(0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run play the camera moves back to see James on top of the slab with the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it before cutting to James physically)
TLOTA: I'm James Faraci, The Last Of The Americans and the views I'm about to express are that of my own & some of yours. Great entertainment definitely needs the following. Great performances, Great writing, direction, scenery and everything else but sometimes ya gotta slug it out! (Cut to clips of the TGWTG.com Anniversary Brawl while James does a voiceover.)
TLOTA (Voiceover): And sometimes those slugfest slobber knockers can get silly and for this list I'm counting down which of these left me gasping for air in laughter in a pool of my own urine and I'm including fights from TV, Movies, Internet Videos they're all there! (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA: So get ready to rumble until you laugh your backside off, these are the top 10 funniest fights in Entertainment.
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" as the words "The Top Ten Funniest Fights in Entertainment" is shown and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Ten
10) Rocky Balboa vs Thunderlips from Rocky III
TLOTA (Voiceover): There's a reason it tops my "Ridiculous Rocky Moments" list but comes at the bottom of this list, it took itself too seriously. For those who missed that list, here's the gist of the moment Rocky played by Sylvester Stallone decides to take on Pro-Wrestling Champ Thunderlips played by Hulk Hogan for a charity match. The funniest lines come out of Hulk Hogan and the fact I can quote all of the lines in that scene verbatim I know which ones were meant to be funny and which ones were meant to be seriously which unfortunately puts it in the bottom of the list.
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Nine
9) All of the best brawls of "The Three Stooges"shorts
TLOTA (Voiceover): Whether they're attacking each other or a group of bad guys these guys know how to take and dish out the slapstick fighting moves like no one else. Some of my favorites have the trio taking on gangsters and once in a while the threesome takes each other on and most of the time they wind up either getting their butts kicked or wind up beating the bad guys stupid these brawls are entertaining and legendary for a reason. They're available on DVD but save your money if the shorts with Joe Besser is a part of the collection.
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Eight
8) Borat vs Azamat from "Borat"
TLOTA (Voiceover): The contentious relationship between Borat played by Sacha Baron Cohen and Azamat played by Ken Davitan really came to a head when the duo stop off at a hotel on their way to California. Azamat finds Borat's "Baywatch" book and then the two come to blows Buck ass nude and not only do the two trash the hotel room they're staying at, not only does Borat use the Camera as a weapon, the two of them make their way to a convention about some political fundraiser and the two continue their fight in the nude in the same hotel trying to kill each other as the convention is going on. That is gross out improv comedy 101!
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Seven
7) The Newscaster Battle Royale from "Anchorman: The Legend Of Ron Burgundy"
TLOTA (Voiceover): With Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell & David Koechner playing Ron Burgundy, Brian Fantana, Brick Tamland and Champ Kind and Vince Vaughn and his group of fellow news anchors and cameos from Ben Stiller, Luke Wilson, Tim Robbins and groups of anchors the whole bunch of them go at it while throwing every reference. At one point Brick Tamland kills a guy with a trident! While in comparison the sequel tried to up the ante in terms of the brawl it lacked the intensity of the first brawl and that's why The Newscaster Battle Royale from the first "Anchorman" movie makes it worthy of being on my list.
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number six
6) The Nostalgia Critic vs The Angry Video Game Nerd "Final Battle"
TLOTA (Voiceover): This one I had to put here because the brawl and the references in it make it funnier than the jokes that were in this and that's not to say the jokes were bad but not that good. Even though they hit each other with everything including the Kitchen sink it does end in a draw and eventually in "To Boldly Flee" they do make peace but this brawl was too good not to put in here!
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky"and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Five
5) Tony Stark vs James Rhodes from "Iron Man 2"
TLOTA (Voiceover): I could've put a lot of brawls from The Marvel cinematic universe but this one tops it for me! With Tony Stark alias Iron Man knowing he's on the verge of death he decides to go bonkers and party like a socialite with a Reality TV show and with Rhodey's career on the line. Rhodey goes to the garage and hijack the Mark II armor and I don't know what makes it funny, the dialogue between Stark & Rhodes, the music, the fact it went on for so long it became so serious by the end but even though it remained humorous throughout the majority of it and makes it worth being on this list.
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Four
4) Batman & Robin vs The Joker, Riddler, Penguin and the thugs from "Batman: The Movie" (1966)
TLOTA (Voiceover): This one was chock full of onomatopoeias, crazy flying leaps, kicks and punches and all the while the one liners are flying and everyone is laughing like there is no tomorrow while everyone watches. Even Frank Gorshin who tried to hit Adam West in one scene and accidentally hit the sub busting up his hand and I'm not joking listen to the commentary on the DVD it actually happened the laughter just comes as this fight continues and while Batman & Robin come out victorious
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Three
3) The ending brawl of "Blazing Saddles"
TLOTA (Voiceover): This Brawl is the denouement of the movie. It had the citizens of Rock Ridge shouting "No More taking bullshit lying down". With the bad guys on the run the entire town decided to open a keg of Whoop-Ass! But what makes it on the list is when the fight breaks out into Warner Bros. Studio. That's right it breaks out of Rock Ridge and spills out all over the Warner Brothers lot. It gets into a musical number directed by Dom DeLuise, the commissary of Warner Brothers it gets out of hand and it is so FREAKING Hilarious but why isn't it at the number one spot, well it has a great amount of people rampaging and the humor is spot on but I found two better.
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Number Two
2) Dr. Insano vs The Nostalgia Critic from "Kickassia"
TLOTA (Voiceover): This was one of the better moments in the movie especially seeing as how I'm certain this thing was intentionally meant to be bad but in a funny way but this was the cream of the crop of the funny moments in this thing especially when everyone decides to have Spoony become Insano to drop the Nostalgia Critic who is mad with power at this point seeing as how he believes he is the ruler of the acre sized area he renamed Kickassia and the two duke it out to either free or enslave Kickassia even further but eventually it ends in a stalemate after The Nostalgia Critic kills Santa Christ. But I got a chuckle out of it and makes it worthy of being Number two on my list.
(Cut to images and sounds from "The Three Stooges" shorts synchronized fully to "Gonna Fly Now" from "Rocky" and plays as the number is show and James does a voiceover the clips mentioned in this part of the countdown)
TLOTA (Voiceover): And the number one funniest fight in entertainment is...
