Good Wheel Hunting
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- Longhair and Doubledome in their first episode, created by Knock Knock Cartoons (my company) in 2000, part of the Cartoon Cartoon Summerfest 2000. Longhair voiced by Daniel Davis and Doubledome, Jess Harnell. Created, Animated, Produced and Directed by Gavrilo Gnatovich
Gav was my professor at CCAD, an art school. I've always seen him draw these characters on Facebook, but I actually had no idea he made a pilot with them for cartoon network back in the day 😱 so cool!! Looking back, I vaguely remember it from childhood. It's a great short and Gav was an amazing and kind hearted professor. I'm so glad this is up for people to be introduced to year after year :)
"Let's call it a 'WEEEEEE' because it's fun!"
My sister and I still quote this after all these years.
zamu2 ah yes. By all means, let's make a happy, fun, WHEEElll....
@@ImperialKnight770 happy yes, bit not wheel, i like WHEEE better
@@otaku34 Ha, You claim Brian pignut.
@@zayataia1955 claim brain pignut, ho, that is fantastic, where do you get this stuff, it's too long, how about, the big wheeeeee
As a kid, I always assumed these guys were the prehistoric ancestors of Eddy and Double D from "Ed, Edd n Eddy." xD
Not too far from being true. haha.
nerdsman567 HOLY SHIT IT'S YOU. I am a HUGE fan, and seeing you here, on one of my favorite animator's channel.....Its-It's byotiful....BYOTIFUL!
Addison Bortion lol Thank you so much! :)
nerdsman567 No problem!
Honestly, I WISH I could draw as good as you could, because I have so many characters that I've created, but I just cannot draw.
Double done is optimistic, happy-go-lucky
Longhair is realistic, down to earth
Proof that opposites attract
I do remember voting for this when I was a kid. Both voice actors did a fantastic job. Doubledome still cracks me up! "Cactus."
Absolutely, Voice Director/Caster Donna Grillo found some great talent. Daniel Davis and Jess Harnell brought life to the characters...Cactus
They were perfect fits for the personality types. I Must say from what unfortunately little we saw, the two play off each other well.
@@gavartist Just another kid in 2000 here who voted for this show!
I loved this as a kid, the animation and jokes were on point. Sad that this didn't win, definitely would have loved to see more lol.
Thanks
@@GavriloGnatovichCouldn't CN swap HiHiPuffyAmiYumi with this
@m56214 I guess the only answer, is that they didn't. Glad you enjoyed
@GavriloGnatovich They should have still picked it Sheep In The Big City, Time Squad, Robot Jones and Megas XLR never won but still became their own full length series.
@m56214 Yeah, we had far better focus group numbers than Robot Jones, but that's what they chose, I can't change the past, wish I could.
I love the sounds that those little critters make!
I was laughing so hard when I saw this when I was 12. I'm in my 30's and I'm still laughing at this. 😂 "Boy. This is long fall." LMAO
Always happy to hear.
6:48 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA I'M DYING!!! THIS WAS WAS SAVED IN THE BACK OF MY MEMORY ALL THIS TIME!!!
That was actually really nice of the Neanderthals to bring back fruit even if the fruit tasted like garbage the fact they did that at all is very considerate of them
Have not seen this for 15 years. The only thing I remembered was Doubledome saying "Ya know I think I'm gonna bruise after this next one". Great episode.
That was an ad lib from Jess Harnell and I just had to use it. It is one of my favorite lines in the short.
I KNEW THAT HAD TO BE IMPROVISED! Were there any other lines besides that one that was made up by him?
I’ve been looking for this for 20 FREAKING YEARS
I'm sharing this, because I voted for Longhair and Doubledome to become a series in the Big Pick 2000. Of course, Billy and Mandy turned out very funny and successful as a series, but its pilot submitted for the contest wasn't even funny. Good Wheel Hunting had me in tears when I first saw it at 9-10 years old. Doubledome made the show for me.
Thank you, Remy for the compliment and the share, always great to hear.
I voted for Longhair and Doubledome too and I was devastated when they lost.
Thanks for the support, I hope that I will be doing a third short in the near future, after I finish a graphic novel of these guys. Just can't let it go.
