The Critic

[sparklemilhouse]

I think my favorite episode of the Critic is the Siskel & Ebert one.

My favorite part was when they were both singing about how they missed each other: "the way he said thumbs up!" The way he said thumbs down" "the way he said (dramatic voice) GOODBYE!"

 

[EI 903]

I loved that show when it was on. Whenever an author or pitchman is being annoying, inside my head I replace whatever they're saying with "BUY MY BOOK, BUY MY BOOK, BUY..." to this day.

 

[drtoboggan]

Love this show. Jon Lovitz is great in pretty much anything.

 

[Coldgrip]

This show was so damn underrated.

 

[CatParty]

 

[Kamen Rider Black RX]

Jay is more likable than Coleslaw.

 

[GS 281]

I've been told I look like the Critic on more than one occasion...

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I've been told I look like the Critic on more than one occasion...

That's a compliment.

 

[sparklemilhouse]

I love the ep where jay is the trucker, and originally his trucker name is "lard butt", but when he made a crucial drive, the truckers renamed him "hard butt".

 

[Quijibo69]

I bought the DVD set of this show a few years back. This show and Freakazoid were sadly way ahead of their time.

 

[Dilbertmann]

One of the better adult animated cartoons of it's time, I think. Plus it was so different in it's kind, where you could actually sympathize with a movie critic, albeit a animated one.

I need to get the DVD of this show someday.

 

[Cuck Norris]

I would add Duckman to any list of underrated animation as well.

 

[Hummingbird]

I agree, this was a great show and I know they wanted to do an update special. Which would be set about 10 years later with Jay and Alice's kids in college, Elenor owning part of Duke's company and unfortunately, Jay's father would be dead (he was one of my favorite characters.)

 

[Blindrainbow]

The critic would have to be one of my personal favourite cartoons, it just so damn funny even if some of the pop culture references haven't aged all that well.

 

[ZepFloyd94]

Yesterday night, I went to a seminar at the Brooklyn Academy of Music with Matt Groening and Lynda Barry.

During the post-show AMA, somebody asked him about the Critic crossover.

He mentioned that Fox actually wanted 8 crossover episodes, 4 for each show.

While he didn't mind the idea of a crossover at first, the demand from the network resulted in Groening removing his name from the credits.

 

[XYZpdq]

He mentioned that Fox actually wanted 8 crossover episodes, 4 for each show.

Were these all meant to be connected? I can understand doing cameos or something like The Critic while flipping channels, but neither Simpsons nor Critic could carry a narrative going 4 episodes, much less sharing one over 8.

 

[ZepFloyd94]

Were these all meant to be connected? I can understand doing cameos or something like The Critic while flipping channels, but neither Simpsons nor Critic could carry a narrative going 4 episodes, much less sharing one over 8.

He didn't really go into specifics as to how they were going to be written. He just mentioned that Fox wanted 8 episodes.

I guess he's still salty about the whole debacle.

 

[Damocles_Sword]

Ah yes, this show is filled with bountiful goodness, and green pea-ness.

 

[Hummingbird]

Ah yes, this show is filled with bountiful goodness, and green pea-ness.

I still bust-up laughing at those scenes.

 

[LN 910]

Reading the Simpsons thread got me wanting to talk about this show, so let's bring this back.

Starting off, here's every episode of the original run:

Spoiler: Season 1, episodes 1-10