Doug drawings Exercises 01-Roger mocking Doug Part 01 PRELUDE

After hearing in Late March 2025 about the controversies regarding OpenAI's then-recent addition of making a somewhat accurate take on Ghibli art while also pissing off Hayao Miyazaki greatly, as well as hearing that "X" introduced a feature that let users edit photos already posted,

My ANTI-AI tools Sentiment is now at an All Time High-Octane High.

But instead of ranting against companies refusing to take responsibility for disrespecting Miyazaki's viewpoints because INVESTORS, 

Let's vent using Jim Jinkins' logic....

BY DRAWING....... by hand that is.

How's about several rounds of Drawing Exercises using DOUG!!!

And because 2026 is the year of DOUG.

Why?

Because it's the 35th Anniversary since DOUG's premiere on Nickelodeon in 1991

&

30 years since DOUG's Disney Debut....

So let's do this exercise:

This drawing above is based off a scene from the 1991 episode of Nickelodeon's DOUG called DOUG CAN'T DIG IT.

(Though the drawing erroneously assumed it was from DOUG DIDN'T DO IT.)

The scene depicts Roger Klotz complimenting DOUG for appearing on a stage play directed by his sister Judy Funnie....because it got him out of a Math Test.

One of the defining moments of ROGER being friendly towards DOUG since the beginning of the NICKELODEON ERA.

For those who are wondering what the scene looks like originally, 

here's a VLC Screenshot from my AMAZON DVD.......

The whole point of the exercise was to redraw the scene but use the cleaner designs of the characters from Season 3 of the Nick Version or Season 6 of the Disney Version.....

But the exercise is that despite using cleaner designs of said Seasons, We still need to retain the original outfits from the Nick Version such as the lines on Doug's Sweater-Vest Collar and Roger's original bacon haircut.

No, I did not place a piece of paper in front of my ASUS Monitor or my WACOM ONE Tablet display and then merely trace the scene.

The idea was for me to draw by observing the screenshot from my Monitor while drawing on my portable easel.

As you can see from the drawing way at the top, I accidentally made Doug's Head a little smaller than what the screenshot implies.

I'll fix that up when I do the digital drawing.

Though I did nail Roger's Season 3 Nick Series face pretty well.

Though this scene had Roger with his Bacon Hair a bit more stiff.

I based the more Wavy Pattern from this screenshot below which is from the 1993 episode

DOUG THROWS A PARTY.

So until part 02, let me leave this post with a Scene of DOUG dressed as the late BOB ROSS

"And yes, even the late BOB ROSS says that REAL HUMAN ARTISTS are superior."

AHO AHO: Them Crows that appear in Anime

You ever watch an Anime,

Whether it be in the original JAPANSE or Dubbed in English,

There's sometimes a scene where a character does something so idiotic, that some crows can be heard CAWING in the background?

Well, TV TROPES has a term for that:

IDIOT CROWS!!!

This is a gag when...... 

Ok. I'm starting to sound like a broken record so let me get into this blogpost before one of them crows starts making fun of me.

That's the more realistic take on the IDIOT CROW.

Just a symbolism if you say so yourself.

Often at times they camera would pan up and you see a flock of crows making noises that sound like they're making fun of the character.

Sometimes the crows don't appear but you can still hear a faint Cawing on the background.

Sometimes, some productions take it up a notch with a more comedic approach.

"CAW!!! AHO! AHO!"

If you've seen an episode of NARUTO,

You'll know that the production staff really love their Cartoony Crows appearing in episodes.

It's mostly filler but sometimes, they do show up in Canonical episodes too.

It's also ironic how the DUB for the first NARUTO anime allowed the crows to say AHO but SHIPPUDEN mandated that the crows' AHO be translated to IDIOT!

This cartoony style of Crows appearing out of nowhere just to verbally torment the characters often would have the crow say "AHO AHO!"

Probably because the Japanese word AHO is also the ONOMATOPOIEA of a crow cawing.

Reminds me of a one-off gag from RANMA 1/2 where a crow from Jusenkyo, China, takes a crap on poor RANMA's face. 

All while Crowing/Laughing it up.

"AHO! AHO! AHO!"

"ARGH!!!!"

"NO FAIR YOU!!!! STUPID BIRD!!!!! COME BACK HERE!!!!!"

I think this might be the only time the AHO CROWS in anime has ever took a crap on the protagonist's ego because from other anime, the crow just mocks the characters. Through and Through.

