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Former Disney Animator
and artist from Greater New Orleans, Jim Tweedy will talk about traveling to New
Orleans on vacation. Jim Tweedy's art has been seen everywhere from New Orleans
to your local stores. Listen to Cruise with Bruce host, Bruce Oliver and his
guest from New Orleans, Jim Tweedy, talk New Orleans on this cruise radio show.
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Bruce Oliver, host of the Cruise with Bruce Radio Show and owner of the Cruise
Radio Network as he interviews former Disney Animator and Friendly Doggies
animator, Jim Tweedy about traveling to New Orleans the Jazz Capital of the
world. Jim will also talk about his art: Charlie, the
"The whole Friendly Doggie idea started a couple of years ago.
I had received an extremely positive response to a Charlie the RedCat painting
that I made called, "A Visit to the Museum." That painting depicted a group of
cartoon dogs in a museum, looking at two paintings; one of a fire hydrant and
one of Charlie the RedCat. That was the first time I'd painted any cartoon dogs.
I received so many requests for art with just the dogs that I decided there must
be some potential in the little guys. It was great because I had always dreamed
of having a cartoon strip and this idea lent itself to a strip much more than
Charlie the RedCat did. My father and I used to have a lot of fun spending hours
trying to come up with concepts when I was a boy. Anyway, as much as everybody
liked the dogs in A Visit to the Museum, in my opinion, they weren't quite funny
enough to be cartoon strip material. I actually set to work refining the dogs
while doodling on a napkin in a restaurant. I knew I wanted the dogs to be
fairly large, like my own late great Golden Retriever, Murray. Noses are
important to dogs. A dog's world seems to revolve around his nose. I know
Murray's was important to him. These big noses are the focal point and the
beginning of every Jim Tweedy's Friendly Doggie that I create. You won't find a
dog without a nose. That's not just me talking. That's a promise. So, there I
sat with my napkin, ketchup on one corner and doggies on the other and I got to
thinking: certainly doggies like to eat!
What's the point of having a great big
nose to smell the food with if they're not going to eat it? All of it. I drew a
big stomach. It worked. The big stomachs actually balanced out the big noses.
Then I added hands so they could be more versatile than the ordinary dog. For
now, you see, they could throw Frisbees instead of just catching them in their
mouths like ordinary dogs. It was all coming together and after a few finishing
touches, I had it. The only thing missing was the name. I took one look at them
and I thought, "These doggies are some kinda friendly." And then it hit me. I'd
call them just that... Friendly Doggies! And since I was the one who drew them,
I thought, "Why not?" So, I named them, Jim Tweedy's Friendly Doggies. Because
that's what they are." 
