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The New Zealand band mentioned in the article got their name from a particularly strong batch of Fat Freddy's Cat themed LSD blotter. Rico nz ( talk) 09:07, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
Various anons, possibly the same person, I'm not sure, keep adding that Fat Freddy's Cat is also known as "Fatfreddyscat" or "Fat Freddy Scat". To my knowledge this is not the case; I have some vague recollection that the phrase is used as a pun in one of the Fat Freddy's Cat strips but that it was never intended to be the cat's name. Anyone know for sure so that I can revert with confidence (or not, as the case may be)? If you are (one of) the user(s) that keeps adding this fatfreddyscat thing, could you point me in the direction of the source of your info (i.e. Freak Brothers comic number & page). Thanks -- Lancevortex 16:20, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am the person who made that change (and re-added it after you removed it). If you look at the inside cover of Issue #2, about half way down, you'll see FFC say "I'm Fat Freddy Scat" in a little rhyme. F. Fredrick Skitty seems to be a variation on Fat Freddy Scat (or perhaps the other way around). -- Papadisc 9:51, 16 Dec 2005 (UTC-5)
That is just word play, it's absurd to claim that is his real name. James Fryer 14:39, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree. Rick Norwood 19:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I haven't looked at this discussion in a while, but I'd say that unless you have confirmation from Mr. Shelton that it was "just word play", then the example I provided is, afaik, the only place where he says he has a name. I also don't believe that any of the strips ever state that he doesn't have a name, despite the fact that he's almost universally known as "Fat Freddy's Cat." I submit that if you own a cat, you probably don't have a clue what his (or her) name is. You might know what you call him/her but you don't know what the cat calls him/her-self. Papadisc ( talk) 23:58, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
The "Dealer McDope" listed as a regular character is actually an allusion to the character of that name created by Dave Sheridan (b. 1942, d. 1982) for the Rip Off Press title Mother's Oats Comix. IslandGyrl 14:12, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
it has been said that inspiration for the characters in Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers were people associated with Texas rock bands of the sixties. i do not know if this is true.
Freewheelin' Franklin: Gary Scanlan {Sir Doug's road manager} Phineas Phreak: Spencer Perskin of Shiva's Headband Fat Freddy: Fat Charlie Pritchard of the Conqueroo
http://garagepunk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=89420&sid=9d7cfbd7aedd455a137167ab405127f0
The Freak Brothers are not hippies. They do not resemble hippies. They are Freaks, dropouts, oddballs, outcasts, losers, heads, whatever but not one of them is a hippy. Where are their hippy credentials? Hippies are not the only ppl who smoke pot.
Thanx.
Perhaps some mention should be made of the original appearance of these strips? They first came out in magazines such as High Times in the late 1960s, and only later were they compiled into the R.O.P. anthologies mentioned here. Some previously published strips have not appeared in these anthologies.
In one of the comics, a reporter asks Phineas about his political aspirations (the strip in which he communes with nature and sets fire to his clothes and the forest) and refers to him as "Mr. Freek". This is a continuity drop.
Phineas's last name is Phreak - Phineas T. Freakears was a false name he used whilst running for sherriff in "Grass Roots"
I first saw this expression in The Freak Bros Comics in 1975 approx. Ernest —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.221.79 ( talk) 15:48, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
The title should be moved to The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers since the article The is officially included in the original covers... Kintaro ( talk) 08:37, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
"Shelton's striving for accuracy and attention to detail have earned him comparisons with Hergé."
Is there a source for this comparison? I can't see in any way how this artist's style is any similar to Herge's ligne claire, but it seems to be a bit comparable with Andre Franquin. Maybe someone mixed that up? -- 188.193.35.96 ( talk) 21:45, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
This is an unsupportable opinion. Underground comics tend to have a *higher* standard of artwork than mainstream comics. Just match up Shelton, Crumb, Mavrides, Jaxon, Crumb, Rick Griffin, Justin Green, Art Spiegelman, artists on Fantagraphics and Drawn and Quarterly, and so on, to newspaper comics and superhero comics. Newspaper comics in particular have steadily declined in quality of artwork. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.177.117 ( talk) 23:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
This is pure opinion. Every part of it is debateable at best. Slapstick humor is used but not central to the comics. How good the slapstick is merely the opinion of the writer of that phrase. The claim that the slapstick humor in the FFFB is reminiscent of silent comedies is also just unsupportable opinion. 66.25.177.117 ( talk) 00:01, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
I have a comic book that is not listed in the page: Fat Freddy's Comics & Stories No.1 (Collector's Item), Pub. Knockabout, UK, 1983, ISBN 086166 011 0. Not for sale in USA or Canada, so I don't know if editions got published there.