Wow!!!!! I thought I was the only person that voted for this show
Bro how was the votation? I born in 99'
I like how doubledome keeps his cool and rants every time he falls off without screaming in fear of his death the first and third time 😂
i crack up every time doubledome kept falling off the cliff
Glad to hear!
Love how Doubledome keeps breaking the fourth wall
Yeah, I miss good-ol' Tex Avery-levels of fourth wall breakage.
Looking back this is perhaps the most unique animation I've seen on Cartoon Network ever. It has a very disntictive style, the character designs are unlike anything I've seen from the company and the humor was spot on. I didn't understand the concept of "pilots" back in my stupid youth, but I always wondered why we only had TWO Double Dome and Longhair episodes (Called "Pelo Largo y Sin Cerebro" on my country)
Thank you Mexican animator, I have always liked to push character design. Check out my first film too, Lazar, you might like that too and I am thinking of doing a remake, it was my first film. th-cam.com/video/yrDmjXed6A0/w-d-xo.html
@@GavriloGnatovich WHY do you immediately just tell he is MeXiCaN just cause he talks spanish?? Spain exists duh
@@spochysrandomnetwork no offense intended, I may have misread his @. Sorry if I offended you.
@@GavriloGnatovich Don't worry! I also may had been a little too harsh with you lol.. btw, your animations are great!
@@spochysrandomnetwork thank you
I remember seeing this on cartoon network when they used to have independent cartoons. This, MEGAS-XLR and O Canada were my favorite ones. This was hard to find cause I forgot the names so I searched "caveman cartoon" "what a cartoon show" and last was "top knot and chrome dome" (was so close on that one).
I definitely recognized the voice of Jess Harnell here.
There is an interesting dynamic here when it comes to Longhair and Doubledome. Normally Doubledome would be the problem character. Constantly wrecking Longhair's plans or just being a general nuisance, but instead we have two characters that work well together and play off together really well. They are both intelligent in their own way without outshining each other. I didn't get annoyed by the obviously less intelligent character being on screen. Its honestly an achievement how well it works and the biggest foils are the neanderthals which gives our two main characters more room as well... characters.
Both characters are smart but stupid in their own way and as a result are completely enjoyable as characters. As crazy as this might sound if cartoon network did pick this up. I feel it would be really chopped down to hell and back and we'd see them devolve into a flanderization of their worst traits with cartoon network inevitability giving Doubledome his own show only to put it in an completely inappropriate timeslot.
There are avenues today to see these characters come to live, and I would like to see them get their own series one day. Online, Netflix, etc etc. So many more options to bring this idea to life. I am optimistic that it can happen one day in the future.
I use to watch this all time when it came on. Thanks for posting this. So many funny memories.
They need more cartoons like this nowadays.
Thanks!
You're welcome :)
Logan Hancock Agreed. I miss these type of cartoons.
Well, I agree. However, it's not just the cartoon per se, but rather the writers who give the cartoon more authenticity, originality, flavor, structure, and appeal. Like the original Teen Titans, and not those horrid abominations that the network dared to pass off as the next best thing.
Well, at least this time I am not an abomination! Ha
4:30
The way he hits the edge of that cliff
😂😂😂😂😂
'See, this isn't good.' Love that little bit.
Holy crap, I remember voting for this when I was like 12 or something. I cried laughing at this as a kid. Man, it's surreal to see this again as an adult. Man, how'd this get beat out?
Thanks for the compliment. It got beat out by Bill and Mandy.
honestly I always felt it was a major travesty when this show didn't make it. it was so impeccably made that if it were given the major funding it deserved I feel it would have become a timeless classic.
thank you for uploading it. what a wave of nostalgia i just got.
Thank you, I always appreciate hearing that.
This is good too dang i wish this show was aired today
Of course, I agree. Thanks
@@GavriloGnatovich np
i do like the falling of cliff parts of this cartoon
Every frame is freakin' amazing.
Well, there are couple that are just okay:)
@@gavartist Okay is better than bad, so it's all good. The art style is what gets me.
