The Objects (franchise)

The Objects are an ensemble cast of object characters known for an absurdist, surreal, slapstick, burlesque, and self-referential style of variety-sketch comedy. Created by Stephen D. Wynn, Robert J. Aronson and Cameron Longree in 1971, they are the namesakes of the Wilson Pictures-owned media franchise that encompasses television, film, music, and other media associated with the characters.

The Objects originated in the short-form television series Steve and Friends, which aired from 1971 and 1972. Following appearances on late night talk shows and in advertising during the 1970s, the Objects began appearing on Dream Island (1976–present), and attained celebrity status and international recognition through The Object Show (1970–present), which received four Primetime Emmy Award wins and twenty-one nominations during its five-year run.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the Objects diversified into theatrical films, including

20th Century Studios and Wilson Pictures acquired the Objects in February 2017, allowing the characters to gain broader public exposure than in previous years.

In their six-decade career, the Objects have been regarded as a staple of the entertainment industry and popular culture in the United States and English-speaking area generally, being recognized by various cultural institutions and organizations, including the American Film Institute, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Library of Congress, and the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1970s–1980s: Beginnings
The Objects were created by the men: Wynn, Aronson and Longree in the 1970s; among his earliest creations was Baseball and Firey who became three of the men's most recognizable characters. Originally conceived for an adult audience,

Characters

 * Four, X, Two, Spongy, Basketball, Bell, Barf Bag, Taco, Firey Jr., Pencil, Pie, Donut, Lightning, Loser, Coiny, Firey, Woody, Yellow Face, Tennis Ball, Tree, Gelatin, Leafy, Grassy, Balloony, Book, Teardrop, Bracelety, Liy, Ice Cube, Snowball, Eggy, Pillow, Gaty, Cloudy, Foldy, Bubble, Bottle, TV, 8-Ball, Remote, Black Hole, Bomby, Rocky, Golf Ball, David, Dora, Marker, Pen, Fanny, Clock, Nickel, Naily, Needle, Lollipop, Robot Flower, Eraser, Stapy, Ruby, Blocky, Roboty, Pin, Fries, Match, Saw, Cake, Flower, PuffBall, Announcer, Firey Speaker Box, Flower Speaker Box, PuffBall Speaker Box, Hexagon Speaker Box, Triangle Speaker Box, Round Circle Speaker Box, Spike Ball Speaker Box, Leafy Speaker Box, Tennis Ball Speaker Box, Evil Leafy (mentioned), Nonexisty, Lego Brick, Waffle, Tune, Camera, Get-Well Card, Purple Face, Fish, Bug, Camera, Bozo, Dome, SOTP Sign, Cheese Orb, 9-Ball, Anchor, Avocado, Battery, Blender, Boom Mic, Clapboard, Conch Shell, Discy, Income Tax Return Document, Kitchen Sink, Leek, Onigiri, PDA, Price Tag, Rubber Spatula, Salt Lamp, Scissors, Shampoo, Shopping Cart, Snare Drum, Tape, VHSy, Winner, Bally, Marble, Profily, Rusty Coin, Sam, BeiBei, Grape, Clip, Steamy, Portable Music