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| title = Fifty Shades | | title = Fifty Shades | ||
| image = fifty shades.png | | image = fifty shades.png | ||
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| titletext = Wishbone and the Illustrated Classics series have gotten me through every conversation I've ever had about Dickens, Treasure Island, The Anarchist's Cookbook, and Our Bodies, Ourselves. | | titletext = Wishbone and the Illustrated Classics series have gotten me through every conversation I've ever had about Dickens, Treasure Island, The Anarchist's Cookbook, and Our Bodies, Ourselves. | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | {{w|Wishbone (TV series)|Wishbone}} was a children's TV show about a dog who draws parallels between literature and real life in his dreams, reenacting many literary classics. The show was especially praised in its time for refusing to censor the more unpleasant aspects of its source work. {{w|Fifty Shades of Grey}} is a novel featuring large quantities of sex. | |
− | In the comic, | + | In the comic, Cueball claims to have learned all that he knows about Fifty Shades of Grey from the Wishbone adaptation of the book. Knowing the faithful nature of wishbone's adaptations, an episode on the book would likely involve age-inappropriate material for children, as the sounds emanating from the tv would suggest. |
− | + | {{w|Our Bodies, Ourselves}} is a book about women's health and sexuality produced by the nonprofit organization Our Bodies Ourselves (originally called the Boston Women's Health Book Collective). First published in 1971, it contains information related to many aspects of women's health and sexuality, including menopause, birth control, childbirth, sexual health, sexual orientation, gender identity, mental health and general well-being. | |
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− | + | {{w|The Anarchist Cookbook}}, first published in 1971, is a book that contains instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices, and other items. It was written by William Powell to protest United States involvement in the Vietnam War. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:As with most famous books, I've never actually '''read''' ''Fifty Shades of Grey.'' | :As with most famous books, I've never actually '''read''' ''Fifty Shades of Grey.'' | ||
− | :I only know the plot from watching the ''Wishbone'' version | + | :I only know the plot from watching the ''Wishbone'' version |
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− | : | + | :TV: ''Smack!'' |
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
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