From: Zeb Haradon (zharadon@inconnect.com)
Date: Fri Feb 18 2000 - 01:19:32 MST
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From: Max More <max@maxmore.com>
To: extropians@extropy.com <extropians@extropy.com>
Cc: max@maxmore.com <max@maxmore.com>
Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 10:23 AM
Subject: Re: Zeb shares the funniest story I have heard in ages....
>At 07:43 PM 2/14/00 -0800, Jeff wrote:
>>Leave us not forget the subversively-indelicately-named protagonist in
>>Dicken's (wasn't it?) Oliver Twist: Master Bates.
>
>Oh boy, since we can't seem to stop playing with this subject, Jeff reminds
>me of a children's cartoon show about pirates in England years ago. It too
>had a character called Master Bates. But that wasn't enough. Oh no. They
>also had a character named "Seaman Staines".
>
>It's hard to imagine writers getting away with that these days. Or could
>they really be so innocent?!
>
>Max
>
>Max More, Ph.D.
>President, Extropy Institute. www.extropy.org
>CEO, MoreLogic Solutions. www.maxmore.com
>max@maxmore.com or more@extropy.org
>
People love to slip these subversive things into innocent shows. I would.
Don't forget the all time classic on Leave It To Beaver, where Mother says
(to Wally or Dad, I forget): "Don't you think you were a little rough on the
beaver last night?". And if you have the early laserdisc version of Who
Framed Roger Rabbit, there is a scene where Jessica Rabbit is doing some
kind of flip and her dress comes up and genetalia is shown in a single
frame. I seem to remember some similar scandal with The Little Mermaid but I
don't recall it.
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Zeb Haradon
My personal website:
http://www.inconnect.com/~zharadon/ubunix/
A movie I'm directing:
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