I like how they advertised Danger Mouse by referencing their previous series. Even if the joke's edit is so much like a joke edit from a YTP it made me laugh from how awkward it sounded.
And that is what got me hooked on Nick! That goofy promo! I’d watch Nick every day just to see that promo! It built up a crazy amount of laughter and ANTICIPATION!!!!!!
My favorite line: YCDTOTV kept Nickelodeon afloat. But, it was Danger Mouse that taught them to swim. So True. YCDTOTV and Danger Mouse were the biggest shows on Nick until Double Dare came along.
This was interesting to find out how Danger Mouse was created. This was my favorite cartoon as a little kid (even as an American), but unfortunately I didn't have cable to watch the show on Nick. The only way I was able to watch the show was renting VHS tapes at a local video store. Even then, I probably was only able to watch like several episodes as the video store's stock of Danger Mouse was _very_ limited (like they only carried 2 VHS tapes of it). Still I watched those same episodes a stupid amount of times as I loved the show so much!
It's pretty rare to find children's TV I enjoy as much as an adult and Dangermouse might just be the best cartoon going for that. Custard is a personal favorite episode, just so very surreal.
I showed my Mom some Danger Mouse a year ago, from the second season premiere, "Custard", and she got overwhelmed and wanted me to turn it off, being on the verge of crying. I can't say I don't understand it, what with the fast pace, complex dialogue, constant absurdity, and the fact that I was showing her the 5 minute episodes. I know these are things that people like the series for, but my Mom just wasn't able to stand it. She likes Cosgrove Hall's slower-paced, more peaceful "Wind in the Willows" series a lot more.
I've Finally gotten around to this. I've heard of Danger Mouse and Duckula, but I didn't know that much about them until now. Another interesting video Poparena..
Finally! Took us awhile but we got to the good stuff! I remember the first time I saw Danger Mouse was when I rented a Danger Mouse video from Blockbuster, then, out of the blue, it started showing on Nickelodeon. It must have been it's second run, as it was around the time of the first Nicktoons but I found it just as fun as those Nickelodeon originals. I heard of the remake a few years back but was frustrated I couldn't find a way to watch it, but now I know it's on Netflix I might check it out. Never be angry at a remake if it's doing what a remake should do: preserve a franchise for future generations.
Halfway through the first episode of the new series and it's pretty funny. Noticed the crow character has an Italian accent again. Thanks as always for your insightful and detailed videos. Decided to donate via Patreon as yours is the best researched series I've seen on TH-cam.
The thing that made Danger Mouse such a novelty was that it practically aired during prime time. It would sound silly now because there have been 24 hour cartoon channels for years and Nick has aired cartoons during prime time for decades. But back in the 80s when television was more segmented on fewer channels it was a rare treat to watch a regularly scheduled animated show for kids in the evening. This is what make danger mouse to revolutionary for us 80s kids. I didn’t mind the limited animation because it added an unique tone to the show. This was years after the flint stones and several years before the Simpsons. Danger mouse aired at 7:30 eastern well after dinner time and about two hours before bedtime for most of us kids. Having this to look forward to everyday was a special treat and we were even too young to notice the sophisticated whit was the reason why our parents watched as well. I thought DM was even cooler than Inspector Gadget which ironically replaced Danger Mouse in its time slot.🤔🤔While my parents were watching entertainment tonight or wheel of fortune, I was watching You can’t do that on TV followed by Danger Mouse. Thanks Nickelodeon for this power lineup in the 80s
Thanks for the context about their changing Stiletto's accent. I always knew it was to avoid seeming offensive, but I'd never known that it was connected to Against the Odds. Still, as you say, they left plenty of other ethnic stereotypes intact. One could argue that the program's depictions of Scottish, Welsh, and even American characters were less than flattering as well. But when the show ran on Nickelodeon originally (1984-1988), they did edit the two stories "Lord of the Bungle" (seen here at 24:47) and "The Bad Luck Eye of the Little Yellow God," cutting out the parts of the scenes that showed the offensive black stereotypes. This made for what I thought was a much funnier depiction in "Bad Luck Eye" when Danger Mouse approaches the tribe under cover of darkness: First it's just his eye moving along while he talks, then the eyes of the natives surrounding him, then a puff of smoke as he runs away, all in the dark (they skipped the bit where the lights come on, showing the villagers). When the show came back in 1991, the reruns of these episodes were shown in their original forms, without the edits.
Dangermouse is the very reason why most of us discovered Nick at Nite as children. It was the last show of the day. I still remember the silver ball outro and A&E opening right after the show ended.
Oh my god!!! Thank you!!!! Two episodes feels like an early birthday present! I turn 42 on the 24th. I really truly LOVE this series! Keep up the great work.
Having 2 Nick Knacks episodes released on the same day is a great surprise. As for Danger Mouse, I watched both the original and the reboot and find them both funny and enjoyable. Also, Nickelodeon seemed to focus on the wrong thing to redub, even if those elements were in just one episode.
I've just finished catching up with all the Nick Knacks (so far) and I don't know how to express how much I enjoy this series. Revisiting shows that i had forgotten I used to watch, and others I remember fondly, has been such a fun experience.
I see animation shortcuts like that in Japanese animation all the time. Even though most anime productions don't devote time and resources to animate accurate mouth movements, they still hide mouths as often as they can get away with, and sometimes you only see a dark silhouette with nothing moving at all. Attack on Titan spends much of their runtime this way and all the money is spent on the big set pieces.
I used to enjoy watching You Can't Do That On Television and Dangermouse, back to back. It's occurred to me that both shows laid the groundwork for my love of Monty Python--YCDTOTV with its sketch comedy, DM with its very British humor and absurdism (not to mention the occasional Gilliamesque animation).
I haven't watched an episode of Danger Mouse in well over thirty years, and it all came flooding back. I blame this show entirely for my becoming one of those insufferable nerds obsessed with the likes of Monty Python. Thanks, DM. And thanks poparena for an awesome retrospective.
I watched danger mouse when it was easily a favorite of mine. Probably was already watching more Comedy Central (aka the Comedy channel) with Whose Line and all that. Man I watched a lot of British shows growing up.
Yeah that send off was actually pretty heartfelt. it's also a bit ironic, considering that Nickelodeon would have a hard time with giving their shows proper send offs like this later on unfortunately..
NeonLightMole 96 are you saying that making a crappy spinoff of a show whose creator is deceased, ISNT the best way to pay tribute? Well! I don’t know what to believe anymore.
I recall watching Danger Mouse every night at 7 pm and, often, it would be cut off fifteen minutes in, when Nickelodeon would blink away and become VH1....at least it did in Philadelphia....more often than not.
I'm sure they won't, and Netflix has had it for a few years now. Nick already couldn't be bothered to air the Rocko movie they made last year and just dumped it off on them.
I remember watching Danger Mouse as a kid, but I don't remember which episodes I've seen. However, I do remember him receiving a rather fond farewell, from the casts of other Nick shows, and him saying his goodbyes. I don't think my sister knows it, because she's too young. I didn't know that it had been revived in the early 90s, or that it had received a remake, until now. However, it had certainly paved the way for Nick Toons. Thanks for the video! I'm definitely going to check out your Count Duckula video!