Happy 5th Anniversary MY OWNERSHIP OF MY PS5

On November 12 2020, Sony released their PLAYSTATION 5 Console to the masses 

But it came at a time seen as most inopportune.

The COVID-19 Pandemic was still somewhat in full force and while some business were open, MASK MANDATES were still a must as the Vaccines hadn't been deployed yet.

And to make matters worse, shortly after the PS5, Xbox Series X, Nvidia RTX 30 series and AMD RADEON RX 6000 series were released, they were all subject to supply chain issues wrought out by both the semi-conductor shortage and scalpers who bought the stock of the console and GPUS and sold them off at higher prices.

So for people like me, we could only buy these newfangled consoles ONLINE and we had to act fast before the scalpers beat us to it.

Well, it was mid-February of 2021 when I looked at WAL-MART and bought this baby here.

It cost me about over CA$800 due to it being a TWO-Controller bundle and not because of price increases wrought out by the aftermath of the first TRUMP Administration.

But it was worth the 3 week wait for me indeed.

I remember getting notified by either my mother or my iPhone 11 that there was a package at the front door of my house. I stepped out and there was a bigass package at the entrance and there it was, my PS5.

I went to the kitchen and unboxed the crap out of the Console.

I was choked up because I was absolutely happy to have finally got the console after griping over the stupid scalpers and the equally stupid PANDEMIC.

And yes, All of these Photos were taken on my iPhone 11 which was my then-current phone at that time-period.

And even though I've now since upgraded to an iPhone 17 Pro Max, I still have the photos in my phone's Photo Library.

Anyway,

I hooked up the console to my then current at the time

32" RCA HDTV with a built-in DVD Player, 

pressed the power button and in came that first-time boot intro.

And throughout the Spring Break of 2021 while still Social Distancing, I played the crap out of my PS5, mostly on ASTRO'S PLAYROOM, DAY OF THE TENTACLE, KINGDOM HEARTS, etc.

And let's just say I'm glad I made the right decision to order my PS5 on that FEBRUARY 2021 as that when the original revision was still available.

Why am I saying this?

Because later on around AUGUST 2021, I read that Sony replaced the original heatsink with a lighter version during manufacturing as to make the PS5 lighter to carry.

But I also seen how disgruntled people were about the heatsink change as it ran the risk of making the console run hotter than it was designed to be.

I'm glad I ordered early before they changed the Heatsink.

Original Revisions of Game Consoles are always superior to the later revisions.

That's why I never replaced by PS5 with the newer slim or Pro Revisions that have come into retail in the later years.

As for my TV Setup, I've long since changed to my 43" HISENSE A68N 4K SMART TV and my PS5 is now set to both 4K & HDR is set to enabled.

Also what I didn't have at when I first bought my PS5 was my LG SoundBar but that's a blogpost for another time.

CARTOON NETWORK shows and their new home on TUBI+My personal Retrospective on classic Cartoon Network and it's impact on my childhood

For all the HATE we give towards DAVID ZASLAV for his removal of all CARTOON NETWORK shows on HBO MAX and his refusal to reinstate them,

Well about a year since he lost on his crusade to completely erase COYOTE VS ACME, 

Now he lost the fight to erase CARTOON NETWORK's legacy.

What with news of the return of CHECKERED PAST,

Now the majority of almost every classic Cartoon Network show from your late Millennial/Early Gen-Z childhood has found a new Home on

And good thing both my PS5 & HISENSE TV have support for the service out of the box.

Like I said. It's been literal years since I last set my eyes on a majority of these classic CARTOON NETWORK original series when they originally aired back in their heyday.

With ED, EDD, N EDDY being the most recent I watched and that was back in the late summer of 2021 when I borrowed a DVD of select episodes from one of the libraries in my Vancouver hometown as well as when I borrowed some old TEEN TITANS DVDs when I was making my TEEN TITANS post back in SEPTEMBER 2024.

But anyway, A lot of these Cartoon Network shows have left an impact on me alongside some Nickelodeon shows I've also watched.

And that was because between Fall 2003 to June 2005, My mother left me in the care of her friend GREGORIA and she had the most kickass SHAW Satellite Television Plan that money could buy you back in the mid-2000s.

While sure, she preferred to get her UNIVISION Feed which is actually USA based TV network for the Spanish Market just so she can watch her Soap Operas,

She had a son named JOEL who also like his share of shows from Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network and with that, I watched the hell out of those shows too.

