A big part of me wants to say that this is a great time for “adult animation”. Archer and The Venture Brothers are frequently finding new depths to late night animated affairs, while Bob’s Burgers and Rick and Morty have made up some of the most consistent laughs of any shows on TV. Yet at the same time, The Simpsons will never be as good as it was in its prime, Family Guy will never be as good as your…
Around six years ago, the latest animated series in Marvel’s top web-crawling wonder’s repertoire, the Spectacular-Spider Man, started its run in the ending line-up of the Kids WB! Saturday morning fair. Not too long after the first season aired, repeats of it and later the already-commissioned second season would appear on Disney XD. While a third season was never ordered and another Spider-Man series would be made shortly after, this is considered by many to be the best of its…
I love these shows as much as I always have, but I’m looking forward to making it to the second season for these shows. Ah well, at least I’m just about to hit double digits, and there’s some great stuff to look over here. Dexter’s Laboratory: “Doll House Drama” Ho man, this is one of the most memorable stories from the first season. Well, it’s one of mine at least. How else are you going to see a macho manboy…
Those who know me are aware of how Archer is not only one of my favorite animated series currently airing, but is one of my favorite animated series period. I’ve been casually watching the show since its premiere, catching new episodes on and off, enjoying what I was seeing, but not really sticking around, yet didn’t become a lifelong fan until catching the last 2 episodes of the second season basically back-to-back. This prompted me to marathon season 1 on…
Alright, let’s see what I’m going to tackle this week. Dexter’s Laboratory: “Star Spangled Sidekicks” In this first short, Dexter and Dee Dee are watching Major Glory’s TV show, as he faces against Doctor Diablos, an obvious Doctor Doom spoof. Even though this episode only seems to last less than thirty seconds, it totally pumps the siblings up, especially when Major Glory himself announces to his viewers that he’s looking for a new sidekick at their local mall. Talk about…
I have to apologize for my lack of updates during the past three weeks. My ever-busy schedule is to blame, but here we go for this week’s entry. Dexter’s Laboratory: “Dee Dee’s Room” Oh man, here we go. At last, Dexter’s greatest invention has been completed- sliced bread! Except the boy genius/blunder loses his breakthrough, only to have his knife become trapped in the room of his big sister. In hopes of avoiding the peril of cooties, Dexter takes a…
Before I begin, I have to apologize for my break last week. I wasn’t swamped with family, but rather schoolwork and a social life to take care of. Also, I ordered this shirt as a Christmas gift. There are shirts and other pieces of merchandise for not only Ed, Edd n’ Eddy and the other three shows I tackle, but a few other Cartoon Network classics as well. If anything ehre tickles your fancy, add in the code CHEER15 at retail,…
This series is the highlight of my weak. My only problem is finding the time to do it. Dexter’s Laboratory: “Double Trouble” And here is the first appearance of Dee Dee’s best friends, Mee Mee and Lee Lee, who are pretty much like Dee Dee, except black and Asian, respectively. I’m sure that you are familiar with these characters. Well, the episode starts out innocently enough, with the girls playing in Dee Dee’s room. Except when has Dee Dee ever…
Another week, another set of Cartoon Cartoons to look over. And yes, I will probably still be this lazy with every introduction for now on. So let’s just get started. Dexter’s Laboratory: “Dexter’s Rival” At last, the first day of school is compl… er, here. And poster boy genius Dexter is ready to shine in his class, until the class’s new student (it’s the first day, who cares if he’s a new student?) Astronomenoff, or Mandark for short. This guy…
While you could definitely find my enthusiasm in last week’s entries, I don’t think that I articulated why I have such a particular affection for Cartoon Network’s programming on the 90’s/early 00’s. Well, the 90’s were a great period for animation. Besides the birth of Cartoon Network, Disney and Warner went through a renaissance, primetime animation arguably started up, and Nickelodeon also started its own collection of animated series. This period started out around the mid-80’s, when Disney, under new…