Correspondent:: "William L. Houts" Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 07:31:47 -0800
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Does anybody else remember Jot? He was a bouncing ball who was always
falling in bad odor with God. When he felt guilty, Jot would turn a variety
of colors, and as I recall, warp from spherical wholesomeness to blobby
shapes suggestive of moral depravity.
By the end, Jot always secured forgiveness, but only after a lot of guilt
and shame had been served up by invisible authorities.
In the episode I remember best, Jot coveted a trumpet owned by his
friend --I'm almost sure his name was Gabriel. Jot was told explicitly Not
To Touch The Trumpet. But Jot, who was from a line of bouncing balls sired
by Adam, had corruption in his heart. Alone, he took up the instrument and
tried to play it. But evil spirits pried it out of Jot's weird hands --his
hands and feet were unconnected to his body. It dropped to the floor, and
the trumpet was crumpled.
Then came the Paiseley of the Apocalypse. Guilg was always represented in
Jot cartoons by lurid paisely swirls, which scoured Jot like winds of
Christian morality. Jot would turn green or blue, depending on the nature of
his sins.
If you never saw Jot, I tell you it was terrifying. The paiseley guilt was
supremely upsetting to me as a child, while the disembodied Vvoices of
his parents lent a frightening supernatural quality to the proceedings. The
combination turned Jot cartoons from simple lessons of Christian ethics to
disturbing tableaus of existential dread. I never saw a Jot cartoon without
feelings of prfound grief and terror.
Does anybody else remember the eldritch horrors of Jot?
Correspondent:: "nu-monet v7.0" Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 17:22:15 -0700
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William L. Houts wrote:
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> Does anybody else remember Jot?
www.jot-cartoon.com
Jot the Dot was of the realm of the eviltoons
such as 'Davey and Goliath' that promised kids
entertainment, then ruined it all with propaganda
and an utter absence of humor.
They were the Sunday-morning cheat, after a fun
Saturday of 'toons up until 10:30am (Pacific),
when the Science Fiction Badmovie show was on,
(which, BTW, locally, actually introduced me to
the music of Santana, using the instrumental
opening of "Black Magic Woman" as the credit-
over.) Dammit, Saturday morning was for kids!
The BEST you could hope for on Sunday was 'Gumby',
unless you got up extra early when nothing was on
except 'The Farm Report', which was as arcane as
some kind of Black Mass to suburban kids.
There was a splurge of cartoons in the 70s and
early 80s, but with the explosion of cable and
the Cartoon Network, it all just died.
--
"YOU BELONG TO US NOW!"
"GET DOWN WITH MY SICKNESS!!"
--Kino Beman, brand name
Correspondent:: "Rev. Beergoggles" Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 19:22:56 -0600
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nu-monet v7.0 did pass the time by typing:
> William L. Houts wrote:
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>> Does anybody else remember Jot?
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> www.jot-cartoon.com
Well.. up till a few clicks ago I had successfully
drank that little white fucking blob out of my brain.
Sunday morning cartoons.. feh.. Give me a simple Roadrunner
cartoon (UNEDITED THANKYOU) or bring back OrBots.
Seen that new toon, "drawn together". Hoooo boy, it had me rolling.
--
rbg
Correspondent:: "William L. Houts" Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 18:04:48 -0800
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> Sunday morning cartoons.. feh.. Give me a simple Roadrunner
> cartoon (UNEDITED THANKYOU) or bring back OrBots.
>
I loved Wile E. Coyote, but I found Road Runner cartoons to be frustrating.
I never knew anyone over the age of 7 who didn't want to see that fucking
bird roasting on a spit.
My brother tells me there's a Road Runner parody where the hammer of justice
comes down on the Road Runner. I'd sure like to see that.
Correspondent:: "ArWeGod" Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 10:23:26 GMT
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"William L. Houts" wrote in message
news:1100273504.87532@yasure...
> Does anybody else remember Jot? He was a bouncing ball who was always
> falling in bad odor with God. When he felt guilty, Jot would turn a
variety
> of colors, and as I recall, warp from spherical wholesomeness to
blobby
> shapes suggestive of moral depravity.
> By the end, Jot always secured forgiveness, but only after a lot of
guilt
> and shame had been served up by invisible authorities.
Of course, the Good Jot is White. The Colored Jot is Bad.