Tag Archives: cartoons
Charlie Brown Gets Busted for Stalking
Peter Robbins, the former voice actor for beloved child character Charlie Brown is getting grief of his own for stalking and threatening.
A sheriff’s spokeswoman said she did not have details about the warrant. The 56-year-old is set to be arraigned Wednesday on counts of making a threat to cause death or great bodily injury and of stalking. His manager has declined to comment.
Fox Pulls Each of Seth McFarland’s New Episodes for Explicit Content
Television network Fox News has pulled episodes of “Family Guy,” “American Dad,” and “The Cleveland Show” for ”potentially sensitive content.”
The representative didn’t have any specifics about the material within the episodes that inspired this decision but said that the new episodes will be replaced with repeats.
Kid Buys Alcohol With Underage King of The Hill ID
Still trying to figure out how to get some underage booze? This sad excuse for a fake ID is your answer.
Vendors at an additional seven stores sold alcohol to the 18-year-old volunteer without verifying his age, which was listed as 17 on the card, one year below Britain’s legal alcohol purchasing age, Gawker reports.
These Men Love ‘My Little Pony’ More Than Children
When a man says he watches cartoons, it’s likely he’s talking about something along the lines of South Park or American Dad. No one would expect so many men to be in love with my little pony.
Like many “Bronies” — boys and men who like the cartoon “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic”— the 25-year-old college student turned out over the weekend for “BronyCon Summer 2012″ at the Meadowlands Exposition Center, which drew 4,000 men, women, boys and girls, many in colorful wigs and costumes.
Sponge Bob Stupid Ass: Study Shows Sponge Bob Kills Your Brain
We all look at the idea that “TV kills rots your brain” mitigated anti-Semitic speech, but turns out these old people may be onto something. A recent study shows the difference in brain functionality of kids who watch fast paced television like “Sponge Bob”. The short story of the research:
Objective: The goal of this research was to study whether a fast-paced television show immediately influences preschool-aged children’s executive function (eg, self-regulation, working memory).
Methods: Sixty 4-year-olds were randomly assigned to watch a fast-paced television cartoon or an educational cartoon or draw for 9 minutes. They were then given 4 tasks tapping executive function, including the classic delay-of-gratification and Tower of Hanoi tasks. Parents completed surveys regarding television viewing and child’s attention.