That reboot actually looks super good, reminds me of the DuckTales reboot too in terms of its style and writing from what I can gather. I actually really wanna check it out now.
The reboot has a huge flaw that was admitted to even by its creators: it's too American. It has slick production values and almost none of the characteristically British subtlety or wryness that were hallmarks of the original. It's also very loud. Plus, Baron Greenback is not Baron von Greenback, has a German accent for some reason, and has been relegated to a background role.
Ah, Danger Mouse. My introduction to the wonders of deadpan and surreal British comedy. Edit: Oh god, I remember that "Goodbye Danger Mouse" promo. My child self was heartbroken. But I was super happy when it came back!
This is one of the greatest cartoons ever, in my opinion. The humour, the wit, the wonderfully fleshed-out characters, it's all there. Crumhorn was always my favourite. Such a good villain, insanely bright, but zero common-sense.
Really great job with this. I usually watch your Doctor Who videos, but I had to give this a watch since I really do like both versions of Danger Mouse. I'm glad you gave some attention to the reboot.
It's amazing seeing David Jason in that Only Fools and Horses clip - it sounds EXACTLY like Danger Mouse.. I would've thought 'is that..??' if I had seen it randomly.
I loved Danger Mouse as a kid and I think it's aging pretty well. It's clever writing and excellent voice acting keep make up for it's other short comings. I'm really looking forward to Banana Man! I remember it would air very intermittently and randomly, so it felt extra special whenever I would catch one. Which, to my 7yo mind, makes it the best thing ever.
I loved Danger Mouse.Nickelodeon first aired it when I was nineteen. As a fan of British humour, I feel in love with DM. David Jason, the original voice of Danger Mouse, was well known as a Super Hero parodiest, having played spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic, among other roles, in the children's comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set (Rediffusion London/ITV) with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Denise Coffey, and Michael Palin. Humphrey Barclay, who recruited Jason to appear in Do Not Adjust Your Set (partly to offset the rather intellectual style of Idle, Jones, and Palin), admired his sense of timing. The programme ended in 1969, and the character then appeared for a time in the Thames Television children's programme Magpie. I gave you Thumbs Up 283 because your video is chuck full of information.
I grew up watching both Duckula and Danger Mouse. While the well...caricatures of other races now is seen as problematic, it was still a solid funny show. Also, I had no idea that in the first few seasons that they cheaped out on mouth movements, and such to save the budget. It actually worked well. As for Thames television, well...I grew up watching some syndicated shows over on WUAB-TV (back when was available on cable) like Benny Hill.
It's so crazy how more and more tv shows from the past are no longer appropriate because they are seen as racist now. Oh well that's life. Old shows did their job at the time but then go away and new ones replace them.
The thing about Danger Mouse is that, seemingly, it made fun of every nationality except the English about equally. Even the Scottish and Welsh didn't get off easily, with one episode taking place in a Scotland where bagpipes are herded like cattle.
I remember this show since I was a kid, but this was on Nickelodeon back in the 1980’s. It was originally ran in the UK on Thames TV, the same network that did “Benny Hill” on one of the ITV stations. And then later picked up in the US in syndication. One of them was WNEW-TV (channel 5) in NYC in the 1980’s since they don’t have Nickelodeon on cable back then.
thank you thank you thank you for including dangermouse and this as a doctor who fan who was struggling through the Wilderness years Danger Mouse was a Guiding Light through some troubling times I was in high school at the time and didn't care that I was still watching cartoons how was your Junior High probably both I love Danger Mouse the funny British humor and references of course to the good doctor in one of my favorite episodes where Greenback is trying to drown the world and custard Danger Mouse Journeys into outer space finds a little creature that can eat all kinds of Custer and then just when he's about to return to Earth bring back sense into a pink hole to everyone's surprise they find a Time Lords potting-shed penfolds line he's really funny I didn't know they still made anyway Danger Mouse also made its way to syndication are Channel 5 in my area he beat out Mare Ed Koch is TV show because more people were interested in a cartoon mouse who went for a frog and he was more fun of your to yes the animation is not first grade but that's okay I remember when it returned and it wasn't as good as it used to be and was starting to get drowned out by other shows but I still liked it the new show looks gray which I haven't gotten to see yet but I will eventually Longwood Danger Mouse Long Live all his friends may he return to Nickelodeon someday
I was too young and missed some early Nick so I didn't get to see the first run of Danger Mouse on Nick...in fact, I saw Duckula BEFORE I saw Danger Mouse. However, I do have fond memories of watching it with my dad before he drove me to school in the second go around. And Oh Ick became part of my verbal lexicon for a while.
Same here. Duckula was one show I watched a lot of. Watching it again now, I get a lot of the word play and British humor, especially the name confusion sequence in the Egypt episode
About those stereotypes shown starting at the 24:47 mark: in Nickelodeon's (sort of a) defense, I do NOT recall the channel's version of "Lord of the Bungle" having that tribesman, or Penfold saying "What wear off"; instead I recall it going straight from DM saying "Good Grief" to him yelling, possibly with some long shot to cover the transition (and said tribesman). However, I have only a decades-old & potentially unreliable memory of it, and all the versions I can find on TH-cam are largely unedited with Stiletto still speaking with an Italian accent. Sadly, I *DO* remember Nickelodeon airing the unedited stereotypes in "The Trip to America" (both Native American and Texan) and those Hong Kong Tong. (I can't figure out which episode they're from right now.) Hey, I did say it was "sort of a" defense.
This was my favourite show as a 4-6 year old and really think it had an effect on my sense of humour from then on. If you can look past the racist charicatures (Which I don't think you should hand wave away at all), then I think it's safe to say that dangermouse encapsulated the alternative comedy scene that was forming here in the UK at the time and was a formative touch stone for so much of the British comedy that was to come in the following 20 years as those kids became adults in the sphere of entertainment
I honestly have never really looked into Danger Mouse because I just thought it would be a generic cartoon(I was born in 90), but after watching this, I see that I missed out!
Good episode...I remember that "goodbye" promo Nick put together for DM, and looks like the revival really keeps the spirit of the original! Also, on a related note, I found the Rainbow theme song so catchy that I started looking for the series on here, and found out it was just a short part that was used on-air, as the full theme not only runs close to 3 minutes, but sounds more like a progressive rock song than the theme to a children's show!
It should be noticed that up to the point Danger Mouse was made, British TV animation, at least what we could call animation, didn't follow the same lines as the US industry had began, opting to tell very short self-contained episodes that were often narrated by a single person (basically telling a story). I'm leaving out the "Supermarionation" shows like Thunderbirds in this case as they were the exception. There's a lot of cartoons and stop-motion series produced in the 60's and 70's that all follow this same concept, and it kept going into the 90's. Danger Mouse was the first to utilize multiple voice actors and roles in a way that wasn't quite the norm yet over there. What Cosgrove-Hall did that was a changer for the industry was to bring in those elements necessary to eventually do longer cartoons.
