October
15
2010
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PRESS CONFERENCES AND MONKEYS
No. I didn’t have a press conference with, or about, monkeys. The title was my eyecatcher for those of you who love both press conferences and monkeys. But before you skip this post because you don’t see any monkeys (I didn’t hide any in the above picture either), you may be pleasantly surprised by the end of this post.
Above is a stitched picture pan of the lovely people from the press in Malaysia. The group included representatives of The Star, The Sun, NST, Berita Harian, Superkidz, K-Zone, Gempak, New Man, TV2, HOT, and RTM News. Interesting note: the majority of them were female journalists. I don’t know if it’s because that’s the way things are in Malaysia or if they thought that they were going to meet somebody that actually resembled Johnny Bravo. Either way, it was fun chatting with them all.
We officially announced the start of Cartoon Network Asia’s Malaysia specific Snaptoons initiative. We kicked it off with a talk from Silas Hickey of Cartoon Network Asia, then Kamil Othman, Vice President of MDEC (Multimedia Development Corporation), and myself. Beforehand, we got our talking points and press briefing, which made me a tad nervous because I tend to talk off the top of my head with a lot of nervous energy. But then again, it’s not like we were trying to hide a scandal or anything. Everyone ended up being very cordial and the whole event made the morning that much more fun.
Afterwards, I spent my final day at Inspidea Animation Studios drawing pictures and hanging out with the crew. Again, it’s just like any other animation studio in the States. On their free time, they play video games…
Gossip…
And hang out in front of the studio playing guitar and smoking cigarettes.
I spent my final night with the staff at a fantabulous dinner where I got to know them all a little better. Who’s dating who, what they do in their spare time, what their favorite movies are, why they’re ranked number one in countries that spend the most hours on Facebook and have the most number of friends. Bonding stuff like that. It was a fun way to end my time in Malaysia.
So now is the part where you say, “Can we get to the monkey portion of the post already?” Wait for it…
Before I hopped on my plane to LAX, CJ See brought us out to the Batu Caves where you can climb 272 steps and see… you guessed it…
Monkeys! They’re just all around you frolicking the way monkeys do.
From Mongkok to Malaysian Monkeys, thus ends my time in Asia. Ni Hao America!
Well helloooo! It was awesome meeting you Van. Thanks for the short “hot cocoa” interview! Hope you had a fab time in KL
Keep in touch and have fun!
hi Van! i’m from Inspidea, we have dinner last week, & you’re so cool & awesome!
i’m the one with the camera, you can check out some of the photos at my facebook; http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=46506&id=100000169565452
keep in touch!
hey van i was wondering who are your influneces ?mine are Chuck Jones, Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera
I also love those three. I also love looking at the work of Ed Benedict, Ward Kimball, and Dan Haskett.
hey van, its me isaiah again i was wondering will Johnny Bravo ever make a comeback?
and i also wanted to know why werent you present during the second and third seasons, after all,
Johnny Bravo is your creation. just curious
I’m currently working on a 70 minute special, “Johnny Bravo Goes To Bollywood.” There’s no airdate yet, but I’ll mention it in my blog when we do. As far as not being present on the second and third season, I don’t want to go into it publicly, but basically, I came back for the final season, so it’s all good. Thanks for asking!
did you like season 2 and 3 or did you think it was ruined
I think season two and three were interesting. They made different choices than I would have made, but I don’t think the show was ruined. It had some fun stories and great people working on it who kept Johnny’s spirit alive.
that is awesome, i want to be an animator and make cartoons for TV maybe when i make cartoons it would be an honor to have you as a creative consultant just like Joe Barbera was on Johnny Bravo.
p.s. Did you like Carl and Pops
P.S.S: sorry for asking too many questions its just im excited talking to you and im very curious
I hope you get to be an animator someday. I think you’d enjoy it. As far as your other question, I used Carl in two of our fifth season episodes and I think Tom Kenny is a genius.
okay one last question, in 2006, there was supposed to be a live action Johnny Bravo movie starring The Rock as Johnny but the movie is canceled now, did you know anything about it? because it sounded like a very good movie.
I met Dwayne Johnson on the set of the Rundown (when it was called Helldorado) where we discussed the project with his manager Marty Adelstein and producer Neal Moritz. At the time, they were all for it. There was even an announcement in Variety and the Hollywood Reporter. Dwayne wanted it to be his Austin Powers. But in order to get a movie made, all the planets need to line up. From casting to writing to financing to distribution and everything in between. Unfortunately, the planets didn’t align for that project. I thought it was going to be a really good movie as well. Maybe someday…
Hi Van, long time no see i can’t wait to go and see the movie Rio i heard its gonna be very good.
P.S. HAVE A AWESOME SPRING BREAK