i wanna make a case for Adventure Time as a contemporary funny animal cartoon
in addition to obvious picks like Gumball and Regular Show, i mean
the main characters are "Jake the Dog and Finn the Human"
note that Jake gets billed first, and that Finn's human-ness makes him an unusual creature relative to the setting
in addition, it feels more sketch comedy than sitcom, particularly in the earlier seasons - which brings it closer in line with earlier funny animal cartoons than either Regular Show or Gumball, genre-wise
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i think it's more that they're just not so much in fashion at the moment
at one point they seemed to be more common than cartoons about human beings, now they're just another genre among many
so maybe it's that the market diversified i guess?
in addition to obvious picks like Gumball and Regular Show, i mean
the main characters are "Jake the Dog and Finn the Human"
note that Jake gets billed first, and that Finn's human-ness makes him an unusual creature relative to the setting
in addition, it feels more sketch comedy than sitcom, particularly in the earlier seasons - which brings it closer in line with earlier funny animal cartoons than either Regular Show or Gumball, genre-wise