tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post115179001724701813..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: "Toby Danger"Jaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1152148773384411962006-07-05T21:19:00.000-04:002006-07-05T21:19:00.000-04:00Jorge, I believe it was "Don't Touch That Dial!" a...Jorge, I believe it was "Don't Touch That Dial!" and it <I>was</I> a classic.Jenny Lerewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06668171465801333811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1151881946588895612006-07-02T19:12:00.000-04:002006-07-02T19:12:00.000-04:00The funniest thing ever to come out of WB, imho. ...The funniest thing ever to come out of WB, imho. I read the script way before it got made, in Animaniacs days(when it seemed unlikely it ever would get mde)....god, Minton is the funniest, most subversive(and unsung)cartoon writer on the planet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1151812466605263542006-07-01T23:54:00.000-04:002006-07-01T23:54:00.000-04:00You spent an awful lot of time watching those 1990...You spent an awful lot of time watching those 1990s Warner TV toons, didn't you? I guess they worked for you better than they worked for me. The Animaniacs, for example, were more grating to me than "zany," hard as they worked to assure me they were the latter. Overall, I found those Warner TV cartoons more "look at us, aren't we clever" funny than I found them "laugh out loud" funny. Maybe I was a weird kid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1151797483558189562006-07-01T19:44:00.000-04:002006-07-01T19:44:00.000-04:00Venture Brothers isn't a good comparison, because ...Venture Brothers isn't a good comparison, because while it started off as a straight-forward tired parody, it grew into something much greater, bascially abandoning the premise within a few episodes and uniquely developing the series characters. (However, the ongoing history of Venture family line is hilarious.) By the end of the first season it was one of the funniest shows on TV.<BR/><BR/>While I cracked up at seeing Toby Danger when it ran, I don't think it would've been very good as a recurring short since it pretty much blew its wad in the first go. As such a direct parody, I'm not really sure where else they would go with it (as JD said) - even in the Venture Brothers, they're actually the second/third generation of Ventures, which allowed a very inventive history of a middle-aged, cranky Johnny Quest...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1151795562246961982006-07-01T19:12:00.000-04:002006-07-01T19:12:00.000-04:00"Toby Danger" is hilarious, but mainly because it'..."Toby Danger" is hilarious, but mainly because it's such a dead-on parody of Jonny Quest. It doesn't have a whole lot of jokes that aren't, shall we say, Quest-dependent for their humor. So it may have been too smart for its target audience, most of whom would be too young to get the in jokes.JD Rhoadeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07123361739160525998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-1151792703255204482006-07-01T18:25:00.000-04:002006-07-01T18:25:00.000-04:00"The Venture Brothers" suffers a little in compari..."The Venture Brothers" suffers a little in comparison to "Toby" in all likelihood due to the need to cater to what the Adult Swim audience is expecting from its non-anime shows -- i.e. at least one decent dollup of gross out humor per episode. A sign of the times, and of what Cartoon Network thinks of its audience.<BR/><BR/>That said, "Venture" is still the best thing being produced for the Adult Swim block right now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com