Starting in 1962, Captain Kangaroo broadcast Tom Terrific every other week, alternating with Terrytoons' Lariat Sam. Captain Kangaroo continued to rerun the episodes for many years. The first thirteen stories were filmed in 1957, with the second set in 1958. Ĭreated by Gene Deitch under the Terrytoons studio (which by that time was a subsidiary of CBS, the network that broadcast Captain Kangaroo), Tom Terrific was made as twenty-six stories, each split into five episodes, with one five-minute episode broadcast per day. Tom Terrific is a 1957–1959 animated series on American television, presented as part of the Captain Kangaroo children's television show. This entry refers to a very annoying cat behavior: “The seller knocked our offer off the table.”įinally, we have an entry that suggests the potential buyer might not need something as fancy as a cat tower: “Or would you prefer just a patch of sunlight on a rug?”Ĭongratulations to CAROL LASKY, who submitted this month’s winning entry: “The seller is highly unmotivated.”įor those of you who want to see how we made our selections, we recorded the process and that discussion is posted here.William Bernal, Phil Eastman, Bud Evsalin, Bob Kuwahara, Ralph Newman It’s clever, and it reconciles the disparate frames of reference, but it’s too cute. I hate to criticize an entry on the grounds that it’s obvious-many of the best captions seem obvious once you’ve read them-but this one really is too predictable: “You said you wanted something pet-friendly.” Still, it works.īecause a couple of my fellow judges really liked this next caption, I won’t feel too guilty about admitting that I did not: “They’re open to all offers. This caption refers to cats’ natural enemies: “ No dogs allowed.” Reference to an English proverb: “The last owner spent their entire lives here.” Ironic caption: “Unfortunately, the lease states ‘no animals.’” Sex joke: “It’s not that kind of cat house.” These two entries note that cats spend much of their lives napping: “I’ve had several interested buyers…briefly.”.Or feign interest, rub against me, and walk away.” “The sellers are completely ignoring me.”.Like that last caption, the following entries all allude to the fact that cats often seem uninterested: “The current owners just don’t find it interesting anymore.”.“The previous owner just got too old and had to be put down.”.“The seller downsized to a pile of warm laundry.”.“The owners are moving into the box it came in.”.Like that last caption, the following entries explain why the property is on the market: “They are selling because this neighborhood is going to the dogs.”.That last caption is also a pun, and here are a few more: “It’s the only neighborhood without a rodent problem.”.“The neighborhood is very quiet, especially now that all the birds are gone.”.There have been several hundred murders here.” These entries work because cats are predators: Hsu’s original caption reconciles the disparate elements (cats and real estate) while highlighting the home’s selling points: “It’s open concept and practically new, as the previous owner was declawed.” The realtor is gesturing toward the property and saying something. Her drawing is set on a residential street where a realtor is showing to a potentially interested buyer a huge cat tower that’s for sale. This month the cartoonist, Lynn Hsu, joined our panel of judges.
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