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A Kitty Bobo Show 2.0 Pitch Presentation (Kevin Kaliher 2006)

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After A Kitty Bobo Show (2001) got shelved in favor of Codename: Kids Next Door, the show's cocreator, Kevin Kaliher, made a revised version, and pitched it to Disney. Unfortunately, Disney didn't accept it, and so Kaliher released the presentation to the public on his nowhalfbroken website www.fairparkstudios.com.

It took a bit of digging and wrestling with Flash Player, it being 2020, but I managed to find the file and get it to play with all its media, which is now available for you to see in the highest resolution I could make it, on a platform anyone can see, and not a defunct file format. Side note there was never any audio for this flash file.

The original SWF file, as well as the recorded version, and any other Boborelated things I can scrounge together, can be found here https://tinyurl.com/boboArchae.

I can totally see how this show reflects Kaliher's upbringing as a Korean Adoptee (A child who was orphaned in the Korean War or who's family otherwise endured extreme hardships as a result, and was adopted internationally) in the united states to nonKorean parents, and his evident struggle to fit in with both Korean and nonKorean communities.

Objectively, I believe the original show, which if I remember correctly also touched similar themes, was better, but, of course, I wouldn't be able to see that for certain until the show got made, which it won't. (Admittedly, I'm also a bit bitter about the apparent removal of Maggie, who's character design I adore) Also, I'm no expert, but if I was someone reviewing pitches at Disney, I would reject this, for the presentation... leaves a lot to be desired. No offence, but it looks like a presentation made by a 5th grader about the water cycle the night before it was due.
But, again, take my opinion with a very fine grain of salt my only claim to expertise here is that I follow lots of people on twitter who make and review cartoon and comic pitches for a living.

posted by Doridonivx