GOTJ: 14 reasons why!?

Hello, I love to reason why is the modern day George of the jungle much more popular than his counterparts?

1. Growing up George: modern day George started out as a wussy teenager, but as Season 1 faded out of millennial memory, he grew into a chest beating man with muscles! I think he has a big grin, sky blue eyes and dirty dark brown hair. That's because he is likely an alien, so his surname can be added for a possible third season.

2. Growing up Ape: George's best friend is an ape called Ape, because he's a smart sidekick! Like him, the gorilla (likely a Grauer's gorilla) started out as a nutty and sarcastic young animal, but as Season 2 began, he became wiser and more experienced. Oh, he also has a snotty brother called Ted.

3. Switching names: As I said yesterday, the name 'Magnolia' is too girly for the redhead while the name 'Ursula' is vice versa, but for the same reason as well!

4. Enough said for 2D: the first season remains an alright breadwinner among the two, because it wasn't good enough for its time. The second one is considerably weaker, but gets mixed reviews like the first. The biggest similarity that they both share: being 2D Animated and made on computers.

5. George needs a wife: will the modern day George of the Jungle need a wife? Is she someone new to the modern day continuity? I think both answers are yes, because she could be (1) a feral alien person being raised by apes and (2) can swing through the trees.

6. George of the city: will the modern day George land in the city where his extended family lives in? He can go to the city anyway, because he wants to meet his (mainly unseen) extended family for the first time in his whole dirty life!

7. Ursula reveals her past: Ursula (the Witch Doctor's adoptive daughter) is one awesome character by her full name of Hester Ursula Swank (that's my opinion). She was born to ex-fashion/rainforest activist parents in Toronto, but became an orphan at eight years old, when they got murdered by a timber mafia.

8. The show is rated PG in Nordic countries: yes, the Nordic peoples like to refer the same Canadian television masterpiece as PG instead of G! Maybe, the reason for this possibility is that the television show has a parental guidance tag in that region, because the characters could be quite dysfunctional and snobbish for the local kids here.

9. George's mum and dad have a test appearance: in a special episode segment called 'I've Gotta Beave Me!', modern day George dreamt that he had lookalike birth parents (who died mysteriously)! The mother - code named 'Lady George' - scantily resembled her original self (confusingly named Ursula of course!) of '67. The only major differences are the addition of a bone as a head/hairband (so Victorian!) and maroon hair replaced with brown hair. The dad - code named 'Man George' - barely resembled his original self at all, because the main difference is the replacement of a leopard loincloth with a leaf one (so Biblical, it's not funny).

10. The modern show is renamed in Sri Lanka: the name 'George' in the South Asian island of Sri Lanka is perhaps a big slur here, so the show was renamed 'Wan Ah Sara' (which, funnily enough, means 'Sarah' in the Sinhala language). Since the show got renamed for Sri Lankan television screens, it has become a locally dubbed smash hit for a few years now.

11. Furry comparison: there's a possibility that the two significant sidekicks in the original show were actually old perceptions of jungle animals!

12. The locations have been unofficially changed: the GOTJ location in 1967 is (in actuality) Sabah, which was Northern Borneo in the first days of the Cold War. The 1997 film's locations are Hawaii and San Fran, whereas the 2003 sequel's locations are Northeast Queensland and Las Vegas. The modern version is the first in the franchise's whole history to be set in the actual Congolian basin. 

13. RIP old school: the original Tiger Tithy and Weevil were British, the original Witch Doctor was a native, District Commissioner Alistair was there, Vintage Georgie was an adventurous klutz, his wife Vintage Ursula was a bright minded New Englander woman, Doctor Chicago was a Hispanic mad scientist. Unlike Weevil, Tiger had a wife who only appeared in the pilot.

14. Goodbye Jay Ward: Jay Ward died in 1973, that’s it.

George of the Jungle: Evolution

Hello fans, George of the Jungle has evolved in 50 years.

In 1967: my mother Patricia has had watched the original show (but in Spanish) as a young kid. Do you know that the original George is likely a feral caricature, of a dead and disliked 1960's athlete called George Eiferman!

Eighteen years later: Trish was twenty two, when Weird Al Yankovic (a satirist that The Hobbyist currently loves) did an eighties style cover of the original theme. It's also notable for being the only straight Weird Al cover ever released. Twelve years later, the same Weird Al cover came into the film credits.

Fast forward to 1997 and 2003: Trish (now an adult) was married to Goran for five years, when Disney's lukewarm film version got released in the peak of 90's summer goofiness. Thankfully, when The Hobbyist was a tot, the panned straight to video sequel gave millennials (plus the boomers and gen x) a glimpse of George having a kid! For 1997, 'Presidents of USA' (I meant a less known alt rock band. Also surprising: my PUSA CD now resides at the art class.) did a 'bongos-style remake' of the old school intro, while in 2003, the same thing went into a silly mess, when it got sung by Jeff Scott Soto..

Fast forward again to 2007: the Revival show first appears, this time my brother The Hobbyist (as a kid) had watched (and discussed about) the show on the once-fabulous ABC Kids, because that same channel has had both tot and teen shows until early into the 2010's. The original intro has had enough time to get obsolete, so it got replaced by a then-new theme full of hip hop jives and millennial comedy.

Fast forward more to 2015 and 2016: The Hobbyist (now teenaged) currently dislikes the show (in its second season), while he and I both went to the crap middle school for two years. There's one more year to go for Season 2 to get (first) released in more countries, as we got our second year at the middle school. In March 2017, as the second season retires, we were 3 months into the final middle school day. The 'raps-and-jives' have become typical of the first season, while the new intro recalls memos of the sixties.

Now this year: The Hobbyist (now taller) and I have both become Selwyn college students, since the franchise 'George of the Jungle' reached a fifty year mark. Since I am now a future video maker, I think modern day George is the one that I love the most, because he's a (once puny and cute but now big and muscly) chest beating guy whose jungle king spirit marches on!

Happy 60 years, Richard Concepcíon!

Hello, the greatest fursona of all time may've been a New York City man of Filipino origin, by the name of Richard James Concepcion. He was also the voice of 'Rapid T Rabbit' (his most notable creation) in 'Rapid T Rabbit & Friends' (another notable creation of his), which is also the longest running furry-themed television show of all time.

On Friday October the 27 2017: I went to a big Interact Festival (it is located at the Corban's gallery, which is in Henderson, a once happier suburb where my dad grew up) with people from the Totara Learning Centre, and it's very cool. The best part: my fellow Totara buddies Stephanie Wang (who went to Unitec from 2018 onwards) and Lea Matas Stankovic strode on the catwalk for a New Age Travellers themed fashion show! Another great part: I drew at least three artworks memorising the late Rapid T Rabbit man. 

The Hobbyist, my Chogokin loving twin, has had lots of research on the furry fandom, their misrepresentations and their growing impact on popular culture. Furries are not just about being a different identity, they could be mostly millennials themselves. He also watched 'Furries in the Media', a furry themed web show made by a cool Vixen costumed YouTuber! Her 'fursona name' is Aberguine and is an increasingly influential twentysomething geek that produces this show.

The Hobbyist knew the furry fandom for a year (or so) now, but not the late Richard James Concepcion nor his older brother Dennis? Hail Richard, the king of furry fandom classics.