Cartoon Network Commerical

[dunniun]

I was looking at CN a few minutes ago, and I saw this commercial where a yellow "thing" was shouting "TV!!!! TVTVTVTVTVTV!!!", "I'M ON A COMMERCIAL!.....MY COMMERCIAL!.....I LIKE MY COMMERCIAL!". Does anyone know what the meaning of this commercial is and what show that yellow thing is from?

[AkirQueen]

The character is Cheese from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends.

That commercial's part of a few series of similar commercials where characters talk about something. No real significance.

[judyindisguise]

Where's Bendy, dammit?

[jarjar23]

It's EXTREMLY annoying...I guess that's what the kids laugh at nowadays. :sad:

[William C. Maune]

I haven't seen this particular spot yet, but from watching Naruto tonight it appears that this is probably one of many character-based spots. I kind of like them so far, especially the fact that they are character focused. Some spots may be annoying (such as the one mentioned in this thread), as some characters are supposed to be annoying, but if there is quite a number of these character spots, there will probably be a wide variety of styles and bits. Something for everybody. Character will always be one of the fundamentals of animation and thus it is nice to see something focusing on characters.

[One Radical Dude]

It's one of the "Cartoon Network/Yes" spots. They're focusing more on that than any of the Cartoon Summer bumps (yes, they do have CN Summer bumpers for '06, as well as some from last year). Most of the "Yes" ones are "eh..." to me.

[jarjar23]

It looks like CN has entered into a new era with a new campaign slogan - "Yes".

[Game Freak 4]

You do know who said that slogan, don't you?

[Mr.Penguin]

Fred Fredburger?
Anyway I do like Cheese's "YES." commercial because he's one of the funniest Foster's characters. I don't get the point of this new ad thing; I don't like it too much.:shrug:

[One Radical Dude]

Anyway I do like Cheese's "YES." commercial because he's one of the funniest Foster's characters. I don't get the point of this new ad thing; I don't like it too much.:shrug:

Agreed. There are a few selected ones I can tolerate, but for the most part, they're too bland. They've recently began showing the bumps with different characters watching a film inside a movie theatre (it's been playing often).

Is it just me, or is the "Yes" ad with Herriman kinda creepy? The VA does NOT sound anything like Tom Kane's version.

[Fan of Sponge]

Cheese has been a great character from the beginning of his creation. I sometimes think there could be a spin-off show for him and a great way for CN to turn him into a money maker. Anyways, has Cheese been in any other episodes besides the one where Mac takes him in?

I thought the bumpers fit well for the majority age group who regularly watch CN. However, I don't think the "Yes" slogan doesn't really fit well. It reminds me alot of Marv Albert. But then again CN is mostly geared towards children 2-13.

[EscaflownePilot]

Can't say as though I like, or even get, the "Yes" slogan, I absolutely love these new bumpers. Like William C. Maune said, the bumpers are very character-focused, something that really hasn't been done much - at least not like this - in on-air packaging.

Although I've found a majority of them to be very very funny (Cheese's "I pooted" and Coco's "over here" bumpers being my favorite so far) even if you find them annoying, you gotta' give CN credit for being pretty darn original, here.

I dare say this is the best thing CN has done with their on-air design since the new look took over, if not longer. Now, if only they could fix those terrible looking "now-next" bumpers they've got.

[veemonjosh]

Cheese has been a great character from the beginning of his creation. I sometimes think there could be a spin-off show for him and a great way for CN to turn him into a money maker. Anyways, has Cheese been in any other episodes besides the one where Mac takes him in?


He got a very small role in the episode with the house photo.

This has been bugging me:
Is Fred Fredburger CN's new mascot?

[GuardianKid13]

It's EXTREMLY annoying...I guess that's what the kids laugh at nowadays. :sad:actually, that's what cartoon network thinks kids laugh nowadays

[MrNEWZ]

I like the fact they're even using the "Don't Shoot The Moon" one from Lazlo. :-D

[Rolling Cloud]

Hey, Cheese is funny! I'm 16 and I still laugh at it. :lol:

[Game Freak 4]

actually, that's what cartoon network thinks kids laugh nowadays
That makes me HATE kids even more.

[Taylor Karras]

No, Cartoon Network hates kids, They are planning to put Adult and Teen Programing on the network, Making it a lifestyle network which is already is besides G4 which is a lifestyle network.

[Fan of Sponge]

No, Cartoon Network hates kids, They are planning to put Adult and Teen Programing on the network, Making it a lifestyle network which is already is besides G4 which is a lifestyle network.

