That would be the “Kiss-of-Death” for SDSU, Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein’s current production. I’m not even entirely sure if even both of them are still involved, or if after the recent strike and contract negotiations Bill Oakley truly left the scene.

Apparently the shows ratings are not doing well enough in the 8:30 block, immediately following The Simpson’s, so they decided to move it to 7pm, where Futurama previously floundered for awhile before getting the axe. Come to think of it, I’m amazed that FOX let Futurama live on as long as it did, thankfully.

As for the Futurama movies, they were pretty decent. Production quality was fantastic, but a a little too spastic story-wise to make it feel like the first season for me again. I was hoping for a 4-movie story arc that would tie together some loose ends that the previous seasons opened and readied for great story telling, but it didn’t come. Instead we were introduced to the Nudars, an alien race I could have gone without meeting, and other story lines that had little to do with previous seasons besides the occasional hilarious reference to previous situations. Again, all-in-all, I was overjoyed that they were to be made, and satisfied with the end result. I just wish a bit more could have been thought out for what they wanted to accomplish if indeed these are to be the makings of the “last season”.

I am excited to get my hands on The Venture Brothers – Season 3 DVD that came out recently. I am quite over [adult swim], so I just await the DVD of shows I care for. Speaking of which, I do catch Superjail (Yeah!) and Drink Crow (Meh!) on [adult swim] onDemand, but their live-action shows make my eyes bleed. (Oh, I so want to be in charge of programming…)

And if you ever want to sit back and watch a cartoon HEAVILY inspired by Ren and Stimpy production (minus the SPUMCO art-style), just put on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack found on Cartoon Network. That’s my current recommendation. And if that’s not for you, well then, go watch Korgoth again and cry for what could have been.

I was browsing the internet instead of making cartoons and I went to one of my favorite web-comics xkcd, a math/geek culture comic strip made up mostly of stick figures. The comic comes highly recommended by me.
Why am I bringing this up? Well, perhaps it is because I found two strips that resemble two Clone High bits. Take a look.

The dangers of silverware forking

Scangrade the not so magnificent

Bill Lawrence was recently at the College of William and Mary in Virginia (Wish I knew ahead of time. I’m like an hour away…) giving a speech to his alma mater about [scrubs] and other things (Clone High).

Of note, he mentioned that the janitor, played by Neil Flynn, on the show would have his name revealed come the end of the season.

“I can only tell you that it’s an ordinary name, and I think it’s funny,” he said. “And the only clue I ever gave those insane fans was that his name is the same as the name of the janitor on ‘Clone High,’” a short-lived animated series Lawrence created for MTV in 2002.

BAM! If only people would have believed me back in ‘06. That’s right. I’m calling it; that I was the first internet-nerd to claim the janitor’s name was the same from Clone High. Where’s my trophy? There isn’t one? Oh. Well then…

With [scrubs] being now on ABC, and with Bill Lawrence always having something to say about the state of TV, they have given him, and sometimes Christa, a blog to ramble about reality tv, sickness, health, their life, and of course [scrubs]. Do check it out.

Yarr! Any last words Santa Claus, Dreidel-stein, and King Kwanzaa? It be time for you and your exclusionary holidays to walk the plank!

Specificity be the enemy of Unity.

That aside, it is that time once again where we gather to celebrate the wonderful holiday, brought to us by the Greeting Card companies where we eat Lamb Tacos, which is apparently delicious.

I know last year I had a contest which awarded prizes, and not all of those prizes have even shipped yet. I feel terrible for it and I really will make the effort to finish all of that. Forgive me.

And as for the status of cartoons… Well, I’m really trying once again to cut down on some personal things like too much gaming, or sleeping in and going into work late, so that I can spend more time getting back into this. I know I’ve said that before, but I certainly do care and I certainly want to see these, and other, cartoons live once again.

Now, finish off your day by doing the traditional all-religions-are-equally-valid snowflake day celebratory cabbage patch.

Catch you all later!

I’m interrupting normal content on this page to bring you this late breaking bulletin. Being a cartoon fansite, I try to dedicate time to cover any silliness of the interwebs dealing with either Mission Hill or Clone High, and I never thought I’d do something political.

Not that I’m endorsing one candidate or another, but the following was just too good to pass up.

As gorillamask.net puts it: BarackObamaEatsBabies.com – Well, it’s exactly as what you’d expect from a URL like that.

As soon as I heard it, I giggled, and decided for a quick update to this news page. Hope it made you Clone High fans laugh.