Craig McCracken is a genius.

I don’t think I would have even known about this show if Fay hadn’t demanded I watch it, and now it’s the highlight of my week.

I’ve still only seen a few of the episodes, but here’s what I’ve picked up thus far: Madame Foster (Candi Milo) set up a home for all the imaginary friends whose children had outgrown them. Her imaginary friend, “Funny Bunny” (aka Mr. Hareman, voiced by Tom Kane), acts as butler-ish-thing, and her granddaughter, Frances (aka Frankie, voiced by Grey DeLisle), is sort of a maid-ish-type. The aim of Foster’s Home is to place these estranged friends into the care of young, friendless children. It’s an adoption agency, essentially.

Enter Blooregard Q. Kazoo (Keith Ferguson), a small, blue, amorphous, pseudopod friend. But, Bloo’s kid, Mac (Sean Marquette), isn’t quite ready to let go. So, though Bloo is rather a hassle, he gets to stay so long as Mac comes to visit every day.

In addition to the fun-loving Madame Foster, the uptight Mr. Hareman, the disgruntled Frankie, the mischievous Bloo, and the remarkably normal Mac, there is a host of very imaginative imaginary friends who come and go throughout each episode. The most prominent of these are Wilt (Phil LaMarr), and extraordinarily tall, exceptionally nice doormat of a guy with only one arm and one working eye, Eduardo (Tom Kenny), a large, bilingual, cowardly purple bipedal bull, and Coco (Milo), a...something.

The animation is ridiculously neat and innovative, utilizing colour and shape to the fullest. The style is like nothing I’ve seen before (outside of maybe an Eric Carle book, that is), and I’m absolutely fascinated by it. Like the majority of the shows I watch, Foster’s has a really off-beat sense of humour. It also features some great acting by a lot of newer voices and a couple of old favourites (namely the Tom Ks). And the theme music is amazing.

So, thank you Cartoon Network, for giving me something to do on Friday nights.

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