06/15/2004 Entry: "You're the Superbowl of self-abuse."

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 06/15/2004 03:01 AM EST

sweet numero 4....

Chestnuts roasted by 2legstall @ 06/15/2004 04:13 AM EST

*scratches head* As my 56k modem being left out of some grand image-related joke?

Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 06/15/2004 04:32 AM EST

Good lord, they made a QBert cartoon!!
Today: Holland vs. Germany @ EURO 2004 (Soccer)
Go Holland!!

Chestnuts roasted by Thijs @ 06/15/2004 05:18 AM EST

Matt, I have an idea for an article! Try and get some of those new He-man figures (yep, theyre still making and selling new ones, but only in Europe and on the internet ) together from the He-Store (THe Snake Men are the most recent)and review them. THis would be good to show how MOTU is allive and thriving (at least in Europe)

Chestnuts roasted by TOM @ 06/15/2004 08:39 AM EST

king hiss was always my favorite, drop the armor, and it's just lot's o' snakes!

Chestnuts roasted by brandon @ 06/15/2004 10:04 AM EST

Hah...I remember this being extremely high tech for Sat. morning. I can almost taste the Golden Grahams.

Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 06/15/2004 10:05 AM EST

Another one of those "I don't remember this" When I first open the article that changes to "I totally remember this" as I am reading and looking at thr pictures.

Thank you, Matt. Another fond memory found.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 06/15/2004 10:08 AM EST

When will arcades be cool again?

Chestnuts roasted by Nachokhaki @ 06/15/2004 10:42 AM EST

Arcades will be cool again when they stop focusing on making cookie cutter machines, like all those gun games, and DDR ripoffs, and racing games, and focus on making games that are actually unique from the consoles.

It would also help if they didn't leave pinball machines to rot, before replacing them with another friggin ticket game!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Number5 @ 06/15/2004 11:37 AM EST

Does anyone know where I can get my hands on a copy of these toons?

Chestnuts roasted by KingofKings @ 06/15/2004 11:55 AM EST

Woo-hoo! I watched the crap out of these shows back then. Supercade and Dragon's Lair, Space Ace, Pole Position, and of course Pac-Man. If they weren't great, at least it wasn't Turbo Teen! Gah! Now I have to wash that memory out of my brain by going to FARK. Back in a bit.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/15/2004 12:21 PM EST

I like arcades once in a while, even if at 32 I'm the oldest woman there that isn't a parent. I agree with Number5's opinion. I would also request better ambient lighting surrounding the games, and shelves or hooks next to the games for coats, backpacks, and the like. It would make the gaming experience easier for everyone. Thank you.

Chestnuts roasted by Divaah46 @ 06/15/2004 12:49 PM EST

Seeing that pic brings back fond memories of watching my then favorite cartoon, Pole Position.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeremiah @ 06/15/2004 01:10 PM EST

Damn! I didn't know that things looked like that back then! Stuff seemed pretty modern at the time....looking back on it, you have to wonder why we were all getting excited over crappy BASIC looking characters that happened to get their own TV shows.

Chestnuts roasted by Sunday @ 06/15/2004 01:38 PM EST

hey look a rerun

Chestnuts roasted by ryukuk @ 06/15/2004 01:48 PM EST

I don't remember any of this. All i know is Inspector Gadget seemed way more the SHIT then that crap. Thats right, I said it.
"I'll get you next time Gadget!" ha ha! awesome.

Chestnuts roasted by BettieBoo @ 06/15/2004 03:26 PM EST

Pitfall Harry, I have to admit, was my favorite of them all, then Q-Bert, and last bu not least Pac-Man! Matt, I can't thank you enough for proving that this did exist to a friend who is in denial about it right now. Saturday Supercade, you're the best!

~Pajama, Pajama, where's your Mama?

Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 06/15/2004 04:24 PM EST

i dont know what it it buut i am afraid.....

Chestnuts roasted by Graves @ 06/15/2004 04:39 PM EST

How about a cartoon about Matt's fish? Or, Jim Henson's X-E Babies?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/15/2004 05:23 PM EST

kingklash, a cartoon would be great, but what about the X-E movie or show with Corey Haim as Matt? Forget Shrek, imagine the X-E product promotion that would go along with that production. Slap bracelets, wall walkers and digital pets are some of the fads Matt could resurrect for tie-ins.

