NC (voiceover): And then, of course, there's Bowser, who they always call King Koopa for some reason, I never got that. George Carlin: (audio, dubbed over Luigi) Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, tits, fart, turd, and twat. NC: Now say the seven words you can't say on TV! Luigi: I know I'm gonna regret this./Okay./Miserable manicotti! NC (voiceover): While we're on the subject, though, is it me, or does Luigi sound an awful lot like George Carlin in this show? NC: Why is it I always see like a fat, middle-aged balding man doing that voice, it's just so creepy! Brawl, Peach was played by Jen Taylor, who is indeed a woman, also known for playing Halo's Cortana and Left 4 Dead's Zoey Montage of clips from Super Mario Strikers, as examples of Peach's voice from there-worth noting is that from Mario Tennis until Super Smash Bros. Instead of.whoever the hell they got to do it in the games. Give them some credit, though, they actually did get a WOMAN to do the princess' voice. NC (voiceover): What a shitload of shroom. Toad: Hey, man, I'm the Fantastic Fungus! NC (voiceover): I mean, they really couldn't find another voice for this guy? It sounds like Jay Leno's mentally deficient cousin. Toad: Hey, Bob-omb, did anyone ever tell you you were UUUUUG-LY! You know, the little bastard who always said "Our Princess is in another castle." I wonder if he's as annoying in the show as he is in the game. NC (voiceover): The animated portion stars your essential characters, Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Toad. NC: And if you think that piece of puked up horrible writing is bad, wait till ya see the cartoon! You must be Luigi.You must be kidding! This place is a dump.
They mostly sat around, telling lame jokes, hoping the kids don't know how to comprehend humor yet.ĭracula: You must be Mario. NC (voiceover): They would often get incredible guest stars on like Dracula, Inspector Gadget, and even Elvis, wow, they managed to get Elvis.
NC (voiceover): So the show actually starts off with a live-action portion, with Danny Wells as Luigi, and PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER CAPTAIN LOU ALBANO as Mario. NC: You know, I gotta learn to keep my fucking mouth shut. Mario and Luigi: We're the Mario brothers, and plumbing's our game! Mario and Luigi start rapping the theme song. NC: Well, at least they have the original video game music, I mean, it's not like they tried to modernize it with some retarded rap or something. Mario: Hey, paisanos, it's the Super Mario Bros. The long answer? Well, let's take a look.
So how can you possibly center an entire animated series around that? It's just your basic "hero rescues princess from dragon" scenario. Mostly because when you get down to it, Mario Bros. How can a show based off two Italian plumbers in a land of mushrooms who spit fire from flowers and spend most of their time kicking turtle shells POSSIBLY be strange? And, boy, was it not only stupid, it was weird, weird, weird. Let's make a show about this world famous game and see if we can come up with something truly ridiculous and embarrassing." They did. So the appropriately named "dick" entertainment (actually DiC, pronounced "deek") said "We can profit from this too. was everywhere, scoring it big with two hit games on the original NES. And considering what we grew up with, that's saying a lot. NC (voiceover): This is probably one of the strangest cartoon shows that ever came out of our generation. Of all the poorly animated, poorly written and just downright poor animated shows that came out of the 1980s.this was one of 'em.