The page Fat Freddy redirects to this article, so I guess the book belongs here. But it does not belong in the mainstream list of titles, so how should it be added? — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 19:54, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
It could be notable that Shelton has said [1] that (no matter if that's a joke right there or not) the origins of the Freak Brothers was when one night, he saw a double feature with the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges and he walked out and thought he could do something like that. He did a 5-minute short film called Texas Hippies March on the Capitol and did a comic to promote the short film. But it turned out that people liked the comic much more, so he kept the characters in the comic and stuck to that, and that was the birth of the Freak Brothers. -- 80.187.109.151 ( talk) 14:07, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
At one point I added to the physical description of Phineas that his nose bears more than a passing resemblance to a [marijuana] joint, but this was subsequently edited out. Surely this is as apparent as, say, the nose on your face? (OK, horrible pun). Does anyone mind if I put it back in? Partnerfrance ( talk) 20:28, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
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I propose that the section about the cartoon be split into a separate page called The Freak Brothers. The content of the section is large and well-sourced enough to make its own page. RockabillyRaccoon ( talk) 21:15, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 12 § Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. until a consensus is reached. Utopes ( talk / cont) 07:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
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merge the content into
The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers. If you find that such action has not been taken promptly, please consider assisting in the merger instead of re-nominating the article for deletion. To discuss the merger, please use this talk page. Do not remove this template after completing the merger. A bot will replace it with {{
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The New Zealand band mentioned in the article got their name from a particularly strong batch of Fat Freddy's Cat themed LSD blotter. Rico nz ( talk) 09:07, 24 November 2021 (UTC)
Various anons, possibly the same person, I'm not sure, keep adding that Fat Freddy's Cat is also known as "Fatfreddyscat" or "Fat Freddy Scat". To my knowledge this is not the case; I have some vague recollection that the phrase is used as a pun in one of the Fat Freddy's Cat strips but that it was never intended to be the cat's name. Anyone know for sure so that I can revert with confidence (or not, as the case may be)? If you are (one of) the user(s) that keeps adding this fatfreddyscat thing, could you point me in the direction of the source of your info (i.e. Freak Brothers comic number & page). Thanks -- Lancevortex 16:20, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
I am the person who made that change (and re-added it after you removed it). If you look at the inside cover of Issue #2, about half way down, you'll see FFC say "I'm Fat Freddy Scat" in a little rhyme. F. Fredrick Skitty seems to be a variation on Fat Freddy Scat (or perhaps the other way around). -- Papadisc 9:51, 16 Dec 2005 (UTC-5)
That is just word play, it's absurd to claim that is his real name. James Fryer 14:39, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I agree. Rick Norwood 19:09, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I haven't looked at this discussion in a while, but I'd say that unless you have confirmation from Mr. Shelton that it was "just word play", then the example I provided is, afaik, the only place where he says he has a name. I also don't believe that any of the strips ever state that he doesn't have a name, despite the fact that he's almost universally known as "Fat Freddy's Cat." I submit that if you own a cat, you probably don't have a clue what his (or her) name is. You might know what you call him/her but you don't know what the cat calls him/her-self. Papadisc ( talk) 23:58, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
The "Dealer McDope" listed as a regular character is actually an allusion to the character of that name created by Dave Sheridan (b. 1942, d. 1982) for the Rip Off Press title Mother's Oats Comix. IslandGyrl 14:12, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
it has been said that inspiration for the characters in Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers were people associated with Texas rock bands of the sixties. i do not know if this is true.
