Odd Todd is cool
So I'm still getting used to this entire blog thing, but I thought I'd take a moment to share one of one of my favourite internet time-wasters: Odd Todd. Yes, a cartoon recommendation from someone who refuses to subscribe to cable.
Odd Todd is unemployed, lives somewhere in the states, and makes hilariously funny flash cartoons about his adventures trying to find a job, starting an excercise plan, searching for "Boob-panionship"... just the average life of a single guy living in the city.
The style and plotlines are minimalist, almost greeting-card like, making it easy for anyone to relate... Aside from Todd himself, there are a few other regulars in the cartoons that only ever say one phrase or make one sound, making the cartoon very 'hot' in the McLuhan sense (IE more interpretation work on the viewers' part, leading to more involvment with the story).
The humour is of a self-deprecatory, PG-13 nature that's got just the right amount of edge to it to be funny without being offensive to anyone or too lame. I think the reason I find these cartoons so funny is because they're a near autobiographical account of what my life was like in the past. Definitely nothing like my life today though... Definitely.
Comedy Central (yes, the tv channel) actually started buying these cartoons for their website earlier this year - putting Odd Todd right next to heavyhitters Southpark & Drawn Together - so if you won't take my word for it, take theirs!
Enough talky-talky, go check him out.
Adam
Odd Todd is unemployed, lives somewhere in the states, and makes hilariously funny flash cartoons about his adventures trying to find a job, starting an excercise plan, searching for "Boob-panionship"... just the average life of a single guy living in the city.
The style and plotlines are minimalist, almost greeting-card like, making it easy for anyone to relate... Aside from Todd himself, there are a few other regulars in the cartoons that only ever say one phrase or make one sound, making the cartoon very 'hot' in the McLuhan sense (IE more interpretation work on the viewers' part, leading to more involvment with the story).
The humour is of a self-deprecatory, PG-13 nature that's got just the right amount of edge to it to be funny without being offensive to anyone or too lame. I think the reason I find these cartoons so funny is because they're a near autobiographical account of what my life was like in the past. Definitely nothing like my life today though... Definitely.
Comedy Central (yes, the tv channel) actually started buying these cartoons for their website earlier this year - putting Odd Todd right next to heavyhitters Southpark & Drawn Together - so if you won't take my word for it, take theirs!
Enough talky-talky, go check him out.
Adam
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