Two
Omaha moms are launching a straight-to-DVD cartoon that
reflects their life together as parents of a young
boy.
Two
Omaha moms are launching a straight-to-DVD cartoon that
reflects their life together as parents of a young
boy. Buddy G—My Two Moms and Me is about a
5-year-old with two moms who loves science and uses a
computer strapped to his arm to solve problems.
Executive
producer Margaux Towne-Colley said Monday that most reaction
to the $10 DVD has been positive so far, although she
does expect some negatives: ''There's people out there
who would like to pretend families like ours don't
exist, but we do.''
The first episode
talks about the value of being truthful, along with a
few facts about how metal detectors work. Future episodes
were to include other families, including ones with
two dads.
Towne-Colley said
the company she and her spouse formed, Us 2 LLC, has
received a few hundred orders for the first episode DVD. She
expects to have 5,000 copies in hand by mid December.
She would love to
see their cartoon air on TV but doesn't expect that to
happen soon: ''I don't know if Nickelodeon or the Disney
Channel would be ready for this.''
That's a safe
bet: In 2005, after criticism from Secretary of Education
Margaret Spellings, PBS said it wouldn't distribute an
episode of the children's series Postcards From
Buster in which the animated bunny visits the
children of two lesbian couples in Vermont. (AP)
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