Myths and Fairytales
The Fox Catcher
1) A fox comes to a house and steals away a child.
2) The parents track down the fox to his lair and lure him out with drum and violin music.
3) The fox is beaten and/or killed, and the tearful child is saved.
I thought I knew a lot of fairytales, but this one escapes me!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 27, 2011 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Myths and Fairytales, Reader Recommendation
Spinnolio
Who's the real dummy (or dummies)?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 05, 2011 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Puppets and Automatons, Myths and Fairytales, 1970s, Parody
Satanism is Rampant!
NOTE: loud pop soundtrack: adjust your volume!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 06, 2010 -
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Category: Horror, Politics, Myths and Fairytales, Curses, Conspiracy Theories and Theorists
Sleeping Betty
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 29, 2010 -
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Category: Myths and Fairytales, Cartoons
I’ll Huff And I’ll Puff…
From the BBC children's science show "Bang Goes The Theory...", engineer Jem Stansfield builds himself a giant vortex cannon, and tries to knock down buildings made of straw, wood and bricks...Impressive, though I'm sure the "Big Bad Wolf" would not have had much of a problem if the third little pig had likewise left out the mortar. Mind you, one of these is just what I need to keep the neighborhood cats out of my garden! :cheese:
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Tue Aug 18, 2009 -
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Category: Buildings and Other Structures, Destruction, Geeks, Nerds and Pointdexters, Guns, Inventions, Science, Experiments, Television, Myths and Fairytales
Little Miss Muffett
This is particularly grotesque stop-motion stuff. Does that spider look like a racial stereotype to you?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Mar 25, 2009 -
Comments (14)
Category: Myths and Fairytales, Cartoons
Summum
A visit to their site will be time well spent.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 13, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Death, Eccentrics, Frauds, Cons and Scams, New Age, Pets, Religion, Lawsuits, Myths and Fairytales
Follies of the Mad Men #31
Product placement in entertainment media is nothing new. Here's how the classic fairytale of Cinderella can be improved by the addition of a Chevrolet.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 29, 2008 -
Comments (2)
Category: Business, Advertising, Movies, Cartoons, Myths and Fairytales, Marriage, 1930s, Dance, Cars
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