I'm well aware of Chris Farley. Hollywood has pretty much always had a "fat comedian guy" (at least one) since the beginning. I think that when they came up with the idea someone probably connected those dots in the pitch process.
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Keith Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Don't know if I can connect those dots! :) > I think you could have come up with the idea of putting Jack Black into a > cartoon about a portly panda without ever having heard of the late Farley, > rest him... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mr. Worf" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 7:28:05 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Hong Kong Phooey The Movie! > > > > Well, without Beverly Hills Ninja we wouldn't have Kung Fu Panda. :) > > On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:14 AM, Martin Baxter <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> >> Keith, Encore won't let anyone forget. "Beverly Hills Ninja" is on at >> least once a week. >> >> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 8:15 AM, Keith Johnson <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> Geez, they're mining the vein for the last dregs of ore, eh? I didn't >>> like the cartoon in the least. It had the horribly minimal animation that a >>> lot of toons had in the day. Not sure if it was Hanna-Barbera, but sometimes >>> their animation work was so spare there was barely any color or background >>> work done. That would have been okay if the 'toon had been funny, but I >>> always found it to be stupid. Needless to say, therefore, the idea of a >>> movie leaves me cold. Besides, they already did a crappy movie about an >>> incompetent martial artist trying to fight crime: remember that Chris Farley >>> movie where he was supposedly a ninja? >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Mr. Worf" <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 1:27:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern >>> Subject: [scifinoir2] Hong Kong Phooey The Movie! >>> >>> >>> >>> This one movie that would be on a "never thought that would make it to >>> the screen list." Guess I was wrong on that.... >>> Hong Kong Phooey The Movie! By bbwhirl<http://www.nerdles.com/author/admin/> >>> >>> [image: hong kong >>> phooey]<http://www.nerdles.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/hong-kong-phooey.jpg>We’ve >>> had live action versions of Inspector Gadget, Garfield (sort of), Alvin >>> and the >>> Chipmunks<http://www.nerdles.com/2009/07/13/hong-kong-phooey-the-movie/#>(you >>> know what I mean) Scooby Doo and Underdog, now finally, we’re getting >>> the one that we all really wanted, well, the one I’ve really wanted; Hong >>> Kong Phooey! >>> >>> Yep, one of the writers from Family >>> Guy<http://www.nerdles.com/2009/07/13/hong-kong-phooey-the-movie/#>, >>> a Mr. David Goodman, is teaming up with director Alex Zamm to tell the >>> classic >>> talking-dog-janitor-who-transforms-into-a-ninja-type-superhero-every-time-he-jumps-into-his-filing-cabinet >>> tale. >>> >>> Ah, you can’t beat the classics… >>> >>> Anyway, one negative surrounding this great news is that Brett >>> Ratner<http://www.nerdles.com/2009/07/13/hong-kong-phooey-the-movie/#>is >>> rumored to be lurking in the background somewhere as a producer. >>> >>> Scary. >>> >>> httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW54W9y6-eU >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>> Mahogany at: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell >> wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >> >> >> > > > -- > Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! > Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ > > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
