duuude… i was wondering when you were going to do that cartoon special. behind ‘follow that bird’ i think that was the flick i watched most when i was ages 5-8. i remember going to the video store and reanting it every weekend. it was sweet. maybe it’s the reason i never felt the need to do drugs. nah. i think it was the magical trip-out mine cart ride.

Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 12/18/2002 12:09 PM

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Bobby and Billy Jacoby are indeed brothers, and their sister is Laura Jacoby, who played the little girl in The Night They Saved Christmas.

But why (or how) would you cut salami or anything else with the knife going upward? Forget safety, it’s just nearly impossible to do that.

Chestnuts roasted by Action Jacktion @ 12/18/2002 10:56 AM

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Somehow I’d imagine Bugs Bunny to be more casual and less uptight about the drugs. At least the producers had him say "joint" instead of a more clinical term.
Y’know, I don’t remember all that much about the Cartoon All-Stars special. I know I watched it, but for some reason I kept thinking that there were more characters in the show, like the Care Bears. I guess they figured they had more than enough of shoving object lessons down kids’ throats and decided to sit this one out.
Also, isn’t it a little ironic that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle who always acted the most stoned was the one chosen to speak out AGAINST drugs? I mean, crap, why not invite Shaggy from Scooby-Doo on the special while you’re at it? That’ll make the anti-drug message even MORE effective.
You guys do make a point about the characters chosen for the special. I mean, yeesh, what self-respecting boy is going to tell a drug dealer, "I don’t do that stuff, because Kermit from the Muppet Babies told me not to!" Bigger, beefier heroes would have been more convincing, like Spider-Man or Superman, or well, one of the Mans.

JR

Chestnuts roasted by ArugulaZ @ 12/18/2002 6:14 PM

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when are you gonna do no hold barred. whats that smell?

Chestnuts roasted by tin man @ 12/19/2002 6:01 AM

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You know this Christmas count down is turning more and more like the top 100 movie monsters for Halloween. Any one want to take a bet if we even get to day 20?

Chestnuts roasted by HBKDinobot @ 12/19/2002 11:12 AM

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Star Crystal sounds entertaining. It’s probably going to be hard for me to acquire a copy, though. On the subject of bad movies, have any of you ever had to do with the Deathstalker series? They’re of the "heroic fantasy" type and really, really annoying (in an amusing way). Worst hero character ever, for example.

Chestnuts roasted by Magic Tarpaulin @ 12/19/2002 4:09 PM

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MST3K can make the shittiest movie watchable. I saw Space Mutiny when they ran it, and it actually can be tolerated now. Characters getting killed then reappearing a scene later, space ship interior filmed in a dingy warehouse complete with sunlight coming through the windows, go karts made of cardboard slower than manual wheelchairs, and a hot chick (supposedly hot) that could pass for the hero’s mom. Classic tripe!

Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 12/20/2002 1:10 AM

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The Gary Coleman movie in question is, I believe "The Kid With a Broken Halo", one of two teamup movies with Robert Gui..gi..TV’s Benson. I don’t remember most of the movie. (I actually remember more of their other teamup where Gary was some superIQ whiz kid who got into college at age 8 or something, with Robert as one of his professors) I believe that Gary was an apprentice guardian angel, but he kept having trouble. It was the basis for "The Gary Coleman Show" (kept the character’s name, I think), but Benson was replaced with a whiny white beanpole female trainer angel who wouldn’t believe that an agent of the devil kept screwing up his missions. That guy’s name was "Hornswaggle" or something. Gary/Andy kept working with the same dang group of kids, one of which had the hots for him, all of whom couldn’t stay out of trouble for five seconds with out Andy and his magic halo. Only the Starlight gun in Laser Tag Academy was more useful.

On another subject: I can think of only one movie that even MST3K couldn’t get me to watch. It was some British film about a psycho ventriloquist who kept using his mind control over some guy he transformed into his dummy. Then there’s that one with clones being used as organ vending machines, but the Peter Graves jokes helped somehow.

Chestnuts roasted by ShadowWing: the technorganic Autobot @ 12/21/2002 5:59 PM

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