With our ASL Opera project picking up steam, I was curious to know just how the “High Art” of Opera has influenced mainstream American culture over the last 50 years or so, and I was surprised to learn, via ChatGPT-4 AI, just how deeply many of the most famous Opera melodies made their way into our shared childhoods and our culturally maintained totems of relevance!
I spent the weekend with a gang — yes, a Gang! — of rowdy nine-year-olds from the Midwest. I was shocked — yes, Shocked! — and disappointed by their crassness, overt sarcasm and apt insensitivity to those around them, and I blame antisocial, for-profit, children’s television programming for the damning result.
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by Tammy Tillotson
Who would win in a fight between Hong Kong Phooey and Scooby Doo?
A Hard Question
In today’s dog eat dog world, my vote goes to Scooby Doo.
Argument 1
Don Messick is the leading man in Scooby Doo and not just a catty sidekick.
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