En skunque polecatte de pew!!

[the_gneech]

Such a handsome devil...



How can anyone resist those eyes, that bad Maurice Chevalier/Charles Boyer imitation, the endless Algiers references?

Well I certainly can't; grabbing second breakfast at Starbucks this morning, I was compelled beyond all reason to pick up a Pepe Le Pew finger puppet ... utterly adorable and only $2.95. :) Back when there were still WB stores, they had a little mechanical Pepe in the pose above, who lazily waved his tail back and forth while singing something incomprehensible because the motor noise drowned it out. I loved those things and wanted one, but I was never willing to spend the money required (and I'm still not). But a $2.95 finger puppet, I can afford!

Oh, and there was candy too, which I immediately discarded. Feh!

Pepe Le Pew is the only WB character I've drawn in recent memory; I know that I've drawn Bugs in the past, but I don't remember how it came out and I don't think I have it any more anyway. I was fairly pleased with Pepe, but as it was a copy, rather than an original drawing, it only counts half.



I think, during my wads and wads of free drawing time, that I might try to teach myself to draw him freehand from memory, just for the fun of it. :) Pepe's always been my favorite of the "second-tier" WB characters, and I'd like to be able to play around with him some.

-Un cartooniste du Gneech le hacque!

Comments

[wbwolf.livejournal.com]

You seem to have a late Chuck Jones (post 1960) quality to your pencils.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well thanks! My impression is that Chuck's stuff (particularly his non-animated stuff) is a lot looser and more flowing than mine; it wouldn't surprise me if it was a Chuck Jones picture I was copying. Or somebody latter-day freelancer for WB's art department who was mimicking Master Jones... :)

Some of my earliest memories of animation are Chuck Jones' adaptation of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi ... now THAT was some gorgeous work!

-The Gneech ("I killed Nag! He was already dead when the man blew him up!")

[dslartoo.livejournal.com]

Can I just say that the pseudoFrench in your post cracked me up? :)

"Un cartooniste du Gneech le hacque", indeed.

cheers,
Phil

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Merci, Monsieur Artoo de DSL! Bon le thanque!

-Le Gneech du Sillier!

[3catsjackson.livejournal.com]

Oui oui, ils sont les très bons mots, M. Gneech! Ma tête s'explose avec le plaisir linguistique. Quelle grande messe!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

¿Que?

-Der Gneech

[kylet.livejournal.com]

The scary part is understood all that except for "messe" simply because of having French music albums.

But why "messe"?


V.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well, if your head had exploded with linguistic fervor, wouldn't that make a grande messe?

-M. Le Lion Quelle Ferociousse

[kylet.livejournal.com]

"Messe", according to Babelfish translates to "mass."


V.

[3catsjackson.livejournal.com]

Hrm, just looked it up in Harrap's old-skool dead tree dictionary, and indeed I stand corrected. That is, had I been speaking vrai-français instead of mocque-français which merely looked surprisingly similar. Had this been actual French, I would likely have said "éclaboussure" instead, which aforementioned dictionary thingy cites as the ever-useful "splatter (n.)".

[kylet.livejournal.com]

Well, "messe" is how it would appear in a Pepe Le Pew toon, I guess ;-)

And Babelfish gives "desodre" (not gonna look up the accent mark), so I know they're not exactly the most literal translators either....

V.

[3catsjackson.livejournal.com]

The big mess(e) on the walls from having my head explode. Unless of course I misremembered that translation and accidentally said that my uncle's dresser was next to my aunt's desk and then asking where the library was. Memories of high school French (le français du lycée, ou simplement le franglais) are coming gushing back like an upset swimming pool of marshmallow creme (la crème guimauve).

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

Cool! Pepe rocks. :) He's been one of my favorite characters. Then again, I also like the chicken hawk (just a name for a Red-tailed hawk) and the little ravenous weasel. *snickers*

--Dook

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

The hawk's name is Henery; I don't know if the weasel even has a name other than, y'know, "The Weasel." :)

-The Gneech

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

I love that little chicken hawk. Frickin' hilarious. :) It doesn't hurt I'm a big fan of red-tailed hawks as well. And I'm not sure I ever heard a name for the weasel either. But he was always funny when he was around, because it usually meant Leghorn was gunna get the crud beat out of him near the end of the episode. :)

--*insert ravenous gnawing sound here as a ferret chews on the thread*

[vakkotaur.livejournal.com]

An incomplete but fairly broad guide to Looney Tunes characters is the result of the
100th issue (http://www.conmicro.cx/~vakko/colt/l-may03.html) of the current comic book series.

Eric Costello's Warner Bros. Cartoon Companion (http://members.aol.com/EOCostello/index.html) is an impressive compilation of character data and cultural references. Costello doesn't have an entry for the weasel, which suggests that he has no name, despite appearing in at least two cartoons (Weasel Stop and Weasel While You Work, I think).

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Oho! Quelle interestante!

