A SERIAL: "CAPTAIN HOOKED AND THE DOG PIE"
Never Never Land: On Captain Hooked, grooming himself in front of a mirror.
PIRATES (OS): "CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN! HE'S COMING!!!!'CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Ouch!"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Who's coming? I'm busy!!!"
PIRATES: "IT'S PETER PAN!!!!"
Pan (unseen) drops a coconut on Hooked's head. SFX (BONK!)
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "GET THAT KID!!!!! Mangle him!"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Crush him!!!!"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Rip him!!!!!!!
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "P_ U_U_U_ L _ V_E _R _I _Z _E him!!!!!!!!!!!!"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Huh?"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "You're Peter Pan's dog, aren't you?"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Yeees, I remember now! We kidna...um, invited you here last week. Say, uh...you wouldn't care to lead us to where Pan is hiding, would you?
CAPTAIN HOOKED: (Gasp!)
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Well, of course you wouldn't! You're not stupid! You're a loyal dog, and you know that if I found him I'd cut his head off!"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Quick! Somebody grab a camera! I want my picture taken with the last solid citizen in the world! It's an honor to stand next to a dog like this! An HONOR!!!!!"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Well, you can go now. Let yourself out. Gee, it's too bad you won't be here for the pie."
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Yes pie, but don't let me detain you...."
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "What kind of pie? Oh, I would say a succulent pie..."
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Maybe a fragrant pie. Yes, definitely a fragrant pie."
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "Mmmm! And a juicy, fruity pie. Definitely that!"
CAPTAIN HOOKED: "OK, but just a slice!"
CONTINUED BELOW...
alright! that eddie-doggie made another appearance!
ReplyDeleteHey! You deleted a post with my comment in it! Sigh.. oh well. If you ask nicely, I may write it again.
ReplyDeleteAnon: You're Phantom Spitter, right? I meant to move your comment to this location and I forgot. Sorry about that.
ReplyDeleteYou said that artists are vague about where they get ideas because the ideas are often stolen from some other source. It's an interesting idea. Why not write it again?
OK, I'll write it again: I have a theory that most artists, writers, etc. hate to be asked "Where do you get your ideas?" because lots of their ideas are based on stuff done by other artists, writers, etc. and they want to appear as original as possible. Their answer is usually "My dreams", or something similar. However, there are a great many truly original artists, writers, etc., who especially hate to be asked "Where do you get your ideas?" because they don't know the answer themselves! I don't mean ALL artists, writers, etc. are little dirty theives, I just mean that I think some of them look at other people's work for inspiration, and are afraid people might think that they're stealing. Can ya dig it?
ReplyDeleteYou make a better dog than Pluto, that's for sure!
ReplyDelete"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."
ReplyDelete-Pablo Picasso
I'm on the edge of my seat! Did you make/buy that pie just for this story?
ReplyDeleteCuz man, what devotion! Also, kudos for getting real mileage out of those eyebrows and that wig.
- trevor.
PS: I love it when you're hands are used in the shot, for some reason.
Trevor: Yes, that pie was bought just for this story! Boy, it's really heavy! You could break a window with it!
ReplyDeleteI agree about the hands. I forgot to give Hook a hook!
Jack: I like that dog too, I don't know why.
Maybe you could come up with some explanation as to why he doesn't have a hook in part 3?
ReplyDeleteHook was a blonde?
ReplyDelete"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."
ReplyDelete-Pablo Picasso
Didn't Pablo steal that quote from T.S. Eliot? Small world, isn't it.
Y'know, that's a testament to your acting / storytelling abilities, Eddie, because not only do I love the Peter Pan cartoons and movies, but also the books... I know the characters SUPER well is my point. Yet, not ONCE did I notice that Hook lacked a hook.
ReplyDeleteGenius!
In that picture where the dog realizes he's been invited to be eaten and then asked if he can tell Hook where Pan is, before putting his paws up in protest..... how do you get your right eye to roll toward your nose as the other one looks forward?
That's a trick I've never gotten down. The envy of class clowns everywhere!
Another reason to admire both you and George Carlin.
- trevor.
Trevor: Interesting question: I tried off and on for years to get one eye to move independently of the other, and I couldn't do it. Finally I stopped trying, then a year later I noticed that it was happening for fleeting moments when I didn't even intend it. I carefully nurtured it along till now, when I can do it for very short times when I want to. I hope I haven't screwed up my eyes. It just struck me as funny.
ReplyDeleteOdball fumetti, Mr. Fitz. Such as I thought hadn't been seen since Nat'l Lampoon in the 70's. Zero Mostel Reads a Book!
ReplyDeleteWell, my eye used to look away because it was lazy and I suffered a lot of abuse in school from kids.
ReplyDeleteThe irony here is that in seventh grade I had corrective surgery only to see the humour in it several years later. But because of the surgery it won't work now!
I mean, it works, it just won't move independently and yet, oddly enough, I can do cross-eyes. But this meant I had to figure out other things to make the kids laugh.
When they are laughing, they're not punching. I learned that real quick!
- trevor.
Trevor: doing that trick with your eyes is simple:
ReplyDelete1)cross you eyes.
2)while they're crossed, look to the right slightly.
Your left eye will stay in while the right will seem to be centered, producing that effect. You've just got to cross eyes first. It feels like a muscle strain, though.
Great acting! I like the part where you cut off your nose (almost).
ReplyDeleteThat was inspirational!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to extend a formal invitation to Dustin Hoffman to kiss Uncle Eddie's ass. And the ear socks weren't even needed. A character that perfectly ingenuous could only be a dog.
I would remind young animators that this performance was constrained by meat. There's no longer any excuse for stiff, bland acting with a pencil.
If I were King. I'd make a show starring you as all the characters.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this story! You, Eddie, make the best Captain Hook! And Dog!
ReplyDeleteNow this is one epic tale! (And I mean epic in the original sense of a grand story, not as a 21st century replacement for amazing... although that applies too.) Your gestures as captain Hooked are especially great.
ReplyDeleteSomewhere amongst my files I got a sketch of one of the pie poses that I was going to turn into a faux-vintage Collier's cover... gotta finish that one.
Vincent, Rooni: Haw! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteCharles: A Colliers cover!? Boy, if you ever get around to doing it, show us the result, Okay?
First Old Man to cash in his chips John Lounsbery would be the person to animate Uncle Eddie doing this pirate. Today's modern animators are confused by Lounsbery's interpretation of Norm Ferguson's unique principles, so they don't talk about him in the same tones they invoke for better publicized dead legends.
ReplyDeleteNarthax, is that you?
ReplyDeleteWell, here's the original sketch.
ReplyDeleteAs I say in the post, it'll be re-drawn.
Charles: Haw! Son of a Gun! Now I can brag that I made the cover of Colliers! Thanks!
ReplyDeletegenius genius genius
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