#mighty man and yukk

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Ruby-Spears Promotional Cels (1980s)

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Thank You, Peter Cullen, from Saudi Arabia

On December 17, voice actor Peter Cullen received Life Time Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for his contributions towards character development through voice acting

He is a legend for every Transformers fan out there (including me and many like me in Saudi Arabia) for being the voice of Optimus Prime. He has been the voice of the Autobot leader since the time when Hasbro partnered with Marvel to produce Transformers content in the form of comics and animated series (with Sunbow Productions)

Transformers' Saudi fandom first came across their content in 1989 as a VHS 📼 (sold by Almansour Video). The title of it was:

This was a pivotal moment. Not only were the kids introduced to one of Hasbro's most successful franchises but they would also learn that sometimes, even the good guys end up dead in their quest for justice and freedom. The scenes of Optimus Prime's death in this feature shook the kids down to the core. I still get teary-eyed when I see Prime on his deathbed saying:

"Do not grieve. Soon...I will be one with the Matrix"

This scene and the dialogues within, the conveying of emotions by Peter Cullen made the kids fans of Optimus for decades to come. But this wasn't the first time kids in Saudi Arabia came across Cullen's work

In 1979, a Hanna Barbera animated series slowly made its way to Saudi TV around 1982 and continued till '85. The series was Mighty Man and Yukk, a story of a superhero and his ugly dog (weird plot, I know) and in it, Peter Cullen and his long-time colleague, as well as friend Frank Welker, were the main voice actors with Cullen being Mighty Man while Welker being Yukk. Suffice it to say that it was one of the most popular animated series in the country but we never paid attention to credits since we were mostly school-going kids in KG or Primary at max

But what it did was introduce us to Cullen's voice acting before we actually came to know his name later in life

While today's generation of Millenials to Gen Z might know him from the latest Transformers productions in Hollywood, on Netflix, or video games, we the 80s fandom will always remember Peter Cullen for Mighty Man and Transformers, even though his body of work goes back to Sonny and Cher show and covers even children's features like Winnie the Pooh in which he voiced Eeyore

I hope one day we get to host him in Jeddah

FUN FACT: Peter Cullen is also the voice behind Ironhide in the Transformers G1 animated series

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Cartoon Commentary - The Moment of Tooth

In the latest installment of Cartoon Commentary, @KrunchyLex and I look at a cartoon that just makes you say "Yukk". https://youtu.be/tCIFFM3awK4

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Fun & Adventure (1979)

ABC 1979 cartoons

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Q3 2024 anniversary recap

Anniversaries between July and September.

1964 and earlier

Bob Baker (writer of Doctor Who, co-creator of K9, and screenwriter of Wallace & Gromit) ✝ - Born July 26, 1939

Lily Tomlin (voice of Ms. Frizzle) - Born September 1, 1939

Sam Elliot - Born August 9, 1944

B.J. Ward - Born September 12, 1944

Michael Douglas - Born September 25, 1944

Barbara Goodson - Born August 16, 1949

Miyuki Ichijou ✝ - Born August 23, 1949

Philip Williams ✝ (Canadian voice actor) - Born July 28, 1954

Peter Hannan (creator of CatDog) - Born August 13, 1954

Ian Falconer ✝ (creator of Olivia) - Born August 25, 1959

Noggin the Nog - September 11, 1959

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy - September 19, 1959

The Quick Draw McGraw Show - September 27, 1959

Yeardley Smith (voice actress of Lisa Simpson) - Born July 3, 1964

David Spade (comedian and voice actor of Kuzco) - Born July 22, 1964

Tom McGarth (co-creator of the Madagascar franchise as well as the de-facto voice of Skipper the penguin) - Born August 7, 1964

William Slayers (voice actor of Rigby) - Born August 16, 1964

Mary Poppins - August 27, 1964

KEANU REEVES - Born September 2, 1964

Bewitched - September 17, 1964

Jonny Quest - September 18, 1964

J. Michael Mendel ✝ (creator of The Modifyers) - Born September 24, 1946

1969

Cree Summer (voice of Numbah 5, Foxxy Love, Selina Kyle, Elmyra Duff, and more) - Born July 7

