Mother Goose and Grimm

[Mr. Big]

I think just about everyone here is familiar with "Garfield and Friends".

The show was a hit on CBS Saturday Mornings so naturally they decided to duplicate the success with another comic strip. They decided to adapt Mike Peters' "Mother Goose and Grimm" to the world of cel animation. It was produced by the same studio that did Garfield, Film Roman, and even got Mark Evanier as a head writer (the same time season 4 of "Garfield" was being made).

And it's great, actually. They got the loose, lively drawing style of Peters to work in animation. I mean, it's not perfect; the Taiwanese animation can get stilted at times, but it still has a nice rubbery feel.

Alas, it didn't last long. Only 13 episodes were made. A while back Mike Peters tried to release the show on DVD but it ran into copyright troubles. Peters owns the rights to the strip itself but the show is owned by MGM/UA.

Here's the opening. A bunch of episodes can be found on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV2jpD0s3BU

Incidentally I own a bunch of animation cels from the show, including this one.