Belling the Cat

[Nebulous Rikulau]

But is the tamper-resistance of the collar good enough to prevent him from putting a quick shot of epoxy into each bell to silence it? They do appear to be standard 'jingle' bells.

Maybe they're solid state systems that look and bing like a bell for the effect of the thing.

Or as I thought of, soon after my previous post, something like the Chinese excercise balls. Inside a sealed sphere is a loosely connected metal plate that chimes when the clapper(also inside the sphere) hits it. They aren't extremely loud, but they are rather tamper proof.

[Baxtrr]

Little_Dragon

The series didn't last long, but it gained a very strong fan base.

*raises paw*

Does ANYONE have a videotape of the first airing of "A Day In The Life" before they cut out that amazing scene with Colleen and Exile explaining where Russian family names came from? It was the single funniest scene of a very, very funny series (which also happened to be the closest that Furrydom ever got to mainstream TV exposure).

bax

[Quill]

The "explosive collar" idea was explored in the Rutger Hauer movie alternately known as Wedlock or Deadlock, also starring Mimi Rogers and Joan Chen. B-grade but worth it if one is a Hauer fan.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0103239

[Little_Dragon]

Does ANYONE have a videotape of the first airing of "A Day In The Life" before they cut out that amazing scene with Colleen and Exile explaining where Russian family names came from?

I have a copy. I believe I have them all, more or less.

I was disappointed that TOON Disney butchered the Gargoyles series, also.

[ZOMBIE USER 10915]

Little_Dragon

I have a copy. I believe I have them all, more or less.

*raises paw*

If your making copies please count me in.

[Little_Dragon]

This raises the nasty spectre of copyright, piracy, and distribution issues.

On one hand, most studios tend to frown upon such matters (or have their lawyers do the frowning for them).

On the other hand, I wouldn't be selling the tapes or making a profit, and I can eat anyone who tries to serve me papers.

And on the third hand (borrowing Sheepdog's paw), Road Rovers isn't available commercially on videotape or DVD (yet), so I wouldn't be cutting into the WB's profits, either.

Thoughts? Rebuttals? Fatted calves? Discuss.

[HugoFuchs]

This raises the nasty spectre of copyright, piracy, and distribution issues.

I would see if it's slated for release, if not I wouldn't feel obligated to not put it on tape. I would call it theft of intellectual property if they had it available.

[HugoFuchs]

Does ANYONE have a videotape of the first airing of "A Day In The Life" before they cut out that amazing scene with Colleen and Exile explaining where Russian family names came from? It was the single funniest scene of a very, very funny series (which also happened to be the closest that Furrydom ever got to mainstream TV exposure).

bax

You must mean:


Parvo : State your name.
Exile : Exilov Mikhailovich Sandhusky.
Parvo : What kind of a name is that?
Exile : It is Russian. All Russian names are like this.
Colleen: That's right. You see...

Colleen: Russian names
Are a kind of a game
Exile : There's a first
And a last
And a middle name.
Colleen: Giving the first name
Is the mama's chore
Exile : Like Boris
Alexander
Or Fyador.
Blitz : The last name comes
From the family
Exile : Like Pushkin
Basylrov
Or Porfiry.
Colleen: With the middle name
Now here comes the fun
The papa gives his first name
To the son.
Exile : He then adds an -ovich
Or -yevich to the end
Blitz : Here's an example
So you comprehend:
Colleen: The papa's name is Sonov
Now here's the switch
Exile : The kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich.
EC+B : Yes, the kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich!
Yeah!
8)

[HugoFuchs]

This is what colleen looks like. just for reference.

8)

[Mako]

You must mean:

Exile : He then adds an -ovich
Or -yevich to the end
Blitz : Here's an example
So you comprehend:
Colleen: The papa's name is Sonov
Now here's the switch
Exile : The kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich.
EC+B : Yes, the kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich!
Yeah!
8)

Bwhahah! That's some clever and tight writing there, love it

Tnx!
Mako

[Quill]

This raises the nasty spectre of copyright, piracy, and distribution issues.

Thoughts? Rebuttals? Fatted calves? Discuss.

