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Al Qaeda Turns Itself Into a Bunch of Cartoonish Terrorists

by Tom Henderson, Posted Jul 22nd 2011 11:30AM

Credit: AP It's just like "Super Friends" -- that is, if Superman wore a shroud instead of cape, worked as a terrorist instead of a reporter and dreamed of being greeted in the Phantom Zone by 72 Lois Lanes after bombing the Daily ...Al Qaeda thinks cartoon can sell terrorism like breakfast cereal.
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Sorry, Tom & Jerry, Cartoon Violence Doesn't Reel Kids In, Study Finds

by Lesley Kennedy, Posted May 25th 2011 12:30PM

Credit: Amazon So, the Road Runner regularly blows up Wile E. Coyote with Acme explosives. And Tom? He's always taking a frying pan to the face from that rascal Jerry. As for the hijinks that go on between Itchy and Scratchy from "The ...Hold the avils! Kids don't actually love violent TV shows.
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G.I. Joe Dolls: A Brief History

by Sally Worsham, Posted Nov 4th 2009 12:45PM

G.I. Joe's appearance marked the debut of the action figure. Hasbro introduced the military-themed dolls in 1964. The original figures were realistic 12-inch toy soldiers that represented the four branches of the U.S. Armed Forces. The Action Soldier ...
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Beyoncé Appears On Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

by Brett Singer, Posted Apr 28th 2009 11:00AM

Beyoncé Knowles is having a big week. First she fights off a fake tape of her singing horribly off-key. Then her movie, "Obsessed", opens at number one despite the fact that critics seemed to hate it. Oh, and she has a mega-multi-super-uber ...
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What Happened to Saturday Morning?

by Brett Singer, Posted Mar 27th 2009 2:00PM

I remember waking up on Saturday, pouring myself a bowl of cereal and eagerly devouring a wide range of animated goodness. But like so many things in life -- the ability to stay up past 11 p.m., remembering what you were just about to do, my hair -- ...
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Bolt - Good Dog, Good Movie

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Nov 29th 2008 2:00PM

When we went to see Bolt on Friday night, we took friends who just found a little lost kitty in a tree in their backyard. My friend was firm in her commitment not to become its new owner, should it's original family not be found. But after meeting ...
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Dad's Brown Bag Drawings Make the Rest of Us Look Bad

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Nov 17th 2008 6:00PM

It's pretty cool when you're dad knows the names of all of your favorite cartoon characters. But when you're dad draws them, in detail, onto your lunch bag every. single. day? Well, that's a whole new level of cool. Lucky kids Dana and Dylan ...
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DailyDish - Monopoly still the king of board games

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Oct 6th 2008 6:02AM

With multiple players, varying levels and thematic design, Monopoly is a game that can be enjoyed by the whole family, even young children. ...
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For Better or For Worse - What was old is new again

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Aug 28th 2008 2:00PM

(Click the image above to see a larger version of the comic strip.) When I was growing up, there was always a "For Better or For Worse" comic cut from the paper and stuck to our refrigerator. The Pattersons may have been an imaginary family, but ...
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Take the quiz: Pixar

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 1st 2008 2:03PM

A lot of people love Pixar. The amazing animation studio, with incredible artists like John Lasseter and Pete Docter, has a knack for infusing life and soul into normally inanimate objects. With hits like the Toy Story movies, Monsters, Inc, Finding ...
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Smurfs coming to the big screen

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jun 11th 2008 8:00PM

Like everything else nostalgia-minded these days, yet another childhood favorite cartoon is making its way to the big screen. Whether the cartoon in question heading to tinsel town is a good thing or not depends on your opinion of smurfology, I ...
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Saturday morning sugar rush

by Bethany Sanders, Posted Apr 12th 2008 8:00AM

In our house, we try not to label foods "bad" or "good," but instead try to categorize them as "all the time" foods and "sometimes" foods. Potato chips are ok, we just don't eat them every day (unless we're camping, then it's a requirement). ...
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The worst Christmas movies

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Dec 7th 2007 11:12AM

I'm not sure if it's an annual tradition yet, but Maxim magazine recently released their list of the fourteen worst Christmas movies. I thought it was pretty hilarious, and, sadly, pretty accurate. Why does this matter to us (many of whom don't ...
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Fifty years of the wabbit

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jul 9th 2007 10:29AM

It's a classic. It was voted, by those who know, as the best ever. And you probably don't even know its name. I know I didn't. Just for the record, it's called "What's Opera, Doc?" and it is the greatest cartoon of all. Furthermore, It's now fifty ...
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Product Recall: Powerpuff Girls necklaces

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 15th 2006 9:03AM

Rhode Island Novelty, of Cumberland, R.I., in cooperation with the Consumer Product Safety Commission, is voluntarily recalling their Children's "Powerpuff Girls" Necklaces. The jewelry contains high levels of lead. These necklaces have pendants ...
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