*Update*

Wow!  Merchandise is coming.  There will be Funko "Pop" vinyl figures of Rocko and Heffer coming in November.
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1829/3623...pg?v=1505969364

And *get this* a new comic book series is coming, too!  The first issue is going to be released in December. It looks like the first issue will have 2 different versioned covers, too. And one of them is a front-yard barbecue, with Alicia the mail delivery kangaroo (from the 1996 episode "sealed with a kiss")  standing near Rocko, who's by the grill, with all of the main O-Town characters in his yard.
http://www.trbimg.com/img-59bbe9b2/turbine...qh97-snap-image

(and this is the other variant of the cover of the first issue.)http://www.trbimg.com/img-59bbe93d/turbine...bole-snap-image

(this merchandise is being released *before* the special airs, too!)

This is Rocko's first comic book issue since his original comic book series ended with its last issue (issue #7) released in December 1994.

I can't believe this is happening. It's all so exciting.  Funko pop vinyl figures and a new comic book series being released, and before the special even airs, too.

This isn't the exact plush, but if anyone cared,  it looks exactly like this one, and its 12 inches tall.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/ima...RXL._SX355_.jpg

I know that he's not *the* coolest (of the original first series) pokemon.

Those would be mewtwo and mew.

Long-time update:

I got something I love much better than a Pterano plush.

With the release and success of "Pokemon Go",  I once saw a 1 foot tall aerodactyl plush, and I got it.

The plush aerodactyl feels very nice and soft, has soft wing membranes, and a long tail with a point at the tip. He looks very cool, too.

Rocko's voice actor, Carlos Alazraqui posted this picture of himself on the floor next to a Rocko statue, and posted "Something big is coming!"  It's his first *TEASER* post on the special.  

At the time of this post, he's had it up for 30 hours so far on his Twitter page , and already, over 700 people have liked it.

Here's a link to his post.  A lot of people replied with *lots* of excitement, too!
https://twitter.com/carlosalazraqui/status/...935671317929985

One person was so happy and excited, they posted: "My inner child and outer child are screaming!"

ADFan185: I forgot to post this video I found of a Joe Murray radio interview from a few months ago on how the idea of bringing back Rocko's Modern Life all came to be. We should be lucky, because this *almost* didn't happen.

If you go to the 15:00 mark, that's the key part of the video where he talks about what he's working on currently. He was asked:

"What was your initial reaction to Nickelodeon calling you and saying "Hey, do you want to do a TV special/do you want to do some more Rocko?"

And Murray said that he got a phone call from a guy named Chris who asked him "Would you be interested in doing some more Rocko?" And it all started with that phone call.  I liked this interview.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGDlufo6CXs

Animator Joe Murray is bringing back "Rocko's Modern Life" for a 1-hour special that's going to be airing some time this year on Nickelodeon!

(For the youngest GOF members who were too young or not born yet when Rocko was on,) Joe Murray is the man who also created "Camp Lazlo" on Cartoon Network that aired from 2005 to 2008.

I'll give this special a chance, guys. Rocko was my **favorite** nickelodeon cartoon as a kid and it still is today!  It was originally on from 1993 to 1996 (when I was between 4 and 7 years old.)

No nickelodeon cartoon tickles my funny bone or cracks me up **harder** than Rocko!  And it helped give me the funny personality that I have today!

Here's what I know about this Rocko special so far. My sources are honest, and only taken from his animation studio's website. (This is *not* taken from Wikipedia, where anyone can write whatever they want to, whether it's true or false.)

Murray **officially** confirmed the special last August. Here's what he said about it on his studio website athttp://joemurraystudio.com/blog/

Everything that i've put in brackets and quotation marks  [""]  is a direct quote from Joe Murray himself that he posted on his studio blog.

["What I can share is that the details are getting closely watched. We are painting the backgrounds traditionally rather than digitally."]

["There is actually pencils and paper getting used (which is a rarity these days). I’m enjoying working for Nickelodeon where I didn’t think I would."]  

So, he's staying with the same cool traditional animation style, and not CGI, and i'm glad, too.

["The special is wrapped in secrecy, so I can’t give many details about it online. Only that we have recorded the dialog, and are deep into design, backgrounds and animatic. I’m liking it a lot."]

He also got approval from Nickelodeon executives, and they're not going to "water down" the level of humor. So it should still be *full tilt* funny.

["I started laughing about some of the things we could do with the “new” Modern Life, it became more appealing. After a meeting with Nick Execs that they promised not to water it down,( which they have not) I agreed to move forward."]   so he's got permission to be *FULL tilt* funny on the jokes!

["Basically, Rocko, Filburt and Heffer have to deal with Modern Life in 2016, 17, 18 and there are lots of twists and turns. I’m very happy with it. We are done with the storyboard ( which was split up with the 4 of us, myself included) and are now moving into production. I will keep this blog posted with developments and interesting quirks from the progression of production."]

So i'll keep checking Joe Murray's studio blog for updates on the new 1-hour Rocko special, guys.

As of January 2017, They've finished the storyboards, and the dialogue recording, and now they're working on the animation.

Murray also said he wants to try some new things with this 1-hour special, and that he didn't want a simple re-hashing of the old show:

["Of course I did have feelings like it could flop. But I told Nickelodeon I definitely did NOT want to do a simple re-hashing of the old show, that this would need to break some new ground, which it does. Even though we have some call backs, it is mostly new material going in some new fresh directions. I hope the fans feel like we did it justice."]


I'll give this special a chance, guys. Rocko was my **favorite** nickelodeon cartoon as a kid. It was on from 1993 to 1996 (when I was 4 to 7 years old.)

Again, don't use wikipedia or any of those "wiki" sites as information sources for this Rocko special, because they are not reliable. Anyone can write anything, true or false on Wikipedia.

My information was taken from Joe Murray's official studio blog. It's official news. It'll be done in traditional animation style, and *none* of the jokes and humor are going to be "watered down". He's gotten permission from the Nickelodeon executives to still be as funny as he wants to be with this.

I'll keep you updated if I hear anything new about the special. I'm *very* excited.

He even included a deleted scene from the storyboard that he just posted last month:http://joemurraystudio.com/wp-content/uplo...-thumbnails.gif

Oh boy, do I have an update for you. He's voice acting again all right. HE JUST **DID** THE **SIMPSONS**, GUYS!

He made a guest appearance on the episode "Lisa the Veterinarian" that first aired on March 6, 2016. He voiced a 1-shot character, Dr. Lionel Budgie, and here's a video of him in a recording session for the episode. You will like this video, guys.  Here he is now, 2016, voice acting again. I think this was his first animated role in at least 6 years. I never thought i'd see him doing animated voice roles again at first from the health scare, but i'm so glad he's doing animated roles again. He is 73 in the video, and just turned 74 last month:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyU9lug-isI

Ducky123: Yeah, but at least he's still active on DeviantArt.

I love the user "Sky"'s new drawing of an adolescent-aged Petrie that he recently uploaded on DeviantArt.

As an adolescent, Petrie really looks handsome, friendly and lovable in the drawing.

When I first saw it, I got excited.

It's just that i've never seen him look this nice, handsome, and friendly before.

In case you haven't seen it yet, here it is: http://hakunaro.deviantart.com/art/Adolesc...etrie-574732983

Happy 29th birthday, Cal!