I do a moderate amount of copying of various TV shows for friends and fellow fans who have missed episodes. I do it at cost (postage and blank tape). These are shows that are not available in any hard copy format right now, and that may never be shown again; one is cancelled. In some lights, distribution of such shows, if done without profit, can be seen as a booster to the company that owns the show. Get enough people hooked on it, even after it's been cancelled, and it may become popular enough that the company finds it worth its while to produce it on hard copy or even rerun it.

[Matt Trepal]

You must mean:

Exile : He then adds an -ovich
Or -yevich to the end
Blitz : Here's an example
So you comprehend:
Colleen: The papa's name is Sonov
Now here's the switch
Exile : The kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich.
EC+B : Yes, the kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich!
Yeah!
8)

Bwhahah! That's some clever and tight writing there, love it

Tnx!
Mako

This is the sort of intricate wordplay (and image play) that makes animation great. Especially when the writers put in stuff like this that will be far over the heads of the intended audience (young kids) but adults will get.

I'm reminded of a few episodes of Rocko's Modern Life a wonderfully surreal and nonsensical cartoon that had a brief run on Nickelodeon in the mid- to late-90's. There was an episode-long parody of The Shining, and another elaborate joke to reach a pun on the Beatles song "Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except for Me and My Monkey," but my favorite is really elaborate, and subtle. You had to be watching carefully to get it.

There's lots of backstory that I won't bore you all with, but it involves Rocko's neighbor, Earl Bighead, trying to get Rocko and his friends Heffer (a cow raised by wolves -- another great bit) and Filbert to participate in his bowling team, so that he can win the league championship. Mr. Bighead knocks on Rocko's door. Rocko answers, holding a ping-pong paddle.

"Hello, boys," Mr. Bighead says as Rocko opens the door. "How would you like to play a game?"

Rocko looks rather nervous, and glances back into the living room. "I'm sorry, Mr. Bighead," he says, "we're already playing a game." Behind him, Heffer and Filbert are sitting around a board game, also holding paddles. In the center of the game board is a pylon topped by a monkey on all fours. As the door is opened, we can see that the monkey is spinning, slowly coming to a stop.

They were playing Spank the Monkey.

That's just so outrageous, I fell out of my chair from laughing so hard, once I realized what was going on. That they got it past any censors is even more impressive. I think it goes to show that network censors just aren't very clever, because if they had been able to figure that out it never would have flown.

<small>And I'm convinced that the writers of The Simpsons wrote that entire country club episode just because one of them came up with that "open faced club sand wedge" joke. But it doesn't compare to that game.</small>

[HugoFuchs]

censor and clever are almost mutually exclusive.

It's like watching how many adult digs were put into the marxs brothers, the three stooges, Laurel & Hardy, that go over your head as a kid, but you can find as an adult. There are alot of puns in them as well. Good stuff that is missing from too many of today's shows.

[ZOMBIE USER 10915]

*laughing hysterically and wiping tears from eyes*

So many great memories, thanks HugoFuchs and Matt Trepal.

Little Dragon please don't do anything you don't feel comfortable with.

I don't agree with anyone copying easily available material, but if the media giants won't accomidate the fans of forgotten classics, someone must!

[Quill]

This is the sort of intricate wordplay (and image play) that makes animation great. Especially when the writers put in stuff like this that will be far over the heads of the intended audience (young kids) but adults will get.

This is part of the reason, I believe, that one of the most popular TV shows in my college dorm was "Sesame Street."

The BATB finale may have topped it for sheer number of people, but that was just one episode.

[Baxtrr]

You must mean:

Exile : He then adds an -ovich
Or -yevich to the end
Blitz : Here's an example
So you comprehend:
Colleen: The papa's name is Sonov
Now here's the switch
Exile : The kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich.
EC+B : Yes, the kid's middle name
Is Sonovovich!
Yeah!
8)

Bwhahah! That's some clever and tight writing there, love it

Tnx!
Mako

What you miss, in the print version, is that this is all done as a rap song, complete with backing music, and as they deliver the last line everything simply STOPS. They freeze in mid-gesture, obviously waiting for applause or a comment or SOMETHING. And there's silence. And silence. And silence. And then their interrogator just turns out the lights on them all.

Classic.

bax

[Kanaeda Kuonji]

Ah, Road Rovers, how I miss it...

Getting back on topic, the poor lions have just done the equivalent of the Darwin Awards, as the belling has effectively removed them from the gene pool, heh.