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Sunday, September 14, 2008
Updating George To Make Him Hip And Ironic
I've been getting some complaints that my tastes and ideals are too outdated, and that animation needs to constantly evolve.
So Rob Mac has done me a great favor and improved George Liquor for me, bringing him into the modern world of cartoon irony.
I have 5 networks beating down my door already!
Now all he needs is some 'tude and I'm set.
Thanks Rob!
85 comments:
- Nico said...
Whoaa, watch out Family Guy! You've got some competition!!!
- Zorrilla said...
Sorry son, if you want to work in animation in this Millennium you need more attitude.
But I see some potential, so I'm giving you some pro tips: first of all, draw more hairs. Lots of hairs, individual hairs, eyelashes, etc.
Second, I'd draw a body to the heads. Floating heads are OK but they are way too '2007'.
And finally I'm telling you the ultimate secret of 'tude:
"Draw one eyebrow higher and the other lower."
Simple huh? Kids love it. Moms love it. Grandmas too, everybody does.
Next week I'm telling you about the rule of 3's and how to draw realistic grass blades!
- Mattieshoe said...
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- Tigeroovy said...
It's all well and good to evolve animation, but not if that means neglecting all the things that made animation so beautiful.
Like when it comes to family guy.. it's like a live action show without the budget to do the things they do.
And every time I look at George Liquor's face I start to laugh.
- Subject 645-3, a.k.a. John R. Spumkin said...
How's that for a big "F**k you" from John K.?
As George Carlin would say, if they don't like it, f**k 'em.
- Corey said...
Seth McFarlane would be proud
- oppo said...
Oh John, you're so funny.
- rob mac said...
After doing blandizeing surgery on George liquor i decided to have a go and jazz up the face of homer simpson.
After about 25 minutes in photoshop cutting & pasteing
i had the finished picture before me. but I'm not completely
satisfied with the new cartooney homer, line of action is not
completely there, lines still need hierarchy, maybe a change of colours, and not sure about the eyebrows.
- mdouglas said...
AHHH! Stop this madness!
- Soos said...
You forgot the form-destroying ultra-thick outline.
- Zoran Taylor said...
Rob, just go back in time. Homer, sadly, "evolved" into a blandie. The Ullman episodes sometimes had takes right out of "Northwest Hounded Police"!
- Josh "Just What the Doctor Ordered" Heisie said...
Definitely an improvement. Finally.
- Wicks for Candlesticks said...
Love that!
Funny, but sad to see the terrible degradation of such a great art form.
-David O.
- rob mac said...
for anyone whos interested, a
link to homer simpsons visual evolution. 1987-2000s
- SoleilSmile said...
Haha, very funny. But it just isn't you. I know this is a joke, but Bataki's great voice belongs on the original.
I'm looking forward to seeing George in October.
- Frank said...
hilarious : extremely funny
- Lucas said...
Like soos said, he forgot the horrid thick outline:
- Tom A said...
This reminds me of that one time when I did the robot with Arnold Schwarzenegger!
- Michael Turek said...
the eyebrows are a bit too complex as well. Make them more rectangular.
- Zoran Taylor said...
Dang, Rob, you've got a point there. How did I miss that? He's just been a walking, talking "Error 404 - Not Found" for 21 years! Now, that IS some stiff design!
- Nicol3 said...
Oh yeah, Dumb it down for the kiddies.
Dumb it waaaayyy down.
- Roberto González said...
That's hilarious and spot-on!
But I'm not that convinced with the cartoony Homer. About that link to Homer evolution I actually think there is some improvement in the head shape and mouth volume but definitely his eyes were a lot more expressive in the middle drawings. Also the mouth, even with the shape change, should have kept some of the rubber quality.
- Shawn said...
Much better!
Honestly John, I seriously don't know what you ever saw in entertainment that has any ounce of personality or creativity to it, or cartoons with any dimension and life whatsoever. This is a real improvement in your artistic skills. Lately I've been getting so sick and tired of you constantly trying to innovate new ideas and create cartoons that are actually good. But now, with this post, I have finally regained all my lost respect for you and your ability to follow the herds...to give America the crap they REALLY want! Now that you--after years and years of much needed practice--have finally perfected George's "look", all you need to do now is ditch those crappy stories you've been working on and find a NEW and EDGY premise for this character. Turn him into a REAL star! Might I suggest making George a goofy, beer-drinking dad, with smart-ass kids, and a wife who makes him feel even dumber than he looks? Now THAT would be an original show! Throw in a deadpan talking dog and you've got pure gold!
I have tears of joy.
- Shawn said...
I would also like that add that I hope your blogging also improves from this point. Please, no more posts about Don Martin, Dan Gordon, Harvey Kurtzman, or Bob Clampett. From now on, I don't want to see anything but The Boondocks.
- Roberto González said...
I think a cartooney version of Homer should be something more similar to the Ullman shorts, something along these lines:
I made those quite quickly but I believe the main thing to change are the eyes and maybe exaggerate the mouth for expressions.
- PCUnfunny said...
"Rob, just go back in time. Homer, sadly, "evolved" into a blandie. The Ullman episodes sometimes had takes right out of "Northwest Hounded Police"!"
Exactly look at this old Simpson short from '87:
Making Faces
Now the average animation of The Simpsons today:
What's a Gym
Clearly, it's a de-evolution.
- Mr. Semaj said...
Speaking of Seth MacFarlane:
Does anyone else think he should go directly to fail for his increasingly tiring game of Monotony?
- Lord Wingate said...
Stick to your guns John. I've gotten more worthwhile animation education from reading your blog then I ever did while studying in college. I even forward this stuff to my old professors so they can pass it on to students.
- Aaron said...
pcfunny, I liked the second one better
- Williaint said...
"Draw one eyebrow higher and the other lower."
That's what I was gonna say!
Now just make him more PC-y, add some popular references, and voila!
- Tim said...
Oh wow, that is amazing. I laughed and then I puked and then I laughed again
- Morris said...
I don't get how anyone could prefer that over the "old-fashioned" method...
Keep at it John, people will wisen up yet!
- Mad Max Winston said...
wow, totally weird. And interesting.
- LUCAf said...
Hey John, I am a fan of yours from way before Ren and Stimpy ; actually one of the things I was (and still am )nuts about ,and that made me go into the animation buisness, was the video for "Harlem Shuffle"...
Could you tell us a little about it, and ,by any chanse, do you happen to have any of your art work from those days ?
.....my best
- J. said...
Seth's animation quality may be generally bad, but I actually like his writting. True, family guy is no longer funny (if it ever was), but American Dad has some great character depth along with overal good jokes (and no more bloody random flashbacks). Unlike Family Guy and the Simpsons, American Dad's characters are not unidimensional assemblements of random actions. They have different personalities and specific ways to act in determined situations, au contraire of characters like homer simpson or peter griffin that just do random stuff according to what the scripters think its funny for the scene.
Though yeah, the animation sucks. Hard. And the latest youtube shorts seem kinda unfunny too.
- Roberto González said...
Here is that link to my fast drawings again.
- Tim said...
George's 'final form' in this illustration is interesting in that it is painful to look at for too long.
- rob mac said...
i've done a bland jimmy to go with the bland george i did.
I call him jimmy Xtreme for xtremely boring bland & unexciting.
- Gabriele_Gabba said...
Am i the only one that hates the word " 'tween " btw? Are people too good for the whole word??
