Uncle Gus: For the Love of Monkeys is a short created by Lincoln Peirce and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions for the Cartoon Network. The short premiered on Cartoon Cartoon Fridays (hosted by Eustace from Courage the Cowardly Dog) on July 14, 2000, as one of ten contenders for Cartoon Network's Big Pick, the winner of which would become the next Cartoon Cartoon. The short did not win The Big Pick and was picked up by Cameron TVA to become a full-length series. However, another Uncle Gus short "Uncle Gus: Not So Fast" was produced in 2001.
Plot[]
This cartoon follows the journey of a wily unemployed geezer and his rag-tailed bunch of friends as they travel to the zoo to reunite Uncle Gus with his AWOL fiancée.
Characters[]
- Uncle Gus
- Ali Ali
- Beeyotus
- Dwayne
- Flapjack
- Gwennie
- Monkey 1
- Monkey 2
- Horse Race Announcer
- TV Announcer
- TV Reporter
- Welfare Officer
- Zoo Ticket Salesman
- Zena
Cast[]
- Jo Bailey - Zena
- Dee Bradley Baker - Beeyotus
- Quinton Flynn - Zoo Ticket Salesman
- Stuart Pankin - Uncle Gus
- Rob Paulsen - Ali Ali, Horse Race Announcer, Monkey 2, Welfare Officer
- Lara Jill Miller Pilot - Gwennie
- Dave Thomas - Flapjack, TV Announcer
- Frank Welker - Dwayne, Monkey 1, TV Reporter
Trivia[]
- The character Uncle Gus appears as a playable character in Cartoon Cartoon Summer Resort - Episode 1: "Pool Problems."
- Creator Lincoln Peirce is better known for creating the comic strip Big Nate.
External links[]
- Cartoon Cartoon Fridays Promo for July 14, 2000, featuring Uncle Gus
- Uncle Gus: "For the Love of Monkeys" at the Big Cartoon Database