Comments on: D-Con: March 11-16, 2002

By: Sailorleo

Sailorleo — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 21:07:02 +0000

In reply to Bill Livingston (billfl). I still have a few 8" discs floating around.

By: Wrabbit

Wrabbit — Tue, 13 Oct 2015 16:00:20 +0000

I just noticed that in the second panel in Saturday’s comic, Artie has no forelegs. Huh.

By: Edwin Quantrall (reynard)

Edwin Quantrall (reynard) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:42 +0000

“Five Guys Named Dave” would make a great band name, but they’d be stepping on the toes (not to mention the copyright) of “Five Guys Named Moe”…

http://www.fiveguysnamedmoe.com/ 

By: Aaron Shades (prof_tinker)

Aaron Shades (prof_tinker) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:41 +0000

... you guys are mean, you know that? Seriously. I know we all watched it when we were little, but it's for a different set of kids now. and just because It has a different foucus now dosn't mean that the od episodes are any less good.

Just do what i do- aknowledge that it's different in a way I don't really like as much, and move on. Besides, when I was little I *loved* Elmo, so maybe they have a okay reason.

seriously, people.

By: Paul Gadzikowski (pgadzikowski)

Paul Gadzikowski (pgadzikowski) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:40 +0000

Is it me or is Sesame Street a lot more formulaic than it was thirty years ago? I've seen it with the neighbor kid once or twice and it's all, "Now it's time for the daily bit with Elmo," and, "Now it's time for the daily bit with Ernie" [who, by the way, was announced to be retired when Henson died]. Is that a function of being aimed at a younger audience now?

(Full disclosure: I was a teenager in the 70s, but I watched it for the Muppets.)

By: Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson)

Tiff Hudson (tiff_hudson) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:39 +0000

Elmo is the Scrappy Doo of Sesame Street.

'S' is for sniper;
It's good enough for me.
'S' is for shotgun;
It's good enough for me.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:38 +0000

What's all this fuss I hear about "Elmo kids" these days? It makes no sense! I've watch Sesame Street with the grandkids, and Elmo is bright and cheerful! These so-called "Elmo kids" dress in dark colors and moan about how miserable they are! And aren't they a little old to be watching a show aimed at pre-schoolers? They're ruining it for the rest of us! It just makes me so mad that I -- what -- wait, what?

"Emo" kids?

Oh .......... that's very different.

Never mind.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:37 +0000

Saturday:

You know, this is actually a pretty clever twist of the Ancient Conspiracy trope. Why not apply Hanlon's razor to the secret omnipotent world rulers? Even they are only human.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:36 +0000

…too mellow, huh?

By: Jason (hactar)

Jason (hactar) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:40:35 +0000

What I've heard is that Elmo (who is surely a beast from the pits of hell) has become popular because sesame street is aimed at younger kids than it was when we watched it. Grover and Big Bird are effectively 6. Elmo is 3 or 4.

On the other hand, I heard the guy who does Elmo's voice on Wait Wait Don't Tell Me and he was great. He can almost overlap his normal voice with Elmo's, freaking out the host.