How cheap can we really water things down nowadays? Its not good enough that our cartoons or " TOONS " look bad? Must we now slaughter the english language too?
This really grates my marbles man!
- Roberto González said...
>>Speaking of Seth MacFarlane:
Does anyone else think he should go directly to fail for his increasingly tiring game of Monotony?>>
He's like the only one creator that can make a show like that monotone. I mean, if anything, those random sketches should be surprising, but the only things he can offer are popular culture "gags" and neverending unfunny dialogues.
- AniKey said...
Hehe Gabriele,
I have an intern (David de Rooij) working for us and he hates tweening so much he refused to finish a shot because he would have had to tween a character for a camera move.
Now thats dedication!
- trevor said...
- trevor.
- introvert said...
So this is how you build up that "Spumco style" of yours.
Just take the steps you provided and list them in reverse, and you just got yourself a bonafide tutorial on how to take any character design an executive can think of and "translate" it into that flowy fleshy cartoony thing you seem to like doing all the time.
Why didn't you do this to begin with?! You talk and talk about how complicated it's supposed to be, but when you lay it out step by step like that, it's all so simple! Before you know it, every Seth McFarlane out there will be making their own "Spumco-esque" cartoons right along side you! Hell, I'll might just give your tutorial a whirl by seeing how well it can translate the Family Guy character designs into Spumco-brand designs.
- Mr. Semaj said...
Seth's animation quality may be generally bad, but I actually like his writting. True, family guy is no longer funny (if it ever was), but American Dad has some great character depth along with overal good jokes (and no more bloody random flashbacks). Unlike Family Guy and the Simpsons, American Dad's characters are not unidimensional assemblements of random actions. They have different personalities and specific ways to act in determined situations, au contraire of characters like homer simpson or peter griffin that just do random stuff according to what the scripters think its funny for the scene.
Though yeah, the animation sucks. Hard. And the latest youtube shorts seem kinda unfunny too.
The sad thing about American Dad is, even though it embodies the substance that made the original FG episodes so appealing, it had from the start been conceived as "Family Guy 2.0", even boasting some of the original FG personnel. This was all before FG's renewal, so even now, no effort is made from Seth or FOX to allow American Dad to function as its own entity.
- Zoran Taylor said...
Nice work, Roberto - those are fun!
- Jake the Animator said...
Wow. perfect. Now all you got to do is fill the writing with non-sequiter pop-culture references and you're all set.
- Vincent Waller said...
Ha! That's high-larious!
- Mack Freddie said...
It looks like that crap called "Family guy". Please John Please, I hope you are being sarcastic.
- Agent 73 - Emerson Murray said...
John K,
Can you please email me? I am co-hosting a new media podcast, Media Sound Off. We would like to arrange an interview with you regarding your various projects.
My email is on my profile.
- Chris Rank said...
I can't wait to see "fixed" version of Sody Pop!
- John S. said...
I started to laugh, but was then overwhelmed by the urge to cry.
- PCUnfunny said...
What character depth does American Dad have ? The cookie cutter Republican or the badly impersonated Paul Lynde Alien ? American Dad is just a VERY depthless example of Seth McFarlanes's one dimensional, "The right is evil" political views. It has no flashbacks, and ? That dosen't mean anything better was added.
- Sven Hoek said...
Yeah, George needs some tattoos and a head-band or maybe he could put on a baseball cap backwards and some baggy pants and throw some phony gang signs. His catchphrase could be, "Yo yo yo, where my nephews at?"
- John A said...
I really hate it when people write "Family Guy is just like a live action show." Really? Actors just stand in one position and stare at each other reciting unfunny dialogue in a monotone? What shows do that?
I think you're on the right track with this new George design. Just make sure, no matter what he does , he never moves his body, EVER. TV execs believe that even the smallest amount of movement hurts little children's eyes.
- k.dubb said...
well... atleast it'll look great as a stamp for elementary school treachers to use on kids' work when they do a good job or to make them stop crying!
- Taco Wiz said...
Soooooo true!
- HemlockMan said...
Now all you have to do is change his name to Jack Bacardi.
And you're totally THERE, man!
- Gabriele_Gabba said...
Hey AniKey,
I just checked out your blog, you have some pretty work there, looks really fun!
Heck, INBEtweening as an intern sounds like a good place to start! After this year i'm looking to intern and get some job experience and i might be working on some shows like yours.
Although i must confess i have all but stayed away from this instant computer tween morphing thing it tends to come with,
Good luck with your studio!
- Guy said...
I really hate it when people write "Family Guy is just like a live action show." Really? Actors just stand in one position and stare at each other reciting unfunny dialogue in a monotone? What shows do that?
It's more that there's no point in drawing it. They should just hire some guys to stand around for a few minutes.
Of course, since most people have no standards at all when it comes to cartoons, that'd make how bad it is much more obvious.
- Lippy said...
This may be a great time to tell "My John K story"..
**Warning- LONG Post**
The Ralph Bakshi Enigma
Back in the late 70's when I was attending high school in Pennsylvania, I saw an ad in the back of "Super 8 Filmmaker" magazine. It was a call for "animators wanted" and I could not contain my excitement. With the innocence of youth sugar-coating my expectations, I was convinced that at 17 years old, and with absolutely no animation experience, I could cobble together a suitable portfolio. Bakshi Studios was looking for help on "Lord of the Rings, and was, I guess, desperate enough to put out a general classified ad. I had NO IDEA what a "real" animator did. I only knew that I liked to draw cartoons (especially in class). So I gathered up some older full-page drawings done in blue BALLPOINT pen, drew a couple of new ones, and mailed them off to Ralph in Ca. I remember calling the studio just before I sent off the packet to make sure I had the address and contents correctly labeled. I was so giddy with delight at actually speaking *long distance* to a REAL ANIMATION STUDIO (I was literally giggling at times) that the secretary made fun of me and started giggling along. Of course NOTHING ever came of my pathetic application packet, and in time I forgot about it.
Flash forward 2 years later, and I'm a freshman in a local college and living at HOME with my parents. I was MISERABLE! In order to escape my home life, I retreated one Friday to a local theater (with a HUGE screen) showing an all-night marathon of animation (an EXTREMELY rare occurrence in farm-town Lancaster, Pa.). They were showing "Fritz the Cat", "Nine Lives of Fritz" (dreadful), and "Heavy Traffic". Aside from the Police raiding the place around 1:00 AM (lots of pot-smoking) the true highlight for me was watching "Heavy Traffic". For the first time I could see that there was ANOTHER path to take in animation. Everything DIDN'T have to look like or reference a Disney film, or even be Disney – influenced. I was watching a truly personal expression and it literally changed my life. I saw for the very first time that I could marry my passion for underground comics with my excitement for animation – I could make "dirty" characters live and breathe on the screen. *Whew!*
For this sheltered 19-year-old, that was an epiphany moment.
