What is "Goodbye to Lucien and Wayne?"

As you all know I'm a Cramp Twins fanboy, it seems like just yesterday I saw the first episode on Cartoon Network and from that moment on it has been one of my favourite animated programs. So imagine how I felt when it meet it's end in 2005, but that doesn't matter because Cartoon Network could still make cartoons I mean whats the worse that could happen.......................

                                                                       ahh rats!!!

Yes like everyone else I have a grudge on the media for ending the Cramp Twins too soon, while I think it was all because of 4Kids I kind of blame CN for picking 4kid's side. Since then veteran cartoonist Brian Wood retired animation for reasons unknown, never to be heard of until I wrote my article "Whatever Happened to Brian Wood" (lets hope people saw that) The Cramp Twins have lived their afterlife in obsurity. But thanks to the internet, we the fans have managed to keep the memories of this show alive thus making it a cult hit along with Sheep in The Big City and Santo Bugito.

Now like every francise of production there has been propagander revolving around The Cramp Twins so you might have noticed there have rumors of a certain "lost episode" In my "Top 10 Shows Never Ended" list, I mentioned that there was something about a missing episode called "Goodbye to Lucien and Wayne" Now this has been on Wikipedia for ages and while I consider that website as "propagander" it makes me wonder. I mean were they really gonna end with a finale or is this another conspiracy? there were also recent rumors of a new series that was to suppose to come after this episode and prehaps a spin-off even.

Just imagine if Mari got her own show but I don't think a cartoon about a socially awkward girl who has to deal with her demented foster family would be "good ratings" material. Well at least it would be               more interesting to watch than anything thats on Cartoon Network now.

Anyway I just want to ask what was this "lost episode" anyway and why would CN keep us from seeing it if it did existed. Well whatever the reason and whether it exists or not I for one would love to see it for myself, if it's the final curtainl to the terrible twins then I could only imagine how great it could have been. I'm so interested I even wrote to Cartoon Network asking if they can air it to celebrate the show's tenth aniversery (if they have it at least) Even if there's no animation they could at least tell me where I could find the actual recording so I could post it on YouTube.

Whats also intriguing about this rumor is the name of the episode "Goodbye to Lucien and Wayne" now you cant really tell if the name alone is real. I mean it sounds like someone made it up but if the Angry Beavers had a lost episode with the word "goodbye" then there must be a connection. After all both shows are about brothers and they both have missing episodes so maybe they were both cancelled for the same reason. Another thing about the name of this episode is "what did it actually mean?" Was it about the Cramp Twins moving away to a different city? or was it a metaphor for the show coming to a conclusion so there would no way of coming back. Or maybe, maybe they were gonna kill off both Lucien and Wayne. If that's true then it would have blown everyone's mind, to end a show with it's main protagonists dying would have been a dark and mature way and would've left an impact on children's animation. I mean think about it people.

Whatever ending this show was going for "Goodbye to Lucien and Wayne" would have been an epic conclusion to such an enjoyable program. I'm just sad it never aired or never made, either way I sure hope the producers will re-create this episode, with newer animation; I'm waiting! If you want to support my message to the world, just contact Cartoon Network (or whatever channel The Cramp Twins aired, depending on where you lived) ask them where to find the footage or audio. I repeat even if there's no footage then we can make our own and make it a viral hit.

Also if you do know where I could find some footage, recordings or storyboard work then leave your answer at the comment box below I would appreciate it.

 Now as a tribute to the Cramp Twins I like to show you a picture I've done on PhotoShop, inspired by 2001 A Space Odyssey I created this for fun as well as a statement of what impact a cartoon or a piece of art has, after it's debut to the world. Give me your thought and we'll see you next time.