Mario and Zelda Cartoons on DVD 75

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:22PM from the do-the-mario dept.

Captain Lou Albano's wild and staring eyes can once again grace your television set, with the upcoming release of the Super Mario Brothers Super Show, Mario cartoons, and Zelda cartoons. Press the Buttons has the details. From the article: "...the complete series of the 1989-90 cartoon/live action programs The Super Mario Bros. Super Show and Friday special The Legend of Zelda are headed to DVD this coming October in 4-volume and 3-volume sets respectively. A "best of" Super Mario DVD has been available for some time, but die-hard fans out there can now finish off their collections."

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Holy Crap (Score:4, Funny)

by Momoru ( 837801 ) writes: on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:23PM (#12825447) Homepage Journal

Super mario bros super show on Dvd....best day ever.

YES (Score:3, Funny)

by Masami Eiri ( 617825 ) writes: <brain@wav.gmail@com> on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:24PM (#12825464) Journal

My life is now complete.
Well, excuuuuse me, Princess :D

- Re:YES (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by Dwedit ( 232252 ) writes:
  
  http://www.wellexcusemeprincess.com/ [wellexcusemeprincess.com]
  - Re:YES (Score:1)
    
    by Selfbain ( 624722 ) writes:
    
    The internet at its best.
I hope it sells well. (Score:4, Interesting)

by hal2814 ( 725639 ) writes: on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:26PM (#12825477)

I'm hoping that the sales of the Mario Show DVD are high enough to encourage some other video game based cartoons like the Starcade shorts (Donkey Kong, Q-Bert, Frogger, etc.), Pac-Man, and Captain N to get released.

Ron Jeremy? (Score:2, Funny)

by AtariAmarok ( 451306 ) writes:

Never expected to see Ron Jeremy on the page! here! [pressthebuttons.com]
- Re:Ron Jeremy? (Score:2)
  
  by xenocide2 ( 231786 ) writes:
  
  No, that's Lou Albano, previously famous for male on male "professional" wrestling. Not quite the same, but they are both rather hairy beasts.
Do the Mario! (Score:5, Informative)

by b1t r0t ( 216468 ) writes: on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:33PM (#12825544)

Do the Mario
Sung by Lou Albano

Do the Mario!
Swing your arms from side to side,
Come on, it's time to go, do the Mario!
Take one step, and then again,
Let's do the Mario, all together now!

You got it!

It's the Mario!

Do the Mario!
Swing your arms from side to side,
Come on, it's time to go, do the Mario!
Take one step, and then again,
Let's do the Mario, all together now! Come on now, just like that!

Holy cow! (Score:3)

by Leroy_Brown242 ( 683141 ) writes: on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:35PM (#12825569) Homepage Journal

I had no idea these even exsisted!

Back in 1989-90 I was 8 and 9, and lived in a very rural area. No cable, so we didn't watch much TV.

I LOVE TEH INTARWEEB!!!!!!

- - Re:Holy cow! (Score:2)
    
    by Leroy_Brown242 ( 683141 ) writes:
    
    Oh, so perfect for the /. crowd? :)
  - Re:Holy cow! (Score:2)
    
    by CoffeeJedi ( 90936 ) writes:
    
    CLUB MARIO!!!!one
    
    thank you! down below i posted a comment asking if anyone else remembers this. now i know i'm not crazy, well... not that way at least
    - Re:Holy cow! (Score:2)
      
      by IntergalacticWalrus ( 720648 ) writes:
      
      I remember Club Mario too. In fact, the first time I saw the Mario cartoon it was on this. Imagine my surprise when I saw the Super Show live action segments a few years later.
      
