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''Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island'' is an animated comedy series that ran on Kids’ WB! from 2005 to 2006. The series takes place on an island inhabited by fruit where various wacky situations ensue, the main characters being Fred a happy-go-lucky coconut, Slip and Slide 2 twin banana brothers, Bingo a timid cherry, Mr. Mel Greenrind a watermelon who tries to establish order on the island | '''''Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island''''' is an animated comedy series that ran on Kids’ WB! from 2005 to 2006. The series takes place on an island inhabited by fruit where various wacky situations ensue, the main characters being Fred a happy-go-lucky coconut, Slip and Slide 2 twin banana brothers, Bingo a timid cherry, Mr. Mel Greenrind a watermelon who tries to establish order on the island and Bunga Berry a feral strawberry who's also mute. The series was criticized due to its obnoxious over-the-top humor and being too similar to Nickelodeon's ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. | ||
== | ==History== | ||
' | Sometime in 2002, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island was originally intended to be pitched to The Disney Channel, until a meeting with Warner Animation's Senior Vice President of Development, Christopher Keenan saw Coconut Fred after Oriti attempted to pitch another project. Keenan fell in love with Coconut Fred and decided to buy the project.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Xr7t5H-iBNU?si=r5QKKf6HuqGn79Du&t=436 Alpha Jay Show's video on The Rise and Fall of Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island: What Happened?]</ref> | ||
'''On November 12th 2002, a pilot was made to pitch the show to the network'''.<ref>[https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search%5FArg=Coconut%20Fred&Search%5FCode=FT%2A&CNT=25&PID=CnBAvsHdeYcmu6wbT5CWH54qeyyU8Idc&SEQ=20230512031532&SID=6 Copyright record from an old Copyright Catalogue website]</ref> The pilot looks to be an early, and seemingly extended version of the episode "Master of Disaster" with the characters having different designs compared to the final show, with the most notable changes being Fred's missing hair strand and the character designs are more rounded. A main character in the full series, Bunga Berry is absent in the pilot and in Master of Disaster, presumably meaning Bunga was a late addition to the cast. | |||
==Availability== | |||
After the pilot was pitched to Kids' WB! and was greenlit into a full series, The pilot was used in "Six Flags: Kids' WB Crash the Backlot!", where you can voice over the characters in the pilot inside of a booth. After Crash the Backlot, the pilot hasn't been seen since, and all that's left of the pilot is a promotional image featuring prototype designs for the main cast, an unaired promo including most footage from the pilot promoting the full series and pictures of the outside of the recording booth including images of the pilot. | |||
On June 2020, Twitter user NegaPosi rediscovered clips of the pilot from 2 YTP videos from YouTuber 1downpoison, "Butchy is Sexually Frustrated" and "Grounder lost his penis" and uploaded the footage onto her YouTube channel.<ref>[https://reddit.com/r/lostmedia/comments/hdqmci/coconut_fred_pilot_episode/ r/LostMedia Subreddit post on the pitch pilot.] Retrieved 11 Jun '22</ref> | |||
Although when contacting 1downpoison they stated they no longer had footage from the pilot.<ref>[https://twitter.com/ThatSinfulGirl/status/1535079456708055040 ThatSinfulGirl tweet on the pitch pilot.] Retrieved 11 Jun '22</ref> Later it would be discovered the pilot footage used in the video originated from the upfront promo, which was previously available online somewhere before being found in 2022. | |||
On July 29th, 2022, a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yjlB5ytGLlPLm83L5tLd1pIH-o35wFAkD9apO5_CWsU/edit Google Document Q&A with Matt Danner], who was the director of the show was released. The Q&A includes some information from the pilot. When user Thenamebeing asked if he could recall any voice actors from the Coconut Fred & Johnny Test pilots, he replied with "Rob was always Fred. Charlie Adler was Greenrind. Harland Williams was Slip and Slide. On Johnny I only remember Darren Norris doing a few voices." And when asked by user MemphisLonghornOdyssey if he still has the pilot for Coconut Fred and Johnny Test, Matt replies with "I might have them somewhere. I promise I'll look, but I can't promise they still exist.". | |||
On September 26th, 2022, [https://youtube.com/channel/UCyZiwag8tCGEf9sNqW7S_Pg GoldenFiddlement] uploaded a promo containing footage of the pilot to her YouTube channel. More footage has yet to surface since that date. | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
===Images=== | ===Images=== | ||
<gallery mode=packed heights=200px> | <gallery mode=packed heights=200px> | ||
Coconut fred pilot.png| | Coconut fred pilot.png|The pilot designs for the main cast. | ||
Coconut fred pilot 2.jpeg|A picture of the pilot taken at Six Flags: Kids' WB Crash the Backlot! in 2005 (1/4). | Coconut fred pilot 2.jpeg|A picture of the pilot taken at Six Flags: Kids' WB Crash the Backlot! in 2005 (1/4). | ||
Coconut fred pilot 3.jpeg|(2/4). | Coconut fred pilot 3.jpeg|(2/4). | ||
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Coconut fred pilot 5.jpeg|(4/4). | Coconut fred pilot 5.jpeg|(4/4). | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== | ===Footage=== | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
*[[Animaniacs (unproduced "Minerva Mink" animated shorts; early 1990s)]] | |||
*[[Animaniacs "I'm Mad" (partially found original theatrical version of animated short; 1994)]] | |||
*[[Animaniacs "The New Year's Party Tonight" (partially lost alternate version of animated comedy series short; 1995)]] | |||
*[[Animaniacs "Potty Emergency" (lost deleted scenes of episode of animated comedy series; 1993)]] | |||
*[[Brainstem (lost preview version of "Pinky and the Brain" song; 1995)]] | |||
*[[Channel Umptee-3 (partially found Kids' WB! educational animated series; 1997)]] | *[[Channel Umptee-3 (partially found Kids' WB! educational animated series; 1997)]] | ||
*[[Detention (found Kids' WB! animated series; 1999-2000)]] | *[[Detention (found Kids' WB! animated series; 1999-2000)]] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[https:// | *[https://coconutfredsfruitsaladisland.fandom.com/wiki/Coconut_Fred_Pitch_Pilot ''Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island'' Wiki page on the pitch pilot.] | ||
*[https://youtu.be/te98_pDcKp0 1downpoison's YTP "Butchy is sexually frustrated" that contains brief clips of the pilot.] | |||
*[https://youtu.be/LpOIe137ii0 1downpoison's YTP "Grounder lost his penis" that contains brief clips of the pilot.] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 16:05, 1 December 2023
The pilot's logo.
