Eddie Murphy is a jealous, jealous man who doesn’t like to share screentime with anyone else. This is why he plays every single character in the films he makes. Of course, sets must be incredibly lonely for him.
Why else would he have willingly had sex with Mel B?
Anyway, Murphy is all set to be the voice of cartoon character Hong Kong Phooey in a new feature length caper. Don’t remember Hong Kong Phooey? Let us fill you in while being dismissive of stuff.
Murphy, of course, has previous in feature length animations as he provided the voice for Shrek’s Donkey. Now, he’ll get centre stage (as well as stage right, left, top, bottom and whatever else there is going) as he voices the ‘number one super guy’.
Of course, Hanna-Barbera’s Hong Kong Phooey (which kicked off in ’74) isn’t particularly super at all. In fact, he’s hopeless.
Phooey is the alter ego of Penrod “Penry” Pooch who is a “mild-mannered” police station janitor. Oddly, Penry lives in a world run by humans who don’t seem to mind a talking dog walking around on its hind legs while brandishing a mop. Indeed, Rosemary, the Telephone Operator in the show wants to have sex with Penry. Penry the dog.
Penrod also has a pet cat. Honestly. It’s never addressed. A dog with a pet cat who is the real hero of the hour. See, when Penry turns into Hong Kong Phooey, he doesn’t become brilliant. In fact, he’s a screw-up. He ballses everything up but gets all the credit for his cat’s smarts.
Think Inspector Gadget and Penny. Phooey had all his moves stolen by the famous bumbling bobby.
Anyway, this flick will no doubt be in hideous 3D with the theme redone by Blink 182 or something. It’s going to be dreadful isn’t it?
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