September 21, 2006

Spaceballs: The Cartoon Coming to G4

The G4 network, in a move that would help it diversify from its idiot-hosted gaming news lineup, has acquired the rights to a new animated series based on the Mel Brooks comedy Spaceballs. The show will feature a one-hour pilot and 13 half-hour episodes, making it the most anticipated cartoon of 1988.

Brooks and Thomas Meehan, who co-wrote the movie with Ronnie Graham, have written the one-hour pilot, and Meehan will supervise the writing of the 13 half hours. Brooks will do two of the voices, President Skroob and Yogurt. Germany's Berliner Film Companie will provide the animation.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure Mel Brooks is too old to have any grasp of what's funny anymore. I mean, I know he cranked out the superb Dracula: Dead and Loving It just 11 short years ago, but will he really be able to make a decent cartoon at this point? Does he even know what animation is? Demanding "something like the ol' vaudeville-style lightning sketch, but brought home to the picture tube" doesn't count.

NOTE: Even with this and the recent showings of Arrested Development, the remainder of G4's programming still makes it wrong to watch.

Source

Comments (1) | Permalink