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Hooded Claw
''The Perils of Penelope Pitstop'' is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera, Hanna-Barbera Productions that premiered on CBS on September 13, 1969. The show ran for one season with a total of 17 half-hour episodes, the last first-run episode airing on January 17, 1970. Repeats aired on CBS until September 4, 1971; and in syndication as ''Fun World of Hanna-Barbera'' from 1976 to 1982. It is a spin-off of ''Wacky Races (1968 TV series), Wacky Races'', reprising the characters of Penelope Pitstop and the Ant Hill Mob. Rebroadcasts of the show air on the Cartoon Network-owned channel Boomerang (TV network), Boomerang and the series can be streamed in its entirety on the Boomerang streaming service. Production The series was patterned on the silent movie era melodrama cliffhanger movie Serial (film), serial ''The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial), The Perils of Pauline''. It originally was to also star the characters of Dick Dastardly and Muttley, though Dasta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy
Comedy is a genre of fiction that consists of discourses or works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. The term originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing '' agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