This show, more than any other from my childhood, still makes me laugh out loud and it is 100% due to Penfold and his outbursts. Terry Scott's performance of constant wailing and doom casting gets me every damn time. Often in DM, a joke will play, I won't find it funny, but then Penfold responds/reacts to the gag and I laugh. Everytime.
If you enjoy Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, I recommend checking out Cosgrove-Hall's other shows that, as far as I know, never made it stateside. My personal favourites being Victor & Hugo - Bunglers in Crime (there's a couple of cross-over episodes with Danger Mouse and Duckula in that too), Avenger Penguins and (if you're in the mood for something gentler and sometimes more serious) Wind in the Willows, which was stop-motion. Fantastic review with a lot of info' that I suspect was completely unknown to the US audience, and some that was new to me! The 'Goodbye Danger Mouse' part was rather sweet for example. I think you're over-stating the 'racist caricatures' a little much. They're in, what, 2-3% of the show's overall run? Mainly the early seasons. If they were in every other episode, yes, there'd be a problem. In any case, Cosgrove-Hall ripped on the English more than anyone else. I agree they could be problematic nowadays though. I grew up on Italian Stiletto, so the re-dubs were a surprise when I finally got to hear them. In the reboot, he's a Cockney doing a bad Italian accent...and Greenback is now German? I guess racial/national stereotyping just wasn't/isn't such a big deal in the UK. Danger Mouse shouldn't be as good as it is, but it somehow surpasses it's limitations. I just feel it's such a shame that most of the studio's other shows never made it to the US, as they had plenty to offer too.
I'm positive we got the Wind in the Willows over here, I think as part of either Pinwheel or Special Delivery. Unless there were multiple stop-motion versions of it.
Just got around to watching this episode! Nick and Cosgrove definitely had a tight relationship - I have an ad from Variety in 1989 from Nick paying tribute to Thames' 21st anniversary with a specially commissioned Cosgrove-Hall drawing I'd love to share. :D
Danger Mouse DVDs have more jokes than The Netflix version since Netflix edited out most of the narration. And I've watched a couple of the vhs tapes...........Between the episodes there are weird comedy bits I have never seen anywhere else.
Oh yeah I know what you're talking about, the intermissions with the Narrator. I love those segments very much, if they didn't David Jason and the others to reprise their characters then whoever it was di an excellent job.
I've gotten to the point where his mispronunciations and spelling mistakes are more fun to catch, rather than annoying. And of course the content itself is interesting. :-)
@@TheMister123 Sounds like he was playing that game already ;) I always pronounce it as CoZ-grove - with emphasis on the Z sound. Like Saperspark, he says 'subsidurrary' instead of 'subsidiary' too.
Given your love of binging entire series I wasn’t sure when this one would show up (there are quite a few seasons) Happy it took one whole hour I HAVE to see the 2015 show
Man, I've been looking forward to this episode! =D I loved Danger Mouse as a kid, and I grew up with it during it's second run in the 90s. =) I actually have the whole series on DVD. Eek... I honestly didn't remember the stereotypes, though. It's been a while since I last sat down and watched them. =( That sucks... and I hate that it seemed to be a defining factor of the series for you. -_- Don't get me wrong, those stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now, and should not be hand-waved. Those scenes should never have been animated... but the show was much more than that. Looney Tunes has decades of amazing cartoons... but that show also has some VERY racist characters and shorts, but we still hail the Looney Tunes as classics. I haven't seen the remake, because I honestly wasn't sure if it would do the previous series justice... and I do hope the female characters avoid the "girl power" trope. As a girl, I was optimistic about seeing female characters added... but I'm not watching the show for them, you know? I wanna see good old DM and Penfold vs Greenback action! On one hand... I'm not keen on the little development I see of the new Danger Mouse from your review. He seems to come across as a Gumball Watterson type of character - and I love Gumball, but it works for him because he's a dumb but good-natured kid... not a secret agent. =/ Yeah, DM the original character had his goofier moments, but there was usually a plot-relavent reason for him to lose his cool depending on the episode. It just seems weird to me. (side note: not keen on Greenback's new purple suit either, again it just seems weird) On the other hand - THAT OPENING! O_O Dang, that looks slick! I love it!! =D I'll give it a chance the next time I can renew my Netflix subscription. Maybe it's better than I thought... Thanks again for the episode and your series, poparena! ^^
I watched DM back then as well and never really thought of those moments since too many cartoons often had to have jungle scenes and being caught by tribes was a very common trope. This was the UK after all and probably didn't have the same view of things the US did when it came to these things, probably only going by what they had seen decades before and not so much what the US had put out by then (the toyetic action shows).
"DM the original character had his goofier moments, but there was usually a plot-relavent reason for him to lose his cool depending on the episode" You're quite correct. The newer DM seems more like an Inspector Gadget sort of hero from what little I've seen. I can accept Greenback changing his suit...but his accent? He's somehow German now. And yes, the female characters are pretty much 'short-fused girl power' types from what I've seen.
@@andrewmorrice9139 ~ Yeah, the German accent is strange to me too... It's kinda weak, like the voice actor isn't sure he wants to stick with it. =/ The suit is just a minor thing for me. It's a superficial detail to obsess over, I get it ^^;; Maybe I'm just so used to the old suit? Or maybe it's the pastels, like that's his Easter Sunday suit and all the others are at the dry cleaners =P I dunno, maybe if it was a darker shade, it wouldn't be as weird an aesthetic choice for me. It's far from important, though, compared to the comedy and characterization.
@@sablelioness Funnily enough, lots of cartoon villains are themed in green and purple. It goes all the way back to early comic books. Primary colours for the heroes, secondary colours for the villains. The original Greenback design even has some purple already on his cravat. Count Duckula too, green and purple, though he at least was a good guy in his own series.
@@andrewmorrice9139 The "girl power" does wear itself thin. I haven't caught up on the new series bit interesting they changed Greenback's voice like that.
If you've done a "Mysterious Cities of Gold" episode yet, I've not found it. (I just discovered your channel a few hours ago). I only mention, as you cited a mystery over Danger Mouse's vanishing from Nickelodeon. I recall, inquiring via e-mail back in '99 about their bringing that show back. I was told the show had been leased, and they no longer had the rights....could a similar situation have had pertained to Danger Mouse? Side note, on this. Something I loved about Nickelodeon back in the 80s, was when they'd pull shows such as Belle and Sebastian and MCoG off of the air, my older brother would write to the network, the shows were put right back on the air, and my brother would recieve a "Thank you" letter, along with gifts such as T-shirts, posters and stickers. Someone try that today, and see how often you'd be successful.
Mysterious cities of Gold is getting an episode later. Nick Knacks just entered 1986 and will be covered. After that and Spartacus, we'll see a Nick Knacks on Double Dare.
I was born in '86, and this is the earliest show I remember watching on Nickelodeon in 1991, along with Eureeka's Castle, David the Gnome and the first Nicktoons, among others..Coming back to it on DVD....eh.
