Back in the day, there were only a few ways to watch cartoons in the New York metro area. Before school or after school, cartoons ran on channels 5 and 11, and most cartoons were reruns that were 25 years old or older.
Because of the limits of cartoon availability, nearly every kid in your class watched the same cartoons as you, and some cartoon quotes were universally quotable.
Few cartoons were as quotable as the Chilly Willy cartoon Half Baked Alaska, which features Daws Butler, who voiced both Chilly Willy and his nemesis, Smedley. There's not a whole lot going on in this cartoon, except for the memorable parts at around 1:15 and toward the end, when Willy, who's usually mute, orders a stack of hotcakes (advertised on the window of Smedley's Snack Bar for $10 each! In 1965!)
To this day, Jenn and I re-enact the "Nice?" "Nice!" "More butter?" "Uh-huh!" back-and-forth between Smedley and Chilly Willy, so I figured Jackson would really enjoy the video.
He didn't. And after watching the cartoon for the first time in at least 25 years, I noticed that it's actually kind of boring. Oh well, we still love Billy Boy!
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Monday, February 8, 2010
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I love the high-pitched exchange of the syrup and butter routine. I reenact it every so often to clueless and disturbed stares.
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