Not really sure. I'm middle aged so maybe that's a factor? Funny thing is I've never actually seen either of those movies. I guess I have a fairly good memory for useless trivia.
NO THEY ARE NOT ANTEATERS DONE EVOLVED MORE TIMESES gang up on him all y'all different anteaterses
they are the crabs of the land. dude even looks scuttley
edit you know what i was going to edit it out but my hill folk heritage comes out in times of passion deal with it
Marc Brown in conjunction with PBS inspired 4 generations of children to learn tolerance, respect, and community. The good this man has done is arguably more far-reaching than Mr Rogers himself
You are probably on to something here. We shouldn’t have tolerated everything. We shouldn’t have entertained their conspiracy theories or gave them a seat at the table at all.
To be fair, that wasn't the final change to his appearance. His design jumped around a lot. This is very clearly a multi-verse situation. The Arthur-verse.
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chisel@piefed.social · 97 pts · 188d
I can't believe Arthur, my favorite celebrity, gave in to corruption and became a sellout. Now I'm questioning everything. Is the library even fun?
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 188d
He should have stuck with being an English alcoholic socialite in New York City.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 188d
Arthur... Bach? Is that the reference?
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 187d
Yup.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 187d
I had to dig really hard to find this one. Why is he so well known to you?
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 187d
I mean it's a movie with the exact same title as the show everyone is talking about? Doesn't seem like that much of a deep cut
tetris11@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 187d
whats the movie?
emeralddawn45@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 187d
...Arthur, from 1981. Like I said, it has the same title as the show? Am I being trolled?
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 187d
Not really sure. I'm middle aged so maybe that's a factor? Funny thing is I've never actually seen either of those movies. I guess I have a fairly good memory for useless trivia.
Morphite88@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 187d
Or you're a Christopher Cross fan?
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 188d
Yes the library is fun!
Ask Mychal Threets!
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/reading-rainbow-reboot-coming-tv-streaming-sony-deal-pbs-1236512533/
TheJesusaurus@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 187d
Not if you don't have a library card
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 187d
The literary OF girls never seemed to need cards
becausechemistry@piefed.social · 5 pts · 188d
I have a library card. But I still find it difficult to have fun sometimes. Was it all lies?!
infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 188d
Do you think someone would actually do that? Just go on the Internet and tell lies?
toxicbubble@lemmy.world · 65 pts · 188d
also made him lighter skinned 🤔
CannonFodder@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 187d
Arthur is supposed to be an anteater??!?
Sludgeyy@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 187d
Aardvark
A a rd v-a-r-k
captain_oni@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 64 pts · 187d
YOU DONE MESEED UP AY-AY-RDVARK!
Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 187d
perfect
Rusty@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 187d
Aardvarks are much better than anteaters, if we sort them lexicographically by name.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 187d
NO THEY ARE NOT ANTEATERS DONE EVOLVED MORE TIMESES gang up on him all y'all different anteaterses
they are the crabs of the land. dude even looks scuttley
edit you know what i was going to edit it out but my hill folk heritage comes out in times of passion deal with it
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 187d
They covered this in song.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 187d
My first artichoke plant was named Arthur. Then a bastard cultist murdered it. I think that's about all i can go into it though.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 41 pts · 188d
That's actually very accurate modern day's double standards.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 34 pts · 188d
Marc Brown in conjunction with PBS inspired 4 generations of children to learn tolerance, respect, and community. The good this man has done is arguably more far-reaching than Mr Rogers himself
cornshark@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 187d
gestures at America if he's been at it for 4 generations then what's all this?
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 187d
For four generations we've been associating tolerance, respect and community with childish cartoon characters; something to be outgrown.
backalleycoyote@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 187d
I got about as much tolerance left as Bugs Bunny.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 10 pts · 187d
He got 2 in 3 of us. The other 1/3rd I'd rather not talk about
Wataba@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 187d
1 in 3. A third decided to be bystanders in the fact of abject bigotry.
HugeNerd@lemmy.ca · -1 pts · 187d
Well that's a fine example of your "tolerance, respect, and community"
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 187d
Perfect is the enemy of good
xxam925@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 187d
You are probably on to something here. We shouldn’t have tolerated everything. We shouldn’t have entertained their conspiracy theories or gave them a seat at the table at all.
We will have to figure out a way to do better.
ayyy@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 187d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 187d
Maybe the presence or size of the opposition is, in part, due to shit like that.
whoisearth@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 187d
But think of the memes!
cdf12345@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 187d
Them’s fightin words dissin’ Mr R like that tho.
deadcream@sopuli.xyz · 25 pts · 188d
Making him perfect one step at a time
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 187d
huquad@lemmy.ml · 18 pts · 187d
There's absolutely nothing wrong with your nose, but if you ever want to change that hideous thing on your face, give me a call
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 187d
He's a fucking aardvark?! 🤦♂️
Arrkk@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 187d
"🎶A-A-R-D-VARK!🎶"
oozynozh@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 187d
something was, in fact, wrong with Arthur's nose
entwine@programming.dev · 13 pts · 187d
Arthur's first book was nothing but beta cope, but once he took looksmaxxing seriously he ascended to become a celebrity and cultural icon.
Take notes, children.
Danarchy@lemmy.nz · 11 pts · 188d
His shirt also went from rad as hell to swirly bait
brownsugga@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 188d
Just like all the body positivity ppl once a shot could make you skinny
MrNobody@quokk.au · 9 pts · 188d
He traded his nose for some minor sight defects.
you_are_dust@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 187d
To be fair, that wasn't the final change to his appearance. His design jumped around a lot. This is very clearly a multi-verse situation. The Arthur-verse.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 6 pts · 187d
So I went and looked: aardvark means "earth pig" or "ground pig" in afrikaner
Also, this is Arthur's reaction
BrambinagStoneboots@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 187d
Erdferkel in German. Earth-Piglet.
jeffep@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 187d
Looks like they just shortened his face, the nose is the same