Rosa on News and other stuff

[Jon Cato Lorentzen]

DON:
The newsreport on "From Duckburg to Lillehammer" mentioned neither your
name, Barks name or the Disney Corp. There were a lot of pictures from the
comics, but in Norway, EVERYONE knows that Walt Disney makes the Donald
comics (the kids think Walt himself draws them all), so I guess they found
no point in mentioning this. They could however have mentioned your name
or Barks, but then again. The majority of the readers don't know anything
about the artists, and couldnt tell a Barks story from a Duck Tales story.

ALL:
In the weekend I caught an hilarious episode of the Simpsons. It had a
funny "Steamboat Willie"-parody, with Itchy & Scratcy. For those who don't
know who these guys are, they are a cartoon in the cartoon, with a cat
and a mouse (Itchy & Scratchy), a sort of ultra violent parody of Tom &
Jerry.
In the Steamboat Willie parody, Itchy (Dressed as Mickey Mouse) stood at
the wheel of Steamboat Itchy, tapping his foot. Then Scratchy (as Pete)
came up behind him, and stretched out his arms while growling. Itchy then
jumped around and blasted him with a machinegun, and threw him into the
coal-burner.

The whole thing was VERY like Steamboat Willie in style (except for the
violence.


Jon C. Lorentzen