CARTOON NETWORK was actually the channel I watched the most and I sort of hold TEEN TITANS responsible for that.

While at times, I half-dreaded being at GREGORIA's, I actually am glad about these circumstances because It gave me an excuse for me back when I was 5 to 7 years old to watch the latest on what was going on with TEEN TITANS.

And yes, I'm still a Fierce Champion for the 2003 cartoon.

I was Volunteering at FAN EXPO 2026 and I commented on a Cosplayer on her RAVEN Costume but I mentally stepped back when she said she cosplayed as RAVEN from the maligned GO! iteration which did not sit well with me having always preferred the 2003 version....

Maybe even more than the original 1980s comics.

Another show I did enjoy on CARTOON NETWORK was CODENAME: KIDS NEXT DOOR.

I should somewhat mention this before I do my 25th Anniversary retrospective later in 2027 but this show took MICHEAL WARBURTON's artistic finesse he learnt from PEPPER ANN and wisely used it to create this bonanza of a series featuring Characters of INTERNATIONAL origin valuing the beauty of friendship and making the most out of your childhood.

I remember also getting a kick out of awaiting what kind of silly and sometimes nerve racking adventures these kids were going to embark on whether it's revolving around annoying the hell out of NIGEL"NUMBUH ONE" UNO, making fun of KUKI "NUMBUH THREE "SANBAN for her obsession with Rainbow monkeys while avoiding her wrath, jokes about HOAGIE "NUMBUH TWO" GILLIGAN's weight, etc.

Another show that seems to also strike a chord on me from CLASSIC CARTOON NETWORK was ED, EDD, N EDDY

This show is important to me, not just because it's the first Cartoon from CARTOON NETWORK to not be from a HANNA-BARBERA production, but also because it was made in CANADA.

That's right.

I didn't know at the time but it really makes me happy to see that this Cartoon was made in my hometown of VANCOUVER, BC even if the cartoon was intended to be for the AMERICAN Market due to the Network it was airing at.

And yes, I am aware that series creator DANNY ANTONUCCI was originally employed at HANNA-BARBERA but that doesn't count as he left the company in the mid-80s due to dissatisfaction at that time period.

DEXTER'S LABORATORY is another show I watched that I somehow enjoyed even if it was a bit older due to it's 1996 premiere

and from what I can tell back in the day, the episodes showing were mostly reruns due to the later CHRIS SAVINO Seasons not being as well received as the earlier episodes from GENNDY TARTAKOVSKY's tenure.

GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY AND MANDY is another show that I watched and enjoyed.

Compared to some other shows, this one is pretty interesting and the premise is pretty funny too.

It's about a GRIM REAPER who somehow becomes a PERMANENT Servant to the duo after he lost a LIMBO match against the two.

FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS...... ok so to be honest, that somehow didn't half strike a chord with me despite liking the Whimsical Theme.

The premise is about a boy named MAC who refuses to end his friendship with his imaginary friend BLU so he sends BLU over to an orphanage for Imaginary friends who's owner's have outgrown them and it's MAC's duty to visit BLU so he's committed to remaining friends forever to BLU.

Somehow, I didn't really pay attention to this show when it made it's debut in 2004, probably because I was preparing for 1st Grade.....

I guess I was more into Teenage Super Heroes, American Kids drawn by a Canadian Vancouverite, International kids fighting for their childhood, or even a Grim Reaper having to put up with two kids who he has to serve forever than I was about a boy visiting forgotten imaginary friends...

I guess I'll dedicate most of my Spring break of 2026 so I can finally give FOSTER'S the respect that 6 year old me couldn't give back in 2004.

Anyway, those were the shows I watched the most on GREGORIA's Satellite plan.

When I started LATCH KEY around the Summer of 2005, those days of me watching CARTOON NETWORK on Satellite were brought to an end because my family wasn't very wealthy and my mother controlled my viewing habits and only let me watch BASIC CABLE and with that, I was stuck with only Local Canadian Television and whatever shows them Networks could license so If I wanted to Watch SpongeBob or AVATAR, I had to tune to YTV or if I want to watch Futurama, I had to tune to TELETOON during the evening hours.

DAMMIT. 

