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From: Auerbach, Barbara <BAuerbach>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 09:08:54 -0400
I'll chime in on "hilarious." Going way back to when my son was little (a good 15 years or more), one of our favorites was Willy the Wimp. Adam was in that superhero stage, but definitely not athletic himself and he really identified with Willy. To this day we joke about the final scene when a pumped-up WIlly accidentally walks into a parking meter and apologizes, "I'm sorry." The touching irony of this buff, yet still gentle, humble at heart chimp expressing his regrets to an inanimate object still makes us roar.If only there were more Willys in this world... Barbara Auerbach School Library Journal bauerbach at cahners.com
Received on Fri 23 Jun 2000 08:08:54 AM CDT
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 09:08:54 -0400
I'll chime in on "hilarious." Going way back to when my son was little (a good 15 years or more), one of our favorites was Willy the Wimp. Adam was in that superhero stage, but definitely not athletic himself and he really identified with Willy. To this day we joke about the final scene when a pumped-up WIlly accidentally walks into a parking meter and apologizes, "I'm sorry." The touching irony of this buff, yet still gentle, humble at heart chimp expressing his regrets to an inanimate object still makes us roar.If only there were more Willys in this world... Barbara Auerbach School Library Journal bauerbach at cahners.com
Received on Fri 23 Jun 2000 08:08:54 AM CDT
