WAIT... Remember Rocko's Modern Life?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.ย. 2024
- Ah, now we're talking some classic nicktoons! Rocko's Modern Life is such a well put together show from what you see on screen and just as equally behind the scenes, becoming this workspace that would lead into massive of creations from other major shows to voice actors getting big breaks. Today, let's take a look at Rocko's Modern Life and what made this show something special.
Written By: Jordan Fringe
Edited By: Jordan Fringe & Cale D.
Channel Art By: Jerry Meehan
Thanks so much for watching! Were you a fan of Rocko’s Modern Life? What moments from the show stand out the most to you?
I love watching this show on Nickelodeon & Nicktoons Network as a kid
Loved this show.
Loved this show as a kid! Can't wait to see what you gotta say about it 🙂 On another note, have you ever watched Gravity Falls? As a guy who's in his mid 20s with a ton of little siblings, this is honestly one of my favorite cartoons ever.
Absolutely loved the show and it instantly became my fave Nicktoon! I knew as a kid this show wasn't 'really' for kids when I saw Rocko grab berries from a bush and it was Bear Junk! 😆 🐻
Fucking loved rockos this made me want to go back and rewatch it, love the vids
Rocko’s Modern Life really hits a lot harder as an adult than it does as a kid. Their target audience was not kids, it was teenagers and young adults.
The creators absolutely had children in mind. It's just like Looney Toons. Silly characters and slapstick for the kids and subtle innuendos for the adults.
I agree.
Rocko's Modern Life has some social commentary about the aspects of adult life in a cartoony perspective. It's like Nickelodeon's definitely answer to _South Park._
Thats right and as a teen, i loved this show
@@jensinamart5153 similar to spongebob
I loved the jokes about cartoon physics, like the optometrist deliberately scaring the hell out of Rocko to make his eyes pop out of their sockets so that he could examine them easier, and the line in the episode where Heifer chokes to death "Heifer... your eyes are Xs... what does that MEAN?!"
That eye joke was very adult. *cough*- *cough*
That means I won Tic-Tac-Toe!
i was born in 97, rocko came out yrs before i was born but i always watched reruns of it and loved it. stephen hillenburg wrote, directed, produced and storyboarded on the show and he was one of the main reasons it was so successful. spongebob and rocko's modern life are related.
Me too, only I’m a ‘98 kid 😅
I was born in 2002 and I am glad I managed to watch the reruns of the show.
If I'm not wrong, Dan Povenmire & Jeff Swapy Marsh were worked in Rocko
@@Trist233 they did, dan also was a writer and storyboard artist on spongebob
Me too, I'm born in 1998
Fun fact: when Joe Murray was approached for the Netflix special, he was asked to make it less adult. He responded with " If so can't do the Adult joke, then its not Rocko!"
Luckily, Netflix obliged.
Making it less adult would've been extremely silly when the entire concept of Static Cling was to cater to adult viewers who grew up with the show. I'm not surprised he was asked that because corporate BS never changes but like, did they even watch the original show??
@@psychotophatcat They likely did not - at least if The Witcher is anything to go by.
I didn't like the netflix specials as much as the actual show
I felt like it was a pushed agenda
Funny thing is - those adult puns were SO well written and hidden, I didn´t even noticed them as a kid.
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It's not even the fact that it was an agenda, the writing wasn't as sharp. Honestly I would've liked to see filburt try to bang Bighead, saying something like "hey there pretty lady, you single?"
This show is leagues better then some people think , the comedy and everything was peak.
It was basically an Animated Seinfeld. It's the best Nicktoon that ever came out of Nickelodeon.
@@names_are_uselessI love both shows, but they are nothing alike.
I love this show! One of my favorite moments is after Rocko gets his gas cap back. "Daddy, daddy, teacher says everytime a gas cap is found, an angel gets its wings." "Your teacher's full of snot!"
Also in the same episode was the “I’m a wild pig!” scene
I still sometimes shout, “I’m a Wild Pig!”.
ROFL
What struck me most about that scene was when the guy made a weird evil face when he said "full of snot".
This show has some animation quirks.