Matt, are you still doing something with VH1?

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 06/15/2004 05:52 PM EST

Probably my favorite Saturday Morning Cartoon was Kid Video. I've had dreams of being in a garage band ever since.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 06/15/2004 06:48 PM EST

Wow! I am so upset that I somehow managed to miss the Saturday Supercade. Im 24 years old and grew up with a working TV, so there was no way that a show like that should have slipped by me. I seem to recall a friend of mine telling me about a Donkey Kong cartoon back when we were kids, but I think it held a really crappy time slot, like 5 am or something.

Chestnuts roasted by pulseczar @ 06/15/2004 07:31 PM EST

Sean: www.kvflipside.org/music/videotoradio.html

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 06/15/2004 10:02 PM EST

ME: ME: VH-1 thing fell through. It wasn't for any show that I think they're currently airing, so they may have scrapped it entirely. No idea. They were cool about it, and I stayed in touch with one of the people there for a long while afterwards. (she was intrigued by the Bitner search) They told me gears were switched and they were only getting celebs to do panel appearances instead of just "experts" or whatever. Made enough sense to me not to be too disappointed.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/15/2004 10:04 PM EST

Sean, although I reluctantly agree that Kidd Video was good, I'd have to say, in live action 80s TV, nothing beats Degrassi Junior High!

~And the home of the Brave!

Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 06/15/2004 10:07 PM EST

That is too bad, Matt. Have you been approached by anyone else? If not, then you should look into doing something on you own for direct release and profit through the site.

Speaking of Kidd Video, that would be a great way to handle X-E for a television series. There is always the Video Power way to go (See my name for previous annoying VP suggestion by ME), or even a mix of the two. You know Corey Haim would be down for playing the "real" Matt!

This is all of course if you have not already mapped out how to translate the site into another entertainment medium.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 06/15/2004 11:55 PM EST

I just wanted to remind myself of a cartoon called "Galaxy High". CBS was cool!

Oh shit! Here comes my boss!

Chestnuts roasted by manwithpez @ 06/16/2004 02:34 AM EST

Hey, Inspector Gadget was cool and all, but Danger Mouse could kick his ass any day, and even if Penfold was double teamed by Penny and Brain, he could probably still womp them. But that's just my opinion.

Chestnuts roasted by Stilewalker @ 06/16/2004 09:37 AM EST

This brings me back, Donkey Kong kinda was annoying, not as annoying as the cgi on that now was on a few years back. The other day I came across some old Mask Crusader toys, anyone remember that show? I cant get the theme song out of my head now, hey Matt, how about a review of them?

Chestnuts roasted by Naveed @ 06/16/2004 10:54 AM EST

VH1 was intrigued by the Bitner search, sweet...That means we need to get Amir Haleem(sp?) on the case, if he can reunite Flock of Seagulls, he can make anything happen...
By the way, they don't need Matt on "I Love the 80's"? The show is now a mere shell of its former self in my eyes...They could've also used Matt in "The Best Week Ever", because I know the best thing to happen to me this week, I met Gloria, the worlds smallest(and saddest)woman. PS--Now that I'm thinking about it, they say a normal woman having a baby is like pushing a bowling ball out, I wonder how Gloria felt during labor...I digress, looking for some easy mac now...

Chestnuts roasted by whitemale_98/competent soldier @ 06/16/2004 11:33 AM EST

I had an idea about a movie somtime back. Had trajeal tap dancing with fish. But X-E product tie-ins would rule! Think of it, a digital keychain CHIA PET!

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/16/2004 11:35 AM EST

oh man i loved Q*bert as a kid. Watched the cartoon and played the game. The game sucked cos I had a messed up joystick and so if Q*bert got anywhere near the bottom cubes for longer then a jump you lost. It was awful. Wonderful to see it reviewed.

Chestnuts roasted by rimmie @ 06/16/2004 01:49 PM EST

!?#@*#

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 06/16/2004 02:36 PM EST

Man, I freak'n loved this show! My life revolved around this show when I was four. I can't remember relatives that have died, I can't remember any of the Spanish I spent three years learning in High School, but I remember Saturday Supercade!

Chestnuts roasted by Rayzak (My site has Hotess Sushi!) @ 06/16/2004 04:01 PM EST

Thanks ME!