So now we zip forward again to about 8 years after I had "seen the light"(literally). In the mid 1980's I was toiling away in the clean-up department at Filmation Studios' San Fernando Valley feature film unit. Like most of my peers I was fed up with the drivel I was having to work on and word quickly spread among the disgruntled that Bakshi was looking for people on a new, secret project ("Mighty Mouse"). I'd heard a lot about the director that was heading up the project: John Kricfalusi. He was said to be a real hard-ass about drawing. He had no patience for "hacks" that couldn't render correct volumes and pleasing shapes. In short- if you were going to work for him, you really had to know how to draw. My cubicle-mate reverently relayed war stories about working for John (on "American Tail"?) and having to re-draw the same cleanup drawing 4 or 5 times until he'd finally gotten a whole drawing that "worked". He specifically mentioned a time that John K. dismissed a clean-up as mere "lines" that did nothing to reference the fact that those lines were supposed to represent clothing, and "Where was the form? Where was the weight?". These concerns struck me as a refreshingly different outlook on the clean-up process. I was excited to meet this guy, yet felt especially vulnerable about how my own drawings would stand up under such scrutiny.
I made an appointment, and one evening after work I dropped by Bakshi's small, rented storefront office on Ventura Blvd. I was greeted by John K. who was sitting at a silly little beige metal office desk right by the front door. Lynne Naylor was hunched over a drawing table off to the right working on preliminary storyboards and layouts. Above her head on the wall were a series of inspired character designs and color models. I was immediately impressed. I sat down across the little desk from John who was very accommodating. He immediately started off the interview by firing a lot of questions at me about Filmation and what a dreadful place it was. He had worked in the TV division some years before and was very interested in talking about how it was a depressing tomb where creativity was buried along with their ancient ideas about how animation should be produced. This threw me. I had never encountered a prospective employer who was so denigrating of another place's work. I could tell that he was checking to see what my attitude towards current animation was. But I was young, naive, and thought that he was trying to trip me up. I wasn't used to such honesty, and thought John was trying to see if I was a good "company man" and wouldn't tell tales on a former employer. I thought he'd wanted me to defend Filmation like I would someday defend him after I'd left his employ. What a sap I was. I was in total agreement with his impressions of Filmation, but I was so locked into my "good employee" role that I found myself defending the very studio I hated and was rushing to separate from. Kricfalusi must have thought I was a complete stooge. In a way I was. Trapped by my own lack of experience, I couldn't yet see that I was speaking with an exactly like-minded artist. I fumbled my way through the rest of the interview as best I could and was anxious to have him see my artwork.
John looked over my character designs and especially liked the women I had drawn. (I stacked the deck with many busty nudes and cuties..) He asked me to work on some more women designs and bring them back. This was a good sign, and I perked up at the thought that maybe I hadn't quite sunken all chances of working with Bakshi. I was still mulling over the whole Filmation conversation when John got up to lead me into the back office. That was where I would meet the big man, himself. I picked up my paper coffee cup and was amused to see that my hand was shaking. I was amused that I could still be gripped by the same giddy excitement I had felt some 10 years before as I prepared my very first portfolio for this man.
I stepped cautiously into the office, and there he was. Ralph Bakshi sat behind a big, square-shaped oak desk in an office the size of a moderately large bathroom. His presence overwhelmed me, and I could feel myself starting to become "intoxicated" in a way. Ralph motioned for me to sit down directly in front of his desk, and I did so, placing my coffee on floor to the right of my feet. He wore a white V-necked T-shirt and had a habit of rubbing his middle finger under his left breast in a very cartoon-like fashion. He gave me a rapid-fire description of what the new show was about and described his role as Executive Producer. I was sitting on a small wooden chair trying to concentrate on his words, but my mind was swimming with thoughts about finally meeting my childhood hero, and I debated mentioning how influential his films had been in changing my life. Would I sound like a boot-licker? Was he going to play a similar mind-game to what I perceived Kricfalusi had played on me? My mind was sparking with these static-y, confusing, thoughts as Bakshi asked to see my stuff. I got up to present my stack of drawings to him, and in my anxious state I kicked over my paper coffee cup, and it spilled all over his area rug. I was stunned by my own clumsy stupidity. Ralph immediately diffused my embarrassment, "S'alright, kid. We're mooovin' anyway". I liked that he called me kid. I felt a little better as I laid down the stack of drawings on his desk and carefully walked back to my chair. I was studying his expression for signs of approval, as I looked at the plain white backs of the drawings he was examining. He was vocal. He looked through the pile of drawings and kept repeating, "you're good, you'll be hea'h, yeah you'll be hea'h". Then he hit upon one very loose drawing of a reclining nude that was extremely stylized with breasts that looked like water balloons. He leaned back from his desk still examining the piece, pushing deep into his leather chair. He let the drawing drop from his face and looked me square in the eye with an almost wistful quality in his voice as he wondered aloud, "what is it about guys and tits?" I was dumbstruck.. I started mentally groping for a suitable explanation when Lynne Naylor piped in from behind me, "well I dunno, I like weenies,". I hadn't even noticed that she had entered the room. I was so consumed with Bakshi. Studying every nuance of his body language as he critiqued my work had given me a kind of tunnel vision. My mind was reeling. In a way, I was excited to be having this ribald conversation with my "underground" hero. But overall I was feeling that this conversation was more of the same type I'd just had with Kricfalusi. My inner "editor" was screaming that these are NOT appropriate questions to be asked at a job interview. It seems quaint to me now, but I was totally lost at this point. The interview had started to take such a strange, freeform shape that I could no longer find a familiar path. I started rambling on about the female form, animation in general, and what else I can't remember. Suddenly as if a switch had been turned off, Ralph ended the interview. "Ok, kid. I like what you got, but that guy out there (he motioned to John K.), HE's the Director". Oh. Um, … huh? Now I started to panic. So did that mean I had a job or not?
I don't even remember leaving Ralph's office. I was still "processing" that scene when John stood up and reminded me to draw up some female characters and bring them back for him to see. I said that I would, and as I started to leave the offices, an *INCIDENT* occurred which haunts me to this day. Ralph, if you're reading this, please clarify:
I had my hand on the doorknob, and as I was literally walking out of the Bakshi production offices, Ralph leaned out of the doorway to his office with one hand on the jamb, the other squarely pinning the open door against the wall. He bellowed after me, "Hey Kid! Don't Starve!" Then he leaned back into his office and disappeared
Time stopped. I think I silently nodded my head then walked out. But WHAT DID HE MEAN ???? Did that mean that I should pursue a clichéd "starving artist" route because I was so fabulously talented? I quickly dashed that thought. Did it mean that I was dressed particularly well that day and Ralph was making fun of my perceived wealth?
(up-to-the-minute middle eighties French designer baggy jeans, red leather capezio shoes, suspenders,… Oy!) . Did it simply mean that it might be a while before they actually ramp-up and start hiring people, so "keep your day job"?
He was motivated enough to get up from his desk and bark this at me with neither a smirk, grin, frown, nor smile on his face. He just …. announced it.
I never DID go back to show John my drawings (I actually drew a few). I was so disillusioned by the "industry" in those days that I left for a career change in Manhattan shortly thereafter.
But, what did Ralph MEAN ????
- Lohenhart said...
Hi John, Im a ren & stimpy fan, I did this animation pilot, hope you like it: http://www.animacam.tv/ver.php?video=Video_239.flv&idVideo=239
- introvert said...
"I really hate it when people write "Family Guy is just like a live action show." Really? Actors just stand in one position and stare at each other reciting unfunny dialogue in a monotone? What shows do that?"
That's the thing though. That's all most people ever see when watching a show. Hell, it's all anyone ever NEEDS to know when it comes to describing the show to others, so why would you expect them to even absorb (much less value) the stuff that lies outside that realm?
