I was really hoping this would die before it went too far, but apparently I prayed to the wrong god. Last October I mentioned that Donald Trump and his people were planning a Trump cartoon, and now it looks as if they've found a production company to animate the series. Animation Dimensions will work on the new series, which is still untitled, will be shopped around to various networks after it's approved by Trump and Premiere Enterprises.
So, a cartoon about a man who's already overexposed, created through the consent of businessmen and women who don't know the first thing about animation. That's pretty much modern televised animation in a nutshell, save for a few exceptions. If this series ever gets picked up, I predict a quick end for it. If it does take off, I'm taking it upon myself to hunt down all prints of the series and destroy them myself.
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2-13-2007 @ 11:09AM
flotsky said...
There is a far bigger Trump story to cover now, namely that he is to manage a wrestler at Wrestlemania this year, against a wrestler of Vince McMahon's choosing, in a match where the losing manager will lose their hair.
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2-13-2007 @ 12:41PM
TomB said...
Good gawd. I should have been a TV exec - I have no talent and could come up with much better ideas.
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2-13-2007 @ 10:32PM
ManekiNeko said...
Cartoons don't work too well without humor, and Trump is as humorless as a man can get. Any chance this show will be canceled BEFORE it debuts?
(Please?)
JR
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2-15-2007 @ 3:04PM
leonard w buck said...
I think Donald Trump is the greatest!!! I believe that anything he does will do well!! Len Buck
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2-15-2007 @ 2:41PM
Sal Zanca said...
What could be funnier than a man who makes an ass of himself on practically a daily basis.... a cartoon of that same man????
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2-15-2007 @ 3:07PM
Melvin said...
If "D" in Donald stood for brain drain then we would have something. A cartoon may show up the Donald for what he is really like
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2-15-2007 @ 2:49PM
LP said...
A Trump cartoon? I thought he was a cartoon.
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2-20-2007 @ 3:22PM
leonard w buck said...
I would like to see the apprentice do a alternative energy thing in two parts one physical,Wind Gen, Solar Electric,Solar Heat panels and One on management.Green Buildings, Insulation,Led Lighting Heat recovery, watersaving. example rain water for toilets. Would Like to be a Part of it. Thanks Len Buck
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2-15-2007 @ 5:17PM
Frank said...
Is Rosie going to make an aminated appearance on the show?, how about Baawaa Waawters, she would fit right in since no one takes her serious any more.
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2-15-2007 @ 9:14PM
THE ADVOCATE said...
TRUMP SHOULD STICK TO WHAT HE DOES BEST -- MAKING $$$$$$ . BOTH HE AND ROSIE ACTED LIKE IMMATURE FOOLS.
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2-15-2007 @ 5:29PM
Arthur said...
Like he isn't already annoying enough. Comedy Central's show, Drawn Together, had a great cartoon take on "The Donald", who creamed his pants each time he fired someone, and turned out to be robot with a bad wig in the end. Unless the new cartoon will be funnier than that one, there is no reason to create it at all.
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2-15-2007 @ 5:58PM
Donnamarie Boyer said...
Just turning the TV on every day and opening a magazine and having to DAILY see and hear these same name celebrities, Donald Trump, Katie Holmes, Tom Cruise, Posh, JLo, Marc Anthony....MAKES ME SICK !!!!! Its like HAVING to eat the same CRAP every day. We get sick of it !!!!! I hope they ALL go away and get a life somewhere else !!! America is sick of them already. cant they see this???????
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2-15-2007 @ 9:53PM
Kathy said...
PLEEEEEEEEEEZZZ, NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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2-15-2007 @ 5:28PM
MRSWAMPFOXX said...
YOU THINK THAT'S A JOKE ... THERE IS A STORY GOING AROUND DOWN HERE ABOUT THE RESTAURANT HE BOUGHT IN WEST PALM BEACH FLORIDA ... HE PUT EVERYBODY WHO WORKED THERE OUT OF A JOB ... SO HE CAN BUILD A HANGER FOR HIS PLANE ...
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2-15-2007 @ 10:58PM
squeegis said...
Donald trump is not self-made like most people think. His father left him everything and his father was a real gentleman. Donald is a Surface Guy with not much substance!
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2-15-2007 @ 8:00PM
SheriLyn said...
HA! Now is this a Joke or what? OH ha I forgot Trump is a Jokealready! And If He does really makes that Much Money why can he not go to a GOOD Hair stylist?? Does He Pay them to Tell Him he looks good with hair like that? Sad Sad I think.. And AS for a Cartoon, It will be another show of his I will NOT watch! He pretty much turns my stomach...
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2-16-2007 @ 9:45AM
jean humphreys said...
What is it about Trump that iritates so many ? I enjoy his show. In the debate with Rosie; I take his side against hers. She has made a career out of maligning other celebtities.
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2-15-2007 @ 4:54PM
John said...
How come he's rich and you're not???
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2-16-2007 @ 12:19PM
Tracy said...
Donald Trump was born super rich. His father was a Billionaire. Donald Trump was not born POOR and did not CLAW his way to wealth. lol.
Donald Trump can pretty much do what-ever-he wants to do. He flaunts his wealth on TV like a Baboon. He is not associated with any charity that I know about. And he has a very foul mouth. A Cartoon should will suit this man perfectly.
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2-15-2007 @ 6:07PM
hurricane andrew said...
Trump is ALREADY a cartoon. I'm sure he thanks his father every day for dying and using his money to bail himself out of bankruptcy.
How many of you know the real Trump? When he bought over 50 Central Park South in NYC he routinely shut off power, heat and water to force people out of the building, because it was rent stabilized. He has put people out of work in Florida as well with his restaurant venture.
Save your breath defending this buffoon--I know the real story.
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