KANGAR, June 5 — Perlis Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Abu Bakar Hamzah today said the state government will adopt a wait-and-see approach following a meeting between PAS and Umno leaders in Kuala Lumpur, stressing that any political development must place Malay unity at the forefront.

He said Malay-based political parties should work together and remain united in defending the rights and interests of the community, Utusan Malaysia reported this afternoon.

“As far as I am concerned, we will wait and see how the situation develops. What is important is the unity of the Malays. Even within our own parties, we should maintain good relations. Whatever problems arise, we should discuss them properly and not quarrel.

“The people are the ultimate judges who will determine the direction of the country’s leadership, and that is the most important thing,” the Bersatu politician was quoted as saying after the Perlis State Legislative Assembly sitting at Kompleks Seri Putra here.

He was responding to PAS president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang’s confirmation that PAS and Umno leaders had met yesterday, with the Marang MP describing it as a routine meeting. 

Abdul Hadi had also said efforts to revive Muafakat Nasional were consistent with PAS’ long-standing objective of strengthening Malay-Muslim political cooperation.

On the current Perlis assembly sitting, Abu Bakar said proceedings had been smooth, with assemblymen debating issues professionally without resorting to personal attacks.

“This is where we want to preserve the relationship within the PN government, which is the most important thing. It is about maintaining good relations among all assemblymen and the entire state leadership,” he said.

Closer to home, the menteri besar also moved to bury revived allegations of statutory declarations (SDs) allegedly aimed at removing his predecessor, Datuk Seri Mohd Shukri Ramli.

He said his earlier remarks were merely intended as advice and a reminder to Perlis PAS Youth chief Haziq Asyraf Dun to stop reviving the old controversy surrounding the alleged document.

“As I said yesterday, regarding the SD issue, I never mentioned it and we do not know whether it exists because we were summoned one by one by His Royal Highness the Raja of Perlis, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail.

“I also did not say whether it exists or not; I merely asked that the matter be stopped. Whatever the case, if such matters exist, we should put them behind us.

“I was simply offering advice and a reminder to the PAS Youth chief that we should stop talking about this SD issue. We should focus on the assembly sitting and on preparing our election machinery,” he was quoted as saying.

Yesterday, Utusan Malaysia reported that PAS Youth maintained its belief that there had been an effort involving SDs signed by Bersatu assemblymen to bring down Mohd Shukri, based on alleged admissions by three former PAS assemblymen whose party memberships had been terminated during a meeting with PAS central leadership on Dec 21 last year.

Abu Bakar said the state government remained firm in its view that the SD issue should not be revisited because it was an old matter that certain parties were attempting to revive.

“Today it is crystal clear that this matter will not be raised again, God willing,” he was quoted as saying.

 

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Say bye to bland burgers. These lean chicken patties are spiced up with smoky chipotle peppers for a bold, satisfying bite. And nothing pairs better with a burger than a side of fries — crispy, chili-roasted sweet potato fries add a welcome kick to round out the meal.

Active time: 20 minutes | Total time: 50 minutes

Spicy Chicken Burger with Sweet Potato Fries

Ingredients

For the spicy chicken burger:

• 1 lb (454g) ground chicken breast
• 2 tsp grated onion
• 1 tsp chipotle peppers in adobo sauce, chopped
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1 large (35g) egg white
• 1 tsp olive or canola oil
• 4 whole-grain burger buns, split and toasted if desired
• 4 lettuce leaves
• 4 tomato slices

For the sweet potato fries:

• 2 medium (150g each) sweet potatoes
• 1 tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp chili powder

Directions

Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).

Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into 1/2-inch wedges, cutting pieces to the same size for even cooking. Toss with 1 tsp olive oil and chili powder. Spread on a nonstick baking sheet or a baking sheet lined with nonstick aluminum foil. Bake, turning once, for 30–35 minutes, or until crisp and golden brown.

Meanwhile, combine the ground chicken, grated onion, chipotle peppers, cumin, salt, and egg white in a medium bowl and mix well with your hands. Shape into 4 patties.

Heat the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, swirling to coat the bottom. Add the patties and cook for 4–5 minutes per side, or until completely cooked through and the internal temperature reaches 165°F (74°C).

Serve the burgers on the buns with the lettuce and tomato. Serve with the sweet potato fries.

