I think, inherently, one of the things that made these kids so bad at any media criticism is that they don't know what it means for a film to be good, much less great. Like when Ebert says Project X "isn't a great movie, but is a sweet movie" and they start basically saying "uh, no, I thought it was a great movie because I really liked it," it becomes REALLY clear that they don't understand the terminology and completely lack an ability to untangle their personal emotions vs. critical analysis. Anyway, it's really interesting to see a contrast of these two ways of responding to films.
I think I actually remember seeing this on TV - maybe as a rerun, but on TV nonetheless, I definitely remember seeing Robin Marella on it (and thinking "Wait, wasn't she from Double Dare?")
This had more episodes, I remember it perfectly... but I can't find more than the first one and it's on the internet. I remember that the protagonist "Blink" died. That traumatized me for life. How could they make such a depressing cartoon?
The narrator of the "Mission in Space" parts of this show says that Mimas is a large impact crater that resembles an eyeball. I would have to agree with Phil Moore, however. It, more or less, resembles the Death Star.
I saw Paul Russell as a contestant on an old To Tell The Truth (Garry Moore host). He gave a brief performance after his segment. He was brilliant! I Googled him to see what happened to his career. I was sad to read he passed in '91. RIP 😢
Me too! Just now I saw the episode you're talking about! Altho Paul is gone, I'm glad he got to enjoy his incredible talent & share it with the world RIP ❤️
I've been looking for this for years. About forty. Altman freak, but also never forgot Jim Haney's performance, though I couldn't exactly remember the title. Incredible.
Paul and I walked into the SFB studios on 18th Ave at exactly the same time in 1981, and stood at the desk waiting to ask questions and get oriented, as we both had just been hired as a principal dancers. We looked at each other, smiled, introduced ourselves and quickly realized we were both Texan, and both from Amarillo! " Do you have a place yet?" "No. Do you?" So we got a great place and were roommates for a season or two and remained great friends until the his untimely death. Great dancer, good friend. I think of him often. We had some great fun in San Francisco
Where did you find this!!! I heard Robin was hosting this Launch Pad episode back in 1993. I tried to tape it, but the timer on my vcr didn’t work. (Actually it did, but I forgot to keep the tv on channel 3- ametuer move on my part) but I was never able to find it.
That lady Diz was the real star of the show she used to do a cool scream sound but doesn't seem to go nuts with it in this episode. This must be the first one.
It was a real good show. I remember getting up once or twice a week to watch the show. What was the name of the song for Launch Box and does RU-vid has the videos of the animation of the earth and Mars?
I can remember those shows and can recognize the sets on which they taped at Nickelodeon Studios on the episodes. Mostly on the Get the Picture set, once on the Double Dare set, and some parts of the Welcome Freshmen set. Good memories
