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The Easiest Way To Draw A Close To Your Next Retreat

I like cartoons. I mean, who does not.

They represent an epoch of innocence that only lasts about 10 years where each and every story kicks off with 'Once upon a time ' and concludes with 'happily ever after. '

The End.

Or is it?

I have fond memories of awaking early before middle school simply to stare in front of the TV and watch Tom andamp; Jerry run around chasing one another.

Or hilarious characters in the vein of Dick Dastardly and his fighter pilot hound Muttley, with that cheeky bark-cum-laugh hi hi hi hi hi hi hi!

Thanks to those ingenious Warner Bros, moms and pappas around the planet taught their kids about the birds and the bees with dogs and cats.

And panthers, mice, roosters, bears, ducks, rabbits. In fact , it looked, anything but a real human.

And who can forget Bugs Bunny's taste for carrots, Wiley Coyote's obsession with ACME dynamite, and Pepe Le Pew's constant amorous moves toward anything with a heartbeat.

Come to think about it, those cunning cartoonists were prepping us small rug rats for life in (and beyond) the playground.

If you take away the cute characters, whimsical music and of course, the breakfast timeslot, you had an adult grand narrative of Food, Hate and Love that was fed daily into susceptible minds together with Coco Pops, full cream milk and that mesmerising melody of 'snap, crackle and pop. '

I am not sure which was more syrupy - the Fruit Loops or the Loony Tunes?

Weekend morning telly sure was a veritable Animal Farm. (And no, not the one I'm sure you're thinking).

You learned the facts of life from toons - much before The Facts Of Life was first aired in 1979!

Then there was also that strange group of blue characters called The Smurfs who lived in a magical forest and ate miraculous fungi (or was that the creators of the show?). Let's bear in mind this was way before The Blue Man Group - and lots more interesting, if you ask me.

I mean, where in any society does there exist a family unit composed of only one female and an apparently never-ending supply of males, led by the one they call "Papa"?

I believe here's where the phrase 'Who's your daddy ' had its roots, but that is another subject altogether.

The point is, whether you're a big kid or a small kid, toons are always lots of fun.

It isn't relevant if you are watching them on TV or watching a professional cartoonist draw a caricature: a creative illustration, a black and white sketch, or an inventive doodle can take us all back to that golden period of innocence.

Ha ha, I said doodle.

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by: Jeff De Cleff
Total views: 6 - Word Count: 456 - Date: Sat, 3 Sep 2011

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