Rachael Lillis ✝ (former English voice actress of Misty, Jessie and Jigglypuff) - Born July 8

Chris Kratt (creator and voice actor of Wild Kratts, younger brother of Martin) - Born July 9

Ken Jeong (voice actor of Short Fuse) - Born July 13

Godfrey (voice actor of Mr. Stubborn) - Born July 21

James Arnold Taylor (voice actor of Johnny Test, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Wooldoor Sockbat) - Born July 22

Naomi Ishida ✝ (color designer for KyoAni) - Born August 6

Brian Drummond (voice actor of Vegata and Ryuk) - Born August 10

Kate Higgins (English voice actor of Sakura Haruno, Ami Mizuno, and IF) - Born August 16

Edward Norton (former actor of MCU Bruce Banner) - Born August 18

Matthew Perry ✝ (actor of Chandler Bing) - Born August 19

Jack Black (voice actor of Po, Lenny, and Bowser) - Born August 28

The Pink Panther Show - September 6

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch - September 12

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - September 13

The Perils of Penelope Pitstop - September 13

Tyler Perry (actor of Madea) - Born September 13

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - September 13

1974

Mike Wingert (voice actor of Iron Man and Po) - Born July 4

Oliver Twist - July 10

Lauren Fost (creator of MLP:FIM and DCSHG2019) - Born July 25

The Three Musketeers - August 15

Dunderklumpen! - September 26

Devlin - September 7

Hong Kong Phooey - September 7

The New Adventures of Gilligan - September 7

Partridge Family 2200 A.D. - September 7

These Are the Days - September 7

U.S. of Archie - September 7

Valley of the Dinosaurs - September 7

Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch - September 7

Great Mazinger - September 8

1979

Kevin Hart (voice actor of Snowball and George Beard) - Born July 6

Yamato: The New Voyage - July 14

Adventures of the Polar Cubs - July 21

Starland Trio - July 21

Dokkaebi Gamtu - July 28

Jason Momoa (actor of Aquaman) - Born August 1

Galaxy Express 999 - August 4

Drew Nelson (voice actor of Duncan) - Born August 11

Peter Browngardt (creator and voice actor of Uncle Grandpa) - Born August 13

Rickety Rocket - September 1

Fred and Barney Meet the Thing - September 8

The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle - September 8

King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table - September 9

The New Fat Albert Show - September 9

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie - September 14

Future Boy Conan - September 15

Les Misérables - September 15

Star Blazers - September 17

Casper and the Angels - September 22

Flash Gordon - September 22

Mighty Man and Yukk - September 22

The New Shmoo - September 22

The Plastic Man Comedy-Adventure Show - September 22

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - September 22

Spider-Woman - September 22

The Super Globetrotters - September 22

The World's Greatest Super Friends - September 22

Anne no Nikki: Anne Frank Monogatari - September 28

1984

Noozles - July 7

Andrea Libman (voice actress of Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy) - Born July 19

Ryouhei Kimura (Japanese voice actor of Hideki Hinata) - Born July 30

Gina Rodriguez (voice actress of Carmen Sandiego and SCOOB!Velma Dinkley) - Born July 30

Ginger Sue (voice actress of Nia and Trudy from My Time at Sandrock) - Born August 1

Raphael Bob-Waskberg (creator of Bojack Horseman) - Born August 17

Zehra Fazal (voice actress of General Yunan, Fran and Henny from The BeatBuds, Let's Jam) - Born August 28

Heathcliff - September 3

Challenge of the GoBots - September 8

Pink Panther and Sons - September 8

Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show - September 8

Voltron - September 10

Muppet Babies - September 15

Snorks - September 15

Turno Teen - September 15

The Transformers (or G1 Transformers) - September 17

1989

Mega Man 2 - July 11

Little Nemo - July 15

Daniel Radcliffe (actor of Harry Potter) - Born July 23

Andrew Cadwell (voice actor of Howard Weinerman) - Born July 25

Mother/EarthBound: Beginnings - July 27

Babar: The Movie - July 28

Kiki's Delivery Service - July 29

Zelda Williams (daughter of late comedian Robin Williams) - Born July 31

Natalie Hoover (voice actress of Sonia Nevermind and Tiara) - Born August 7

Alexis Tipton (voice actress of Kaguya Shinomiya, Kurumi Tokisaki, and Lucina) - Born August 11

