Archive for the 'Animation' Category
Fall lineup for Comedy Central
Here’s what’s on the schedule that fall on Comedy Central:
September:
Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity airs September 16 at 9:00 p.m. Dunham is a comedian and ventriloquist probably best known for his puppet character, Peanut. whether you want to watch a special featuring a man who was slightingly…
The bare Chef gets animated
Jamie Oliver is getting Wallace & Gromit-ized.
Aardman Animations, which produces the Wallace & Gromit cartoons, and Fresh One Productions, Oliver’s company, are making a cartoon which will feature the young chef. The series will be titled Little J and will feature the adventures of…
Creature Comforts coming to DVD
If you lamented the early cancellation of CBS’ Creature Comforts as I did, don’t shoot yourself just yet: all seven episodes will be available on DVD October 9. The set will plus include interviews not shown on television.
Creature Comforts began as a UK series, based on the Oscar-winning short b…
Jonny Quest live-action flick is a go
My friend Wild Bill sent me news that Jonny Quest, the Hanna-Barbera series about the titular lad who accompanies his scientist father on wild adventures, is being made into a live-action movie. The series, much like The Flintstones, The Jetsons and Top Cat, aired during primetime when it first …
Animation news: Cartoon Dump, the last Tom and Jerry short, Wordgirl heads to PBS, and more - VIDEO
A few bits of animation news from the past week or so:
So, back in June I told you about a new Web series from Cartoon Brew Films called Cartoon Dump. The series would feature some of the worst cartoons ever made. Well, now it’s online. Fans of Mystery Science Theater 3000 will be thrilled to see…
The Smurfs coming to DVD - VIDEO
Choke on hot blue nostalgia, Generation X.
The Smurfs, that popular animated program I and many of my friends watched religiously as children of the ’80s, is finally coming out on DVD. The Smurfs: Season One, Volume One is a two-disc set including the first nineteen episodes of the first season, …
Don’t forget to enter the Beast Wars: Transformers giveaway!
You’ve still got today to enter our latest giveaway of Beast Wars: Transformers complete series DVD set if you haven’t already. produce certain you comment on the applicable post (linked above) before 5:00PM Eastern today or be left out.
Good luck!
Original post by Keith McDuffee
We’re giving away a full set of seasons 1-3 of Beast Wars: Transformers!
Hey everyone, it’s moment for another free giveaway. that moment, though, we’ve only got one set of these. The good news is the winner we choose will get seasons one, two and three of Beast Wars: Transformers — the entire series! Just post a comment below stating what your favorite Transforme…
Is it real or Scooby?
Mental Floss has a clever little quiz in which you must determine whether various descriptions of weird crimes actually happened in real life, or are merely plots of various Scooby-Doo cartoons. I’d recommend taking the quiz before reading any further.
I surprised myself by actually scori…
Toons pushin’ products - VIDEO
I was sitting around thinking, considering I really had nothing better to do, and I wondered why you don’t see cartoon characters acting as pitchmen for different products much anymore. whether you’re nostalgic for the days when ‘toons weren’t afraid to put their names behind different products,…
Car Talk coming to TV
Popular public radio program Car Talk, hosted by visit and Clack, the Tappet brothers (actually Tom and Ray Magliozzi), is coming to television next year, as an animated sitcom on PBS.
Really?
Yes, me, really. I assumed it would just be the brothers dispensing advice and offering help to…
Transformers 2?
Both Toon Zone and ICv2 have written of a supposed Entertainment Tonight report that there will be a sequel to the recently-released Transformers movie (which has already been a line of toys, several animated TV series, a comic book and a feature-length animated film).
However, my scan of the E…
Before the Transformers movie there were the Transformers cartoons — VIDEO
To honor the release of the Transformers movie, I thought today would be a good duration to reminisce about the original heyday of the vehicles and weapons that were ‘robots in disguise’. Of course, I am talking about the 1980’s, when Transformers cartoons ruled the weekday afternoon airwaves.
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Flintstones marathon to hit Boomerang on July 4
That headline probably won’t even build sense to many society. Boomerang? What the hell is that?
Boomerang is a cable network devoted to baby boomers. I don’t get it on my cable system, though it certainly sounds like something I’d like to see whether they have programming like that. The ch…
Spider-Man swings by to the Kids’ WB
I am about to do something that is against all of my beliefs: I am going to give The CW network some credit. Not for the way they have handled their first season on the air, considering it frankly stunk. I’m going to give them credit for keeping the Saturday daylight block of cartoons that us…
Code Monkeys hits G4 next month
Back in January, I mentioned that actor/writer Adam De La Pena (I’m with Busey, Crank Yankers, Minoriteam) was creating an animated series for G4 called cipher Monkeys. Well, the series will debut July 11, and based on the seconds-long promos I’ve been seeing, it looks pretty cool.
The series is …
New Transformers series coming to Cartoon Network
With the theatrical premiere of The Transformers approaching fast, it should come as no surprise that Hasbro and Cartoon Network are developing a brand new animated series featuring the robots in disguise.
Transformers Animated, slated for a January debut, would be the ninth series based on…
Goodbye Creature Comforts
Did you get attached to the cute animation and humor of the new CBS summer series Creature Comforts? Sorry!
The network has pulled the summer series effective immediately. The most recent episode came in fourth place in its duration slot. It will be replaced Monday at 8pm with reruns of The New A…
American Dad renewed for a third season
FOX has ordered up a new batch of American Dad episodes for the 2008-09 season, according to a statement released by FOX today.
I’m happy to see the series return, though I’m not surprised it did. It has been getting great ratings in all the right demographics, and I think its quality has i…