1) Donovan vs. Dusty from "The Apple Dumpling Gang"
TLOTA (Voiceover): If you haven't seen this movie, I HIGHLY recommend it! There are great performances by Bill Bixby, Susan Clark, Harry Morgan, Slim Pickens, Tim Conway & Don Knotts. But the cherry on the top of the Sundae comes after Donovan marries Dusty to help ensure that Celia, Clovis and Bobby Bradley has a good guardian so he can get to New Orleans without a problem. But literally minutes after getting married the kids and Dusty celebrate by getting a few snacks and Dusty gets a surprise as a Bed she was looking at was bought by her newlywed husband. Whoops! (Show clip of Dusty getting angry and then trying to beat the tar out of Donovan while James does a voiceover)
TLOTA: Throughout at least 99 & 9/10ths percent in this brawl Donovan is on the run and Dusty is a one woman hurricane going through the bar over a bed!
Donovan: That's it, A Bed?
Dusty: YES! (Donovan holds her hands away from him)
Donovan: The bed happens to be for the kids Dusty. With the nights getting colder they'll need a warmer place to sleep, So I bought the Brass bed for the boys and the smaller bed is for CELIA!
Dusty (Sweetly): Well why didn't you say so in the first place, then we could've avoided this little misunderstanding! (Cut to James physically)
TLOTA: And those were the top ten funniest fights in entertainment. If you got a chuckle out of what I've done then I will admit to doing a great service today by making people laugh. I'm James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and that's my opinion, next time is my anniversary review and everyone at Team The Last Of The Americans have to get ready for it! !(Cut to obvious green screened shot of James in Grey Sweats as he runs in place with his associates running alongside him while "Gonna Fly Now" plays in the background and cut to the actual steps outside the museum as the camera angles perfectly to show the statue as James and his associates runs up the steps and does the pose of the statue with the statue in the foreground.)
Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
Rowdy, The Last Of The Americans and a bunch of "Fox Kids" Co-Written by Chris Lee Moore "The Rowdy Reviewer"
(A Hand pulling a card designed by Stevie Swigart with the
statistics of James Faraci The Last Of The Americans while putting it into the
Megaforce Morpher from the 0:00-0:03 mark from the theme from the final season
of American Gladiators original run. 0:04 mark from the theme from the final
season of American Gladiators shows James Faraci morphing into James Faraci The
Last Of The Americans with his Black Tee-Shirt with the American flag on it,
Blue Jeans and Tan Work boots until 0:07 mark from the theme from the final
season of American Gladiators original run as scene cuts to James stocking up
on his arsenal from the Classic Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers Morpher, a
bandoleer stocked up with Sonic Screwdrivers, Ammunition for a 303 British
Rifle and said rifle, The Ring Of Aeon, The Gem From the Gauntlet Malachite’s
Hand, Emmalina’s amulet and the Sword Of Caliverti from 0:08-0:15 mark from the
theme from the final season of American Gladiators. 0:15-0:29 mark from the
theme from the final season of American Gladiators original run shows James
leaping and running through moments from the 2014 calendar year of his reviews
ranging from James getting hit with an uppercut by Trina Mason to James
punching Dr. Plotsz, to Paulo & Rebecca Fonseca saying Groovy, to James and
Rowdy running into the Happy Madison crowd, to James’ eyes turning white with
blue streaks of lightning coming out of them, to James taking on the wicked
then culminating in the moment when Lea Michele reveals herself to be a vampire
and zooming into James’ screaming mouth until 0:30 mark from the theme from the
final season of American Gladiators shows when James right hand comes out of
the dark holding a sonic screwdriver then cuts over to a slab of titanium where
lasers cut out “The Last Of The Americans” until 0:36 mark from the theme from
the final season of American Gladiators original run when James lands on top of
the slab while doing a heroic pose with Paulo Fonseca, John & Mike Santos
and The Rowdy Reviewer on his right and Rebecca Fonseca, Renee Miller and Eric
Kurtzke on his left doing their own heroic poses on a black background the
0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of American Gladiators
original run play the camera moves back to see James on top of the slab with
the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it before cutting to the front door of
the office)
TLOTA (Audio as he zooms past the Camera): HO BOY! HO BOY!
HO JOY! (Cut to James tossing his backpack off his shoulder and over the couch)
TLOTA (excited beyond reproach and looking like he did in
the 1990’s): YES! YES! YES! DON’T LET IT START YET! DON’T LET IT START YET!
DON’T LET IT START YET!
Rebecca (Audio): James, Just so you are aware you are Uno
Loco Bastarda! (Cut to Paulo & Rebecca Fonseca, John & Mike Santos,
Renee Miller and Eric Kurtzke standing at the front door looking like they did
in the 1990’s)
Rebecca: We look freaking ridiculous!
Eric: I never wore clothes like this, it is totally
illogical for me to dress like this!
Renee: Yeah James, I will do certain things for you but
looking this freaking ridiculous is where I draw the line!
John Santos: I don’t know, I kind of like this!
Mike Santos: You would!
Paulo: Besides even I think this stuff is stupid. (Cut to
James on the couch sliding over to his right)
TLOTA: You guys don’t understand it is all part of the
experience. We all act like we got home, Put our belongings down, grab a bite
to eat and get ready to relax in front of the TV.
(Rowdy, wearing a t-shirt that says “Ballpark in Arlington’s
First Opening Day: April 11, 1994,” pops in on to the couch from out of nowhere
via Jeannie blink)
Rowdy: OK, I’m here. What’s this about “Nostalgia Block
Party – Bring your 90s cred?”
TLOTA: What, you thought I was going to leave you out of
this, C’mon it’ll be fun!
Rowdy: What will be fun?
TLOTA: Fox Kids!
Rowdy: Seriously? You dragged me from The Dallas/Fort
Worth/Arlington area of Texas for that? Okay, I’ll join ya.
TLOTA: Cool! (Cut to everyone else)
Renee Miller: Uh The Real question is….
Eric Kurtzke, Renee Miller, John & Mike Santos: How did
he get here? (Cut to James and Rowdy on the couch)
Rowdy: Jeannie Express! (Cut to Renee, Eric, John and Mike
having inquisitive looks on their faces as Paulo and Rebecca are slightly
frustrated.)
Paulo: The dork has got A GENIE!
Rebecca: And he only uses her to save money on travel
expenses.
Rowdy: And to miniaturize people who question my motives. (Glares
threateningly at Paulo & Rebecca before cutting to everyone else)
Paulo and Rebecca Fonseca: We’ll stop talking now. (Cut to
James and Rowdy on the couch)
Rowdy: Good!
TLOTA: But you know what? Something feels off. Hey The 1990’s
Kid! You mind giving my associate a 1990’s overhaul (Cut to The 1990’s Kid
played by Rebecca’s FiancĂ© Nick.)
The 1990’s Kid: DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE IT’D BE MY
PLEASURE! I DID THE BANG UP JOB ON EVERYONE ELSE ESPECIALLY REBECCA AND NOW
SHE’S SO HOT I’D TOTALLY BANG HER LIKE A DRUM…! (Cut to an hour later with
James and everyone on the couch in the lobby.)
