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Where Deadrobot brushes up against celebrities

New Loonies

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While in Orlando I discovered Cartoon Network. Okay I knew it was there but being Canadian we’re not allowed to have the full brunt of American culture thrust upon us, so some channels get held back so we can develop our own cartoons/shows (See Clone High)

Anyway, while dressing for Disney one morning I came across the NEW Looney Tunes and my god, it was like the shitty remixed, re-edited, cut apart, badly censored 80s were forgotten. Even the animation (while still retaining the excellent stylings of Chuck Jones) was above par for television.

Get a load of this writing/voice talent:

Are you hearing me, Teletoon?! Get this across the 49th Parallel now!

Comics, Walks, Flickr And Twitter

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Today social media overflowed into my life.

SharkBoy and I got up early-ish and had breakfast at one of our haunts… the Coach House on Yonge.

They Do, if You Ensue it Happens.

After, we hit the Toronto Reference Library for the TCAF where Social Media crashed into me hard. First I met Steve MacIssac of Shirtlifter fame and while my eyes hungrily ate up his thick frame (I follow his reference pictures on Flickr and smile), I happily shucked out $6 for a signed copy of his first comic. Signed. Suck it!!

Then it was a short hop to Joel Watson’s table. The creator of Hijinks Ensue was awesome and a really super great guy.

Me And Joel!

So I bought a book and he asked what sketch I wanted in the front cover. I hesitated and asked for “Joel”, not sure if I should have said “you” since the comic characters are of real people, himself included, in impossible geek situations. He hesitated too. “Me? Usually people ask for…”

“…Josh?” I finish. Josh is a gay character in his universe who 9 times out of 10 is the funny guy to Joel’s straight (ha.) man.

This is what I got:

I like you. I really like you!

After spending some time and cash, we wandered with our cameras down to the Distillery District and took some pics:

It's a Walking Eye, Hank! A WALKING EYE!

Then we walked down by some dockside bars and met up with @TomWDart. Actually he was out enjoying the sun and looked good especially after his bout with some viral thing.

Tall Tom

On the way home we saw some tumblers. Not the drinky drink kind, the bouncy bounce kind:

Boing!

And then SharkBoy was on his knees in the park. Tsk. But he got the shot!

Tyra called...

Now we’re about to sit down with a good movie or heroin or something. A perfect day!!

Geromino!

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SharkBoy: What do you suppose Bear Grylls is doing right now?

Me: Drinking pee!

SharkBoy: I would think he was jumping out of a plane…

Me: While punching a tiger!

SharkBoy: …or something.

Me: I bet he’s crocheting a picture of a tiger getting a punch as he jumps out of a plane!

SharkBoy: While drinking pee.

Friday Link Round Up!

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Someone over at The Guardian got to see and play a preview of Portal 2 and he is impressed. Colour me anxious! I can’t wait for April 21!!


At lunch today I downloaded the mega-pack of Atari’s Greatest Hits for the iPad. I got to zip through a few games including Tempest and a little nerd tear rolled down my 8-bit cheek. However, the Atari 2600 version of Tempest sucked ass. As it did back then. Controls are touchy (ha!) but oh the sweet Tron-like memories that flooded back into my gullet. Here’s a video! (Via BoingBoing)

Robots and Disney News (is there any other?): PeeWee’s Paul Rubens (as the Flight of the Navigatory REX) has been bumped out of the pilot seat on Star Tours 2, replaced by a far more competent Anthony Daniels/C3P0. Expect ‘3P0 give you the possibility odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field (approximately 3,720 to 1).

From the mailbag: Josh sends on this news story of the most successful hand model in history. MESMERIZING! It’s like Medusa’s head without the hissing! I had to watch it a couple times, thinking it was a parody. Nope. Real.

Eric Rubright sends me this video of Autobots getting their Thriller on. Why the Xmas tree?

Still on robots, Topless Robot pops up this video of everyone’s faaavorite Stormtrooper, TK-421, proclaiming the Death Star was his idea.