What A Cartoon! - The Tick "The Tick Vs The Tick"
Added 2018-08-06 04:59:59 +0000 UTCMatthew Jay (of Cartoons101) joins us to talk about a superhero parody that was way ahead of its time: The Tick! We explore the 1994 Fox Kids original and one of its best episodes. Can Tick defeat Barry and protect his intellectual rights? Can Die Fledermaus find a new girlfriend? Will Arthur be stuck in the Sidekicks Lounge? And will The Midnight Bomber What Bombs At Midnight be able to bomb the superheroes at midnight? Listen and find out!
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Comments
If there's anything I love about Edlund (and McCullough) it's their endless bank of clever superhero/villain names. In response to your query, El Seed is likely named after "El Cid," a medieval Spanish hero. I wish I could say that I know this due to our country's education system, but in my hometown of Annapolis, a diner had a 16-scoop ice cream sundae called the El Cid which me and 8 others conquered post-college.
Alex Kazanas
2018-08-15 14:00:16 +0000 UTCFox didn't do too badly by The Tick. That 11:30 AM timeslot was right after X-Men and being on later meant it was for slightly older audiences since older kids tend to sleep-in on Saturday (or at least my sister and I did the older we got). Even still, as a kid I found the show funny but I also found it hard for the show to hold my attention for the entire half hour duration. I think part of that was I was such a huge X-Men fan and waiting until 11 for that show sometimes felt arduous. Once it was over I'd have a come-down of sorts and my mind would start to focus on the rest of my day and less on television. It's a show I definitely appreciate more as an adult with extreme super hero fatigue and I think it's great the property has had a second and third chance as a live-action show. What I would really prefer though is a proper compendium release for the entire cartoon that restores the missing episodes and maybe adds a few bells and whistles. Absent the Prime series unexpectedly becoming a massive success, I'd say that chances of any such release are slim at best.
Joe Hodgson
2018-08-13 18:50:27 +0000 UTC