I can't believe I forgot Count Duckula started in Danger Mouse! (looking forward to that episode as well) .... although, go figure it had all the usual problems programs of this era seem to have... yikes! I may have to give DM2015 another chance, though.
Loved Danger Mouse as a kid, and you are right that some parts really didn’t age well, and were pretty racist. I did a rewatch of the whole series on Netflix a couple of years ago when it first came up, and I think it holds up a lot better than I would expect. The humor is still pretty spot on, especially if you like things like Monty Python. The racist stuff is in very few episodes overall. Easy to skip. Shouldn’t be excused, but can be enjoyed despite.
11:35 Damn, I had no idea Rainbow was a real kids show. I remember seeing a video on the internet back during the ebaumsworld days in 2003 that was a "perverted kids show" where British actors and puppets where talking about how big their twangers were and how they like to pluck with them. I thought it was just some adult skit.
24:36 - I don't remember the episodes with those racist characters being aired on Nick. It's certainly possible, but none of that looks familiar to me at all, and I used to binge watch VHS recordings of DM on repeat for hours.
Funny you should mention the series Danger Man...it later became known as Secret Agent, with a famous theme song by Johnny Rivers. (Apparently, Johnny's early draft of the song reflected the show's original title: "Look out, Danger Man! Think fast, Danger Man!") And some say it's the prequel to The Prisoner... (Now, with all the fun Dangermouse poked at pop culture, you'd think they would have snuck a Prisoner parody in there somewhere, wouldn't you?)
I always liked the humor in Danger Mouse, some of which is very English and quite frankly it is something that shortens the culture gaps between countries once you get introduced to it. The Dragon episode introduced the joke about the shortage of last names in Wales the Jones the Dragon rather than Jones the Bread or Jones the Coal. Yes the animation was sparse but the humor made up for it.
I find it funny that you didn't mention the producer/musician also named Danger Mouse, as a follow up to Belle & Sebastian's name being used for a band.
Interesting points about the racist caricatures, because it got me thinking about how exactly one should go about presenting people of other ethnicities in comedy shows without ending up as if it's racist-driven malicious foolishness. The Simpsons comes to mind, because it wasn't until very recently that I saw characters like Apu being given a particular amount of flack, while others argue that The Simpsons comedically stereotypes everyone in a "responsible" manner, and also argue that the majority of Indian people wouldn't get angry over him. I don't know, rather interesting points all around.
You're quite right. I think everyone is fair game and people have become way too sensitive in recent years, especially in the US. I'm Scottish and don't get offended by Groundskeeper Willie. Well, except when he said soccer as opposed to football! But I think that may have been a joke on how he's a fake Scot - same as the 'North Kilt Town' gag. Seems you can only spoof people if they're white these days. If there's no malice or hatred intended, just go for it.
@@andrewmorrice9139 I also seem to recall white people getting offended on the behalf of Hispanic people ever the portrayal of Speedy Gonzales in Looney Tunes, even though it had turned out many Hispanic people actually liked Speedy Gonzales.
I kick myself to this day for not getting into this show - both versions - until my late twenties! Now that I’m in my early to mid thirties, I’m crazy about Danger Mouse, binging the show on Netflix and Paramount+, who picked the rest of the reboot up for US airings. And considering how Boat Rocker owns the rights to the whole franchise and Count Duckula, I can’t help wondering what they have in store for it next. I know they’re selling Funko Pop figures of the main protagonist and publishing a big book-azine, all for the 40th anniversary, but will that be enough to keep the legacy alive and going strong, or are we facing another production hiatus. And come to think of it, when will Count Duckula get his hands on a reboot of his own? (Wouldn’t mind one taking place in the same universe as the 2015 DM reboot.) Either way, I may know a way to help keep the show going at the same quality levels it’s at now, perhaps even higher. It’s not an easy solution, but Greg Weisman, creator of Disney’s Gargoyles and DC’s Young Justice, says if many fans who have access to streaming services can help further promote shows they’re passionate fans of by binge-watching them as many times as possible. It’d take a large number of fans to binge watch each show, but if it’ll work for Young Justice and Gargoyles, I’m sure it’ll work for Danger Mouse. As long as they’re under the care of people who know how the show works, we could see more Danger Mouse in the foreseeable future. Maybe one day, we’ll finally see a movie in the works. Like I said, it’s not an easy task, but it’s a cause I’m more than willing to help out with.
It’s kinda sad that Danger Mouse, a show that Nickelodeon didn’t even own, had a more dignified farewell than most original Nicktoons
I would say that Danger Mouse is the British equivalent of Rocky and Bullwinkle.
that goodbye promo Nick did is too cute
I like how they advertised Danger Mouse by referencing their previous series. Even if the joke's edit is so much like a joke edit from a YTP it made me laugh from how awkward it sounded.
And that is what got me hooked on Nick! That goofy promo! I’d watch Nick every day just to see that promo! It built up a crazy amount of laughter and ANTICIPATION!!!!!!
My favorite line: YCDTOTV kept Nickelodeon afloat. But, it was Danger Mouse that taught them to swim. So True. YCDTOTV and Danger Mouse were the biggest shows on Nick until Double Dare came along.
21:39 Okay now I HAVE to read more of this guy's reviews, that was comedy gold.
This was interesting to find out how Danger Mouse was created. This was my favorite cartoon as a little kid (even as an American), but unfortunately I didn't have cable to watch the show on Nick. The only way I was able to watch the show was renting VHS tapes at a local video store. Even then, I probably was only able to watch like several episodes as the video store's stock of Danger Mouse was _very_ limited (like they only carried 2 VHS tapes of it). Still I watched those same episodes a stupid amount of times as I loved the show so much!
Two Nick Knacks videos in one day, with both of them the first animated programs?
You really spoil us. :)
My thoughts exactly
I was thinking same too.
It's pretty rare to find children's TV I enjoy as much as an adult and Dangermouse might just be the best cartoon going for that. Custard is a personal favorite episode, just so very surreal.
I showed my Mom some Danger Mouse a year ago, from the second season premiere, "Custard", and she got overwhelmed and wanted me to turn it off, being on the verge of crying. I can't say I don't understand it, what with the fast pace, complex dialogue, constant absurdity, and the fact that I was showing her the 5 minute episodes. I know these are things that people like the series for, but my Mom just wasn't able to stand it. She likes Cosgrove Hall's slower-paced, more peaceful "Wind in the Willows" series a lot more.
I still watch Danger Mouse to this day... and I'm in my 40s! It's my all time favorite cartoon. My wife likes video games, I watch cartoons.😁👍
I've Finally gotten around to this. I've heard of Danger Mouse and Duckula, but I didn't know that much about them until now. Another interesting video Poparena..
22:10 And this is why Japanese animation was never appreciated by the mainstream back then!
@CallOfDrewthulhu HA!