Is it all you need to know in order for the show to be entertaining? We can argue that all day long, but if sucess is a benchmark for measuring such a thing, then Seth McFarlane proved that to be the case in spades.
Hell, I'll even admit that I like Seth McFarlane's writing, and that his stuff makes me laugh on good occasion (the longer it drags on, the less there is to laugh about). The best part is that I can take it all in without even bothering my eyes! I can leave them to some other task (like typing up this comment for instance), and even be fully sufficient during my television viewing experience (if you can even call it that anymore. Is there even that much need to emphasize the whole "viewing" aspect?).
Something like Ren & Stimpy can't do that. That stuff is much too focused on 'how' something is happening rather than what is actually happening. Hell most of the stuff doesn't even make sense, but everyone loves it!
It's apparently an outdated approach rooted in the past. But I'll set the record straight, and tell you right now that I absolutely LOVE stuff like that. It's those quirky details taken from life that makes it so much fun to absorb, and I owe everything to John for being able to put what makes it all so great in terms that even a geek like me can understand. (You know how geeks are; we go crazy if we can't figure something out.)
I don't expect everybody to understand though, it's all much too complicated and in-depth for most people to find worth figuring out. Hell, most of the people that are best this kind of stuff don't even think about it! It just flows out of their pencils like they are some kind of divine freak of nature! But it's rather suprising that they have to compete with people using intricate plans and pre-set notions for what constitutes as "entertainment" and actually fail. (or worse, never get the opportunity to try) But I guess that's how the attention-economy works. We all know that's the direction it's gone in over the past few decades.
- Brendan M said...
I don't know how anyone can think American Dad has more evolved characters or character plot than Family Guy has.
They're literally the same show except with different characters.
The whole "depth" aspect to it is "This guy is a right wing nut, what would someone like him say?" or "What would a wacky talking fish with an accent do?"
It's boring and I personally think it's much worse than Family Guy, if that's possible.
- Mr. Semaj said...
I don't know how anyone can think American Dad has more evolved characters or character plot than Family Guy has.
Maybe because you haven't seen American Dad. (No, promos don't count.) All things considered, it's the ONLY thing Seth has going for him now.
There's lots of stuff I wish would be better in Seth's work, but there's apparently more to it than the airless "SETH MACFARLANE IS A TOTAL HACK" war cry.
- LeoBro said...
Great job, Rob Mac. I know it was supposed to be funny but it's also a great way to reinforce everything John's been teaching (in reverse). Great "eye training" for me. It took me a while to find the specific entropy introduced in some of the subtler steps; for example, rounding out the smile curve. But eventually I caught them all.
It does need a final "tude" step, though. Ha!
- Weirdo said...
This made me ill. I know you were joking, but TAKE IT AWAY!
- Larry Levine said...
I would rather have a romantic romp with the surviving Golden Girls than EVER allow my characters to be 'evolved' into anything resembling this!!!
John, please delete this 'updated' design & lets forget we ever saw it.
- Brendan M said...
"Maybe because you haven't seen American Dad. (No, promos don't count.) All things considered, it's the ONLY thing Seth has going for him now.
There's lots of stuff I wish would be better in Seth's work, but there's apparently more to it than the airless "SETH MACFARLANE IS A TOTAL HACK" war cry."
Oh no, I've seen it. I've seen it all too much.
The writing is somehow more poor that Family Guy writing, and the characters are just as flat and lifeless. The mean nothing to me. Family Guy= Talking dog. American Dad= Talking fish with even less personality.
It's just not fun or funny and has no personality. The only thing that could pick up that amount of lag is decent animation, but you know it doesn't have that
- PCUnfunny said...
"Maybe because you haven't seen American Dad. (No, promos don't count.) All things considered, it's the ONLY thing Seth has going for him now."
I saw American Dad since the beginning and Brendan is dead right on his observation. It has always been worse then Family Gun ever was.
- J. said...
American Dad's characters are simply not unidimensional. They have actual personalities. They say good characters usually write themselves and you can notice that on plot flow of every single American Dad episode. Consequences are are result of rational actions made by the characters that subsequentially respond in their own ways, instead of just doing random stuff for the gags sake, something that as become quite common on every Simpson's season since 2001.
On American Dad, Roger the alien is perhaps the most inconsistent character in the show, since he introduces most of the pop culture element, which is already a Seth MacFarlane autor mark, but Hayley Smith, for example, is a very deep character personality-wise (her actions often contradict her ideals in a very comical manner, i must say), while Stan usually introduces the "moral lesson" component of the show without actually learning anything.
As a classic cartoons fan, like most of you here, I have no shame in admiting American Dad is a good show regardless of how much Family Guy or Seth MacFarlane suck. Sure, the animation is bad, but I find the episode plots to be entertaining enough to compensate for it; its a classic case of concept over graphics. However I also have to admit tha if the animation quality was better, certainly the show would be considerably more funnier. Its just a fact that the family guy styled liveless and static animation really doesnt fit American Dad's rich character background.
If you guys are still sceptic on this, try picturing the characters of American Dad drawn on classic animation principles while still keeping the same character scripts. I think it would be the formula for a truly hilarious show.
- PCUnfunny said...
J: Hayley Smith is not complex at all and you really just proved my point with your simple explanation. She is simply fills the role of Stans Wife. Just like Family Guy and everyone else on American Dad, no one has a character. They just do things that the writers think that is funny. You don't have a character at that point, you just have a empty vessel.
- Mr. Semaj said...
PC: At least American Dad doesn't sneak annoying bit players (like creepy pedophiles) into every episode.
Also, you obviously haven't seen the show, because Hayley is Stan's DAUGHTER.
- Trevor G. said...
If you really want to make him modern I'm afraid you'll have to get rid of those pupils. The ugliest and most modern of all styles, straight out of newgrounds, not animating pupils.
A true child of 'tweening' (automated computer betweens). Now animators are too lazy to animate pupils, forget lip-syncing!
So yah, you get rid of George's pupils there on that last drawing and you'll have kids shitting their pants to see your animation!
- Allyn said...
this made me laugh, so funny and toe curling at the same time
- PCUnfunny said...
"At least American Dad doesn't sneak annoying bit players (like creepy pedophiles) into every episode."
And in return we get nothing. Equally invalid as the "no flash back" defense.
"Also, you obviously haven't seen the show, because Hayley is Stan's DAUGHTER"
I really don't care. All of the characters are all equally un-distinctive. But since you brought her up, she is simply just the opposite of Stan, the cookie cutter liberal. No personality there either.
- Roberto González said...
I haven't watched more than two or three episodes of American Dad but someone told me the writing was quite better in the new shows compared to the first ones. In my own little experience that was true, the newest one I watched was quite funnier than the first one. They also told me that the show got better precisely when Seth McFarlane delegated in other people, isn't that ironic?
- Lippy said...
So John,
What did you think of my story?? What did Ralph mean??!?
- Peter Bernard said...
no, there's still too much personality left at the end there.
- renuvio said...
You're so close, John!
But do you think about the ears?
You MUST draw the ear's center as a number, 3 or 9...
