Announcement: That's All, Folks... It's Time For a Change

[Jon Cooke]

As much as I hate to say it, I think I am losing interest in the Looney Tunes cartoons. All this Speedy Gonzales and Baby Looney Tunes stuff has kind of turned me off. However, I am pleased to announce a new and exciting direction for my site and the Termite Terrace Trading Post.

The other night, I mentioned my love of the 1982 Hanna-Barbera production The Gary Coleman Show to Jack, Matthew, Brian, Thad, and a couple others. To my amazement they ALL adored this overlooked gem of a show as much as myself.

I have completely redesigned and relaunched my old Looney Tunes page as Gary Coleman Show: The Fansite. The TTTP will now serve as a Forum to GCS: The Fansite.

It's a true animation treasure, filled with delightful characters. There's Andy LeBeau (played by Gary Coleman), Angelica, and Hornswaggle. They are just as funny as any character from the classic WB, Walter Lantz, or MGM cartoons.

Enjoy the new look!!!!


-Jon

[Brian Cruz]

Glad you took my advice Jon! In honor of the new look, I've changed my avatar to Hornswaggle, the dastardly villain of The Gary Coleman Show! And I'm hards at work preparing The Gary Coleman Show: The Early Years as we speak!

[kiddiesunshine]

wow. so sudden. was this wise?

[Jack]

I was really thrilled when Jon told me he loved the Gary Coleman Show, I have been a closet fan for many years. I thought I was alone in the world. I hope you all come to love Gary and his heavenly pals as much as we do.



Jack :D

[hiphats]

Jon,

Seeing that today is April Fools Day, this better be no more than your idea of an April Fools Joke.

By the way, I had planned to completely retool my Superman Web Central site into the "Kirsten Dunst vs. Speedy Gonzales site", but the Kryptonian Council wouldn't let me.

Folks, trust me. The Termite Terrace Trading Post still exists and will resume tomorrow at its regularly scheduled time.

"And remember, 'You're Asking For It'!"
-Bugs Bunny

[Jon Cooke]

Originally posted by hiphats
Seeing that tomorrow is April Fools Day, this better be no more than your idea of an April Fools Joke.


This is serious. We all love Gary! I told Brian that perhaps we should wait until May to put up the new design and content. But we got so excited about the whole idea, we decided to unveil it today.

BTW, I am getting some RARE episodes in a tape trade with Thad. Including "Mack's Snow Job"!!! :D


-Jon

[Jack]

Originally posted by Jon Cooke
BTW, I am getting some RARE episodes in a tape trade with Thad. Including "Mack's Snow Job"!!! :D
OMG! I'm sending a PM, I haven't seen Mack's Snow Job in years, it's my favorite cartoon of all time!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Jack :eek:

[Spike Mcdougal]

HAHA Very funny guys

[Brian Cruz]

Originally posted by Spike Mcdougal
HAHA Very funny guys

That's where you're wrong! There's nothing funny about The Gary Coleman Show! :D

Perhaps the Toon Zone Main Page (http://www.toonzone.net) is more to your liking?

[chuckamuck43]

Originally posted by hiphats
By the way, I had planned to completely retool my Superman Web Central site into the "Kirsten Dunst vs. Speedy Gonzales site", but the Kryptonian Council wouldn't let me.


(Homer Simpson voice): Mmmmmmmmmmmmm Kirsten Dunst - BRING IT ON!

BTW - This afternoon I'm posting part one of my exclusive 12 part interview with Coleman entitled "TGCS - The Early Episodes", in which Gary tells his side of the infamous Joe Barbera lunchbox incident.

Whoops, gotta go - Goober's on!

[Jack]

Originally posted by chuckamuck43
Whoops, gotta go - Goober's on!
You even like Goober! I love Goober too, sign the petition to get him back by clicking the banner for it. I'm signature number 45.



Jack :D

[Nelson]

And don't forget to see the "Star Of The Month" right away to learn the hidden facts behind this "Cult" classic!

And have problems upgrading my GC avatar, so I'll do it when I get into work

[Chris Sanders MSX]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....


Your messing with my head right ? It would of been better to change this to a place dedicated to George W. Bush...

What...Have..You..Done ? This has to be a joke.

[Patrick McCart]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

[Lucky Bob]

Okay, that's funny! Well, except the story about Dick Cheney, but hey, it's all in fun.

I take it the Goober and the Ghost Chasers petition link is fake too?

[Jason Furness]

This is great! I've searched for Gary Coleman Show fansites for years and have always come up short. Kudos to you, Jon!

I told one of my cartoon characters about your site. She's a big fan, and just recently started a thread advertising your site on my message board. Yay!

[Brandon Pierce]

Well..... this will take some getting used to. Um.... so.... we can't talk about Looney Tunes anymore? Not that I, ever talked about Looney Tunes, anyway. ;)

[Thad Komorowski]

I'm so mad CN took Gary Coleman off the air. Other shows I wanna see are The Brady Kids, and the rarely seen "The Cosby Mysteries". I remember Cosby, those jerks, why would they cancel such a great show? It had endless possibilities!