Player, Hyper, Unknown Shadow, Fire Monster, HelloKevin, Frozen Yogurt, Glue, jack russell terrier dog riding very fast with speed a skateboard as skater, with sunglasses in summer vacation, taking a selfie with smartphone or cell phone, Pastel Feather, Purple Girl with Wind Hair and Angry Eyes, Tent, Juice Box, Strudel, Electric Guitar, Vacuum, Kebab, Crystal, Deadly, VR Headset, G, O, POO, Obsidian, Glass, Amber, Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, Ivory, Coral, Ammolite, Diamond, Gold, Emerald, Benitoite, Malachite, Axinite, Pyrite, Hematite, Lolite, Variscite, Fluorite, Feldspar, Quartz, Turquoise, Aquamarine, Kornerupine, Chrysoberyl, Jade, Dioptase, Garnet, Topaz, Jasper, Peridot, Opal, Sapphire, Amethyst, Zero, One, Three, Five, Six, Seven, Eight, Nine, Fourteen, D, E, F, G, I, K, T, Y, Z, Asterisk, Pi, Four and X put together, ..., NintySix, Plus, ∀, Radio Announcer, Shirty, User, Poorly Drawn Naily, Pumpkin, Drear-Top, Infinity, Blocks, Grandfather Clock, Metronome, Bone, The Fry, Pumpkin 2.0, Power Outlet, Jigsaw,  - BFDI, BFDIA, IDFB, BFB, TPOT, BFDI Mini, BFDI Mini Again, X Finds Out His Value, and ABCDEFG
 * Apple, Balloon, Baseball, Knife, Lightbulb, Marshmallow, Nickel, Paintbrush, Box, Cheesy, Cherries, Dough, Fan, Microphone, Soap, Suitcase, Test Tube, Tissues, Trophy, Yin-Yang, Bomb, Bow, OJ, Paper, Pepper, Pickle, Salt, Taco, Thermos, Frank, Kumquat, Traffic Light, Shell, Black Hole, Barrel, Bandana, Hay Bale, Yarn, TV, Poptart, Teddy Bear, Magnifying Glass, Cookie, Spikey Mervert, 8-Ball, Dictionary, Bell, MePad, MePhone4, Toilet, MePhone7, Chives, MePhone4S, Steve Cobs, MePhone3GS, MePhone5, MePhone5C, MePhone5S, MePhone6, MePhone6+, MePhone7+, MePhoneX, Life Ring, Nick Le, Baxter, Santa, Pizza Cutter, Rubber Ball, Banana, Guitar, Orange, Party Hat, Tyler, Rusty Jo, Adam, Baby Shimmer, Light Shimmers, The Prime Shimmer, Dagger, Razor Blade, Swiss Army Knife, Poker Chip, Judge Gavel, Spoiled Lemon (Starfruit, Pineapple, Lemon, Tomato, Guava, Mangosteen) - Inanimate Insanity, Inanimate Insanity 2 and Inanimate Insanity Infinity
 * Boombox, Boxing Glove, Candy, Casey, Cherry, Clock, Coney, Crayon, Disc, Dusty, Fly Swat, Globe, Kite, Lighter, Locky, Marble, Masky, Melony, Paper Airplane, Pearly, Picture, Ping Pong Ball, Popcorn, Pumpkin, Snow Globe, Soccer Ball, Television, Tiki, Tissue, Toaster, Toothy, Top Hat, Gamey - Object Overload
 * Tennis Racket, Button, TV, Balloon, Bottle, Lego, Remote, USB, Disco Ball, Ice Cream, Map, Basketball, Window, Evil Window (mentioned), Metal Window, Evil Basketball (mentioned), Altas, Badge, Butter, Globe, Kite, Mii U, Propeller Hat, Rubik's Cube, Tetris Block, Whistle, Mario Hat, Luigi Hat, Rocket, Chatterbox, Asthma Inhaler, Icicle - Object Universe and Object Twoniverse