Finally! Took us awhile but we got to the good stuff! I remember the first time I saw Danger Mouse was when I rented a Danger Mouse video from Blockbuster, then, out of the blue, it started showing on Nickelodeon. It must have been it's second run, as it was around the time of the first Nicktoons but I found it just as fun as those Nickelodeon originals. I heard of the remake a few years back but was frustrated I couldn't find a way to watch it, but now I know it's on Netflix I might check it out. Never be angry at a remake if it's doing what a remake should do: preserve a franchise for future generations.
Halfway through the first episode of the new series and it's pretty funny. Noticed the crow character has an Italian accent again. Thanks as always for your insightful and detailed videos. Decided to donate via Patreon as yours is the best researched series I've seen on TH-cam.
The thing that made Danger Mouse such a novelty was that it practically aired during prime time. It would sound silly now because there have been 24 hour cartoon channels for years and Nick has aired cartoons during prime time for decades. But back in the 80s when television was more segmented on fewer channels it was a rare treat to watch a regularly scheduled animated show for kids in the evening. This is what make danger mouse to revolutionary for us 80s kids. I didn’t mind the limited animation because it added an unique tone to the show. This was years after the flint stones and several years before the Simpsons. Danger mouse aired at 7:30 eastern well after dinner time and about two hours before bedtime for most of us kids. Having this to look forward to everyday was a special treat and we were even too young to notice the sophisticated whit was the reason why our parents watched as well. I thought DM was even cooler than Inspector Gadget which ironically replaced Danger Mouse in its time slot.🤔🤔While my parents were watching entertainment tonight or wheel of fortune, I was watching You can’t do that on TV followed by Danger Mouse. Thanks Nickelodeon for this power lineup in the 80s
Thanks for the context about their changing Stiletto's accent. I always knew it was to avoid seeming offensive, but I'd never known that it was connected to Against the Odds. Still, as you say, they left plenty of other ethnic stereotypes intact. One could argue that the program's depictions of Scottish, Welsh, and even American characters were less than flattering as well.
But when the show ran on Nickelodeon originally (1984-1988), they did edit the two stories "Lord of the Bungle" (seen here at 24:47) and "The Bad Luck Eye of the Little Yellow God," cutting out the parts of the scenes that showed the offensive black stereotypes. This made for what I thought was a much funnier depiction in "Bad Luck Eye" when Danger Mouse approaches the tribe under cover of darkness: First it's just his eye moving along while he talks, then the eyes of the natives surrounding him, then a puff of smoke as he runs away, all in the dark (they skipped the bit where the lights come on, showing the villagers). When the show came back in 1991, the reruns of these episodes were shown in their original forms, without the edits.
Maybe I’m wrong for saying this but Danger Mouse was probably “the SpongeBob” of the late 80s for Nickelodeon.
Dangermouse is the very reason why most of us discovered Nick at Nite as children. It was the last show of the day. I still remember the silver ball outro and A&E opening right after the show ended.
Oh my god!!! Thank you!!!! Two episodes feels like an early birthday present! I turn 42 on the 24th. I really truly LOVE this series! Keep up the great work.
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Having 2 Nick Knacks episodes released on the same day is a great surprise. As for Danger Mouse, I watched both the original and the reboot and find them both funny and enjoyable. Also, Nickelodeon seemed to focus on the wrong thing to redub, even if those elements were in just one episode.
I cant believe homer simpson had to write his tv reviews without lisa's help.
I've just finished catching up with all the Nick Knacks (so far) and I don't know how to express how much I enjoy this series. Revisiting shows that i had forgotten I used to watch, and others I remember fondly, has been such a fun experience.
I see animation shortcuts like that in Japanese animation all the time. Even though most anime productions don't devote time and resources to animate accurate mouth movements, they still hide mouths as often as they can get away with, and sometimes you only see a dark silhouette with nothing moving at all. Attack on Titan spends much of their runtime this way and all the money is spent on the big set pieces.
I used to enjoy watching You Can't Do That On Television and Dangermouse, back to back. It's occurred to me that both shows laid the groundwork for my love of Monty Python--YCDTOTV with its sketch comedy, DM with its very British humor and absurdism (not to mention the occasional Gilliamesque animation).
The collage backgrounds add another Gilliamesque aspect to it.
I haven't watched an episode of Danger Mouse in well over thirty years, and it all came flooding back. I blame this show entirely for my becoming one of those insufferable nerds obsessed with the likes of Monty Python. Thanks, DM. And thanks poparena for an awesome retrospective.
I find it so funny watching danger mouse on boomerang and bbc 2 as a kid and noticing the reused animation "are they playing this on a loop"
I watched danger mouse when it was easily a favorite of mine. Probably was already watching more Comedy Central (aka the Comedy channel) with Whose Line and all that. Man I watched a lot of British shows growing up.
That farewell is one of the best things I’ve ever seen! Tv networks used to do such cool stuff
Yeah that send off was actually pretty heartfelt. it's also a bit ironic, considering that Nickelodeon would have a hard time with giving their shows proper send offs like this later on unfortunately..
NeonLightMole 96 are you saying that making a crappy spinoff of a show whose creator is deceased, ISNT the best way to pay tribute? Well! I don’t know what to believe anymore.
Now they just immediately squash the credits to the size of a postage stamp and yammer over them to promote the next programme.
I recall watching Danger Mouse every night at 7 pm and, often, it would be cut off fifteen minutes in, when Nickelodeon would blink away and become VH1....at least it did in Philadelphia....more often than not.
I didn't know there was a new Danger Mouse cartoon. Not having Netflix I hope Nickelodeon does get the show.
I'm sure they won't, and Netflix has had it for a few years now. Nick already couldn't be bothered to air the Rocko movie they made last year and just dumped it off on them.
I remember watching Danger Mouse as a kid, but I don't remember which episodes I've seen. However, I do remember him receiving a rather fond farewell, from the casts of other Nick shows, and him saying his goodbyes. I don't think my sister knows it, because she's too young. I didn't know that it had been revived in the early 90s, or that it had received a remake, until now. However, it had certainly paved the way for Nick Toons. Thanks for the video! I'm definitely going to check out your Count Duckula video!
That reboot actually looks super good, reminds me of the DuckTales reboot too in terms of its style and writing from what I can gather. I actually really wanna check it out now.
The reboot has a huge flaw that was admitted to even by its creators: it's too American. It has slick production values and almost none of the characteristically British subtlety or wryness that were hallmarks of the original. It's also very loud. Plus, Baron Greenback is not Baron von Greenback, has a German accent for some reason, and has been relegated to a background role.
Installing enthrallment sounds like something straight out of a Heidegger essay critiquing modern technological society.
Ah, Danger Mouse. My introduction to the wonders of deadpan and surreal British comedy.
Edit: Oh god, I remember that "Goodbye Danger Mouse" promo. My child self was heartbroken. But I was super happy when it came back!
This is one of the greatest cartoons ever, in my opinion. The humour, the wit, the wonderfully fleshed-out characters, it's all there. Crumhorn was always my favourite. Such a good villain, insanely bright, but zero common-sense.
Really great job with this. I usually watch your Doctor Who videos, but I had to give this a watch since I really do like both versions of Danger Mouse. I'm glad you gave some attention to the reboot.