      BTW do you remember what the hell they were talking about on Club Mario?
They forgot something! (Score:1)

by drunken dash ( 804404 ) writes:

How can they possibly forget the Super Mario Bros. [imdb.com] movie?! I don't think it's been released on DVD yet...
- Re:They forgot something! (Score:1)
  
  by p4ul13 ( 560810 ) writes:
  
  That movie never really happened. It's just a rumor.
  I mean, it's not possible that people could screw up Super Mario that badly right?
- Re:They forgot something! (Score:4, Informative)
  
  by Gothic_Walrus ( 692125 ) writes: on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:44PM (#12825664) Journal
  
  Never been released on DVD? That, my friend, is where you are wrong! [amazon.com]
  
  - Re:They forgot something! (Score:3, Funny)
    
    by Jerf ( 17166 ) writes:
    
    As punishment, I have ordered drunken dash a copy.
- Re:They forgot something! (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by SamBeckett ( 96685 ) writes:
  
  It was the last day of school for the summer, that warm day in 1993. My friends and I were excited--our parents were carting us off to the mall. We had to make a choice... Jurassic Park... or... Super Mario Bros.. We choose Mario Brothers. I'll never forget it, because afterwards all but two of my friends killed themselves over the decision (OK not really, but we ALL wanted to). I still have nightmares about it.
SuperMario SuperShow (Score:3, Informative)

by secondsun ( 195377 ) writes: <secondsun@gmail.com> on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:43PM (#12825656) Journal

Oh wow. I remeber when I was 6 or 7 living in rural Georgia ordering these on VHS tape in the scholastic magazines we got at school. I still have about 6 or 7 of those tapes.

Too bad now when I watch them it is painful animation, dialog, and situation comedy ;)

- Re:SuperMario SuperShow (Score:1)
  
  by Selfbain ( 624722 ) writes:
  
  Well excuuuuuuse me, princess.
Magic Johnson (Score:5, Interesting)

by Schezar ( 249629 ) writes: on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @01:49PM (#12825709) Homepage Journal

So a while ago, Magic Johnson came to give a talk at the Rochester Institute of Technology, my alma mater. He spoke about AIDS and life and generally interesting things.

Now, most of you probably remember that he appeared in an episode of the Super Mario Brothers Super Show. (He was living in their medicine cabinet IIRC).

Magic opened the floor up to questions, and I happened to get the first one. It went something like this:

Schezar: Magic, how did it feel to make an appearance on the Super Mario Brothers Super Show?
Magic: What? Oh my god... I forgot what kind of school this was...
Schezar: I have this picture of you standing in their medicine cabinet...
Magic: Come up here! I'm going to sign that for you.

So now I have this picture [aol.com], signed by Magic himself, on my wall. Just gotta get the captain to sign it and I'll have quite an artifact of power ;^)

- Re:Magic Johnson (Score:1)
  
  by vbrtrmn ( 62760 ) writes:
  
  Funniest thing I've read all day, thanks!
- Re:Magic Johnson (Score:2)
  
  by Mad_Rain ( 674268 ) writes:
  
  I am just completely awestruck. That is so incredibly geeky. Kudos to you! :)
  - Re:Magic Johnson (Score:2)
    
    by IntergalacticWalrus ( 720648 ) writes:
    
    "I am just completely awestruck. That is so incredibly geeky. Kudos to you! :)"
    
    But the fact that he hosted the image on members.aol.com kind of counteracts the geekiness.
    - Re:Magic Johnson (Score:1)
      
      by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) writes:
      
      I don't think that's his picture, just an image of the scene he found on the web.
  - Re:Magic Johnson (Score:1)
    
    by MamiyaOtaru ( 517187 ) writes:
    
    Not being able to see a signature on it doesn't help it either
- Re:Magic Johnson (Score:2)
  
  by Rayonic ( 462789 ) writes:
  
  I'm going to link to this post at some point. Great story.
zelda (Score:2)

by rogabean ( 741411 ) writes:

I used to watch the Zelda cartoon everyday after school as a kid.. (hated the mario cartoon)...

