D.C. Sports Bog has details on Gilbert’s new cartoon which will be called “Gazo the Pranksta.”
“I mean, they’re pranksters,” Gilbert said of the show’s heroes. “It’s a prankster. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a Dennis the Menace, but it’s a group, it’s kids, it’s what goes on in high school. So if you can imagine anything that went in high school, I already thought about it, and it’s going to be in there.”
His inspirations are “South Park,” “Family Guy” “The Simpsons” and “Superbad,” he’s recruiting the staff from UCLA and USC (”some young ambitious writers that has a lot of humor”) and his heroes are decidedly not the cool kids. Think Debate Team. Think punk rockers. Think marching band.
“I’ve just got random kids,” he said. “It’s not the superstars of the League, I mean, the school. You know, like, when you go to school, it’s the average group. It’s not the “In” class; it’s the “Out.” But at the end of the class, there’s more Outs than there are Ins, so while the Ins think they’re running the school, it’s really the Outs.”
The cartoon is going to start as an online cartoon which you can see at Gazothepranksta.com. All this news was unveiled at the Wizards’ media day today where Gilbert has been giving out stuffed Agent Zips (Gilbert says that Agent Zip is “a character, but not really a character”) that have a little message inside the pouch:
Hypocrites, fools and the oversensitive beware.
Embrace your differences. Who said life was fair?
Conforming for the inside. What are you doing?
Watching from the outside. Creativity brewing.
Don’t take yourself so seriously.
Things aren’t always as they appear.
It’s cool to be different. Especially here.
We’re Generation Zero.
Gilbert thinks the show will be a hit, but even if is teammate DeShawn Stevenson wants no part of it.
“I don’t want to be in there,” Stevenson insisted. “He’s got too many jokes, he’ll probably say something crazy.”