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero - September 2

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! - September 4

Lindsay Jones (voice actress of Ruby Rose) - Born September 6

Daiki Yamashita (Japanese voice actor of Izuku Midoriya) - Born September 7

The Legend of Zelda - September 8

Beetlejuice - September 9

Captain N: The Game Master - September 9

The Karate Kid - September 9

Capcom's DuckTales - September 14

Kazumi Evans (voice actress of Adagio Dazzle, Iris, and Rogue the Bat) - Born September 14

Camp Candy - September 16

The California Raisin Show - September 16

Dink, the Little Dinosaur - September 16

Ring Raiders - September 16

Rude Dog and the Dweebs - September 16

Rumi Okubo (Japanese voice actress of Cure Muse, Astolfo, Nana Hiiragi and Mobius) - Born September 27

Makoto Furukawa (Japanese voice actor of Saitama and Miyuki Shirogane) - Born September 29

1994

Dragon Ball Z: Bio-Broly - July 9

Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture - July 16

Super Kid (infamous DB knock-off) - July 23

Earthworm Jim - August 2

Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie - August 6

The Brothers Grunt - August 15

Baki the Grappler - August 21

The King of Fighters '94 - August 25

EarthBound - August 27

Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights - September 3

Samura Shodown: The Motion Picture - September 8

Mortal Kombat II - September 9

Bump in the Night - September 10

The Magic School Bus - September 10

ReBoot - September 10

The Tick - September 10

Mega Man - September 11

Street Sharks - September 11

Highlander: The Animated Series - September 18

Friends - September 22

Fantastic Four - September 24

Iron Man - September 24

Jansen Panettiere ✝ (voice actor of Truman X and Periwinkle) - Born September 25

1999

Raven Viceral (voiced Velma in the Scooby Doo Springtrapped short film) - Born July 6

Claire Corlett (voice actress of Sweetie Belle) - Born July 9

Pokemon: The Movie 2000 - July 17

Prince of Persia - July 20

Mario Golf - July 26

Lupin II: The Columbus Files - July 30

Madeline: Lost in Paris - August 3

The Iron Giant - August 6

Digimon - August 14

Revolutionary Girl Utena: Adolescence of Utena - August 14

Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie - August 21

Phil Ava (voice actor of Castor, Aki, and Hitoshi Ichiro) - Born August 29

Sonic Underground - August 30

Dragon Tales - September 6

Sabrina: The Animated Series - September 6

Michelle Creber (voice actress of Apple Bloom) - Born September 7

Dreamcast (US) - September 9

Sonic Adventure (US) - September 9

Soulcalibur (US) - September 9

Detention - September 11

Beast Machines - September 18

The Big Guy and Rusty - September 18

Monster Rancher - September 18

Rescue Heroes - September 18

Mission Hill - September 24

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein - September 28

Final Fantasy VI (US) - September 30

Pac-Man World - September 30

2004

Tales of Symphonia (US) - July 13

Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga - July 15

Puyo Pop Fever - July 20

Brooke Johnson (voice actress of Marley Crawford in Animated and Amelia in Crush Crush) - Born July 23

Channel Chasers (A Fairly OddParents special) - July 23

O'Grady - July 30

Justice League Unlimited - July 31

Stroker & Hoop - August 1

Cartoon Network: Block Party - August 5

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - August 13

Brandy and Mr. Whiskers - August 21

Viewtiful Joe (US) - August 24

Atomic Betty - August 29

Pikmin 2 - August 30

Father of the Pride - August 31

Phantom Brave (US) - August 31

Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends - September 7

The Batman - September 11

Pokemon: Advanced Challenge - September 11

Higglytown Heroes - September 13

F-Zero: GP Legend (anime) - September 18

F-Zero: GP Legend (game) - September 18

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! - September 18

Katamari Damacy (US) - September 22

Lauren Kong (voice actress of Luna and Ann from My Time at Sandrock) - Born September 28