@@alcoholsandwich1082 Thanks
A true lack of justice in this world, seeing that this rumpus never became a series
Agreed
man, i wish this had gotten picked up! it's got such a unique style and the humor is absolutely hilarious. as happy as i am that billy and mandy won the contest, i can't help but wonder what this would've been like as a full series
EDIT: whoa, didn't realize the uploader of this was the actual creator! that's nuts. awesome job dude, you've got a lot of talent!
I didn't really appreciate this aspect as a kid, but this is really good quality animation, especially for a short pilot episode. Nice!
BREAKING NEWS: There is a Kickstarter planned to bring it back!! Go and Support IF you wish to see it again!
Thanks for the plug
Even better news: the Kickstarter surpassed its 1st goal! Way to go everyone!!!
I concur, WAY TO GO EVERYONE!! Now back to drawing like a pack of wolves in a meat market.
Do you plan on getting Jess Harnell back for this? I honestly can't imagine anyone else voicing Double Dome.
Cortex: It's Crash Bandicoot!
Fun fact: I call this cartoon the "Wheeeee!" 'Cuz it's fun.
6:33 their face impression had me bursting into tears rolling on the floor laughing 😆😂🤣
And leave us not forget the little smoke ring coming out of Doubledome's ear
0:51 FEEL THE LOVE, BABY!
But those Neanderthals
I love this short. Completely hilarious and the animation is great.
Thanks
No problem.
2:42 but the wee rock, is a wee bit way over there
Longhair the Straight Man and Doubledome The Goofball
3:56
“I’M QUEEN OF THE WORLD…WHOA!!!”
😂😂😂😂😂
4:44
My sister and I couldn't breathe because we were laughing too hard
Always love hearing that
Has anyone realized that Doubledome's Voice is from is Jess Harnell from his Famous Work of the Animaniacs? Cause if you do, that's awesome. If not, look it up.
Jess is a great actor and his performance made Doubledome so much better, that's what great voice acting can do. Daniel Davis as Longhair was also spot on.
It also helps that Jess is passionate in what he does. And from the times I met him at the comic conventions he's a genuinely nice guy. He's got a personality that just rubs off on ya.
You know something, i really love this, im from Mexico and obviously i remember this in spanish, i was looking for this episode for a while, now i find it, and its still being so funny, Congratulations its a beautiful part of my childhood, hope you can upload this in spanish
Gracias. I unfortunately do not have the Spanish version in my archive, but I will look again. thank you for your compliments
Why was this never a cartoon!?! This is freaking funny!!XD
This is such a great cartoon
Thanks, I think so too. haha
Anytime! I've always found this to be the most memorable and unique ones shown on television. The same goes for your other works as well!
@@thabluntroller9637 Always tried for unique. Working on a graphic novel for Longhair and Doubledome presently. Still a couple more years of work, but should be fun too
@@gavartist I will definitely check it out when it's ready 👍
Holy Hell. I thought I would never see this cartoon again. I remember when they had the voting telethon to see which new shows would make it on cartoon network. I soo voted for this over Billy and Mandy...and If given the chance to relive it all....I would do it all again :)
Thanks, we are trying to revive it.
this i just wathd... it's magic,congras gavrilo
I somehow missed seeing this as a child, which is unfortunate, but I'd like you to know that I found your cartoon amazing; even at the age of 27! It has great humor, the characters really stand out, and the voice acting is top notch. I really enjoyed your creation, and I hope you keep doing what you love, because you are awesome at it.
I Love It a Lot
Awesome
Thanks
One of the most watched cartoons of all time. Released in the 2000s by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It won a award for most watched cartoon of the 2000s. I'd consider keeping one of my Blu-ray Discs (Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day) only to buy a SD card containing the Longhair and Doubledome short cartoons (including "Good Wheel Hunting") from someone else.
Well, thanks... for the shout out. I am not sure if it was watched that much, but it is nice to imagine it was.
Good old days
I think this show would hit off back in the early 2000's 🤔
The way you draw Neanderthals never cease to make me laugh. I think about these shorts alot.
The humor in this cartoon was spot on, shame it didn't win the What a Cartoon show back in the day. I remember enjoying it greatly.
Thanks, always good to hear
I really like your animation style.
I was maybe 8 when I saw this when they were doing the campaign for the next cartoon series on CN. I wanted this to win over Billy and Mandy so badly that I was genuinely mad when they greenlit Grim Adventures.