 * Controlly, Arcade Machine, Bacon, Badgey, Baguette, Baseball Cap, Big Orange Chicken, Blue Raspberry, Boat, Boombox, Chocolatey, Coffee, Controller, Croissant, Diamond, Doorknob, Emerald, Evil Shelly, Frankfurter, French Fry, Frozen Treat, Furball, Gareth, Hot Dog, Huge Blue Cat, Knife, Lava Lamp, Lemon, Meatball, Nacho, Newspaper, Notepad, Old Cane Guy, Orb, Paint Palette, Party Hat, Pawn, Pear, Pinecone, Pizza, Popsicley, Present, Radio, Rook, Scissors, Seashell, Shamrock, Shelly, Shieldy, Slurpy, Straw, Team Examples, The Hacker, Toothbrush, Walkie Talkie, Xylophone - Brawl of the Objects
 * Calculator, Biscuit, Bouncy Ball, Burrito, Button, Cactus, Camera, Credit Card, Cup, Cupcake, Dice, Dollar, Donut, Dr. Lemon, Flower Pot, Football, George, Green Bouncy Ball, Gun, Ice Cream, Jigsaw, Joshua, Lego, Lollipop, Mailbox, Mirror, Notebook, Perfume, Phone, Pizza, Radio, Ribbon, Shamrock, Sharpener, Toast, Tune - Object Mayhem and Object Mayhem 2
 * Printer, Computer, Arch, Beep Boop, Beer, Biscuit, Blue Drago, Cactus, Carpet, Coffee Cup, Cyan Ball Thing, El Nudelo Spider, Fart, Flash Drive, Grape, Green Ball, Honey, Ice Cream, Lighter, Magazine, Mint, Paint, Plug, Recycling Bin, Road Sign, Rubber Ball, Skittle, Smore, Softball, Stapler, Trowel, Waffle, Wallet, Whipped Cream - Object Terror
 * Remote, Basketball, Binder, Bucket, Bullet, Carrot, Gold, Hammer, IPod, Jet Engine, Lighter, Mirror, Nail, Lamp, Phone, Plank, Plate, Stick, Volleyball - Object Havoc
 * Fire Extinguisher, Lock, Acorn, Balloon, Banana, Berry, Bottle, Bucket, Can, Cherry, Circle, Cone, Diamond, Dollar & George, Grassy, Hot Sauce, Limey, M&M, Milky, Moon, Notebook, Paint Palette, Pumpkin, Skateboard, Snowboard, Stop Sign, Sun, Teapot, Umbrella, Yarn, Soapy, Pitcher, Alien, Bear, Computer, Door, Drago, Duffel Bag, Edgy Diamond, Exit Sign, Forky, Lemony, Liverpool, Music Disc, Mustache, Parobject, Rainbow Mac, Residents of the Seaside Village, Sketchpad, Water Balloon, Witch Hat, Tablet, Donut Asahina, Hagakure Ball, Mangokuma, Marshmolo Naegi, Sayaka Miczano - Object Lockdown and Object Lockout
 * Blue Planet, Monitor, Anvil, Asteroid, Autumn, Banana, Battery, Bowling Ball, Camera, Candy Cane, Cantaloupe, Clapperboard, Box, Fat Alien, Flipbook, Green Spider, Hot Dog, Indigo Plant, Kary, Key, Lollipop, Melon, Metronome, Onion, Party Hat, Pawn, Ping Pong Racket, Pistachio, Poker Chip, Rainbow, Razor Blade, Red Spider, Star, Supply Crate, Umbrella, Wheel, Yellow Spider - Challenge to Win and Challenge 2 Win
 * IPad, Bread, Breath Mint, Brown Cakey, Button, Cakey, Coffee, Cup, Dollar, Elastic Band, Ethan, Glasses, Grapefruit, Jelly Bean, Juice Box, Lamp, Lego, Mace, Newspaper, Notebook Paper, OJ, Phone, Pool, Popsicle, Skittle, Slingshot, Water, WAW, Window, Windows 7 - Object Invasion
 * Microphone, Anchor, Banana, Beach Ball, Burger, Candle, Cherry, Cigarette, Glue, Hammer, Hearty, Key, Present, Ruler, Shoe, Soap, Toilet Paper, Tomato, Traffic Light, Trophy, Tulip, Wardrobe - The Strive for the Million
 * Chocolate Bar, Gummy Bear, Cracker, Mango, Muffin, Moonstone, Micro, Chalky, Click, English Muffin, Nail, Broomer, Clay, Latte, Poison, Feather, Gumball Machine, Diary, Headset, SharkBeatBerry, Smartie, Tub of Lard - Excellent Entities and Extraordinarily Excellet Entites
