What A Cartoon! - Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars "Home, Swampy Home"
Added 2020-01-20 05:00:01 +0000 UTCThanks to the generous support of our patron Jibbly, this week we're taking a look at a fairly obscure entry that still persists nearly 30 years later in the form of action figures: Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! Developed by G.I. Joe legend Larry Hama, Bucky entered the world in the mid-80s as the perfect pitch for a toyetic kids' cartoon of the era—but had the misfortune to debut in the early '90s, when those types of shows were on the way out. From top to bottom, Bucky O'Hare is an interesting curiosity engineered to sell merchandise, so don't be surprised if you find yourself scrambling to eBay after listening to purchase your own plastic, lime-green rabbit. Now sit back and get ready to croak some toads with this week's podcast!
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My only frame of reference for the JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS movie is that Jem was played by actress/musician Aubrey Peeples, who is in a hilarious interview on the Eric Andre Show, which led to me looking up her IMDB and seeing she was in that garbage fire. (And I also just now realize it was directed by Jon M. Chu) -- Given how into comics & superheroes I've been for... my entire life, I'm surprised that (as far as I remember) I've never heard of it until the schedule for January was posted. It kind of reminds me of Bonkers in terms of how FASCINATING the history & behind the scenes stuff is compared to the actual show - even if in this case, the show is actually pretty enjoyable. I'd definitely be interested in watching another attempt at this series that's a little more faithful and had more money, but that does sound pretty unlikely
Dylan (batmanboy11) Freitag
2020-01-26 00:48:58 +0000 UTCI am not sure when/if you two will do Jem but since you mentioned the movie here I thought I should share something from before it was released. I was on Tumblr (something I grow to regret but that is a story for another day) and there were advertisements about the movie being made I believe before it started filming. Those advertisements contained an outreach to fans of the animated series asking them to submit a video about what they love about the cartoon Jem and the Holograms. Initially, the winner will be offered a small role but this was changed to the videos being put in the movie. I was very young when reruns of the show came out and bairly remember it (this was also before streaming service are what they are now), I didn't submit anything. However, when the movie came out, there was an extra level of disappointment. Those fan submissions wound up being used out of context to talk about how great the movie was which the audience was not referring to. There was a huge backlash over it and people felt manipulated over it. I am glad that I didn't submit anything but at the same time, if I did, I would have worn it as a badge of honor that I was in a box office bomb.
Angel
2020-01-22 02:40:13 +0000 UTC
