tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72010944265342286312024-02-20T20:42:37.490-05:00A view from a GoonMarc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.comBlogger425125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-57893946415456221412020-08-06T17:05:00.003-04:002020-08-06T17:18:45.559-04:0090 Years of Betty Boop<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i><b>August 9,1930 - The Fleischer Bros. Studios releases the cartoon "Dizzy Dishes" and introduce Betty Boop to the viewing audience. Betty would go on to be the studio's biggest star until they get the rights to Popeye (who would make his first appearance in a Betty Boop cartoon).</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>Happy Anniversary Betty!</i></b></span><br />
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<br />Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-70706251681442194642020-07-27T17:22:00.002-04:002020-07-27T17:22:41.475-04:0080 Years of Bugs Bunny<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>July 27, 1940 - Warner Bros. animation studios releases the Looney Tune cartoon "A Wild Hare". Directed by Fred "Tex" Avery this cartoon introduces to the would that Oscar winning rabbit Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.</i></b></span><br />
<br />Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-61171511120820033592020-07-16T16:41:00.001-04:002020-07-16T16:41:23.965-04:00Popeye says "Stay Safe!"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Popeye says "Stay safe and Wear Yer Mask!"</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-85976378431435800092020-04-23T16:47:00.003-04:002020-04-23T16:47:39.963-04:00Laurel and Hardy<h2 style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>I've been drawing a lot of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy lately (their cartoon versions) and I'd like to share them with you.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Here I have Stan and Ollie meet Mickey Mouse</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Laurel and Hardy Meet Betty Boop</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Stan and Ollie work as waiters at The Roughhouse Cafe waiting on two of it's most favorite customers. </i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>And here is a pencil sketch portrait the Boys.</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-3988041986794701572019-11-19T19:37:00.001-05:002019-11-19T19:37:50.058-05:0060 Years of Rocky and Bullwinkle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>November 19, 1959 - ABC debuted it's newest show "Rocky and His Friends" and parody and puns were never done better! </i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>The show featured the adventures of a flying squirrel and his talking moose budddy as they fought the forces of evil from that mean little country, Pottsylvania and it's most sinister agents Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>The show also featured the time traveling adventures of Mr. Peabody and Sherman and the bumbling Mountie, Dudley Do-Right.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>We also got the great parodies of Aesop's Fables and the fabulous Fractured Fairy Tales.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Television was never greater or better written with this classic show!</b></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>80 years ago this fall saw the debut of the first ever Marvel Comic Book entitled "Marvel Comics". The comic was an anthology title that starred The Human Torch by Carl Burgos and The Sub-Mariner by Bill Everett. These characters among others would start the long dynasty of classic characters that would go on the change the American comic book.</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-27920533652063880412019-10-03T19:31:00.001-04:002019-10-03T19:31:15.607-04:0055 Years of Underdog<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>October 3, 1964 saw the debut of one of the best loved cartoons to come out of the Golden Age of TV cartoons, Underdog. Everyone seams to love the bumbling hero as he saves the day and his true love, Sweet Polly Purebread.</b></i></span><br />
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<br />Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-58169926115585390502019-09-26T18:45:00.002-04:002019-09-26T18:45:41.770-04:00Quick Draw McGraw 60th Anniversary<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>It was around this time 60 years ago that Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera's second syndicated show made it's debut.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>"The Quick Draw McGraw Show" starred a bumbling horse (and sometimes sheriff) McGraw and his sidekick Baba Looey, a prairie dog. Their adventures were parodies of westerns with Quick Draw getting the worst of it in shoot-outs (usually by his own hand) and usually saving the day by accident or by the competent Baba Looey.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>The show also featured shorts starring Augie Doggie and his father Doggie Daddy and also the bumbling private detectives Snooper and Blabber.</b></i></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-22833874047046584012019-09-26T18:37:00.000-04:002019-09-26T18:37:13.095-04:00The Amazing Spider-man<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Just a recent sketch of my favorite super-hero.</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-47218153230425838402019-09-24T17:49:00.003-04:002019-09-24T17:50:43.845-04:0060 Years of the Silver Age Green Lantern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b><i>This year marks the 60th anniversary of the second Green Lantern, Hal Jordan. Premiering in Showcase #22 and drawn by the great Gil Kane, this version of the Green Lantern was more based in science-fiction than Alan Scott was in the 1940's.