 * Flip Phone, The Announcer, Anchor, Button, Candle, Sandpaper, Soup Can, Tire, Lamp, Mousepad, Picture, Gummy, Key, Color Die, Dollar - Battle for Object Destination
 * Wii U, Quadratini, Camera, Conditione, Cookie, Cup, Fire Axe, Gumball, IPad, Lemon, Orange, Oreo, Police Hat, Pudding Cup, Remote, Sandwich, Shampoo, Strawberry, Watermelon - Object Illusion
 * Computer Screen, VLC Player, Ball, Bird, Board, Bowl, Cosater, Cola Can, Crystal, Disc, Dollar, Dr. Lemon, DS, Face, Frisbee, Jack, Key, Kool Aid, Lightning Bolt, LSU Book, MP3 Player, Soda Can, Star, Sword, Triangle - Inanimate Fight-Out
 * Cheese Grater, Yoyleberry, Tongs, Signy, Treasury, Axe, Birdhouse, Funnel, Petroleum Drop, Cashy, Clover, Guacamole, Rampy, Lettuce, Smoked Sausage, Butter Knife, Tether Ball, Toy Tank, Hammock, Cauliflower, Netty, Tranquilizer Gun, Sour Cream, Iron Ball, Star Rod, Poison Orb, Caramel Treat, Minty, Cat Bed, Burning Diamond, Bonk, Button, SOOS, Minecraft Diamond, Firework, Nectarine, Hammer, Shovel, Post-It, Rainbow Paintball, Propellery, Portal Gun, Maple Syrup, Projector, Fudge Cake, Syringe, Forky, Computery, Oreo Shake - Article Insanity
 * Battery, Peanut Butter, Bowling Ball, Camera, Cereal, Chef Hat, Controller, Drawing Tablet, Frisbee, Gum, Ice Cream Sandwich, Microwave, Nurse Hat, Party Hat, Planty, Pot, Purse, SD Card, Smartphone, Smokebomb, Tomato Juice, Tomato, Waffle, Walky Talky, Wecbam - Ultimate Insanity
 * Red Circle, Grey Hexagon, Orange Rectangle, Bottle Cap, Round Square, Strawberry, Brown Rectangle, Gold Square, Orange Pentagon, Green Pentagon, Cracker, Green Ball, Plum, Indigo Tringle, Tokey, Pizza, Blueberry, Red Circle Speaker Box, Round Square Speaker Box, 3D Cube - Shape Battle
 * Pizza, Blazzip, Banana, Beach Ball, Bowling Ball, Bread, Calculator, Clover, Cowboy Hat, Crown, Diamond, Headphones, Net, Paddle, Shovel, Squirt Gun, Sticker, Strawberry, Tape, Tie, Umbrella, Waffle - Battle For Luxurious Hotel
 * Ketchup, Mustard, Bowling Ball, Lemon, Envelope, Trash Can, Cupcake, Coffee Bean, Paper Cup, Marker, Mr. Lion, Airhorn, Pear, Carrot, Gumdrop, Ice Cream, Tissue Box, Bowling Pin, Beach Ball - Through The Woods
 * Cheese Orb, 9-Ball, Anchor, Basil, Basket, Battery, Beanie, Birdie, Biscuit, Blender, Boom Mic, Bowling Ball, Camera, Chicken Bucket, Clapboard, Clover, Conch Shell, Cookie, Discy, Dough, Duckbill, Frozen Yogurt, Gas Can, Golden Spongy, Kitchen Sink, Lamp, Leek, Lemon Slice, Nail Polish, Omelette, Onigiri, Orb, Paddle, PDA, Pebble, Penny, Plunger, Potato, Purfball, Rubber Spatula, Salt Lamp, Scissors, Shopping Cart, Snare Drum, Tape, Tomato, Vase, VHSy, Wormy - The Insane Battle of Objects and The Insane Battle Of Objects Rebooted
 * Picture, Coaster, Sleeping Bag, Snip in a Bottle, Easel, Ice Cube Tray, Fridge Magent, Oscillator, Goggles, Washer, Dryer, Candy Corn, Nut, Antiperspirant, Thermostat, Bass, Cookie Butter, Egg Timer, Feather Duster, Fuzzy Dice, Match Box, Pool Stick, Buoy - Object Show