If Cartoon Network hates kids, then why would there be a Cartoon Network in the first the place? You see Time Warner needs a kids network to stay in the game with Disney and Viacom. With that, Time Warner needs to promote shows that are geared towards kids and they do a good job with that. Besides Time Warner already has two lifestyle channels called TBS and TNT. I don't believe it is feasible to have a third channel dedicated to that.

Second, where did you get that report? Do you have a source like a link to a news agency?

[One Radical Dude]

No, Cartoon Network hates kids, They are planning to put Adult and Teen Programing on the network, Making it a lifestyle network which is already is besides G4 which is a lifestyle network.

I can't agree that CN hates children. That's ridiculous. You must understand that the [adult swim] programming may be the reason why Cartoon Network isn't listed as a network for the younger viewers. If you aren't happy with the direction Cartoon Network is going, you need to write a letter (I've recently written a three-page letter) to them and to your cable/satellite provider.

[Taylor Karras]

I can't agree that CN hates children. That's ridiculous. You must understand that the [adult swim] programming may be the reason why Cartoon Network isn't listed as a network for the younger viewers. If you aren't happy with the direction Cartoon Network is going, you need to write a letter (I've recently written a three-page letter) to them and to your cable/satellite provider.

Uh, If I recall correctly, They let swear words pass in the Dumb & Dumber showing, Showed Ace Ventura nearly uncut and has shows with adult humor in them, Oh Let's not forget Naruto sha'll we.

The new cartoon network hates kids and does not kids watching this, They want us adults to be watching the main programming and [adult swim] programming, The earlier shows on Cartoon Network are aimed at kids with kids humor, The newer shows completely ignore the kid and aim for the adult with more sophisicated humor and conversation, also did you know that My Gym Partner's a Monkey is made by Cartoon Network Studios and Williams Street, Hope that answered your lame butt jokes question, I mean if they want to be like Nickelodeon they should make some kid friendly shows, But they don't they make sophisicated shows, Nickelodeon has shows like Fairly OddParrents, SpongeBob SquarePants, My Life as a Teenage Robot, to name a few, But Cartoon Network doesn't want to be like nickelodeon, Oh no, They want to reach out to us adults and make us want to watch the network, Let's get to the point, Cartoon Network hates kids they want us to watch.

[Fan of Sponge]

Alot of us on this board have seen in the last few years that CN is making a run for Nick's money and you're the one that's outnumbered and sort of blinded by the fact that CN is for kids while [adult swim] is for adults. CN is trying to get kids to watch their shows with their original programming so they can make money. Also, children's style of humor has changed and CN has adapted with writers putting jokes that would make a child laugh. I have found no connection between Williams Street helping out on making My Partner's a Gym Monkey. They're too busy making [adult swim] shows and beside CN has their own studios and they shouldn't really need help from another studio.

Naruto is geared towards children. If CN wanted Naruto to gear towards adults, then they would have already place it in [adult swim]. Simple as that.

[Taylor Karras]

That's becuase their trying to be #1 in ratings, and I'm not blinded, You are blinded becuase you can't see what's going on, Yes we know Cartoon Network is trying to get kids to watch their programming by their new look which sucks, It's red and it's disorenting, And children's humor hasn't changed, The things you are providing are incorrect and inaccurate, Also you'll just know that some williams street employees are working on My Gym Partner's a Monkey, I mean just look at it, The music, The humor, The writing, The butt jokes (Williams Street employees have no way of stopping a joke), The original jokes, The 50's style, The charaters, and the Acting. [adult swim] shows are minorly worked on by Williams Street, and yeah, We know they have their own studios with their own independent staff who have a hoot here.

Again, You lose here, Naruto is aimed at teens and adults, If you watched the show it has a TV-PG rating on all episodes, If they would put it on [adult swim], Then it would have the same rating reguardless like other VIZ shows on [adult swim] like Inuyasha, and Bleach. You lost the entire argument.

[William C. Maune]

Again, You lose here, Naruto is aimed at teens and adults, If you watched the show it has a TV-PG rating on all episodes, If they would put it on [adult swim], Then it would have the same rating reguardless like other VIZ shows on [adult swim] like Inuyasha, and Bleach. You lost the entire argument.

Naruto is aimed at kids and teens. It airs on Toonami and Cartoon Network primetime, slots that target teens and kids. It definitely does have a TV-PG rating in every episode, sometimes even TV-PG-V. However, that does not mean the show targets adults.