It's amazing seeing David Jason in that Only Fools and Horses clip - it sounds EXACTLY like Danger Mouse.. I would've thought 'is that..??' if I had seen it randomly.
I loved Danger Mouse as a kid and I think it's aging pretty well. It's clever writing and excellent voice acting keep make up for it's other short comings.
I'm really looking forward to Banana Man! I remember it would air very intermittently and randomly, so it felt extra special whenever I would catch one. Which, to my 7yo mind, makes it the best thing ever.
Love this dudes nostalgic review content
Poparena, you animal you! Two episodes in this short amount of time? You bless us.
I loved Danger Mouse.Nickelodeon first aired it when I was nineteen. As a fan of British humour, I feel in love with DM. David Jason, the original voice of Danger Mouse, was well known as a Super Hero parodiest, having played spoof super-hero Captain Fantastic, among other roles, in the children's comedy series Do Not Adjust Your Set (Rediffusion London/ITV) with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Denise Coffey, and Michael Palin. Humphrey Barclay, who recruited Jason to appear in Do Not Adjust Your Set (partly to offset the rather intellectual style of Idle, Jones, and Palin), admired his sense of timing. The programme ended in 1969, and the character then appeared for a time in the Thames Television children's programme Magpie. I gave you Thumbs Up 283 because your video is chuck full of information.
I didn't remember the last one. But I clearly remember watching Danger Mouse on Nick when I was a wee lad.
I babysat for an Indian family in America. The two-year-old shouted out, "Mouse! Mouse!" as the theme song came up.
I grew up watching both Duckula and Danger Mouse. While the well...caricatures of other races now is seen as problematic, it was still a solid funny show. Also, I had no idea that in the first few seasons that they cheaped out on mouth movements, and such to save the budget. It actually worked well. As for Thames television, well...I grew up watching some syndicated shows over on WUAB-TV (back when was available on cable) like Benny Hill.
Benny Hill was Thames's biggest export as it was played on a lot of stations across the country.
It's so crazy how more and more tv shows from the past are no longer appropriate because they are seen as racist now. Oh well that's life. Old shows did their job at the time but then go away and new ones replace them.
The thing about Danger Mouse is that, seemingly, it made fun of every nationality except the English about equally. Even the Scottish and Welsh didn't get off easily, with one episode taking place in a Scotland where bagpipes are herded like cattle.
I remember this show since I was a kid, but this was on Nickelodeon back in the 1980’s. It was originally ran in the UK on Thames TV, the same network that did “Benny Hill” on one of the ITV stations. And then later picked up in the US in syndication. One of them was WNEW-TV (channel 5) in NYC in the 1980’s since they don’t have Nickelodeon on cable back then.
thank you thank you thank you for including dangermouse and this as a doctor who fan who was struggling through the Wilderness years Danger Mouse was a Guiding Light through some troubling times I was in high school at the time and didn't care that I was still watching cartoons how was your Junior High probably both I love Danger Mouse the funny British humor and references of course to the good doctor in one of my favorite episodes where Greenback is trying to drown the world and custard Danger Mouse Journeys into outer space finds a little creature that can eat all kinds of Custer and then just when he's about to return to Earth bring back sense into a pink hole to everyone's surprise they find a Time Lords potting-shed penfolds line he's really funny I didn't know they still made anyway Danger Mouse also made its way to syndication are Channel 5 in my area he beat out Mare Ed Koch is TV show because more people were interested in a cartoon mouse who went for a frog and he was more fun of your to yes the animation is not first grade but that's okay I remember when it returned and it wasn't as good as it used to be and was starting to get drowned out by other shows but I still liked it the new show looks gray which I haven't gotten to see yet but I will eventually Longwood Danger Mouse Long Live all his friends may he return to Nickelodeon someday
I was too young and missed some early Nick so I didn't get to see the first run of Danger Mouse on Nick...in fact, I saw Duckula BEFORE I saw Danger Mouse. However, I do have fond memories of watching it with my dad before he drove me to school in the second go around. And Oh Ick became part of my verbal lexicon for a while.
oooh, can't wait for duckula
Same here. Duckula was one show I watched a lot of. Watching it again now, I get a lot of the word play and British humor, especially the name confusion sequence in the Egypt episode
You seem very outraged that a band called themselves Belle and Sebastian, yet no mention of the musical person who calls himself Danger Mouse.
DangerDoom is one my favorite albums even if it is a product tie in.
About those stereotypes shown starting at the 24:47 mark: in Nickelodeon's (sort of a) defense, I do NOT recall the channel's version of "Lord of the Bungle" having that tribesman, or Penfold saying "What wear off"; instead I recall it going straight from DM saying "Good Grief" to him yelling, possibly with some long shot to cover the transition (and said tribesman). However, I have only a decades-old & potentially unreliable memory of it, and all the versions I can find on TH-cam are largely unedited with Stiletto still speaking with an Italian accent.
Sadly, I *DO* remember Nickelodeon airing the unedited stereotypes in "The Trip to America" (both Native American and Texan) and those Hong Kong Tong. (I can't figure out which episode they're from right now.)
Hey, I did say it was "sort of a" defense.
I notice nobody had a problem with the frequent Scottish jabs this show did. I, as a Scot, certainly don't.
@@matthewdaley746 You're always going to offend somebody, somewhere with something, intentionally or otherwise..
The Hong Kong Tong tribe were featured in the 1980 episode "The Wild, Wild Goose Chase (episodes 1 & 2)"
This was my favourite show as a 4-6 year old and really think it had an effect on my sense of humour from then on. If you can look past the racist charicatures (Which I don't think you should hand wave away at all), then I think it's safe to say that dangermouse encapsulated the alternative comedy scene that was forming here in the UK at the time and was a formative touch stone for so much of the British comedy that was to come in the following 20 years as those kids became adults in the sphere of entertainment
That is true.
Too bad we'll have to wait for Bananaman, Nick used to air this right after Danger Mouse to fill the 10 minutes or so left!
I honestly have never really looked into Danger Mouse because I just thought it would be a generic cartoon(I was born in 90), but after watching this, I see that I missed out!
Danger Mouse should have defeated Thanos
Good episode...I remember that "goodbye" promo Nick put together for DM, and looks like the revival really keeps the spirit of the original!
Also, on a related note, I found the Rainbow theme song so catchy that I started looking for the series on here, and found out it was just a short part that was used on-air, as the full theme not only runs close to 3 minutes, but sounds more like a progressive rock song than the theme to a children's show!
It should be noticed that up to the point Danger Mouse was made, British TV animation, at least what we could call animation, didn't follow the same lines as the US industry had began, opting to tell very short self-contained episodes that were often narrated by a single person (basically telling a story). I'm leaving out the "Supermarionation" shows like Thunderbirds in this case as they were the exception. There's a lot of cartoons and stop-motion series produced in the 60's and 70's that all follow this same concept, and it kept going into the 90's. Danger Mouse was the first to utilize multiple voice actors and roles in a way that wasn't quite the norm yet over there. What Cosgrove-Hall did that was a changer for the industry was to bring in those elements necessary to eventually do longer cartoons.