I had completely forgotten about it. I'll have to buy this one... my daughter will enjoy it (and so will I...heh)

on a sidenote: if these two can make it to DVD... why oh why hasn't season 1 and 2 of Sifl and Olly ever went to DVD? /sigh
- Re:zelda (Score:1)
  
  by Cornflake917 ( 515940 ) writes:
  
  I vaguely remember watching the zelda cartoon. Doesn't Link try to get a kiss from zelda like every episode? And then he gets really close to kissing her, but something happens? I remember having a dream where he FINALLY was able to kiss her. For some reason, that dream made me REALLY happy and somehow I still remember it to this day.
- Re:zelda (Score:2)
  
  by CoffeeJedi ( 90936 ) writes:
  
  you watched it every day after school? what was it like to live in a temporal vortex where every day was friday? did you age 7 times faster than normal?
  
  i'm just kiddin ya, but the Zelda cartoon was only on Friday afternoons, in place of the Mario cartoons (they had the same live-action framing device)
  - Re:zelda (Score:2)
    
    by rogabean ( 741411 ) writes:
    
    You know you are right... it was only on Fridays... what the heck was I watching the other days? Looking back I remember not really having a concept of that and just being upset when it was Mario instead of Zelda.
    
    heh... too many cartoons... can't remember em all.
My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:3, Informative)

by david.given ( 6740 ) writes: <dg@cowlark.com> on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @02:03PM (#12825854) Homepage Journal

The Legend of Zelda? Out on DVD?
Noooooooooooooooooo!

Seriously, that cartoon was awful. Abysmal. Abhorrent. Actively painful to watch. And that's just the As. We're not talking normally bad, here. It's not even Eye of Argon bad. Oh, no, this is Star Wars Christmas Special bad: if you watch them, you will regret it.

I found a collection of episodes on the 'net, and as a die-hard Zelda fan, downloaded them. I want that segment of my life back. The only thing I got out of the experience was a migraine.

Learn from my mistake. Do not watch those cartoons. Go and buy a copy of Ulysses 31 instead. Trust me.

- Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2, Interesting)
  
  by sithsasquatch ( 889285 ) writes:
  
  It wasn't that bad. . . although Link was a cheap rip-off of Han Solo.
  
  But meh, what can you expect from the 80's? At least it's better than the Ewoks cartoon.
  "We're the e-e-e-ewoks" . . . shudder . . . I still have nightmares, and I never got past the theme song!
  - Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2)
    
    by david.given ( 6740 ) writes:
    
    It wasn't that bad. . . although Link was a cheap rip-off of Han Solo.
    Somehow, Ocarina of Time seems different after I learnt that Link was a dumb, chauvinist bigot whose sole goal in life was to get inside Zelda's pants...
    
    And the catch phrases. *shudder*
    - Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:1)
      
      by sithsasquatch ( 889285 ) writes:
      
      Yeah, the catch phrases got really annoying, really fast.
      
      Maybe there should have been a disclaimer: What happens in Hyrule stays in Hyrule.
    - Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:3, Funny)
      
      by Gulthek ( 12570 ) writes:
      
      Well excuuuuse me. My brothers and I loved the show tons. We used to look forward to every Friday afternoon, Zelda Day!
- Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:1)
  
  by KDR_11k ( 778916 ) writes:
  
  They could do worse.
  
  They could bundle them with the CDi games.
  - Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2)
    
    by Donoho ( 788900 ) writes:
    
    They could bundle them with the CDi games.
    
    The show was crap. In retrospect I realize I watched them (might as well include captain N) out of desperation, much like a lot of the mangled anime I consumed. Looking back I see it for the HORRIBLE, money grubbing, fanchise milking shite it was.
    
    But even after all that, the CDi reference was just uncalled for. The horror...
- Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2, Funny)
  
  by drwiii ( 434 ) writes:
  
  "Well excuuuuuuuse me, Princess!" [wellexcusemeprincess.com]
i have to say (Score:1)

by rabbot ( 740825 ) writes:

Hearing this news makes today one of my top 10 best days ever. Nothing like coming home from school as a kid and watching those along with ninja turtles and G.I. Joe. What a lineup. Can't wait to get this.
If this is the "best of"... (Score:5, Funny)

by Minced ( 871651 ) writes: on Wednesday June 15, 2005 @02:27PM (#12826084)

...does that mean the DVD is blank?

the OTHER live action thing (Score:2)

by CoffeeJedi ( 90936 ) writes:

Anyone else remember the last season the Mario/Zelda show was on, they replaced Lou Albano and... the Luigi guy with a pair of random teenage "dudes"? I don't think the animated episodes were new, just the framing device. It was definitely a cheap ploy to cash in on the success of Bill and Ted (and maybe even Wayne and Garth). I recall it was one black kid and one white kid.

am i imagining this? was this local to Philadelphia maybe?
- Re:the OTHER live action thing (Score:1)
  
  by Dwedit ( 232252 ) writes:
  
  Yes, good ol' "Club Mario". That was also the time they stuck it into a timeslot that prevented me from seeing it because it was on during school.
- Re:the OTHER live action thing (Score:1)
  
  by Brown3y3 ( 810449 ) writes:
  
  Ugh, 'Club Mario' was the worst. I don't remember much of it thankfully, but I never understood how two surfer-type dudes could get all excited about some Italian plumber cartoon. I'm feeling sick just thinking about it. Now, I may be confusing this with another show, but if I'm not,'Club Mario' has had a lingering affect on my life. They ended the show with the phrase "Peace, Love, and Recycle". The peace and love parts are ok, but even as a kid, I was so angry at the show that I vowed to never recycl
- Club Mario (Score:2)
  
  by JimTheta ( 115513 ) writes:
  
  (It's been a long time. Apologies if these lyrics are not exactly right.)
  Any place that you wanna gooooo
  We'll take you there oh don't you know
  At the club (cluh-cluh-cluh-cluh)
  Club Ma-ri-o
  Come join the club (cluh-cluh-cluh-cluh)
  Club Ma-ri-o
  
  I see another poster is bitching about it. At the time (I couldn't have been older than 12 or 13, mind you), my brother and I thought it was hilarious, and way better than Captain Lou.
  
  But like so many things, I'm sure I would think it sucked if I saw it now.
Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)

by Xaroth ( 67516 ) writes:

I say "Oh, suuuure. They've released the complete Legend of Zelda series on DVD (or Jem and the Holograms, or Hee-Haw, or any other really, really crappy tv series), but STILL NO PINKY AND THE BRAIN!!!"

This, my friends, is the nature of injustice.
- Re:Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)
  
  by Gulthek ( 12570 ) writes:
  
  That's because the full length Pinky and the Brain cartoons were not so good. The best were the shorts contained in the Animaniacs series.
- Re:Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)
  
  by YetAnotherAnonymousC ( 594097 ) writes:
  
  HEY....
  
  don't rag on Hee-Haw.
- Re:Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)
  
  by MilenCent ( 219397 ) * writes:
  
  Tell me about it. Of course there were so-so episodes (like anything "historical"), but there were also really, really good ones.
  
  Also woefully neglected on DVD: Freakazoid, Earthworm Jim, and The Animated The Tick (which will probably never see the light of day, it seems). Animaniacs could also use a highlights disk, weeding out all the Mindy, Buttons, Rita and Runt in favor of the Warners, PatB and Slappy. (Er, in their better cartoons.)
  - Re:Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)
    
    by poofyhairguy82 ( 635386 ) writes:
    
    The Animated The Tick (which will probably never see the light of day, it seems)
    I would personally pay over $100 bucks for this.
- Re:Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)
  
  by IntergalacticWalrus ( 720648 ) writes:
  
  I agree, Pinky and the Brain was brilliant, however I think there was like about a hundred episodes, so I can't really imagine a DVD box set.
Re: (Score:1)

by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:

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- More nostalgia, more I say! (Score:1)
  
  by Headcase88 ( 828620 ) writes:
  
  I would support this decision! And get Mr. T to promote it!
  
  "I pity the foo who doesn't get a box of the most scrumptious cereal..." uh, that's all I got.
- Nintendo Cereal Correction. (Score:2)
  
  by Thedalek ( 473015 ) writes:
  
  nin-ten-do
  it's a cereal now!
  nin-ten-do
  it's a cereal, wow!
  
  Sorry, gotta earn some obsessive nerd points. The song actually goes:
  
  nin-ten-do
  it's for breakfast now!
  nin-ten-do
  it's a cereal, wow!
  
  The "nin-ten-do" part was sung to the tune of the Super Mario Brothers Level 1-2 music, while the rest was basically spoken in a sort of sing-song rhythm.
  