</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-4207379183695379292019-09-18T19:34:00.002-04:002019-09-18T19:34:25.391-04:0055 Years of Jonny Quest<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Hanna-Barbera's last foray into prime-time television was the realistic adventure series "The Adventures of Jonny Quest", premiering September 18, 1964.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Created by cartoonist Doug Wildey, Jonny Quest is about the globe-trotting adventures of an 11 year old boy, his scientist father Dr. Benton Quest, his adopted brother Hadji (from Calcutta, India), his government bodyguard Race Bannon and fearless bulldog, Bandit.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Together this "family" traveled all around the world solving mysteries usually involving Dr. Quest's experiments, research and inventions. They took on many evil-doers including Dr. Quest's biggest rival, Dr. Zin.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Popular since it's debut, the show would be revived a couple of times and also a long running comic book series in the 80's as well as other merchandise.</b></i></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-22362993954219610132019-09-16T19:28:00.001-04:002019-09-16T19:28:25.232-04:0070 Years of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>It started out as a one-shot parody of all the chase cartoons that have been popular since animation started. But the popularity of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote proved to much for Chuck Jones and Warner Bros. Studios to let go at just one cartoon.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Over the course of thirteen cartoons starting with "Fast and Furry-ous, Chuck Jones created a series of classic cartoons that would help define the humor of Warner's "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" shorts and remain as popular today as they were when they were first released to movie theaters.</b></i></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-38868998412563523382019-09-12T18:13:00.000-04:002019-09-12T18:13:08.516-04:0050 Years of Scooby Doo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>On a Saturday morning (September 13, 1969) Scooby Doo and The Mystery Inc. Gang made there debut. One of the longest running shows on Saturday mornings Scooby and his gang solved crimes of all types especially those who tried to disguise themselves as ghosts or monsters.</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Having a huge resurgence with the start of Cartoon Network, Scooby and friends have endured for fifty years and still is as popular today as when he debuted.</b></i></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-79367363247537323592019-09-09T19:16:00.001-04:002019-09-09T19:16:06.976-04:0080 Years of Andy Panda<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">September 9th, 1939 saw the release of Walter Lantz's newest cartoon star, Andy Panda. "Life Begins for Andy Panda" would start a whole new era for Lantz's cartoons and pave the way to introduce new series and stars in the coming years.</span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-79721528045828724672019-09-05T19:36:00.001-04:002019-09-05T19:36:16.203-04:0070 Years of Mister Magoo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>September 8th, 1949 saw the release of the first ever Mr. Magoo cartoon "The Ragtime Bear". Magoo would go on to win two Oscars for his theatrical cartoons and have a long history on TV including the Christmas special adaption of Charles Dickens classic "A Christmas Carol".</b></i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>Here's to 70 years of the nearsighted cartoons birthday!</b></i></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-29661038525799624602019-08-08T19:15:00.002-04:002019-08-08T19:15:39.107-04:0075 Years of Smokey Bear<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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75 years ago, the National Forestry Service started using a young bear cub as the spokesman for it's fire prevention posters all around the United States. Since then Smokey Bear has told people to play it safe in our forests and to always prevent forest fires.Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-35742543160403999752019-07-17T19:33:00.001-04:002019-07-17T19:33:10.673-04:0050th Anniversary of Man's First Trip to the Moon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>50 years ago this month, man took his first steps on the surface of the moon.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In honor of that historical event, Here's a sketch of Huckleberry Hound as a spaceman ready to launch. </b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-35249277557886157572019-07-17T19:25:00.001-04:002019-07-17T19:27:53.521-04:0020 Years of Spongebob Squarepants<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>July 17, 1999 - Nickelodeon debuts a show about a little sponge that lives in a pineapple under the sea. Spongebob Squarepants would go on to conquer the animated world and become Nick's most popular show.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPONGEBOB!</b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-40571787991046738452019-06-19T19:30:00.000-04:002019-06-19T19:30:22.373-04:00Happy Birthday Taz!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>65 years ago today - June 19, 1954 - Warner Bros. Pictures releases the Looney Tunes cartoon "Devil May Hare" starring Bugs Bunny.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>This is the first appearance of the ravenous, spinning maniac, The Tasmanian Devil. Taz would go on to co-star in four other cartoons with Bugs and one with Daffy Duck, "Ducking the Devil", my favorite of the original 'toons with Taz.