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HUGBEES!!!

Actually, there is concrete proof that "Freakazoid!" was the greatest cartoon in the history of everything. The proof, you ask? They had an entire show with Master Carpenter Norm Abram. Yes, "New Yankee Workshop" and "This Old House" Norm Abram. It was, in fact, the last episode of the series. Sniff, I still want to get my safety glasses autographed by Norm like Freakazoid did.

Beyond that there is the fact that Jack Valenti played himself, and the ever-present Emmitt Nervend.

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I remember when this show came on WB. My God, that show was funny! I loved watching all those WB cartoons that were produced during that time: Pinky & the Brain, Animaniacs and Tiny Toons. I still catch myself rattling off the theme songs to these shows for no good reason.

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Last time I was feeling blue about Freakazoid not being around I made my way over to Wikipedia which has not only a great artical about the show but xome great links to stories about the show.

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I remember when this show came on WB. My God, that show was funny! I loved watching all those WB cartoons that were produced during that time: Pinky & the Brain, Animaniacs and Tiny Toons. I still catch myself rattling off the theme songs to these shows for no good reason.

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One of the funniest things I have ever seen on television had to be the Freakazoid segment "Office Visit" wherein British superhero Lord Bravery is informed that the name "Lord Bravery" has already been taken by "Lord Bravery's Bake Shop," and he would therefore have to change his superhero name. As almost all other names have been taken, including "Dreamworks," and after an extremely long intentionally drawn-out sequence in which he tries to convince the owner of "Lord Bravery's Bake Shop" to change it's name, but can't because the name the owner wants is already taken, and so on, he is forced to use the name "Lord Smoked Meats and Fishes." The fact that Lord Bravery sounds much like John Cleese only adds to the absurdity. I just wish I could find the entire script, since any recap I type up here, no matter how lengthy, could never do it justice.

Of course, pretty much every episode of Freakazoid had some great quotable lines. I can still make my wife double over just by asking her "Where is the narwhal?" or "Is that a gorilla or a guy in a monkey suit?" Granted, most people are already worried about my wife for simply having married me in the first place.

But for anyone who wants to get a feel for the depth of obscure references in which Freakazoid swam, just check out the Episode links at the bottom of this page: http://members.allstream.net/~jacjud/freaka.html (And who remembered to be thankful for Google this Thanksgiving?)

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The theme song was great too. "...Freaka you, Freaka me!"

Don't forget about his Freakadog, Foamy.

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"I must now consult my inner child!"
*camera pans down to Freakzzoid's stomach*
*muffled voice "Hello? It's getting awfully cramped in here."

bwahahaahahaahahaha

And the Norm episode rocked my socks. CLASSIC! I so want this show on DVD:(

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The episodes with Ricardo Montalban were pretty good too.

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I loved all the Freakazoid and non-Freakazoid vignettes, especially "The Huntsman," all about a superhero who never gets any work. The theme song (which was excellent and I still sing to myself even to this day) was usually longer than the actual short, which always consisted of The Huntsman asking the police chief if there was any crime, and the police chief saying it was a downtime. Brilliant.



Freakazoid! ranks right up there with The Tick in the underrated, hilarious, ahead-of-its-time, not-for-kids Saturday morning cartoon category.

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