True. But this particular joke would have been allowed as satire or parody under the fair use provision long before the Pooh books entered public domain. I remember gags about what Eeyore would be like on Prozac back in the 1990s.
I get the Nixon reference, but the way the kid grimaced when he said “Rose Mary Woods” made me think that maybe the friend’s name really is Rose Mary Woods. Is that the case?
Hi, Mr. Henry. I don’t have a question or a plot line suggestion. I just want to say thanks for bringing Wallce into our lives. I would love some Snug Harbor merch. And please let us know when you start the Patreon site.
We called it “bailing out.” Our playgrounds were covered with what was called “tan bark” — basically really crude mulch (not as ubiquitous in suburban gardens as it is today), literally chunks of bark from trees. Softer than the ground maybe, but not by much.
I doubt anyone Heart’s age knows how to burn a CD with files from the internet. And who has a PC they could do that with these days anyway?