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[nerds-yearbook]

The last episode of the first run of the G.I. Joe cartoon aired on November 20, 1986. It was followed up by an animated movie (originally meant to be theatrical) and then revived by DIC animation. The Sunbow series ran for 85 episodes. ("Into Your Tent I Will Silently Creep", G.I. Joe, TV Event)

[adamwatchesmovies]

Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992)

If you know your internet memes, you’re probably aware of the best scene in Tom and Jerry: The Movie. It’s got you wondering if there are other hidden gems within its running time. Could this movie be so bad it’s good? I'm sorry to say it isn’t. This animated musical comedy is an ordeal. The plot is worthless, the animation ok at best, the songs horrid, characters bland, and as a big-screen adaptation of the classic cartoon characters, it’s a knife in the back. The movie is fun to talk about, however. If you and your friends are bad movie sadomasochists, it may be worth checking out.

After her father disappears during a Tibetan expedition, 8-year-old Robyn Starling (voiced by Anndi McAfee) - and her family’s fortune - are given to her abusive guardian “Aunt” Pristine Figg (voiced by Charlotte Rae). She conspires with her lawyer, Lickboot (voiced by Tony Jay), to keep all of that beautiful money for themselves. When Robyn runs away and bumps into Tom (voiced by Richard King) and Jerry (voiced by Dana Hill), she brings them back home and learns her father may still be alive somewhere.

Let’s begin with that title. This is hardly a “Tom and Jerry movie". For one, the cat and mouse are not the main characters. I wouldn't even call them important to this plot. Robyn is the protagonist. Without her, there is no story, no conflict, no villains. This means films like Tom and Jerry and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory or Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz - in which the titular duo are dumped in a plot they have little impact upon - are proudly upholding a tradition that began in 1992. It’s a shocker - almost as much as the scene in which the characters begin talking. They rarely - if ever - spoke in the cartoons. That was part of their appeal. It was all about these opponents trying to violently kill each other. Here, they sing a song about how good a pair of friends they are.

This movie wants to be ‘90s Disney so, so bad. To stretch its paper-thin plot (which is essentially ripped off from The Rescuers) we have one bad song after another. Each of these tunes is destined to be forgotten the second they end. That’s a relief. The rhymes and lyrics are so awful you’d curse yourself for remembering them if you did. However, this does bring us to the one - intentionally - good moment in the entire film: the villain’s song. (Money is Such) a Beautiful Word is exactly what you think it is. Minutes upon minutes of bad rhymes detailing how greedy Aunt Figg and Lickboot are. It’s pretty funny to see, but only if preceded by Tony Jay saying “We’ve got to have… money!”. The irony is that this blatant acknowledgment of greed is exactly what the executives must’ve told their lackeys when the film was green-lit.

There are obvious flaws in every scene. At one point, Robyn nearly drowns and is rescued by Captain Kiddie (voiced by Rip Taylor), the owner of a deserted amusement park whose right hand is always busy manipulating a puppet - an avatar for his split personality. Every sign points towards “child molester” but that wasn’t the intention, which is also pretty funny. When he's introduced, Aunt Figg and Lickboot desperately want Robyn back, so they're offering a $1 million reward to anyone who can find her and plaster her photo onto milk cartoons to spread the word. They do this on the same day she goes missing, which is impossible, but even the “we don’t care” team of director Phil Roman and writer Dennis Marks had to realize distributing these cartons would take a while, which is why Captain Kiddie explains to Robyn that she’s been out cold for 6 days. Anyone else would’ve called the police but evidently, he’s planning on chaining her up in his dungeon. Cut to a scene where he offers to pour Robyn a glass of milk. You can see where this is going. The carton has her picture on it, prompting his stupid bird to go ballistic and dollar signs to flash before his eyes. Here’s what I’m wondering. When did he buy that milk carton? Did he not recognize her before this very moment?

