Gemmy Halloween Big Head Animated Characters

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2 жыл бұрын

Big thanks to CJ Webbler for providing this video. The video shows three of the Big Head Halloween items I worked on in 2001.
These were probably among the last Halloween items I worked on for Gemmy (non-licensed) before I "specialized" in the Everyday lines. I also worked on Val/Easter, Garden and most of the licensed items too afterwards. I spent a lot of time developing modules that were used in all seasons.
These were huge sellers. I did a video on the James Brown doll that explains how they came to be. In a nutshell, I asked the engineers to add an oversized head onto our already successful hip swinging module. That request became these characters and then the first Pop Culture item - Dancin' Shoutin' James Brown. Many successful big head items followed.
Also significant is that the skeleton sings "Superfreak" by Rick James. I was the first person to put that song in a Halloween item and it's been copied many, many times since by Gemmy, DanDee and most of the other animation companies.

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@HolidaySpirit04 2 жыл бұрын

Joe, I just want to say thank for you all of your creative genius that pioneered my absolute favorite company of all time. Your absolutely brilliant ideas were able to able to give Gemmy the finances and confidence to branch out into so many different fields and make the absolute best holiday decorations around. Without you at the company, Gemmy probably never would been where it is today, so I just wanted to thank you as well as all of your teammates for your incredible work.

@lakewi44 2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love the freaky geeks, and big heads series. these were my favorite during the Halloween season. There hasn’t been any new items that can top those. Thanks for sharing Joe!

@Gemmysnowmiser1 11 ай бұрын

0:01 getting him soon. I have the big head skeleton. But the board is mess up. I also have a gemmy 2004 freaky geeks skeleton that’s sings super freak. It’s basically the same as the big head skeleton but with one fraise.

@SkullkraneEntertainment 2 жыл бұрын

My favorite line by Gemmy! Phenomenal work Joe! 🙌🏼

@groovinprops9716 2 жыл бұрын

Too bad the orange Skeleton wasn’t released hopefully the prototype will show up one day

@ENTMan98 2 жыл бұрын

This was such a well-executed line. Do you happen to remember any of the sculptors from the time of these characters?

@joep5300 2 жыл бұрын

All the sculptors were Chinese

@ENTMan98 2 жыл бұрын

@@joep5300 I see. Very interesting!

@The-creator-of-good-videos-15 7 ай бұрын

@@joep5300 Why do they have the same mechanism and the same pose as how the skeleton toy poses or something?

@legoislandstuff8773 3 ай бұрын

⁠@@The-creator-of-good-videos-15much cheaper to just go with the same mechanism which is a common hip swinging model

@The-creator-of-good-videos-15 3 ай бұрын

@@legoislandstuff8773 Ok…

@Cecnorthernohio 2 жыл бұрын

Did any of those prototypes have different songs? Wouldve been cool if the cauldron witch, orange skeleton, and vampire were made

@joep5300 2 жыл бұрын

I don't remember the songs they sang, but they would have been different. The orange skeleton prob still sang Superfreak.

@Cecnorthernohio 2 жыл бұрын

@@joep5300 i guess that makes sense for the orange skeleton, wouldve been cool if it was an alternate color. I would assume the monster and bride of frankenstein are similar to the produced, and werewolf was another alt design

@Gemmy2004snowmiserandfriends 4 ай бұрын

Joe has there been any prototypes of the rockin Randall or pigskin Pete?

@Gemmygod 2 жыл бұрын

It's neat to know that other colored bone variants of the big head skeleton were made as well as seeing an alternate version of the witch character that appears to be an earlier prototype that was made prior to the final product. The Bride of Frankenstein I know ended up in a classic animation line along with Frankenstein himself, and the Vampire should've seen the light of day because he looks awesome!