@@ericnoble5194 I laughed out loud every time when he said that, the instructor immediately shout "SILENCE" afterwards lol
This show was my therapy and helped me so much during a very low point in my life :,)
Rocco's Modern Life is my favorite show from Nickelodeon even just before Ren and Stimpy. I watched it since it was originally released, and even caught the episodes before any were taken down. The phone operator scene still lives on as a "how did they get away with that" moment as it was both satirical and realistic about a wife at home who experiences sexual loneliness from her husband since the 'accident."
Rocko was honestly a good show, not only for kids but for adults too. I remember watching it on the NickSplat channel a few years ago and it was great! I felt bad for Heffer on that Parents episode, especially when they literally told him that they were gonna eat him before they decided on adopting him. Thanks for covering this show. :)
Can you maybe do 2 Stupid Dogs next?
“Isn’t that cute, BUT IT’S WRONG!!!” Parts of 2 Stupid Dogs have lived rent free in my head for over 2 decades 😂.
2 Stupid Dogs is kind of underrated. I grew up with the Secret Squirrel revival and still prefer that over the original.
This show right here was and still is one of my most favorite cartoon shows growing up. I didn’t quite understand the grown-up jokes because I was born in 93’, but the style and the characters were fascinating to me. You gotta love those classic 90’s neon colors.
Just wanna say I’ve watched every single episode of fringemas this month so far and I wanna say thank you. Usually December is a depressing time for me but your videos give me so much genuinely good nostalgia along with being well produced it’s been a bright spot every single day. So again thank you.
Truly appreciate the kind words and support! This time of year isn't to great for myself as well, so I hope you are doing well and hanging in there alright! Thanks for watching!
@@JordanFringe94 We both deserve to have good times during this time of year I hope something is bringing you as much happiness as you’re bringing all of us.
I always wished they made that foot guy a main character. He was probably the most absurd character on the whole show and deserved to be in more episodes!
I loved this show as a kid, but truely loved it when re-watching it as an adult.
One of the BEST shows from classic Nickelodeon!!! 🔥
Absolutely agreed.
Indeed 😊
Yep
Definitely in the best category. I love Rocko's Modern Life :)
A kafkaesque kids cartoon. That's definitely not run-of-the-mill.
One of the best shows Nickelodeon every produced imo, and one of my personal favourites. I remember loving so many different things about it as a kid, and as an adult a lot of it remains. I loved Spunky, Meet the Fatheads, Peaches... the list goes on. Such a fantastic show. Thank you for covering it!
My number 1 favorite nicktoon of all time, with Ren and Stimpy a close second. Thank you for this video as it was such a defining show for the 90's
As much as this show was an integral part of my childhood, the plots remind me more of my early twenties than anything.
Carlos Alazraqui and Tom Kenny, chef’s kiss! Such a great show! As an adult I geeked out realizing that Officer Garcia from Reno 911 was Rocko and voiced a few other great characters as well over time.
I’m a brand new subscriber and I just gotta say this 25 days of fringemas thing is truly impressive. I’m hooked on the video format you use, and it seems like you’re genuinely dedicated.
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I was born in 2000, but I got to grow up with this show because of the reruns on Nicktoons Network. I loved this show so much!
Rocko's Modern Life is probably my favorite Nicktoon. The characters are memorable, the jokes and the stories are funny and as an adult I can appreciate all the hidden jokes
I loved the Netflix special from a few years ago, especially since almost all of the original Mexican voice actors came back for the dub, except for Rocko himself since sadly his original dub actor, Carlos Íñigo, passed away some years before the special
I ... had no idea Rocko had more then 1 voice actor. In fact, he's had 3. I just always thought Carlos Alazraqui did Rocko the whole time! Now that I think about, the earliest episodes Rocko had a very different voice.
@@names_are_useless I was referring to the Latin American Spanish dub made in Mexico
One of my 1st FAVORITE Nicktoons ever! Of course I remember the show! 😄👍
Mr. Bighead was my favorite character! His outbursts were hilarious!
This and Ahhh! Real Monsters were my favorite Nicktoons. I miss this era.