TLOTA: What I think everyone here has forgotten is that like
“The Disney Afternoon”, “Fox Kids” was a warm welcome after both a hard and a
good day at School and a perfect wakeup call on Saturday Mornings for those who
weren’t into what ABC, CBS & NBC had to offer. So if everyone is done
cleaning up the mess from Rebecca’s sudden desire to beat the cousin of the
actual ‘90’s kid into hamburger.
Rebecca: I’m going to be married, I don’t think men should
be looking at me as if they have a chance.
Everyone else except TLOTA & Rebecca: We’re good!
TLOTA: Let’s get started. (Cut to opening credit to the “Fox
Kids” intro, then to James air conducting the music before cutting back to the
intro of “Fox Kids” and then clips of “Fox Kids” shows with James and Rowdy
doing voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voice over): In 1990 the same year “The Disney
Afternoon” got into full swing The Fox Network decided to get in on board by
making their own kid friendly daytime and Saturday Morning line-up with
original programming. Some of what they had to offer was amazing, some not so
much.
Rowdy (Voice over): And as I have said in the past by the
time “The Disney Afternoon” in 1990, the renaissance in Animation was in full
swing and I’m hoping what some of what Fox Kids has to offer is good. (Cut to
everyone on the couch)
TLOTA: Well I think you might like one of the first
offerings “Fox Kids” had to offer with “Bobby’s World” (Cut to the opening
credit of “Bobby’s World” then cut to clips of “Bobby’s World” with Rowdy and
James doing voiceovers)
Rowdy(Voice over): It should be stated that “Film Roman” who
also was producing “Garfield and Friends” at the time worked with Howie Mandel
and his character Bobby from his stand-up routine to make this series happen
and is it me or is Uncle Ted reminiscent of someone. (Show clips of Uncle Ted
before James does his voice over)
TLOTA (voice over): Well he does sound like John Candy but I
don’t think Tino Insana the voice actor for Uncle Ted had John Candy on the
brain when he came up with Uncle Ted and you cannot tell me that the fantasy
sequences Bobby had weren’t the same as most of us when we were Bobby’s age.
(Show clips of Bobby’s fantasies before cutting to James and everyone on the
couch taking a deep breath and going Yeah or saying yes in one way or another
before cutting back to clips of the show with Rowdy and James doing voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voice over): Needless to say I can see why it is
remembered as fondly as it is.
TLOTA (Voice over): But another show that was on around the
same time as less as remembered though it shouldn’t be. (Cut to everyone on the
couch)
Rebecca: Which show was that?
TLOTA: Fox’s Peter Pan & The Pirates (Cut to opening
credit of “Fox’s Peter Pan & The Pirates” then cut to clips of the show with
Rowdy and James doing voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voice over): What can be said about this series The
Nostalgia Critic didn’t say in his “Top Eleven Animated Nostalgic TV Shows” It
really was put together well, so well in fact when it came to a pilot episode,
everyone said “Pilot Episode, Schmilot Episode” You can tell a lot of effort
was put into it, making it closest to the original J.M. Barrie story more so
than the Disney movie.
TLOTA (Voice over): It doesn’t hurt that one of the best
actors to portray Captain Hook in this series as well. (Show clips of “Peter
Pan & The Pirates” of Captain Hook performed by Tim Curry being intercut
with audio of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” as his character Frank-N-Furter as
well as Daniel “Rooster” Hannigan from the 1980’s version of “Annie”, Wadsworth
The Butler from “Clue” saying “Communism was just a Red Herring”, An audio clip
of “King” Chicken from “Duckman” giving his backstory, Pennywise from “IT”,
Dragaunus from “The Mighty Ducks” and Nigel Thornberry in “The Wild
Thornberrys” before James resumes his voice over) That’s right, Tim Curry is
Captain Hook in this series and I swear there cannot be anyone who can be as
incredibly amazing as Captain Hook. (Show clip of Christopher Walken being
Christopher Walken being Captain Hook in NBC’s “Peter Pan Live” before cutting
to everyone on the couch.)
Everyone: Oh yeah, forgot about him.
Rowdy: Either way, you still gotta hand it to Curry that
this was MUCH better than a certain other villain role he had in the 90s… (Cut
to Clip of Kilokahn from “Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad” for five seconds
before cutting back to everyone on the couch) Yeah… THAT. (Cut to clips of
Peter Pan and the Pirates with Rowdy and James doing voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voice over): Regardless, it goes without saying that
this series was awesome and its effort was not wasted!
TLOTA (Voice over): Just like the next series we’re going to
talk about! (Cut to opening credits of Tom & Jerry Kids before cutting to
everyone on the couch.)
Rowdy: Ho boy, figures I’d have to talk about this series.
(Cut to clips of Tom And Jerry Kids with Rowdy and James doing voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): This one has been on my to-review list
for a long time! But in all fairness, there has been a reason why I have yet to
do this series. There isn’t really much to say about it except that it was
Hanna-Barbera’s attempt at making Tom And Jerry seem palatable to a younger
audience when all is said and done it wasn’t their best work.
TLOTA (Voiceover): Dude, that was harsh I mean yeah it
wasn’t as good as the classic shorts but at least this series tried to
re-capture the feel of it and besides we had more than just the shorts
featuring Tom with a Baseball cap and Jerry wearing a bowtie because, even back
then Bowties were cool. We had plenty of other shorts like from… (Cut to intro
in which it plays “Well there’s Spike & Tyke, Droopy and Dripple” before
cutting to everyone on the couch.)
TLOTA: Okay Spike & Tyke I knew about, Droopy, I knew
about but who’s Dripple? (Cut to clips of Droopy and Dripple and then the other
shorts with James and Rowdy doing voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Seriously I had very little idea until I
discovered on-line so take this information with a grain of salt that Dripple
is in fact Droopy’s son! Yeah, we’re told that he is in fact Droopy’s son in
every short they’re in. But despite the lack of serious explanation about
certain things I actually found this series a load of laughs and entertaining
as all get out.
Rowdy (Voiceover): Well, I’m glad you enjoyed this series
but something tells me there had to be, HAD TO BE something better even though
Hanna-Barbera was on its last legs. (Cut to intro of “Pirates Of Dark Water.”
Then cutting to Ash in “Army Of Darkness” shouting “YEAAH BAAABY!” before
cutting to clips of the series with James and Rowdy doing voiceovers.)
TLOTA (voiceover): Is this more to your liking?
Rowdy: Though technically going to ABC after the five part
pilot was seen, it still counts as something on “Fox Kids” and yeah it is more
to my liking. This was something original and had effort put into the story and
the characters like Ren the Prince of this Alien world called Mer, A Monkey
Bird hybrid that missed being in “The Wuzzles” by I think a few years named
Niddler, a pirate who eventually forms a bond with Ren called Ioz and a bar
maiden who happens to be a practitioner of magical arts! (Show clips of Tula
using Magic before cutting to everyone on the couch.)
