Featuring Miles Thompson’s “Cat & Milkman” and “The Grandfather of Soul” by Keytoon Animation Studio.

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– Eric

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So Disney is returning to its roots with an all-new cartoon with a classic character. It’s mainly pantomime, very remeniscient of the ’40’s Goofy cartoons with little of no dialogue. [That was when voice actor Pinto Colvig was off at MGM and elsewhere doing voicework because he, unlike Clarence “Ducky” Nash, didn’t have an exclusive contract with Disney.] Goofy hasn’t had his own short since the ’60’s with “Aqualung.” Or maybe it was “Aquavelva.” See??? Isn’t it time Goofy return to the screen?

Read more HERE.

-Jake

So last week was the official RANDOM CARTOONS wrap party, sponsored by FREDERATOR™ and boy was I star struck. You see, Alan is quite used to rubbing elbows with Hollywood royalty. He was the first adopted son of Brad and Angelina. He was the first actor cast in HOME ALONE and later digitally replaced by rapper EXHIBIT who was then later replaced by Macaulay Culkin. He also dated both Rosemary Clooney and George Clooney…the list goes on and on.

But my exposure to celebrities has been limited to the check out counter at the local STOP and SHOP. Well, my head was spinning! There was FRED STOLLER, STEVE PURNICK, TERESA GANZEL ( a crush of mine since the DUCK FACTORY), JOHN KASSIR, GARY CONRAD (another crush of mine since the DUCK FACTORY) and many, many more.

Fred and Mark

I thought I was stunned to find myself having a conversation with the adorably sweet CHUCK McCANN but then topped it by spending the rest of the night talking at length with some of my favorite actors from BUFFY the VAMPIRE SLAYER!

Amber Benson, Adam Busch, Steve Purnick, Alan Goodman, nameless party crasher and Danny Strong

ADAM BUSCH was in our short and he brought along, AMBER BENSON and DANNY STRONG and I was trying my hardest to not be a total sweaty geek. I hope I didn’t come off as a total rambling idiot!

After hearing so many horrendous Hollywood stories about actors and their prima donna behavior I was relieved to find that they were all total sweethearts.

A sincere heartfelt thanks to Fred and the entire production team at RANDOM and I’m really sorry I didn’t get to see MIKE MILO, JEAUX and JEFF DeGRANDIS!

Bloggingly yours, Alando Calrissian and Mandingo

According to Fox News, Cartoon Network is responsible for the suspicious packages found around Boston today. Watch the video here

From Foxnews:

BOSTON — A suspicious package alert that shut down downtown Boston Wednesday afternoon was actually part of an elaborate marketing campaign by the Cartoon Network to spark interest in its “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” show.

After state and local officials said they were launching an investigation into a series of “suspicious packages” found around the city, the Cartoon Network released a statement saying the packages were magnetic lights that pose no danger.

“They are part of an outdoor marketing campaign in 10 cities in support of Adult Swim’s animated television show Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” the statement said.

“They have been in place for two to three weeks in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Seattle, Portland, Austin, San Francisco, and Philadelphia. Parent company Turner Broadcasting is in contact with local and federal law enforcement on the exact locations of the billboards. We regret that they were mistakenly thought to pose any danger.”

Some of the images left on the devices were in the form of characters called “Mooninites” from “Aqua Teen Hunger Force,” which is a show on the “Adult Swim” block of adult programming shown on the Cartoon Network. The show is an animated comedy about three detectives in the shape of human-sized food products that live together in a rental house in New Jersey.

Earlier, bomb units scrambled to investigate five suspicious devices reported almost simultaneously throughout the city. It later appeared that there were as many as 10 devices in the greater Boston area; sources said many, if not all, had keyboard themes.

“It’s a hoax — and it’s not funny,” said Gov. Deval Patrick, who held a press conference Wednesday afternoon.

