Craig interviewed re: End of Foster's
 

Thought you all might like to see this:

http://www.newsarama.com/tv/040930-AS-FOsters.html

some fun info on the origins of Jakie Khones!!! Never thought it would be revealed!

---Lauren:-*

PS--- in case you haven't seen yet, Craig's selling his Wander Over Yonder stuff at http://craigmccracken.net/

That's all great, thank you so much for sharing Lauren! I was especially interested in who Mac and Bloo symbolize. It's always fun learning the little facts like that about your favorite show. Now we're looking forward to Cartoonstitute. :)

Taking a cue from the end of the article, I know I've said it before, but I'll say it again:

Thank you all, for five wonderful years of one of the greatest cartoons on television.

Awesome, and I'll say this with sincerity, that I will give almost anything to see this happen within my lifetime. (In the distant future after a loooong rest of course. ;) )

I'm looking forward to seeing what the Cartoonstitute offers us. Thanks for five wonderful years and six seasons of fun Craig and the Foster's crew!

Great read. Thank you for posting this! We all appreciate what you've done for the series, and we look forward to watching the final eps. :) I cannot wait to see what Cartoonstitute brings. It sounds like things are going well with that.

That was a really sweet interview.:) I want to echo what everyone else is saying: thank you so much for six awesome seasons of a truly awesome show. It's been...awesome. Awesome awesome awesome. :P

Top marks to all the Foster's crew. I wrote a review of the show at PPGWorld (a site now defunct) and said it was quite different from the Cartoon Network norm, and that some folks would have trouble warming up to it. But I suffixed that by saying "vive le difference!" The inhabitants of Foster's rank right up there in design with the likes of Porky In Wackyland and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery. Kudos for six seasons of pure imaginative fun.

That was a very interesting article, thanks very much for sharing it, Lauren. I'd never previously come across that information about Bloo representing Craig before the death of his father and Mac after, and there was something about that paragraph in particular which really stood out for me. It's kind of hard to explain, but in a way it causes me see the characters in a whole different light - like there's an even greater degree of poigency to their relationship as a result. It seems that imaginary friends are a part of who you are which, for whatever reason, you just can't hold onto.

Jackie Khones' backstory was truly awesome...though of course it does beg the question as to who that lady he was seen chilling with at the start of Good Wilt Hunting was if she wasn't his creator (yeah, I know who she is, but that isn't really the point I'm making). I guess there's nothing to say that other old friends and acquaintences from the outside world couldn't also be part of the reunion.

Wait a minute, I just thought of something involving Jackie Khone's Origin. Craig McCracken himself said that people lose the ability to make imaginary friends by the time they reach adulthood. By Craig's own rules, Jackie Khone's origin is physically impossible.

Yeah but Billy Dee Williams is so incredibly cool that he has the power to transcend any rules of continuity both implied or established.

Gee I thought everyone knew that. ;)

I believe the creation process is largely biological in nature, not a purely mental exercise. As I recall, Lauren has said that the cutoff point is adolescence, so it is logical to assume that the same adolescent hormones that switch on one's ability to reproduce in the traditional manner also switch off the brain's ability to create Imaginary Friends. It is possible that a mutation might arise wherein the cells in the part of the brain responsible for creating Imaginary Friends lack the proper receptors for these hormones, and as such the ability wouldn't be switched off and would be retained into adulthood. There is certainly precedence for things like this, the most notable being the ability to digest milk; normally this ability is lost as one ages but a beneficial mutation allows many people to continue to drink milk all their lives. In the case of Billy Dee Williams, he simply has a mutation of some sort that allows adults to create Imaginary Friends.

Great explanation, Cass, even impressing me, a Science teacher by profession! I guess that while it's normal for most adults to be unable to create IFs, some do retain that ability. As for the woman(whom we assumed was Khaki Jones)seen talking to Jackie in GWH, she could have been some other IF's creator who was simply taken in by Jackie's charms and was talking to him...while he was probably flirting with HER.

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Yeah, just like I said Billy Dee has the "Cool Gene" meaning he's capable of creating IF's well into adult hood. :bloogrin:

Great this whole area of discussion has now got me wondering if BDW was responsible for the creation of other IF's, like for example he could have created Peas to get him ready for his guest stint on "The Jefferson's' where he had to act opposite of actor Sherman Helmsley.* 8D

*(For anyone who doesn't get the joke, Sherman Helmsley is not a very big person...get it get it?)

Thank you Lauren.