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Moo Hoo Man in 203

tiger97882tiger97882
edited July 2009 in Sam & Max
I'm not sure if this has been discussed before, as a cursory google search only turned up hopes for a Moo Hoo Man appearance on these boards, but I've found a tombstone in 203 right next to (and nearly invisible as it is hidden by a cart) the Sobrero tombstones which says

"Moo Hoo Man. 1972-1978. Peace at last."

I don't know who Moo Hoo Man is, I don't get the reference at all, but I figure someone will take solace in this discovery considering all the hopes and speculation about it. If this has been posted before I apologize.

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  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited March 2008
    Moo Hoo Man can be found here and revealed by Dave Purcell here.
  • MafiosoMafioso
    edited March 2008
    ...How did I miss this?

    Loled so hard.
  • tiger97882tiger97882
    edited March 2008
    So I'm still not really getting who moo hoo man is. It's a character that was slated to appear in Purcell's brothers cruddy comic, but which we can't see in the comic you posted? Why is the character legendary then?
  • MaratanosMaratanos
    edited March 2008
    Because, good sir, the Sam & Max fanbase is not known for its extensive dependence on logic.

    Pretty much like Sam & Max themselves, actually.
  • splash1splash1
    edited March 2008
    Moo Hoo Man is a cow man thing... Ask Dave Purcell he's the one who made him. :)
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited March 2008
    Moo Hoo Man isn't legendary outside some in-jokes in the office and on these forums, he's just a weird reference to one of the first ever Sam & Max comics, drawn by Steve Purcell's brother.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited March 2008
    who's seymour oscar?
  • TrogLlamaTrogLlama
    edited March 2008
    tredlow wrote: »
    who's seymour oscar?
    Your question. It makes no sense.
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited March 2008
    It does! Look at the links I posted above.
  • Von ShmavidVon Shmavid
    edited July 2009
    I just discovered this old thread.

    Seymour and Oscar were two of Moo Hoo Man's buddies. The trio weren't crime fighters; they were just ancillary characters, usually appearing together. Steve and I were Marx Brothers fans so there was probably a Marx Brothers influence by way of Looney Tunes and Mad Magazine. I can dig up an image if anybody's interested.
  • BreakmanBreakman
    edited July 2009
    Von Shmavid wrote: »
    I can dig up an image if anybody's interested.

    Ooo! Ooo! I'm interested! Please post. ^^
  • DrRocketGeniusDrRocketGenius
    edited July 2009
    I'd like to see it!
  • IgnatiusIgnatius
    edited July 2009
    We are three!
  • MaxilyahMaxilyah
    edited July 2009
    Make that four!
  • Von ShmavidVon Shmavid
    edited July 2009
    Well I'll be a ring-tailed monkey! Upon further investigation, I discovered, the character I had posted last year as Moo Hoo Man turn out to actually be Oscar. Moo Hoo Man is just a big nosed guy wearing a minimal Greek-style laurel leaf (just one leaf over each ear). I still need to scan the pics from the old comic books, and I will soon.

    Incidentally, Seymour, Oscar, and Moo Hoo Man were also known as The Three Zots. The Three Zots were featured not only in Sam & Max comics, but in Clyde and Joe Comics (detectives, the human precursors to Sam & Max), and also in Quelunzipanium Comics (starring Captain Quelinzipanium, a guy in a cape, floppy hat, and round glasses, loosely based on John Lennon in Magical Mystery Tour).
  • JakeJake Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2009
    Oh man, continuity scandal!

    Thanks for taking the time to come by and share this stuff. It's amazing that you still have the comics you drew as a kid.
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited July 2009
    also I think I saw Moo Hoo Man's name on the cubicle next to SCP in 205.
  • splash1splash1
    edited July 2009
    You're correct, the name is indeed on a cubicle :p, Moo Hoo Man needs to be animated, and a playable character!
  • PariahKingPariahKing
    edited July 2009
    Jake wrote: »
    Oh man, continuity scandal!
    OH no! HERMAN TOOTHROT is Moo Hoo Man?!
  • Von ShmavidVon Shmavid
    edited July 2009
    Apologies for the previous Moo Hoo Man misinformation. This should clear things up.

