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We all know the late 70s into the mid-80s before crack was the height of cocaine era. You didnt have to see the Cocaine Cowboys documentary to know that its use permeated all levels of society. It is has been my theory that some cartoons developed during this era were so ridiculous they had to have been concieved with the help of drugs.
The first group I will point out are the shows developed to take advantage of hot 80s stars and personalities who have since become 80s icons.
1. Mr. T
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mDQ-Yg6AME
So here you have Mr. T who the embodiment of the bad ass black dude post 70s blaxploitation. He was in Wrestlemania 1, the A-Team and beatup Rocky. So what did they come up with? They made him a gymnastics coach...yup a gymnastics coach. I know when I think Mr. T I think gymnastics coach. What they do in the show? They traveled around the country and solved crimes inbetween meets. Not only that the teenagers were cast straight out of the UN. They had the black kid, the asian girl, the italian kid, the native american girl, the latin kid, the sassy black girl, the all american white girl, the pest little and kid and the comedy relief dog.
Holy clusterhump, Batman!!!
2. Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEH7jTdxP_8
The the hell was this show about?!?!! I mean really. I see wrestlers in their wrestling gear all the time driving around in monster trucks and hot rods. I know they had the wrestling and rock thing back then with Cyndi Lauper, etc in Wrestlemania. But, damn. How high did someone have to get to let this on the air? They couldnt even get the real wrestlers to do the voices. Hulk Hogan was voiced by Brad Garrett. Yup, that Brad Garrett from Everybody Loves Raymond. I bet he left this masterpiece off the resume.
3. Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vybSGMkqWbQ
At the very least this was a show that tried to make an action show based on an actual action star. The problem was that it was so hamfisted and poorly executed to the point of being borderline offensive that the intro doesnt do the show justice. I found it strange that someone chose to make a kids show about a guy who up to that point pretty much made movies in which he kicked a lot of ass and/or killed a lot of people. Was there a PG mid-80s Chuck Norris movie? The saving grace was that Chuck Norris did his own voice acting but it was even more wooden that his live action acting. At least he changed clothes depending on the occasion unlike Mr. T.
The show failed not because of the terrible dialogue, voice acting, animation or plots but because of the characters. They had the fat sumo guy who spent most of his time in the sumo diaper and he was always hungry, the Temple of Doom Short Round rip off in Too Much, the samurai who always wore samurai gear, the teen apprentice and the sassy chick. The bad guys had a the typical villian with an impractical unwieldly golden prosthetic claw along with end all-be all of bad 80s villians a ninja named.......Superninja. He was neither super nor ninja in his bright blue and yellow outfit. If I was an asian kid in the 80s I would have been pissed.
This montage shows that while the creation may not have been drug influenced but the production sure was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDTjMooYTBE
The fight in space is beyond funny.
Honorable Mentions:
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eliQEStzhu4
Robocop: The Animated Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNaT0WDPNQY
Toxic Crusaders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roq0lQ43dlQ
All 3 Honorable Mentions were cartoons based on ultraviolent 80s movies and characters. Rambo, Robocop and the Toxic Avenger killed alot of people on screen in many different ways. The vogue thing in the 80s was to make cartoons out of R rated franchises and characters.
Can you imagine a Saturday morning version of Jigsaw? Or a Steven Seagal or Jean Claude Van Damme cartoon?
The first group I will point out are the shows developed to take advantage of hot 80s stars and personalities who have since become 80s icons.
1. Mr. T
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mDQ-Yg6AME
So here you have Mr. T who the embodiment of the bad ass black dude post 70s blaxploitation. He was in Wrestlemania 1, the A-Team and beatup Rocky. So what did they come up with? They made him a gymnastics coach...yup a gymnastics coach. I know when I think Mr. T I think gymnastics coach. What they do in the show? They traveled around the country and solved crimes inbetween meets. Not only that the teenagers were cast straight out of the UN. They had the black kid, the asian girl, the italian kid, the native american girl, the latin kid, the sassy black girl, the all american white girl, the pest little and kid and the comedy relief dog.
Holy clusterhump, Batman!!!
2. Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEH7jTdxP_8
The the hell was this show about?!?!! I mean really. I see wrestlers in their wrestling gear all the time driving around in monster trucks and hot rods. I know they had the wrestling and rock thing back then with Cyndi Lauper, etc in Wrestlemania. But, damn. How high did someone have to get to let this on the air? They couldnt even get the real wrestlers to do the voices. Hulk Hogan was voiced by Brad Garrett. Yup, that Brad Garrett from Everybody Loves Raymond. I bet he left this masterpiece off the resume.
3. Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vybSGMkqWbQ
At the very least this was a show that tried to make an action show based on an actual action star. The problem was that it was so hamfisted and poorly executed to the point of being borderline offensive that the intro doesnt do the show justice. I found it strange that someone chose to make a kids show about a guy who up to that point pretty much made movies in which he kicked a lot of ass and/or killed a lot of people. Was there a PG mid-80s Chuck Norris movie? The saving grace was that Chuck Norris did his own voice acting but it was even more wooden that his live action acting. At least he changed clothes depending on the occasion unlike Mr. T.
The show failed not because of the terrible dialogue, voice acting, animation or plots but because of the characters. They had the fat sumo guy who spent most of his time in the sumo diaper and he was always hungry, the Temple of Doom Short Round rip off in Too Much, the samurai who always wore samurai gear, the teen apprentice and the sassy chick. The bad guys had a the typical villian with an impractical unwieldly golden prosthetic claw along with end all-be all of bad 80s villians a ninja named.......Superninja. He was neither super nor ninja in his bright blue and yellow outfit. If I was an asian kid in the 80s I would have been pissed.
This montage shows that while the creation may not have been drug influenced but the production sure was.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDTjMooYTBE
The fight in space is beyond funny.
Honorable Mentions:
Rambo: The Force of Freedom
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eliQEStzhu4
Robocop: The Animated Series
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNaT0WDPNQY
Toxic Crusaders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roq0lQ43dlQ
All 3 Honorable Mentions were cartoons based on ultraviolent 80s movies and characters. Rambo, Robocop and the Toxic Avenger killed alot of people on screen in many different ways. The vogue thing in the 80s was to make cartoons out of R rated franchises and characters.
Can you imagine a Saturday morning version of Jigsaw? Or a Steven Seagal or Jean Claude Van Damme cartoon?