I WISHED MY PARENTS NEVER SEPERATED or at least I WISHED MY FATHER TOOK CUSTODY OF ME BECAUSE I would have loved to have my own CABLE or SATELLITE Plan so I can watch all those AMERICAN Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network feeds

Although I would have preferred a TELUS Cable/Satellite Plan instead of ones from SHAW or BELL.

Nowadays, I got DVD, Blu-Ray, 4K STREAMING, and the Internet Archive for my viewing needs if I want to watch those Classic Cartoon Network Shows.

So, share me your memories of Classic Cartoon Network.

I would love to hear your side of the story and how it compares to my own upbringing and what alternate history for your childhood you would like.

Happy 30th Anniversary JUMBO PICUTURES MOVING IN WITH THE MOUSE+Paramount finally buys Warner Bros.

On this day.......

ok ok.

So today is a regular year as it's the 28th of February as of this writing.

But in 1996, it was a leap year as evident as being the the year when Bill Clinton defeated Bob Dole and was re-elected as 42nd President of the United States.

On FEBRUARY 29 1996, 

JUMBO PICTURES was fully acquired by WALT DISNEY COMPANY....

For better or worse..... depending on the circumstances....

Using this 1993 screengrab of Mr. Shellacky the guidance councilor because....

EVERY KID DREADS THIS MAN!!!!

Regardless if he's in Bluffington Elementary or Beebe Bluff Junior High.....

How did this happen?

Like I said in many earlier posts, it was all VIACOM's fault!

If they hadn't frozen the budget for JUMBO back in 1994, then they wouldn't have lost the respect from JIM JINKINS, DAVID CAMPBELL, JOE AARON, etc.

JIM JINKINS fighting with SUMNER REDSTONE over the decision to 

Freeze JUMBO's budget back in 1994.

All while DOUG watches from the sidelines.

But VIACOM danced with REPTAR, tripped, and chose to freeze the budget for DOUG all while keeping REN & STIMPY on the air up until late 1995.

REPTAR can pissed off at VIACOM for what they did for all I care...

But I'm sure MICKEY MOUSE was thrilled.....

If only Mickey didn't crack JUMBO's egg and replaced it with a LAUGHING SLICE OF PIZZA after a falling out with both DIC & NICK BACKAY.

"I never had a fight with either DISNEY OR VIACOM...

But I'm still wary about what SKYDANCE is doing with WARNER BROS....."

Man, I really feel bad for REPTAR when he found out about VIACOM freezing JUMBO's budget as well as RUGRATS being put on hiatus from 1994 to 1997.

Here's his reaction to VIACOM's Difficult Decision on the budget circa February 1994:

That's a lovely way to RAGE against your parent company ain't it Reptar.

Now do that again but this time against DAVID ELLISON and his SKYDANCE Company.

Doubly so since I heard recently that NETFLIX had just backed away from a counter deal to acquire WARNER BROS.... so therefore, the RED "N" has conceded defeat.

And Netflix's counter deal deal definitely wasn't a jillion dollars 

unlike what this FUTURAMA screengrab insinuates. 

Who knows what the future will hold for use but I guess PARAMOUNT owning WB has now happened..... 

Wasn't expecting that but hey, DISNEY also owns FOX so what are we gonna do?

.....

I can hear JOSH D'AMARO saying to David Ellison "THAT MAKES TWO OF US!"

Writing from Reality 06-Childhood/Adulthood memories make good story ideas: Part 02

I'm back with the first WRITING FROM REALITY post for 2026.

And thank you all for supporting my Blogposts as of recently. I was surprised with how popular my previous WRITING FROM REALITY Post had become. 

22 Views shortly after uploading? That's quite a feet.

(That number will change soon.)

Anyway

So sit back, Grab yourself a bag of LAYS or DORITOS,

(Compliment it with a can of PEPSI MADE WITH REAL SUGAR)

And read along

Vincent Waller & the Rubber Salesman with a Bible on their hand:

The classic episode RUBBER NIPPLE SALESMEN from 1992 has a very interesting history related to a writer/animator's childhood.

While the episode is about REN & STIMPY selling Rubber Nipples to people in DECENTVILLE, USA, 

often with the two dealing with unscrupulous people that are either wacko like the FIRE CHIEF

"Sorry. I thought you were CIRCUS MIDGETS!"

paranoid like MR. HORSE here,

No sir. Mr. Horse doesn't like this blogpost.

or just plain suspicious....

Like Mr. Pipe looking down at REN & STIMPY here.