You're right here about the 'different actors/different roles' thing and I'm struggling to think of an earlier example!
@@andrewmorrice9139 Oooh! I hope you can stump me!
@@ChristopherSobieniak I'll try, but it might be hard going!
@@andrewmorrice9139 Well, glad if I stumped you!
Oh and also, I love your 7th doctor novel series, many thanks for that x
God looking back at this show is wild... It's so off the damn walls
I haven't even watched the video yet but I'm liking it!
This show, more than any other from my childhood, still makes me laugh out loud and it is 100% due to Penfold and his outbursts. Terry Scott's performance of constant wailing and doom casting gets me every damn time. Often in DM, a joke will play, I won't find it funny, but then Penfold responds/reacts to the gag and I laugh. Everytime.
I am 10 years old again every time I hear that song.
Am I nuts or didn't "The Ratties" from the UK also air on Nick sometime in the late 80s? I have a clear memory of watching it.
my childhood right here god bless danger mouse and its spinoff count duckula
I grew up with the show as a kid, first when i grew up in the UK then again when my family moved back to Egypt.
I always thought Greenback was named after slang for American currency, to parallel Auric Goldfinger.
Thanks for the danger mouse and the oh crumbs good grief there there
...okay, I'm convinced. I need to see this. Both of them.
i fullheartedly endorse dangermouse
@@matthewdaley746 I was more of a Duckula nut growing up and still am today. Danger Mouse is great too though. Love most all of the studio's output.
If you enjoy Danger Mouse and Count Duckula, I recommend checking out Cosgrove-Hall's other shows that, as far as I know, never made it stateside. My personal favourites being Victor & Hugo - Bunglers in Crime (there's a couple of cross-over episodes with Danger Mouse and Duckula in that too), Avenger Penguins and (if you're in the mood for something gentler and sometimes more serious) Wind in the Willows, which was stop-motion.
Fantastic review with a lot of info' that I suspect was completely unknown to the US audience, and some that was new to me! The 'Goodbye Danger Mouse' part was rather sweet for example.
I think you're over-stating the 'racist caricatures' a little much. They're in, what, 2-3% of the show's overall run? Mainly the early seasons. If they were in every other episode, yes, there'd be a problem. In any case, Cosgrove-Hall ripped on the English more than anyone else. I agree they could be problematic nowadays though. I grew up on Italian Stiletto, so the re-dubs were a surprise when I finally got to hear them. In the reboot, he's a Cockney doing a bad Italian accent...and Greenback is now German? I guess racial/national stereotyping just wasn't/isn't such a big deal in the UK.
Danger Mouse shouldn't be as good as it is, but it somehow surpasses it's limitations.
I just feel it's such a shame that most of the studio's other shows never made it to the US, as they had plenty to offer too.
I'm positive we got the Wind in the Willows over here, I think as part of either Pinwheel or Special Delivery. Unless there were multiple stop-motion versions of it.
Danger Mose is one of my all time favorite shows
Just got around to watching this episode! Nick and Cosgrove definitely had a tight relationship - I have an ad from Variety in 1989 from Nick paying tribute to Thames' 21st anniversary with a specially commissioned Cosgrove-Hall drawing I'd love to share. :D
28:49 Whats the music here?
Danger Mouse DVDs have more jokes than The Netflix version since Netflix edited out most of the narration. And I've watched a couple of the vhs tapes...........Between the episodes there are weird comedy bits I have never seen anywhere else.
Oh yeah I know what you're talking about, the intermissions with the Narrator. I love those segments very much, if they didn't David Jason and the others to reprise their characters then whoever it was di an excellent job.
OMG! I forgot about this cartoon. This and Bananaman.
Egad. I remember those goodbye promos. Made me sad.
One of my Facebook friends took over performing Zippy in the 2nd season of Rainbow.
Brain Cosgrove typo at around 10 minutes.
9:45 - BRAIN Cosgrove? Really? LOL. :-)
The BRAIN behind the studio!
I've gotten to the point where his mispronunciations and spelling mistakes are more fun to catch, rather than annoying. And of course the content itself is interesting. :-)
And of course, counting how many times he says "Cosgrove" as "Crosgrove" or "Crosgove" could turn into a dangerous drinking game. :-)
@@TheMister123 Sounds like he was playing that game already ;) I always pronounce it as CoZ-grove - with emphasis on the Z sound. Like Saperspark, he says 'subsidurrary' instead of 'subsidiary' too.
@@matthewdaley746 Brits says things differently from each other! But this guy says the same thing about 3 different ways.
Given your love of binging entire series I wasn’t sure when this one would show up (there are quite a few seasons)
Happy it took one whole hour
I HAVE to see the 2015 show
Praise be! Two Nick Nacks!
One of my favorite shows on Nickelodeon, besides You Can't Do That On Television of course.
Man, I've been looking forward to this episode! =D
I loved Danger Mouse as a kid, and I grew up with it during it's second run in the 90s. =) I actually have the whole series on DVD.
Eek... I honestly didn't remember the stereotypes, though. It's been a while since I last sat down and watched them. =( That sucks... and I hate that it seemed to be a defining factor of the series for you. -_- Don't get me wrong, those stereotypes were wrong then and are wrong now, and should not be hand-waved. Those scenes should never have been animated... but the show was much more than that. Looney Tunes has decades of amazing cartoons... but that show also has some VERY racist characters and shorts, but we still hail the Looney Tunes as classics.
I haven't seen the remake, because I honestly wasn't sure if it would do the previous series justice... and I do hope the female characters avoid the "girl power" trope. As a girl, I was optimistic about seeing female characters added... but I'm not watching the show for them, you know? I wanna see good old DM and Penfold vs Greenback action!
On one hand... I'm not keen on the little development I see of the new Danger Mouse from your review. He seems to come across as a Gumball Watterson type of character - and I love Gumball, but it works for him because he's a dumb but good-natured kid... not a secret agent. =/ Yeah, DM the original character had his goofier moments, but there was usually a plot-relavent reason for him to lose his cool depending on the episode. It just seems weird to me.
(side note: not keen on Greenback's new purple suit either, again it just seems weird)
On the other hand - THAT OPENING! O_O Dang, that looks slick! I love it!! =D
I'll give it a chance the next time I can renew my Netflix subscription. Maybe it's better than I thought...
Thanks again for the episode and your series, poparena! ^^
I watched DM back then as well and never really thought of those moments since too many cartoons often had to have jungle scenes and being caught by tribes was a very common trope. This was the UK after all and probably didn't have the same view of things the US did when it came to these things, probably only going by what they had seen decades before and not so much what the US had put out by then (the toyetic action shows).
"DM the original character had his goofier moments, but there was usually a plot-relavent reason for him to lose his cool depending on the episode"
You're quite correct. The newer DM seems more like an Inspector Gadget sort of hero from what little I've seen. I can accept Greenback changing his suit...but his accent? He's somehow German now. And yes, the female characters are pretty much 'short-fused girl power' types from what I've seen.
