Hi all,

I was watching a re-run of Daria on TV on Thursday night and then Futurama last night and I was wondering how many 'Catters share an interest in these cartoon shows based on quirky humour, or satiric humour, or non-traditional, non-Hollywood-schmaltzy humour.

I know on different threads we have referred to The Simpsons & also to Dilbert, and the User Friendly on-line & printed comic strips, and I suspect that there are a lot of people at Mudcat who can relate to these types of humour more than the usual pulp which is served up to us.

For those who don't know about Daria, she & her arty friend Jane are world weary teenagers who - to use a phrase common in Oz & I suspect elsewhere - like to take the Mickey out of what is considered to be normal human life with these wonderful dry observations. Daria particularly loves dead-pannedly winding up her flaky & very popular sister, and her parents, and her school peers & teachers - well, everyone really.

Futurama is also written by the team who write The Simpsons, so same quirky take on life except it is in the future and the type of things that are sent up are different, I think.

There are a wide range of cartoon shows on TV now which can be considered controversial by a lot of people but in my opinion are a blessed relief, but some of them I don't like at all, e.g. Ren & Stimpy.

So, any comments gratefully accepted. In a lot of ways I am looking at this from a perspective of the social comments on life in these cartoons and comparing them to the philosophy of life that Hollywood etc presents.

What are your favourites?

Helen