The episode was actually based on a similar incident to SpongeBob writer/technical director VINCENT WALLER's childhood where he actually had to accompany his mother not for safety reasons but because he had to work with his mother as  JEHOVA'S WITNESSES

I don't see JEHOVAH's WITNESSES coming door to door around my neighborhood.... or maybe it's because I live in CANADA and while we do have JEHOVAH's in CANADA, they aren't are frequent due to privacy concerns so I guess they're more common in the USA's BIBLE BELT region.

But we do have something similar. I sometimes see evangelists outside some Skytrain Entrances whenever I do my shopping at Metrotown Mall or Pacific Centre at Downtown Vancouver.

Anyway, the door-to-door sales pitch of the rubber nipples in the episode are based on WALLER witnessing his mother having to knock on doors of people that might by bizarre or unpleasant.

Or as he describes in his childhood as 

"You never know who's gonna open that door."

Digital Circus's Connection to a well known restaurant:

The episode FAST FOOD MASQUERADE is actually based on a real life experience with series creator GOOSEWORX having actually worked at an actual MCDONALDS at one point.

Go watch the episode on your spare time. 

Trust me and you'll understand the pain most people went through working at Fast Food joints with sporadic wages and the like.

GHIBLI & Aircrafts:

Have you ever wondered why there are so many old school aircrafts in STUDIO GHIBLI movies?

It's because HAYAO MIYAZAKI is heavily enthralled by old airplanes that were often used during IMPERIAL JAPAN's war periods.

Makes sense since he actually had to work at his Parent's Airplane Factory during both WWII and after the end of the war/Recovery period.

Maybe that's why when you see planes in many GHIBLI movies, they're all of the older Pre-1940s style of planes with propellers & weaker engines compared to today's jet turbines.

And even if they're of the Military style planes with much more powerful engines, Miyazaki still prefers the older style of Military Planes, especially those used WWII.

Two movies that I can think of that use Planes as a heavy emphasis are

PORCO ROSSO(1992)

&

THE WIND RISES(2013)

That last one, THE WIND RISES, I remember back in 9th Grade reading up about the hype for the film and how it was at one point going to be the very last film directed by HAYAO MIYAZAKI but he later rescinded those remarks which I think is a good thing since he later would do 2023's THE BOY AND THE HERON.

I'm ARMIN ARLETT & this is SHOPPING CART MAYHEM:

ATTACK ON TITAN's ARMIN ARLETT's scream has connections to MTV's JACKASS.

ON the DUB side of things.

JESSE JAMES GRELLE(Formerly known as JOSH GRELLE) based ARMIN's scream from one episode on an incident involving shopping carts and teen hood.

The story goes that GRELLE dared their friends to push them downhill on a shopping cart in HOUSTON, TEXAS.

Their friends accept the dare, pushed the shopping cart, and GRELLE let out a real gut-wrenching SCREAM.

Years later, They used that memory of the incident to provide the scream for ARMIN as he watched his friend EREN get devoured.

However, FUNIMATION ended up using the second take which had ARMIN still screaming but it sounded like GRELLE had it under control.

I would have preferred if the ADR Director instead used the first take which had a more GUT-WRENCHING scream and that's the scream GRELLE used during a 2014 convention panel when taking about the show.

Try comparing that to when Viggo Mortenson stubbed his toe and that scream he uttered was the one they used in the LORD OF THE RINGS movies. 

-I'll update this part of the post with photos when the time permits.-

Don't dynamite them whales or else.

On November 1970, Some people in Florence, Oregon decided to use dynamite to get rid of a stinky Whale Carcass that washed up on a beach.

The result was quite a mess.

In what was susposed to be a clean disposal of a dead whale carcass via using dynamite and TNTs, resulted in a much more messier disposal that's even more messy than if the Whale had naturally exploded due to gas buildup. 

About 40 years later in April 25 2010, THE SIMPSONS aired the Season 21 episode THE SQUIRT AND THE WHALE which features LISA SIMPSON trying to save a beached whale named BLUELLA. She efforts fail much to her sadness.

Naturally, SPRINGFIELD, ANY STATE decides to dispose of Bluella by following the same example used by the city of Florence.

But rather than dispose of the whale just for getting rid of the smell sakes, Springfield's disposal was to honor the memory of Bluella the beached whale.

Naturally, the results are as disastrous as the 1970 explosion.

