How would you improve The Chip Chipperson Show?
1 2016-03-01 by corrsd86
I would say the reviews of Jim's cartoon so far seem a bit mixed. Can it be salvaged? I'm curious to see what you monsters think or if you're capable of actual constructive criticism. Also I love you all.
38 comments
9 whydontUlovemeLyndsi 2016-03-01
Better timing. The animator fucking sucks. He clearly took all of the individual lines and spaced them out way too much so it comes off as an amateur newgrounds show. Characters can move from scene to scene while talking or acting, if you don't suck at it. The way it works right now the jokes come off like they belong on a dirty version of 1960's television, with slow predicatable setup/payoff jokes. That's one tiny part to be improved though, the problems obviously run much deeper.
And DITCH KENNY 100%
I CANNOT STRESS THAT ENOUGH. READ ME LOUD AND CLEAR JIM, HE OFFERS NOTHING THAT ONE OF YOUR COMIC FRIENDS CANNOT. HE READS WORSE THAN OPIE, IT'S OVERLY ABUNDANT FROM HIS POOR PERFORMANCE IN THE CARTOON THAT YOU'RE DOING A FAVOR FOR A SIMPLETON FRIEND, AND PEOPLE DON'T LIKE HIM. PLEASE, FANS OF THE SHOW WILL NEVER LIKE YOUR CARTOON IF KENNY IS ON IT. HIS BAD PERFORMANCE ISN'T FUNNY LIKE KARL PILKINGTON IS. THATS BECAUSE KENNY ISN'T CONTRASTED ON YOUR SHOW WITH ACTUAL FUNNY, LIKE KARL IS ON RICKY'S SHOWS. IT SUCKS RIGHT NOW, I'M SORRY, AND KENNY JUST MAKES IT LOOK EVEN WORSE. YOU CAN INTRODUCE BAD TALENT ONCE YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL SHOW, BUT YOU'RE LEANING TOO HEAVILY ON ABSOLUTELY UNTALENTED NOBODIES RIGHT NOW.
Oops, caps.
2 cakehornnigga 2016-03-01
Honestly, I didn't mind Kenny at all. I think you nailed it with the pacing, it just seems way off. Also, his ex-gf telling hacky small penis jokes is the worst. You know who would have been perfect for this? Sam Primetime Roberts. He knows how to play off Chip, and he has a unique (annoying) voice. I don't mind crude animation, as long as there is funny content behind it. He needs a writer, someone he trusts and understand Chips gimmick.
2 takyon_deathyon 2016-03-01
karl pilkington is like a billion times funnier than kenny, even without ricky or stephen around
1 I_Hate_Knickers 2016-03-01
Stop with the double talk and tell us how you really feel!
2 whydontUlovemeLyndsi 2016-03-01
Oh Knicks, you're such a card.
-1 biobotX1 2016-03-01
Oops, downvote
6 SGFTI 2016-03-01
Make it funny.
2 I_Hate_Knickers 2016-03-01
Something possible please.
0 SGFTI 2016-03-01
I know you're just going for a silly witty comment, but it is totally possible. Jim is a funny guy, Chippah is HALARIOUS, this shit just doesn't work.
I mean even us, the fans, the people who get the endless inside references, we're not finding it funny. To the outside world it must look like complete and utter gahbage.
With a coherent storyline, character development, decent situations for Chip to hilariously ruin...it could be funny, and not just to us.
Also Kenny needs to be a bit part at most, not a co-star.
0 I_Hate_Knickers 2016-03-01
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2 SGFTI 2016-03-01
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Bobo edition.
-1 I_Hate_Knickers 2016-03-01
Clearly you haven't ever seen it my lad.
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-1 TheFatMosque 2016-03-01
but that hardly resembles a penis anymore
0 I_Hate_Knickers 2016-03-01
Sometimes I think that we're the only ones who get the jokes Mr Mosque.
1 SGFTI 2016-03-01
Wait, there's jokes somewhere around here?
0 I_Hate_Knickers 2016-03-01
Yeah but none as big as the one in the mirror you see every God Damn day!
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1 [deleted] 2016-03-01
its fawkin hilarious!
5 SpudsBuckleyJr 2016-03-01
The whole idea is shit. He's appealing to such a niche audience, well trying to appeal to one anyway. There's no way it would have any success outside of this fan base even if it didn't suck.
1 SGFTI 2016-03-01
Maybe with some character development or ya know...other basic writing things.
