TV Guides 50 greatest Cartoon Caracters

[JungleJim]

TV Guide's 50 greatest Cartoon Caracters

TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest cartoon caracters of all time came out today! Mickey Mouse came in at 19!!!!!! I can't believe he was behind Top Cat, Betty Boop, Beavis and Butt-Head, Cartman, and PIKACHU!!!!!! Who came up with this list!!!!

 

[MickeyMoose15]

This upset me too! How could Mickey Mouse, one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time, be behind Pikachu (Miramax which is owned by Disney own the movie rights to the characters) and Fat Albert.

 

[Quentin Disney]

Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
This upset me too! How could Mickey Mouse, one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time, be behind Pikachu (Miramax which is owned by Disney own the movie rights to the characters) and Fat Albert.

Unfortunlately, while Mickey is a swell guy, he is just NOT AS FUNNY as most of the characters. People just don't truly associate him as a hillarious character.

 

[Erika]

Right, but it's not the 50 most Hilarious Characters...it's the 50 Greatest. Where would everyone else be if not for the Mouse?

Donald was pretty far down the list too. *sigh*

 

[MickeyMoose15]

Here is the list before Mickey:

• 1. Bugs Bunny eek: )
  2. Homer Simpson (Okay)
  3. Rocky & Bullwinkle
  4. Beavis and Butt-head (What the heck??!!)
  5. The Grinch
  6. Fred & Barney
  7. Angelica Pickles (You have to be kidding me!)
  8. Charlie Brown & Snoopy
  9. Spongebob Squarepants
  10. Cartman (Yeah...right!)
  11. Bart & Lisa Simpson
  12. Fat Albert
  13. The Powerpuff Girls (Oh please!)
  14. Daffy Duck
  15. Pikachu hurl: )
  16. Gumby (You have to be kidding me again!)
  17. Betty Boop
  18. Top Cat

 

[JLW11Hi]

I agree with Bugs being number one (we go back a long way! ) , but Top Cat??!! I like Top Cat, but not enough to be on the top 10 (if the top 50 even). WHERE'S PIXIE AND DIXIE???!! But that's TV guide for you. Did you see who got in their top ten worst tv shows of all time? They put HOGANS HEROES in the top 5!! Blasphemy!!

 

[mkt]

Originally posted by JLW11Hi
Did you see who got in their top ten worst tv shows of all time? They put HOGANS HEROES in the top 5!! Blasphemy!!

well, as much as I liked it, there really was little/no redeeming value about the show

 

[FutureCEO]

i don't even know half of those

 

[Steamboat_Kevin]

I thought that was a pretty bad choice putting Mickey at number 19. But I definetely agree with Homer and Rocky and Bullwinkle!
And Donald was number 43! That's nuts! Yeesh...
But what cover did you get?
I got Bullwinkle pulling Homer out of a hat.

 

[FutureCEO]

does anyone have the whole list

 

[TURKEY]

Go to tvguide.com

At the bottom left side it should say something like TV Guide celebrates 50th aniversary button or something. Click it and you should see a link to the cartoon list.

 

[CAPTAIN HOOK]

Originally posted by FutureCEO
i don't even know half of those

I thought it was just me being thick !!

Rocky & Bullwinkle (No 3), Beavis & Butt-Head (No 4), Fred & Barney (No 6), Bart & Lisa etc, etc, etc, are shows (or at least half of the cast ) - not INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERS. If the characters were listed individually (such as Bugs, Homer etc ) then they would be way down the list.
There should be a combined entry for "Disney" then all the characters at WDW would be number 1.

 

[MickeyMoose15]

Here is the rest of the list for you:

• 19. Mickey Mouse
  20. Popeye
  21. Gerald McBoing-Boing
  22. Scooby-Doo
  23. Underdog
  24. Josie & the Pussycats
  25. Heckle and Jeckle
  26. Arthur
  27. Winnie the Pooh
  28. Felix the Cat
  29. Mr. Magoo
  30. George of the Jungle
  31. Ren & Stimpy
  32. Tom Terrific
  33. Tweety and Sylvester
  34. Bill
  35. Space Ghost
  36. Yogi Bear and Boo Boo
  37. Mighty Mouse
  38. Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner
  39. Superman
  40. Batman
  41. Daria
  42. Wonder Woman
  43. Donal Duck
  44. Alvin
  45. Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale
  46. Woody Woodpecker
  47. Porky Pig
  48. Bobby Hill
  49. Speed Racer
  50. Tom and Jerry

 

[SpongeScott]

Yet another ploy by TV Guide to sell copies and keep their name on the lips of the public...

Bugs as #1 is a very good choice, but surely thought Mickey would have been higher. The PowerPuff Girls at #13? Give me a break. And the Roadrunner being stuck at #38? And who in the heck is Gerald McBoing-Boing? Geesh, I'm getting old...

 

[MickeyMoose15]

Gerald McBoing-Boing according to TV Guide:

Gerald McBoing-Boing was a little boy who couldn't speak, but out of his tiny mouth exploded the most amazing sound effects. The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show, which premiered in 1956 and aired Sunday afternoons on CBS, was the first network catoon show. Gerald never appeared in any of the cartoon; he was just the host in the brief introductions.

 

[SpongeScott]

Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
Gerald McBoing-Boing according to TV Guide:

Gerald McBoing-Boing was a little boy who couldn't speak, but out of his tiny mouth exploded the most amazing sound effects. The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show, which premiered in 1956 and aired Sunday afternoons on CBS, was the first network catoon show. Gerald never appeared in any of the cartoon; he was just the host in the brief introductions.

I would have respected you a lot more if you hadn't given credit to TV Guide. Thanks for the info!

 

[MickeyMoose15]

TV Guide is just plain weird based on how they pick the Top 50 for anything. They picked Seinfeld the Best TV Show of All Time above that of I Love Lucy.

 

[TURKEY]

Originally posted by MickeyMoose15
TV Guide is just plain weird based on how they pick the Top 50 for anything. They picked Seinfeld the Best TV Show of All Time above that of I Love Lucy.

The reason they keep picking Top 50's this year is because it is the 50th aniversary of TV Guide.


TV Guide is notorious for having outragously terrible lists. I don't pay too much attention to them. Just add this one to that list.

 

[Erika]

*snif* My beloved Donald... ...just 1 step above Alvin.

 

[MickeyMoose15]

George of the Jungle and Undedog, I don't mind since Disney has already or is planning to make films based on those characters. But the Powerpuff Girls thing really gets me ed since if they are so popular then why did their movie tank? I don't remember anything of Mickey Mouse tanking (involving him as the main character of a movie or short or whatever).