Out of the all the newer shows on Adult Swim, you don't hear too much about
Stroker and Hoop. I chose to
ignore it myself until a friend of mine mentioned it was one of his favorites, so I've been setting the ol' Tivo and
playing catch up. Think of the show as an homage to CHiPs, Starsky and Hutch, and other 70s crime TV,
but with the added bonus that this is a cartoon, for adults, that can get away with things a live-action show could
never dream of. Stroker and Hoop are private investigators with a talking car (C.A.R.R.) who may or may not solve your
case and also may or may not leave a trail of blood and carnage when they do. In the episode titled "Ninja Worrier
aka Chopping Spree" Hoop, once afraid to even shoot a suspect, goes on a rampage killing ninjas. As it turns out,
none of the people he kills are actually ninjas, they're just regular people. If raunchy humor and people burning alive inside
conventional ovens is your cup of tea, by all means check it out.Why aren't you watching Stroker and Hoop?
Out of the all the newer shows on Adult Swim, you don't hear too much about
Stroker and Hoop. I chose to
ignore it myself until a friend of mine mentioned it was one of his favorites, so I've been setting the ol' Tivo and
playing catch up. Think of the show as an homage to CHiPs, Starsky and Hutch, and other 70s crime TV,
but with the added bonus that this is a cartoon, for adults, that can get away with things a live-action show could
never dream of. Stroker and Hoop are private investigators with a talking car (C.A.R.R.) who may or may not solve your
case and also may or may not leave a trail of blood and carnage when they do. In the episode titled "Ninja Worrier
aka Chopping Spree" Hoop, once afraid to even shoot a suspect, goes on a rampage killing ninjas. As it turns out,
none of the people he kills are actually ninjas, they're just regular people. If raunchy humor and people burning alive inside
conventional ovens is your cup of tea, by all means check it out.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
2-08-2006 @ 6:25PM
doc said...
I am watching it. One of my favorites on adult swim. :D
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2-08-2006 @ 6:41PM
Dave Caolo said...
I agree, it's good. I've also started watching Home Movies on adult swim, and like it even better than Stroker.
Is it bad that I watch so many cartoons?
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2-08-2006 @ 7:01PM
Kel said...
With the exception of Family Guy reruns, I was unfamiliar with Adult Swim programing, until I realized that the episode of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, that I accidentally saw was part of Adult Swim. So I decided to TiVo a couple of hours one weekend and see what I was missing. Now I'm hooked.
Stroker & Hoop is definitely on the "must see" list.
Does Hoop remind anyone else of Kirby from Arli$$?
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2-08-2006 @ 9:32PM
Kim Voynar said...
We love us some Stroker and Hoop around here. I thought it was gonna be lame, but we started watching it and got hooked.
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2-09-2006 @ 12:12AM
SenorWeird said...
Why aren't you watching Stroker and Hoop?
Because the few times I've tried to sit through it, I've not found it even remotely funny.
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2-09-2006 @ 4:00AM
bd said...
Because it's horrible. Really horrible. And Andy Dick should sue for gimmick infringement.
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2-19-2006 @ 3:33PM
Dan said...
Stroker & Hoop is perhaps the finest original comedy show to come out of Williams Street, easily up there with Aqua Teens & Sea Lab but the humor is more mature and the references obscure. You have to "get" this show to appreciate it. I've yet to see a mediocre episode :D
Keep up the GREAT work, you guys! Casper Kelly & Jeff Olsen have done well here. And casting the whiney & annoying Speed Levitch as Hoop - GENIUS! That's easily the one character that keeps bringing me back.
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4-24-2006 @ 12:23AM
steve durand said...
stroker and hoop is one of the best adult cartoons around and the ones that dont like its because you prefer watching old granny porn and spanking your little monkeys...
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