- p.maestro said...
man, it's funny how many canadian cartoons look like this. and i can't help but wonder if producers went into an animation school and picked the people who would work for the lowest dollar to start the show... probably not... but...
not to get into a family guy debate, (because i won't be checking posts after mine, this isn't a message board) but i find family guy's later seasons pretty damn funny. i'm not going to try to explain or defend it. but shows like this and the simpsons are essentially moving comic strips. they aren't intended to "stand the test of time" or even impress anyone in any respect. i wouldn't pay money to see family guy, while i might... hmm... yeah, maybe spend money to see a nicely done george liquor cartoon. but if people only watched good tv, listened only to good music, and went out only to good movies, those industries would collapse.
oh and whoever was praising American Dad, what the fuck man? i'd rather sit through goddamn King of the Hill than an episode of that knockoff garbage... "character" my ass...
- Mr. Semaj said...
oh and whoever was praising American Dad, what the fuck man? i'd rather sit through goddamn King of the Hill than an episode of that knockoff garbage... "character" my ass...
Like I said, American Dad was conceived as "Family Guy 2.0" from the beginning. It's in that aspect that the show today has the advantage of being more consistent than Family Guy, in part because the show has much of the same producer-writers as the original FG episodes.
It's not impossible for the subsequent show to surpass its predecessor, for American Dad's examples of basic yet controlled character traits are the more satisfying choice compared to today's Family Guy, where there's little regard for who is who anymore, yet the new writing team persistently confuses their post-revival changes as "evolution".
- thiago said...
I really dislike this designy type of clothing of modern cartoons, straight and uniform strokes.
Bring back the fun!!!
- Dan C said...
Top tip for tude... eyelids lowered to halfway. And arms crossed. Or even better, skateboard in one hand and wearing oversized headphones.
Regarding Family Guy, I really find it funny, (although I'm reaching saturation point of late) but struggle with American Dad because it seems like a slavish formula repeat of Family Guy.
I'm not above laughing at the odd pop culture references in FG (or "Guy", as I believe it is referred to amongst those in the know. Or just "Guh") and although I find a lot of the gags in very bad taste, I groan and move on. I think the show is informed by the kind of stoner humour that appeals to Seth MacFarlane and Seth Green, that is - silly voices, grossout humour, violence and pop culture references. To me, the shows feel like student radio comedy, only with kind of badly drawn pictures alongside to distract the eyes.
- The Ralph said...
I just about fell off my chair when I saw this. SPOT. ON. This could easily be the next big Cartoon Newtwork show.
- [Moth] said...
I just can say (some moths after the original post) that i've seen FG only the last few months, and just because they air it when there's no better animation (or not) to see on TV. I would never pay, never buy any DVDs, or go to the movies to see it. And I won't cancel any plans to see it, or even search clips on youtube.
But I've paid to get Looney Tunes, Ren & Stimpy and some other great cartoons and enjoy them at any time, no matter what's on TV.
Please, John!! Bring back some cartoons so we can gladly cancel our plans to watch them!!!
(and please.. excuse my english)


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Tuesday, March 25, 2008
I think I have a crush on Jim Tressel's daughter
Anyhoo, included in the story was a picture of Tressel and his family and, damn, I think I have a crush on Whitney Tressel (back row)...
I know, I know. I feel so dirty and I hate to admit it in public like this. But the fact is, Daughter of Darth Vader or not, she's cute.
P.S. In the newspaper story, it says Tressel mows his own lawn and shovels his own snow. For a guy living in a $1.4M home who makes just shy of $3 mil a year, that's probably an anomaly.
P.P.S. As has already been pointed out in the comments section, are we really being owned by a guy with two foo-foo dogs like that?! Needless to say, as with everything else Lord Vader, I pictured Tressel's dogs (which sounds like the name of a really hardcore punk band) in a slightly different light. I imagined them right up there with the Hounds of Hell. You know, huge hairy, bomb sniffing beasts ready to attack an opposing team's bus as soon as it enters The 'Shoe. Not two little Maltese things that look they were stolen from Lindsay Lohan's yard.
65 comments:
- Shorty the Beachcomber said...
The looks of Buck-ettes are like those of herpes. They make my penis soft. Always and forever.
- March 25, 2008 1:21 AM
- jcloverboi said...
she's pretty cute--i've always been a sucker for blondes.
i try not to let rivalry affiliations cloud my judgment in evaluating a girl's hotness, but sometimes it's difficult. i'll even give props to Florida girls, though i have less than no love for that swampy hellhole. Even Fat Phil Fulmer has a cute daughter. As for the rest of the girls at UcheaT--heinous.
- March 25, 2008 2:19 AM
- Jeff said...
I'm at school right now with a friend of Tressel's daughter. She refuses to tell me any bad stories about him though. She probably knows I'd immediately tell you, Yost.
- March 25, 2008 2:33 AM
- TrojanJim2007 said...
Easy there tiger!!! While Whitney is very cute, and very, very, very perky in all the right places, and the fantasy of a updated Montague-Capulet-esque romance is appealing, she's a Buckeye, you're a Wolverine.
Focus!!!(Imagine two fingers held in front of your eyes)
It's just not natural.
BTW, is anyone else creeped out by the supposed lord of evil being the owner of two fou-fou dogs?
For some reason I was picturing something like rottweilers, pit bulls, dobermans, gnawing on human skull or an old oil can.
It's a bit more like SPECTRE's Ernst Blofeld with his cat.
- March 25, 2008 3:08 AM
- Yost said...
Thanks for talking me down, TrojanJim. I don't know what the hell I was thinking.
And loved the Romeo & Juliet ref. LOL! Funny.
- March 25, 2008 3:42 AM
- Dezzi said...
I'd like to give Whitney my OWN version of the "Buckstache"...
I'm willing to infiltrate her "evil empire"...
I think it is possible if I were to date Whitney... Ol' Jimbo would be too busy thinking about the welfare of his daughter and not plan properly for the game against Michigan. I'm willing to do that for the team!
Back to our regularly scheduled programming...
- March 25, 2008 5:43 AM
- goat7ed said...
"BTW, is anyone else creeped out by the supposed lord of evil being the owner of two fou-fou dogs?"
typed in my best English accent...
Why those fou-fou dogs have a mean streak a mile wide.
- March 25, 2008 7:43 AM
- Feelin' Blue said...
They only look like "cute" little lap dogs. Everyone knows that Satan is a master of disguise.
There is nothing wrong with getting with UoOS women. In fact, stealing the Buckeyes' women is the right thing to do.
- March 25, 2008 7:51 AM
- phil said...
Why do I look at that picture and hear...?
"Well now its time to say good-bye to Jim and all his kin.
And they would like to thank you folks fer kindly droppin' in.
You're all invited back again to this evil lair,
To have a heapin' helpin' of their lying Buckeye fare,
OSU BS that is. Set a spell. Take your shoes off. Y'all come back now, y'hear?"
- March 25, 2008 8:51 AM
- Lane said...
those aren't dogs - those of two of 'gun shows' Q-tips he left in the Woody Hayes.
just thought i'd clarify.
oh, and Whitney is hawt!
- March 25, 2008 8:54 AM
- Joshua said...
Mowing your own lawn and shoveling your own snow is an essential part of making sure people don't find the bodies.
And I guess it's true what they say about people looking like their dogs, as evidenced by the quadruplets in the front row.
- March 25, 2008 8:59 AM
- Out of Conference said...
+1 Phil
- March 25, 2008 8:59 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
Damn! goat7ed, you beat me to the Holy Grail!
"Well, we'll not risk another frontal assault. That rabbit's dynamite."
Sign next to Tressel's mailbox: BEWARE OF DOGS!