Rocko’s Modern Life is an absolute classic! A hidden gem from our childhood!
Remember it? Everyone around me was raving about the show coming back for the Static Cling movie, to the point I binged the entire series DVD boxset to see what all the series was all about. Great show! Though not really the most obscure thing I've seen you dig up either from the studio or during this month.
Yeah, I agree!
So excited for this video!! RML was a huge staple in nicktoons like you said, but it also had a massive influence on me as an aspiring cartoonist
Who doesn't remember this show? It was awesome, miss the show, loved the somewhat recent movie too
One of my childhood classics I even watched the Netflix special. Thanks Jordon
Rocko was pretty much the last generations spongebob. Great show. I used to love the cereal too
There's a Rocko's Modern Life cereal? The heck? I want that lol Anyway, I agree. I love Rocko's Modern Life.
The funny thing about that "Heck" episode and the need for censorship is that I distinctly remember catching a detail on my binge of the series where they go to a theme park ride called Elevator to Hell, and it isn't censored at all
Rocko’s Modern Life is one of my favorite Nicktoons.
I was a huge fan of “Rocky’s Modern Life” as a kid and now as an adult, it blows my mind what they got away with. Great show!
This was so immensely well researched. Amazing. Rocko’s Modern Life and Invader Zim were some of my favorites back in the 90s…
I still quote lines from this show, usually Philbert's lines. Any time I open a fortune cookie, I always read "Bad luck and misfortune will infest your pathetic soul for all eternity".
This was my favorite show as a kid! And the fact I got to learn more about it after all this time is amazing! Glad to see it could potentially reach younger generations so they have the chance to enjoy it like we all did. Great video!
I'm 14 and I love Rocko's modern life, and I have my mom who was born in 1981 to thank for that. ❤️❤️❤️
My dog's name is Rocko, so you're damn right I remember this show.
Looking back on it now, it almost seemed to me like a way of educating and preparing its audience for the trials of *dun dun dun* adulting. Rocko, Heffer, and Filburt are all clearly meant to be in their early 20s, and they each deal with a hardship of Gen-X at the time. Rocko has financial issues and sometimes difficulty holding employment. Heffer has arrested development issues still living with his parents. Filburt literally tries to stop adulthood in one episode, but eventually comes to start his own family. It reminds me of hipster movies at the time like Reality Bites or Singles.
i vividly remember an opening establishing shot of Rocko's house at night with the moon snoring in the sky. then a glowing yellow arm reaches up, grabs the moon, pulls the moon down, we hear punching and kicking and we see stars flying behind the house, and then the sun comes up. i must have been six when i saw it and i still think it was the funniest transition from night to day ever. but i can't find it on youtube or anywhere for the life of me and i'll probably never see it again. loved Rocko's Modern Life!
Mr. Bighead always yelling "Bev!" had me rolling as a kid. and the beavers that would run up and put people onto a stretcher just saying "hup hup hup hup" still gets me.
It’s just amazing how many connections there are with this show and Spyro the dragon. Life sure is good right now!
ROCKO! YES! My absolute favorite episode is when he went grocery shopping:):) Plus, when he went to the beach, the Christmas special (I still love the elves and the kid screaming on Fruitcake Man's lap before he bit the chunk out of his cheek), when he had dinner with Heffer's family, when they were trying to find the parking space at the mall, and when he became the underwear model.
"Don't hate me because I'm beautiful."
"Too late!"
--"I think I'm getting a nosebleed from the altitude!" And the poor kid that got lost was now an adult still looking for his mom:):)
--"That's not your mother! Your mother's a car seat in Illinois!"
--"Remember, kids, don't mess with Mother Nature! She'll kick our butts!"
--"How old are you?"
"38." And he's all old and withered in the wheelchair--who else in their mid to late 30s does that hit really hard?!
I could never forget Rocko. This one friend and I used to quote it at each other all the time. Any slightly annoying thing one of us did was just an excuse for the other one of us to bring out Gladys the Hippo Lady's "HOW DAAAARE YOOOOOOUUU!" And just as expected, it was even better and funnier when I rewatched it as an adult.