 * 10-Ball, 10.000 Dollar Bill, Bee Movie Disc Case, Boomerang, Cheese Orb, Computer, Crowny, Emeraldy, Fossil, Fountain, Frosting Donut, Green Koopa Shell, Heart Box, Idiot Sandwitch, Mirror, Nineteen, Poke Ball, Portal, Purple Face, Robot Tree, Salmon, Scythe, Trump, GO Sign, Ball Pit, MePhone Charger, Thought Cloud, Lamp, Spaghetti - Object All Stars
 * Book, Evil Book, Recycling Bin, Multi Colored Pen, Alarm Clock, Crayons, House, Sand, Matches, Construction Paper, Tickets, Gluestick, Chicken Leg, AJ, Cheeseburger, Candy Bar, Candy, Ssik, The Grapes, Ice Cream Cone, Paper Airplane, Parachute, Sailboat, Paper Boat, Balloon, Waffle, Football, Key, Dollar, Dr. Pill - Battle On Object Planet
 * Roboty, 8-Ball from BFB, Airport Security Checkpoint, Ball, Broboty, Craig Archer Teagleton, Epic Girl, Epic Man, Eraser Roboty, Firey Sr., Frame-by-Frame, Ghosty, Minecraftian, Mountainy, Photograph of 8-Ball from BFB, Randomy, Syringe, Tweeny, Window Watcher - Battle For The Respect Of Roboty
 * Grangriss in a Jar, Boy Toothpaste, Brown Brick, Choo Choo the Train, Cuberty, Emerald, Feddy Frazbear, Fractal, Globulus, Hardcore Portrait, Hewwo, Illegal Drugs, Immunity Idol, Knuckles the Object, LorenTzel, Petey Piranha Plant, Spooky Spider, Springlocks, A Million Eyes, Angry Juice, Baggy, Big Cherry, Bowling Ball's Bow On Fire, Captain Underpants, Counterfeit Coin, Crippling Depression Man, Fast Food, Freaky, Handstander, Hot Choccy, Irish Potato, KFC Guy, Me With Object Assets, Olive, Orager, Picket Fence, Saggy, Seltzer Bottle, Shape Tweeny, Small Jr., Algodoo Marble, Beaty, Blizz, Blue Barrel, Butterscotch, Cardboard Skype, Cheddaroni, Chips, Coconut Gun, Compass, Computery, Cool Capsule, Cupcake, Eye Dropper, Half Eaten Corn Dog, I'd., Jelly Donut, Krzysztof, Lego, Lemon Demon, Little Kids Radio, Lunchy, Mariana, Microwave, Neon Pills, No Green Beans Allowed Sign, Pancake, Potty Humour, Prince Pill, Red Ceam Soda, Skin Cube, Slimer, Specimum Sandwich, Takeout, Uni, Vadda Grease - TROC Series
 * Z-Box, Bubble Tea, Cactus, Candle, Churro, Cone, Domino, Gum, Hammer, Lipstick, Lollipop, Magnet, Pasta, Peanut, Perfume, Potato, Remote, Seashell, Spice Cube, Steak, Sugar Cube, Tie, Waffle, Yo-Yo - Next Top Thingy
 * Vibrator, Anal Beads, Babybel, Bauble, Blindfold, Body Pillow, Briefcase, Blue Stuff, Canny, Chicken Leg, Fez, Firework, Flask, Joystick, Lennie, Magic Hat, Notepad, Pantsu, Pebble, Platter, Poop, Scarfy, Seed, Shrek, Tampon, Zune - Object Redundancy
 * Star Coin, Silver Star Coin, Notey, Blender, Bottle Cap, Cartridge, Cinder Block, Clay Pot, Deodorant, Gem, Geode, Grenade, Masking Tape, Party Popper, Radio, Survival Kit, Tamagotchi, Thread, Toy Capsule, NES Cartridge, Euro, Liverpool, Chip, Nut & Bolt, Marker, Speary, Fishbowl, Exit Sign, D-Pad, Face, Meteor, USB, Tire Swing, Speech Bubble, Medical Stool, Santa Hat, Pearl, Kawaii Cake, Cape, Bamboo, Woodchip, Legal Paper, File Cabinet, Railroad Tracks, Symbol, Tinfoil Ball, Witch Hat - Object Multiverse
 * White, Black, Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Purple, Pink, Fuchsia, Cyan, Gray, Brown, Tan - The Color Challenge!
