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From: thb@unisoft.UUCP (Tim Bessie)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Snakes and fat men in bowler hats (obscure cartoons)
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Date: Fri, 19-Apr-85 04:11:09 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 19 04:11:09 1985
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Since were talking about obscure cartoons... I remember, back in the
early 70's, we used to get up around 7 or 7:30 AM to watch a very
strange cartoon.  I don't remember much, except that:

		1) It was in the form of a comedy/variety show,
		   with canned laughter.
		2) Two of the characters I remember were a fat
		   man and a snake, both of which wore bowler hats.
		3) A segment where, every time someone told a bad joke,
		   they would switch to a guy slapping his knee,
		   saying "HA HA HA!  That's a kneeslapper!"
		   After this, they would zoom in on his knee, which
		   had a little face on it, and the face would say, each
		   time, "If he does that once more, I'm going to
		   get ANGRY!"  Eventually, after the last bad joke of
		   the show was told, the knee would say "That's it!" and
		   they would show pictures of all kinds of disasters,
		   with the disaster-type written underneath, and the
		   announcer saying it dramatically (i.e. "TIDAL WAVE!
		   FIRE! EARTHQUAKE!"... etc.).

Anybody remember a wierd cartoon like this before?

				- Tim Bessie