Anthonynotes
02-09-2003, 12:37 AM
Hi all. Since real life concerns have kept me busy (and unable to watch TV regularly on Sat. mornings), I haven't watched Sat. morning TV in sometime...but have managed to watch some of it today. Of course, between getting up too late to catch several shows (like Scooby Doo) and having to leave for work, along with the Pacific Time Zone issues (seeing stuff pre-empted for sports coverage), that didn't leave much to tune into...but anyway:
TEAMO SUPREMO:
"Much to tune into" case in point... ;-) (but beats whatever freakish-looking thingamajig was on the "FoxBox" at this point in time).
First episode: apparently their Christmas episode...Teamo wages battle against, and ultimately shows the true meaning of Christmas to, a "Mr. Alchemy", who wears a hooded cloak and carries a transmutation wand. If this sounds familiar, fellow comic fans, you might be thinking of "Dr. Alchemy", an old Flash foe, who also wore a hooded cloak and carried around a transmutatory object---in his case, the "Philosopher's stone" (no relation to Harry Potter, AFAIK). Of course, in the comics, he also (IIRC) developed a split personality and developed a *second* villainous persona with the same powers called "Mr. Element" (or "Mr. E" for short).
Where was I? Oh, yeah....some "show the true meaning of the holidays" junk...or somethin'...
Second episode: Teamo learns about their (apparently 1940's/"Golden Age") superhero predecessors, a guy who carried a shield (and dressed like/behaved like Capt. America, with Superman's optimistic/bright elements) and a winged hawk-like guy (who looked like Hawkman and acted like Batman, re: a "hide in shadows/only out at night" bit). Apparently both heroes are Teamo's leader's grandfathers. Gets points for the comic book analogies, at least...
LIBERTY KIDS:
Seen bits of this show in the past, which airs on PBS. An educational show about the American Revolution, starring several young people who experience the various events first-hand. The group (consisting of a blond-haired teenage journalist in Ben Franklin's employ, an ex-slave(?) Black man, a French boy, and a British teen girl) all apparently work with the seen-travelling-around-the-colonial-world Ben Franklin, who's voiced by none other than Walter Cronkite---which comes into play for the interstitial segments where the characters talk about difference in life now vs. back then, or "news updates" on historic events in Cronkite's distinctive tones.
Notes:
No mention from what I saw on today's ep about Washington having owned slaves (though a previous episode apparently brought up the issue of slavery from what I could tell)...
The show's animated by DIC.
Walter Cronkite was CBS-TV's anchorman for its evening news from the early sixties until around 1981, and is probably U.S. television's most famous news anchor. His distinctive speaking manner and dignified air apparently lent much popularity to his newscasts, as they consistently drew high ratings during his tenure. A signature line of his was ending newscasts with the phrase, "and that's the way it is..." ObAnimation: parodies of his voice can be heard on the Powerpuff Girls (the ep. where Blossom gets a bad haircut) and the PatB episode "All You Need Is Narf" (with its "Walter Concrete" parody).
After flipping channels, I sadly realized....that I'd just missed all of the TMNT premiere. The one redeemable-looking thing on the "FoxBox" I'd been looking forward to. (Hangs head in shame)
FILLMORE:
A rerun of the ep where Fillmore investigates a sabotage of a model train convention, plus dealing with the death of his goldfish. Liked the bits about the "horrificness" of the wrecked-train "carnage"... along with the 70's-cop-show feel to the scenes about Fillmore's feelings on his goldfish dying.
Finally noticed Fillmore's first name is "Cornelius"...no wonder everyone calls him by his last name. ;-)
ARCHIE'S WEIRD MYSTERIES:
Saw only part of this before leaving for work: Veronica, arrogantly insisting that Archie pay more attention to her (like 99% of his attention to her) obtains from some voodoo(?) practicioner a spell that'll make him follow her around night and day...which it literally does, to her eventual horror. (Didnt' see the rest of this, but presume her spell---a salt shaker she left at Pop's Choklit Shop earlier on---probably affected the rest of the school, as well).
-B.
TEAMO SUPREMO:
"Much to tune into" case in point... ;-) (but beats whatever freakish-looking thingamajig was on the "FoxBox" at this point in time).
First episode: apparently their Christmas episode...Teamo wages battle against, and ultimately shows the true meaning of Christmas to, a "Mr. Alchemy", who wears a hooded cloak and carries a transmutation wand. If this sounds familiar, fellow comic fans, you might be thinking of "Dr. Alchemy", an old Flash foe, who also wore a hooded cloak and carried around a transmutatory object---in his case, the "Philosopher's stone" (no relation to Harry Potter, AFAIK). Of course, in the comics, he also (IIRC) developed a split personality and developed a *second* villainous persona with the same powers called "Mr. Element" (or "Mr. E" for short).
Where was I? Oh, yeah....some "show the true meaning of the holidays" junk...or somethin'...
Second episode: Teamo learns about their (apparently 1940's/"Golden Age") superhero predecessors, a guy who carried a shield (and dressed like/behaved like Capt. America, with Superman's optimistic/bright elements) and a winged hawk-like guy (who looked like Hawkman and acted like Batman, re: a "hide in shadows/only out at night" bit). Apparently both heroes are Teamo's leader's grandfathers. Gets points for the comic book analogies, at least...
LIBERTY KIDS:
Seen bits of this show in the past, which airs on PBS. An educational show about the American Revolution, starring several young people who experience the various events first-hand. The group (consisting of a blond-haired teenage journalist in Ben Franklin's employ, an ex-slave(?) Black man, a French boy, and a British teen girl) all apparently work with the seen-travelling-around-the-colonial-world Ben Franklin, who's voiced by none other than Walter Cronkite---which comes into play for the interstitial segments where the characters talk about difference in life now vs. back then, or "news updates" on historic events in Cronkite's distinctive tones.
Notes:
No mention from what I saw on today's ep about Washington having owned slaves (though a previous episode apparently brought up the issue of slavery from what I could tell)...
The show's animated by DIC.
Walter Cronkite was CBS-TV's anchorman for its evening news from the early sixties until around 1981, and is probably U.S. television's most famous news anchor. His distinctive speaking manner and dignified air apparently lent much popularity to his newscasts, as they consistently drew high ratings during his tenure. A signature line of his was ending newscasts with the phrase, "and that's the way it is..." ObAnimation: parodies of his voice can be heard on the Powerpuff Girls (the ep. where Blossom gets a bad haircut) and the PatB episode "All You Need Is Narf" (with its "Walter Concrete" parody).
After flipping channels, I sadly realized....that I'd just missed all of the TMNT premiere. The one redeemable-looking thing on the "FoxBox" I'd been looking forward to. (Hangs head in shame)
FILLMORE:
A rerun of the ep where Fillmore investigates a sabotage of a model train convention, plus dealing with the death of his goldfish. Liked the bits about the "horrificness" of the wrecked-train "carnage"... along with the 70's-cop-show feel to the scenes about Fillmore's feelings on his goldfish dying.
Finally noticed Fillmore's first name is "Cornelius"...no wonder everyone calls him by his last name. ;-)
ARCHIE'S WEIRD MYSTERIES:
Saw only part of this before leaving for work: Veronica, arrogantly insisting that Archie pay more attention to her (like 99% of his attention to her) obtains from some voodoo(?) practicioner a spell that'll make him follow her around night and day...which it literally does, to her eventual horror. (Didnt' see the rest of this, but presume her spell---a salt shaker she left at Pop's Choklit Shop earlier on---probably affected the rest of the school, as well).
-B.