-Le Ganesha

[rhanlav.livejournal.com]

Awww! No weasel entry! That bites. He's great. Sure, he only had two cartoons he appeared in, but for us mustelid types, thats 2 more than we usually get. Foghorn refered to him as that "Cotton Pickin' Weasel", or something like that. Not really a name, but it still bites that he's not in the entry.

--Dook

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

If my useless trivia memory serves me correctly, it was "lint-picking weasel." :)

-The Gneech

[bauske.livejournal.com]

Excellent image, Gneech! That's very impressive. It looks as if it came straight of the WB studio floor.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well thanks! :)

(You are referring to the pencil sketch, right? ;) 'cause the color image did come from the WB studio...)

-TG

[bauske.livejournal.com]

Aw, I'd never throw an insult like that at ya. Of course I mean the pencil sketch.

*whew*

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Just checking! ;) Thanks!

-The Gneech

[rigelkitty.livejournal.com]

Le rowr-rowr!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Le pant! Le heave! Le gasp!

-Je Te Plumerais?

[kamau-d-lyon.livejournal.com]

And so when do we see a skunk in SJ? It would be an interesting turn about for Drezz you know.

No no Bad Images!!!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Um ... there's a bit of a scale issue... 0.o

-TG

[kamau-d-lyon.livejournal.com]

I see.
*suppresses really bad comment*

And when has that stopped a certain wolf before?
*snicker*

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

I'm shocked, that's what I am! Shocked!

Well, no, actually I'm not, but it's fun to pretend I am!

-The Gneech, that's what I am!

Le woof! Le woof! Le mrowr-rowr!

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

Pepe is my favorite second tier as well! I think every girl would like her hunny to have a Pepe side! Ee's so sweet! So teut sweet!

I used to love when Valentine's Day would roll around at the WB stores, because they'd bring out all the Pepe Le Pew stuff! All I have now are Pepe & Penelope salt & pepper shakers and, from WalMart of all places, Pepe & Penelope pajamas with matching slippers. *le sigh*

Re: Le woof! Le woof! Le mrowr-rowr!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Actually, I always found the "Pepe + Penelope" merchandise a little weird, considering that in the cartoons she was always fleeing from him in terror! ;)

-The Gneech

Re: Le woof! Le woof! Le mrowr-rowr!

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

What I find odd about it is that it's Penelope and not Farbrette! She was the Creole kitty who stunk herself up in the Limburger factory under the idea of, "If you can't beat zem, join zem!"

"Awww! Izeen't zat cute! You ahre blushing for Pepe!"

Re: Le woof! Le woof! Le mrowr-rowr!

[wbwolf.livejournal.com]

I find generally women are of two minds on Pepe... some women love the character since the see him as being romantic. Others disparage him because basically the whole premise of the short is sexual harrassement.

C'est la vie.

Re: Le woof! Le woof! Le mrowr-rowr!

[susandeer.livejournal.com]

It depends on the circumstance. However, speaking as one who has been persued in such a manner more than once @;) sometimes, yeah...it's annoying. But sometimes...*le sigh!* @:) I think a lot of women don't realize that they enjoy Ze Chase. The problem is that, nowadays, it just seems too dangerous. It sends up too many red flags. But when you sense it comiong from a safe source, ladies, let them chase you a little. It makes being caught all ze sweeter!

[tiger-claw.livejournal.com]

Yeah, you gotta admire Pepe Le Pew. He is always persistent and never gives up. You'd think that he'd wise up after being rejected so many times by Penelope. But, such is love. A very nice sketch indeed Mr. The Gneech of Pepe Le Pew. It really looks like the real mccoy.

Impressive, it is.

Tiger Claw :D

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Well thanks! :)

-TG

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Le Leon de sillee es chez magnifique, me oui!

-=Le Tigré

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Soufflet boullebaise sans escargot detente, non?

-M les Gneeche

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Sans escargot? Sie vous plait!!!

Je mange, donc je suis!

-=Le Tigre, qui déteste la boue

[tchall.livejournal.com]

Les pant, les sigh, les rowrr-rowwr!

Very nice pencil sketch, Gneech, you caught the look as well as Jones' style.

Haque, indeed. Non, non, non!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Merci, monsieur vulpine tres petite!

-Un les Gneech

[joeygatorman.livejournal.com]

Gneech: “How can anyone resist those eyes, that bad Maurice Chevalier/Charles Boyer imitation, the endless Algiers references?”

Something very interesting I found in Halliwell’s 2002 Film and Video Guide: Boyer never actually said “Come with me to the Casbah” in Algiers.

-G

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Humphrey Bogart never said, "Play it again, Sam!" in Casablanca, either. :) Doesn't stop it from being a reference! ;)

-TG

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

I can't get the picture to load... arrgh!

[c-eagle.livejournal.com]

Ah! I have le descouvrir ze problemme!... it is a FTP link.. and change to HTTP ..eet work!

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

C'est? 0.o

-TG