TLOTA: Hey Rebecca can you do anything like that?
Rowdy: How about you Renee?
Renee: Well I placed a hex on Rusev so he’d lose to John
Cena at Wrestlemania!
Rebecca: I can make men in metal suits get so hot they can
cook popcorn on their chest piece!
Paulo: Rebecca, please I’m right next to you.
Rebecca: And make my brother feel uncomfortable in the
process!
TLOTA & Rowdy (In Unison): You not even trying! (Cut to
clips of “Pirates Of Dark Water” while Rowdy & James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): Needless to say this show was amazing in
all aspects from animation to voice acting to character use.
TLOTA (Voiceover): But surely we need something a little
more lighthearted that even we all like. (Cut to opening credits of “Tiny Toon
Adventures” then clips of the show while Rowdy & James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): NOW WE’RE TALKING! THIS is what “Tom
& Jerry Kids” should’ve been like. “Tiny Toon Adventures!” The show that
STARTED Warner’s run of amazing animated shows in the 90s! With the backing of Steven
Spielberg himself, Warner Brothers Animation Studios took the classic Looney
Tunes characters teaching cartoon lessons to younger modern versions of
themselves like Babs & Buster Bunny(No Relation), Plucky Duck, Hamton Pig, Furball &
Sweetie, Gogo Dodo, Calamity Coyote
& Little Beeper, Byron Basset, Bookworm, Li’l Sneezer, Concord Condor,
Dizzy Devil even Montana Max and probably the most disliked animated character
of all time Elmyra Duff seems to be likable in this series. When there was were
single focused episodes you could tell they were good. When they did short
cartoons with a wraparound narrative or just shorts that didn’t need that were
funny as all get out! THIS is how you re-package the Looney Tunes characters
for the next generation. Unlike some OTHER shows that need not be mentioned...
(Cut to promotional photo of Loonatics Unleashed before cutting back to clips
of Tiny Toon Adventures)
TLOTA (Voiceover): No disagreements here. I absolutely love
the effort used on this series and the fact it won seven Daytime Emmys is
nothing to sneeze at and the fact the people who worked were seasoned veterans
that had a lot of great ideas that really felt genuine to both the kids who
love the new characters and to the adults who enjoyed the Looney Tunes and
somewhere in the middle everyone enjoyed a lot of what this show had to offer as
did the show that succeeded it. (Cut to opening credits of “Animaniacs” then
cut to the scene of “Avatar: The Last Airbender” with that cheering crowd and
the one screaming for so long he foams at the mouth before cutting to clips of
“Animaniacs” while Rowdy & James do voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voiceover): There is a reason why “Animaniacs” is
near the top of the Nostalgia Critic’s list of Top Animated Nostalgic series
and it is easy to know why. Great animation, great writing, great music and of
course it takes the cake when it comes to the voice actors.
Rowdy (Voiceover): Then of course there was the characters
from the show. As I said in my “Pinky, Elmyra and The Brain” review what was
funny about those shorts was of course when either Pinky or The Brain do
something to self-sabotage their plans of world domination.
TLOTA (Voiceover): Then there’s Slappy Squirrel after
watching her shorts especially “Critical Condition” it’s no wonder she made
your top ten TV snarks.
Rowdy (Voiceover): But I’m sure you liked these birds! (Show
clips of “The Goodfeathers” shorts before cutting to everyone on the couch.)
TLOTA: What are ya saying? Are you saying because I’m an
Italian that I’d automatically like the imitations of Joe Pesci, Ray Liotta and
Robert DeNiro? That you think that I as a New Yorker would be like these
characters even though we’re nowhere NEAR New York City and the Five Burroughs,
IS That what you were saying?
Rowdy: No! No! I’m not saying that, I’m saying you might’ve
liked it because you’re nothing like them and to you they’d be the type of
characters you’d laugh at.
TLOTA: I am nothing like “The Goodfeathers”. Oh, Okay, I got
it now. (Cut to clips of Animaniacs while Rowdy does a voiceover.)
Rowdy (Voiceover): All we can add to what the Nostalgia
Critic has said is that with all the shows it’s a classic that can never be
duplicated at all. (Cut to everyone on the couch)
John Santos: Well, just so you’re all aware I know who the
Nostalgia Critic is and I never saw that “Animated Nostalgic shows” and I have
to ask what topped it?
TLOTA: Well John I’m glad you asked because it just so
happens to be the first DC Comic Book properties made amazingly awesome. (Cut
to end of the 1990’s Batman Animated series opening credits then to clips of
“Batman The Animated Series” while Rowdy and James do voiceovers.)
Rowdy (Voiceover): NOW we’re really getting into the great
material that made Fox Kids amazing. “Batman The Animated Series” under the
direction of Bruce Timm & Paul Dini took advantage of the Popularity of the
Tim Burton movies featuring The Dark Knight and used it to create great
episodes that felt like it came from the source material.
TLOTA (Voiceover): I agree and to say they made Batman and
his gallery of Rogues interesting in probably the understatement of the
century. I mean they took the backstories of some of the goofier villains like
Mr. Freeze and turned them into Greek Tragedies and those led to amazing
stories like with the two part “Two-Face” episode before then we saw Harvey
Dent the D.A. and how he was a good guy but when the two parter that made
Harvey Dent into Two-Face that moment where he added what happened to him and
his parents still one of the most gut wrenching moments in the show’s history.
And it goes without saying that this moment still resonates with Batman shouts
this out. (Show clip of Batman saying “I AM Vengeance! I AM THE KNIGHT!
I…AM…BATMAN!” before cutting to everyone on the couch.)
TLOTA (With a lowered resonance in his voice): Yowza! Hey
did everyone hear me say “Yowza!”?
Rowdy (With a lowered resonance in his voice): I think we
all sound like you now after hearing that. (Everyone else speaks with a lowered
resonance in their voices all say either “Yep” or “Oh Yeah” or “Absolutely”
before cutting back to clips of “Batman The Animated series” with Rowdy and James
sounding normally and doing voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): It goes without saying that this was one
of the highlights in the renaissance of animation.
TLOTA (Voiceover): But that’s nothing because even though
this series was one of DC’s highlights of the 1990’s that didn’t mean the next
series in this programming block which was DC’s competition comic book wise didn’t
mean what they had to offer had to be considered second class. (Cut to the
opening credits of X-MEN The animated series then to clips of X-MEN while Rowdy
and James do voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voiceover): X-MEN was definitely dark and gritty as
Batman The Animated Series but it also had its “Fred Wolf” Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles moments. (Cut to everyone on the couch)
Rowdy: “Fred Wolf” Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles moments?
