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Boo Boo Runs Wild (1999)
A hilarious makeover for the smarter-than-average bear
John Kricfalusi and his demented yet extremely talented Spumco team did a great job re-doing the old Hanna-Barbera characters such as Yogi, Boo Boo, Ranger Smith and everyone else in a modern, twisted, world for a (one time only) special on Cartoon Network. But don't let that last line catch you off guard. Although the humor was dramaticly changed, the same old 50's style music was used and the same bright, colorful backgrounds and paintings were also used to make this cartoon true to the original. The premise: Tired of Ranger Smith's long list of laws and restrictions, Boo Boo takes a stand and rips off his bow-tie, gets on all fours, and creates havok in the park of Jellystone. While he's rumaging through the forest, he finds Cindy Bear (Yogi's girlfriend in the classic series) who surprisingly joins Boob on his wild scurage. The constant drooling and loud growling of Boob kinda reminds you that this is directed by the same guy who brought you the original episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show. Since the special will probably never air again, (at least not for a long time) I guess I'll let you in on some ending spoilers. At the end, Ranger Smith gets up his courage and decides to shoot Boo Boo with his rifle until Yogi (who acts mostly identical to the original) says that he's doing the wrong thing and gets in an "Ultimate Fighting" type of brawl with the ranger. When "Boo Boo Runs Wild" aired, it also came packaged with 2 classic Yogi cartoons from the 60's and another Spumco remake (a shorter cartoon compared to BBRW) "A Day in The Life of Ranger Smith", which is also quite good.
2 Stupid Dogs (1993)
Very under-rated, influencial cartoon
2 Stupid Dogs was (and is) considered a Ren & Stimpy rip-off, but if you watch Cartoon Network now you would see that the flat style of this show is being showed on two of Cartoon Network's most popular shows, Dexter's Lab and The Powerpuff Girls (Craig McCracken is art director for all 3 shows). In addition to what an earlier review said about Richard Pursel and John K. writing some episodes, Spumco cartoonist, Vince Waller also worked on some episodes. 2SD lasted until 1994 mainly because most homes didn't carry Cartoon Network and CN wasn't as popular in '93 and '94 as it is today.
Cartoon Planet (1995)
One Funny Show!!
This is a cult classic if I've ever seen one. However, there is no other cartoons like it. It's kinda like Space Ghost Coast to Coast, except the humor is more appealing to a wider audience. It features Brak, a brain damaged space pirate, Space Ghost, and Zorak. There is a bunch of songs on this show (the ones sung by Brak are my favorites) and the 3 talking about random stuff. It's kind of hard to explain, so you really have to watch the show. Too bad it's not on any more...
Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993)
Great (but sometimes odd) Show
This has to be one of the weirdest TV shows in history. The show's humor varies from sacastic-cornball to a very dark, strange humor. Most of the time the episodes have no plot, they just, kinda add-lib. Once you watch it though, it kinda grows on you. I reccommend watching this if you like MST3K, Monty Python, or Cartoon Planet.