Both the Hell and City Hall episodes are the ones that truly stick in my brain. Loved this show growing up - born in 92, if that helps any curious analysts.
You can't fight city hall... you can't fight corporate America 🎶
Such a unique show. I still go back and rewatch all the time
Definitely top 10, if not top 5, one of the best NickToons ever made!
the amount of adult jokes in this cartoon was just insane. God i love the 90’s this wouldn’t fly today!
Rocko would, all rocko's modern life has to do is play it safe.
If everyone was gay or bi then it would be fine...
“Oh baby, oh baby, oh…”
@@elonmust7470And good thing they didn't allow homosexuality on TV back then
I watched the "Bear Berry" episode when I was a kid and distinctly remember that bear jumping out holding his berries. Years later I rewatched that episode as a 27 year old and noticed it was cut. One of the weirdest thing to have happened was that I saw the original cut on Nickleodeon and remembered it enough to notice it being cut. Crikey what a show!!
This show is so much more enjoyable as an adult. It feels like an adult swim show made by the homestar runner guys. Family friendly more or less and no swearing, but raunchy and enough innuendos for 20 something stoners and people in their 30s to enjoy
Fastest click I've had in a while. Rocko was my favorite cartoon as a kid because it didn't feel like it was pandering.
I think my favorite episode is the Chameleon Brothers opening a coffee shop and teaching about the "history of coffee"
This was one of my favorites as a kid. Steve Hillenburg and Joe Murray were a great combo. Joe Murray does a kids show on PBS now called let's Go Luna, which looks just like Rocko.
I remember watching this in 1993, when I used to say "Rocko" at age 2, just to watch the show!
I immediately click the video once I saw the thumbnail and title. I LOVE Rocko's Modern Life, I'm a huge fan of this show :) This show is really amazing all around. Really great humor(It's one of the few shows I laugh hard from the humor, they did a really great job), great and memorable characters, great satire, everything is just awesome. You can tell a show highly holds up when even in adulthood, you appreciate it even more and still really enjoy it. Like you, I also enjoy Rocko's Modern Life when I was a kid, but I enjoy it even more as an adult after understanding all the adult humor and how relatable the characters are of dealing with everyday life in adulthood. The show did a really great job of connecting with the characters so well. Like honestly, I see myself as Rocko in terms of relatability. Rocko does the best he can to have a good life in O-Town and never gives up despite stumbling upon people who treat harshly and cruel to him. Like Rocko, I'm also quite shy and pretty quiet. What makes Rocko a good character to look up to is that even with these struggles, he does the best he can to achieve, overcome these obstacles to achieve really well in life. He's nice and respects everyone around him, even someone like Mr. Bighead, who can't stand Rocko. Rocko is a really great relatable character and is a character easily to cheer for for all these reasons. Overall, really great video. As a huge fan of Rocko's Modern Life, thanks for video. Happy to see Rocko's Modern Life is getting more love these days. For all you SpongeBob fans out there, without Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob wouldn't turn out how it did in the first three seasons. You have Rocko to thank for the creation behind that yellow sponge.
Rockos mordern life was definitely one of my favourite shows as a kid and its still one of my favourites today
This channel continues to make me miss my childhood. Seeing you talk about all these cartoons makes me miss being a kid even more than I normally do. Also this may be the internal boomer in me but seeing these shows again makes me realize that today's cartoons just don't hit the same way that these classics did back in their day. There's no soul in most cartoons today and the few good ones that do come along get canceled early because we can't have nice things
Ofc i remember it! Rocko was and is one of my all time fav Nicktoon! Second only to Arnold. Even seeing you do a video on his wacky life gives me joy~ :)
Joe Murray's character that would go on to be Rachel, was always really fascinating to me about his own commentary on what it was like to have parents of an animator, and what your perception is like as the kid that IS the animator.
One of the best nicktoons of the 90’s. Some of my favorite episodes are “wacky deli”, “wimp on the barby”, “keeping up with the Bigheads”, “I see London, I see France”, “Yarnbenders”, Kiss me, I’m Foreign, and Heff in a hand basket
Rocko's modern life is one of my favorite cartoons of all time
One of my favorite shows as a kid! I still enjoy it now as an adult.
