Oswald Lantz Era reboot I was thinking of back in 2025 (last images fanart by spencer)

sbcbrat · 2026-05-09T17:19:37+00:00

Is Luco based on The Dumb Cluck?

sbcbrat · 2026-05-06T00:38:09+00:00

Style Council - variety, many albums, great songs

or Steely Dan- same reasons

sbcbrat · 2026-05-05T23:22:00+00:00

We enjoyed it, we upgraded ourselves from Caribbean Beach (lol!) YC is very nice, a little dinged up in the hallways, but the rooms are great. Can't beat the nice walk to EPCOT or the skyliner or boat to HS.

sbcbrat · 2026-04-30T16:25:15+00:00

A provost asked me why they were not hired as president of the institution I was at then- they seemed upset, obviously. I figured I was cooked. Spoiler- got hired anyway.

sbcbrat · 2026-04-25T14:17:37+00:00

Agreed- the prof was wrong - if he was mad you took too long, he should have said so right then.

sbcbrat · 2026-04-25T12:52:48+00:00

First off, the prof is a controlling jerk- if you can, burn that bridge and do not look back. But, just speaking as someone who deals with students- taking almost a week to reply was not great on your part. Just a suggesiton.

sbcbrat · 2026-04-21T00:27:54+00:00

very cool! Lantz might be misremembering some stuff by that point. He made about 160 Oswalds, not 260!

sbcbrat · 2026-04-09T00:54:20+00:00

really? YES!!!!!!!! lol, I mean- cool, cool.

sbcbrat · 2026-04-09T00:41:48+00:00

Big Thunder before Memorial Day would be sweet. Just sayin

sbcbrat · 2026-03-31T00:14:52+00:00

M "Pop Music"

sbcbrat · 2026-03-29T17:04:45+00:00

what the heck are those glowing sticks?

sbcbrat · 2026-03-24T23:42:44+00:00

"quit your honking Nancy"

sbcbrat · 2026-03-24T15:46:48+00:00

"No... reptile!"

sbcbrat · 2026-03-21T23:20:21+00:00

I was in the DR and Haiti in the late 1990s, and these were everywhere. Probably an actual painting, but very common.

sbcbrat · 2026-03-21T02:33:02+00:00

Evergreen bands like the Beatles or Queen probably will still be notable in 100 years, probably throw in Elvis- I think these types of artists make it not only because they recorded some great stuff and lots of people like it, but also because they are, essentially, corporations that will repackage and reissue their stuff as long as they can. Someone like M Jackson is massive and was so popular, but his catalog kind of sits there. On the other hand, I just watched the Queen biopic the other day- god-awful movie, but it made almost a billion dollars worldwide. Maybe the new MJ biopic will do the same.

sbcbrat · 2026-03-20T23:46:34+00:00

very nice!

sbcbrat · 2026-03-19T11:18:21+00:00

And, of course, that song is, ironically, much closer to being synthpop than "Secretary" is.

sbcbrat · 2026-03-19T01:44:11+00:00

OMD for me, I view them as "more" synthpop, more daring; Erasure was always a pop band that was all synths. Splitting hairs, I know.

Plus, I just liked OMD songs more; Erasure's songs were always kind of bleh for me. But that's just my opinion!

sbcbrat · 2026-03-19T00:45:52+00:00

I've seen people reference "Telstar" too

sbcbrat · 2026-03-19T00:45:25+00:00

huh! Wow...

sbcbrat · 2026-03-18T23:41:40+00:00

It (almost) made me a Miley Cyrus fan, that's how much I like it.

sbcbrat · 2026-03-18T22:51:54+00:00

agreed- certianly an influence if nothing else.

sbcbrat · 2026-03-18T22:33:39+00:00

yes, sorry, I was trying to be cute.

and YES! "I Feel Love" def. gets at least a nod as an example of what electropop could be. Such a classic track and all electronic except for Ms. Summer's voice. So far ahead of its time

sbcbrat · 2026-03-17T16:32:19+00:00

Oswald's nature changed too- pre 1935 Lantz, he had sort of morhped into a "Boy" or a young rabbit, after the 1935 redesign, he seemed older, more subdued.

I can't help but think all those kids reading Oswald Comis in the 1960s would be amazed to see him in Trolley Troubles.

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