Netflix and Kyle Mooney parody early '90s children's TV with Saturday Morning All Star Smash, which is weirder, smarter, and more emotional than it needs to be. Read our review.
, you’d be able to tell within a few seconds. This parody of children’s TV from the late ‘80s and early ‘90s looks back on the sitcoms and cartoons Mooney’s generation grew up on with a mixture of irony and nostalgia, making fun of the low production values and factory-made nature of those shows, while also injecting them with adult emotions and subject matter.
If you grew up watching Saturday morning cartoons on the three major networks-especially once NBC started to filter in live-action sitcoms likeis going for. It purposefully looks like it was recorded on a VHS tape, with fuzz and tracking issues, and abrupt cuts during commercial breaks, as if somebody hit pause as soon as the first toy ad hit.
. It’s still a little limited by how many similar projects have come out over the last several years, and by Mooney’s own history with this aesthetic, but ultimatelySenior editor Garrett Martin writes about videogames, comedy, travel, theme parks, wrestling, and anything else that gets in his way. He’s also on Twitter
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