As a kid I never went out of my way to watch Rocko's Modern Life, but I always enjoyed it when it was on. Certain episodes taught me a lot about the adult world, and how society consumes media.
i love how the show tackled a very serious topic. My favorite episode was when heffer found out he was adopted. Heffer invites rocko for dinner at heffers parents house once they get there rocko assumes hes adopted seeing that his family was a pack of wolves. During the dinner rocko tells heffer that hes adopted heffers parents explain heffer gets sad and mad saying "your not my father" heffer runs out and finds his real fathers garve and starts crying a though bubble is shown with heffers real father being mad. Eventually heffer comes back home heffers mom says " we were going to eat you your were skinny so we fattend you up then we grew to love you" even though im not adopted this episode made me cry
One of my most favorite shows ever! Thank you for talking about this! :D
I still love watching it to this day when they recently played reruns of this on Nickelodeon.
My Grenada actually loved this cartoon. She would watch it with me when I was little.
Boy do I! My rat terrier I got when I was 5 was named after Spunky from the show because he was the exact same size, color, and spot pattern, haha.
The thing that makes shows like this stand the test of time is as a kid it’s fun, but watching again as adult is like watching it for the first time because you understand all the adult jokes. The Static Cling special really was a genius play on the concept of the show. It was perfect that the canon ending to the series was them going into space so that the movie could have them come back and readjust to “modern life”
I recently got to your channel by it popping up on my time line. I subscribed and binged watched almost all your content within the last week. You are now on my favorite TH-camr list based on your commentary and the topics you talk about. I'm looking forward to watching more from you and giving comments if I can. Keep it up
Truly appreciate the kind words and support! Thank you so much!
This is a wacky slice of life show that really worked. I like the characters and the humor which are two of the biggest drawing points to it. it also interesting that similar to how “all that’s start a lot of careers for live action stars and shows this seemed to be the same for cartoon. Tom Kenny stared his voice work here (I think), the creator of “The Angry Beavers” Mitch Schauer was the show's assistant storyboard artist, Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh who created Phineas and Ferb were writers and Stephen Hillenburg worked in multiple roles for the show. Its good show, in the top ten of my nicktoons list, I think at 8 or 9.
At 9:23 the eye exam chart reads, "I am a prisoner in the crazy doc's broom closet." That's the kind of cool stuff that made cartoons back then so cool.
Well guess it's time for the annual rewatch for this show. I remember watching this on Nicktoons back in 2002 and loved it. As for favorite moments from the show. static cling was very cathartic and a great watch for long time fans. as for the main show the laundry day episode with the sock people was gold. Keep up the good work Mr. Fringe!
Rocko's Modern Life is one of the best 90s nicktoons of all time.
I had no idea there was a movie made in 2019. I’m very glad I watched this.
I was just binging the series on Paramount+ the other day! Legendary show, I love it
Thank you for the hard work during this month. It's def needed as the holidays aren't the best time for me and plenty of others. Thanks for the lovely nostalgia trip ❤
Bruuuuuuh! I forgot how funny that Granny Rocko episode was 😂.
Damn, I never realized it only had 4 seasons. By far one of my favorite cartoon next to Ducktales
I love this show. Ahh real monsters, Dexter's laboratory, Ren and Stimpy, courage the cowardly dog, X-Men the animated series, cow and chicken, IR baboon, captain planet, He-man, Thundercats, toxic crusader's, celebrity death match, Thundarr the barbarian, Pinky and the brain, action league now, kablam, ultra force, mutant league, freakazoid, mXc, MAD, invader Zim. (I just love the era of animated series and movies I got to enjoy growing up. I'm glad I was born in 1989. It was great to grow up during that era. I couldn't imagine being a little kid today.)
I remember watching this show in the 90's and I loved it. My favorite episode is probably Hut Sut Rah, the camping episode; after many attempts and screw ups along the way, the gang just ends up camping out in Rocko's yard. The episode in which Rocko must go grocery shopping while out of laundry and forced to use his lucky shirt & the Filbert's wedding are really good as well. Honestly, there are more I could list as this was just a well done show.
