John Oates To Be Cast As Cartoon Superhero, Age Of Irony Implodes On Itself
Who hasn’t got mad love for John Oates? Nobody, that’s who. He is a living testament to both The Second Fiddle and Tight Bro From Way Back When. Also, need we say it? He had the sweetest fucking ‘stache in the business for probably longer than you’ve been alive. The stache is gone these days, but it could be coming back bigger than ever:
Independent publisher Primary Wave Music Publishing, which owns a majority stake in most of the biggest hits in the Hall & Oates catalog, is shopping a cartoon titled “J-Stache” that further illustrates the dichotomy. As laid out in a two-minute trailer, Oates is portrayed as a modern-day family man and finds himself enticed back to the rock star life by his mustache, which is voiced by comedian Dave Attell.
And that is not all. Hold onto your ‘stache, broheim. In the pilot episode…
[...]a dying David Crosby appears and with his last breath warns Oates of a mysterious secret group of mustache wearers bent on killing other mustache wearers. As actor Tom Selleck attempts to escape from the latest murder scene, Oates summons his own mustache with a fist pump that simultaneously changes his clothes from conservative attire to pink pants and white boots.
Either the heat is making me crazy (in a much, much better coffee shop by now, thanks for asking) or this pretty much tops even that old story we heard about Daryl Hall and the fuzzy bear suit. You don’t wanna know.
Billboard: Form Of… Face Vagina! Shape Of… Soft Rock!
June 27th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
If his cartoon fails, maybe they could start a Village People series and he can join them.
June 27th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
How could this possibly not work? The cat reps Philly hard, gotta pray that his mustache is his ticket back to worldwide acclaim, and really, how could it not be?