 * PSVita, Evil PSVita (mentioned), Big Benny, Bin, Box of Crayons, Creeper from Minecraft, Cricket Leg, Daxflame, Draw Hole, Inanimate Insanity Shirt, Keemstar, Loveball, Midget, Mutant Creeper from Minecraft, Pee Jar, Picture of the Simpsons, Spider Leg, Steve from Minecraft, Stcik Figure, White Car, Yellow Kite, Zavok, Zombie from Minecraft - Object Show 87
 * Credit Card, Ball, Oil Drop, Voting Booth, Cross, Correct, Nintendo 3DS, Ice Cream, Dictionary, Wine, TNT, Vase, Jungle Knife, Red Juice, Neptune, Lemon, Milk, Shed, Candle, Tablet, Rubber Ball, Lunch Box, Immunity Token, Nail, Tin Can, Mars, Easter Egg, Crown - Battle For The Big B
 * Bagel, Beaker, Broken Heart, Cleaver, Clipboard, Cassette, Doodle, Earmuffs, Floppy Disk, Garlic, Gluestick, Goal Post, Hourglass, Ornament, Ruler, Siren, Thermostat, Lunchbox, Lily Pad, Padlock, Remote, Witch Hat, Whistle, Xylophone - Anthropomorphous Adventures
 * Rainbow Road, Blanket, Breadcrumb, Broccoli, Candle, Candy Corn, Cuppy, Glove, Gluey, Grape, Hammer, Highlighter, Jelly Bean, Lantern, Lemon, Lemon Sherbet, Lightswitch, Limey, Mouse, Orange, Pancake, Pepperoni, Potato, Pumpkin Spice Cake, Saxophone, Soccer Ball, Soda, Strawberry, Toaster, Tomato, Toothbrush, Toothpaste, Wheely - The Object Merry-Go-Round
 * Alarm Clock, Beachball, Bowling Ball, Brownie, Bugspary, Camera, Candle, Carrot, Computery, Dodecahedron, Eggy, Febreze, Lamp, Lemonade, Napkin, Radio, Rubber, Sunscreen, Thread, Nintendo, Nintendo-Ulimate, Funnel Cake, Sandy - Battle for Isle Sleep
 * Magic Wand, Thing, Butter Knife, Candle, Lampshade, Medal, Money Bag, Mug, Note, Picture Frame, Sharpener, Smartie, Speech Bubble, Thermometer, Toilet Paper, Twig - Nonexistent Living
 * President of the World, Orion, Coconut, Backpack, Bang Snaps, Blueberries, Bowling Ball, Bowling Pin, Cork, Glassy, Green Puffball, Headphones, Helmet, LOLipop, Lollipop, Mini Golf Balls, Nunchucks, Phone, Plug, Sacky, Soda, Star, Starfy - The Struggle for the World
 * Emerald, Sunstone, Sapphire, Balloon, Blackcurret, Bowling Ball, Calculator, Cheese, Cola, Crayon, Eggy, Gumball, Ketchup, Mustard, Lollipop, Pizza, Straw, Tack, Toliet Paper, Yo-Yo, Ruler, Asteroid, Bow Tie, Swabby, Buttoney, Lipstick - Object Land (Reloaded)
 * Decode - Logo Battle