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Children they were much bigger. >> audiences could relate to these characters. >> we saw ourselves in mickey. he was us. he was the small guy fighting against the system. bugs bunny who was kind of a brooklyn street fighter, they represented us. and usually the bad guys were the landlords, the boss, the hunter, the person who was taking away something from us. and we could laugh at their antics. what they're doing to get back. it made us feel better. it empowered us. >> bugs bunny, daffy duck, wiley coyote, those guys to me were the best executors of comedy ever, if you're still laughing 60 ye...

Comcast, building america's largest gig-speed network. some box office gold, the unmistakable minions raked in millions of dollars in the u.s. and canada. that's one of the biggest openings ever. >> you look at the full roster of feature films put out by major studios. you're really paying attention and see the big money is going to animated features. >> be cool. this wave has to crash. >> you're all alive and looking at me with your glove and your little shoes. >> seeing the movies that are coming out now and i am in awe. the level of craft seems to high. >> the brightest comedy i've

I want to get the taste of ass out of my mouth. >> they have no fear of boundaries. >> they address so many things so smartly, and there's a lot of poo, poo, fart jokes in there, but people don't consider it when they consider smart animation comedy. >> this week "south park" has gone out on syndication. it's amazing. look how much they have to cut out. to watch the first season, they don't cut anything out.

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The answer was kids. >> it was television that put cartoons into the arena or ghetto, if you will, of saturday morning. before tv, cartoons were for everybody. there's a straitjacket put on animation that you couldn't be as funny as you wanted to be, oh, it's for kids and it can't be this interesting. >> didn't anyone ever tell you it's not polite to grab? >> by the '80s, we were into pound puppies, strawberry shortcake, a lot of merchandising opportunities, but they were sort of ways to sell product rather than ways to entertain or amuse kids. >> eddy? >> yeah. >> bring in the guys. >> ralph ...