>So the show is about a little boy and his pet chimp who get into mischief>Hmm, I dunno, feels kind of basic...>They also have some neighbor hood kids that are an ensemble of 5 different and dynamic personalities, with access to cool devices and very proactive in leading the stories they're in.>Why the hell are you focusing on a little faggot and his monkey?!
>>150712409I remember being floored when I heard this. It's genuinely very funny to me that one of the most creative and marketable kids' cartoon ideas of the last 30 years started as a side-idea to a show about some kid and his dumbass pet monkey.
>>150712462Turns out every child wants to be a secret agent. Not every child wants to hang out with a monkey.
>>150712409>>150712462I legitimately think this is an instance of that thing where they'd pitch outrageous ideas to censors to get the joke they actually wanted in, except with a TV show pitch. There's no way Warburton wasn't aware of KND being a cooler concept, he probably just felt like it stood out too much in the cartoon climate of the time so attached it to Kenny and the Chimp. Seriously just look at how bland Kenny's design is compared to each of the KND ones.
>>150712462>>150712533Sometimes having an idea leads to having other ideas, and you go, "Wait, this second idea is actually a lot cooler."
I wonder how many times something like this has happened.
>>150712409>>150712462>>150712533You have to take the time period in consideration. Kenny and the Chimp released in 1998. By then Cartoon Network focused solely on 7-minute gag cartoons like Dexter's Lab and Cow & Chicken and somewhat resembled older Hanna-Barbera cartoons. CN was slowly starting to move away from that format towards the new millennium and had 11-minute cartoons, so lucky for us, Kenny and the Chimp got glaced over for KND.
>>150712761Flabergasting how John K really wanted to push Slab n' Ernie like they had even halfway decent designs or any personality of note. People often say this about his obsession with George Liquor but at least he's kind of interesting. Slab n' Ernie are fucking nothing.
>>150712409I liked that Kenny and the Chimp pilot more than any KND.
>>150712826Yeah, they work well as side character bullies which is all they are. Nothing else really calls for them to have a bigger role.
So THAT'S why it's called Kids Next Door
>>150712833>>150712808The Kenny and the Chimp premise is better for 7 minute cartoons. It's simple, but effective. Honest to god that short made me laugh than any joke in KND ever did, the fast paced writing and quick gags were fantastic.
>Pith Possum and Tex Tinstar are really good cartoon segments>forever associated with the shitstain that is Shnookums and Meat, and everyone instantly dismisses them purely because of the two leads being blatant Ren & Stimpy ripoffsWhat a goddamn shame.
>>150712886>the one outlaw with the most stereotypic bandito design ever>speaks in posh English accentMy sides
>>150712462I liked Kenny and the Chimp
>>150712852>BAM LOOK AT THAT BACON SIZZLE
>>150712409Why did CN have a weird obessions with monkeys?>Dial M for Monkey>I.R. Baboon>Mojo Jojo>Lazlo >Jake Spidermonkeyand others. Hell, there are at least 2 unproduced shows that featured monkeys as the main character.
>>150713726Monkeys are funny.
>>150713726The fact that CN had Camp Lazlo, Gym Partner, and Squirrel Boy all running at the exact same time will always baffle me.The titular protagonists were all little annoying orange animal guys, and 2 were monkies. Who the fuck was greenlighting this total lack of variety?
>>150712833Fag
>>150712761More often than you might think:>Krazy Kat started out as a little side strip appearing underneath the main comic strip The Dingbat Family (renamed The Family Upstairs).>Popeye was originally a minor side character in the Thimble Theater comic strip.>Pogo was originally a minor side character in Albert and Bumbazine, a comic about an imaginative young Southern black boy and his animal friends. Walt Kelly retired Bumbazine and promoted Pogo to MC, probably because he thought a purely talking animal story was more interesting than a boy who talks to animals story.
>>150713927>The manga goldfish Warning first focused on the snotty blonde girl but the had a cartoony goofy pink haired girl who behaves in toon physics logic and then the manga and anime show focused on that girl and the fish.>The anime makers went in to work on Sailor moon
>>150712409I feel like the general idea was another CN cartoon where there'd be different segments under a single show, like Dexter's Lab or Cow and Chicken or Grim and Evil, etc.One segment would be about the kid and his monkey, and the other about the KND. The creator probably thought the kid and moneky duo was easier to more pitch to higherups, so he gave them the spotlight over the more creative concept.
>>150712886Tex Tinstar is so blatantly a Lucky Luke sendup I'm kind of amazed he was made for an American cartoon, seeing as how most Americans don't know what Lucky Luke is.
