Rather than have a talking head, have an animated talking head deliver the Evening News.
-- thumbwax, Sep 06 2001

Not Elmer Fudd... http://www.ananova.com
...but the concept's there. [st3f, Sep 06 2001, last modified Oct 17 2004]

But with the length of time it takes to create even a short piece of animation, wouldn't all the news run about two weeks behind?
-- Guy Fox, Sep 06 2001


After over a decade of Kent Brockman's antics on The Simpsons, i would find it hard to take an animated news program seriously.
-- mrkillboy, Sep 06 2001


Easiest way is to do it all algorithmicaly. If you can mark up the text to get pronunciation and expression you woudn't even need to lipsynch with a human presenter.
-- st3f, Sep 06 2001


There are quite a few talking head applications on the internet that can speak in real time. Amongst 3D companies, who had a mini bust before the .com collapse, there are companies that make cartoon 3D characters. This is all very simple.

Ananova (see link) is a working news example.
-- Aristotle, Sep 06 2001


Anime, WB, Disney, Lil Pimp - on and on it goes - anybody but Hanna Barbera...
-- thumbwax, Sep 06 2001


I may be wrong, but I thought MAX Headroom was something like that. That 'cool' talking head on skin-a-max from back in the 80's is what I am talking about.
-- barnzenen, Sep 06 2001


But what if they were naked anime babes reading the news?
-- mrkillboy, Sep 10 2001


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-- Zimmy, Sep 09 2006



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