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What A Cartoon! - Freakazoid "Next Time, Phone Ahead/Nerdator"
🕑 Added 2018-06-11 06:00:00 +0000 UTC Chosen by one of our premium Patreon supporters, we're doing one of the first season favorites of Kids WB's Freakazoid! Matthew Jay joins Bob and Henry to talk all about this episode as the pinnacle/end of an era for Steven Spielberg's TV toon empire! We cover the very insider episode, as well as explore how the concept of "nerd" has changed between 1996 and now! It's fun and a little sad, so listen in and freak out!
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Diamond Feit
one extra observation: am I off or was riding a cart into the closet and descending into Freakazoid's lair a reference to Real Genius?
Diamond Feit
I never saw this show at the time so this was one I looked forward to. I must say I found the actual show surprisingly laugh-free. Maybe an episode where Freakazoid had more to do would have been funnier, but as it was the story was dominated by Boron and the Nerdator. And you both said everything there needs to be said about why those characters weren't funny: Boron is just stupid, and the entire friendzone story was cringeful. But hey, it was fun hearing you discuss it!
Paul L
Oh my God! I completely forgot about the WB store. It sounded like something completely new to me until Matthew mentioned the spaceship with the Marvin the Martian cartoons. Then memories just came flooding back!
