"Freakazoid!" (1995) TV series 1995-1997

Directors:

Ronaldo Del Carmen
Jack Heiter

Writers:

Alan Burnett (writer)
Paul Dini (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

9 September 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Plot:

Washington, D.C. has a new defender: Freakazoid. The comedy (and sanity) never stops when he's around and he's only one of the weird heroes of the series! It's better than a nice tub of good things!

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Cult Favorite | Slapstick Comedy | Teen | Breaking The Fourth Wall

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Paul Rugg	...	Freakazoid / ... (24 episodes, 1995-1997)
Joe Leahy	...	Our Narrator / ... (19 episodes, 1995-1997)
Tress MacNeille	...	Additional Voices / ... (18 episodes, 1995-1997)
Edward Asner	...	Sgt. Mike Cosgrove (15 episodes, 1995-1997)
Jeff Bennett	...	Additional Voices / ... (15 episodes, 1995-1997)
Frank Welker	...	Additional Voices / ... (13 episodes, 1995-1996)
John P. McCann	...	Douglas Douglas / ... (11 episodes, 1995-1997)
Maurice LaMarche	...	Longhorn / ... (10 episodes, 1995-1997)

Runtime:

30 min (24 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Argentina:Atp

Company:

Amblin Entertainment

Trivia:

In the Toby Danger cartoon "Doomsday Bet," Toby Danger and Dr. Vernon Danger are played by Scott Menville and Don Messick, respectively. The characters are spoofs of Jonny Quest and Dr. Benton Quest from "Jonny Quest", who were also respectively voiced by Menville and Messick.

Quotes:

Freakazoid: Cosgrove, how come you never got married?
Cosgrove: Because I like meat too much.
Freakazoid: You can get married and still eat a lot of meat.
Cosgrove: ...I didn't know that.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror XI (#12.1)" (2000)

Comedy in its highest form.

"Freakazoid" is perhaps the most under-appreciated comedy series ever! Of course, aiming something like this to a Sunday morning audience of children will doom it from the start. Sadly, it lasted only 24 episodes before getting canned. On the upside, it did win an Emmy for its theme song! That's a good thing! Anyway, there are several types of humor. Slapstick (i.e. "The Three Stooges'), dry and sarcastic (i.e. "Daria"), that old Warner Brotherish humor that I'm still trying to put a name to.... and then there's "What?!?!?!? Why?!?!?" humor that comes out of no where and strikes us as funny because it doesn't make sense and yet it does make sense... does that make sense? Freakazoid is a delightful mixture of this kind of humor, the most obscure movie/historical/cultural references you could possibly imagine, and (lets face it) utter childishness. This is the only show you would be able to hear big-name actors like David Warner behave like a child throwing a tantrum, or hear deadpan Ed Asner say things like "Poo-gas", or even hear the world famous carpenter Norm Abram say something like, "You're and evil man!" All of this is brought to us by the comic genius of Paul Rugg (who not only writes but does the voice of Freakazoid himself because the part was too weird for anyone else to handle) and his partner in crime, John P. McCann. These guys wrote all the good, memorable episodes of the hit series "Animaniacs". I'm not sure if my rant is making much sense, so I'll stop. I cannot recommend "Freakazoid" to you enough. I'll put it this way: If you enjoy humor similar to "The Tick" comic book (the show is much tamer than what I'm talking about), the "Earthworm Jim" video game, or "Space Ghost: Coast to Coast", this is for you! ENJOY!!!