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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON: Sam & Max, Freelance Police
Okay, so last week I posted Widget the World Watcher and got an overwhelming response from other lonely souls far and wide who thought they were the only ones to remember our purple metamorphical friend. And to that I say: balzacs! As obscure as Widget might’ve been, he still had prime cartoon timeslots and lasted for several seasons. So to my fellow Widgeteers out there, you’re not weirdos, the rest are just didn’tpayattentionos.
So onward into animated obscureness we go, and this week I present to you Sam & Max, one of my most beloved adolescent series’ though it only lasted for one season on Fox Kids. Originally based on an adult-themed comic book series that was adapted as a violent computer game and then toned down as an animated series for children, this show was so from left field it only seemed to grab the attention of Silicon Valley computer engineers (my dad) and hormone-ridden children who went to Fry’s Electronics for fun (me).
Even still, Sam & Max exhibit a form of genius, as one of the few tongue-in-cheek spazzy cartoons that would eventually pave the path for such ADHD confections as Spongebob and Dexter’s Lab. Watch the first episode and bask in its late 90′s randomness.
Rest of the episode after le jumpe.
