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Thanks to Abbygal & Crypt Leak for digging this up and passing it along.

Should I be disturbed that this so fits my mood?

Because it fits as well here as it would under it's own post, a recent piece Tammy did on Liquid Television ended with a Bill Plympton cartoon, which immediately reminded me of another of his I haven't seen in a long time...


Still, if I'm going to recall Liquid Televsion, then there's one piece that quickly comes to mind...


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Anonymous said…
The Plympton one I recognized immediately. Also remember "The Kiss" and "Guard Dog" pretty well, too, but really had a fondness for the one I posted. "The Face" is definitely a close second.

While putting the Liquid Television thing together, I ran across the clip for "Grinning Evil Death", but honestly don't recall it. A little stunned that I could have missed one, but apparently I did. Else I blocked it out. Not sure.

The Star Trek piece is period acting at it's finest. Leonard Nimoy never cracked me up more. Thanks for sharing it.
8:31 AM
Mike Norton said…
Grinning Evil Death was one of those right item at the right time things that immediately became a short series of in jokes for a couple of us, hence it sticking.

I'd have posted a Psycho-Gram, too - I almost always enjoyed those - but the only one of the series someone put up was a lousy recording.
1:30 PM
Anonymous said…
A few L.T. bits that I couldn't find, but remembered, were Joe Normal, Thomas & Nardo and The Specialists. But what can you do. I couldn't find anything on Psycho-Grams either.
4:40 PM
Mike Norton said…
Your memory for the bits is much better than mine, as you've hit more that I'd completely forgotten about until seeing them mentioned here -- especially The Specialists. I only caught the show irregularly, which leads me to a depressing angle as I realize how many years work kept me so bound up, especially with all of the commuting and the pressures that mounted in two waves during the '90s.
8:01 PM
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