Looney Tunes

consideration of evidence, overgeneralization, and common belief. Oftentimes, the name Neanderthal is used synonymously with hurtful terms such as “stupid,” “dumb,” and “ignorant,” all carrying negative connotations. Television programs such as Looney Tunes (Crusher), Iceman (Iceman), Night at the Museum (Laaa), and even GEICO commercials (Geico)…

In “Why We Lie” Dan Ariely discusses how small scale cheating is worse for our society than large scale cheating. The author mentions how we think that people are usually either honest or dishonest, but points out that everyone is capable of being dishonest and of cheating by just a little. He conducts a basic matrix test in which test subjects are given a paper with a series of matrices to solve, then they have to find the two numbers that equal to ten and will be paid for how many they…

For most generations, television was innocent as a child. Tom and Jerry, The Looney Tunes, and Scooby-Doo were all a Saturday ritual. Although older generations experienced this, technology has grown tremendously since then and so has the ability for not so innocent content to be displayed on reality television. Children of the new generations are subject to The Kardashians and “Jersey Shore” where partying, glamour, and sexual content are all present. Reality television and its producers are…

Have you ever seen a young child so eager to get their little hands on an electronic device, for instance, a cell phone or a computer? Well I have, and most of the time they would end up turning into Daffy Duck from Looney Tunes, full of anger and stubbornness, because the word ‘no’ was their answer. Lately I have been curious to know why children act the way they do when it comes to electronics. From my experience I have seen my two nephews, who are three years old and five years old, often…

There are many innovations that helped America be successful in WWII: bombers, radio, women working on the homefront, etc. However, a less known but still very important innovation was the creation of war bonds. During WWII, war bonds were created/advertised, used to produce war supplies, and then paid back after the war. War bonds existed before WWII, but it was Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. who began planning a defense bond program for the United States. He recruited…

Michael Jordan was one of the world's greatest basketball players ever to make it in the NBA. He even surprised everyone with his rookie stats, averaging 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, and 5.9 assists a game. He wasn't always like this tho and he worked hard to get to where he is right now. He was born in Brooklyn, NY to Deloris Jordan and James Sr. But, shortly after he was 2, his parents decided to move to California. As a young kid, MJ played basketball with his brothers but his favorite sport…

During a blazing day in July, I was very upset because the AC was broken. The house was incredible hot and my mom tried to call the repairman but he didn't pick up his phone. My whole body felt like I was in volcano sitting there just waiting to die. The house phone rang I slowly got up, I said “hello?” As I'm slowly dying because of the horrible heat. It was my aunt Jill, she said “ Hey what are you doing today? I said “nothing why?”. Then she told me that she was going to throw a cookout from…

Monsters in Society The concept of monsters, villains and the thrill of being terrified has been around for a very long time, but why? Society loves bad guys, because there’s so many things we are drawn to about them. To take it even farther, should we make movies about monsters? Does it encourage violent behavior or quench our thirst for violence? The world of terror, monsters and evil is one society can’t live without, the elements of fear and power, mystery and violence. All of these…

Batman’s villain two faced. Bane is another character that becomes strong from venom much like how Dr. Jekyll becomes Mr. Hyde from the potion he takes. There are also parodies of this novel such as Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is often parodied in the Looney Tunes cartoons, such as Dr. Jekyll’s Hide, Hyde and Go Tweet, and Hyde and Hare, Robinson Crusoe and Gulliver 's Travels (The Impact of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde on Modern Pop-Culture). Not only has Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde made an impact it has…

Optimism Brought on by Cartoons As a little girl I remember sitting in front of the television watching cartoons. Cartoons, a place where anything was possible, even a flying school bus. Growing up my memories add my sister sitting there next to me, the screen showing talking ponies instead of the old school bus. Even as the cartoon changed, it still had its own message to present, whether it be about the solar system or the magic behind friendship. In Nick Flynn’s lyric poem “Cartoon Physics,…