could Philbert be revived today?

[speedy fast]

Does anybody think that the unsold Warner Brothers pilot Philbert could work as a series today? Or, if not Philbert, a similar show aabout a cartoonist and his animated creation?

When I was in middle school, every once in awhile my teachers would show some videos of a 1980's (or 1990s) show called MacGee and Me (spelling for macGee might be wrong). I'm not sure if this was a television series or a direct-to-video series, but this was a live action show about a boy who regularly interracted with a drawing he made named MacGee. Of course, this is different from Philbert in many ways. For one, I think MacGee really was an imaginary friend, seen only by his creator (Philbert could be seen by both his creator and his creators dog, and he could probably be seen by the creators girlfriend if he had let himself be seen). Also, the boy was in either middle or high school and wasn't a proffessional cartoonist.

Another show that sort of fits the "cartooist talkign to his creation" format was the 1992-1994 Jim Henson series Dog City, where a dog animator regularly talks to his main creation, but unlike Philbert, his creation stays in the cartoons, never leaving to go into the real, live-action world.

Well, what do you think?

[Bugsmer]

Speedy Fast,

If "Car 54 Where Are You?" and "Bewitched" and "Leave It To Beaver" and "Garfield" and "Gilligan's Island" and "Star Trek" and the Silly Symphonies and Gertie the Dinosaur can be revived, not to mention the return of Betty Boop, Mighty Mouse, etc. as babies, then practically ANYTHING can be revived.

[speedy fast]

Speedy Fast,

If "Car 54 Where Are You?" and "Bewitched" and "Leave It To Beaver" and "Garfield" and "Gilligan's Island" and "Star Trek" and the Silly Symphonies and Gertie the Dinosaur can be revived, not to mention the return of Betty Boop, Mighty Mouse, etc. as babies, then practically ANYTHING can be revived.

Well, I think it sort of makes sense to revive Star Trek (though I'm not a trekkie), and I don't think Garfield or Gilligan's island have ever been gone (or at least haven't lost popularity). Reviving the Silly Symphonies and Gertie the Dinosaur are news to me, though.

[cpdavison]

Maybe I've missed it, but has anyone mentioned the Emmy-winning "My World And Welcome To It" in this thread? (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063934/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxxPW15IHdvcmxkIG FuZCB3ZWxjb21lIHRvIGl0fG14PTIwfGxtPTUwMHxodG1sPTE_ ;fc=1;ft=20)

It combined James Thurber cartoons (animated by DFE!) with William Windom and Henry Morgan in the "real world."

[gilligan fanati]

Let's me glad Gilligan still finds its way on TV now (minus the reality show of course)

As for My World And Welcome to It, I have always wanted to see it. Seems weird NBC would cannel the show that won best comedy Emmy after only one season. TV Pary has some video clips of it here http://www.tvparty.com/recworld.html The show sounds preety good.

[J. B. Warner]

I had an idea for a series that was sort of a modern-day cross between "Philbert" and "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" - a cartoonist and his son share an apartment with their two animated friends (my own Ken Kangaroo and Regulus Raven, for those who are curious), and the series' universe is one in which people and cartoon characters interact normally, so many other animated characters make up the cast in addition to live actors. I think such a series could work on television, if it was within the realm of a plausible weekly budget.