Someone on Reddit made a meme about Disposal Backfire and here it is:

HA!!! Hilarious. 

But also a good cautionary tale on Whale Carcass Disposal.

I may follow this up with a part 06 in the future once i find more references.

DOUG Movie/TV Shoutouts 04

For the year 2026, you know what that means?

Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of DOUG's premiere on Nickelodeon 

(& 30 years since the show's Disney Debut)

I've decided to do my DOUG Movie Shout Outs once again.

For now.....(Barring a minor format change from my previous posts)

And expect more DOUG posts for 2026 because DUAL-ANNIVERSARIES.

Skeeter's picked up some Acting tips from Winslow:

I already mentioned this on my previous WRITING FROM REALITY Blogpost but for those who need a refresher, here it is:

SKEETER is well known in both NICKELODEON & DISNEY for making Honking Noises as well as being a good MOUTH SOUND FOLEY ARTIST.

But there's more to that than what meets the eye.

Skeeter(As well as his voice actor FRED NEWMAN) may have watched the POLICE ACADEMY movies in the 1980s so they both got inspired by LARVELL JONES from said movies.

Portrayed by MICHAEL WINSLOW, Larvell Jones is known in the films for making mouth sounds as that's a bit part of his personality.

Lets hope both the character & his voice actor watch SPACEBALLS 2 in 2027 because WINSLOW will definitely return as our famous radar technician.

MTV's Shoutout during an early era:

For you NICK SERIES ELITISTS, here's a treat:

DOWNTOWN JULIE BROWN, former VJ of MTV's past, has been referenced a few times on DOUG during the NICKELODEON ERA.

Here she is interviewing CHAP LIPMAN on the origins of the Drummer's upbringing

I mean, you can't have a Nicktoon without referencing your parent affiliate which would be the Music Television Channel.

And yes, if you've seen the NICKELODEON HAYSTACK LOGO on these earlier episodes, you'll see that MTV managed the Nick Version.

If VIACOM didn't freeze the budget in 1994 and DOUG stayed with NICKELODEON, even if there had to be a change from HANHO HEUNG-UP to PLUS ONE ANIMATION,

I would have loved to see a DOUG/BEAVIS & BUTTHEAD Crossover.

Heh Heh..... BEAVIS making quips at DOUG..... HEH HEH!!!

.....*Sigh*

A fan can dream an alternate reality....

But instead, DOUG moved from MTV to BUENA VISTA 

so....

The only MIKE JUDGE programme that DOUG's likely to have a crossover now is with KING OF THE HILL.

Lets hope that when HULU finally revives DOUG, they'd better make a DOUG/KING OF THE HILL Crossover....

Though it would be limited to a cold opening like the one from Family Guy's BIGFAT episode.

"Hey Lois, what's that Fat Man doing in our bed?"

Roger's got a HEAVY METAL lineage:

Whether you like BILLY WEST or CHRIS PHILLIPS performance as ROGER KLOTZ, you'll be surprised to find out that both versions of ROGER's voice is very dissimilar to THRASH singer DAVE MUSTAINE of MEGADETH fame.

Though I have a hunch that Mustaine's actual voice has a much lower Octave than even Chris Phillips' own performance of ROGER KLOTZ.

Maybe that's where JIM got the idea for ROGER to have a short-lived Rock Band called THE ULCERS in the 1991 episode DOUG'S NO DUMMY.

Too bad ROGER'S band was met with negative press from the School Board.

That and there probably were disagreements with his 3 friends, WILLIE, NED, & BOOMER.

The Mad Doctor's love for a certain game show on NBC:

Again from the Nick era, in one of the Quailman episodes, Dr. Klotzenstein happens to be a fan of a certain gameshow that's been running since 1975 and still ongoing.

Specifically WHEEL OF FORTUNE.

But instead of betting money using your brain,

Dr. Klotzenstein's game show is.....

And it's here where you're strapped to a wheel and spun around really fast.

Just one question:

WHERE'S PAT SAJAK & VANNA WHITE in this episode?

And has EDWINA KLOTZ been gambling her HAIR SALON salary in CULVER CITY?

Who knew DOUG & CHALKY both watched a bad game show:

Again, another reference during the Nickelodeon era.

In this scene, LAMAR unfairly compares DOUG's Permanent Record to CHALKY's.

In one scene, DOUG is in a Spelling Bee and he unintentionally misspells the word...

