# Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers Stop Motion Animation Movie. This is so cool.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [February 8, 2006, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494 "2006-02-08T03:02:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/21 "2006-02-08T22:21:03Z")
I had some FFFB book when I was a kid, they were left behind when one of my siblings moved away, but I was too young to quite understand what was going on in them. They ended up with one of my sisters.
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### Author:  [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)
#### Post date: [February 8, 2006, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/22 "2006-02-08T22:57:04Z")
If it ever comes to fruition, it could cure me of the malaise I’ve been feeling since watching “Corpse Bride.” [Yeah, we’re all really impressed, Tim, but why did you bother?]
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### Author:  [@octothorpe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/octothorpe)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/23 "2006-02-09T03:07:31Z")
Yeah, that’s definately a feline feeding bowl glimpsed through the leg of the ‘tea’ table; looks like we’ll be able to count on an appearance by **Fat Freddy Scat**!
Can’t wait…
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And always remember: Peed Skills, Keed Spills, Skeed Pills…
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### Author:  [@MackoUr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MackoUr)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/24 "2006-02-09T05:50:18Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#):
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> I had some FFFB book when I was a kid, they were left behind when one of my siblings moved away, but I was too young to quite understand what was going on in them. They ended up with one of my sisters.
My brother got all the Freak Brothers comics, but I did end up with the Fat Freddy’s Cat books.
This looks cool though. If they are faithful to the source it will be really cool.
Now if someone can come up with an Omaha the Cat Dancer movie, I’ll die happy.
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### Author:  [@wheelie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wheelie)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/25 "2006-02-09T06:49:14Z")
Can it be true? Damn, that pic looks good!
Okay, raise your hands, who all wants brownies for the premiere?
I sure hope they don’t fuck this up.
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### Author:  [@Eleusis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleusis)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/26 "2006-02-09T09:02:57Z")
Awesome. A few years back I bought remakes of all the comic books after a friend showed me one.
:raises hand:
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### Author:  [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/27 "2006-02-09T17:53:04Z")
Dayum! I hadn’t thought about the FFFB in _eons_. Now I can’t wait!
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/28 "2006-02-09T17:57:16Z")
I have a question about the technology involved here… Are these computer-generated images, animated together, rather than, say, claymation, or Nightmare before Christmas- level puppetry? If it’s actual physical sets they’re building, dude, that’s some serious attention to detail just in that one set…
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### Author:  [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/29 "2006-02-09T18:12:59Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> I have a question about the technology involved here… Are these computer-generated images, animated together, rather than, say, claymation, or Nightmare before Christmas- level puppetry?
It’s stop-motion so I doubt it’s done by computers.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/30 "2006-02-09T18:29:24Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> If it’s actual physical sets they’re building, dude, that’s some serious attention to detail just in that one set…
You can see an animator in the picture. He’s adjusting the door for a frame of (from the looks of the characters’ positions) closing.
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### Author:  [@Danalan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danalan)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/31 "2006-02-09T18:58:25Z")
> [@Tengu](#):
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> You can see an animator in the picture. He’s adjusting the door for a frame of (from the looks of the characters’ positions) closing.
Actually, it looks like he’s interacting with the characters.
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### Author:  [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/32 "2006-02-09T19:04:44Z")
According to someone on the AICN talkback, the guy peeking through the door is none other than Gilbert Shelton himself. A google image search on Shelton confirms a resemblance.
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### Author:  [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/33 "2006-02-09T19:55:26Z")
> [@MackoUr](#):
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> Now if someone can come up with an Omaha the Cat Dancer movie, I’ll die happy.
Yehyehyehyehyeh! 🙂
What would you prefer – stop-motion, cel animation, CGI, or live action?
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### Author:  [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2006, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/34 "2006-02-10T01:46:19Z")
The cockroach army was a hoot, too.
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### Author:  [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2006, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/35 "2006-02-10T02:29:19Z")
> [@Duke of Rat](#):
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> One of my few momentos from the day, A FFFB tee shirt. It’s been autographed by Buck Dharma at a BOC concert.
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That sounds like one of the coolest t-shirts ever.
This thread has renewed my urge to get an F. Fredrick Skitty tattoo.
Unfortunately since most of my old comic books have long since disappeared, I no longer have the proper source graphic.
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### Author:  [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2006, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/36 "2006-02-10T02:59:20Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#):
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> Unfortunately since most of my old comic books have long since disappeared, I no longer have the proper source graphic.
Collections are available on Amazon.
Post pics once you get the tat!
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/37 "2006-02-10T03:06:46Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#):
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> This thread has renewed my urge to get an F. Fredrick Skitty tattoo.
> Unfortunately since most of my old comic books have long since disappeared, I no longer have the proper source graphic.
Heck, I’ve got a couple of FFFB comics on the bookcase. Want me to scare up an image? 😃
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)
#### Post date: [February 10, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/38 "2006-02-10T07:23:42Z")
> [@Diogenes the Cynic](#):
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> According to someone on the AICN talkback, the guy peeking through the door is none other than Gilbert Shelton himself.
Cool. Knowing that, and looking at the picture again, I wonder if it might be a finished frame from the film, rather than a production or promotional still.
If you’ve seen _The Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb_, you’ll know that Borthwick is good at using human beings as stop-motion models to create a pretty bizarre effect. The physical attitudes of the Freaks in that picture _do_ look like they’re wigging out because a huge guy is trying to force his way into the apartment. The chain is even on the door.
Maybe a bad trip? “Yow! A wrathful creator is after us! Heavy!”
😃
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### Author:  [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2006, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/39 "2006-02-11T00:05:30Z")
> [@silenus](#):
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> Heck, I’ve got a couple of FFFB comics on the bookcase. Want me to scare up an image? 😃
If you can find the title graphic from the F. Fredrick Skitty (if I remeber properly he’s wearing a fedora and sunglasses) I’d be totally interested. I’m serious about the tat, and want to get it before it’s Summer so I don’t have to wear long sleeves in the heat.
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### Author:  [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)
#### Post date: [February 11, 2006, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fabulous-furry-freak-brothers-stop-motion-animation-movie-this-is-so-cool/343494/40 "2006-02-11T04:32:34Z")
That looks fantastic! **Larry** , good call on explaining the animation. I agree 100%. Now, who’s going to do the voices!?
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