-Thad

[Tintin]

Gary Coleman... Gary Coleman... that's not a basketball player like Michael Jordan and Chalres Barckley? :D

[StrangerAtaru]

This is just cruel and unusual punishment. Just because today is April 1 does not mean that we have to go through with this stuff. Besides, Gary Coleman is not the perfect idea to center a webpage around. Wake me when you say "April Fools" and things return to normal on this board.

[Tintin]

Originally posted by StrangerAtaru
This is just cruel and unusual punishment. Just because today is April 1 does not mean that we have to go through with this stuff. Besides, Gary Coleman is not the perfect idea to center a webpage around. Wake me when you say "April Fools" and things return to normal on this board.

Me too, i liked TTTP. :cool:

[Jon Cooke]

Originally posted by Brandon Pierce
Well..... this will take some getting used to. Um.... so.... we can't talk about Looney Tunes anymore? Not that I, ever talked about Looney Tunes, anyway. ;)


You can talk about The Brady Kids.


-Jon

[Maxie Zeus]

Great idea, Jon!

I was never over here much when it was Looney Tunes. Now that you've made a (may I say) loooooongggg overdue shift, and in a great direction, I plan to be over here a lot more!!!

:D

[Pilmedium]

Is this serious? :confused:

No jokes, please!

EDIT: If this really does become the gary coleman trading post, I don't know what I'd do! Maybe consider myself gone and never come back.

[Jon Cooke]

Originally posted by Pilmedium
Is this serious? :confused:

No jokes, please!


Don't worry. This isn't a joke.


-Jon

[Tintin]

Originally posted by Jon Cooke



Don't worry. This isn't a joke.


-Jon

Which joke? :eek:

[Jack]

Originally posted by Cartoon Man


Which joke? :eek:
Joke seems to be a popular word today, Jon is really serious about this. He was hesitant to to make the change, he thought it might bother some of you. We all had to convince him that he couldn't live a lie anymore.



Jack :bosko: <---hopefully this can be replaced by a Gary smiley soon.

[Cartoon King]

Congratulations on the new message board! I love the new look!!! I think it's about time that fans for underrated cartoons came forth to support their favorite shows. I know that I have been inspired to start my own website in supprt of one of my own favorite, often-overlooked cartoons:


The Super Globetrotters!!!


I hope to have my website up and running soon! In the meantime we can all look forward to Boomerang showcasing this cartoon this month. If anyone is interested in a trade for these please pm me.

Legion of Doom beware!!! Here come the Super Globetrotters!!!

[John-Paul]

You guys take April Fools to the next level.LOL Like the "new" look

[Pietro]

Good "April Fools" joke!

(To Brian, Jon, Jack, and Thad: Did I miss something on AIM last night?)

-Pietro:D

[Jon Cooke]

Originally posted by Pietro
(To Brian, Jon, Jack, and Thad: Did I miss something on AIM last night?)

Yeah, we had a great discussion about who made the best cartoon villain: Hornswaggle from GCS, Gargamel from the Smurfs, or Mister Peevley the Zookeeper from Help! It's the Hair Bear Bunch.

I also got Jack mad for calling Mack a lame supporting character on the GCS! (sorry, Jack!!) :D


Why does everyone think this is an April Fools joke??? :(


-Jon

[John-Paul]

All I have to say is KEEP IT! Who needs LT? we got GC!

[Auggie Doggie]

Whacoo talkin' about Willis?

Just kidding, I know what you are saying.

BTW, TNN is airing "Diff'rent Strokes" weekdays at Noon.

EDIT: Look, no offense, but I am not very sure if you are serious about this, or if this is some kind of hoax for April Fools Day. I just saw your site and it looks pretty much the same, only with "Gary Coleman" everywhere it used to say "Looney Tunes". Once I click the links, all I see is LT info, not GC info.

Just for all of this, I won't see anyone on this MB until tomarrow morning, when I get the truth.


Originally posted by Jon Cooke
Why does everyone think this is an April Fools joke??? :(

Probably because:
1. You made the "Big Annoucement" on April 1st, April Fools Day.
and
2. It all sounds too good to be true.

[Pietro]

Somehow, I feel highly distured that a few people say stuff like "who needs LT" in this thread, especially after the whole Speedy problem.

-Pietro:D

[John-Paul]

Originally posted by Pietro
Somehow, I feel highly distured that a few people say stuff like "who needs LT" in this thread, especially after the whole Speedy problem.

-Pietro:D

LOL I know I was just m,aking a piont!

[Lucky Bob]

Cheering angels, they are not. I mean, tin shoes.

Say, anyone got a peanut? How about some ribeye steaks? Can someone ask Gary Coleman why dirt tastes so good if you're not supposed to eat it?

[Pilmedium]

Originally posted by John-Paul
All I have to say is KEEP IT! Who needs LT? we got GC!

I take that as an insult to the real classic cartoons. Sorry, but I don't consider anything from the 1980s "classic". (no sarcasm)

[Failure]

I've never been a big LT fan, but as a HUGE closet Gary Coleman fan, I must thank you all from the bottom of my heart for making this dream (message board) come true! :D

[chuckamuck43]

Will someone please tell me who is SWIFTY GONZAGA????

