Show #47: He Is A Sad Clown

 

Brian Smith of Dynamite In The Brain makes his triumphant return to talk about the totally decent Completely Mental Misadventures Of Ed Grimley.

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Springing forth from SCTV and Saturday Night Live comes this cartoon adaptation of the bizarre and ever upbeat character made famous by Martin Short. What it lacks in good animation (courtesy of Hanna Barbera) it makes up for in excellent writing and performances from Short himself and many of his colleagues from the world of comedy, along with a most welcome habit of veering off into strange and frequently hilarious territory. It is quite good, I mean how can you say it's not?

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An innocent man

Explaining it all to you

Weekdays at 3!

Show #27: The Gospel Of Mr T

We're back from the grave after yet another spot of bother. Some dastardly crooks (i.e, the dudes who kept not delivering Dwayne's computer charger) were up to no good. Can Mr T and the gang solve the mystery of The Secret Of The Sailor Madness?

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When you ask the guys who made Scooby Doo to create a cartoon for you odds are it's gonna involve mystery solving teens, and sure enough that happens here. But mystery solving teens led by Mr T? That might have legs Joe! Wretched animation and a quickly worn out premise do the show no favours, but getting to watch cartoon Mr T beat up on smugglers / ghost pirates / Panthermen and live action Mr T dispense his worldly wisdom provides some amusing novelty for a little while.

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Cartoon Mr T ain't nobody to mess with!

A daring escape

A man of the people

Show #24: NO LITTLE ROK

Fighting caveman crime in a not-so-future time, we delve into the exploits of the ridiculously overpowered Hanna Barbera superhero Mighty Mightor!

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What of the good old days? A simpler time when men were men, or Vulturemen or Tigermen or Abominable Snow Men. When cartoon studios could get away with severely restricted animation and recycled plots because them kids don't know any better. Good riddance to those days, but Mightor gets an A for effort from us if only for Alex Toth's design work and the possibilities of these characters and setting in the right hands.

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Hang in there baby

Discover agriculture already you lazy Vultureman

Sometimes you just gotta be a dick

Show #23: GET ME CHOPPER BACKUP

We're feeling the need, the need for speed this week as we jet off with the heroic aces of Hanna Barbera's Swat Kats: The Radical Squadron!

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Another show on the roster of The Funtastic World of Hanna Barbera (and unfortunately another cartoon sealed within the Warner Archive Collection), we were a bit apprehensive to return to this concentrated shot of 90s animated action. Our luck holds once again though as Swat Kats arrives loaded with great artistry and animation and some stellar performances from the voice cast. Half-remembered images from your youth can come up trumps once in a while!

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The worst kind of backup.

Collateral Damage

You're alright Cybertron.