TLOTA: Well, take a look at all the moments featuring
Jubilee. (Cut to clips of Jubilee being Jubilee before cutting back to everyone
on the couch going oh yeah and agreeing with what James said before cutting to
the clips of X-MEN while Rowdy & James do voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voiceover): What was particularly great was its soap operatic
feel especially with the sagas it would have. I still cry at the end of both
The Phoenix Saga and The Dark Phoenix Saga. Plus the episodes that could’ve
been considered filler were as amazing as they were great social allegories
like with the episode “Beauty and The Beast” in which Beast played by George
Buza was able to cure a woman’s blindness and yet while she could see the
gentle soul inside of him, Her dad didn’t like the fact that he’s a mutant but
when a group of Anti-Mutant Human racists kidnap the girl it’s up to Wolverine
played by Cathal J. Dodd who I think is the better Wolverine even better than
Hugh Jackman or Steve Blum in my opinion to discover A) The leader of the
Anti-Mutant Human Racist Group is in fact the son of a mutant and B) Stop an
impassioned Beast from going into them and going to turn them into Anti-Mutant
Human Shish-ka-Bobs for hurting the girl.
Rowdy (Voiceover): And Holy Moly was the animation great.
Not just in the beginning of the show’s run, it actually looks better as the
series progresses and when I check out an episode now a days I find myself
whenever I feel like watching an episode I see how it looks better than the
series that came after this X-Men Series but I think I’ll hold off on reviewing
that series for my own show.
TLOTA (Voiceover): But wait Marvel wasn’t done yet as they
were able to mix traditional 2-D Animation with Computer Generated animation
semi-flawlessly in their next series. (Cut to opening credits of “Spider-Man”
1990’s series before cutting to everyone on the couch.)
Eric Kurtzke: Wait, I thought you didn’t like Spider-Man.
TLOTA: Well, this was before the Sam Raimi movies and all
the bad decisions that made me turn against the Web-Head. (Cut to clips of the
1990’s Spider-Man series while Rowdy and James do voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voiceover): This was when Spidey was semi responsible
and he knew it and reminded himself of it constantly and the villains were the
reminder of his mistakes, plus this was the first time that every villain was a
legitimate threat plus The way they Introduced The Kingpin was amazing. I had
heard about him but then came Roscoe Lee Browne’s voice. (Cut to clips of
Kingpin being menacing before Rowdy does his voiceover)
Rowdy (Voiceover): But lest we forget about the sagas. From
The Alien Costume three parter, The Neogenic Nightmare saga, The Sins Of The
Father saga, The Partners In Danger Saga, The Six Forgotten Warriors Saga and
finally The Secret Wars/Spider Wars sagas all of them were interconnected and
all of them did everything in their power to make the series as soap operatic
as X-MEN was especially when all the episodes of both shows were directed by
the same guy.
TLOTA (Voiceover): Oh wow didn’t know that about both series
but what else they had somewhat in common was Ron Wasserman as the composer
even though Joe Perry from Aerosmith did the opening theme to the Spider-Man
series but guess what else Ron Wasserman worked on. (Cut to Mighty Morphin
Power Rangers intro before cutting to Daniel Bryan at Wrestlemania 30 and a
full arena of people saying “YES! YES! YES!” before cutting to Rowdy and James
doing voiceovers over clips of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.)
Rowdy (Voiceover): You didn’t think we would forget this series now would ya? Now the most common negative criticism is that it is “Saved By The Bell” meets Godzilla. But tell me this. Did “Saved By The Bell” have Mr. Belding and the gang take on Tokusatsu Monsters? Or Did Godzilla have interesting human characters? HELL NO! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers broke the mold when it came to live action kids shows and we all can’t forget (Show images of Kimberly being Kimberly with “Dreamweaver” by Gary Wright in the background before cutting to James walking off the couch as everyone else is looking at Rowdy with an inquisitive look on their face as James comes back with a bucket of ICE COLD Water and dumps it on Rowdy causing him to try to pummel James before cutting to a black screen with the words “One Hour Later” for one second before cutting to everyone is on the couch and James has minor marks and Rowdy has a lump the size of James palm on his forehead and the two apologizing for the actions both did to each other before James does his voiceover)
Rowdy (Voiceover): You didn’t think we would forget this series now would ya? Now the most common negative criticism is that it is “Saved By The Bell” meets Godzilla. But tell me this. Did “Saved By The Bell” have Mr. Belding and the gang take on Tokusatsu Monsters? Or Did Godzilla have interesting human characters? HELL NO! Mighty Morphin Power Rangers broke the mold when it came to live action kids shows and we all can’t forget (Show images of Kimberly being Kimberly with “Dreamweaver” by Gary Wright in the background before cutting to James walking off the couch as everyone else is looking at Rowdy with an inquisitive look on their face as James comes back with a bucket of ICE COLD Water and dumps it on Rowdy causing him to try to pummel James before cutting to a black screen with the words “One Hour Later” for one second before cutting to everyone is on the couch and James has minor marks and Rowdy has a lump the size of James palm on his forehead and the two apologizing for the actions both did to each other before James does his voiceover)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Well there is a reason Power Rangers is
generally seen as what made Fox Kids different from most of what was being seen
and the fact that people still talk about it to this day means that it has done
something truly morphinominal! (Cut to the end of the opening credit before
cutting to everyone on the couch.)
TLOTA: Of course Rowdy since we opened up the can of worms
let’s do some fishing and address the Thirty ton Rhino in the room. (James
pulls out The Megaforce Morpher, pulling out the card designed by Stevie
Swigart with the statistics of James Faraci The Last Of The Americans on it
de-morphing James back to normal)
James Faraci: We have seen the short film “Power/Rangers”
and to be blunt, there was a lot to like but I found more to dislike. I
disliked the fact it did go so dark and basically bastardize the characters I
knew and loved. Making things worse is when the Director had to clarify that
the movie was a parody. To me a parody makes fun of the original source
material while at the same time honors it as humorously as possible. Watching
Zack the Black Ranger get wired on Cocaine and having a MĂ©nage A Trois with
Scorpina & Divatox then taking on North Korea just was about as funny as my
Cardiac Arrhythmia catheter correction surgery. The ONLY dignified thing they
did was acknowledge that what happened to Trini was that she died as a
dignified homage to actress Thuy Trang’s untimely demise. Otherwise bad parody
is never good to watch at all. Chris, you got anything to say.
Rowdy: What? We’re doing this out of character or something?
(James nods his head saying yes) Okay (Rowdy Takes off his hat and glasses)
Chris Lee Moore: Meh, the guy who tried really tried to do
something stupid, and I don’t let it bother me because I knew that would never
get made into a mainstream movie. I say it’s not really worth our time. Save
the rage for those that are REALLY fracking up our childhood in the mainstream
– like Michael Bay and David Goyer, basically Linkara said it best in his
“History Of Power Rangers” episode on “Power Rangers: RPM” If you like it, good
for you. If not I won’t hold it against you.