I'd have watched the hell out of this show.
I have a feeling that if this short aired on the What a Cartoon show instead of the Big Pick, it would had most likely became a show.
6:33. What the hell happened to their faces???!!!! Jesus I'm rolling all over the floor laughing my ass off!
+Ryan Leikness, Turn into Guernica, (Pablo Picasso) Glad you enjoyed it.
+Gavrilo Gnatovich what inspired you to make this animated short? it's something that was my favorite as a child
+Ryan Leikness I love cavemen, always have. Started with Pre-Hysterical Daze. We are presently trying to raise money on Kickstarter for a 3rd episode. FYI. Don't know if we are going to make it this time around, but will try again if not
+Gavrilo Gnatovich I think fans of old cartoons, cartoon network, and this will help finance this for ya. never give up the fight
+Ryan Leikness Pretty sure their faces resemble a famous painting by Picasso about the bombing of a town
Weirdly enough, I have a distinct memory of Cartoon Network announcing this show won that year's contest. Maybe that's an imaginary memory or maybe they had one hiccup in playing the footage, I don't know, but it's been bugging the crap out of me for years.
We came close, but didn't win. We were a part of that summer's Big Pick Bill and Mandy won it, followed by Robot Jones and then us. We had the top focus group numbers but it came down to an internet vote. Hard for a studio in Cleveland to compete with the California Cartoon Cartel...haha
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIT so you were the creators!!??????????
@MJTRadio Actually, the announcement of it winning leaked a few places online before the winners were to be announced on TV. I remember people on Usenet were angry and accused CN of rigging the contest, but I am certain what actually happened is that they had all three possible announcements written up in advance and one accidentally leaked somehow, like the obituaries for people who are still alive.
That was 25 years ago
2000-2025
@@matthewmensah481 yep indeed
@GavriloGnatovich thanks
"'happy yes, but not wheel, I like "Wee!" better"
Longhair: Ho. You clay brain pignut.
This needs to be in Cartoon Network now
Thanks, but I think that ship sailed and sank.....HA
Gavrilo Gnatovich It can always be rebuilt and sail again. It will be good for Nickelodeon.
Yeah, this would have made for a better series than "Billy and Mandy". "Billy and Mandy" has that kind of "Fairly Odd Parents" humor and animation which wears thin really fast. I didn't like what that series became. But I love how artistic the animation is in this short. It has both a prehistoric and a more modern Picasso feel to it. The Summer Resort games brought me here to see this again.
Thanks
No problem. I hope that one day, all ambitious and talented animators like yourself have access to unlimited resources to pursue their projects. If I was an entrepeneur, you bet I'd come up with something.
Nah this pilot feel like a Ed,Edd n Eddy rehash it wouldn't do well
@4:47 A fall from a cliff could probably give you a lot of bruises, just ask Wiley coyote.
The intro alone is an instant approval for me. How CN is so stupid I will never know
They look like Prehistoric Pineapples but they're eating them like they were Durians
Loved this pilot, sad it never got it's own dog day. At least Longhair got his own flash game of sorts. Loved the hyperactive style.
Loved making it.
@@GavriloGnatovich Always was my personal favorite of the CN pilots. The artstyle and gags were phenomenal.
@@mostverticalproductions4808 Thank you very much for saying that, it means alot. I am presently working on a graphic novel of Longhair and Doubledome, so it's not dead yet:)
@@GavriloGnatovich glad to see these CN pilots can get a second chance at life.
3:56 IM QUEEN OF THW WORLD WHOOA
I have been trying to find this show (based off of only super vague memories from my childhood) for YEARS
Glad you found it.
I voted for this back when I was like 5 lol
the design and style on this, jeez! so good. wouldnt have fitted in with the rest of CN cartoons at the time IMO.
Thanks for the compliment. I have never really "fit" in...and I am okay with that. I don't think I could happily design for a network anyway.
@@GavriloGnatovich which is the common experience one hears regarding creators working for networks, yeah ;) thank you for producing this piece still, its a stunning bit of animation!
I miss old days of cartoon network and shows and movies
Good Job, beautiful, I know about your job cause in a Videogame in Cartoon latin america your characters appear
What game is that?
