As part of MasterCard's long running "Priceless" series of commercials, the producers of The Simpsons contributed this spot, which follows Homer (Dan Castellaneta) on a typical day. Actor Billy Crudup is the narrator.
From season 1 of Spider-Man:
The webhead (Paul Soles) is up against it when J. Jonah Jameson (Paul Kligman) accepts an offer from an eccentric scientist to have a robot capture Spider-Man.
We talked before about the casting changes in the new Rugrats, which began dropping episodes on Paramount+ on Thursday. The biggest change, however, is with one of the parents.
In the original series, Elizabeth "Betty" Deville was married with her twin toddlers, Phil & Lil. 30 years later, Howard (voiced by Phil Proctor) has been ret-conned out----some say he was killed off----and Betty, now voiced by Natalie Morales (ex-Parks & Recreation) is an openly gay single mom.
Online commentators have hinted that maybe the show's creators had meant for Betty to be gay all along, but the standards & practices of the time didn't allow it in an animated series, and thus she was presented as married. Some of those commentators are under the notion, perhaps misguided, that Howard Deville was killed off. We don't know that for sure. I'm leaning toward a creative decision to ret-con Howard off the show.
What do you think?
Due to the pandemic, the IRS extended the deadline for tax returns to last Monday, May 17. In 1964, though, it was still April 15, per tradition, and it's a key to the plot in this season 1 episode of The Bill Dana Show.
Steady, versatile John Fiedler, known to millions of kiddo's as the voice of Winnie The Pooh's pal, Piglet, for so many years, guest stars here as an IRS agent who has to deal with the innocent generosity of Jose Jiminez (Dana). Look also for Jerry Hausner, who voiced Mr. Magoo's cousin, Waldo, in a number of shorts.
Our good friend and fellow blogger Hal Horn now has a YouTube channel, which is where we found this item.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow has built its fan base upon its retro-campy charm, and now that has produced the series' 1st spin-off.
Beebo, meant to be a parody, if you will, of Sesame Street's Elmo, became a cult favorite character in the series a few years back. As part of their roll-out of their 2021-2 slate today, the CW announced that Beebo will star in his own Christmas special. And, thankfully, it will be animated.
Ben Diskin (ex-Codename: Kids Next Door, among other credits) voices the title character. Legends alumnus Victor Garber will narrate, since Beebo was, in the context of the series, a child's toy that belonged to Martin Stein (Garber) as a child. Voice cast also includes Chris Kattan (Bunnicula, ex-Saturday Night Live) and Yvette Nicole Brown. The plan, of course, is for Beebo to air around December.
You've been warned.
Meanwhile, Scooby-Doo returns to the CW for a stand-alone special, as the Mystery Inc. team returns to the WB studios, only to solve a mystery at the studio. Current regulars Frank Welker, Kate Micucci, Matthew Lillard, and Grey Griffin, we must assume, will comprise the core cast. Scooby & the gang were last seen on CW in an episode of Supernatural a couple of years back. Expect this to be repurposed on HBO Max, if not also Chumptoon Network.
And, in a case of bizarre irony, CW Chairman/CEO/Head Moron Mark Pedowicz is sending Powerpuff back to the shop for a more realistic pilot, claiming the pilot that was already done was "too campy".
HELLO, MCFLY!! THE ORIGINAL SERIES WAS CAMPY IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU IDIOT!!
As a result, Powerpuff is not on the fall schedule, but could still turn up sometime in 2022 or 2023.
Finally, CW's adult-centric reboot of Nickelodeon's Legends of The Hidden Temple has made the fall lineup, and will air on Sundays, as the schedule shuffling sends Legends & Batwoman to Wednesdays this fall. Yeah, it's not for kids this time, except maybe the grown-up 90's kids that appeared on or watched the original. It'll get killed by Sunday Night Football. Just watch.
In 1993, McDonald's obtained a license to include Looney Tunes toys in their Happy Meals. In this spot, Bugs Bunny (Greg Burson), Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, & Taz each have their own cars, because that's part of the toy promotion. Taz, of course, was starring in Fox's Taz-Mania at the time. Watervliet native Joe Alaskey voices Daffy:
Nabisco has long since gotten out of the cereal business, but back in 1958, they introduced some mascots for their bite-size version of Shredded Wheat cereal.
The Spoonmen were only around for 2 years (1958-60). In this spot, they're plugging plastic replicas of themselves that can fit on your spoons. Don Morrow is the narrator.