The episode “teed off” is great too, I like the part where the head groundskeeper who resembles Darth Vader orders all the pianos to be thrown at Heffer and says “I want that steer!”
The amount of content you post is overwhelming….in a good way…..how the hell do you do it?
easily my favorite nicktoon. i’m glad i found it as a teenager, or else so much of its meaning would have escaped me entirely.
"Is that *Cheeeeeese* ya got there? Can I have some *CHEEEEEEEESE?"* has lived rent free in my head since me and my brother first watched the episode in the early 90's when we were like 5 or 6
I honestly don't remember any episodes but the show I will remember watching them as a kid in 97-98 you bring all the nostalgia back to me having a terrible memory since I was a teen.
One of my favorite Nicktoons alongside Hey Arnold. I love this show so much, so many memorable episodes.
Aside from joking about having to censor elements of the show, the episode where Rocko and Heifer go to the carnival originally included a ride called the "Elevator to Hell" where the riders would plunge downward, we hear screams, then they return with the elevator charred. A devil would also attempt to depart, but the carnie slug forces him back into the elevator.
This is now omitted from any replays for..well...obvious reasons. But god I loved that gag and remembered it all these years later.
I love Rocko's Modern Life! I was so glad when Samsung phones got free TV, and I saw that one of the channels plays it in the morning!
I grew up wacthing this show as well as the other Nicktoons that came before it. I have always enjoyed this show. I remember those episodes that were a little more controversial that I didn't think nothing of it and I enjoyed it. I did understand them but there were a few things that might have flown by me during the original run but all in all. I know I'd watch it no matter what. Thanks for making this video. It brings back lots of my favorites.
My #1 favorite nicktoon.
The ‘No Tell Motel’ scene really imprinted on my young mind - I think I was about 12? But I remember watching the original airing and thinking “Wait…no way. Did that just happen?”. Then they took it away in future airings, so it felt like an ethereal fever dream memory and for the longest time I wasn’t entirely sure that I hadn’t imagined it, lol. Truly a golden age of animation it was! 13:57
Rocko modern life one my favorite nicktoons growing up I still watch it sometimes , and the Revival was pretty great & just finished the watching Christmas special still one my Christmas specials to watch
How could anyone *_NOT_* remember Rocko and his modern life ???
Rocko was the “Seinfeld” of the cartoon world. I loved it so much, I bought the Rocko’s Modern Life dvd. 👍
I rewatched it recently when watching the new film and man some scenes made me holler bc didn’t realize the adult stuff that happen like the car getting graped at the impound
One of my absolute favorite shows, I own the entire series on dvd! So much great talent came out of this show I wish it was even more popular
Taking a chance on this monstrosity was one of the best things. Thank you champions!
Yes! Of course I remember! One of my most favourite shows, becuse I could relate to Rocko so much (and sometimes still do). From time to time I re-watch it.
For some reason I missed the announcement for "Static Cling" and when it was released - oh boy, it blew me away! I didn´t expect it to be SO good and who didn´t watch it already - go and watch it!
I have a Rocko’s Modern Life t shirt. That show was a big part of my childhood.
I had a full dvd set available thanks to my uncle so I was able to watch it completely with him and he laughed at different parts then me at the time then I rewatched when older and was able to laugh when he did so it did it’s job perfectly being a show I enjoyed when young and when older so it’s a very great show
Plus being Australian an seeing real life wallabies a lot it was always fun seeing it in shows
In 94 I believe it was Nickelodeon was holding a contest to make your room over. I entered the contest and didn't win, but I got a runner up prize of Rocko's Modern life for the Super Nintendo. I still got the game and it reminds me of the cartoon whenever I look at it. So I very much remember the show and have a great childhood memory from it.
people better remember rocko's modern life if not then you failed your childhood
Why yes, I do remember this show. It was awesome.
A favorite episode of mine is when Filburt becomes a lounge singer and has to listen to this cassette before every performance for his stage fright.
Ahhhh man, I freakin love RML!!! I have all the episodes with me on my iPad mini at all times and enjoy them very frequently. All episodes are available on iTunes.