2009

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs - July 1

Street Fighter IV (US) - July 7

Killer Bean Forever - July 14

Stoked - July 16

Totally Spies! The Movie - July 22

The King of Fighters XII (US) - July 28

Puyo Puyo 7 - July 30

Glenn Martin, DDS - August 17

Batman: Arkham Asylum - August 25

Dissidia Final Fantasy - August 25

Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 - August 29

Dinosaur Train - September 7

9 - September 9

Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps - September 12

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (US) - September 14

Barbie and the Three Musketeers - September 15

Scribblenauts - September 15

Archer - September 17

Community - September 17

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs - September 18

Noonbory and the Super Seven - September 19

Pearlie - September 19

The Cleveland Show - September 27

Titan Maximum - September 27

2014

The 7D - July 7

Astroblast! - July 12

Shantae: Risky's Revenge - July 15

Planes: Fire & Rescue - July 18

Freedom Planet - July 21

Five Nights at Freddy's - August 8

Stand by Me Doraemon - August 8

Akiba's Trip: Undead & Undressed (US) - August 12

Hyrule Warriors - August 14

Dora and Friends: Into the City! - August 18

Tales of Xilla 2 (US) - August 19

Azure Striker Gunvolt - August 20

BlazBlue: Clone Phantasma (US) - August 21

Bojack Horseman - August 22

New Initial D - August 23

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1 (US) - August 27

Fairy Fencer F (US) - September 16

Mr. Pickles - September 21

Jorel's Brother - September 22

Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (US) - September 30

2019

Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart - July 1

Senran Kagura: Peach Ball (US) - July 9

Molly of Denali - July 15

Where's Waldo - July 20

Fire Emblem: Three Houses - July 26

Twelve Forever - July 29

The Angry Birds Movie 2 - August 2

Infinity Train - August 5

BoBoiBoy Movie 2 - August 8

Trouble - August 8

Dora and the Lost City of Gold - August 9

Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling - August 9

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus - August 16

Crystar (US) - August 27

Azur Lane: Crosswave - August 29

Middle School Moguls - September 2

River City Girls - September 5

Archibald's Next Big Thing - September 6

Power Players - September 21

Gunvolt Chronicles: Luminous Avenger iX - September 26

DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders - September 27

Bless the Harts - September 29

2024

Zenless Zone Zero - July 4

Trails Through Daybreak - July 5

Exploding Kittens - July 12

Wonderoos - July 15

Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 - July 19

SutoPuri: Strawberry School Festival!!! - July 19

Primos - July 25

Mononoke the Movie: Phantom in the Rain - July 26

Zegapain STA - August 16

Mermaid Magic - August 22

Gundam Breaker 4 - August 29

Kamitsubaki City Ensemble - August 29

Uma Musume Pretty Derby - Party Dash - August 30

Kindergarten: The Musical - September 3

Gimmick! 2 - September 5

Universal Basic Guy - September 8

Touhou Genso Wanderer: FORESIGHT - September 18

Death end re;Quest: Code Z - September 19

Everybody Still Hates Chris - September 25

The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria - September 26

[buzzdixonwriter]

The L. A. Bastards

I’ve mentioned several times in the past the phenomenal talent pool that coalesced around Ruby-Spears Productions in their heyday, in particular their storyboard department, led by the truly sui generis John Dorman, one of Hollywood’s genuine wild men. 

Not only was John an amazing talent in his own right, but his Rolodex included some of the most incredible talents it’s been my pleasure to work with:  Kurt Conner, Thom Enriquez, Larry Houston, Tom Minton, Dan Riba, Hank Tucker, Jim Woodring, and a host of others at various times and on various productions.

John ran an effective art crew, and I learned many things from him that proved invaluable in dealing with my own art crews when I was packaging books and educational material.

John and his team always delivered top notch work in a timely manner, often going above and beyond the call of duty to get it out the door on time.

But John did not run a tight ship.

Oh, no, quite the contrary…

They called themselves the L.A. Bastards and the storyboard department was Bastard Central.