</b></i></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-43115330143652838452019-06-17T19:52:00.002-04:002019-06-17T19:52:45.214-04:00100 Years of Barney Google<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>June 17, 1919, one hundred years ago today, Billy DeBeck debuted his classic newspaper strip character "Barney Google".</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Barney was very popular appearing in hundreds of newspapers around the world. A very popular song was written about him and twice he was adapted to animation. In the silent era of movies a series of live-action shorts was produced starring Barney and his famous race horse, Spark Plug.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>In the mid-1930's, DeBeck introduced the hillbilly character Snuffy Smith into the strip. He who would become so popular that in the mid-1950's Snuffy and his family at Hootin' Holler would take over the strip and continue to this day.</b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-18524471147049729572019-06-17T19:42:00.001-04:002019-06-17T19:42:34.620-04:0085 Years of Donald Duck<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>June 9, 1934 was the debut of Donald Duck in the Silly Symphony cartoon "The Wise Little Hen".</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Donald would go on to surpass Mickey Mouse in cartoons, comic books, newspaper strips, merchandising and so forth.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>My favorite version of Donald are the classic comic book stories written and drawn by Carl Barks where he also debuted the multi-billionaire, Uncle Scrooge McDuck.</b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-27125483574075224882019-03-13T18:41:00.000-04:002019-03-13T18:41:06.981-04:0050 Years of the Love Bug<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>March 13, 1969 saw the wide release of the little red, white and blue VW bug named Herbie also known as the Love Bug. Becoming a Disney staple it has spawned four sequels and a TV movie and has gone on to be one of Disney's best filmed live action movies.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Here's my tribute to the little bug that could.</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-60345299637554095972019-02-28T19:05:00.002-05:002019-02-28T19:05:08.368-05:0070 Years of Beany and Cecil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>As stated above Beany and Cecil started life as puppets and became smash hits. Thirteen years later Bob Clampett revived them as cartoon stars and the rest is history.</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>This is my tribute to these great characters.</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-27008343106429685572019-01-16T18:51:00.001-05:002019-01-16T18:51:05.117-05:00Celebrating 90 years of Popeye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>This year marks the 90th anniversary of Popeye the Sailor. Introduced in the "Thimble Theatre" comic strip, Popeye would go on to take the lead role and become one of the most successful and popular characters of all time.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Above is my re-creation of the first appearance of Popeye when Castor Oyl and Harold Ham Gravy hire him to sail their boat to the casino resort, Dice Island.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Here I did a sketch of the two ages of Popeye from his first appearance by Elzie Segar to the final look Segar came up with at the time of his untimely death.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>Even Superman gets in on the celebration of Popeye's Birthday!</i></b></span>Marc Greisinger aka "Alex the Goon"http://www.blogger.com/profile/16798100177226822865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7201094426534228631.post-28784449645928595342017-05-25T18:19:00.000-04:002017-05-25T18:21:52.390-04:0040 years of "Star Wars"<strong><em>Today May 25, 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the release of the greatest movie ever made, "Star Wars".</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>I was 14 when the film came out and had just started high school that August. Like most of the summer all anyone was talking about was this great movie about another galaxy and these great characters that save it's universe from this evil empire and main villain in black, Darth Vader.</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>So a month later, me, my Mom and my sister and a couple of friends finally went to see what the hype was all about. WOW!!! Was I blown away! I had never seen anything like this movie my whole life. A science fiction film that looked lived in. Cool space vehicles and robots that looked real and that were funny. A great hero in Luke Skywalker, a sarcastic pirate in Han Solo (and his first mate Chewbacca the Wookiee), the wise old wizard Obi-wan Kenobi and the brave and brash Princess Leia all fighting to destroy the ultimate weapon, the Death Star.</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Never had I seen a movie that sucked me in and made me care about the characters, hate the villains and made me jump out of my seat when the good guys won the day.</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Star Wars was and is a big part of my life and changed the way I watched movies and made me want to learn how films were made, how special effects were done and how to tell a great story in any form of media.</em></strong><br />
<strong><em>Here is some recent artwork I did of the iconic characters from the classic film.</em></strong><br />
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