BALOGNA

Only, he misspells it because he didn't know better or because he had stage fright.

Then the scene cuts to CHALKY who correctly spells the long word...

"ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARINISM."

For those who are unaware, this is actually a reference to a somewhat bad GAME SHOW called

Rigging aside, the reference to this old show is based on the time when 

12 year old GLORIA LOCKERMAN spelled CHALKY's exact word correctly on the show.

Say what you will about the infamous rigging of the QUESTION but as far as I know, GLORIA never received any BEHIND THE SCENES coaching. 

Her perfect spelling of a long word happened to be PURE RAW NATURAL TALENT.

I wonder if she actually won the money or flat-out declined the winning?

Even in Adulthood, DOUG still is bothered by all of this to a point that he'd love to expose CHALKY as a sneaky rat.

"Just don't tell that to my brother CLIFFORD STUDEBAKER!!!

It will really hurt his soul if he found out!"

Lamar Bone's a fan of ANDY GRIFITH:

Have you noticed the similar vocal cadence with Vice Principal LAMAR BONE throughout both the Nick and Disney versions of DOUG?

That's right. As I've said before, LAMAR BONE's voice as provided by DOUG PRIES is a vocal parody of the late actor JESSE DONALD "DON" KNOTTS.

Unlike SETH MACFARLANE's own take on DON KNOTTS which he based on APPLE DUMPLING GANG which sounds much more whinier,

JIM JINKIN prefers his DON KNOTTS as the strict disciplinarian that his character BARNEY FIFE is usually portrayed as.

And that's what LAMAR BONE is, 

He's essentially BARNEY FIFE, just with an OOMPAA LOOMPA Orange Skin tone and a job position that he's only second bananas with compared to the unseen PRINCIPAL BUTSAVICH or former Bluffington Mayor PRINCIPAL BOB WHITE.

"I may be second bananas....

BUT I'M A FAR MORE COMPETENT HIGHER UP COMPARED TO THE 

PRINCIPALS I'VE SERVED UNDER!!!!"

And despite his interests in YODELING & ANDY GRIFFITH, 

LAMAR BONE is no joke.

He'll hunt you down and put you in extended detention without pulling a muscle.

And he doesn't give a shit about ROGER being rich either.

To him, Roger being Rich means nothing as it only proves the delinquent-wannabe that he sees ROGER in.

"Just because a Land-Owner and Purple Blowhard made you rich

doesn't mean you have Diplomatic Immunity against me Mr. Klotz!!!"

And like I said, unlike SETH MACFARLANE's own take on DON KNOTTS, LAMAR BONE's voice as supplied by DOUG PRIES is as closest you can get to the real DON KNOTTS in terms of Vocal Cadence.

Two Comic References in the entire series+ an Extra:

You can't have an animated Sitcom without having a superhero character for your main character to be a fan of.

Introduced in 1993, MAN-O-STEEL man is DOUG's favorite established superhero that he likes even though the Superhero rarely makes an appearance in the cartoon.

So it's mostly a COMIC BOOK or POSTER in which the Hero makes his appearance

MAN-O-STEEL MAN also serves a DOUBLE WAMMY too.

The character's name is inspired by the DC Comics superhero SUPERMAN

However, in the ensuing years, ok ok... During the late Disney era,

It was eventually revealed in the episode JUDY'S BIG ADMISSION that the character of MAN-O-STEEL man was created by VOLE UNIVERSITY Alumni STANLEY STEEL

So this is why I made the DOUBLE WHAMMY Claim.

Because Superman is a DC Comics character but the Character of STANLEY STEEL is a reference to the late STAN LEE of MARVEL COMICS which is DC COMICS biggest rival.

And to DOUG's amusement since he's been a Disney character since February 1996, DISNEY would eventually acquire MARVEL in December 31 2009.

And no, Even if the Revival of DOUG on HULU eventually happens, there will be no references to THE IRON GIANT as DOUG is property of DISNEY while both SUPERMAN and THE IRON GIANT are property of WARNER BROS.

And I don't think DOUG will like the idea of a Clark Kent who's portrayed like an angsty Pacifist.

"Just because I'm not like my BRUCE TIMM counterpart, 

doesn't mean the man in the Sweater vest has to judge me!"

Porkchop does a dance that doesn't get him punched in the stomach:

In several previous posts, I mentioned that DOUG has inspirations going as far back as the very beginning of THE PEANUTS Comic strip back in 1950.