- March 25, 2008 9:04 AM
- beast in 'bama said...
...along with the bones of dozens of would-be trespassers (in the spirit of Joshua's body's-buried comment).
- March 25, 2008 9:07 AM
- Dezzi said...
I can't read what it says on Whitney's breasts... does anyone have a bigger image?
Not sure it says "Ohio State"
- March 25, 2008 9:10 AM
- Joshua said...
Dez, it says "Joshua was here" on her breasts. Not sure what it says on her shirt though.
- March 25, 2008 9:17 AM
- goat7ed said...
"who are you?"
"I am Tressel, coach of the buckeyes."
"Well, I didn't vote for you."
- March 25, 2008 9:26 AM
- WingRG said...
Yost, since you insist on a Tressel story, i'll tell you one (although i hope that people involved in this story don't find it here/take offense to me posting it).
In Jimmy T's first year at OSU, his son (older one, i won't mention him by name) was a student here. Him and three other guys shared a house on south campus. One day i happened to be at that house, and we were getting into curing our winter quarter blues with some herbal remedies.
Suddenly, phone rings: it's Jimmy and he wants to drop something off for his son. Problem is: Jimmy's son isn't there, the house smells like Bob Marley's ashtray, and the roommates are incapacitated. Smart people that we are, we vacate the living room and air it out, hoping Jimmy will use the front door. After that we move to the kitchen, shut all doors, and proceed to "get down".
Just as we're done, Jimmy knocks on the back door (leads into the kitchen). We scramble, make a lot of noise, and run back to the living room, as the only guy that lives there (son's roommate) is left to answer the door. As the door opens, a huge cloud of smoke rushes into Jimmy's face and escapes the kitchen. He doesn't even blink, or say anything, nor does he come in: he leaves the door open for about 5 minutes to air the kitchen out (in the middle of C-bus winter) as he has a conversation with his son's roommate (who's shaking, thinking that cops are already on their way). He drops things off for his son and goes on his way.
We spoke to Jimmy's son about this incident since then, but he says he never got any grief from his dad about it.
So, when Tressel tells you that he treats his players "like family", he's speaking the truth. In my experience he's very non-judgmental, and is willing to give his family (and even their friends/roommates) another chance.
and BTW, i've met both the daughters in person, and Carlee is way hotter and cooler than Whitney.
- March 25, 2008 9:27 AM
- Joshua said...
"and BTW, i've met both the daughters in person, and Carlee is way hotter and cooler than Whitney.
Is there another daughter or do you mean the one who looks like a gym teacher? I'm totally confused.
- March 25, 2008 9:31 AM
- Dave said...
i'm up for a tressel daughter sandwich : )
- March 25, 2008 9:36 AM
- WingRG said...
sometimes pictures don't do a person justice. She's a little older, but a lot cooler.
- March 25, 2008 9:43 AM
- Joshua said...
Ok Wing, that makes total sense, I think we all know people who are hotter in person based on personality, how they carry themselves, etc. That having been said, you can't motorboat a personality. I'm just sayin'.
- March 25, 2008 9:54 AM
- WingRG said...
the kid is my friend, so i've never really had my sights set on one of his sisters. That being said, both girls are athletic, good looking, and very social, so neither one of them would be a bad catch.
- March 25, 2008 9:58 AM
- BARman said...
...where's the sweater vest???
- March 25, 2008 10:01 AM
- Joshua said...
Sorry if I offended there Wing- I'm in a particularly evil mood this morning.
- March 25, 2008 10:02 AM
- WingRG said...
no offense were taken, i just wish no one in that picture accidentally stumbles on this thread :-)
- March 25, 2008 10:05 AM
- zen wizard said...
A $1.4-million dollar house, and folding steel chairs for when you want to make a pose of studied relaxation: Now that's what I call livin'!
- March 25, 2008 10:46 AM
- whetstonebuck said...
The canine swifters have got to go.
SiC, that means you too.
- March 25, 2008 11:04 AM
- Joshua said...
Two tremendous boob jokes and I don't even get a laugh? Tough crowd....
- March 25, 2008 11:12 AM
- Shorty the Beachcomber said...
Don't worry Joshua, I'm young and immature... I was rolling!
- March 25, 2008 11:28 AM
- Joshua said...
Ah yes, validation via the interweb. Tonight I might not cry myself to sleep.
Can you guys tell I'm determined to be compleytely unproductive today?
- March 25, 2008 11:33 AM
- kristy said...
I reaally like those Thexy (say with definite feminine accent) leather loafer\sandels. Fashion faux-pau: Has on his football gear and then looks ready to hit the Miami club scene in the loafers.
Does he mow his lawn in those?!
- March 25, 2008 12:21 PM
- Catie said...
I see this is not a thread for us girls......and I agree with Wing, I hope no one in that photo runs across this comment section!
(by chance that you do, please know this is just a bunch of 12 year old boys having fun :o)
- March 25, 2008 12:22 PM
- Feelin' Blue said...
"Two tremendous boob jokes and I don't even get a laugh?"
The boobs aren't THAT big, but they're nice looking. You can't motorboat a personality? Brilliant!
The fact that it would be so wrong to get with the daughter of the evil Buckeye overlord only makes it so right. I would just love to give Tressel's daughter a different set of nuts to try on.
- March 25, 2008 1:03 PM
- Joshua said...
The boobs aren't THAT big, but they're nice looking.
And that's the important thing. I've never been a quantity guy- I'm all about the quality.
And if by chance one of you Tressels comes across this thread keep in mind what Catie said, we're just a bunch of idiots having fun. Unless it's actually you Sweatervest, in which case, dude- I'd totally do your daughter.
Hey Catie- experienced the JoePa O-face yet? *evil grin*
- March 25, 2008 1:29 PM
- Catie said...
OMG Joshua you are evil!!!
About the O face.....I was thinking about that the other night and I thought, that would mean that YOU would know when I ....ummm.....yeah. Hmmm....I might not be able to share when I experience the O face......out of self preservation and all......I might not ever live it down!
- March 25, 2008 1:43 PM
- Packer487 said...
Without sports, this wouldn't be disgusting...
- March 25, 2008 1:54 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
definitely lost it when i read that you were on her breast
on a different note
i believe those are high ankle sprain dogs...
- March 25, 2008 2:38 PM
- Nick said...
Nothing wrong with crossing enemy lines. I hooked up with the president of tri-delt at OSU and mid coitus I started stinging the Victors. Kind of like planting a Michigan flag in C-Bus.
Plus, Tress' daughter does have a great rack of lamb on her.
- March 25, 2008 2:54 PM
- god of the whoppers said...
everyone else has
- March 25, 2008 2:56 PM
- Dezzi said...
Kind of like planting a Michigan flag in C-Bus.
I did enjoy the breast joke... just was too busy at work to re-comment... if such a word exists.
- March 25, 2008 3:15 PM
- Out of Conference said...
Tri-Delta and try the friendly thighs.
- March 25, 2008 4:11 PM
- Joshua said...
Lol, glad to see fishing for compliments still works; have been WAY bored at work today while being non-productive. I was gonna ask if you guys thought I was special, but I already know I am- my mommmy told me so.
'Cause I'm good enough, and I'm smart enough, and Gol-darnit, people like me!
- March 25, 2008 5:07 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
I was gonna ask if you guys thought I was special, but I already know I am- my mommmy told me so.
