Pembroke W. Korgi ([info]pembrokewkorgi) wrote,
@ 2007-11-09 12:15:00
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Entry tags:cartoons, dvd boxet, george of the jungle

Another Boxset I Must Get!
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/George-Jungle-Complete-Series/8400

This boxset includes Super Chicken, my favoritest Jay Ward cartoon of all time. So getting this boxset is a must for me.

Granted the idea of a new George of the Jungle cartoon scares me.


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[info]captainspam
2007-11-09 08:15 pm UTC (link)
You... you CAN'T make new George of the Jungle cartoons. Not a chance. Not in the modern day. Seriously, GotJ, Rocky and Bullwinkle, those sorts of shows were written really from a radio standpoint. The majority of the impact is from the writing and the dialog, with jokes coming fast and non-stop, much less from sight gags. In fact, you could probably do a lot of them solely by radio itself.

Just try to do that in a modern environment. Just try telling someone in a business suit that what you have is a cartoon, but the main focus is the dialog and jokes straight through eight or so minutes (between commercials) almost without coming up for air. That won't fly at all.

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[info]pembrokewkorgi
2007-11-09 09:41 pm UTC (link)
My favorite thing about Jay Ward cartoons is the wordplay. The closest I've seen to anything like that in a recently created cartoon was probably Dave the Barbarian (which felt like a Jay Ward cartoon on crack), but that show was still rather spastic at time. Besides, it also got cancelled after a year. So your probably right.

No one can do that stuff like Jay Ward did.

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