As the investigation was unfolding, Gail Marcinkiewicz, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Boston, said at least seven devices had been found but that they did not appear to be related to terrorism.

“There’s no nexus to terrorism here, I can tell you that,” she said.

The reports forced the temporary shutdowns of part of an interstate, a key inbound roadway and a bridge between Boston and Cambridge.

The first device was found in the morning at an MBTA subway and bus station located under Interstate 93. The device was detonated and determined to be harmless, but as a precaution the station and Interstate 93 out of the city shut down temporarily.

Then, around 1 p.m., police said four calls came in reporting suspicious devices at the Boston University Bridge, the Longfellow Bridge, the Tufts-New England Medical Center and a major intersection at Columbus and Stuard streets.

One device, deemed not active, was found inside an administration building at the medical center and those inside were given the all-clear. Sources said the device in the medical center might not be related to the other devices found throughout the city, since it did not have the computer theme on it.

It “looked like some tubing, not an active device,” said spokeswoman Brooke Hynes.

Another spokeswoman, Catherine Bromberg, said police told hospital officials the device was not an explosive sometime after 2 p.m. The hospital was never evacuated, though the area near where the device was reported was cleared and was being treated as a crime scene, she said.

A package also was found attached to a structure beneath the Boston University Bridge near where it crosses the Massachusetts Turnpike, said Jennifer Mieth, a spokeswoman for the state Fire Marshal.

She said officials determined it was not explosive, and was similar to the package found beneath Interstate 93 at the Sullivan Square T station on the Orange Line. Mieth described the object at the T station as “a sophisticated electronic device.”

Subway service across the Longfellow Bridge, between Boston and Cambridge, was suspended temporarily but was later allowed to resume.

At least one of the devices was described to FOX News as a computer keyboard, to which a picture of someone “flipping off” the viewer was taped. Officials at the time suggested that the picture might be an attempt to mock police investigating the device.

“No matter who did this, I think there’s probably enough evidence I think the Boston Police Department, the bureau, state police — everybody will probably get together … I wouldn’t be surprised to see someone charged in this. This is an extremely serious situation,” former FBI Director Bill Gavin told FOX News during the investigation.

“Whoever did this — whether it be kids or adults — if they think it’s funny, I think they’ll soon learn it’s not that much of a humorous situation.”

-Floyd Bishop

Perhaps the best animated show on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim would have to be “Robot Chicken”. Have a look at this behind the scenes video. Apparently there is a bigger budget and longer production schedule this season, so we should see some more great skits and stop motion mayhem.

-Floyd Bishop

Hey everyone, for those of you who were able to attend the First Annual Channel Frederator Awards, check out our party picks on Flickr. Maybe you’ll find one of yourself! For those of you who weren’t able to make it, you sure missed a great bash. Till next year!

Melissa

Photo I took from the window of an airplane taking off from the Long Beach, CA airport:

Screenshot from Google Earth of the identical view:

Appropriate Elton John lyric:
“Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spain
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye
God it looks like Daniel,
must be the clouds in my eyes”

-DAN METH

Since we’re featuring all Popeye cartoons this week on ReFrederator, now might be an opportune moment to observe how much time Olive Oyl spent tied up in these films. Now, it’s not just that she was the most trussed up cartoon character in animated history — that in itself is probably worth some in depth analysis — but the wretched woman had to endure the repeated indignity of being tethered up with her own rubbery appendages! I mean, Bluto is so lazy, he couldn’t find a rope? Does anyone else out there find all this limb-knotting a wee bit disturbing?

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Dave Kirwan

Cartoons haven’t been keeping me busy enough (just kidding, Random!, Wubbzy!, new FOPs, and a movie or three are actually crushing us) so I’ve gone added a second (third) full time job.

Emil Rensing, Herb Scannell, Tim Shey, Jed Simmons and I have started a new company to launch 100 micro-TV networks like Channel Frederator and our more successful sibling VOD Cars.

Catch my NNN blogging over here.