Of course, I'll check those out. I hope my "American ignorant of the rest of the world's traditions" came across as tongue-in-cheek as it was supposed to be. :)
Artistically, it was excellent - a fairly refreshing step away from the glut of ever-more-realistic CGI movies. I can't remember the last animated movie I saw that wasn't Pixar or Dreamworks.
And Sunday morning isn't the only place. A lot of attention is being placed on why this needs to happen so fast - and a lot of comparison being made to the bailouts.