Lots O' Odds and Ends!!

[Crazy8s]

Looking back, I found a few interesting topics to comment on.

Beetlejuice: the Cartoon. I liked it lots. Plenty of great puns and wit. I liked that it was not the movie, though I personally didn't care for the whole Beetlejuice family stuff (Mom and Dad and brother). An episode I remember strongly is the one with the party that involved the people in a can. Silly, but creative stuff in that show. Not all that disgusting, either. So, BJ chomped a few bugs and could produce belches and fouls smells--that was not a far stretch from the movie character.

Hank, The Cow Dog--Don't recall a series, but do recall several of those made for Satam movies that involved the character.

Favorite comics--FBFW for its honest portrayal of people, Boondocks (sharp stuff), , Non Sequetur (good political humor) and on the funny side, Herman, Jump Start, Pickles, Buckles, Mother Goose and Grimm, Arlo and Janis and Rose is Rose.

Less than favorite comics--Garfield (sorry, but the current writing is cookie cutter unfunny), Peanuts (never was a great fan--except when Snoopy was trying to write novels), Doonesbury (always annoyed me, both art and writing wise).

Sonic Comics--I haven't read them for awhile. I liked the freedom fighter tie in to the toon, but I didn't care for some of the characters the comic added and I'd get bored when stories focused on them. Archie comics do know how to handle toon transitions, tho. Both Sonic and TMNT (tv version) were a zillion times better than the Real Ghostbusters comic that NOW produced. Boy, was that a stinker!

Lorenzo Music's passing--I didn't know about this til I read it here. That's too bad. Everyone seems to associate him with Garfield, but to me, his strongest character was Peter Venkman. He brought Peter to life in his portrayal and anytime I've heard Music's voice in a commercial (of which he did many), I've imagined Dr. V, not Garfield, saying the words. Talented guy with a unique voice. No replacing him.

[James]

Originally posted by Crazy8s
Looking back, I found a few interesting topics to comment on.

Beetlejuice: the Cartoon. I liked it lots. Plenty of great puns and wit. I liked that it was not the movie, though I personally didn't care for the whole Beetlejuice family stuff (Mom and Dad and brother). An episode I remember strongly is the one with the party that involved the people in a can. Silly, but creative stuff in that show. Not all that disgusting, either. So, BJ chomped a few bugs and could produce belches and fouls smells--that was not a far stretch from the movie character.

I was never an amazing fan of the cartoon. It wasn't bad, and it was an interesting film to choose, but it never really tickled my fancy....

Lorenzo Music's passing--I didn't know about this til I read it here. That's too bad. Everyone seems to associate him with Garfield, but to me, his strongest character was Peter Venkman. He brought Peter to life in his portrayal and anytime I've heard Music's voice in a commercial (of which he did many), I've imagined Dr. V, not Garfield, saying the words. Talented guy with a unique voice. No replacing him.

Nooooo! I used LOVE his dullest tones. It's the voice of my youth. Venkman! The fat one in the Gummi Bears! Garfield! That's a sad loss. He had such a great name too!!!

His Venkman was my favourite. A totally different take to Murray's, and he managed to give cartoon Venkman his own unique character, rather than be just a shallow extension of the movie version.

That is indeed a great shame. I hate getting older - all the people you admired as a kid slowing all dropping like flies.....

[Calhoun07]

WELCOME BACK TO THE BOARDS CRAZY 8s!!!!!

We missed you something fierce!

[James]

Is Lorenzo Music really dead? I've been to his website, IMDB and the official Garfield site and none of this have mentioned his passing..... where did you get this information from? And if it is true, what did he die of and when?

[Crazy8s]

I read it in a post from Sting Chameleon farther back in the thread. I don't know the particulars, but I'd like to.

[Maxie Zeus]

Originally posted by SJJ
Is Lorenzo Music really dead? I've been to his website, IMDB and the official Garfield site and none of this have mentioned his passing..... where did you get this information from? And if it is true, what did he die of and when?

He died August 4, from cancer. Too recent for it to pop up on these sites yet, methinks. The info has circulated on all the big and reputable animation sites (like Jerry Beck's), but it's too small for most of the (self-)important media to pick up on.

[The Mad Hatter]

Ya know, there was a truly wonderful tribute written to him by our very own Gookie over on the news board... it even got the attention of Jim Davis himself, who contributed a quote.

So check out the news board every once in a while, it's good for you.