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 GOOD MORNIN'! "Let me get this straight. He's my uncle and my grandpa?" "No. He's everyone in the world's uncle and grandpa, and when he comes to visit, it's sure to be a time you'll never forget!" Okay, so what happens when you take the zany art style of MAD Magazine, throw in some old school Looney Tunes slapstick, add a spoonful of heavy metal, and then contaminate the batch with large portions of pure, undiluted weirdness? What you're left with is Uncle Grandpa, a quirky animated short (now a forthcoming Cartoon Network original series) concerning the larger-than-life adventures of an Crazy Awesome Reality Warper who for reasons undisclosed is the uncle and grandfather of everyone in the world.A typical plot would start with Uncle Grandpa piloting his RV like a madman, usually crashing into the homes of disgruntled teenagers. To them Uncle Grandpa is nothing but a bumbling nuisance in rainbow suspenders and a fannypack, but it's only when events start to blow out of proportion (usually the result of his attempts to win them over) that Uncle Grandpa's Let's Get Dangerous side springs into action. Together with the help of a giant flying realistic tiger (don't ask), he and his young companion-of-the-week embroil in an epic battle, and once the day has been saved, our protagonist has gained a great deal of respect for their Uncle Grandpa, only to find that he has already left the scene, ready to spread his magic upon the lives of other unsuspecting folk:"That's your Uncle Grandpa for ya. Drops in, shows you a good time, and then you never see him again. Just like your father." Very much a Love It or Hate It kind of 'toon, Pete Browngardt originally pitched Uncle Grandpa in 2008 for the cancelled animated shorts vehicle Cartoonstitute (the same project which spawned Regular Show). When the finished cartoon was released through the Cartoon Network website, it quickly became a word-of-mouth hit within the animation community, eventually going on to be nominated for a Emmy.The character went through a couple of years of Development Hell, only to reemerge on an episode of the equally bizarre Secret Mountain Fort Awesome (also by Browngardt). When that show was put into hiatus, Browngardt decided to switch gears and focus back on Uncle Grandpa, eventually managed to succeed in getting it greenlit. Even Golden Age Of Animation purist John Kricfalusi seems to getting pumped for the show judging by this sketches .
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