James Faraci: Cool, I’m glad you’re able to be honest about
it. Now that we’ve said our peace about that thing. Let us never talk about
that movie again. (James pulls out Megaforce Morpher and the card designed by
Stevie Swigart with the statistics of James Faraci The Last Of The Americans
while putting it into the Megaforce Morpher morphing James back to The Last Of
The Americans like he did in the 1990’s & Rowdy puts his hat back on and
puts on his glasses.)
TLOTA: Having said all that, let’s move on to something more
lighthearted from that blood sucker to “The Tick”. (Cut to opening credit of
“The Tick” animated series before cutting everyone on the couch)
Paulo: Oh man this show was great!
John & Mike Santos: SPOOOOOOOON!
Eric Kurtzke: Okay!
Renee: DAMN, You got some good taste!
Rebecca: Does anyone really care about this series?
Rowdy: I saw a few episodes of this in order to understand
the live action version of this thing for TV Trash so I’ve got nothing to say.
TLOTA: Well Thankfully I do! (Cut to clips of “The Tick”
animated series while James does a voiceover)
TLOTA (Voiceover): This show is just a great send-up of all
the tropes of the Comic Book industry and how the Superheroes were being seen
in the industry and there was a goofiness to it that played it to the hilt.
Imagine Kick-Ass without the insane violence, swearing and Nicolas Cage. Which
I may review later on this year. But the point is “The Tick” is one of the
funniest cartoons I’ve seen ever known exists. (Cut to Everyone on the Couch)
Rowdy: Well at least this is the last time we dip into
series I’ve already reviewed and or mentioned…. Right?
TLOTA: Well…. (Cut to opening of Masked Rider before cutting
back to everyone on the couch as Rowdy screams in agony)
TLOTA: Hey, Hey, Hey take it easy, take it easy we’ll be
brief about it!
Rowdy: Oh okay then I’ll take this on one more time. (Cut to
clips of “Masked Rider” while Rowdy and James do voiceovers.)
Rowdy (Voiceover): Because I already talked about this,
there isn’t much for me to say except for me to say “Check out my review of
“Masked Rider” on TV Trash.”
TLOTA (Voiceover): And I agree with MOST of what you said in
that review and the fact that the actors, writers, producers and directors and
everyone involved in the series has pretty much decided not put it on top of
their resumes and most involved have pretty much left Hollywood for normal
lives. Means that this series was really not that greatly remembered. (Cut to
everyone on the couch)
Rowdy: Well, that is good news and hopefully the next series
you have in line is better than Masked Rider.
TLOTA: Well how about the animated backstory behind the
comedian that first hosted the revival of “Family Feud”. (Cut to the opening
credit of “Life With Louie” while Rowdy & James do voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voiceover): “Life with Louie” based on the comedy of Louie
Anderson was about his life as a kid in Minnesota and to be honest I could
relate to this series in a way especially with how unlucky Louie was when he
was a kid and how his family could drive the Pope to Alcoholism.
Rowdy (Voiceover): To me I saw this and thought to myself
how could be jokes about Suburban life in Minnesota be entertaining and then I
remember that the aforementioned Linkara lives in Minnesota and he has a
freaking Spaceship so by contrast “Life with Louie” would’ve been entertaining but
to me it’s just not for me. I would’ve rather read a “Goosebumps” book than
listened to Louie Anderson portray most of the characters.
TLOTA (Voiceover): Well seeing as how you just mentioned
“Goosebumps”.
Rowdy (Voiceover): You didn’t (Show opening credits of
Goosebumps then cut to everyone on the couch)
Rowdy: You did?
TLOTA: Yep.
Rowdy: Cool! (Cut to clips of “Goosebumps” while Rowdy and
James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): Based on the R. L. Stine line of books,
the series was loosely trying to be like “Are You Afraid Of The Dark?” except
for the fact that the stories I read were more scary then the episodes they
based them on.
TLOTA (Voiceover): But I do give the producers of this
series for putting effort into making the episodes as creative as they could be
given the content. Remember the books and the series was meant to be kid
friendly as possible as well as creepy as all get out. Don’t believe us, check
out C.R.’s lists on “Goosebumps”. (Cut to everyone on the couch)
Paulo: But surely they had more than that?
TLOTA: Absolutely. Enter Big Bad Beetleborgs. (Cut to
opening of “Big Bad Beetleborgs” then cut to clips of the show as Rowdy and
James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): I talked about this briefly in my review
of “Masked Rider” and I had said that the adaptation of the Tokusatsu series
Juukou B-Fighter for its first season and B-Fighter Kabuto for the second
season when they re-named the series to “Beetleborgs Metallix” was meant to be
goofy and lighthearted in its execution and there was an energy about it that
kept the show lively.
TLOTA (Voiceover): And you can tell that there was effort
put into making the action very interesting but they really seemed to want to
split the focus between the action and what was going on at the mansion which
had four of the classic Universal characters but they couldn’t use the actual
names of those Universal characters so we have them named FrankenBeans (Rowdy
falsely laughs with a Ha! Ha!), Mums, Wolfgang “Wolfie” Smith (Rowdy falsely
laughs with a Ha! Ha!), and Count Fangula (Rowdy falsely laughs with a Ha! Ha!
Then an audible thwack and OW is heard before James continues his voiceover)
Then we have Flabber! Who looked like the offspring of Elvis and Ronald
McDonald, acted like Jamie Kennedy in “Son Of The Mask” when he was “The Mask”
and gave the kids powers to be the Beetleborgs. But you don’t have to take my
word for it, you can listen to the opening credits of the first season to get
the plot of how things came to be. (Cut to the opening credits as it gives the
exposition of the series before James continues his voiceover) So good you
don’t need to see the pilot but it doesn’t hurt but for all of my ragging on
this thing. I actually liked this series for the fact it felt like Power
Rangers lite but in a good way. The characters were interesting, the battles
were amazing even though they used way too many Adam West Batman style
onomatopoeias for its own good and there was good stories enough to make me
remember Beetleborgs fondly. (Cut to everyone on the couch)
TLOTA: However most of the series put on the Fox Kids
Programming Block are a crapshoot after this.
Everyone else on the couch: Really?
TLOTA: Really, Really.
But we’ll deal with them after the break. But now, let’s do what we did
during commercial breaks. Me I am going to do my homework.
Rowdy: You did your homework.
TLOTA: Yep, That’s my life. Work during the breaks and relax
while working.
Rowdy: Well, I’m going to enjoy my snack.
