On Thu, Apr 7, 2011 at 2:42 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Sunday night cartoon about the family beanery from some of the > "Dr. Katz" people has been given a second season (later than normal > for animated series, seemingly because it's Flash animated 100% in the > U.S. and doesn't require the lead time cel series animated overseas > needs), despite not holding on to its "Simpsons" lead-in and starting > rumors that with other animation projects in the hopper (including the > televersion of "Napoleon Dynamite") Fox may extend the "Animation > Domination" block to a second night besides its longtime Sunday home: > > http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/07/fox-renews-bobs-burgers-exclusive/ > > My problem with the show (outside of it going for potty jokes too > often) is that two of the three regular female characters (including > the one adult woman) are voiced by men--why is this happening in > 2011? (And Bart Simpson and his boy pals being voiced by women isn't > the same, because they're children.) Of course, this is the network > where the star black character of one of its other cartoon series is > voiced by a white man. > I'm going to suggest they do this because it sounds funny, and having the distinction of that, and looking like Dr.Katz/Home Movies gives it a way to be noticed -- to not be immediately dismissed as a Simpsons/Family Guy knockoff. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
