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I remember being very excited as a young kid that legendary superstars Mario @ Luigi were going to be animated. I was not at all disappointed! The animation, I MUST confess, was horrible at points, and mediocre at best, and there were even points where Mario would accidentally do a Luigi voice and vica versa but the happy-go-lucky plot lines were infinitely amusing. The show would start off as a live action skit with Mario(Lou Albano) and Luigi(someone named Danny?) doing a brief comedy skit, then it would switch to the cartoon, then back for the finalie of the live skit. These guys were simply hilarious! They would have guests such as Sgt Slaughter, Roddy Piper, Magic Johnson just to name a few. But my favorite of these skits was the Sgt. Slaughter Steam Machine episode! That one makes me laugh just thinking about it! The Bros start out fixing a steam machine for the sarge when Mario is hopelessly trapped inside! Luigi becomes angry that mario has disappeared and left him to work for the sarge who makes Luigi do 500 push-ups! When they figure out what has went wrong with the steam machine a mini-Mario pops out ranting and raving how much he hates what has happened! I absolutely loved it and wish more TV would be made like this, the good old fashioned somewhat 3-stooges style hit-you-below-the-belt silly stuff! I loved the show and will NEVER forget racing home from elementary school to watch this zany duo!
But the show obviously had some short-comings as it was almost immediately canceled after a one season run. I'm not sure what all led to the demise of this hard to find jewel but the replacement of Lou Alban and Dan with the watered down Bill Ted versions certainly hit a sour notw with a LOT of people. I remember thinking, "who are THESE guys???" They were OK at times, but just like the Curly VS Shemp, Shemp was OK, but he'll NEVER replace a CURLY! The show simply tried to cash in on a new attitude and failed miserably.
All in all I would certainly place this on my TO-GET-LIST for those of us who enjoyed animation in the 80's. This was simply the absolute best!
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xeviousJsopwells 14 August 2004
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