Great Moments in Pop Culture #2
KTLA Sunday Mornings 1978-1988
What it's remembered for:
Tom Hatten; Popeye; Family Film Festival
What it should be remembered for:
Hatten taking a viewer-submitted doodle, and turning it into a scene from Popeye, easily the greatest display of drawing talent ever; The Pippi Longstocking movies.
Why it makes my list:
Ah, Sunday mornings. Watching Popeye cartoons, Three Stooges, Little Rascals, then some Family Film Festival at 10am, then another one normally at 3pm. Sure, seeing a Jerry Lewis or other classic was fine and dandy, but on the occasion we got to see Pippi, well that was always a treat. I don’t exactly know why, but watching this crazy-ass girl used to make me fall on the ground dying of laughter. Part of it was probably the ridiculous English dub they had running over the film. To this day, I remember my mother saying two things to us: 1) "You better never act like her!" and 2) "What is she wearing?!?" By the way, Pippi likes spunk.
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posted by kamor at
5:35 PM
3 Comments:
Pippi was so cool! I always wanted to be like her and get my hair to do that pig tail flying thing. Those were the days...
Now? She's a little freaky and maybe needs to be put away for the safety of our children.
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Melissa is..., At
Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:29:00 PM
Oh and my mom would say the EXACT same thing to me!
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Melissa is..., At
Thursday, December 06, 2007 10:30:00 PM
Being from the East Coast, I have no clue who Tom Hatten is.
I also never watched Pipi Longstocking. Although I watched a ton of the Three Stooges (and have a VHS collection somewhere back home).
I watched a bit of that Pipi clip. Man, when she smiles and wiggles her tongue, that's creepy!
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Ellen, At
Friday, December 07, 2007 2:11:00 PM
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