Freewheelin' Franklin: Gary Scanlan {Sir Doug's road manager} Phineas Phreak: Spencer Perskin of Shiva's Headband Fat Freddy: Fat Charlie Pritchard of the Conqueroo
http://garagepunk.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=89420&sid=9d7cfbd7aedd455a137167ab405127f0
The Freak Brothers are not hippies. They do not resemble hippies. They are Freaks, dropouts, oddballs, outcasts, losers, heads, whatever but not one of them is a hippy. Where are their hippy credentials? Hippies are not the only ppl who smoke pot.
Thanx.
Perhaps some mention should be made of the original appearance of these strips? They first came out in magazines such as High Times in the late 1960s, and only later were they compiled into the R.O.P. anthologies mentioned here. Some previously published strips have not appeared in these anthologies.
In one of the comics, a reporter asks Phineas about his political aspirations (the strip in which he communes with nature and sets fire to his clothes and the forest) and refers to him as "Mr. Freek". This is a continuity drop.
Phineas's last name is Phreak - Phineas T. Freakears was a false name he used whilst running for sherriff in "Grass Roots"
I first saw this expression in The Freak Bros Comics in 1975 approx. Ernest —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.245.221.79 ( talk) 15:48, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
The title should be moved to The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers since the article The is officially included in the original covers... Kintaro ( talk) 08:37, 8 July 2011 (UTC)
"Shelton's striving for accuracy and attention to detail have earned him comparisons with Hergé."
Is there a source for this comparison? I can't see in any way how this artist's style is any similar to Herge's ligne claire, but it seems to be a bit comparable with Andre Franquin. Maybe someone mixed that up? -- 188.193.35.96 ( talk) 21:45, 19 December 2011 (UTC)
This is an unsupportable opinion. Underground comics tend to have a *higher* standard of artwork than mainstream comics. Just match up Shelton, Crumb, Mavrides, Jaxon, Crumb, Rick Griffin, Justin Green, Art Spiegelman, artists on Fantagraphics and Drawn and Quarterly, and so on, to newspaper comics and superhero comics. Newspaper comics in particular have steadily declined in quality of artwork. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.177.117 ( talk) 23:56, 24 October 2012 (UTC)
This is pure opinion. Every part of it is debateable at best. Slapstick humor is used but not central to the comics. How good the slapstick is merely the opinion of the writer of that phrase. The claim that the slapstick humor in the FFFB is reminiscent of silent comedies is also just unsupportable opinion. 66.25.177.117 ( talk) 00:01, 25 October 2012 (UTC)
I have a comic book that is not listed in the page: Fat Freddy's Comics & Stories No.1 (Collector's Item), Pub. Knockabout, UK, 1983, ISBN 086166 011 0. Not for sale in USA or Canada, so I don't know if editions got published there.
The page Fat Freddy redirects to this article, so I guess the book belongs here. But it does not belong in the mainstream list of titles, so how should it be added? — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 19:54, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
It could be notable that Shelton has said [1] that (no matter if that's a joke right there or not) the origins of the Freak Brothers was when one night, he saw a double feature with the Marx Brothers and The Three Stooges and he walked out and thought he could do something like that. He did a 5-minute short film called Texas Hippies March on the Capitol and did a comic to promote the short film. But it turned out that people liked the comic much more, so he kept the characters in the comic and stuck to that, and that was the birth of the Freak Brothers. -- 80.187.109.151 ( talk) 14:07, 13 August 2015 (UTC)
At one point I added to the physical description of Phineas that his nose bears more than a passing resemblance to a [marijuana] joint, but this was subsequently edited out. Surely this is as apparent as, say, the nose on your face? (OK, horrible pun). Does anyone mind if I put it back in? Partnerfrance ( talk) 20:28, 13 May 2018 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for speedy deletion:
You can see the reason for deletion at the file description page linked above. — Community Tech bot ( talk) 22:22, 29 June 2020 (UTC)
I propose that the section about the cartoon be split into a separate page called The Freak Brothers. The content of the section is large and well-sourced enough to make its own page. RockabillyRaccoon ( talk) 21:15, 22 February 2023 (UTC)
The redirect Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2024 January 12 § Dope will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no dope. until a consensus is reached. Utopes ( talk / cont) 07:29, 12 January 2024 (UTC)