We had "special" kids at our elementary school. Yes, I think you're special.
- March 25, 2008 5:36 PM
- Chris in NC said...
Wingrg: "i've met both the daughters in person, and Carlee is way hotter and cooler than Whitney."
I was wondering who the other was. Whitney is cute, yeah, but Carlee definitely has an air of hotness to her.
- March 25, 2008 5:37 PM
- Chris in NC said...
Of course, it would not be easy dating either of them. The old saying "make my daughter cry and I'll make you cry" becomes more terrifying when the entire OSU offensive line is having at you for making his girl cry...
- March 25, 2008 5:39 PM
- TitleIX said...
Take off the beer goggles and BACK AWAY from the Tressel chicks.
JEEZ you guys will go after ANYTHING......
have some self-respect!
- March 25, 2008 6:27 PM
- whetstonebuck said...
C'mon, T-9,
Don't blame them for wanting to move up.
- March 25, 2008 6:30 PM
- TitleIX said...
damnit whetstone! :-)
- March 25, 2008 6:36 PM
- IamCris said...
My what big foreheads they all have.
- March 25, 2008 7:36 PM
- Joshua said...
"C'mon, T-9,
Don't blame them for wanting to move up."
WOW. The level of burnage in this statement cannot possibly be put into words.
Golf clap to you sir.
- March 25, 2008 9:17 PM
- Joshua said...
You hear about Boren?
- March 25, 2008 9:29 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
"the greatest trick the devil ever played? making us believe he doesn't exist"
and just how does make us believe he doesn't exist??? by mowing his own yard, shoveling his own snow, and owning a couple of cute foo-foo dogs. that's how.
ever see the interviews of a serial killer's neighbors? they always talk about what nice guy he was. always friendly but kept to himself. mowed his own lawn. shoveled his own snow. had two foo-foo dogs...
and Yost? trust me on this one- the "cute" ain't worth the rest of the baggage. no one's that good.
- March 25, 2008 9:34 PM
- Joshua said...
- March 25, 2008 10:27 PM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Also heard rumor bout Boren leaving. Not sure we need to worry bout QB w/ 5 new O-line starting!
- March 25, 2008 10:57 PM
- Joshua said...
R2 confirmed the rumor in a presser tonight. I agree about the O-line and if we have an injury there's the very real possibility of a true freshman having to step in. SCARY. In my mind we have a few things going for us though.
First, I don't think we will face a single team better conditioned than we are. Everything that's coming out of Spring Ball screams awesome in the physical shape department.
Secondly, you have our talent, which to be honest has been like taking a chick with a smoking hot body and dressing her in a potato sack. The conditioning will help, but keep in mind you're also going to have people who have been stuck on the depth chart due to politics who are going to absolutely blow up. I'd expect at least 2 surprise major contributors, maybe more.
Third, the offense will be new to us, but it'll also be new to everyone we play. I think this situation with Lloyd would have been worse than it is with R2. Less talent + predictability would've netted 8-4 or 7-5 for sure.
Fourth, the defense is gonna be pretty damn good, and even with a "bad" offense we'll still score some points. Aggression is going to be key on both sides of the ball.
Perhaps I'm setting myself up for disappointment on a Golden Domer scale but I really don't think so.
PS. How nice is it to hold up ND as the standard for pure, unadulterated failure. I love it.
- March 25, 2008 11:04 PM
- jcloverboi said...
i agree--it was blissful to watch the domer o-line get thrown around like rag dolls. hail hail to ol' notre lame...honestly, i wish i could bottle up that joy and use it for dippin' sauce for chicken fingers.
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- March 26, 2008 12:31 AM
- surrounded in columbus said...
Justin was a leagacy- his dad played for Bo in the early 80's. Since R2's former players & so many of the other guys on our roster now seem to love him, the staff, & Bawais, I have to wonder about just how bad had things gotten in Lloyd's last few years.
3 of our returning linemen quit rather than stick w/ the new conditiong program. Yeech.
- March 26, 2008 12:36 AM
- Robert said...
I was fairly into her before I saw this picture:
- March 26, 2008 1:02 AM
- Joshua said...
Sic, this is from a poster over at GoBlog and reinforces just how bad things have been:
Michigan was 75th overall in total offense and 9th in the big 10 last year. Even with a depleted roster, I highly doubt a RRod coached Michigan team will come close to being that bad next year. The upgrade in coaching staff will more than make up for the attrition.
You're kidding yourself if you think Michigan will be bad on offense. This team right now has more talent on it than any team Rodriguez has ever had. He would have coached last year's backups to a better offensive output than Debord-led starters.
75th nationally! 9th in the Big 10! Unbelievable. While losing Boren is bad RRod will still make it work. I hope he finds a nice soft place to land because he didn't want to man up in Ann Arbor.
75th and 9th? Good God man. If this happens again this year, I once again promise to shit a live chicken.
- March 26, 2008 1:08 AM
- Josh said...
Hey just wanted to let you know that I was reading the campus clicks for today on SI.com and the mentioned you and your crush on the Tressel daughter. Just thought you'd enjoy the national coverage!
Go Blue!!
- March 26, 2008 12:35 PM
- Catie said...
Ruh roh!!
- March 26, 2008 12:50 PM
- Vadatripp said...
Way to go, Yost. ETA on incoming posts from UMBlows712, SuckItRichRod, DeezNutz42, Meatchicken21 and ILuvCowsLongTime31 - 3 days.
It'll take them that long to sound out all of the words in the SI article.
- March 26, 2008 3:37 PM
- Joshua said...
Oh dear Lord. Wonder how many hits Yost'll get b/c of this.
Time to kill off everyone who knows my true identity.
- March 26, 2008 6:31 PM
- AndrewWL said...
A bit off topic but I don't think anyone will complain:
Some celebrity tabloid site ranked the top 50 colleges for "Hottest Student Bodies."
I'd also like to note that the only reason I was on said celebrity gossip site was because it was linked from the SI site Josh mentioned.
Go Bucks!
- March 26, 2008 6:54 PM


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In the opening verse of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," a distraught lover awakes to hear the sound of a "gentle rapping" before proclaiming: "'Tis some visitor … tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more."
In the famous 1845 poem, the visitor was a bird. Next month, Kimberlee Young and her fianc�, Derek Schuler, will eagerly await the arrival of wine and craft-beer enthusiasts to their new downtown Hendersonville business, The Poe House.
The Hendersonville couple have been working with their friend, carpenter Paul Posthummus, to transform the space underneath West First restaurant — which formerly served as the Henderson County Democratic Party headquarters — into a Charleston-style, Poe-themed retail store that will sell a wide range of wines and craft beer as well as homebrewing supplies and equipment.
Young and Schuler also have obtained their license to sell a host of hand-picked wines and microbrews by the glass for consumption in the shop's rusticlooking tavern and Charlestonstyle courtyard.
A soft opening is planned for March 5, with a grand opening scheduled for April 16.
"I think it's a wonderful addition and a pretty cool service to have right here in downtown Hendersonville," said Bob Williford, president of the Henderson County Chamber of Commerce.
A fan of craft beer, Williford said the closings of specialty beer/wine shops Rabbit & Co. and Adventures in Wine and Beer left a void in Hendersonville, underscored by the excitement generated by Sierra Nevada's arrival in Mills River and the explosion of craft beer in general in Western North Carolina. Young and Schuler agree.