[Sketch]

That's becuase their trying to be #1 in ratings, and I'm not blinded, You are blinded becuase you can't see what's going on, Yes we know Cartoon Network is trying to get kids to watch their programming by their new look which sucks, It's red and it's disorenting, And children's humor hasn't changed, The things you are providing are incorrect and inaccurate, Also you'll just know that some williams street employees are working on My Gym Partner's a Monkey, I mean just look at it, The music, The humor, The writing, The butt jokes (Williams Street employees have no way of stopping a joke), The original jokes, The 50's style, The charaters, and the Acting. [adult swim] shows are minorly worked on by Williams Street, and yeah, We know they have their own studios with their own independent staff who have a hoot here.

Again, You lose here, Naruto is aimed at teens and adults, If you watched the show it has a TV-PG rating on all episodes, If they would put it on [adult swim], Then it would have the same rating reguardless like other VIZ shows on [adult swim] like Inuyasha, and Bleach. You lost the entire argument.

Your arguments are laughable as always SU182. CN throws teenagers a bone every now and then but their primary focus is kids 2-11. They don't care to be #1 overall they want to be #1 with kids. And they never will be so they SHOULD aim at older viewers but they don't.

According to this some people that worked on My Gym Partner did indeed write or research for at least one AS show. I don't think any are involved in WS though as they've done just one and not several. But more importantly these folks (combined) worked on several silverage WB toons and CN originals like Megas XLR and Dexter's Laboratory. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451461/fullcredits

Also, I don't see what's the big deal of WS writing for kid's shows. They use to do it all the freak'n time before Adult Swim was established and Andy Merril writes for CNF.

Naruto is aimed at 9-14 specifically but CN also enjoys the 6-11 ratings it pulls in (and promotes them of course) Yet they've never even once promoted it's 12-17 ratings when it can make the cable top 30. I'm morally against CN showing 6 year olds Naruto even that edited to tell you the truth. But they're so desperate that they'll push things even further if they have to in order to get kids. You don't think kids want more content in their shows and movies? Of course they do. They want to be "cool" and watch "mature" stuff on top of their usual feed of Sponge Bob, Fairly Odd Parents, Pokemon and Foster's Home.

Naruto on Adult Swim would be uncut for one. The edited dub didn't need to cut much if anything. The furthest Naruto ever pushes is TV-14. Bleach uncut would be TV-14-V and Inuyasha has pushed TV-14 as well. If CN wanted teenagers they'd be showing Bleach on CN not Adult Swim because 18-34 aren't going to be the main group watching Bleach, 12-17 will be without a doubt.

Cartoon Network aiming at teenagers? Don't make me laugh. Justice League Unlimited would still be on if that were the case (it's House Hold viewership was outstanding even when the 6-14 ratings weren't good enough). They just put Pokemon (Chronicles) on Toonami FOR AN HOUR replacing one of their top teen draws (Dragonball Z). Class dismissed.

[Taylor Karras]

According to this some people that worked on My Gym Partner did indeed write or research for at least one AS show. I don't think any are involved in WS though as they've done just one and not several. But more importantly these folks (combined) worked on several silverage WB toons and CN originals like Megas XLR and Dexter's Laboratory. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451461/fullcredits

Also, I don't see what's the big deal of WS writing for kid's shows. They use to do it all the freak'n time before Adult Swim was established and Andy Merril writes for CNF.

Yes that's all true, But Williams Street brings humor to any show that would burn and crash without good jokes.

Naruto is aimed at 9-14 specifically but CN also enjoys the 6-11 ratings it pulls in (and promotes them of course) Yet they've never even once promoted it's 12-17 ratings when it can make the cable top 30. I'm morally against CN showing 6 year olds Naruto even that edited to tell you the truth. But they're so desperate that they'll push things even further if they have to in order to get kids. You don't think kids want more content in their shows and movies? Of course they do. They want to be "cool" and watch "mature" stuff on top of their usual feed of Sponge Bob, Fairly Odd Parents, Pokemon and Foster's Home.

Yes, Their trying somthing new and out of the box, But their also disregarding kids by showing this stuff, The look is aimed at kids but the programming is aimed at teens/adults, They want to be cool but also aim high for the audience they aim for, Yes there desperate, But at least their trying somthing new.

Naruto on Adult Swim would be uncut for one. The edited dub didn't need to cut much if anything. The furthest Naruto ever pushes is TV-14. Bleach uncut would be TV-14-V and Inuyasha has pushed TV-14 as well. If CN wanted teenagers they'd be showing Bleach on CN not Adult Swim because 18-34 aren't going to be the main group watching Bleach, 12-17 will be without a doubt.

Yes but most of the episodes would be TV-PG and some will be TV-14, Yes If CN wanted teenagers they'd put Bleach on Toonami, But CN and Viz feels it would do better for the 18-34 demographic, Yes, they have a relationship.

