Little Miss Impressed…
Did you catch the premiere of the Mr. Men Show this morning? Some of us were more than excited, some of us were a little leery but color me impressed — they did a fantastic job with it. I think perhaps I like it better than the books.
The 50s-inspired animation is perfect, the voices are so stereotypical that they’re hilarious, the music had my kids up and dancing and the bits are short enough for even the youngest eyeballs but have enough adult humor in them that it doesn’t pain me to watch a whole episode (yeah, I’m talking to you Barney). And did I say the animation was perfect? It was mesmerizing. I absolutely adore that UPA style of animation and this was just the right mix of retro and new (we are big, BIG fans of the original Gerald McBoingBoing in this house).
Ok, so I would’ve put a better link up there to the show but I couldn’t find one. Cartoon Network’s site is less than helpful in this regard. In fact, I’m a little pissy with them right now because when I went to find a video, I was greeted with this:
Nice, eh? Hey Cartoon Network — bite me (and my shiny metal Apple)!
Hold on, found a better link — the Mr. Men Show Blog. Scroll down to the house images to get a good taste for the animation style (the promo image up there is not really a good example).
Add comment February 4th, 2008