My grandmother would watch this show when I was a child and I would hide under the covers when the opening came on. Their characterchures were so grotesque, especially the noses. I would have a recurring nightmare where all the adult's would grow these large noses. Yuck! I still cringe when it comes on.
shareHave always loved the opening and have never thought of it from that perspective before. (Though it can take me a while to catch on - for the longest time I thought the noses were an innocent stylistic choice the cartoonist always deployed, instead of a commentary on politicians.)
I can see your point though. When something isn't necessarily intrinsically scary, but oddly off-kilter in some unpredictable way, it can appear really disturbing. I grew up on blood and guts as a child but the three-headed dragon-monster thing from Willow really frightened me!
This is the best bad idea we have sir. By far.
I was in my teens when I watched this series, so I wasn't frightened, but I remember thinking to myself "Hey, if I had seen these drawings when I was 5, I'd have a heart attack."
Never be complete.
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Wow. Writing half a page to say "You can't spell, but I can! And I'm not afraid of anything!" sounds more pathetic than the most scaredycat kid.
Never be complete.
Wow, what a pompous, arrogant arse you are.
shareWow I didn't realize you were king/queen of the imdb message boards. Didn't your parents ever tell you that if you can't say anything nice then don't say anything at all?
shareI agree with you the drawings are quite creepy. When I watch the episodes I tend to fast forward through the title sequence.
Go to bed Frank or this is going to get ugly .