TLOTA: You held on to that box of Cap’n Crunch since the
1990’s?
Rowdy: Nah, I raided the pantry.
Paulo: Well I’m gonna join James in the “Getting Homework
Done” gang.
Rebecca: We haven’t had homework in a long time. But I’m
gonna get us all a bite to eat as well.
Renee: Well I’m gonna check out the latest on WWE.
Rowdy: Try The Wrestling Mark. His News is always on the
money.
John Santos: I’ll try that out too.
Mike Santos: You’re a dork
John Santos: And Proud of it too!
Eric Kurtzke: Well I’m gonna see what’s gonna happen to in
the next “Star Trek” movie.
Rowdy: You’re a Trekkie?
Eric Kurtzke: Yeah and while James was cleaning up the mess,
I decided it’d be logical to research you and I want to say on behalf of all
Trekkies, I’m sorry you had to deal with “Turnabout Intruder” & “Spock’s
Brain”
Rowdy: Thanks dude.
(0:36-end mark from the theme from the final season of
American Gladiators original run play the camera moves back to see James on top
of the slab with the words “The Last Of The Americans” on it act as the
commercial break intro and return act to the review as scene begins with
everyone on the couch)
Paulo: So what you’re saying is that after “Big Bad
Beetleborgs”, what “Fox Kids” was showing was either hit or miss.
TLOTA: Pretty Much just take a look at “Godzilla The Series”
(Show opening of “Godzilla The Series” before cutting to clips of the show while
Rowdy and James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): I talked about the classic Hanna-Barbera
series once on “TV Trash” and when I did, people were hoping I would talk about
this series as well and I can see why the fact that this series is based on the
abomination of a movie made in the same year would’ve been a great episode of
“TV Trash” on its own.
TLOTA (Voiceover): Well the fact the people behind the 1998
movie have pretty much said how bad their movie was and has denounced it. Plus
in the forty episodes of this series it has Godzilla taking on Monsters
possibly made by the fallout that created Godzilla and the fact they made
effort in keeping in cannon to the movie makes it slightly better than The
Hanna-Barbera series. (Cut to everyone on the couch)
TLOTA: But The Hanna Barbera series has a nostalgic factor
to it that makes it enjoyable. Unlike Ninja Turtles Abomination.
Rowdy: Not again!
TLOTA: Hey just relax, I’ll do the majority of talking about
it. You don’t need to worry about saying a syllable about it.
Renee: Why is that?
TLOTA: Because Renee, the only thing worse to bear the title
of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is the godawful abomination produced by
Michael Bay and Directed by Johnathan Liebesman which is so awful I will NEVER
EVER REVIEW IT! NOT EVEN FOR ALL THE GOLD IN FORT KNOX AND ALL THE TEA IN
CHINA!
Paulo: While you were scaring both Rowdy and Renee I did
some research on what you’re talking about and the only thing that is mentioned
when I cross-referenced The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Fox Kids is Ninja
Turtles…
TLOTA: HO BOY!
Paulo: The Next…..
TLOTA: HERE WE GO!
Paulo: Mutation? (Rowdy turns his head to Paulo with a
demented smile on his face as everyone save for James looks scared as James has
his right hand with defeat on his face as the “Ninja Turtles The Next Mutation”
theme song plays then quickly cuts to the title card of the show before cutting
back to everyone trying to hold Rowdy (who has one arm free and is swinging
away with his baseball bat) back and Paulo has a Garbage Can Lid to shield him
from Rowdy!)
TLOTA: AS YOU’RE ALL WELL AWARE MY ASSOCIATE AND FRIEND WHO
IS TRYING TO PUMMEL A FRIEND AND SOMEONE I WORK WITH INTO HAMBURGER HAS ALREADY
TALKED ABOUT THIS SERIES TWICE. ONCE ON “TV TRASH” AND THE OTHER TIME ON HIS
NINJA TURTLES RETROSPECTIVE SO THERE’S REALLY NO REASON FOR HIM TO TALK ABOUT
THIS SERIES SO I’LL DO THE MAJORITY OF TALKING ABOUT IT! GOOSFRABA! GOOSFRABA!
GOOSFRABA! (Cut to clips of Ninja Turtles Next Mutation as James does a
voiceover)
TLOTA (Voiceover): And to be honest, I’ve got nothing to say
that my associate hasn’t already said. This is probably the one of the worst
things to have be associated with The Ninja Turtles outside of the 2014 movie
even the crossover with the Power Rangers of that season wasn’t good. This
wasn’t even worthy even being made but it was made and it butt hurt the Turtles
so bad that had it not been for the 4Kids series that came out nearly a decade
after this. It would’ve been possibly the series that killed The Ninja Turtles
for good but thankfully the people behind it did something FAR more superior!
(Cut to title card to “Mystic Knights Of Tir Na Nog” before cutting to everyone
having calmed down and looking with a surprised look on their faces before
cutting to clips of the show while Rowdy and James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): HOLY TOLEDO! WHY DID I MISS THIS? Look at
the effort, the tales taken from Celtic Lore and believe it or not made into
its own Sentai. That’s right, this was all original footage shot on location in
Ireland. This was the effort that should’ve been in “Abomination”!
TLOTA (Voiceover): Well you said it yourself in your Ninja
Turtles Retrospective as Saban felt the Turtles had a built-in audience. The
Mystic Knights didn’t and it suffered which is a real shame because a lot of
everything about it was great ESPECIALLY the story, especially the characters and
especially the care to the source of the characters. But it didn’t help that it
was sandwiched with this (Cut to title of “Young Hercules” before cutting to clips
of the show as James does a voice over)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Considered a poor version of a prequel
series to the Kevin Sorbo series. “Young Hercules” told the tale of Hercules
played by Ryan Gosling as he is trained to harness his powers while befriending
Iolaus and Jason of Corinth at an academy run by Chiron a centaur played by
Nathaniel Lees and the half hour adventures they could fit in and it wasn’t bad
and all but it was a bad idea for them not to renew this series and Mystic
Knights instead of giving us (Cut to “Spider-Man Unlimited” title card before
cutting to clips of the show while Rowdy and James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): Oh come on James, You knew this was on my
“To Review One Day” List for TV Trash. But since I am here, yes I will admit
that this show was doomed from start to finish. Why? Because it was poorly
conceived from The Pilot episode to the half-finished finale.
TLOTA (Voiceover): Well to be honest no one knew whether or
not this series was a continuation of the “Spider-Man” series that had ended
not long before this series began or a new series that took place in another
universe but that’s nothing compared to what Marvel had in store for one of its
final series for Fox Kids. (Cut to everyone on the couch)
John Santos: Are you talking about “Avengers: United They
Stand”?
TLOTA: Dude that series is so bad even Rowdy won’t review
it!
Rowdy: That’s right but this series is just right.
