The Unfriendly Giant

The Unfriendly Giant was a radio series in the late 80's and early 90's which was a parody of the Friendly Giant, a children's TV show.

While the Friendly Giant would gently play music and read stories to his puppet friends and children viewing at home, the Unfriendly Giant was more interested in beating up Jerome the giraffe, cooking the chicken, Rusty, and encouraging children to steal money from their parents and mail it to him.

Tom Rivers and the Unfriendly GiantThe Unfriendly Giant was created and performed by Tom Rivers, a radio DJ at CFRT Toronto, and his on air buddies, Erik Tomas and Doug Avery.

You're probably here because you want to see the Unfriendly Giant cartoons I've made. Well, here they are:

Now that I've finished my third cartoon I can no longer say that I have more “in the works.” But, that's nothing that a little encouragement might not change.

Before Tom's death in November of 2004, I wrote him to tell him about my Unfriendly Giant cartoons. His response was quick and decidedly not unfriendly:

From: “Tom Rivers”
Date: Wed May 19, 2004 5:21:41 PM Canada/Eastern
To: Darren Foulds
Subject: Re: Unfriendly Giant Cartoon

Hey, Darren, thanks for the Flash. What a hoot. Ya know that’s the way I see Unfrendly too. I sent the cartoon on to the other two guys in the series, they’ll get a kick out of it.

Once again thanks.
Tom ‘the Giant’ Rivers

 

If you're wondering where you can get audio copies of the show, or if you want to ask me for a copy of my tapes, my current reply right now is, “Sorry, no.”

Over the past few years, I've been able to talk with Tom's family, co-workers and the rights-holders of the Unfriendly Giant show. But so far, it looks like there's little interest in getting the Unfriendly Giant out there in any way. Some original tapes exist, it's just a matter of convincing folks that it would be worth their while to make the episodes available to the fans.

Unfriendly Links

Here's my compilation of Unfriendly Giant links:

Comments?

Darren White
Posts: 12
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Re: The Unfriendly Giant
Reply #5 on : Fri May 09, 2008, 18:35:42
Love the new video. I used to have a tape copy of all the episodes, but I loaned it to someone and never got it back. Bummer
Dave Gallant
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He was the best
Reply #4 on : Mon May 05, 2008, 12:03:07
I remember actually setting the alarm to wake up just in time so that I could tape the unfriendly giant off of the radio - remember tapes?? I had a whole 90 minute tape of shows, that I lent to a friend - never to be seen again....too bad. They were hilarious!!
Craig Cunningham
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Unfriendly Giant Episodes
Reply #3 on : Fri May 02, 2008, 15:35:08
Hey guys!

The Unfriendly Giant has always been a favourite of mine. I'd love to see more episodes come available. I'd gladly sign your petition to make them available.

Cheers!
Michael Theriault
Posts: 12
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Petition
Reply #2 on : Fri May 02, 2008, 11:32:18
See how many people can get to sign a petition and get it to them. Maybe if they see they would allow something to be put together.
kevin carroll
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would love to here all the unfriendly giant againe ,was a blast
Reply #1 on : Wed April 16, 2008, 16:20:38
would love too here the unfriendly stuff again i remember listening too it when i was younger and near died laughing, thanks you guys, your the best...

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