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Animaniacs was a brilliant piece of animation. I wish they'd show it again.

The voice actor who did The Brain will be at Dragon*Con this year. Hopefully I'll get to meet him.

Maurice LaMarche!

The trend of giving A-List celebs every damn voice assignment in animated movies these days really bugs me. Usually they don't add anything to the proceedings except a name. Also, I don't think I can ever enjoy "Chicken Run" again because Mel Gibson is such a bigoted, violent-tempered, psycho-woman-hating piece of [bleep].

Too bad they didn't just have LaMarche do Gibson's voice.

That depends. About ten years ago, there was an animated film called The Road to El Dorado, the highlight of which, honestly, was Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline's voicing of the two leads.

We are the Freakies
We are the Freakies
And this is our Freakies Tree

And we never miss a meal
Cause we love our cereal

This is the Big Boss
We call him BossMoss
Make sure you spell it right

Snorkeldorf they call me
So handsome and pretty

Here’s little Hamhose
He’s got a weird nose
Do I really have to sing?

My name is Grumble
I am Cowmumble
You’re standing on my foot

Gargle is his name
Smartness is my game
I know more than you do

And don’t forget me
I’m Goody-Goody
I always do what’s right
For instance, I eat Freakies
cause it’s got a lot of vitamins
and it’s good for me

Oh we are the Freakies
We are the Freakies
And this is our Freakies Tree
Yessir...

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Captain Crunch was a childhood favorite for me.

Did anyone ever actually eat a "Good, nutritious breakfast with toast, juice, milk and (Enter Cereal Name Here)"?

Yes, rather often.

Especially in adulthood, because it was pretty easy to put together.

I don't think that we ever ate toast and cereal at the same meal when we were kids.

Also, I think I started drinking coffee at around twelve or so, which would explain a lot of things-- probably.

I always enjoyed dipping the toast in the cereal milk for extra flavor.

toast and cereal together seem redundant. Only at certain breakfast buffets would I have both at the same meal.

I'm not much of a cereal eater anymore, anyway.

I very fondly remember having breakfast with Kent and Seymour (I don't remember whether Director joined us) on the roof of our hotel in San Diego in '08. The four of us shared a room. CJ referred to it as "The Love Shack". I started writing an LMB tale with that title, though I never finished it.

that was a great roof, wasn't it? glad we had everyone over for pizza and booze that one evening.

That was a great time.

That was the most beautiful weather I have ever experienced in July. I've lived in Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan and Texas and all are hot and humid at that time of year.

I think we lucked out that year. I can recall a few fairly humid San Diego trips.

in 5 visits since '86, I've never found San D to be anywhere near what I consider bad humidity. only in 95 (I think) was it slightly noticeable, but still better than eastern humidity.

It's tricky; the closeness to water can give you a nice breeze each day, but the humidity can suck the moisture right out of you if you aren't careful.

You make it sound like the salt vampire from early Star Trek.

I liked San Diego! San Jose, too, the couple of times I went there for APE.

But I felt like a vampire in SJ, the first visit. I stepped off the plane with a buddy and was attacked by sunlight. I threw my hands over my face and practically hissed.

and SD isn't bad, compared to Vegas, Texas or the tropics.

The difference is that you can work out who and what the salt vampire is in 10 minutes.

Vegas is fun for, oh, 4-5 days. After that my brain shuts down from sensory overload.

My wallet usually shuts down first...

4-5 days is about right.

Best advice I got was to not go in the summer.