The musings of a madman...

After consulting with Galen on whether or not Fraggle Rock would count for this series, I was advised that it having been geared towards kids, added to the fact that there was an animated version of it produced (more on that later) as well, that it would count just fine to be posted on. Fun fact: Jim Henson, of Muppets fame, was the creator of Fraggle Rock, and it came on HBO here in the states up to and through syndication. I was 4 years old at the outset and 8 when it "ended" and remember intently (after we moved in with my grandmother at age 5) getting up to watch it when we got cable. What we had in this show was a message more wholesome than we have come to expect from an HBO show of any kind. Brilliant in the depiction of differing groups working together for the greater good of their 'world' in the face of their fundamental differences, despite their not knowing what they contributed to one anothers' existences. Facing things without dumbing them down, whil...

I was born in 1979... That means I was alive through the golden age of cartoons/animated programming and was around to watch the migration from Saturday morning to Primetime. This brings me to first and second grades, in 1985 and '86. Rankin/Bass had caught lightning in a bottle with Thundercats, an aesthetic masterpiece but a writing and common sense abortion, to be totally honest speaking as a 30 year-old looking back 25 years now. Anyway about it, the inexplicable 130-episode success of Thundercats granted them a green light to jump the shark with produce another series, Silverhawks. Without getting into specifics as it relates to characters on the show, just know that EACH spot on the Thundercats' team is mirrored on the Silverhawks' team, except for Snarf, who will not be missed one little fucking bit. Funny thing, here... Perusing my discussions of music and my attention to detail on most other posts, one would think -- based upon my draw to things nostalgic to me --...

After speaking with the homie Galen on his Cartoon Disassembly series recently guested here on my blog , I mentioned that he had not done one on Voltron, and he explained to me that he had become busy doing other life stuff and never got back to finishing it. I pushed to see if there would be a chance of talking him back out of retirement and onto it. He offered the chance of the possibility, but promised nothing. What he did, however, grant me was his blessing to make an undoing of the cartoons of my choosing, provided that I leave Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry alone. Reluctantly, I agreed to leave those to him, as a gracious visitor into his lane. Without further setup, though I am going in on one of my favorite animated series from my childhood; Voltron... Let the record here show that I am ONLY discussing the Lion series, as everyone to come after it was so egregiously bad that I had to jettison them from my system as if they were a rape of some sort. One thing that someone will...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . [ Phlip note - that was it for all of them right there] And now we will get right down to business... Greetings everyone, this is the Professor speaking. And right now, I have a public service announcement to deliver, so here it is: For all you women "drivers" out there, STOP WASTING TIME TRYING TO GET THE PARKING SPACES IN THE FRONT!!! Not only are you annoying the hell out of the people waiting for your @$$ to move, BUT YOU'RE WASTING GAS!!! The SIMPLEST thing to do is find the first, I repeat, FIRST available parking space. The wal...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . Episodes 8 and 9 were interrupted when our professor was presumably kidnapped by some nerds over pokemon comments, and clearly suffering from a bit of dementia as a result for the next. And now we will get right down to business... Ok, class....... I'm almost back to my regular self so that means back to the grind of destroying the classics. This week, we look at...... THE THUNDERCATS!!! Ah yes, another 80s great. The artwork was 2nd to none.... the dialog however, left a hell of a lot to be desired. Okay.... I gotta admit as a kid the first episode...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . [ Phlip note - that was it for all of them right there] And now we will get right down to business... And now a brief addendum by Professor Shadow Dragon... "Ok, just checked up on the class. I would like to put some of my own info in, if that's ok with Prof. Sen Tora." It be ok!! =^o^= "First of, X-Men Evolution. The second show was based off the old school pilot show called "Pryde of the X-Men". I didn't start really getting into this one until I saw "The Cauldron" when they introduced Havok. (can't wa...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . [ Phlip note - that was it for all of them right there] And now we will get right down to business... It was brought to my attention this week, that some 'smart' person decided to add in the name of the mutt from Johnny Quest. Well the Professor's got a NEWS FLASH for you baby.... I INTENTIONALLY left the mutt's name out. Why? Because the mutt is just like Ja Rule's Music Career: No one gives a rotten rat's @$$ anymore, BOTTOM LINE!!!! Ok, now that I got that disclaimer outta the way, it's time for class. This week, instead o...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . Lesson 4 was a break in the series and has therefore been skipped here, nothing more to say about that than what I just did. [ Phlip note - that was it for all of them right there] And now we will get right down to business... What's going on class? I hope everyone's had a good week up to this point, other than Hurricane Weezie (if you don't get the reference, then too bad) causin' trouble for some of y'all. Now, this week, I'm gonna have some fun. Why? Cause we discuss another favorite of mine & the Conglomerate's. As I ...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while I was snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . [ Phlip note - that was it for all of them right there] And now we will get right down to business... So far, we've delved into a lot of sicko minds. Mine mostly, but I have been having fun and I know you all have been as well. This week's class.... it's a tough one for me. And there was a slight problem. Tonight's class was supposed to have been taught by me and Professor Shadow Dragon. However, due to unforeseen circumstances, he couldn't make it cause he was dealing with a few unruly and not-so-bright humanoids. So that mea...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while I was snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . [ Phlip note - that was it for all of them right there] And now we will get right down to business... It was brought to my attention that there were several factors missing in my lecture last week. First Professor S. Dragon informed me that Wonder Woman could never fly originally. So with that note, I strike out my comment about her being able to fly. Next up, people were asking me: "Why didn't you talk about Scrappy Doo, Scooby Dum, or the villians, or the police officers?" Simple answer, really. These, for lack of a better term, pe...

The following was originally written by the homie Galen Henderson... With his permission, and in response to a Facebook status message about how comically asinine the villains' plots were on Voltron while snowed in this weekend led him to share this piece with me. With his permission, I am presenting it to the two of you. There are surely more parts to this series, but I will be sharing the all of them with you complete with link . [ Phlip note - that was it for all of them right there] And now we will get right down to business... Aight y'all, class is in session and the Teacher is about to speak. The first victims of dissection this morning are Scooby Doo and The Superfriends (all versions of them). During the 70s and 80s, the Superfriends were the PINNACLE of the superhero cartoon genre of all time. I remember many a Saturday Morning waiting to see Challenge of the Superfriends . The Wonder Twins, Marvin and whatshername with the dog, all the different versions I...