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It's time for another cartoon!
In this episode, Waldo and his entourage are pursued by the hapless stock Jay Ward mafioso One-Way Waldrip, who speaks in the Bogart-like voice often heard in other Ward features such as Super Chicken and Tom Slick.
The Wikipedia writeup on this series is flawed and ambiguous, but offers some clues about why my memory of this Hoppity Hooper is so fragmentary. First, the production history is odd. "Ring-A-Ding Spring" was produced by Ward studios in 1960, but when the series was sold to ABC, production went to Gamma Studios. The scripts and voices were all Ward, but the visuals were animated by the same outfit that did Tennessee Tuxedo, Underdog, and Commander McBragg. Hoppity didn't have any native second features, but was filled both by recycled shorts from Rocky and His Friends, The Bullwinkle Show, and some of the Gamma features noted above. The Rocky show, Bullwinkle, and George of the Jungle, by contrast, all had a suite of dedicated shorts (with some cross-pollination from Rocky to Bullwinkle). As a show, Hoppity had a weak identity, even at the level of kid experience. A Marxist media critic might say that this represents an inflection point where the American art of the "cartoon show" overtly succumbed to commodification. Ironically, that view could partially explain why Hoppity Hooper is not today commercially available as a boxed set: it wouldn't "package" well as a series. A related problem is that it might be difficult to acquire the rights to recreate a Hoppity package featuring shorts from other Gamma productions.
Anyway, YouTube lets us see episodes of this almost-lost series. And thanks to the good offices of a fellow traveler, cartoonly speaking, I momentarily have access to other episodes not currently uploaded to the web. The obscurity of Hoppity Hooper really enhances their "flash value" to me.
"Ring-A-Ding Spring, Part 3," Hoppity Hooper (1962, Jay Ward Productions), via YouTube, embedded for noncommercial commentary, critical discussion, and educational purposes.
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"Sylva Sylvarum" (natural history by Francis Bacon)
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2. download pdf (choice on left)
3. search on "perception"
Ch 9 gets interesting. "It is certain that all bodies...have no sense, yet they have perception."
Of course then what is perception as distinct from sense...
Not especially known for empirical evidence (his last hands on experiment killed him for a contracted illness) nothing but a priori concepts are offered.
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Recent article in Z Magazine...but with cursory search only found:
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But, similar arguments and reasoning.
Flowing fiscal water for growth not channeled to the field, even as field further dries out, and elite reservoirs are topped off.
Fixes abound but the little guy's pocket is accessible. Trickle down, rising boats, and have I got a bridge for you!
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Krugman siting:
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...and flamed like everyone else.
Hooey---you anonymous guys certainly go off-topic here sometimes. You fellas should blog. Always interested in some Francis Bacon, though (aka Wm Shaxberd).
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