Bonus points for using the original music, but negative points for the Dukes that are actually in the cartoon (you can't tell, but those are the replacement Dukes, Coy and Vance. Feh!)
Knutreturns said: Spoken like the true Greatest RDCW Champ!
Kind of ironic, given that "Dukes" was pretty much a cartoon in the first place.
Oh, and even as a kid wouldn't you kind of wonder how inbred redneck mechanic Cooter suddenly had the technology to trick out the General like the batmobile?
One of the posters on YouTube sums it perfectly with a single question: "you mean the professor could build a space worthy rocket but not a boat that could cross the ocean?"
It's the Jetsons. Not just a ripoff of the Jetson, but same concept, the same artwork, the same sound effects. The only difference is that they animated poorly drawn likeness of Shirley Jones, Danny Bonaduce, etc., into the old Jetson animation backgrounds.
Rubik, the Amazing Cube (featuring a theme song by Menudo, no less!)
Much how Thelma (Velma?) would lose her glasses in every episode of Scooby-Doo, so too would Rubik get mixed up, forcing one of those adorable Mxycan children to fix him.
Knutreturns said: Spoken like the true Greatest RDCW Champ!
Seriously. Even as a kid (I was nine when it first aired), I thought that was a complete bastardization of the Justice League.
First, of course, you had the idiotic emphasis on Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog, an inclusion especially nonsensical when you had Robin (himself a teen sidekick) there already. If they thought the needed teenaged junior Superfriends and a dog, why not use the Teen Titans and Krypto?
Second, because the early 1970s was the era of government regulation of Saturday morning television, they couldn't action show the heroes throwing a punch (or anything else that might count as "action"). As a result, the "action" consisted of Superman lifting things (hey, maybe this is where Singer got HIS inspiration), Wonder Woman flying around in a plane, Aquaman swimming and Batman driving around in his car a lot.
Third, and related to the second, there were no actual villains. The antagonists tended to be well meaning mad scientists who were trying to solve some sort of ecological or societal problem and who would generally screw it up worse, prompting our heroes to lecture them about how individual responsibility was more important to save the world (Um, okay, this part was actually not bad. No wonder I became a republican).
Finally, the stories had even less internal logic that a typical Saturday morning cartoon. For example, I remember one episode where Superman would struggle to lift, I dunno, a bulldozer in one scene and then pick up an ocean liner later in the episode. Even as a kid I remember thinking "WTF? An ocean liner is obviously heavier than a bulldozer".
Really, the only thing about it that was cool was the original theme music.
The Drack Pack...I only vaguely remember this one, but man, that Drac Jr. looks queer.
Geez, yeah. I never saw that one but you're right. And why was the snake afraid of a bat in that clip?
There were a couple of kids' shows with that same basic premise over the years including a live action one called "the Monster Squad" (no relation to the 80s movie) where Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman fought crime with a sidekick played by Fred Grandy (later Gopher from the Love Boat):
And, of course, they were all (to one extent or another) "inspired" by the success of the pretty entertaining (at least when I was a kid) "Archie" spinoff "Groovie Ghoulies"
That show, like the Archies, actually spawed a hit single "Chick A Boom (Don't You Just Love It):
Yes, this is a thread for all the Saturday morning cartoons that've scarred me terribly. Up first, Happy Days!
The fact that you watched all of these cartoons explains why you can't get laid.
Uschi said: I won't rape you, I'll just fuck you 'till it hurts and then not stop and you'll cry.
MisterJLA: RACKS so hard, he called Jim Rome "Chris Everett." In Him, all porn is possible. He is far above mentions in so-called "blogs." RACK him, lest ye be lost!
"I can't even brush my teeth without gagging!" - Tommy Tantillo: Wank & Cry, heckpuppy, and general laughingstock
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
A talking pig voiced by the guy who played "Horshack" from "Welcome Back Kotter."
You know, the funny thing is: when I was a kid and that show (the live action one) was popular most of us (kids, that is) actually watched it because we thought Lenny and Squiggy were funny. You'd think the producers would have realized that kids would have been more likely to enjoy a cartoon about them (and they were cartoonish to begin with).
Of course, neither Michael McKean or David Lander were related to the producer so...
Yet another Michael J. Fox movie turned animated series.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
I remember this one coming on after Pee Wee's Playhouse.
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
From the 'of all the characters to spin off for a cartoon, why these' pile:
whomod said: I generally don't like it when people decide to play by the rules against people who don't play by the rules. It tends to put you immediately at a disadvantage and IMO is a sign of true weakness. This is true both in politics and on the internet."
Watching that intro, I'm left with one question- What on earth did that alligator do to Mr. T? Judging from that clip, it looked like he was just minding his own business, lazily swimming along, and then Mr. T flings him by the tail.
Knutreturns said: Spoken like the true Greatest RDCW Champ!
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