4 defacticity 2016-03-01
There needs to be a “straight-man” character and a stable setting to keep the more whacky characters grounded. For example, Chip works at some worn down amusement park or something, with a bunch of other misfits. Uncle Paul, a defamed former school teacher could work at the ticket counter in the arcade, Chip could have some menial job like re-stocking concessions. Kenny (if he has to be in this) could be a security guard. Regular Joe could be a mechanic in the park. Edgar could be a manager or owner of the park. Ted could be a recurring character, an industrious entrepreneur who happens to own any business that the other characters enter throughout the course of an episode. The Jen character could be the “straight-woman” character that, maybe, knew Chip through a family friend and feels obligated to stick up for him, works at one of the stands and has to put up with all these strange characters. For story lines, they could revolve around Chip being an ass, a douche chill-inducer and a pathological liar in more realistic settings, the humor coming from the way that ordinary people interact with him. Ex: Chip claims that he’s friends with a famous musician and can get Jen into a show for free, brings her to the show, lies to everyone in increasingly awkward and cringe-worthy situations. The other characters could have little moments throughout or their own story lines depending on the episodes. The gross-out humour, sight gags, and bad lines from chip could be integrated more naturally in the context of a more fleshed out narrative.
1 DudeMyPubesAreGone 2016-03-01
But "civilians don't know chip" fucking little penis looking worm
3 TheSweetSniff 2016-03-01
Chip is about a guy being around a bunch of funny people telling good jokes who doesn't get it and buts in with unintentionally hilarious nonsense. It's about Opie. Except that they insult him afterwards. So it won't work without other comics riffing for Chip to bounce off of.
3 [deleted] 2016-03-01
Lol mixed the reviews aren't mixed it's pretty much 100 % suck
The only way to improve it is with fire
2 CStel 2016-03-01
Yeah the reviews are mixed like a bowl of shit and piss
2 silks322 2016-03-01
Gasoline and a match
2 AntsCamera 2016-03-01
Erasing all copies of it.
1 Sternacthegreat 2016-03-01
Trash current format. Develop longer, more coherent stories. Also quit relying on old show fans, in jokes, and cheap one liners to push the show forward and get laughs.
1 GWARscientist 2016-03-01
Fire those responsible for production , design , & writing .
Hire competent professional artists & stop outsourcing to friends & fans.
1 Snake_____86 2016-03-01
Get it to fail like every other Norton venture. But I think it's already done that.
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1 [deleted] 2016-03-01
that would be fawkin hilarious!
1 StripedTiger711 2016-03-01
There needs to be a cohesive story structure, not one non sequitur after another.
Also, you need more serious characters for the whacky ones to play of, otherwise it just comes off as really bland.
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1 OkaySeriouslyBro 2016-03-01
Chip Chipperson is not a strong leading character. In a show where everyone is ridiculous (Chip, Uncle Paul, Edgar, etc), the leading character needs to be somewhat normal.
So the lead character needs to be regular old Jim, with the supporting cast being all the wacky characters as manifestations of aspects of his personality or something.
The character Jim doesn't need to be a goody-goody or anything, but like a Peter Griffin or Homer Simpson where deep down, they're a good person who we sympathize with. However, their character traits lead them into ridiculous stories and circumstances, because Chip is funniest when regular people cringe at his shitty material. Ant was the king of responding to Chip, but just having a Michael Bluth character would at least give the series a chance of succeeding.
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1 FootThingOnHisFoot 2016-03-01
Spend some time on it.
Jim's priority is sitting in with Tit and laughing at the queer for cash.
This shitty cartoon and his shitty standup are sidelines.
1 sanfrancisco69er 2016-03-01
Find cheaper/better animators(should be easy) and use the money to hire someone with a reputable history in tv. perhaps someone from an old adult swim show, maybe the wondershowzen guys arent up to much nowadays, familiarize them with the character and why its funny, and give them 100% creative control, other than Jim doing the voices and improvising a line here and there. that is the only chance of it being a success. Jim has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt he cant make a funny product on his own.
1 [deleted] 2016-03-01
how to improve it? simple. remove jimmys balls so he stops making
foolhardy, testosterone-fueled creative/financial decisions.
1 Feliq 2016-03-01
It's simple art style could benefit from interstitial shots that are more richly rendered. Sponge bob and Ren & Stimpy use the technique. Not that expensive and visually it offers humor in contrast and detail to the main animated narrative. http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/4769120/My+take+on+the+flat+sandwhich+thing/3
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_KsbwxZ1yDQo/TPpzkNPAMtI/AAAAAAAACas/GRpSN8tYZys/s1600/RenStimpyTooth.jpg
1 Feliq 2016-03-01
The animation is not a bad idea and Jim knows the creation process is Bruuu-dal. I just think he may have opened it to examination and disection by the us Pests a tad early. It still looks like an entry into the animation festival and not a studio level pilot. Which it will, but the process to get there is rarely put on public display for a reason. It's ugly.
0 bbjon113 2016-03-01
Lots of fire.
Seriously though, I think he could use an experienced comedy writer. Jim is better off the cuff than scripted and I'm not sure what his ex contributes. I'm not impressed with the animation company but it might be too late to ditch them. The pacing, jokes and story can be helped though.
2 I_Hate_Knickers 2016-03-01
Something possible please.
1 DudeMyPubesAreGone 2016-03-01
But "civilians don't know chip" fucking little penis looking worm
1 [deleted] 2016-03-01
its fawkin hilarious!