And BTW, I'm REALLY sick of those stupid OLD cartoons. It's about time we had something GOOD to talk about on these boards!

Darn! Everytime I sit down to post, something good comes on CN - gotta go, CHAN CLAN is on!

[Pilmedium]

Originally posted by chuckamuck43
And BTW, I'm REALLY sick of those stupid OLD cartoons.

That is really mean. Remember that someone from Cartoon Network might see that, and take it seriously. :mad:

[Jon Cooke]

Originally posted by Pilmedium
I take that as an insult to the real classic cartoons. Sorry, but I don't consider anything from the 1980s "classic". (no sarcasm)


I bet you'd reconsider after you watched an episode of The Gary Coleman Show. "Take My Tonsils, Please!" is even better than some of those "classics".


-Jon

[Jon Cooke]

Originally posted by Auggie Doggie
I just saw your site and it looks pretty much the same, only with "Gary Coleman" everywhere it used to say "Looney Tunes". Once I click the links, all I see is LT info, not GC info.


It must be your computer, Augie. I have no problems seeing the GCS information. Everything loads fine. I have even got e-mails thanking me for uploading the complete episode, "The Prettiest Girl In Oakville".

Anyone else having problems with my Fansite?


-Jon

[Pilmedium]

Originally posted by Jon Cooke
It must be your computer, Augie. I have no problems seeing the GCS information. Everything loads fine. I have even got e-mails thanking me for uploading the complete episode, "The Prettiest Girl In Oakville".

Every link went to the classic cartoon information that used to be there. It's probably not my computer. What is more likely is that you never uploaded the Gary Coleman information. :)

[Larry T]

Wow that's seems to be going back a long way- My favourite episode was the one where Merlin the Magic Mynah got trapped in a pop can because of Ping and Pong.

I can still hear that "canned" sound effect of the bongo drums (which represented their running away quite often) played ad nauseum during the entire sequence of the canning machine.....

Ahhh- Filmation. Where would we have been without you?

[Greg Method]

Well I for one am offended by this Gary Coleman character. He gives off the illusion that all wisecracking African-American boys can appear and disappear at will, must cock their halos to the side, and are easily intimidated by wiry middle-aged white women.

I am very happy that Cartoon Network decided to ban this series. Impressionable children could have been watching this program on Fridays at one in the morning.

I applaud Cartoon Network for their decision to remove this cartoon from the air. It shows that they are really looking out for the children, our nation's best natural resource. Or something.

But since I don't want to be a wet blanket, are we at least allowed to discuss other cartoons, specifically "Devlin" and "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home?"

[Pietro]

I don't really mind all these posts about Gary Coleman, but the background and the logo of the TTTP are still LT! You should at least change the logo if you gonna change the board!

-Pietro:D

[Meow]

I'm not taking ANYTHING seriously today. I've already been tricked enough by my stupid friend.

[Jack]

Originally posted by Pietro
I don't really mind all these posts about Gary Coleman, but the background and the logo of the TTTP are still LT! You should at least change the logo if you gonna change the board!

-Pietro:D
The old logo must still be in your cache, there is definately a new logo.


Jack :D

[Tintin]

I think where CN where air a Gary Coldman Show 96 hour marathon starting saturday april 20th at noon. That's long 96 hours! I think where more best 48 hours where starting friday early saturday at midnight throught sunday early monday at midnight. What you do think? :rolleyes:

[redhotrider]

I can't believe SOME people are actually still talking about LOONEY TUNES when for several months in 1982 a truly brilliant, trancendent show was beamed down from heaven into our television sets by NBC. I for one hope to never clutter a "classic animation" message board again with something so utterly mundane as WB and MGM cartoons.

Thank you so very much guys for finally coming to your senses

[Pietro]

I still can't get those Gary images on my computer. It just appears as LT! I even cleared all the cookies and deleted all the caches! BTW, I really like you Easter avatar, Jon from "Holiday Highlights!"

-Pietro:D

[John-Paul]

Jon's avatar is Angie from GCS!

Jon GET RID OF THE LT STUFF ALREADY! LOL!

[Pietro]

I'm sorry guys.....it just ain't there.
Anyone else have these probhlems?

-Pietro:D

[Jimmy Kustes]

Originally posted by Pilmedium


I take that as an insult to the real classic cartoons. Sorry, but I don't consider anything from the 1980s "classic". (no sarcasm)
I am classic and I am from the 80's! :cool:

[Joe Tully]

Originally posted by Pietro
I'm sorry guys.....it just ain't there.
Anyone else have these probhlems?

-Pietro:D

Yes, but I fixed it at the beginning of the day.

Here's how to fix it:

You have to shut down all of the programs currently running. Go into the Control Panel and change the Date/Time to 12 noon on Dec. 31 1999. Now, restart the computer 10 times. Be sure to pay attention because if a frowning smiley face ever appears on the screen during a restart, you need to press the space bar IMMEDIATELY. The smiley face will only appear in the lower right hand corner, so be sure to keep your eyes on that corner. After the 10th restart, your problem will be solved.

:p ;) :D