If this had been a show, it would have made a great companion piece to Ed Edd n Eddy. After all, it is very similar, except that its prehistoric and Edd and Eddy are the same person in this.
You should have won.
Thanks
@@GavriloGnatovich yes you are an Bright Artist
The voice acting is hilarious and the animation is fantastic. Do you have any future projects planned? I'm just curious.
Either you're a really damn good writer or Harnell and Davis ad-libbed most of their lines, lol
Well, how about a little of both:) Both Jess and Daniel were excellent talents that brought these characters to life. Jess did a lot of ad-libbing and we used a good amount of it. I have never seen an actor work as hard as Daniel Davis to get the right take.
I think this is only good if I'm drunk!!!🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully it is good when you sober up:) Glad you enjoyed it.
Hmm, for my guess on this video this is probably when pineapple fruits were made in the Stone Age.(just a curious thought).
Exactly, right, pineapples grew on trees back then.
It's Nile from The Nanny !!!
Yep
Wheel check ✔
Rope check ✔
Ramp check ✔
Ah. Simpleton check ✔️
Knucklehead check ✔️
Imbecile check ✔️
Nincom… poop check ✔️
they should continue making episodes of this, its too damn funny not to continue, my favorite joke in this episode is "lets call it a WHHHEEEEEEEEE" XD
Cause it's fun
Thanks!
Double dome voice was always the funniest and i always wondered who voiced
Jess Harnell was Doubledome and Daniel Davis-Longhair
Mr. Gnatovich, I think there's at least three reasons why your creation Longhair and Doubledome didn't get picked up as an animated series.
This is a great show with a distinct style and humor, no doubt about that.
But the first reason is that the two main characters' attitudes, personalities and chemistry seem like caveman versions of Ren & Stimpy or Pinky and The Brain.
Second reason, because this was set in the Stone Age with no "Bamboo Technology"-the kind of stick and stone tech we've see in The Flintstones, the plots, plot devices and atmosphere seem rather limited with what can be done on the end of the writers and storyboard artists-at least from my humble perspective.
Lastly, the plot outcomes seem rather formulaic. Much like a Roadrunner and Wile Coyote cartoon or the aforementioned Pinky & The Brain, the characters' desires and goals are simple, but the end results will end in failure and/or outright pain for one or both of the main characters.
Just my two cents on why this this didn't get picked up.
Thank you for your perspective. The truth of the matter is more about the politics at the Network at the time than content.
@@GavriloGnatovich
So what I think you’re telling me is that the network wouldn’t let you have full creative control? From one artist to another, that is something I completely understand. As Looney Tunes producer Leon Schlesinger said, “Art and Business shouldn’t mix.”
@@TPDManiacXC626 The network let me have creative control, they just didn't pick this up for series. The politics at play for a show where the focus group numbers were as high as this show, I will probably never know. Bill and Mandy was picked. It is funny that you quote Leon, Warner Bros. had no clue what their cartoon staff was doing. Chuck Jones has many stories that proved this true. Thank you for your interest
Not bad i can see it work look fun
Is better then lost cat and that Prickles the Cactus
Or lucky lynda
1:19 Best to say for this,....
Cro-Magnon, Neanderthals, An Ape and/or possibly a Gorilla, & a Monkey.
Well, Doubledome can't know everything;)
2:42 But the wee rock, is a wee bit way over there
Yes in fact it is.
I miss old day of cartoon network I miss 2003
The best part was with the wheeeeeee
cause it's fun
@@gavartist exactly
This art style reminds me of Cow and Chicken but with humans with constructive anatomy.
Nothing wrong with that.
lol feel the love baby and im queen of the world
#RealIntensefying!
3:06 3:16 The Wheee!
Frith only knows why the series never went through.
Thanks Dennis
Anytime. If only you could try again.
😆 🤣 caveman versions ed Eddn eddy that fits the bill
Picasso's Gurernica reference at 6:33. :)
Yep...Can you find Dejeuner Sur L' Herbe? Hahaha
2 years late but it's at 6:00
@@sofffm Daumier's Transnonian Street just ahead of it...too. Haha. I really like using Fine Art in my comic work....more will come in my Longhair and Doubledome Graphic Novel
I miss Friday night cartoon network