Brett Ratner has been named as one of the producers of Hong Kong Phooey, a live action/animated adaptation of one of the less memorable Hanna-Barbera shows, which is saying something. The original Hong Kong Phooey ran for just 16 shows. For comparison, that’s 81 episodes less than Caroline in the City.
Project’s an adaptation of the 1970s Hanna-Barbera animated TV series, about a police station janitor who becomes a dog with mystical powers, including the ability to do kung fu. [Variety]
This sounds like a scrambled metaphor for Brett Ratner’s career: a guy who should be a janitor with the mystical power to make movies about police stations and kung fu. Possible title: Hong Kong Jewy.
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In Brett Ratner’s adaptation, Hong Kong Phooey gets oral from Huckleberry Hound.
There was a janitor in my junior high school that couldn’t do kung fu but he did like to hump my leg. I’m willing to option that if anyone in Hollywood is interested.
With Ratner’s tubby ass, it should be “Hong Kong Gooey”.
Puttin on the Ritz!!!!
When asked if he could produce “Hong Kong Phooey,” Rater said, “sure, after you produce a burrito buffet.”
Hong Kong’s love interest, Droopy the Dog, will be played by Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Ratner will make a cameo himself playing Chester Cheetoo.
In Kung Fu Kid, the Dawg knows Kung Fu!
Best theme tune ever. Here it is in German, for no reason whatsoever*
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*probably for the Germans
Bret Ratner had Chris Tucker audition for “Rush Hour” by cleaning his VW Camper in nothing but Speedos…and queso sauce.
If Scatman Crothers isn’t doing the voice for Hong Kong Phooey,I refuse to see this.lieBr0, you know I love you, but that is the most ridiculous thing that anyone has ever said.
Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears had the best theme song ever.
Thundercats theme song ftw.
Wouldn’t Shanghai Slapfight be more fitting?
what a great idea!
/runs off to try to buy rights to
Wheelie & The Chopper Bunch
Consider: Hollywood turns down hundreds of movie ideas every year, yet this somehow made the cut. Speaking of making the cut, time to kill myself. Kthxbi.
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He makes it look so easy. (work safe)
Hong Kong Tranny!
Quicker than the human eye.
Hong Kong Tranny!
Very likely she’s a guy!
Somebody wake me when the Coen brother’s Whackey Racers live action/animated/3D/smell-o-vision film gets finished.
Oh, speaking of Coens, finally watched Burn After Reading and I gotta agree with Thumbsy McVinky, not the Coen’s best, but if you don’t laugh every-fucking-time Pitt is on screen then you have no soul, die in a car fire.
Think i dodged a bullet in never having seen Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears, ack. It’s no Banana Splits.
“…(think Alvin & the Chipmunks)…”
Fuck you.
Hong Kong Phooey is still sad over the mysterious strangulation death of his cousin, Bangkok Bluey.
Crouching Tiger, Butt-Scooting Doggie.
I will agree that The Banana Splits theme rocks.
Bret Ratner says he’s looking for an actor used to changing into costume in some kind of closet and who has strong ties to Asia.
So, David Carradine it is.
Remember how in the Banana Splits they’d occasionally open a door and there’d be two Mexican kids singing Tralalabumpteea (how the fuck do you spell that?)? Happens to me all the time that.
I liked this less when it was called Underdog.
“Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay” apparently. Mariachi motherfuckers.
Nerp!