Serves: 4 | Serving Size: 1 burger and 1/2 sweet potato

Nutrition (per serving): Calories: 346; Total Fat: 6g; Saturated Fat: 0g; Monounsaturated Fat: 2g; Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g; Cholesterol: 55mg; Sodium: 371mg; Carbohydrate: 40g; Dietary Fiber: 3g; Sugar: 6g; Protein: 32g

Nutrition Bonus: Potassium: 492mg; Iron: 5%; Vitamin A: 49%; Vitamin C: 25%

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Let your slow cooker do the heavy lifting with this vibrant, plant-based sweet potato curry. Tender sweet potatoes and hearty chickpeas cook down in a coconut milk and curry broth that fills your kitchen with incredible aroma. Come dinnertime, all that’s left to do is stir in fresh basil and lime, spoon it over rice, and serve.

Active time: 10 minutes | Total time: 4 hours, 10 minutes

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato Curry

Ingredients

• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 medium red bell pepper, diced
• 2 large sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tbsp fresh ginger, minced
• 2 cups vegetable broth
• 1/2 cup light coconut milk
• 1 tbsp curry powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 cup fresh basil, roughly chopped
• 1/2 tsp lime zest
• 1 1/2 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1 15-oz. can low sodium chickpeas, rinsed and drained
• 3 cups cooked jasmine or basmati rice
• 4 tbsp plain nonfat Greek yogurt

Directions

Combine the onion, bell pepper, sweet potatoes, garlic, and ginger in a 4-quart slow cooker.

In a small bowl, stir together the vegetable broth, coconut milk, curry powder, and salt, then pour over the vegetables. Cover and cook on high for 4 hours or low for 8 hours, until the sweet potatoes are tender. Stir in the basil, lime zest, lime juice and chickpeas.

Serve the curry over hot cooked rice. Top each serving with 1 tbsp yogurt and garnish with basil, if desired.

Serves: 4 | Serving Size: 2 cups curry with 3/4 cup rice + 1 tbsp yogurt

Nutrition (per serving): Calories: 421; Total Fat: 5g; Saturated Fat: 2g; Monounsaturated Fat: 0g; Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g; Cholesterol: 1mg; Sodium: 951mg; Carbohydrate: 81g; Dietary Fiber: 9g; Sugar: 14g; Protein: 14g

Nutrition Bonus: Potassium: 1050mg; Iron: 19%; Vitamin A: 58%; Vitamin C: 106%; Calcium: 10%

Originally published: November 22, 2019; Updated May 2026

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Hal Seeger had a good hit on his hands when he produced The Milton the Monster Show in 1965. Exploiting the “non-scary monster” genre of TV shows that was made popular by The Addams Family and The Munsters, the show was refreshing for the landscape of TV animation, which had already begun its descent into lifeless fodder entirely controlled by business executives. Milton brought a refreshing texture, with each segment trying to push how strange or offbeat it could be, with lots of off the wall thinking that makes most cartoons worth a watch.

A lot of this success helps with the crew that Seeger had assembled. Most of the animators, who were directing their segments, were seasoned NY animators with a couple of younger ones mixed in, bringing their East Coast mindset at a time when most TV animation was being produced in the West. Each of these individuals brought their own senses to the cartoons they worked on, while retaining a consistent sense of fun that made the Hal Seeger Cartoons so memorable and engaging. In this article, I’d like to highlight a few of the animators responsible for the show. These eight animators were just some of the men responsible for bringing this show to life in their own ways.

Myron Waldman was one of Hal Seeger’s top animators, and an initial partner in forming his studio. Much of his previous work at Fleischer (the later Betty Boops with Pudgy) and Famous Studios (Casper the Friendly Ghost) had directly targeted a more juvenile audience than his contemporaries, and thus his drawing tended to be cuter. Because of his partnership with Seeger, he did the lion’s share of work on the show, including animating the famous opener (above) to the Milton segments, as well as many of the supporting segments such as Flukey Luke and Muggy Doo, Boy Fox.

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Shamus Culhane was the other key animator at Hal Seeger’s studio during much of the 60s, until he got the chance to take over the Paramount Studio as producer and director. Because of this departure, Culhane only animated about half as many cartoons as Myron Waldman, but provided a lot of funny posing and expressions throughout.