I remember there was this one episode where the planet ran out of water. There was a scene of this creature chasing a drip of water. It had a coll song playing during it.

I also really dug the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon.

Chestnuts roasted by Sean @ 06/16/2004 04:10 PM EST

I have looked for ages for some site or p2p program that had episodes of Saturday Supercade, and have been disappointed.

It almost amuses me how I recorded quite a few Saturday morning cartoons back then, but I never ever seemed to have recorded a single Saturday Supercade.

Chestnuts roasted by Lynx @ 06/16/2004 04:57 PM EST

MATT DONT WORRY YOULL ALWAYS BE A CELEBRITY IN MY GLASS EYE!

Chestnuts roasted by Graves @ 06/16/2004 05:24 PM EST

Did I just see a reference to Kidd Video! Holy Sheeeeit! I loved that show. I've had songs from that show stuck in my head for years. Like that TLC song. Plus, they did a cover of Ride the White Pony on that show, and no one will believe that I saw what I saw. The song was used in reference to a trojan horse. Come to think of it, that was a strange show. Then again, I used to enjoy Teen Wolf, so...whatever.

Chestnuts roasted by manwithpez @ 06/16/2004 06:50 PM EST

Matt, what's this about you and VH-1?

Kidd Video? Now there's a show you don't hear about often.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 06/16/2004 07:50 PM EST

Matt -
Have you ever played a coin-op game called "Chiller"? I downloaded it for Mame32. It's a shooting gallery type game where you shoot people in torture chambers and graveyards. It's the most disturbing video game I've ever seen. You should do a review on it. Hard to believe this was ever a real "arcade" type game.

Chestnuts roasted by Joe @ 06/16/2004 08:54 PM EST

Did osme oen mention the D & D cartoon? I loved that show. It is definetely a show matt needs to review.

Chestnuts roasted by Bright Noah @ 06/16/2004 09:14 PM EST

Hey-

I almost posted this in the last Shrek feature, but this is more recent.

So I was eating a banana yesterday, and lo and behold, what do I see on it... "See Garfield the Movie." A Garfield banana sticker, instead of Dole or what-have-you. What, is this how they're getting people to go see the movie? I was really surprised to not see Shrek, Donkey, or Puss in Boots. Go figure. I guess Garfield had less of the market to tread on.

Just thought somebody might like to know.

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 06/16/2004 09:17 PM EST

Rainbowfeet: I saw the Garfield movie, it sucked. All it deserves is bananas, I havent seen Shreck yet, but I really dont wanna either so I can only assume its good enough to deserve its face on every product in the world.

Matt: Have you seen Garfield yet? Assuming you like(d) Garfield, you know the worse part? Not once does Garfield threaten to send Nermal to Abudabi. Not once!

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. S @ 06/16/2004 09:45 PM EST

%@@#$$*((!!@$

[Translation: Shit!]

You know he was always swearing.

Chestnuts roasted by Lincoln @ 06/16/2004 10:44 PM EST

Eh, I thought Garfield was a cute enough kids' movie as long as you ignore the gangsta Nermal, the non-bitchy Liz, and the fact that Odie was originally Lyman's dog (okay, all animated versions of Garfield ignored the existence of Lyman too). And that the movie took place in an unnamed midwestern city way too big to be Muncie, Indiana. (Though this film does break the modern rule... usually, when a city isn't named, it's filmed in Toronto, but this was actually filmed in Los Angeles.) I was just pleased that they took into account the "Peter Venkman" factor when they were casting the voices, and made Bill Murray the voice of Garfield, since Bill Murray played Dr. Peter Venkman in two live-action Ghostbusters films, and, in the first two seasons of The Real Ghostbusters, the voice of Peter Venkman was provided by the late Lorenzo Music, who was best known, to people my age, at least, as the voice of Garfield, but, since Lorenzo Music died in August 2001, it was a fitting tribute to have Bill Murray do the voice of his most famous character, since Music filled in for Murray as Venkman.

Speaking of Abu-Dhabi, I wish they'd release a Garfield & Friends song CD, since the "Abu-Dhabi" song was about Lorenzo Music's best musical performance after "Scaredy Cat" in the Hallowe'en special.