    Here's Moo Hoo Man in jail (though I'm not sure what he did to get there).
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/moohoo.jpg

    Here are The Three Zots (Seymour, Moo Hoo Man, and Oscar, and Seymour's Pet Xylipel).
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/zots.jpg

    And here are some pages from the Sam & Max comic book from which these other images appeared.

    Cover:
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_01.jpg

    First page of story called "The Impostor" (in which a bad guy kidnaps same, poses as him, and robs banks):
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_02.jpg

    Page 2 of story (Sam gets locked up and gassed):
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_03.jpg

    Page 3 of story (impostor Sam robs bank and is spotted by Max, then by Sam's girlfriend, Sally Dog):
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_04.jpg
  • Von ShmavidVon Shmavid
    edited July 2009
    Heh. I just noticed Sally was actually Sam's sister, not girlfriend.
  • SHODANFreemanSHODANFreeman
    edited July 2009
    Von Shmavid wrote: »
    Apologies for the previous Moo Hoo Man misinformation. This should clear things up.

    Here's Moo Hoo Man in jail (though I'm not sure what he did to get there).
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/moohoo.jpg

    Here are The Three Zots (Seymour, Moo Hoo Man, and Oscar, and Seymour's Pet Xylipel).
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/zots.jpg

    And here are some pages from the Sam & Max comic book from which these other images appeared.

    Cover:
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_01.jpg

    First page of story called "The Impostor" (in which a bad guy kidnaps same, poses as him, and robs banks):
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_02.jpg

    Page 2 of story (Sam gets locked up and gassed):
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_03.jpg

    Page 3 of story (impostor Sam robs bank and is spotted by Max, then by Sam's girlfriend, Sally Dog):
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_04.jpg

    You should release a hardcover book of all of these that you still have.
  • IgnatiusIgnatius
    edited July 2009
    Some of this drawings should be carved on max´s desk on season 3.
  • RobDRobD
    edited July 2009
    Namely this one:

    "THIS IS A FIGHT"

    lol:D
  • BreakmanBreakman
    edited July 2009
    Wow! This is great stuff (especially for the Wiki)!

    I would like to see a random stranger's (to the Sam & Max universe) impression of us getting giddy over "some children's drawings". XD
    Von Shmavid wrote: »
    Cover:
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_01.jpg

    Does Rocky Raccoon have any relation to The Beatles song?
  • Von ShmavidVon Shmavid
    edited July 2009
    Breakman wrote: »
    Does Rocky Raccoon have any relation to The Beatles song?

    Of course! We played the Beatles' "White Album" a lot when I was a kid.
  • light_riseslight_rises
    edited July 2009
    Dave, thanks so much for coming back to post more. This is wonderful stuff!

    Also, "dvdprcll" should become the "dmnkly" of Sam & Max. Seriously. Maybe.
    PariahKing wrote: »
    Jake wrote: »
    Oh man, continuity scandal!

    OH no! HERMAN TOOTHROT is Moo Hoo Man?!

    ... I loled.
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited July 2009
    Thanks for sharing those. They're hilarious.
    Von Shmavid wrote: »
    First page of story called "The Impostor" (in which a bad guy kidnaps same, poses as him, and robs banks):
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_02.jpg
    ...I read the dialogue in the top panel as "HMM HMM I'M A DOG". I guess I shouldn't be online so early in the morning
  • splash1splash1
    edited July 2009
    Those comics are great! Will we learn more about how Moo Hoo landed in jail, will the fake Sam get caught? And is that a monkey man behind the counter in this comic?

    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_04.jpg
  • Von ShmavidVon Shmavid
    edited July 2009
    splash1 wrote: »
    And is that a monkey man behind the counter in this comic?
    http://www.orangezest.com/images/sm_04.jpg

    No, he's just poorly shaded.
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