# Bloom County animated series **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, comic-strips\ **Created:** [February 15, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559 "2022-02-15T21:48:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/1 "2022-02-15T21:48:32Z")
So, it looks like Berke Breathed’s _Bloom County_ is being developed as an animated series on Fox. > **[‘Bloom County’ to Bring Opus, Bill the Cat and the Rest of the Comic Strip to...](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/bloom-county-animated-fox-berkeley-breathed-1235182440/)** > > Ack! Bill the Cat, Opus and the rest of Berkeley Breathed’s “Bloom County” universe are heading to Fox. The comic strip, created and written by Berkeley Breathed, is being develop… ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/2 "2022-02-15T22:03:19Z")
Here’s hoping it will do better than his movie _Mars Needs Moms_. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/3 "2022-02-15T22:12:20Z")
Is this 30 years too late? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/4 "2022-02-15T23:59:43Z")
Will they have Trump’s brain in Bill? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/5 "2022-02-16T00:04:00Z")
Maybe it has been Bill’s Brain in Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/6 "2022-02-16T00:29:06Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > Is this 30 years too late? At least _The Simpsons_ will look fresh by comparison. Now, let’s green light _Krazy Kat_. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/7 "2022-02-16T15:02:58Z")
My favorite along with Opus and Outland. > **[‘Bloom County’ to Bring Opus, Bill the Cat and the Rest of the Comic Strip to...](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bloom-county-bring-opus-bill-183040268.html?src=rss)** > > Ack! Bill the Cat, Opus and the rest of Berkeley Breathed’s “Bloom County” universe are heading to Fox. The comic strip, created and written by Berkeley Breathed, is being develop… ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/8 "2022-02-16T15:04:01Z")
Cool! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/9 "2022-02-16T15:08:04Z")
I don’t know. This is in my Closet of Anxieties. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/10 "2022-02-16T15:12:33Z")
I can see it happening. Have you seen “A Wish For Wings That Work”, the 1991 Christmas special? ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/11 "2022-02-16T15:30:02Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > At least _The Simpsons_ will look fresh by comparison. Now, let’s green light _Krazy Kat_ . I was going to say Pogo, but then I thought, “Yeah, what we really need is a reboot of [The Yellow Kid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Yellow_Kid).” ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/12 "2022-02-16T16:31:34Z")
I loved AWFWTW, but I wonder if it could be sustained as a regular show. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bloom-county-animated-series/959559/13 "2022-02-16T18:36:09Z")
he’s 64 , he started his first strip when he was at UT Austin.