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The World Gets Just a Little Bit Dirtier: Mr. Clean Dies at 92

CC Staff — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:40:47 +0000


No, not the actual cartoon (cartoons don't die.  Unless they're those cartoon rabbits from Watership Down), but actor House Peters Jr., the man who became the model for Proctor & Gamble's original Mr. Clean in their 1950's advertising campaign.
Because a lot of college kids may not know who House Peters, or even the cartoon Mr. Clean, is (these days we wipe up beer with more beer, right kids?), we've dug up a vintage Mr. Clean commercial from the '50's.  It's so happy and peppy and long (how the hell did anyone have the attention span for a 60 second commercial?), it's sure to keep you humming all the way to Econ 105.
RIP Mr. House Peters.  You had the coolest bald head in the business.



Brit Brit ‘Breaks The Ice’ With Animated Sci-Fi Weirdness
Jess - NYU — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 16:00:01 +0000

You know, usually I totally love me some Japanimation.
I'm not big into cartoons for adults, but you gotta admit that some of the stuff they do is downright crazy.  Totally LSD-infused and straight up weird.
And every once in a while, I love me some bubblegum pop music, too.  I'm not afraid to say that I turn on some Britney Spears before a night on the town.  Electronic voices, heavy breathing, hooks that burn themselves into your brain forever...it's all good.
But apparently, Japanimation and Britney Spears together equals boring confusion.
Brit's new video for "Break the Ice" is totally animated, but besides the one line the lead character (who's supposed to be her, I guess.  But I mean...who are we kidding?)  lip-syncs, the animation and the song look like some 12-year-old made a YouTube fan video of their favorite cartoon.  I mean, the sh*t doesn't add up.  Brit's music is anything but edgy -- and the weird, sci-fi spy Japanimation is definitely out there.
I don't know.  Take a look.  Maybe you think the synergy is perfect.
As for me, I'm still not convinced Ms. Spears will ever have that comeback.


         


I’ll Be a Cute Brunette, Please: The World of Avatars
Elizabeth-Baruch College — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:30:22 +0000

“What the F$%k is an AVATAR?“, I thought to myself just a little over a year ago.  My nine-year-old nephew told me that he’d bet $5 that his avatar online was cooler than mine.  Considering mine would have been a lost girl drawing a….total blank….he was probably right.
Having felt embarrassingly ignorant to this concept once myself, I’m gonna score some karma points by giving you the rundown of what exactly all these nine-year-olds are talking about.
Avatar, in Hindu philosophy, actually means a bodily manifestation.   The concept isn’t so glamorous when applied to the internet and computing, though.  While an avatar is still a bodily manifestation of some sort when on the internet, it’s more like a cartoon character that you pick to represent yourself rather than a higher being.
The whole craze actually started in 1985 with a computer game called Ultima.   The “avatar” was the visual on-screen persona of the player.   Nowadays, everyone from  elementary school kids to grandparents looking to find friends online have become familiar with this concept.
Typically, in the land of chats, forums, blogs, and games, a person has to pick their avatar from a bunch.  It’s kind of eerie, if you ask me!   Everyone from every age group is now learning to associate themselves with a little cartoon based on basic traits like eye, hair, and skin color.   Of course, if you’re lucky, you may even get to represent your very own subculture with your avatar…you know, broadcast to the world that you’re a punk by choosing the avatar with a mohawk, for example.
So does this sound like something you never want to be a part of?   Well, you’re probably too late in drawing this conclusion.  Even buddy icons on AIM function as avatars.
Yes, ladies, it’s true:  we are becoming a generation of images.   So I’m gonna take advantage of it and pick an image of some super hot brunette cartoon.  I win the avatar game!