The Parlor. Real Online Chatroom
An awesome dark comedy short film using an idea I’ve wanted to do in various forms for awhile: what if X online were depicted as real life?
Dinosaurs. What Sexual Harris Meant
Sexual Harassment lampooned.
The Simpsons Arcade Game (full)
I used to play this at the movie theater, and Hotskates on Long Island.
The Simpsons (c) 1991 Konami.
A jewel heist gone wrong sees Mr Burns’s sidekick, Smithers, kidnapping Maggie and making his escape. Between one and four players take on the role of either Homer, Marge, Lisa, or Bart in this colorful, horizontally-scrolling beat-em-up from Konami. Each Simpsons character possesses an attacking move specific to them; Marge is armed with a vacuum cleaner, Lisa has a skipping rope, Bart has his skateboard, and Homer fights with his fists. The players must battle their way through a variety of Simpsons-themed levels – such as Springfield and Krustyland – fighting goons, thugs, zombies, drunks, firemen, and several Simpsons regulars. Many Simpsons characters that don’t appear as enemies have ‘cameo’ scenes in the game (Otto working at a burgerstand in Krustyland, for example). The archetypal ‘boss’ character awaits the players at the end of every stage. The game ends with a final showdown with the evil Mr. Burns in his luxurious mansion.
The Simpsons was designed to Konami’s typically-high production standards and was, like the ‘Ninja Turtles’ games that appeared a couple of years’ earlier, very faithful to its source material. The colorful, smoothly-animated sprites captured the spirit of the legendary cartoon superbly, and the game’s many humorous touches were timed to perfection.
– TECHNICAL –
There were several distinct versions of this game available in the arcade, the four player dedicated cabinet, the four player conversion kit (designed to retrofit “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”, but a lot of them ended up on “Gauntlet” machines too), and the two player conversion kit (designed to retrofit almost anything). The only real difference in game-play between versions was the maximum amount of players. The Simpsons dedicated cabinet was fairly large and had an over-sized control panel (to accommodate four players). The sides were decorated with painted side-art showing all five members of the Simpsons family scampering around (Homer seems to be stepping on the tail of the family cat). Some cabinets may have this same scene as a large sticker, instead of it being painted on. American machines are usually blue in color, while the European ones were usually white. The marquee shows a family photo and has a ‘The Simpsons’ logo done in yellow. The control panel repeats the graphics from the marquee and has four joysticks (one for each player), each of which is a different color. Different Simpsons machines will have different sized monitors, although 25” and 32” were the most popular sizes available.
Dinosaurs: New Leaf. Mildly anti-drug episode
After Robbie decides he can live on his own, he soon discovers a plant that, when eaten, makes you happy. He is quick to bring it home and share it with Earl, whose new attitude toward life has very disastrous results.The speech by Robby at the end is cute, but a little asinine considering they later aired once of the most preachy episodes in television history as the series finale, where the entire family dies, along with the rest of the soon-to-be-extinct Dinosaur world as corporate greed driven pollution wipes them out.
The Busy World of Richard Scarry
I was a fan of the books in my pre-kindergarten years and the cartoon was a pretty decent representation. For some reason I always associated a morbid tone with the book at a young age but upon reflection, there was no implication of any sort.
Fraggle Rock. The Preachification Of Convincing John
Mokey decides that eating Doozer constructions hurts their feelings, so she gets Convincing John to help her get the Fraggles to stop. Doc decides to try an old idea of his from his diary.
Dinosaurs. How to pick up girls
Robbie’s got the hots for a young attractive female dinosaur named Caroline Foxworth. But his plan to woo her fails, so he turns to Spike for some help. Of course, Spike’s help isn’t always the most law-abiding, and the two almost end up going to jail. Luckily, the police send Robbie and Spike home. Upon their arrival, Earl and Fran start to argue over the boys’ methodology. But what Earl doesn’t realize is that Spike confesses that the females are causing a lot of trouble with the males. Then Fran punishes Robbie until further notice. Later, Robbie finds out that Spike’s been dating Caroline, which makes him confront him after all the trouble he had from him. But Caroline isn’t pleased and rejects Robbie.
Trix Got Milk Commercial
My favorite
The Secret Life Of Toys
A series on the Disney Channel spawned by the 1989 Christmas special, The Christmas Toy.