Will Singapore watch an animated sitcom?

anfieldheroez SG

the first clip, 'u wanna fight old man,u want a piece of me?' or smth like tt,its clearly copied from Adam Sandler's movie 'Happy Gilmore'.

Yeah wld be a good idea

hisoka SG

as far as i know, south park will not get approval by our ultra conservative government agencies and MDA. so you can forget it.

hisoka SG

if you watch AFV, you will notice lots of clips about pple falling over and down though.

countdracula SG

good attempt, though not too pleasant on the eye....would be nice if you do it 2-d rather than the flat 1-d ...script needs strengthening, off hand i can figure a couple of people who can contribute, make it more comical and satirical.....

if you can't get it screen then do it via the net...youtube is a good way to start as you've already done, if it's good you'll get cult following and the rest is history....

jondizzle foshizzle SG

That is completely different that's real life unscripted. This is a cartoon. Btw, I don't find AFV funny lol.

Where Is God SG

would be nicer if you have some intelligence.

chenc SG

Laughing

iskander SG

Different people like different humor. I appreciate you taking the time to view the clips and writing your feedback. Thanks.

iskander SG

Yes, the sound is from Happy Gilmore.

Glad you like the idea and appreciate the feedback.

polarsnake SG

I personally don’t think that all animated sitcoms would cater to kids. I mean… look at family guy and the simpsons… naruto even… adults do watch them!

Where Is God SG

family guy was never meant for kids.

iskander SG

Thanks for your feedback.

In the next few days I hope to post a 10 minute pilot episode of an animated show I did called Circus. That is a little more polished. Lip-synching is better, sound-effect are better, developed characters and a fun, full-length story with tougher topics. Alcohol, sex and getting your head bitten off by a lion.

I haven't figured out a way to have people who watch it express how they feel in a quick, easy way so I can show to the network whether (and how many) people will like it.

popmynutsy SG

southpark is way funny.
sg 1s? dont talk animation, see pck. u think its funny, its seriously damn stupid. the jokes the most make me smile, dont laugh. but for southpark, it is roflmao that type. so u want make funny, choose southpark style. but u probably wont make it to tv either. sg too strict on this thing. dont follow pck style, very very predicatble jokes.

iskander SG

I agree! The shows you list appeal to a great portion of the population, young and old.

However, the feedback from the industry is that a local animated sitcom will not be succesful because the majority of (adult) Singaporeans feel animation is for kids and these viewers will never accept a Simpsons or Family guy-type show featuring local characters.

I think the industry feels it would only make sense to make a show if it appeals to the majority of viewers, young and old, all races, lower-, middle- and high-income groups.

My conviction is that a sitcom that looks like South Park and plays like the Simpsons will get good ratings. I hope to prove it by getting people excited and expressing their interest in seeing made and aired in Singapore.

Xephone_xenon SG

The reason why south park is a popular series is due to it contents.
Its vulgar with tons of fart/sex jokes. Thats why people like it.

The other reason is that the producer is able to keep up to date and make episodes that revolve around all the latest gossips/news.
Examples would be the episode Paris hilton stuff the pineapple into her cheebye, the WoW episode, Chinpokomon, PSP episode when kenny goes to heaven, Wii episode when cartman freeze himself. Blah blah.

I pretty much watched everything from season 6~10.
Some episodes are actually quite sian.

Singaporeans will only be interested in sitcoms if you can include the latest gossips in sg, politics stuff, ahbeng stuff and all the crude language.
But in sg, sure kana ban.

If you going to revolve around the PCK singlish and lousy sg jokes.
Wont appeal i think. Even if it does, only to minority, and is those type of watch and forget show.
Got watch nvr watch no diff.

iskander SG

South Park is what got me excited about doing an animated sitcom. The humour of that show will never be allowed in Singapore and that's okay. I don't want to do the exact same thing. I couldn't even if I wanted too.

I think that if South Park's humour can be mixed with PCK and Under One Roof's humour, it could be a funny show that will be allowed and will appeal to you, me and also more conservative people. I think it's worth a try. Just the idea alone is already so different from what's been on offer so far, it'll be exciting to see.

iskander SG

Yes, a quick turnaround time would add to the fun. Odex, the IR, the Space Port, all topics around which humorous stories can be told.

One thing about the way I do this animation is that is can be made quite quickly, so I could do it about topics of the last few weeks.

Good point. I hadn't thought of this yet. Thanks!

Xephone_xenon SG

NP Very Happy

Good luck in it.

hisoka SG

Well, its jsut proof that it can be funny dependin on how you do it or what injuries/trouble they get into.

and you may not find AFV funny, and I may not. but there appears to be at least a sizeable number who do.

hisoka SG

unfortunately end of the day you would sort of run into the bans, law and politics problems though.

anyway, maybe can consider somethign like what the writer who got chased out of singapore did with his podcast except with animation. parodies of current events and such.

hmmz i think its brown or something

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