[meteorite-list] Re: proud tom: serious retort

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:11 2004
Message-ID: <BC96F058.7A48%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Hi Fred and all,
        In addition to Fred's comments I would like to add that humor has
many therapeutic aspects, as well. Not the least of which is to add a
definite degree of objectivity - NOT that humor, in itself, is objective,
but that by exposing the idiotic side of reality, a sort of equilibrium
or objectivity is more easily perceived.
        One of the reasons there are SO any ("spats," shall we call them) is
that people lose perspective. Proud Tom provides a bit of insight into
needed readjustment of perspective..... Thanks, Proud Tom.
        Best wishes to all, Michael


on 4/4/04 10:05 PM, Fredmeteorhall_at_aol.com at Fredmeteorhall@aol.com wrote:

> Dear Proud Tom;
> Fred Hall, of Meteorhall Cartoons here, with this short retort to Big
> Steve's reply to the latest Proud Tom site.
> With sad but fiercely earnest emotion, I must request that Proud Tom
> continue with his ZANY and IDIOTIC postings. Why sad? Because I now realize
> that
> my single box cartoons will never match up to the colossus humor generated by
> the eight nutty pages of the infamous Proud Tom.
> Why zany? After reading the the recent Proud Tom posting, I laughed, I
> cried in my beer, and I didn't get the correct answer to the Meteorite List
> Quitter or Sitter question number two ( At least I didn't pick answer number
> three.) However, I now realize that I must continue creating cartoons about
> meteorites and the people that love them. Proud Tom, now see what what you
> have gone
> and done?
> Why idiotic? Well, Mickey Mouse started off as an idiotic idea. After
> all, a mouse that wears clothes and talks and drives around with a buddy named
> Goofy, well, sounds idiotic, but look where it got Walt!
> Now I'm not comparing the genius of Walt Disney with the creator or creators
> of "Proud Tom Meteorites", as they MUST be idiots! Why else would they spend
> so much time on making meteorite collectors and scientists laugh? Pure and
> simple idiots. I hope they do as well as Walt did.
> Regards, Fred Hall
>

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