TLOTA: That of course being “Silver Surfer”. (Cut to title
card of “Silver Surfer before cutting to clips of the show while Rowdy and
James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): While the N.E.S. game was hard as all get
out to play that even The Angry Video Game Nerd had a hard time playing.
TLOTA (Voiceover): Understating the obvious on that one.
Rowdy (Voiceover): Shut up! Silver Surfer the animated
series was a gamble that didn’t work but that doesn’t mean it was bad.
TLOTA (Voiceover): And I agree with you. The Animation
blended Cell shaded animation with Computer rendered animation. The character
of Silver Surfer was a Greek tragedy. Sacrificing his past as Norrin Radd
became the herald of Galactus and the adventures The Silver Surfer has slowly
becoming a hero and not just a servant of a god and I wish everyone gave it a
half a chance but not everything can pan out. Such as the next series… (Cut to
opening credits of “Los Luchadores” then to clips of Los Luchadores with Rowdy
doing a voiceover)
Rowdy (Voiceover): Yeah, kind of a weird series but in all
honesty it makes sense. Los Luchadores follows the tale of Masked Wrestlers
Lobo Fuerte, Turbine & Maria Valentine fight their fellow Luchadores in the
ring and take on villains that even Adam West’s Batman and (Shutters) Electra
Elf and Fluffer would consider lame. (Cut to everyone on the couch.)
TLOTA: We saw the review THAT is about as much of “Electra
Elf & Fluffer” we EVER want to see of that series! But as far as Los
Luchadores is concerned I’m willing to wager Dollars to Doughnuts even Hardcore
WWE fans would love this series. (The Wrestling Mark pops in via Genie blink)
The Wrestling Mark: I’ll take that wager.
Rowdy: Wrestling Mark?! What the….? (Everyone else save for
James is shocked to see that The Wrestling Mark looks like Rowdy.)
TLOTA: I take it Jeannie brought you here.
The Wrestling Mark: You bet and I come bearing a message
from your mom Rowdy. She said “Finish up with your friend soon or else she’s
gonna come and drag you home!” Now with that bit of business done and over
with, James give me Los Luchadores.
TLOTA: Sure thing dude. (The Wrestling Mark takes the DVD of
“Los Luchadores” and walks off screen to the right before cutting to clips of
the show as James does a voiceover)
TLOTA (Voiceover): Regardless “Los Luchadores” was fun,
original for the most part and incredibly entertaining which is more than I can
say for the last series I want to talk about in this review of this programming
block. (Cut to everyone save for James & Rowdy still in shock on the
couch.)
Rowdy: Well what’s wrong with the last series?
TLOTA: Well, it’s not a bad series, it’s just what happens
when “Fox Kids” tried to play “Keeping up with the Joneses” with Digimon! (Cut
to opening title card of “Digimon” then to clips of “Digimon” as Rowdy &
James do voiceovers)
TLOTA (Voiceover): If you saw The Nostalgia Critic and
JesuOtaku’s crossover on Digimon The Movie, I can understand why everyone would
dislike the series. But for me this wasn’t a poor man’s Pokemon. It was Fox
Kids’ desperate attempt to say “Hey Look at us! We’re still cool! We’re still
relevant! We’ve got monsters fighting one another! We’re still cool” and that
hurt not only a pretty good show it in essence killed “Fox Kids”.
Rowdy (Voiceover): Actually what happened was a mercy
killing as Disney purchased all the programming of “Fox Kids” and Saban
Entertainment. But like you I don’t blame or hate Digimon. It had good stories,
decent characters and for a dubbed Anime it was well developed and produced and
yes I agree with you about how things went down behind the scenes and what
killed “Fox Kids”. (Cut to everyone on the couch)
Paulo: Well that’s a shame about how things went for “Fox
Kids”.
Rebecca: Do you guys think we’ll ever see a revival?
Renee: Maybe if they did it like a Network like Nickelodeon.
Eric: Maybe an app or a streaming network on line.
Mike Santos: Maybe their own spot on “Netflix”
John Santos: Or We can leave well enough alone and remember
what “Fox Kids” were about.
Rowdy: I agree with John on this! (Cut to clips of “Fox Kids” Programming while
Rowdy and James do voiceovers)
Rowdy (Voiceover): Because there was a lot of great shows, a
lot of decent ones and quite a few stinkers some I’ve reviewed already but
regardless “Fox Kids” was awesome as it was able to last a little longer than
“The Disney Afternoon” because not only did they play the game their own way,
they did it with enthusiasm.
TLOTA (Voiceover): And I can’t disagree with you because we
still remember these shows to this day. The fact most of these series are
available on Streaming Services and DVD releases make it easier to remember all
that was truly amazing about “Fox Kids” and the shows that showed because Fox Kids
are what? (Cut to the end of an opening of an episode with all the characters
in the ad shouting “Fox Kids Is Cool” before cutting to everyone on the couch)
TLOTA: Well guys “Fox Kids” is over, now what? (Rowdy’s mom
pops in via Genie Blink)
Rowdy’s Mom: CHRISTOPHER LEE MOORE, YOU GET HOME RIGHT NOW!
Rowdy: But Mom!
Rowdy’s Mom: No buts, you’ve got homework and chores to take
care of and you’ve got your own series to get back to. (Rowdy’s mom grabs Rowdy
by his ear and drags him out before they pop out via Genie Blink and Everyone
save for James chuckles and Paulo says tauntingly “Rowdy got yelled by his
mommy! Rowdy got yelled by his mommy! Rowdy got yelled by his mommy!” and
proceeds to chuckle as Paulo and Rebecca’s mom comes in and says in Spanish
“Paulo and Rebecca Fonseca, you’ve got to get going too!” with subtitles in
English underneath. Paulo replies in Spanish and subtitled in English “But
Mom!” and Paulo and Rebecca’s mom replies in Spanish and subtitled in English.
“It’ll be your butts if you don’t get moving” and James walks them out the door
and tells everyone else to get going as well as James gets back onto his couch
to take a sigh of relief when HIS mom comes in.)
James’ Mom: JAMES BENJAMIN FARACI, YOU GET HOME RIGHT NOW!
THERE ARE CHORES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, YOU’VE GOT DINNER TO MAKE AND YOU STILL
HAVE TO GET A SHEET ON YOUR BED! (James’ mom grabs James by the seat of his
pants and drags him home as James shouts “Can I finish this please?” As James
pulls his upper half into frame)
TLOTA: I’m James Faraci The Last Of The Americans and that’s
my opinion! (James is getting dragged and is screaming Ow! All the way before
The Wrestling Mark comes in on the right.)
The Wrestling Mark: Hey James this would be good if WWE had
co-produced this series and… (Looks around to see no one is there.) Where did
everyone go?!
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