Status: Partially Found
Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island is an animated comedy series that ran on Kids’ WB! from 2005 to 2006. The series takes place on an island inhabited by fruit where various wacky situations ensue, the main characters being Fred a happy-go-lucky coconut, Slip and Slide 2 twin banana brothers, Bingo a timid cherry, Mr. Mel Greenrind a watermelon who tries to establish order on the island and Bunga Berry a feral strawberry who's also mute. The series was criticized due to its obnoxious over-the-top humor and being too similar to Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants.
History
Sometime in 2002, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island was originally intended to be pitched to The Disney Channel, until a meeting with Warner Animation's Senior Vice President of Development, Christopher Keenan saw Coconut Fred after Oriti attempted to pitch another project. Keenan fell in love with Coconut Fred and decided to buy the project.[1]
On November 12th 2002, a pilot was made to pitch the show to the network.[2] The pilot looks to be an early, and seemingly extended version of the episode "Master of Disaster" with the characters having different designs compared to the final show, with the most notable changes being Fred's missing hair strand and the character designs are more rounded. A main character in the full series, Bunga Berry is absent in the pilot and in Master of Disaster, presumably meaning Bunga was a late addition to the cast.
Availability
After the pilot was pitched to Kids' WB! and was greenlit into a full series, The pilot was used in "Six Flags: Kids' WB Crash the Backlot!", where you can voice over the characters in the pilot inside of a booth. After Crash the Backlot, the pilot hasn't been seen since, and all that's left of the pilot is a promotional image featuring prototype designs for the main cast, an unaired promo including most footage from the pilot promoting the full series and pictures of the outside of the recording booth including images of the pilot.
On June 2020, Twitter user NegaPosi rediscovered clips of the pilot from 2 YTP videos from YouTuber 1downpoison, "Butchy is Sexually Frustrated" and "Grounder lost his penis" and uploaded the footage onto her YouTube channel.[3] Although when contacting 1downpoison they stated they no longer had footage from the pilot.[4] Later it would be discovered the pilot footage used in the video originated from the upfront promo, which was previously available online somewhere before being found in 2022.
On July 29th, 2022, a Google Document Q&A with Matt Danner, who was the director of the show was released. The Q&A includes some information from the pilot. When user Thenamebeing asked if he could recall any voice actors from the Coconut Fred & Johnny Test pilots, he replied with "Rob was always Fred. Charlie Adler was Greenrind. Harland Williams was Slip and Slide. On Johnny I only remember Darren Norris doing a few voices." And when asked by user MemphisLonghornOdyssey if he still has the pilot for Coconut Fred and Johnny Test, Matt replies with "I might have them somewhere. I promise I'll look, but I can't promise they still exist.".
On September 26th, 2022, GoldenFiddlement uploaded a promo containing footage of the pilot to her YouTube channel. More footage has yet to surface since that date.
Gallery
Images
The pilot designs for the main cast.
A picture of the pilot taken at Six Flags: Kids' WB Crash the Backlot! in 2005 (1/4).
(2/4).
(3/4).
(4/4).
Footage
See Also
- Animaniacs (unproduced "Minerva Mink" animated shorts; early 1990s)
- Animaniacs "I'm Mad" (partially found original theatrical version of animated short; 1994)
- Animaniacs "The New Year's Party Tonight" (partially lost alternate version of animated comedy series short; 1995)
- Animaniacs "Potty Emergency" (lost deleted scenes of episode of animated comedy series; 1993)
- Brainstem (lost preview version of "Pinky and the Brain" song; 1995)
- Channel Umptee-3 (partially found Kids' WB! educational animated series; 1997)
- Detention (found Kids' WB! animated series; 1999-2000)
- Earthworm Jim (partially found unaired pitch pilot of Kids' WB! animated series; 1995)
- Kids' WB! (partially found animated "Backlot" bumpers of children's programming block; 1997-2003)
- Kids' WB! (partially found "Crazy Takes" promos of children's program block; early 2000s)
- Kids' WB! "Top 20 Pokéthon Countdown" (partially found promos and bumpers of event from children's programming block; 1999)
- Lobo (lost production material of cancelled Kids' WB! animated series based on DC character; 1990s)
- Monster Allergy (partially found Kids' WB! English dub of animated series based on comics; 2006)
- Waynehead (found Kids' WB! animated series; 1996-1997)
- Welcome Home, Animaniacs! (partially found Kids' WB Saturday morning preview; 1995)
External Links
- Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island Wiki page on the pitch pilot.
- 1downpoison's YTP "Butchy is sexually frustrated" that contains brief clips of the pilot.
- 1downpoison's YTP "Grounder lost his penis" that contains brief clips of the pilot.