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Entry Archive: August 28, 2007

Cuteness

Dave!Why is it considered "cute" if a cartoon penguin pulls out a gun and threatens to shoot somebody... but if I were to do that I'd probably end up arrested?

The Penguin
Feathers McGraw from Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers

I need a Davecation.

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I bet a lot of people would think you were cute if you pulled out a gun Dave... okay, maybe not...

Posted by kilax on August 28, 2007

   

Not cute by my definition. That's one ugly heat-packing duck.

Posted by James on August 28, 2007

   

hahaha amazing

Posted by Kirsten on August 28, 2007

   

Comic relief ... we all have someone we'd like to blow away in our fantasies. :)

Posted by AnnieB on August 28, 2007

   

The reason may be that you're not partial to wearing rubber glove hats.

Posted by ssp on August 29, 2007

   

you have to wear a tux, then you'll be set

Posted by whit on August 29, 2007

   

You might be able to get away with it if you put a red rubber glove on your head to disguise yourself.

It worked for Feathers McGraw.

Posted by Suzanne on August 29, 2007

   

There's a channel over here that plays the 3 wallace and gromit short films back to back on a regular basis, and I never get tired of watching them. But don't forget, that penguin is dangerous... and ends up in prison - despite his cuteness!

Posted by serap on August 29, 2007

   

It's the suit. If you had on a snazzy tux like that, you'd probably be mobbed by hot (and not) women like James Bond instead. It's all in the presentation, 'luv. ;)

Posted by Kyra on August 29, 2007

   

I don't know - people might just look at you and say "Awww, wook at the cute widdle Dave with the gun!"

Posted by Avitable on August 29, 2007

   

I find it thoroughly menacing if a cartoon penguin points a gun at me. If it's a human, I can reason with him/her and try to negotiate my way out of that perilous situation. If I'm killed anyway, I can at least tell myself that I tried.

Cartoon penguin? Unless I speak Penguese, I'm screwed. There's no weaseling my way out of that one.

Posted by kapgar on August 29, 2007

   

I need a Davecation

Don't we all?

BTW, I find the penguin hilarious.

Posted by Mike on August 29, 2007

   

Because you don't have a beak.

Beak + Gun = Cute.

No Beak + Gun = Jail.

Posted by RW on August 29, 2007

   

But I bet you could bribe your way out of jail with some free t-shirts. Cuteness is over-rated, free t-shirts, however, are not...

Posted by Beth on August 29, 2007

   

You may get arrested, but Bad Monkey won't!

Posted by kilax on August 29, 2007

   

I guess same reason Roadrunner is cute when he kills Wile E. Coyote a couple of times per episode.

Posted by Wayne on August 29, 2007

   

yeah, so not cute.

Posted by sizzle on August 29, 2007

   

Context is everything. I work for an airline and I've observed that two pilots can say the same words to a flight attendant. The F/A will respond favourably if the pilot is handsome. If the pilot is unattractive, the F/A will file sexual harrassment charges.

Same words, different penguin...

Posted by Whitenoise on August 29, 2007

   

It's the same way Gangsta Dave is cute holding up his gat while rapping about three spaces.....cute animation!!! :)

Posted by Hilly on August 29, 2007

   

I agree with Kevin--not so cute, mostly menacing.
But if Gromit held a gun? Hmmm...that's a tough one...

Posted by diane on August 29, 2007

   

Wooh! First comment for me!

Anyway, Bad Monkey would probally end up in the zoo, just like Mr McGraw. It'd be nice if he got a room with a view too.

Anyway, love the blog Daveydoos. I always thought about blogging, then i remembered that i probally cannot be arsed. So I read yours instead! Love the cartoons, and tried to do some of my own, but they're so bad, they wont touch any copywright issues.

Anyway, must go. From your biggest fan in England! Come to Milton Keynes! There aint a Hard Rock, but it shows you how bad England really is!

Alexei

Posted by Alexei on August 29, 2007

   

I don't know, Dave. Why do people laugh when I threaten to gut them like a fish? It's one of those mysteries of life.

Posted by Tracy Lynn on August 29, 2007

   

I bet you'd be cute too - and if you wore a tux, you'd be sexy (ala James Bond). ;)

Posted by Gina on August 29, 2007

   

It's definitely the clothes...look at all the mobsters in movies. They almost look suave shooting everything that moves because of the suits.

I'm not even going into the violence in cartoons...you can get away with almost anything as long as it's animated.

Posted by Mia on August 29, 2007

   

Why do people drive on a parkway and
park in a driveway?

It's just another one of the mysteries
of the universe...

Posted by Jill on August 29, 2007

   

If you looked like that and pulled a gun on me,I'd think you were cute, too.

But then I would squash you with my foot. (I mean, you'd be, like, a foot tall?)

Because guns? Not cute.

Posted by karla on August 29, 2007

   

The chase scene on the train in The Wrong Trousers is classic - perhaps the best evah.

Posted by Baak on August 29, 2007

   

Feathers is a classy dude. I could see the two of you facing off in a cartoony type scenario

Posted by Anthony on August 29, 2007

   

I think if an actual cartoon penguin were walking down the street and pulled out a gun it might not be so cute. Actually, it sounds like a weird nightmare.

Posted by Gary LaPointe on August 31, 2007

   

   

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