OT: Any Hey Arnold! Fans Out There?

[Bugsmer]

I'm just asking because one episode, "What's Opera Arnold?", is based on a certain cartoon of Mr. Jones'.

[cbrubaker]

I will say and admit I did watch the show when it began. Not so much now, but it had interesting premise.

It's interesting to note that one of the animation directors for the series, Cullen (Blaine) Houghtaling, was a production designer for "The Alvin Show" (the original Format Films version) and a DFE director.

[John Pannozzi]

I like it.

[Thad]

Other than the way it's drawn, it's OK. That's the problem I find with a lot of shows these days. Really funny scripts and characters, but hideous looking designs and characters (I.E. Cow & Chicken, I Am Weasel, and to a certain degree Doug).

-Thad

[cbrubaker]

Yeah, and shows with good designs tend to have a bad writing. Apparently, some cartoons focus more on one thing than the other.

[Marty26]

Yeah, and shows with good designs tend to have a bad writing.

*Cough* Baby Looney Tunes *Cough*

Anyway, I watched Hey Arnold off and on when it first aired. I liked its jazzy music, and the whole concept of a "modern day Peanuts" was kind of cool at the time. Still, I've more or less outgrown those kinds of cartoons.

Let's just hope this thread doesn't get locked the way that Family Matters thread did.

[mojokingbee1]

Yeah, and shows with good designs tend to have a bad writing.

*cough*Krypto*cough*

Personally, I thought "Hey Arnold" was a piece of [CENSORED!].

[J. B. Warner]

I liked this show a lot. Craig Bartlett took a lot of cues from Matt Groening (I know they're related somehow) when he created this show, and it's apparent in the widely varied cast and the well-developed characters. Early on, the weird character designs were a little off-putting, but as the show progressed, the animators began altering them a little bit to make them less bizarre, and it became more pleasing to look at. I kinda dropped off in the fourth season, though, because the stories began to become more formulaic. I'm not sure how it ended, but I don't think I'd say no to a DVD release.

[gilligan fanati]

being 8 years old when it first was on and watching it as a kid for a long time, of course I like it. I have tapes of it from 1996 or so and its still good now even though I am 17. I guess you had to grow up with it to like it.

[Duck Dodgers]

Yeah, and shows with good designs tend to have a bad writing. Apparently, some cartoons focus more on one thing than the other.

You are absolutely right .

Anyway there are exceptions . The Batman/Superman/Justice League series made by WB not only featured great plot , ideas , gags and writings ( " Mad Love " ; " Over the Edge " ; " Heart of Ice "....) but also very good animation ( compared to TV standards , of course ) .

[Frank]

I liked this show a lot. Craig Bartlett took a lot of cues from Matt Groening (I know they're related somehow) when he created this show, and it's apparent in the widely varied cast and the well-developed characters.

Craig Bartlett is Matt Groening's brother-in-law. He married Groening's sister Lisa Groening.

[Speedy Boris]

*Cough* Baby Looney Tunes *Cough* Hmm, I thought Baby Looney Tunes had HIDEOUS character designs, AND bad writing. Two atrocities in one unappealing package!

Back on-topic for this OT, I liked Hey Arnold!'s first season. After that, I quickly lost interest in the show.

[Dan Porceddu]

I liked the show throughout its entire run. Although they just took it off the air so it's only available on the Nicktoons TV channel now.

Anyway, I'd buy DVDs if they made them. It was a good show.

[Speedy's_Gal]

HUGE Hey Arnold! fan here. I watched the show through it's entire run on Nick. Actually they make very few appealing Nicktoons on Nick anymore. I liked Hey Arnold and Doug. Anyhow, I can releate to Helga a lot, I'm not mean and a bully (She does that to cover up insecurities anyway,) but write a lot of poetry like her and write in a diary. The only thing that makes me POed is that we never saw "The Jungle" which was supposed to wrap everything up. Things as they are, we are pretty much left hanging. I mean the last episode works all right, but I'd rather see what became after Arnold discovered the map and Helga's feelings. Ah, but I hate cliffhangers to:tweety:


In any case, I still love the show. The only show I find okay on Nick right now is Danny Phantom. And on CN I'm a HUGE Justice League (original) and Teen Titans fan.

[John Pannozzi]

Did you guys know that Hey Arnold ended production due to a fight between the creator and Nickelodeon, and that the creator had plans for an ending to the series in the form of a second HA movie that never came to be? Find out the whole story at http://www.rugratonline.com/arnold.htm.

Also, check out Don Del Grande's EXCELLANT Hey Arnold fansite at http://www.hey-arnold.com/Arnold/arnold.html