I’m proud to say that I was the only non-storyboard artist admitted into that freaky fraternity.  I won their respect by being the only writer who actually went down and talked to them about what would make their jobs easier when I wrote scripts.

They appreciated that and opened the window to all sorts of insider tips I never would have gleaned without their insight.

Whenever possible I’d go down to John’s department and recharge my batteries.  It wasn’t a 24-hour party, but it was a constantly fun environment, and everybody enjoyed themselves making cartoons so much that the love just poured out onto their storyboards.

But they were a handful.

Let’s say “chemically enhanced” and let it go at that.

One of the legal enhancements I can discuss were the mini-oxygen tanks John kept for himself and his crew.  You felt yourself dragging in the middle of the afternoon, just come on down and get a couple of hits off the old 02 tank and you were fully energized in a matter of seconds.

Classic John Dorman chemical enhancement story: At one of the buildings Ruby-Spears used as a studio, John’s office was down wind from the ink and paint department’s restroom; anything that entered the air vent there would exit in John’s office.

You’d walk in and swear you just stepped into some Haight-Ashbury hippie pad in the middle of the Summer of Love.  John would swear it wasn’t him, but the smell of marijuana remained so overpowering you could almost get high standing there.

Ken Spears eventually went into John’s office and told him that he and Joe didn’t mind what he did on his own time, but for the luvva gawd, stop toking up in the middle of the workday.

“But it’s not me!” John would wail.

And it wasn’t!  The ink and paint ladies, bored out of their minds slapping paint on Mighty Man and Yukk cels, would take smoke breaks in the ladies’ room and as mentioned above, the purple haze would find its way into John’s office.

John and his crew were merry pranksters, notorious for their wild antics in and out of the studio.  They used to like flamingoing people’s lawns, buying dozens of cheap pink flamingos at a big box store and covering somebody’s lawn with them.

Their antics finally got to be too much for the suits in the front office to bear so Joe and Ken moved the L.A. Bastards out of the studio and into their own space, the former offices of Cheech y Chong.

If ever there was a perfect match of location and occupants, that was it.

Most of the stuff John and the L.A. Bastards did never went into production, development art for shows that went nowhere.  At one time we did a development on Prince Valiant, a large full size artboard showing Prince Valiant astride his mighty steed.

Only something went wrong in the inking of the horse.

Joe and / or Ken got a look at the art when it was halfway inked, realized it would not fly and by that time apparently already got a signal from the network that Prince Valiant was way down beneath the floor tiles in the sub-basement of possible shows.

So the incomplete art remained behind John’s desk after that.  They copied and enlarged the horse’s head, dubbing it Widowmaker, and made T-shirts with it proudly proclaiming themselves The 5-Hours For Lunch Club.

Not an exaggeration.

In any case, when I left Ruby-Spears I stayed in touch with John but never found out what happened to Widowmaker.  Fortunately for us, Dan Riba scanned a copy of the Prince Valiant art, so here Widowmaker is, in all their pagan glory.

Gawd, I miss you, John…

    © Buzz Dixon

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Sometimes it's the kind of morning where the first thing you gotta do is draw the world's ugliest dog ☕

It's Yukk from Mighty Man & Yukk! I'm surprised I didn't learn about this guy when I was little. He's super my aesthetic 💚

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art by Tulio-Vilela

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[pembrokewkorgi]

Today on Cartoon Catastrophes I take a look at Mighty Man and Yukk.  A show that already has "Yukk" in the title... that can't be a good sigh, can it? https://youtu.be/Fxa-rhwHcP8

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The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show (1979) - intro

The adventures of the original stretchable superhero and various other characters.

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[jonjmurakami]

Quick sketch at this past Comic Jam - Another one I may clean up later ^_^; I need to throw in the Mighty Orbots, Mighty Max, and Mighty Man & Yukk ^_^; I’m sure there are a tons more to play off of this ^_^; https://www.instagram.com/p/CfqZYirOcXU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[yellowskinnedwackyman]

Who would you be the most worried about fighting of all the shrinking superheroes? Some of the Atoms, Doll Man, and the rest?

Mighty Man. He's been ignored for a long time.. And Yukk is an annoying Dynomutt rip-off. He even stole his voice.