Help me with a fun, stupid thing to do with Cartoons

Ensign Steve · #1 02-26-2020, 10:29 PM

I found this "Simpsons-adjacent" podcast called Round Springfield, and it's decent enough but that's not the point.

Here's their logo:

springfield.png
(click for slightly bigger)

Obviously I need to identify the origins of all the letters. I have most, but there are a few stragglers and most of those are making me crazy because I really feel like I should know them. They're all supposed to be from other projects that Simpsons people have done, so like Matt Groening, David X. Cohen, Josh Weinstein, etc.

So far I have:

I don't think they necessarily all need to be from cartoons, but I haven't identified any that aren't.

What do you think, :fflove:

? Do the four or so of us that remain have it in us to finish this thing? Go team! :jd:

Ensign Steve · #2 02-26-2020, 10:33 PM

That second I is such a generic typewriter i that it could be from probably a lot of things. For example, The Office would work, but I also feel like there is a cartoon that has a font like that but of course I can't put my finger on it.

BrotherMan · #3 02-27-2020, 04:57 AM

You done identified all the ones that I could have easily identified.

Ymir's blood · #4 02-28-2020, 05:57 PM

O is from Poland

Ensign Steve · #5 02-28-2020, 06:09 PM

Obviously!

slimshady2357 · #6 02-28-2020, 06:49 PM

Spent far longer than I would care to admit on trying to find where that 'U' is from. Seems like it should be one of the easier ones to identify, but I got nothing :shrug:

Ensign Steve · #7 02-28-2020, 06:50 PM

Right? I feel that way about several of them. Like the one with the bird on it. I know I've seen that before. But where?! :whygod:

Since Conan O'Brien is definitely in the mix when it comes to Simpsons creators, I thought based on the city skyline that maybe the U represented one of his non-cartoon talk shows. But neither Tonight Show nor Late Night has a U in the name. Baffling.

slimshady2357 · #8 03-29-2020, 11:24 AM

I've brought this post over to this thread because Isolation Diaries moves too quickly and I still want to get all these. Also maybe people can have another look at ES's and try to finish those as well.

Quote:

Originally Posted by slimshady2357

Ok, stole this from twitter. Try to identify the people below. As a start and because it's so easy #1 is The Simpsons.

So far we are missing:
4.
8.
9.
14.
16.
18.

I think we are right on the rest, but 11. and 17. are 'probably' not certainly for us.

I'll post ours under spoilers after people have had a chance to try themselves.

Here are our answers:

1. The Simpsons
2. Super Mario Bros
3. Batman
4.
5. Dexters Lab
6. Wallace and Grommit
7. Family Guy
8.
9.
10. The Flintstones
11. Deadpool (?)
12. Minions
13. South Park
14.
15. Futurama
16. Danger Mouse
17. Mickey and Minnie Mouse (?)
18.
19. Star Wars
20. Star Trek

slimshady2357 · #9 03-29-2020, 11:27 AM

Wait, I think 4. is Tintin!

Sweet.

ceptimus · #10 03-29-2020, 01:00 PM

#8

Maybe not though - I would have expected some pink for the ears.

slimshady2357 · #11 03-29-2020, 01:04 PM

1. The Simpsons
2. Super Mario Bros
3. Batman
4. Tintin
5. Dexters Lab
6. Wallace and Grommit
7. Family Guy
8. Tom and Jerry
9. Toy Story
10. The Flintstones
11. Deadpool (?)
12. Minions
13. South Park
14. Pinky and the Brain
15. Futurama
16. Danger Mouse
17. Mickey and Minnie Mouse (?)
18. Bugs Bunny
19. Star Wars
20. Star Trek

slimshady2357 · #12 03-29-2020, 01:05 PM

Also, I think 14. is Pinky and the Brain, going to edit last post.

Ymir's blood · #13 03-29-2020, 01:50 PM

Is 9 Toy Story?

slimshady2357 · #14 03-29-2020, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ymir's blood

Is 9 Toy Story?

Yes it is! :five:

Just need 18. now :chin:

Crumb · #15 03-29-2020, 04:09 PM

Possibly Bugs Bunny?

slimshady2357 · #16 03-29-2020, 05:47 PM

You know, it could be Bugs Bunny.

I don't really get the red line, but maybe his mouth, which is nearly always open?

That's the best answer I've heard so far.

ceptimus · #17 03-29-2020, 06:30 PM

I think it works - imagine his ears laying a bit flatter to get the height correct, and the pupils of his eyes a bit larger for the black line.

slimshady2357 · #18 03-29-2020, 06:32 PM

I'm sold

Well done and thanks for the help everyone!

Now... what about the ES's missing ones from the OP?

Ensign Steve · #19 03-31-2020, 04:13 PM

LOL my sarcastic ass was typing a reply in the other thrad that this would be a better place for this. (Yes, I can type with my sarcastic ass, sarcastic ass!). I came in to say I got #9, but I'm too late.

slimshady2357 · #20 03-31-2020, 04:25 PM

I've spent another hour or so looking for that U, but I can't find it. It's like my white whale now. I could find every other missing letter and it would mean nothing. I must have that U :gnash:

ScreenHunter_222 Mar. 31 16.22.jpg

slimshady2357 · #21 03-31-2020, 04:34 PM

I got sort of excited there for a second, when I saw the U blown up, it really looks like the Empire State building on the right side. So I looked up all TV shows set in NY. I found this:
ScreenHunter_223 Mar. 31 16.33.jpg

And I know it's not right, but I was, like, almost excited. For about 1/10 of a second.

Ensign Steve · #22 03-31-2020, 05:01 PM

Okay, let's start (or continue) digging.

List of television shows set in New York City - Wikipedia

ceptimus · #23 04-01-2020, 09:04 PM

Are you still looking for the O,U,N,P,I, and L?

I've attached some crops of those letters from the biggest graphic I could find.

Are we sure the U is of New York? Can someone identify the other buildings besides the tallest one? Maybe it's some other city or an imaginary one?

slimshady2357 · #24 04-01-2020, 09:35 PM

I think it is New York as that slanted roof building looks like the Citicorp Centre.

And I was looking at New York skyline pictures and there is one that looks like the taller one on the left.

That is from a pic saying 'looking east from the Empire State Building'.

slimshady2357 · #25 04-01-2020, 09:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ensign Steve

Okay, let's start (or continue) digging.

List of television shows set in New York City - Wikipedia

This is actually the page I was looking at before. I went through each one that had a 'U' in the name but couldn't find a title card that looked like this 'U'.