Chestnuts roasted by Steve Brandon @ 06/16/2004 10:51 PM EST

Oh how I miss Lyman. Not due to him, but I thought the strips were actually pretty good back then. (I have collective editions..wasn't reading comics at that point because I was just a sperm) Between those strips, the holiday shows, the Saturday toon and all of the books bought from the Troll Book Club, it's hard to write off *everything* about Garfield as being a sucky, lucky success.

Don't think I'll see the movie till one of my siblings makes me babysit someone, though.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 06/16/2004 10:53 PM EST

Garfield has been and always will be the #1 fat-cat cartoon character in my eyes - screw Heathcliff! Basically, the first thing I remember knowing how to draw - and still can to a "T" is Garfield! His love for sleeping and lasagna always made my fat, lazy, Italian ass at ease.

~more I breathe,
a Jedi Knight,
more space I get,
the better I write!

Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 06/17/2004 12:00 AM EST

I know all the words. My family sung that song for a long time.

Abu Dhabi, it's far away!
Abu Dhabi, that's where you'll stay!
Abu Dhabi, the place to be
For any kitten that's annoying me, la la la

Now some take a train,
And some take a plane,
But I am sending you
Not on a boat,
Or even afloat
But in a box marked Postage Due!

Abu Dhabi, now you're all packed
Abu Dhabi, now don't come back
Abu Dhabi, the perfect commute
for any kitten that is TOO DARN CUTE!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 06/17/2004 02:29 AM EST

Yeah, I have NO interest in seeing the Garfield movie at all... the main reason is because I just don't get how they can have a CG Garfield and a real Odie. Seriously...
I'd probably gripe more if I saw it, but I really don't feel like wasting my time. Plus, all I have to go on is Garfield and Friends (which I really liked, by the way).

Chestnuts roasted by Rainbowfeet @ 06/17/2004 08:10 PM EST

I can't believe you skipped my cartoon. If I didn't teach people to keep trying no matter how bad things got (and by bad i mean the same jungle traps again and again for 20 minutes in search of treasure) then what good was I? Be a pal and give the poor readers who DON'T remember my early toon appearance a chance to re-live it.

Chestnuts roasted by Pitfall Harry @ 06/17/2004 08:10 PM EST

Oddly enough, the only one of these cartoons I recall now is Space Ace...and I could have sworn it was a separate cartoon...

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 06/17/2004 09:43 PM EST

Matt-VH1 only wants celebrities? Who says you're not celebrity?

Anyway, I love this pic, and I loved that video download from which this pic was taken. Gone are the days of such good cartoons. Nowadays, the only country that makes cartoons that are even remotely good is Japan, and even then there's crap like Pokemon. (Sorry Matt. I know how much you love Pokemon, but I just can't stand that shit.)

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 06/17/2004 11:44 PM EST

Concerning Q-Bert, here is a bit from the news files of Videoland MUSH:

What can you say?
@#$%!

This childish, self-censoring version of cursing is not only IC at Videoland, it is accepted for any situation where you would be using ventilation language, naughty or not. It helps curb the use of harsher language, and it's just plain funny.

Keep this in mind: Q-Bert has the foulest mouth of ANY character on Videoland.

Worse than Duke Nukem.
Worse than Conker.
Worse than anything /ever/ produced by Rockstar Games.
You have been warned.

Chestnuts roasted by Kou Hotaru @ 06/22/2004 04:11 PM EST

How about the "Gonna Party" CBS bumpers from the late 80s? I have some of that stuff on those big, old, heavy VHS tapes.
I also have a few editions of ABC Saturday morning with the kids singing "After these messages - we'll be right back!".

Chestnuts roasted by AngeFaitore @ 06/22/2004 04:17 PM EST

I wonder if any over-ambitious grad student from Smith or Wellesley or something has ever written a treatise concerning the possible homosexual nature of Jon and Lyman's relationship...?

If not, they should. Liz is just a front.

And Garfield and Friends was a brilliant, brilliant program and is well past due for DVD release.

Chestnuts roasted by macalister macavity @ 06/27/2004 04:13 AM EST

Hey I was just wondereing if anyone new some place I could download or listen to that Abu Dhabi song. Garfield is one of my favorite childhood memories even though I'll never want see the movie. Garfield just looks too active. For the fattest, laziest cat ever to live, he seemed to do a lot of running around in the commercials.

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