"There's really nobody here (in Hendersonville) that's doing anything as far as the beer scene goes," Young said. "And, unfortunately, with the way the economy went, we lost a lot of our wine shops as well, so we felt there was a real need to have something like this."
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Young, a certified sommelier who has sat on national wine-tasting panels, is equally passionate about wine and craft beer. So is Schuler. The couple own and operate Travels in Wine, which this spring enters its fifth season providing private WNC winery tours out of Hendersonville and Asheville.
They have hired a new marketing director and tour guide, Hendersonville resident Dana Hensley, and also have expanded to Charlotte and Greensboro for tours in the booming Yadkin Valley wine region.
Now, Young and Schuler — both Hendersonville natives — plan to begin offering weekly brewery tours in WNC as well beginning in May.
Adding a retail component had been part of the business plan to grow the company, though not right away. However, two things happened that accelerated the process. First, Young and Schuler returned from an outing in Greenville, S.C., inspired after visiting The Trappe Door restaurant, which offers Belgian cuisine and beer in a fittingly dark, Medieval-style basement setting.
Then, back in Hendersonville, Young and Shuler walked into the space under West First, which they planned to renovate into a new corporate office.
"Derek is a visionary, so he walked down here and saw something," Young said. "I mean, we had a dream to do it at some point, but it was kind of a couple years down the road. But then when he got down here and started looking around, he said, 'Hey, if we did this and we did that, then we could go ahead and start a couple years early.'" Armed with a vision that includes a love of Poe and the Romantic Gothic period theme, Young, Shuler and Posthummus — whom the couple called a "godsend" — went to work to realize what they've called the building's "Poe-tential."
First, they rewired the entire place and installed ceiling track lighting and Charleston-style lanterns to set the desired mood. They sandblasted the green walls to reveal the natural brick, built rustic-sophisticated wine shelving into them, and painted the ceiling to enhance the dark look even further.
"It's made a huge difference," Schuler said. "You've got to create the right environment."
Young and Schuler have purchased furniture from Michigan that — like The Poe House bar — is made from recycled wood, including a table in the tavern's banquette seating area that will feature the image of a raven burned into it as a tribute to Poe's poem.
Meanwhile, Young's brother, David Roark, an artist from Mills River, is busy working on murals that include a portrait of the poet as well as a depiction of Poe's short story, "Cask of Amontillado."
Outside in the courtyard Young and Schuler envision a d�cor of wrought iron and a fountain where customer can enjoy a glass or flight of wine and beer.
A teacher at heart Young's motto is "educate entice, enlighten and entertain." The couple assure The Poe House will include it all, with regular beer and wine classes and tastings to complement their winery and new brewery tours.
"With beer, I have the same philosophy that I did with wine: Our goal is to make it fun," Young said "We want people to be able to understand the craft-beer scene and not be intimidated by it."
On the home brewing side, Young and Schuler have obtained a brew-on premises license and plan to have educational brew-in sessions in the store. They also hope to collaborate with Blue Ridge Community College to offer similar opportunities for the new beer and brewing-related courses at BRCC.
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Two high school seniors, armed with potential and dreams for the future, were awarded scholarships totaling $4,000 from the Civitan Club of Hendersonville Monday afternoon at The Chariot.
Two high school seniors, armed with potential and dreams for the future, were awarded scholarships totaling $4,000 from the Civitan Club of Hendersonville Monday afternoon at The Chariot.
The club's scholarship program has awarded more than $260,000 to college-bound graduates over its 55-year history in the community. Scholarships of $2,000 each were awarded to Monday's winners, Kaitlyn Maddox and Stephanie Smith, to attend the university of their choice.
The awards recognize a student's contribution to the community through good citizenship and encourage academic excellence, traits held in esteem by the Civitans, who live by the Golden Rule.
Smith, a senior at East Henderson High, plans to attend UNC-Charlotte in the fall to major in Business Marketing with a minor in Spanish. Her dream is to one day work for the Carolina Panthers.
"To my mom, I want to thank you for molding me and making me into the person that I am today. I'll always be your little girl, but you didn't raise me to stay at home. Now's my time to fly," Smith told her mother during the Civitan Scholarship Awards ceremony, fighting back tears.
The eyes of her mother, Cathy Smith, pooled as well as she hugged her daughter.
In the wake of rising tuition fees, Stephanie Smith and Maddox said college is a dream coming true for them thanks to the help of scholarships such as the ones they received from the Civitans.
Stephanie Smith said she cried "tears of joy" when she learned that she had received the Civitan award. She is a leading scorer on the basketball court, setting school and district records, and was named the Times-News' Player of the Year three years in a row.
After four years of basketball, Smith said she has learned that "life isn't about wins or losses. It's about how you can impact people and how you can influence their life. It's about living your life with honor and integrity and just carrying yourself in a way that people can look up to you. My parents have always told me to be someone different, stand out, don't follow the crowd."
Smith has served on two "life-changing mission trips" with her church, Mud Creek Baptist, in inner-city New York and Honduras, where she said she learned not to take anything for granted.
"I would like to thank my sister Lashea for always being there to help me and support me. You're my hero," she said.
Smith has a 4.39 GPA and is also active in her school's Interact Club, National Honor Society and Culinary Club. She is the daughter of Cathy and Reese Smith and sister to Lashea Rogers, Scott Smith, Reese Smith and Shannon Rose.
Maddox, a senior of North Henderson High, plans to attend UNC-Chapel Hill in the fall to major in Biology and Exercise Science on her way to becoming an orthopedic surgeon. She is ranked second in her class and maintains a 4.87 GPA while serving as co-captain of her basketball team at school.
Maddox said she channeled her energy into sports when her family moved from the only home she had known in Bradenton, Fla. to Fletcher in November 2007. On the field of competition (basketball, volleyball and track), she learned to wrap her own ankle and found a passion for orthopedics when she recently underwent two surgeries to remove plica — remaining fetal tissue — from her knees.
Maddox thanked the Civitans for their support in her future endeavors.
"I once heard that big goals anticipate big dollars, so it's going to take a long time because I'll be in school another 8-10 years," she said as her audience laughed.
Maddox is active in her school's National Honor Society and volunteers at Biltmore Baptist. She is the daughter of Amy and Randy Maddox and is sister to Cody Maddox.
Maddox and Smith will receive checks of $500 each to use in each of their four semesters at college. The scholarship awards are funded through proceeds from several Civitan projects throughout the year, including the sale of Claxton Fruit Cakes in November and December.
The Civitan Club is accepting new members. The club meets at 11:30 a.m. for a luncheon on the second and fourth Monday of each month at the Chariot, corner of Seventh Avenue West and Church Street in Hendersonville.
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Informative booklet notes by Keith Briggs.
Includes detailed discography.
Six assorted sides by Curley Weaver, plus one with Clarence Moore; the only pairing by Eddie Mapp & Guy Lumpkin; the six sides by Slim Barton & Eddie Mapp, plus one with James Moore; the Mapp-Moore-Lumpkin; and the five sides by Fred McMullen, plus the two where he accompanied Ruth Willis. The net result is a splendid anthology of Georgia blues, superbly evoking the Atlanta of the late 1920s and early '30s. These, of course were the days when giants like Willie McTell walked the earth, but a local music scene is always as much about the minor figures, and shadowy though the Mapps, Lumpkins and McMullen's are, they are vital components in the construction as a whole. Continued...
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