On Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:02:07 -0800, Kevin Wampler wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:39:24 -0800, Darren New wrote:
>> 
>>> Mueen Nawaz wrote:
>>>> 	Overall story was good, but not great.
>>> Is it even possible to make a children's movie that isn't going to
>>> seem fairly trite to an adult?
>> 
>> I've seen a few that worked well that way - though at the moment I'm
>> having a bit of a memory access issue and can't come up with the name
>> of one.
> 
> The Muppets (including the movies) still have a pretty reasonable adult
> following -- partially because of the double-entendre aspect that you
> mention.  Other than Pixar films, I think a lot of Miyazaki's stuff also
> holds up very well to an adult viewing.

Ah, yes, the Muppets.  You've just reminded me of something else I wanted 
to get my wife. :-)

>> But basically it's kinda like something like Animaniacs
> 
> I miss the Animaniacs, and the zany other shows they inspired too (like
> Freakazoid).  Out of curiosity, are there any good kids shows on these
> days?  In the few times I've tuned in recently I've only seen Yu-Gi-Oh
> and some other highly non-interesting shows.

I don't know myself - I spend a fair amount of time watching things like 
Spooks, 24, and Law & Order.  :-)

Jim

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