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8.20.2006

[adult swim] broadcast the premeir of Crayon Shin Chan last night.
For those unfamiliar with the series it is a long running, 15 year old anime/manga, that is kind of akin to the Japanese Simpsons. It is something I have wanted to at least check out for the past few years. I found it rather entertaining, especially in it's self parody of anime. According to Wikipedia (damn them!) Shin Chan is hard to translate completely for American audiences. While not side splittingly funny, I will watch it again, it kept my attention this week. Much of the humor is high brow, and the Family Guy audience might not like this series.

Garfield.
Someone at a forum I frequent posted this. I remember when this first came out, how strange it was. I am not a fan of Jim Davis, but his early Garfield, before the commercialization was very interesting. I had forgotten about this, and I wish Davis would occasional delve into this stuff more often. Davis actually talked about the strips in one compendium:

"During a writing session for Halloween week, I got the idea for this decidedly different series of strips. I wanted to scare people. And what do people fear most? Why, being alone. We carried out the concept to its logical conclusion and got a lot of responses from readers. Reaction ranged from 'Right on!' to 'This isn't a trend is it?' "

Malach's mom is a huge Garfield fan, I would be interesting to hear her thoughts on this. BTW, Ma thanks for the "the gift". Listening to it as I am writing this.

The Mood of Red Sox Nation.
Well here we are. Sox need a run starting tonight.

Malach's Quote of the day.
Jon says I have a surly attitude in the morning. Some people have to ease into the day. I feel better after I've killed something. - Garfield

I am Malach and some say I have a surly attitude in the morning, but I feel better after I raise the dead.