For New Year’s Eve Liz’s cousin and her 7-year-old son, Alex, came in from Houston for a short visit. We had a good time, eating fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and watching Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. (If that’s not what New Year’s Eve is all about, then what is?).
But what really tickled me pink was that this morning, New Year’s Day, everybody still groggy, we sat around the TV watching something that took me back: Looney Tunes.
We watched a few with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fud. For New Year’s Eve Liz’s cousin and her 7-year-old son, Alex, came in from Houston for a short visit. We had a good time, eating fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and watching Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. (If that’s not what New Year’s Eve is all about, then what is?).
But what really tickled me pink was that this morning, New Year’s Day, everybody still groggy, we sat around the TV watching something that took me back: Looney Tunes.
We watched a few with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fud. One with Foghorn Leghorn. And these cartoon, the ones I grew up watching, still completely hold up. I was laughing, Liz was laughing. Alex was laughing. We had fun. So even though these cartoons were made before any of us were born, Bugs Bunny and the gang stand the test of time. They’re classic, with that two-fold quality: the goofy sight gags and the goofy adult humor. The combination worked then, and it works now.
Looney Tunes is the perfect example of that old saying: The more things change, the more they stay the same.
I’ve been watching Looney Tunes cartoons for as far back as I can remember. The same will hold true for the rest of my days. And there will be a smile on my face because of it.
Post edited by: rcolchamiro, at: 2009/01/14 06:05
Post edited by: rcolchamiro, at: 2009/01/14 06:05
