Fellas,
Can we table this for the moment? I realize that you're having fun, but
after all this is the ARSC list.
UD
On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 6:24 AM, Louis Hone <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I guess the Russian translation of "cat fight", would be: "Pussy Riot" :)
>
> Louis
>
>
> 2013/3/29 Art Shifrin <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > I cite these carefully researched FACTS:
> >
> > In "Putty Tat Trouble" (1951, directed by Friz Freleng) Sylvester and a
> > one-eyed male orange tabby fight gruesomely over Tweety.
> >
> > In "Gruesome Twosome" (1945 directed by Bob Clampett) two male cats
> (one
> > yellow, the other red) are violently fighting for procreation rights
> (only
> > implied due to 1945 standards) with a female. She intervenes, and informs
> > them that the victor will be the one to provide her a bird for dinner.
> >
> > Metadata:
> >
> > a) The red cat is a parody of Jimmy Durante. It has long been
> > debated if the yellow one
> >
> > is supposed to be Eddie Jackson.
> >
> >
> > b) Originally drawn without feathers in the as yet un-named
> > character's debut three years before in "A Tale Of Two Kitties", censors
> > astutely decided that a least a few influential repressed guardians of
> > public morals (i.e. item e) would perceive him as being naked.
> Curiously,
> > no such objections had arisen about Daffy Duck's frequent lack of
> attire.
> > In all subsequent appearances and over his strenuous objections, the
> > widdle boyd has been forced to don a faux tail feather. Louella Parsons
> > later broke the real story that his objection pertained to itching.
> > Journalistic standards of the time prevented her from revealing where the
> > itch was occurring. After seventy-one years, the dispute is expected to
> > soon be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court (see item d)
> >
> > c) This was the last time that Tweety worked for his creator,
> Bob
> > Clampett. Clampett never explained the reason for the schism, which
> > presaged the break-up of Martin & Lewis. But he did later admit that he
> > based Tweety's depiction on his baby pictures.
> >
> > d) After this film and despite violent arguments over who would
> > get top billing, the two critters formally became partners. But the
> matter
> > of who (if either) has a majority interest in all of their joint ventures
> > continues to work its way through California and Federal Courts. The
> case
> > has been combined with the litigation cited in item b.
> >
> > e) Two years later, rabid "Dixiecrat" and segregationist Strom
> > Thurmond was soundly elected to his to-be-long-held U.S. senate seat
> > because of his virulent and incessant agitation about this film, which he
> > cited as proof that segregation by color was necessary to maintain civic
> > order.
> >
> > Shiffy
> >
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