@@andrewmorrice9139 ~ Yeah, the German accent is strange to me too... It's kinda weak, like the voice actor isn't sure he wants to stick with it. =/
The suit is just a minor thing for me. It's a superficial detail to obsess over, I get it ^^;; Maybe I'm just so used to the old suit? Or maybe it's the pastels, like that's his Easter Sunday suit and all the others are at the dry cleaners =P I dunno, maybe if it was a darker shade, it wouldn't be as weird an aesthetic choice for me. It's far from important, though, compared to the comedy and characterization.
@@sablelioness Funnily enough, lots of cartoon villains are themed in green and purple. It goes all the way back to early comic books. Primary colours for the heroes, secondary colours for the villains. The original Greenback design even has some purple already on his cravat. Count Duckula too, green and purple, though he at least was a good guy in his own series.
@@andrewmorrice9139 The "girl power" does wear itself thin. I haven't caught up on the new series bit interesting they changed Greenback's voice like that.
One of the greatest secret agents ever
I really liked Danger Mouse as a kid. As an adult, not as much. Excited to be getting more and more into shows I saw on Nick.
If you've done a "Mysterious Cities of Gold" episode yet, I've not found it. (I just discovered your channel a few hours ago). I only mention, as you cited a mystery over Danger Mouse's vanishing from Nickelodeon. I recall, inquiring via e-mail back in '99 about their bringing that show back. I was told the show had been leased, and they no longer had the rights....could a similar situation have had pertained to Danger Mouse?
Side note, on this. Something I loved about Nickelodeon back in the 80s, was when they'd pull shows such as Belle and Sebastian and MCoG off of the air, my older brother would write to the network, the shows were put right back on the air, and my brother would recieve a "Thank you" letter, along with gifts such as T-shirts, posters and stickers. Someone try that today, and see how often you'd be successful.
Mysterious cities of Gold is getting an episode later. Nick Knacks just entered 1986 and will be covered. After that and Spartacus, we'll see a Nick Knacks on Double Dare.
I was born in '86, and this is the earliest show I remember watching on Nickelodeon in 1991, along with Eureeka's Castle, David the Gnome and the first Nicktoons, among others..Coming back to it on DVD....eh.
I can't believe I forgot Count Duckula started in Danger Mouse! (looking forward to that episode as well) .... although, go figure it had all the usual problems programs of this era seem to have... yikes! I may have to give DM2015 another chance, though.
WOOHOO! IT'S HERE!!!
Good review
Did you know “Count Duckula” was a spin off of “Danger Mouse”
But Count Duckula would never reach the heights Danger Mouse did.
Loved Danger Mouse as a kid, and you are right that some parts really didn’t age well, and were pretty racist. I did a rewatch of the whole series on Netflix a couple of years ago when it first came up, and I think it holds up a lot better than I would expect. The humor is still pretty spot on, especially if you like things like Monty Python. The racist stuff is in very few episodes overall. Easy to skip. Shouldn’t be excused, but can be enjoyed despite.
11:35 Damn, I had no idea Rainbow was a real kids show. I remember seeing a video on the internet back during the ebaumsworld days in 2003 that was a "perverted kids show" where British actors and puppets where talking about how big their twangers were and how they like to pluck with them. I thought it was just some adult skit.
24:36 - I don't remember the episodes with those racist characters being aired on Nick. It's certainly possible, but none of that looks familiar to me at all, and I used to binge watch VHS recordings of DM on repeat for hours.
Funny you should mention the series Danger Man...it later became known as Secret Agent, with a famous theme song by Johnny Rivers. (Apparently, Johnny's early draft of the song reflected the show's original title: "Look out, Danger Man! Think fast, Danger Man!") And some say it's the prequel to The Prisoner... (Now, with all the fun Dangermouse poked at pop culture, you'd think they would have snuck a Prisoner parody in there somewhere, wouldn't you?)
I always liked the humor in Danger Mouse, some of which is very English and quite frankly it is something that shortens the culture gaps between countries once you get introduced to it. The Dragon episode introduced the joke about the shortage of last names in Wales the Jones the Dragon rather than Jones the Bread or Jones the Coal. Yes the animation was sparse but the humor made up for it.
Actually Baron Greenback Is Not The Only Villain in the Show. There Villains Like Quark, Crumhorn, and Even Duckula Appeared Regularly.
Belle & Sebastien was AMAZING!
"Installing Enthrallment" is my new band name.
I think danger mouse was the first cartoon i saw as a little kid. Also we’re getting a are you afraid of the dark reboot?
I find it funny that you didn't mention the producer/musician also named Danger Mouse, as a follow up to Belle & Sebastian's name being used for a band.
Interesting points about the racist caricatures, because it got me thinking about how exactly one should go about presenting people of other ethnicities in comedy shows without ending up as if it's racist-driven malicious foolishness. The Simpsons comes to mind, because it wasn't until very recently that I saw characters like Apu being given a particular amount of flack, while others argue that The Simpsons comedically stereotypes everyone in a "responsible" manner, and also argue that the majority of Indian people wouldn't get angry over him. I don't know, rather interesting points all around.
You're quite right. I think everyone is fair game and people have become way too sensitive in recent years, especially in the US. I'm Scottish and don't get offended by Groundskeeper Willie. Well, except when he said soccer as opposed to football! But I think that may have been a joke on how he's a fake Scot - same as the 'North Kilt Town' gag. Seems you can only spoof people if they're white these days. If there's no malice or hatred intended, just go for it.
@@andrewmorrice9139 I also seem to recall white people getting offended on the behalf of Hispanic people ever the portrayal of Speedy Gonzales in Looney Tunes, even though it had turned out many Hispanic people actually liked Speedy Gonzales.
I kick myself to this day for not getting into this show - both versions - until my late twenties! Now that I’m in my early to mid thirties, I’m crazy about Danger Mouse, binging the show on Netflix and Paramount+, who picked the rest of the reboot up for US airings. And considering how Boat Rocker owns the rights to the whole franchise and Count Duckula, I can’t help wondering what they have in store for it next. I know they’re selling Funko Pop figures of the main protagonist and publishing a big book-azine, all for the 40th anniversary, but will that be enough to keep the legacy alive and going strong, or are we facing another production hiatus. And come to think of it, when will Count Duckula get his hands on a reboot of his own? (Wouldn’t mind one taking place in the same universe as the 2015 DM reboot.)
Either way, I may know a way to help keep the show going at the same quality levels it’s at now, perhaps even higher. It’s not an easy solution, but Greg Weisman, creator of Disney’s Gargoyles and DC’s Young Justice, says if many fans who have access to streaming services can help further promote shows they’re passionate fans of by binge-watching them as many times as possible. It’d take a large number of fans to binge watch each show, but if it’ll work for Young Justice and Gargoyles, I’m sure it’ll work for Danger Mouse. As long as they’re under the care of people who know how the show works, we could see more Danger Mouse in the foreseeable future. Maybe one day, we’ll finally see a movie in the works. Like I said, it’s not an easy task, but it’s a cause I’m more than willing to help out with.