Wildly irreverent and slightly disturbing, this adult animation, live-action hybrid celebrates the campy, Saturday-morning shows of the '80s and '90s.
DirectorDave McCary
WritersKyle Mooney, Ben Jones, Scott Gairdner
Tape 1: SCHOOL
Dec 10, 2021
Twin hosts Skip and Treybor develop a sibling rivalry. Teenage dinosaur Randy gets dumped. David hides his friendship with the cute Create-A-Crittles.
Tape 2: LOST
Dec 10, 2021
Randy applies to Music College. David's pals colorize his logo. "The Strongimals" visit Earth and meet Skip, whose cameo role is mocked by Treybor.
Tape 3: ZOO
Dec 10, 2021
Skip's fame grows, along with Treybor's jealousy. Randy makes a friend at Music College. The Create-A-Crittles join David's corporate creative team.
Tape 4: SMASH!
Dec 10, 2021
The show gets a new studio. Skip now stars in "The Strongimals." A comedian presents "Lil' Bruce." The Crittles — and David's marriage — split up.
Tape 5: NEWS
Dec 10, 2021
An episode of "Primeline" profiles rising star Skip and tracks a startling disappearance. The "Pro Bros" live in the shadows of their famous brothers.
Tape 6: MOVIE
Dec 10, 2021
Treybor pays a humiliating visit to the set of Skip's new film. The Pro Bros mount a rescue mission. A disappearance becomes a homicide investigation.
Tape 7: DANGER
Dec 10, 2021
The stars of the Saturday-morning lineup join the president and pop star Nuance to address a serious social issue: the disrespectful phrase, "Shut up!"
Tape 8: LIVE!
Dec 10, 2021
The live premiere of "Skip and the Strongimals" is interrupted by dysfunctional family dynamics and the pending results of a TV star's murder trial.
W.Wolf
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A satirical send up to the late 80s, early 90s Saturday Morning Cartoon Block. Complete with original cartoons that despite being ridiculous, adult concepts repacked for children, painfully written corporate/government PR campaigns and nothing short of a 30 minute commercial to sell you yet another piece of plastic shaped like a toy. In short exactly like how it was back in the day. The show loosely follows show hosts Skip and Trevor. The brothers act as VJs trying to pump up the audience for each new cartoon. As Skip's career suddenly takes off based entirely off a single stupid catch phrase, while leaving his brother Trevor behind. Simultaneously breaking news of a celebrity murder peppers the show. Ultimately ending once Skips ill advised live action movie of a cartoon show crashes and burns. After a fist to face, heart to heart, the brothers get back together and become the new hosts of an MTV clone, M.E.A.R.S.H (Monday Early Afternoon Rock Song Hits). Overall the show does try to evoke the feeling of the time. The picture is heavily "fuzzed" to recreate that low rez SD on a tube TV feel. The VJ segments are incredibly hammy, as they were in reality. The cartoons themselves are decently done. All of them are obviously playing off of real shows. I won't say this show is for everyone though. I suspect it relies heavily on the nostalgia factor. So viewers not from the time period likely won't get the overall "joke" of the show. Instead they'll probably find it ham fisted, somewhat schizophrenic and generally lame. The "joke" being that this IS how ridiculous Saturday Morning Cartoon Blocks were. It was adults, guessing what kids liked, pushing lame jokes as hard as they could. When they found something that worked, they'd inevitably over use it. All for the singular purpose to sell toys. This probably would have worked better if they had peppered the show with more fake commercials to complete the effect. You likely aren't missing anything if you skip this one. But if you are in the mood for a distorted trip down memory lane its a decent ride.
