RSS Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 It's time for another edition of Saturday Morning 101 with Dan and Jonathan. This time around they analyze Freakazoid!, the cult classic cartoon created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini! [ 59:16 || 28.7 MB ] The above is from: http://www.earth-2.net/theshow/episodes/e2ts_477.mp3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Fucking right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Fuck yeah. Freakazoid! Freakazoid! I can't remember the rest of the theme song! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 This time around they analyze Freakazoid!, the cult classic cartoon created by Bruce Timm and Paul Dini! I swear I've heard those names before.... I'm looking forward to this'un, gents! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slothian Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I'm a tad disappointed that Freakazoid doesn't hold up all that well, but I enjoyed it at the time. I was actually turned off more by Hysteria, because although I'm a major history nerd, it seemed to consist of a lot of cartoon characters just saying the title of the programme. Am I right in thinking that show was another "Spielberg presents for marketability's sake" cartoon? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 I was actually turned off more by Hysteria, because although I'm a major history nerd, it seemed to consist of a lot of cartoon characters just saying the title of the programme. Am I right in thinking that show was another "Spielberg presents for marketability's sake" cartoon? I'm also a serious history nerd, and I never got into Histeria. I applaud what they were trying to do - introduce history to kids via humor while still teaching them something - but it always felt flat to me. I do wonder how much Spielberg actually had to do with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Mockery Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 Caught up with a couple of episodes of this on YouTube. I haven't seen it since I was in my early teens. I did laugh out loud several time and I enjoyed the character of Longhorn. Who couldn't love a man who looks like a bull with the voice of Johnny Cash? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted September 12, 2011 Report Share Posted September 12, 2011 It's definitely good for a few laughs. And yeah, I remember Longhorn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donomark Posted September 17, 2011 Report Share Posted September 17, 2011 It's interesting that you guys felt that the first four episodes weren't so hot, because Bruce Timm has said in an interview that he felt like the first season wasn't very good, but the second season was. He described it as more Monty Python than Animaniacs-lite. Now it's not as though he's speaking from a creator role since he dropped out early on, but it made me think that that's probably the case. I watched the Fanboy episode the other week, and I can definitely see where you two are coming from. The non-sequiter bits didn't do it for me, but as a kid I remember this show being insanely funny back in the day. So I would reccommend and am going to seek out second season episodes just to see a fuller spectrum of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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