'Rick & Steve' Wins Big at Italian Animation Fest

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Rick & Steve Wins Big at Italian Animation Fest
       Logo
                cartoon Rick & Steve: The Happiest       Gay
                Couple in All the World was honored as Best TV
            Series by the       annual Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella
            Awards last weekend in Salerno,       Italy.     
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          Apr 15, 2008
          
        
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       Logo
                cartoon Rick & Steve: The Happiest       Gay
                Couple in All the World was honored as Best TV
            Series by the       annual Cartoons on the Bay Pulcinella
            Awards last weekend in Salerno,       Italy. Rick &
            Steve follows three gay       couples in the fictional
            West Lahunga Beach. The jury praised the show       for
            "pushing social boundaries and tackling stereotypes in a
            wicked       and irreverent way," according to
            Variety.     
       The saucy cartoon
            was created by Advocate       columnist Q. Allan
            Brocka and produced by Canada's Cuppa Coffee Studios
            for Logo. (The Advocate)     

        
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