If you've gone to the supermarket this week and had to wait on line waiting to checkout perhaps in your idle moments you glanced and picked up this week's issue of TV Guide. The cover story was the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time. Topping the list was Bugs Bunny and second was Homer Simpson. If you could choose who would you have choosen as the 10 greatest. Not surprisingly, Disney's characters were much further down the list. http://www.tvguide.com/50th/features/020729a.asp Discuss. My top 10 1. Bugs Bunny 2. Snoopy 3. Homer Simpson 4. Bender 5. Fred Flintstone 6. Calvin and Hobbes (though they were never on tv) 7. Beavis and Butthead 8. Daffy Duck 9. Ren and Stimpy 10. Sponge Bob Square Pants
Well, there never really were a lot of Mickey Mouse cartoons on TV. Some nice surprises in there. Space Ghost! Gerald McBoing-Boing (never saw but I remember my mom talking about it...I had a friend named Gerald and she always called him that...)! Cartman! One show they never mention (and probably isn't a top-50 hit, but still...) when talking about good prime-time cartoons was the late-70s/early-80s Wait 'til Your Father Gets Home, which our family watched. And where the *(&! are Jonny Quest, the Jackson 5, Kimba the White Lion, Elmer Fudd, the Jetsons, the Animaniacs and the Thundercats?????? Daria?
Re: Re: The 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time! Agreed, Daria sucks. Jonny Quest was good. The Jetsons, bland and boring. Only Astro was interesting.
Re: Re: Re: The 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time! Also, a Flintstones ripoff, just set in the future instead. Still, it was really popular and I'm surprised it didn't warrant mention.
1) Bugs Bunny 2) Garfield 3) Homer Simpson 4) Danger Mouse 5) Count Duckula 6) The Road Runner 7) Grounds Keeper Willy 8) Henery Hawk (The Little chicken Hawk from Looney TUnes) 9) Rocky and Mugsy (Looney Tunes Gangsters) 10) Pinky or the Brain, pick one.
I hated that freaking Danger Mouse when I was a kid...and that ####ing Inspector Gadget too. Isn't Voltron a cartoon character, technically? Is this only for <i>drawn</i> characters, or should it include other forms of animation - claymation, etc. In that case, where are Davey & Goliath? And Penny, from Pee Wee's Playhouse? Any list of this sort that does not have Tom and Jerry - the Ur-Itchy and Scratchy (and speaking of hip choices, where are they??) - in the top 5 is absolutely worthless, anyway.
In no order: Hong Kong Phooey Grape Ape Dick Dastardly and Muttley Boomhauer from King of the Hill Beavis and Butthead Bart, Homer, Apu, Moe and the stoner bus driver from The Simpsons Mushmouth from Fat Albert Flat Face Frog (the one who spoke like Edward G. Robinson) from Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse Ren and Stimpy Scooby and Shaggy
Scooby and Shaggy Tom and Jerry Marine Boy The Simpsons Wylie E Coyote Yosemite Sam Seaman Stains & Master Bates Rhubarb & Custard
Wow that's wierd, that show was a regular during my childhood and I'd have sworn blind to anyone that those characters were in the show. The Museum of The Moving Image in London even had a pugwash exhibition that referenced those two. Ah well. thanks for the info !
Two characters to add to the list that are truly exceptional Wallace and Gromit How could I have forgotten them.
1. Wile E. Coyote 2. Cletus the Slack-jawed Yokel 3. Optimus Prime 4. G-Force 5. Brak (the re-invented version) 6. Johnny Bravo 7. Sherman and Mr. Peabody 8. Mojo Jojo 9. Schlep Rock 10. any Simpsons character voiced by Phil Hartman