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[DaffyDonaldQW93]

Allthough this is usually geared toward buffs of the Golden Age Of Animation, maybe you can do some stuff that's bizzare like you normally do, Martianinvader. Some of the suggestions ranges from suprisingly normal to downright bizzare.

I have some suggestions.....


1. The "Old MacDonald Had A Farm" UAV (United American Video and foriegn langauge dub opening conspiracy- (some rhetorical questions that can be answered as soon as the answers could be unfolded) Did the musical sing-along gag anthnology adaption of the children's song open and close with the majestic ol' Star-Crested Smoky associated with Paramount Pictures, or did later prints of the PD tape from UAV and the restored French print from Lobster Films cut out the logo for legal reasons? If so, what did it look like? Was it the correct opening logo? That, and does it still exist on the original negative even when Paramount's sitting on the cartoon for home video? A shining example of PD tapes, slicing/dicing and original titles, even in the most mundane of cartoons.



2. "Casper's First Christmas"- I don't know if it ever will make it to the Warner Archive store, but is a holiday crossover with the H-B character that is surely entertaining for a kid. Given that Casper and Yogi Bear got terrible movies. Also, compare it to the 1952 short True Boo- the original Casper Christmas cartoon.

3. The Brief Encylcopedia of Paramount characters- If you've never heard of Little Lulu, Little Audrey, Jasper (from George Pal's Puppetoons), Buzzy, Gabby, Hunky & Spunky, and Baby Huey, this is the site other than video-sharing and Google to profile these characters, especially if you're going to the dollar store and the characters are billed. Also could come in handy for Jerry Beck's next DVD proposal with Paramount Home Entertainment.

4. The original titles not seen on Jerry Beck's "Cartoon Research" web page

5. Chew Chew Baby- should I say more? Really?

6. The Cable Networks That Showed the UM&M/NTA-packaged Paramount cartoons in the 80's and 90's- They were- A&E, AMC, and yes, Cartoon Network and Disney Channel. You could show some proof, Martianinvader

7. Buzzy Boop- the lost black-and-white Fleischer character

8. How Herman and Katnip influenced Itchy and Scratchy (it wasn't just Tom & Jerry)

9. 16mm and 35mm original prints with orignal titles on eBay. How collectors are bidding on reels that should have been in the hands of archives and even the studios that own the cartoons.




So, whaddya think?

 

[DaffyDonaldQW93]

The Full Experience: Animaniacs

Would you do "The Full Experience: Animaniacs"?

(you can change the title to "The Full Experiene Suggestion: Animaniacs" for the thread)

 

[Peter Paltridge]

I'll be getting to Animaniacs eventually, yes. As for everything else, don't hold your breath.

 

[DaffyDonaldQW93]

Would you please do the Animaniacs Full Experience?

Especially the Fox Kids airings?

 

[Anyone00]

Would you have ever happened to play any of the inSCAPE adventure games (The Dark Eye, Bad Day on the Midway, Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol, Drowned God)?

 

[Peter Paltridge]

Would you have ever happened to play any of the inSCAPE adventure games (The Dark Eye, Bad Day on the Midway, Devo Presents Adventures of the Smart Patrol, Drowned God)?

I'm afraid not. This is the first time I've ever heard of them.

 

[Zorak Masaki]

Are you going to do anymore "what powells throws out" articles? Loved looking at all the insane books in those articles.

 

[Peter Paltridge]

Are you going to do anymore "what powells throws out" articles? Loved looking at all the insane books in those articles.

Yeah, there should be one next month.

 

[Zorak Masaki]

Here's a suggestion for "The Full Experience", Club Mario. If you dont know what that was, it was basically the super mario bros. super show with new wraparound segments involving two "Totally Radical" dudes. Its basically every early 90s cliche mixed together (if you saw Lee's review/upload of the Power Team episode there's a promo for it).

 

[Burdette25159]

The Brief Encylcopedia of Canadian Sketch comedies of the 1980s. For those who never heard of Bizarre, You Can't Do that on television, SCTV or Kids In the Hall, this is the site other than video-sharing and Google to profile these shows.

 

[Peter Paltridge]

The Brief Encylcopedia of Canadian Sketch comedies of the 1980s. For those who never heard of Bizarre, You Can't Do that on television, SCTV or Kids In the Hall, this is the site other than video-sharing and Google to profile these shows.

One of those things is the subject of a future article.

 

[DaffyDonaldQW93]

the best FoxTrot dailies storylines (could be a Platypus Comix article)/Favorite FoxTrot storyliness

Here's an article suggestion (if Peter doesn't want to, let's just share it here)......

Some of the best FoxTrot daily storylines (Book Collections May Be Required to Complete Storylines). I really think Phil Roman and Lee Melendenson should do a FoxTrot animated series. PRESENTED BY....IGUANA INSURANCE (just kidding!)




I would like to share some of my favorites from the comics:


Iguanoman

The Lone Iguana

Jason delusional of being an X-Files Agent

Jason witing his"The Far Side II" ideas (all jabbing at Paige).

Perhaps one of the longest storylines: When Peter quits his job after Jason is slammed by a Hot Wheels toy car, he gets ignored by his kids. I won't spoil it all.


Marcus beating Super Mario Bros. on his NES and gloating about it to Jason, which prompts Jason to get addicted.

Peter writing "secret admirer" prank notes to Paige.


The "JMX" sound system


The many, many, many get-rich-quick schemes by Jason Fox


Jason nearly being CEO of The Walt Disney Company

I have almost all the regular books (or books via antholigies) execpt for Death By Field Trip, His Code Name Was The Fox (or compiled in I believe "FoxTrot assembled with care"), FoxTrot Sundaes.


Share more if you have some favorites.

 

[Peter Paltridge]

I don't know why we've never gotten a FoxTrot cartoon either. Every time a studio greenlights a project based on a comic strip, it's always one of the cutesy ones nobody reads or cares about.

Even worse.....this is something I've always found REALLY annoying.....whenever you see a character on TV reading the funnies, it's always for irony; meaning they're always reading a strip that's really bad and laughing their heads off. Usually it's Garfield or Ziggy or something. I've heard Mary Worth get name-dropped a billion times, but not once has anyone mentioned FoxTrot.

 

[DaffyDonaldQW93]

I don't know why we've never gotten a FoxTrot cartoon either. Every time a studio greenlights a project based on a comic strip, it's always one of the cutesy ones nobody reads or cares about.

Even worse.....this is something I've always found REALLY annoying.....whenever you see a character on TV reading the funnies, it's always for irony; meaning they're always reading a strip that's really bad and laughing their heads off. Usually it's Garfield or Ziggy or something. I've heard Mary Worth get name-dropped a billion times, but not once has anyone mentioned FoxTrot.

But here's something that's close from Bill Amend about a certian HBO show.....

Who knew the Soprano family started their Sunday morning reading FoxTrot? Just think, Jason Fox influencing the mob! It's a little fuzzy, since it's from video, but the strip Tony and AJ are looking at in this scene from the season opener is from Assorted FoxTrot, p. 127. It ran as a vacation rerun last November, which must've been when they filmed this episode. I'd post a link to the strip, but UComics' (cough) new archive restrictions make that difficult.