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Bailey's Comets (1973)
A Great Classic Cartoon
Is it wrong that I can STILL sing the opening song? Sure, there are comparisons with Wacky Races when it came to the teams (hillbillies, a wacky scientist, cavemen, anthropomorphic bears, green skinned monsters), the racing premise and some of the episode titles for both shows could be interchangeable, but so what? There were also plenty of differences (no single main villain ala Dick Dastardly, the race was around the world and on-going instead of a clear winner at a finish line).
I loved this show as a kid and recently found the opening and closing credits on You Tube as well as a full episode (Transylvanian Mad Transit), though it is in french. I remember the episode well enough that I didn't need a translation.
I wish either RTV (which is running a TON of the great old cartoons Saturday mornings) would run it or, better yet, a full DVD set be put out. I lost it when they put out "Wacky Races" and "Stop the Pigeon" and if I found this you couldn't pry it out of my cold, dead hands.
Sky High (2005)
Great movie, fun characters, hopes for a sequel
I've been a long time super hero fan, and know tons of useless information on the genre. I can say that, as an "expert", the characters in Sky High are some of the best I have seen in years, and the movie was an all-around blast.
How anyone could not like SOMETHING about this movie is beyond me. Even my wife, who seldom likes the same movies I do, enjoyed it, and my usually hyper 4-year old daughter was perfectly quiet (though she did freak at the rock kid when he first changed).
Among my favorite characters were Coach Boomer (I'm a long time Bruce Campbell fan, but it took me two days before I wondered if the "boom" was a way of referring to his other movies (boomstick)), Ron Jenkins-Bus Driver (hysterical!), Zak (one has to wonder if he's actually mildly radioactive) and (duh) Warren Peace (he was the spitting image of one my best friends in college, both in the way he looked and acted, though my friend didn't hurl fireballs).
I do hope there's a sequel, as I'd love to see where the villains' kids go to school (Royal Pain made it sound like there wasn't one, but I highly doubt that). I can see a villains' academy with a principal played by the WWE's Undertaker lording over a motley bunch of evil mutants, young monsters, and deranged geniuses all trying to recruit Warren.