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I admit to being a bit late to the waffle party, but I just discovered the wonderful world of cartoon waffle testimonials. It all started with the above video, made by Nathan Mazur to go along with the song “Do You Like Waffles?” by Parry Gripp of the band Nerf Herder. (The song is from his solo album For Those About To Shop, We Salute You.) This is the “official” animated video for the delicious ode to round morning goodness.

But then fans started making their own videos, starring famous cartoon characters. After the jump, links to a whole bunch of manic breakfast lovers including Sonic, Pucca, and Naruto.

And please don’t be tempted to drown me in maple syrup (the real stuff!) if you dream about this song.

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LOVING THIS ART!

Mutantboss

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Noferin is the product of two artist/writers from Melbourne, Australia New Zealand named Candy and Nicho. They have created an idyllic world on the mythical Carrara Island, populated by deadpan cute characters with names like Pecan and Pandacake. Candy is a self-trained designer and painter; Nicho is a writer who is studying Environmental Science. [Read more…]

Yes, this 6-foot-4-inch Betty Boop statue is content and intact. That’s because I decided to spare you the sight of the famous decapitated Betty Boop statue now being auctioned off on Ebay. (That is, until the jump. I am sensitive to cartoon community standards!)

Anyway, back in 2005, someone made off with the statue of Betty Boop that sat outside of Cool and Eclectic Furniture in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She was found on the side of the road with her noggin missing-in-action. Despite national publicity and an appearance in the comic strip “Zippy the Pinhead”, her face was never found. (This link takes you to the Zippy strip.)

(Eerie coincidence: In the Betty Boop version of “Snow White”, the Queen orders Bimbo and Koko to behead Betty!)

The famous vandalized vixen is currently for sale on Ebay. CLICK HERE to bid!

Opening bid is $1299. It’s been up there a while and the price started at $1979.99 and keeps dropping so you may want to wait. If you’d like a headed Betty, the one above is available for $1099 .

Just last Friday, Cool and Eclectic Furniture got some more press as they reported the theft of an Elvis statue. (Hmmm…bad luck or publicity stunt?)

See the pathetic sight of headless Betty after the jump…

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If you don’t watch a lot of trashy Reality TV (I admit it, I do!) you probably missed last night’s episode of Sheer Genius, the hairstyling competition show on Bravo. Why post about it here? Because the challenge this week was to give your model a hairstyle based upon one of a select group of cartoon characters. The animated icons were: Wilma Flintstone, Betty Boop, Judy Jetson, Lucy from Peanuts, Jem, and Marge Simpson.

Here are three of the best interpretations: a Marge, a Betty, a Wilma, and a (Grown-Up) Lucy. Lucy won.

Strangely, they kept talking about capturing Lucy’s “innocence”, which is not exactly the first adjective that comes to mind (well, my mind) to describe this clever, high-strung, and rather manipulative young lady!

(Now if only Top Chef would have the Swedish Chef from the Muppets on as a guest judge!)

—Anne D. Bernstein

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Thanks to Boing Boing for bringing this Russian version of Winnie the Pooh, called Vinni Puh, to my attention. The state sponsored animation house Soyuzmultfilm crafted its own version of the Pooh tales back in the 1970s. They have their own distinctive style (I love the scribbly backgrounds) and the overall feeling is less delicate and more goofy than the E.H. Shepard interpretation we all know so well.

(By the way, it seems that Shepard ended up hating Pooh. Silly old bear!)

Thinking Pictures goes into detail about Russian interpretations of Pooh here. (Warning: It’s a brainy essay and uses words like Gemütlichkeit and Gemeinschaft. Mickey Mouse is apparently Gemeinschaft.)

And if you are hankering for more Soviet silliness, enjoy these additional Vinni Puh adventures:

Chapter Two (with subtitles)

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

—Anne D. Bernstein

Here’s to the weekend!

James Sugrue

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The Channel Frederator Awards are Here!!! It was a hot, feverish, and fierce competition!!!

Find out if your favorite cartoons claimed the Big, Red, Hunk of Burning Fred!!!

In this episode, watch which Bunnies duked it out and prevailed in a battle of Epic Bad ASS Bunny-ness!!!

Also, meet Animator Stephen M. Levinson, winner of Channel Frederator’s Youngest Filmmaker Award, and watch his cartoon, Ace & Aqua!
You’ll forget that this 17 year old animation whiz kid is barely out of diapers.

Watch all the nominees at channelfrederator.com

-Jeaux Janovsky

While the new “Incredible Hulk” film follows the television show sequence of events, this 1966 cartoon shows the true Hulk origin from the comic books. Some things change because of artistic direction, and some things change because world events are not what they were when stories like these were first written. That being said, there was a Hulk film in 2003 by the same studio. What has changed this time around?

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“The Incredible Hulk” was the top film this weekend, so we’ll have to wait and see how it does during it’s entire run when compared to the 2003 film. I still like the Kirby style art in the cartoon.

-Floyd Bishop

There have been many Hanna Barbera characters with personalities based on famous actors and personalities. The Flintstones had their Honeymooners influences, Jabber Jaw sounded a lot like Curly from the Three Stooges, and Doggie Daddy (from the series of Augie Doggie cartoons) was no different. While he sounds like Jimmy Durante, his character and his relationship with his son are actually borrowed from two earlier Hanna Barbera characters, Spike and Tyke, who were created while they were at MGM. Spike’s son Tyke first appeared in the 1949 short “Love that Pup”.

The main difference (other than breed of dog) would be the character of the son. Spike’s son Tyke is seemingly much younger than Augie, as Tyke cannot speak, only bark. Perhaps the time difference in first appearances would account for the aging of the son? Tyke was created in 1949. If he continued to age in real time, he would be very close [Read more…]