Another mistake in this train wreck is the character designs. They’re all over the place. When Tom and Jerry find themselves homeless (don’t ask), they meet a dog and his best friend, a flea. Both are dressed in real clothes and look like they come from a completely different movie. The next animals we meet are a gang of tough cats, who are also clothed and look as different from Puggsy and Frankie da Flea as. they do from Tom & Jerry. They also look nothing like Mrs. Figg’s dog, an ugly creature so fat it can’t even walk. It’s like a bunch of rejects from other animation studios were brought together to help fill space.

There’s a lot to complain about if you've seen Tom and Jerry: The Movie. This does make it sort of fun to tear apart, though to do so you’ll have to waste your time by watching the movie. I can’t say I’m sorry I sat through this mess - the “We’ve got to have… money” scene is funny enough that I will treasure it - but I doubt you would feel the same. (April 23, 2021)

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Outdoor Ed is a silly kids nature show! Gentle giant Outdoor Ed, his self-serious producer Business Duck, and their production crew of forest friends try their best to put on a TV show that never goes quite to plan. But, with a little creativity and compassion, Ed always learns something new about the natural world and about making a TV show! (Nanalan' meets The Muppet Show) Note from BDG: Working on this project was so much fun! Getting to collaborate with such incredible artists (full credits below) on a kids show was a dream come true, and I hope we keep making more of it. Everyone volunteered their time because we were all so passionate about the idea, so please share it with everyone you know!

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[britcomcrisis]

Taskmaster the Podcast, Ep 96

Nish Nish Nish...what can I even say about this one. You've just got to listen to it. As Ed mentions at one point, no one's ever said "slashfiction" on the podcast before, for one. But here's a little snippet about the "poke the least expected thing out of the hole" task. Transcript follows:

ED GAMBLE

Let's get to it, then. It may make you feel physically sick, Nish. But let's talk about -

NISH KUMAR

Let's talk about Alex Horne's ass!

ED GAMBLE

But let's talk about Rhod turning Alex into a water feature by pulling his trousers down, and his pants, putting the water up -

NISH KUMAR

I guess you have to say...putting Alex Horne's cock and balls very near his face.

ED GAMBLE

You've got to say that. It's so close.

NISH KUMAR

I think it's the most intimate contact that you can have with a person without having sex with them.

ED GAMBLE

Now, it's not even the closeness of the genitals that made it feel intimate to me. I think he has to reach under and between Alex's legs.

NISH KUMAR

Yes, that is right. You know what? It is perineal contact that really drives this to a new level of intimacy. At a certain point, he may as well have sucked him off. That's all I'm saying.

I understand that this is a family show, and he probably couldn't have done that. But at a certain point, he may as well have just - if you've touched someone's perineum, you may as well have sucked them off. And you can quote me on that.

ED GAMBLE

Yeah. I mean, look, bear in mind, the first episode, he's already made Alex wear bikini bottoms and take them off.

NISH KUMAR

Yes. Yes.

ED GAMBLE

So he's what I would describe as "anally fixated" on Alex.

NISH KUMAR

He's really trying to show Alex's entire body on television.

ED GAMBLE

Yeah, he really is. I mean, it is hilarious, though. The pressure that the water seems to shoot out under -

NISH KUMAR

Yeah! Oh my God! He's followed the task to an absolute tee. It's a surprising thing to come out of the hole. And let me tell you, he surprises the hell out of Alex Horne.

ED GAMBLE

Oh, yeah.

NISH KUMAR

It is the thing that, when I was rewatching this episode yesterday in my house with my partner, that made her say, "no, sir." That was her exact response: "no, sir."

ED GAMBLE

"No, sir." Now, obviously I think that - I also think this task, Rhod's version of this task inspired the water feature -- "create a water feature" task in Series 9. It feels like sometimes they get little ideas from things people do and turn them into whole tasks. So I was very happy to be part of that lineage of turning Alex into a water feature and making him remove his clothes.

[neworderscans]

Record Mirror interview/cover feature, 22nd March 1986

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Personal Feisty Four headcanons

[statictay]

someone needs to greenlight outdoor ed. bdg should get to make whatever he wants forever

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Buster Keaton - 👀

[caelichythcat]

when Business Duck says everybody can be in the show

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I'm Choosing to Let You Go || Multi-Couples