Cartoon Network aiming at teenagers? Don't make me laugh. Justice League Unlimited would still be on if that were the case (it's House Hold viewership was outstanding even when the 6-14 ratings weren't good enough). They just put Pokemon (Chronicles) on Toonami FOR AN HOUR replacing one of their top teen draws (Dragonball Z). Class dismissed.

This would be for the fact that the season had to come to an end, and at the begining of the new season of Justice League, You will experience more action than ever, and the reason is unknown for putting Pokemon Chronicles on Toonami, Williams Street controls most of the block, They would of taken it off but as usual, They love to keep a good joke running to infinity, and yes we know, You like edited Dragonball Z, It pulls in the teens and the kids, The dicussion goes on.

[Agent S7]

Yes that's all true, But Williams Street brings humor to any show that would burn and crash without good jokes.

Dude...what does that have to do with anything? I don't even understand the connection here. I thought the point was that they wrote for adult swim. You do know that someone can write for multiple mediums/networks, don't you? It's possible for someone to direct a raunchy, R-rated comedy and then direct a perfectly tame kids movie. Look at Robert Rodrequiez. He directed Once Upon a Time In Mexico, an R-rated, gorey film. And...SpyKids. He directed SpyKids. Does that mean that SpyKids is an adult movie? Of course not! What you fail to grasp is that both kids and adults can watch and enjoy something!

Yes, Their trying somthing new and out of the box, But their also disregarding kids by showing this stuff, The look is aimed at kids but the programming is aimed at teens/adults, They want to be cool but also aim high for the audience they aim for, Yes there desperate, But at least their trying somthing new.

Not really. Foster's...is a very kiddish show. Gym Partner...is the same way. Look at nearly all the shows on CN. Kids love them. They may occasionally show live action to get ratings, which I don't approve of, but really, CN is still for kids. Is that a bad thing? Of course not! Invader ZIM was for kids, and adults still loved it! Once again, I do not understand your argument.

Yes but most of the episodes would be TV-PG and some will be TV-14, Yes If CN wanted teenagers they'd put Bleach on Toonami, But CN and Viz feels it would do better for the 18-34 demographic, Yes, they have a relationship.

If CN wanted teenagers, they'd keep Bleach where it was. I know tons of teenagers who watch AS. And what, exactly, do you mean by CN and Viz having a relationship? What are you talking about? Please try to be more coherent! I understood the first part, but then...it all just fell apart.

This would be for the fact that the season had to come to an end, and at the begining of the new season of Justice League, You will experience more action than ever, and the reason is unknown for putting Pokemon Chronicles on Toonami, Williams Street controls most of the block, They would of taken it off but as usual, They love to keep a good joke running to infinity, and yes we know, You like edited Dragonball Z, It pulls in the teens and the kids, The dicussion goes on.

:Sigh:. Justice League has been cancelled. You won't experience any more action on that. There is never an "unknown" reason to put a show on. Obviously, they want children to watch it. Admit that, at least. What's wrong with Williams' Street, anyway? They're just a company. Seriously, these conspiracy theories are fun for a while, but eventually they just get old. So running a kids' show is a "joke"?

Oy, please explain what you mean! Your arguments are slippery slopes that keep leading back to the beginning! Please, give me some evidence of this great and terrible conspiracy! You've been watching the Da Vinci Code too much!

~s7

[EscaflownePilot]

Again, You lose here, Naruto is aimed at teens and adults, If you watched the show it has a TV-PG rating on all episodesYeah... and Disney Channel also has several movies that come along with a TV-PG rating (most recently, Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior). Does that mean Disney is targeting adults as well?

You do realize that the TV-PG rating is really just a general audience rating only slightly above TV-Y7, right? If CN were really targeting teens, why not show Naruto at TV-14 - a rating that specifically excludes children?

Also, I'd like to know where you get the notion that the occasional fart or butt jokes in the current CN cartoons come anywhere close to what the older shows like Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo had. As far as I'm concerned, My Gym Partner's a Monkey and Camp Lazlo are as close to the stuff Nick's airing as CN has ever gotten, and I'd like you to point out very specific examples to back this argument up if you're going to continue with it.

[Zinal]

I don't mind them but I wish they would stop doing those commercials.

[Space Chief]

Hey, Cheese is funny! I'm 16 and I still laugh at it. :lol:

"I am the cheese! I am the best character on the show! I am better than the salami and the bologna combined!"

That being said, I just can't stand the MY Gym Partner's A Monkey one. I don't think I've seen the one with Fred Fredburger in it. Heck, I don't even know who Fred Fredburger is.

