Day: March 20, 2009

“I can see why this is so popular.” – Homer Simpson Meet Zaky, the purple bear with a message of tolerance – Zaky is a Barney clone, only he’s a bear instead of a dinosaur and his original target audience was Australian Muslims.  Now he’s going global: Zaky’s creator, Sydney film producer Subhi Alshaik, describes the mild-mannered cartoon character as “the opposite of Bart Simpson” who teaches “good, ethical, moral messages”. I would not have guessed that the opposite of Bart Simpson was a purple bear, but what do I know? Lunch Break: Jon Stewart’s 1994 Interview With Conan O’Brien –…