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Izzy Klein was the oldest animator on the show, starting on the Barre-Bower Mutt and Jeff cartoons of the 1910s, and was an early contributor to The New Yorker magazine before returning to animation, both as an animator and storyman. Although he was somewhat boxed in on the show, he still retained nice drawing, and a feeling of looseness in the linework that other studios rarely went for in the world of limited animation.

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Tom Golden and Arnie Levy worked as a duo on four cartoons for the show, on two of the Flukey Lukes and Penny Penguin cartoons. Golden was an experienced animator and de-facto director from Famous Studios, while Levy had just come from being an assistant at Terrytoons, likely paired with Golden for support and further training. Their cartoons contain pleasing, open compositions and layouts with strong poses, though fewer drawings than other animators

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Johnny Gentilella, nicknamed Johnny Gent, was another Famous Studios alumni, who had also been dubbed “The Popeye Man” by his colleagues for his excellent work on the character, bringing a thoughtfulness to the animation that the direction rarely received after a certain point. With this in mind, it makes sense that Gent only animated a single cartoon with the Milton cast (Crumby Mummy), instead doing several of the Fearless Fly entries, where he brought much of the same charm in his drawing and posing to these cartoons.

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Ken Walker was an animator with a lengthy career, being at Disney for much of the 40s and 50s, appearing on a Disney themed segment on the TV Show You Asked for It. While his animation for Milton (Monsters for Hire, Horrorbaloo, Batnap) may not be the most substantial part of his career, he did good work. He used more drawings, albeit drawn a bit simpler, but very geometric and expressive. It’s likely he freelanced his three cartoons from the West Coast.

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Bill Ackerman was a real standout talent of the Milton crew, despite only animating two cartoons (Witch Crafty and Dunkin’ Treasure). His more geometric rendering of the characters and an emphasis on hands and fingers gave him really funny posing, composing each scene more like a comic strip panel. Initially an assistant from Terrytoons, he would continue to animate on Batfink for Seeger, then moved West, eventually becoming a storyman at Hanna Barbera.

Bill’s talent must’ve been recognized internally, as he animated an unsold pilot, Wilbur the Wanted, a hide and seek situation about a Dog framed for a crime by a Hare he seeks to prove alive.

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Jim Tyer was saved for last, as there is no one else who can appropriately follow up his individual and distinct mindset in the world of animation, despite animating only a few cartoons for Milton the Monster.

His four Stuffy Durma cartoons are classics in their visuals and story, and are perhaps the single best use of limited animation. That discussion could be its own article, so I’ll leave it here with one of them.

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For those looking for more of these segments to watch, Milton the Monster and its secondary segments are airing almost everyday during the Casper and Company block on MeTV Toons, along with Hal Seeger’s Batfink.

(Thanks Jerry Beck, Kamden Spies and Mike Kazaleh)

Quickly transform leftover chicken into cheesy chicken quesadillas served with fresh homemade salsa. Our baked version is much easier to manage because the chicken quesadilla cooks on both sides at the same time — no flipping needed.

Active Time: 10 min | Total Time: 20 min

Baked Chicken Quesadilla

Ingredients

• Cooking spray
• 1 medium (120g) tomato, seeded and chopped
• 1/4 cup (40g) chopped onion
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 tbsp fresh lime juice
• 1/4 tsp ground cumin
• 1 cup (140g) cooked chicken breast, shredded
• 1/2 cup (55g) shredded pepper jack cheese
• 2 (8-inch/20cm) whole-wheat, high-fiber tortillas

Directions

Preheat the oven to 425°F (220°C).

In a small bowl combine tomato, onion, cilantro, lime juice, cumin and salt; set aside.

Lightly coat one side of each tortilla with cooking spray. Place one tortilla, sprayed side down, on a baking sheet. Top with the chicken and cheese, then top with the remaining tortilla, sprayed side up.

Bake for about 10 minutes, or until golden brown. Cut into quarters and serve with the salsa.

Serves: 2 |  Serving Size: 1/2 quesadilla & 1/2 cup salsa

Per serving: Calories: 320; Total Fat: 14g; Saturated Fat: 6g; Monounsaturated Fat: 4g; Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g; Cholesterol: 90mg; Sodium: 602mg; Carbohydrate: 23g; Dietary Fiber: 4g; Sugar: 23; Protein: 30g

Nutrition Bonus: Potassium: 452mg; Iron: 9%; Vitamin C: 21%; Calcium: 27% 

Originally published May 2016 Updated May 2026

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