[GuardianKid13]

That being said, I just can't stand the MY Gym Partner's A Monkey oneThe 1 where the kid dances & saids "And it feels so good!"?

[Taylor Karras]

Yeah... and Disney Channel also has several movies that come along with a TV-PG rating (most recently, Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior). Does that mean Disney is targeting adults as well?

You do realize that the TV-PG rating is really just a general audience rating only slightly above TV-Y7, right? If CN were really targeting teens, why not show Naruto at TV-14 - a rating that specifically excludes children?

Also, I'd like to know where you get the notion that the occasional fart or butt jokes in the current CN cartoons come anywhere close to what the older shows like Dexter's Lab and Johnny Bravo had. As far as I'm concerned, My Gym Partner's a Monkey and Camp Lazlo are as close to the stuff Nick's airing as CN has ever gotten, and I'd like you to point out very specific examples to back this argument up if you're going to continue with it.

Disney Channel has been targeting teens since 2002, and also TV-PG is not general, It shows blood and even death, Uh, I don't hear any fart sounds in the current CN shows, If your talking about Ghost in the Fart, Your a sick person, Also these new shows hasn't come close to what nick's doing, These shows are designed by their own persons, also My Gym Partner's a Monkey comes nowhere near any show I watched on Nick.

[jarjar23]

SU182, if Cartoon Network was aiming at an older audience, than why are they doing this HUGE "Cartoon Network Kid - send in your tape" promotion? Why are they showing kids under the age of 10 saying lines out of My Gym Partner is a Monkey? CN is DEFINETLY reaching for a much younger audience, younger than what it's been somewhat aiming at in the past.

[Taylor Karras]

So they can promote them to stardom, Only one may be aired as the best, Besides, This counts as entertainment to them.

[EscaflownePilot]

So they can promote them to stardom, Only one may be aired as the best, Besides, This counts as entertainment to them.Yes, it does. It counts as entertainment to them. Them being 10 year olds. As in Cartoon Network's primary audience. Which isn't teens or adults.

[Discloner]

I also think its safe to point out that if CN was actively trying to target only teens and adults, every press release they...uh...release would prominetly feature teen and adult demographics, showing potential advertisers that their network is the right place to sell their product.CN would want those demos for their advertising money, as that's how networks survive. As such, you'd be seeing more ads on the network geared toward those demographics...which clearly is not the case with current CN.

[GuardianKid13]

Yeah... and Disney Channel also has several movies that come along with a TV-PG ratingAnd a show (the 1st two seasons of So Weird were TV-PG)

[Sketch]

I also think its safe to point out that if CN was actively trying to target only teens and adults, every press release they...uh...release would prominetly feature teen and adult demographics, showing potential advertisers that their network is the right place to sell their product.CN would want those demos for their advertising money, as that's how networks survive. As such, you'd be seeing more ads on the network geared toward those demographics...which clearly is not the case with current CN.

Exactly.

I mention again that the Oblongs article noted that they don't pay attention to teen ratings. That kind shuts the door on that one.

Now if you mean they are trying to be subtle about it as not to alarm parents or something. I could almost buy that but no network ever changes it's focus without annoucing it first through some means. CN only releases info on 2-14 (if that, mostly 2-11 only a bit of 9-14 is mentioned). Why do you have any reason to believe they are going for teenagers much less adults?

[Rolling Cloud]

Disney Channel has been targeting teens since 2002, and also TV-PG is not general, It shows blood and even death, Uh, I don't hear any fart sounds in the current CN shows, If your talking about Ghost in the Fart, Your a sick person, Also these new shows hasn't come close to what nick's doing, These shows are designed by their own persons, also My Gym Partner's a Monkey comes nowhere near any show I watched on Nick.

You mean, Ghost in the Shell!

[Space Chief]

You mean, Ghost in the Shell!

I believe he was referring to AS's April Fool's prank of throwing farting noises into GiTS.

And a show (the 1st two seasons of So Weird were TV-PG)

I nearly forgot that show! I remember that the first two seasons were good, but then the lead quit or something and was replaced by one of the biggest Mary Sues ever.

[Dusty]

SU182,
i think that CN just lets alot of the shows slide, but it would be the creators of the individual shows that try to push it to be more for adults,
i know i sound like a broken record but after Justice League season one, the creators of that show tried to make it more appealing for adults ( i think they went a tad bit over the edge with it too, if i had kids i certainly wouldn't let them watch JL season 2, JLU, Toonami, or adult swim shows)



D.

[Foster'sFriend]

And to think this whole argument started by asking who's that character in a commercial..wow!