I don't know why, and i really don't want to find out why people turned their backs on this show in 1997. I can guess that people didn't have a sense of humor that time, or even, maybe they used to have problems with their livers, I don't know, and I don't care.
All i can state here is the obvious truth:
THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!!!
I used to watch it on the WB TV channel back in 1996, and I never missed one episode. I guess I can say that I was a freaky fan!
The gags were pretty funny, the fourth wall jokes, the in-jokes, the reference jokes, all of them beyond funny! It was a kind of freaky humor, true, but it was never predictable.
Examples:
There was Freakazoid running to catch Lobe, one of the villains from the show, when all of a sudden, Sergeant Cosgrove tells him to go with him for some event in the park, or to a festival of whatever, and Freakazoid just goes. Why? No reason! They just want to fool around and have some fun, and catch the villain later.
Or maybe, there was Freakazoid thinking about catching Lobe in his latest attempt in villainy, or Cave Man, or Gutierres, or whoever, when suddenly, the narrator of the show appears to them telling that he had acting classes and starts to do Shakespeare. Why? Again... No reason. Just having a ball with some narrator guy.
Or maybe we are in the middle of a plot, when suddenly Freakazoid, out of nowhere, is with Brain and Wacko at the Ambling Entertainment building, talking with Steven Spielberg trying to find witch one is Spielberg's favorite show.
Or... Get this: Freakazoid is tied to a table and Gutierrez is about to finish him, when all of a sudden, just out of nowhere, they started to watch funny videos and have fun with them. Again... Why? What was the reason for that? Well, you can explain to me IF you manage to explain why they show a freakin' chimpanzee in the opening of the show. Or even, who was that Emit fella that seemed to be always smiling and used to give me those Wally feelings. Was there a reason for that? Maybe... Or maybe not... That's it.
And what about Sgt. Cosgrove stepping forward simply pointing the finger and saying "cut it out!" for some burglars making them return their score to the place it belongs? Or what about a Japanese cartoon called Hero Boy about a kid dressed in superhero clothes who can't manage to stop menaces and monsters for what it's worth, yet makes everyone laugh in the face of danger but according to Freakazoid, the dubbing of the show is awesome?
Head exploding in 3...2...1... Pshhhhhhh!!!
Those completely WTH mind blowing moments of unpredictability is what made the show so funny, the humor so fresh and the fun so intense. Of course that some moments have purpose or reason, the reference jokes, some jokes about what was going on in those years, maybe even the Disney jokes had it's purpose, I don't know, all I know is that I had tons of fun with it and I was very upset when WB TV turned it out of their schedule.
So give the show a chance and have yourself an eruption of laughter. You'll thank me later. Or maybe you'll end up being freaked out. Both ends, you'll surely have a ball!
All i can state here is the obvious truth:
THIS SHOW WAS AWESOME!!!
I used to watch it on the WB TV channel back in 1996, and I never missed one episode. I guess I can say that I was a freaky fan!
The gags were pretty funny, the fourth wall jokes, the in-jokes, the reference jokes, all of them beyond funny! It was a kind of freaky humor, true, but it was never predictable.
Examples:
There was Freakazoid running to catch Lobe, one of the villains from the show, when all of a sudden, Sergeant Cosgrove tells him to go with him for some event in the park, or to a festival of whatever, and Freakazoid just goes. Why? No reason! They just want to fool around and have some fun, and catch the villain later.
Or maybe, there was Freakazoid thinking about catching Lobe in his latest attempt in villainy, or Cave Man, or Gutierres, or whoever, when suddenly, the narrator of the show appears to them telling that he had acting classes and starts to do Shakespeare. Why? Again... No reason. Just having a ball with some narrator guy.
Or maybe we are in the middle of a plot, when suddenly Freakazoid, out of nowhere, is with Brain and Wacko at the Ambling Entertainment building, talking with Steven Spielberg trying to find witch one is Spielberg's favorite show.
Or... Get this: Freakazoid is tied to a table and Gutierrez is about to finish him, when all of a sudden, just out of nowhere, they started to watch funny videos and have fun with them. Again... Why? What was the reason for that? Well, you can explain to me IF you manage to explain why they show a freakin' chimpanzee in the opening of the show. Or even, who was that Emit fella that seemed to be always smiling and used to give me those Wally feelings. Was there a reason for that? Maybe... Or maybe not... That's it.
And what about Sgt. Cosgrove stepping forward simply pointing the finger and saying "cut it out!" for some burglars making them return their score to the place it belongs? Or what about a Japanese cartoon called Hero Boy about a kid dressed in superhero clothes who can't manage to stop menaces and monsters for what it's worth, yet makes everyone laugh in the face of danger but according to Freakazoid, the dubbing of the show is awesome?
Head exploding in 3...2...1... Pshhhhhhh!!!
Those completely WTH mind blowing moments of unpredictability is what made the show so funny, the humor so fresh and the fun so intense. Of course that some moments have purpose or reason, the reference jokes, some jokes about what was going on in those years, maybe even the Disney jokes had it's purpose, I don't know, all I know is that I had tons of fun with it and I was very upset when WB TV turned it out of their schedule.
So give the show a chance and have yourself an eruption of laughter. You'll thank me later. Or maybe you'll end up being freaked out. Both ends, you'll surely have a ball!