Jones didn't simply submit to limited animation. He used it to make a joke which wouldn't have been thought of with full animation.

I _hate_ this editing system!

I _thought_ the voice of Humphrey was close to that of the

It was also used by Andrei Sakharov to keep his sanity in detention. 

Which turns into Calvinball.

"Roland the Roadie?"

Gulliver, Swift, Struldbrugs. 

So you would have more time, and less anxiety.

"Why would Canada want to invade us? I've been there, and it's a lot like here."
"The element of surprise."

"Carmina Burana' is close to the ethos dissected in "Hitler's Hit Parade": sex and destiny.

Then it's war!Then it's war!Gather the forces! Harness the horses!Then it's war! Freedonia's going to war!

If I had many millions of dollars, I'd have a movie festival with the movies surviving from World War I. Everything from newsreels to "Hearts of the World" and "Shoulder Arms." I'd throw in things like Ince's "Civilization" and McCay's sinking of the Lusitania to complete the background.

A show like this is overdue. Even the "decorate on a budget" programs furnish their rooms with overpriced brand-name pieces, or fabulous knock-offs of brand-name pieces for only several hundred dollars.

Christopher Walken — they could get him to sing and dance and spoof his image. Would They Might Be Giants be good — both adult and child songs — or would it be another Paul Simon? Neal Patrick Harris is everywhere. Who are the new vaudevillians?

Two arguments for your thesis. The most frightening thing in "Star Trek II" was that little creature — they have more sophisticated effects than that nowadays. The second most frightening thing was when the Away Team was in the spaceship and a rat crept out.

Sings:

I like Firesign Theater a lot. But some of their material is quite frightening. Listen and like, but don't put the stuff on after midnight.

Scientology ministers?

According to one report, he's spending scads of money to fund "conservative" ideologues in school board elections. However, I'll listen to a counter-argument.

I think TV is going too fast toward HD, and animation toward 3D. The brilliant effects one can do with film as surface get ignored in favor of film as tableau vivant. "Hey, look at that! It looks like the people are actually standing there."