Comments on: The silly character: Where have you gone?

By: Jeff DeGrandis

Jeff DeGrandis — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I'm very old school when I approach silly characters. Take a look at a lot of the silly characters Tex Avery created for a lot of his shorts at MGM. George in the George and Junior shorts, the bird in King Sized Canary, and others.
This was my approach to the silly finster character with buck teeth in my Frederator short.
I love these guys and using good old fashioned comedy!
Pat Ventura continues using these silly characters in his films as well.
A lot of new animators forget about this stuff.
Too bad.
anyway, take care and we'll talk on the blog soon!!!!
Your Cartoon Pals.... Jeff and the Finsters

By: Floyd Bishop

Floyd Bishop — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Ahh, I totally forgot about Pinky. Good one.

By: William Claude Dunkerfield

William Claude Dunkerfield — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Most of the characters with weak brains are now network or studio executives. Try Bullwinkle if you need an example, although his character design lacks the stooped posture of a classical idiot character. Cleetus the slack jawed yolkl from the Simpsons is also close to a classic idiot.

By: Anne

Anne — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

I was going to say Patrick from Spongebob…hm…maybe Cosmo from FOP? Although he’s definitley more psychotic than Goofy or Patrick.

By: 2oonhed

2oonhed — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

Dagget!….1/2 of that Angry Beaver duo, Dag & Norb. Dag-a-lag-a-ding-dong, my favorite “Norb-izim” for Dag.
My favorite ep? The one where they race bicycles with suction cup wheels on the ceiling of the lodge.

By: Mike Milo

Mike Milo — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000

There was Pinky from “Pinky and the Brain”.