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I do remember Elmyra, but that skit comes across much darker in retrospect as an adult who has seen troubled or overly clueless kids abuse fragile animals.
The problem with Mindy and Buttons is that is was intended as a spiritual successor to the Roadrunner and Coyote, but they changed the social constraints. With the Roadrunner and Coyote, it is a predator-prey relationship, and often the coyote brings it on himself because of his ludicrous Rube Goldberg devices. So the coyote gets his rightful comeuppance. With Mindy and Buttons, it is hapless child and unlucky guardian. Buttons has done nothing to deserve being folded, splindled, and mutilated. To add insult to injury, "lady", Mindy's mother is neglectful, and in a few of the cartoons she punishes Buttons because he accidentally destroyed something while saving Mindy. Buttons has a crapsack life, and for most people, their sympathy is with him, and one comes to detest Mindy for her heedlessness, and despise "lady" for being a neglectful parent. (Your child calls you 'lady', not 'mom', because you are never there for her.)
Chicken Boo is good for a joke. If someone is either raving or ranting about a third party, throw "He's a giant chicken, I tell you! A giant chicken!" into the mix. I've done so successfully, but that was in the 90's when Animaniacs was still new.
With the Roadrunner and Coyote, it is a predator-prey relationship, and often the coyote brings it on himself because of his ludicrous Rube Goldberg devices
Bah. The coyote is the victim. Both of the Acme corporation and their terrible products, and the roadrunner is just an <expletive deleted>.
He just wants some peace, and that roadrunner comes along and has to be a jerk.
Chicken Boo is good for a joke.
The problem is, its always the same joke. And it doesn't actually go anywhere. As a one-off, it'd be fine, but it was nearly every episode, and the only difference is a different hat.
Its like knowing someone that tells the same stupid knock knock joke about oranges, but every day the name of the other fruit is the only difference.
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A heck of a lot of the jokes repeat - Pinky and the Brain do the same thing they do every night At some point the Feathers are going to get into a fight with each other about one of them "you call'in me a *insert missunderstood term*"
If, as an adult, you go back and watch them you can see that each character or group has a set roster of themes that they work within; the settings and situations shift around but the overall impact is fairly similar. The key trio are perhaps the most diverse in terms of the range of potential situations and puns they work with; the support tend to be more fixed roster.
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I loved Chicken Boo to be honest. His completely blank expression made it for me, apart from the absurdity of everyone acting like he wasn't clearly a huge chicken, the fact it wasn't even really clear wtf he was doing this sealed the deal.
The problem is, its always the same joke. And it doesn't actually go anywhere. As a one-off, it'd be fine, but it was nearly every episode, and the only difference is a different hat.
Its like knowing someone that tells the same stupid knock knock joke about oranges, but every day the name of the other fruit is the only difference.
You've missed my point. I was talking about using it in real life, though it only works if the people involved are familiar with Chicken Boo. As such, I've successfully used it ... once.
At some point the Feathers are going to get into a fight with each other about one of them "you call'in me a *insert missunderstood term*"
