moog
Well-Known Member
We discuss many serious things here. This will NOT be one of them. 
The Jackson Five did a Saturday morning cartoon. The Osmonds did one. Cass Elliott and a whole bunch of other '70s acts made guest appearances on "Scooby Doo" and the like. Whether it was animated by Hanna-Barbera, Rankin-Bass, or whatever cheap animation studio it would be, what if... horror upon horrors... you turned on the TV one Saturday morning in the 1970s to see the Carpenters starring in their very own cartoon?
(I'm sure Karen would've gotten a kick out of it, and Richard would've LOATHED it, and I just think it's hysterical to think about their manager putting them up to doing one). I can just imagine:
KAREN: "Aw, c'mon Rich, it'll be a gas!"
RICHARD: "NO. This has got to be the cheesiest thing we've ever done. This will NOT help our image problem."
KAREN: "Aw, it could be worse. We could be doing disco... IN SPAAAAACE!"
So: Would our dynamic duo...
Solve mysteries?
Have an animal sidekick that talks unintelligibly?
Encounter wacky hijinks on tour?
Interact with a character that inexplicably has magic powers?
What would their "cartoon personas" be like? Would Richard constantly be into cars? Would Karen be swooned over by men with little cartoon hearts around them?
For possible plot ideas, here's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5ive_(TV_series) .
Have fun! (And perhaps nightmares).
The Jackson Five did a Saturday morning cartoon. The Osmonds did one. Cass Elliott and a whole bunch of other '70s acts made guest appearances on "Scooby Doo" and the like. Whether it was animated by Hanna-Barbera, Rankin-Bass, or whatever cheap animation studio it would be, what if... horror upon horrors... you turned on the TV one Saturday morning in the 1970s to see the Carpenters starring in their very own cartoon?
(I'm sure Karen would've gotten a kick out of it, and Richard would've LOATHED it, and I just think it's hysterical to think about their manager putting them up to doing one). I can just imagine:
KAREN: "Aw, c'mon Rich, it'll be a gas!"
RICHARD: "NO. This has got to be the cheesiest thing we've ever done. This will NOT help our image problem."
KAREN: "Aw, it could be worse. We could be doing disco... IN SPAAAAACE!"
So: Would our dynamic duo...
Solve mysteries?
Have an animal sidekick that talks unintelligibly?
Encounter wacky hijinks on tour?
Interact with a character that inexplicably has magic powers?
What would their "cartoon personas" be like? Would Richard constantly be into cars? Would Karen be swooned over by men with little cartoon hearts around them?
For possible plot ideas, here's http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5ive_(TV_series) .
Have fun! (And perhaps nightmares).