  The cereal itself came in two bags in a single box, which many people mistakenly believe to have been first to Nintendo (Nerds Cereal did it first). It basically
  - Re: (Score:1)
    
    by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:
    
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    - Re:Nintendo Cereal Correction. (Score:2)
      
      by JimTheta ( 115513 ) writes:
      
      The parent of your post is correct; "breakfast" comes first. This commercial appeared at a point where I was memorizing all kinds of stuff, for no apparent reason. Fresh Prince lyrics, commercials, the McDonald's Million Dollar Menu song... all kinds of brain clutter.
      - Re: (Score:1)
        
        by account_deleted ( 4530225 ) writes:
        
        Comment removed based on user account deletion
  - Re:Nintendo Cereal Correction. (Score:1)
    
    by Woody ( 1159 ) writes:
    
    Does ANYONE know where I can find a digital version of that song? I've searched high and low to no avail - I've never been able to find an MP3 of the Nintendo Cereal song, much to the consternation of myself and one of my friends.
    
    The Zelda "mazes" on the cereal boxes were pretty cool too...
- God forbid the return of the cereal... (Score:1)
  
  by Minced ( 871651 ) writes:
  
  ...my colon still cries itself to sleep.
  - Re:God forbid the return of the cereal... (Score:2)
    
    by geminidomino ( 614729 ) * writes:
    
    Hell, after just READING that post, my pancreas just served me with separation papers.
TV.com (was TV Tome) (Score:2)

by antdude ( 79039 ) writes:

Click here [tv.com] for details.
finally! (Score:1)

by NotWorkSafe ( 891638 ) writes:

I've been waiting for these for a while. Now I can get rid of my old VHS copies I've had forever.
Gotta get this.... (Score:1)

by MadBiologist ( 657155 ) writes:

Wow.... I bet I can get mine signed by Cap't Lou.... he goes to the bar next to where I work... He hasn't aged well at all... but still has at least one rubber band! GO CAP'T LOU! YOU ROCK!
Watch some of it for free (Score:1)

by RickPartin ( 892479 ) writes:

To those who have never seen the Zelda or Mario cartoons you can watch them for free on teh intarwebs.

http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/content/tv/ [yahoo.com]
The good, and the ugly, there is no bad. (Score:1)

by bi_boy ( 630968 ) writes:

Mario = So Groood!
Zelda = Jesus God WHY?

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Holy Crap (Score:4, Funny)

YES (Score:3, Funny)

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I hope it sells well. (Score:4, Interesting)

Ron Jeremy? (Score:2, Funny)

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Do the Mario! (Score:5, Informative)

Holy cow! (Score:3)

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They forgot something! (Score:1)

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Re:They forgot something! (Score:3, Funny)

Re:They forgot something! (Score:2, Funny)

SuperMario SuperShow (Score:3, Informative)

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Magic Johnson (Score:5, Interesting)

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zelda (Score:2)

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Re:zelda (Score:2)

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My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:3, Informative)

Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2, Interesting)

Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2)

Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:1)

Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:3, Funny)

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Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2)

Re:My eyes! The goggles, they do nothing! (Score:2, Funny)

i have to say (Score:1)

If this is the "best of"... (Score:5, Funny)

the OTHER live action thing (Score:2)

Re:the OTHER live action thing (Score:1)

Re:the OTHER live action thing (Score:1)

Club Mario (Score:2)

Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)

Re:Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)

Re:Every time I see another series like this... (Score:2)

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Re: (Score:1)

More nostalgia, more I say! (Score:1)

Nintendo Cereal Correction. (Score:2)

Re: (Score:1)

Re:Nintendo Cereal Correction. (Score:2)

Re: (Score:1)

Re:Nintendo Cereal Correction. (Score:1)

God forbid the return of the cereal... (Score:1)

Re:God forbid the return of the cereal... (Score:2)

TV.com (was TV Tome) (Score:2)

finally! (Score:1)

Gotta get this.... (Score:1)

Watch some of it for free (Score:1)

The good, and the ugly, there is no bad. (Score:1)

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