nuuuuu-
HangarFlying, I think you just blew my mind, man.
Nnnnnnnnnnuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
I used to think my posts that Tacticslion favorited were special. That his approval was something significant. Now, I am no longer sure that his approval means anything seeing how freely it is given away.
CURSE YOU JIGGY! THIS THREAD HAS UNDERMINED MY SELF CONFIDENCE!
Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu-
Anytime you make a new avvy for a thread, its a good thread.
... okay. Life's good again! :D
Why have you not answered these questions yet?What is your favorite post?
What is your favorite post of mine?
Because I hadn't answered any posts, yet.
Why have you not answered these questions yet?What is your favorite post?
What is your favorite post of mine?
~smirks~ It is because you are not his favorite.
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Or you could interpret it this way. (Which is both true and misleading. My favorite - ever - is my wife and my children and my God and my family. Buuuuu~uuut that's not, exactly, why I hadn't answered that yet, though it was related to those. But I like you! :D)
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Heh. I am aware of Goliath Chronicles, though I never actually watched it - for some reason the Disney channel never played 3rd-season stuff while we were watching Gargoyles, both in syndication and in reruns (I guess we missed the third season in syndication somehow? I'd have to look up what year it came out and apathy has set in). I didn't know it existed until a few years back when I blitzed through the entire series and the comics - in fact I'd never actually seen the Season 2 Finale before then, either, so I didn't know about the Gargoyles' existence getting publicly revealed, the destruction of the Clocktower, or any of the other events that lead into Season 3.
Your feelings also mirror mine on South Park. I remember hearing some kids at school quoting it and other than the "You killed Kenny!" gag (which was semi-funny but still annoying for the swearing that accompanied it, and yes those words before and after were considered swearing in my family, and still are) most of it got a "Wow that's stupid/gross/crude/not funny" reaction from me.
Also, also: DUCK TAIL - WOO~OO! (And the Moon Theme~!)
Life is like a hurricane, here in Duckburg~
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Race cars, lasers, aeroplanes; it's a duck-blur~
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I could't break the chain, but my habit of keeping extra tabs open saved it! Also, the links above lead to the lyrics, as does this one, if you're in need... :D
Finally:
FOR POSTERITY, THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH REVEALS: deleted post one and deleted post two!
Oh come on! It was the easiest song to find
Also loved that show, tho Darkling Duck will always be my favorite..... after Talespin that is:-D
Boo! You broke the chain!
BUWAHAHAHAHAH~! NONE ESCAPE THE EYES OF THE MINISTRY!
... also Talespin and Darkwing Duck. (I prefer the latter, myself, though both were great.)
Disney sure has dropped in quality in the last two decades when you list that stuff out. I watched and enjoyed all of those shows.
Meanwhile, Frozen is the most overrated movie in the history of filmmaking. It wasn't bad, but what the heck was with that hype? I know adults who were swearing I had to see it.
Seriously, even for a kid's movie it was mediocre.
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My Daughter likes Frozen, not her favorite, she hasn't even really asked for one of the dolls, I must be the only dad of an eleven year old girl that can say that:-D
Brave on the other hand, is like my daughter taken cartoon form:-)
She loves that movie, I love it because it gives me an opening for Kingmaker:-D
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I really liked it because of how much focus it had on non-romantic/sexual love and relationships, something you don't get a lot of out of Disney. Nearly every story focuses heavily on the "happily ever after" and the prince-and-princess partnership; Frozen I really liked because how the romance stories were extremely secondary and the primary focus was on the sisters' relationship.
You mean exactly like Malifacent ?
I've never seen Maleficent so I can't comment. I've gotten mixed to negative reactions to it from almost everyone I've spoken to who's seen it, so I didn't waste the money. You're the absolute first person I've spoken to who seems to be positively inclined toward it.
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She's not even an Anti-hero, she's the hero, they are quite upfront with that from the start, its not a subtle movie (tho again one of my daughter's favorites)
They're all well done movies and can't go wrong watching any of them :-)
That's even worse. I want my Maleficent to be the badass villain, not a hero or antihero.
I'm not saying it's bad, I'm saying it's phenomenally overrated and mediocre. Mediocre is acceptable. However if it were half as good as people claim I'd be twice as interested as I was.
*shrug* I thought it was extremely good. We'll have to disagree.
Also, my point with Malifacent was that it did the exact same romance-in-the-background, empowering female non-sexual relationship in the foreground, lead character is misunderstood and screwed over by male character pattern.
I'll take your word for it. =)
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Man, you guys are the worst at chains. I mean, like, seriously.
I love Frozen, though its music is better than the movie.
I love Tangled, though its movie is better than its story.
I love Malificent, though its retcon is painful in its own way (as I love the original as well).
In any event, this isn't the first time Disney "canon" quality dipped.
1) Snow White
2) Pinocchio
3) Fantasia
4) Dumbo
5) Bambi
6) Saludos Amigos
7) The Three Caballeros
8) Make Mine Music
9) Fun and Fancy Free
10) Melody Time
11) The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
12) Cinderella
13) Alice in Wonderland
14) Peter Pan
15) Lady and the Tramp
16) Sleeping Beauty
17) One Hundred and One Dalmations
18) Sword in the Stone
19) The Jungle Book
20) The Aristocats
21) Robin Hood
22) The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
23) The Rescuers
24) The Fox and the Hound
25) The Black Cauldron
26) The Great Mouse Detective
27) Oliver & Company
28) The Little Mermaid
29) The Rescuers Down Under
30) Beauty and the Beast
31) Aladdin
32) The Lion King
33) Pocahontas
34) The Hunchback of Notre Dame
35) Hercules
36) Mulan
37) Tarzaon
38) Fantasia 2000
39) Dinosaur
40) The Emperor's New Groove
41) Atlantis: Lost Empire
42) Lilo & Stitch
43) Treasure Planet
44) Brother Bear
45) Home on the Range
46) Chicken Little
47) Meet the Robinsons
48) Bolt
49) The Princess and the Frog
50) Tangled
51) Winnie the Pooh
52) Wreck-It Ralph
53) Frozen
54) Big Hero 6
So... yep.
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Now, the only one of those I've seen all the way through is 'The Black Cauldron', at age 7 or so. I started screaming halfway through and had to be carried out of the cinema.
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Um, wow you know your Disney, my personal Disney favorite was the one with the alien kids :-)
Anyway, did you all know Charlie Day from it's always sunny in Philadelphia and his real life wife "the Waitress" once played a incestuous backwoods couple on Reno 911!
It's hilarious (and gross:-D)
Edit: lastly by saying Emperors New Groove is underrated you really mean one of the best ever I hope :-)
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Took my daughter to see Bolt in the theater, didn't tell her, it was a complete surprise, the look of sheer wonder and amazement she had as she sat on the edge of her seat thru the whole movie is one of my favorite moments with her :-)