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How does one of the most foul stand-up comics in the country land the lead character in a G-rated Disney movie?

I have tried not to dwell on or question that too much, lest this all be a dream. But according to Brad Bird, he heard my first album, "Feelin' Kinda Patton," and the bit I did about steak houses, and he said, "That's the rat" and brought me in. I was a foodie and I knew a lot of the restaurants where they had done their research, and I knew a lot of stuff about restaurants and how f****d up restaurants are, which they were trying to fit into the movie in a very G-rated way. I think my enthusiasm got me the part.

IanEye wrote:

How does one of the most foul stand-up comics in the country land the lead character in a G-rated Disney movie?

I have tried not to dwell on or question that too much, lest this all be a dream. But according to Brad Bird, he heard my first album, "Feelin' Kinda Patton," and the bit I did about steak houses, and he said, "That's the rat" and brought me in. I was a foodie and I knew a lot of the restaurants where they had done their research, and I knew a lot of stuff about restaurants and how f****d up restaurants are, which they were trying to fit into the movie in a very G-rated way. I think my enthusiasm got me the part.

And my neighborhood is an old social control battle ground, the SF Bay area.
See COINTELPRO and Operation CHAOS.

Volume 5 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection" just came out and I had forgotten just what a force of anarchy and chaos Daffy Duck was in those early Warner cartoons.

Oh yeah. Daffy Duck, I'm telling you, he's the progenitor. I think he settled in the subconscious of all these great comedians of the '60s and '70s as the comedic anti-hero. The roots of Larry Sanders, the roots of David Brent [in the U.K. version of "The Office"], the roots of Frank Burns [in "M*A*S*H"], the roots of all of these hateful but hilarious characters are all in Daffy Duck. Bugs Bunny is very funny too, but he's very cool and collected. Daffy Duck is always out of his element and very self-important. Everything that Martin Mull and Albert Brooks did, you can trace it all back to Daffy Duck.

Hugh Manatee Wins wrote:---

Did Hugh's Key words get hijacked and replaced by three dashes---morse code for the letter 'O'?

IanEye wrote:What is it called when you quote someone and then they go back and edit their original post?

Hugh Manatee Wins wrote:Things are getting weird. Much too.
Y'all have fun. There's nothing but fun to be had. Nothing serious anywhere..la la la.
So many cartoons jpgs to go...so many punchlines to life....

The sky may be starless,
The night may be moonless,
But deep in my heart there's a glow.
For deep in my heart
I know that you love me.
You love me because you told me so.

Love letters straight from your heart
Keep us so near while apart.
I'm not alone in the night
When I can have all the love you write.

I memorize ev'ry line,
I kiss the name that you sign.
And, darling, then I read again right from the start
Love letters straight from your heart.