Considering that PORKCHOP is indeed very similar to SNOOPY in personality,

(Without a bird friend or WWII fantasies that is)

It was a given that in early 1997, the BULL TERRIER himself would do a dance for DOUG based on his puppyhood inspiration SNOOPY.

And yes, PORKCHOP does not get punched in the gut for doing the dance....

Unlike what happened to BRIAN GRIFFIN in 2008.

Why am I saying this? 

Because DOUG would never punch his best friend in the stomach.

Not only because that's animal abuse but also because DOUG demonstrates that is his punches are way too hard on other people and BUD DINK learnt that the hard way back in 1993.

Too bad DOUG and PORKCHOP were not shortlisted for appearing in the TARGET promotion for the PEANUTS MOVIE in 2015.

Instead, they were replaced by STEWIE & BRIAN for the promo.

and one for good measure since I'm such a Computer Geek:

DOUG loves IBM PC Compatibles:

I've seen several episodes of DOUG, both Nickelodeon & Disney, where there's the sound of a POST Beep from an IBM PS/2 system that's an actual sound and not FRED NEWMAN's vocalization.

The most prominent is this bit where DOUG: OH BABY where MR. DINK's alarm system is alerted to nobody being at the front door.

Where did MR. DINK get IBM's Intel 8243 Programmable Interval Timer Chip & 8ohm Cone Speaker just to create his VERY EXPENSIVE Alarm System?

ARMONK, NEW YORK?

And yes, the SLEECH Brothers from DOUG also fiercely believe in CUSTOM BUILDS for your own PC.

...... Is their PC an AMD Build?

Also fascinating that it's one of the few sound effects that are based on actual sounds instead of FRED NEWMAN making a vocalized imitation of the sound.

Sorry I've got no images... yet. I must have left the Sleech Brother's computer images in my WD Easystore HDD once again.

Raiders of the lost......CANYON:

Introduced in the 3rd Season of Nickelodeon's Doug, RACE CANYON was another Alter-Ego for our Sweater vested friend here.

HEY!!! THAT'S DURANGO DOUG!!!! THAT'S THE WRONG ONE!!!!

Someone get me the real INDIANA DOUG!!!!....er... ummmm......

RACE CANYON!!!.... please....

Here he is. Thank you.

He's portrayed as a ruggedly handsome fellow who uses his wits, just like QUAILMAN but without the superpowers that is. Just a whip or similar tool to use.

And sometimes, He can join up with the man who he's trying to emulate.

Just like with SMASH ADAMS, who's a parody of JAMES BOND,

RACE CANYON is a parody of INDIANA JONES, which was actually fitting considering that at the time, the character and Franchise were property of PARAMOUNT PICTURES.....

Of course, this was before VIACOM's infamous acquisition of PARAMOUNT that led to the company losing DOUG to Disney later in late February 1996.

And years later before DISNEY bought LUCASFILM in late 2012.

Speaking about that, by the time of DISNEY's DOUG from 1996 to 1999, Race Canyon made just one appearance but with a different Character as his sidekick and a different voice.

Here he's instead with FENTRUCK STIMMEL as his sidekick during the latter's PERMANENT RESIDENCY crisis of 1999.

I'm guessing RACE CANYON wants no association with a kid who'd later become a Corrupt Liberty City Cop in 2008.

Man, I've got to CAN-IT with them GTA IV jokes.

Just like with DOUG, INDIANA JONES would later become Disney Property but unlike with DOUG which was a result of JIM JINKINS disapproving of VIACOM freezing the budgets,

INDY's new home with DISNEY is a result of the sale of LUCASFILM back in 2012 because GEORGE got sick of all them ANTI-PREQUEL sentiments he was being fed at the time.

However, just like with NICKELODEON's version of DOUG which SKYDANCE still retains the first 52 episode as per the agreement with Disney in early 1996,

SKYDANCE retains the rights to the Past INDY adventures prior to 2012.

Yes, that includes the INFAMOUS CRYSTAL SKULL.

Enough said.

Yes, I have to say SKYDANCE because of the 2025 acquisition of PARAMOUNT by SKYDANCE.

On a sidenote as I was typing this, I've heard that in JANUARY 15 2026, KATHLEEN KENNEDY stepped down as PRESIDENT of LUCASFILM LTD. and handed over duties to both DAVE FELONI and LYNWEN BRENNAN.