"The drugs are coming from STUPID WUSCHEL! Let's kill him!" "Killing Wuschel? It's not done. Finished, kill someone else...OK? The drugs will be donated to the society of endangered animals."
I think the reason why Pooh initially decided to stay behind was because he wanted to make sure Corrie was okay. Even though he’s a bear of very little brain, Pooh is meant to be a source of comfort and support for children like how he is for Christopher Robin, while also sharing his own simple wisdom in a way that kids can understand.
And that's why out of all the characters in this special, he got the best role. An honorable mention is Bugs Bunny, since his job is to show Micheal he got into drugs through peer pressure. If you know Bugs, you know he's not one to let people push him around. His third most popular catchphrase is "of course you realize this means war." As in, "okay. I'd tried being patient, but this maroon's going down." It makes sense he'd tell someone to forge their own path instead of letting others take advantage of their naivety.
In my school there are a bunch of anti-smoking posters in the health classroom. The most convincing one among them all is the one that says it costs $15 a day. Sometimes simple facts are better.
Yeah, say what you will about Jim Davis as a writer, but by all accounts he’s an incredibly chill dude when it comes to stuff like this. His reaction to finding out someone was using his IP to make “Garfield minus Garfield” was to praise their creativity and to offer to help them publish it.
I mean...That can be true while he's still an okay guy in other areas. I kind of agree with Watterson since Davis essentially made Garfield to be "marketable" while Watterson has always been very passionate about comics as a form of art and storytelling.
"The latest battle in the War on Drugs is now being waged in cartoonland" That sounds more like the cartoon stars are teaming up to go down to Colombia and take down Pablo Escobar's cartel, not lecture to some punk kid about the dangers of doing drugs.
I love that as kids Kermit, Gonzo and Ms Piggy are anti-weed, while as adults they’re perfectly fine with Dr Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, who canonically smoke marijuana. ‘They’re always happy!’ ‘Yeah…legally now!’
As a child, I preferred "The Flintstone Kids: Just Say No!" because it was actually about Wilma being tempted to use drugs, rather than the most random, indistinctive everykid character of all time. Seriously, Michael's only personality trait was "he's on drugs," and even that was just to fit in with the "cool kids."
Seriously. I mean, it makes a lot more sense. I think because Michaelangelo was the more popular one that's why they used him. Even if he really did act more like Raph
Phelous, I realize this is a minor thing, but I'm just glad you noticed and parodied the bit with Dad's clear alcoholism getting overlooked. I always noticed that, but other reviewers that seem to cover this special tend to miss it entirely and like... it's the most hilarious part because the special so savagely sabotages it's own message!
Congratulation and thank you on your milestone! Fun fact: I bonded with my current girlfriend over your review of Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time. We're getting married next month. Thank you again for your creativity!
Fun fact: When Bush Sr. and Barbara appeared on screen to tell me to watch this, I immediately changed the channel. And when I discovered all the channels that supplied my cartoon fix were showing this, I gave up and went outside. Yay for being a young pre-teen snot? Anyway, thanks for making this crap-fest bearable.
Old Man: Seems like Infinity War isn't the most ambitious crossover event in history anymore! HEEEEEEE!!!! Oh, I feel kinda useless now. (turns to dust)
"You know, fun isn't something one considers when selling out your daughter to a beast, but this..." *indicates two huge trunks of gold* "...does put a smile on my face."
There was a similar thread on the Snow White review, with comments like these: Dad... i dont feel so good *SHUT UP BEAUTY!* beauty fizzles away Shes completly useless now.. HEEEEEEEEEEE *The Goodtimes version of the Genie invades the Dingo Dimension dressed as Doctor Strange, but is confronted by a giant face of Wabuu* “Dor-Wabuu, I’ve come to bargain!!!” “You’ve come to die! Your world is now sooo stupiiiid, like most worlds! Hehehe.” Graciela Sills (Snowden throws a bucket of water on old man) old man: I don't feel so good ...... Bear (becomes useless and disintegrates). Meanwhile, Old Manos has gathered the InfinitHEEEEEE stones, also known as The Diamonds. My God! And he wants to wipe out all life -- because life began in the sea, which means it's all wet and (all together now)... Wabuu decides that most of the Goodtimes/Dingo etc. cinematic universe characters are soooo stupid and seeks out the artifact known as "Axe" in order to restore balance.
So fun fact I discovered recently: drug addict protagonist Michael was the first voice role for actor Jason Marsden. More notable voice roles of his include Haku from "Spirited Away", the cat form of Thackery Binx in "Hocus Pocus", Chester McBadbat in "The Fairly Odd Parents" series (taking over the character after Frankie Muniz), and has been the voice of Goofy's son Max since "A Goofy Movie". Edit: also before anyone mentions it, he was also the voice of Kovu from Lion King 2: Simba's Pride (basically many people my age's first furry crush)
Winnie the Pooh: lets fight the Predacons, I think?. Tigger:TIGGER!! MAXIMIZE!!! Rabbit: RABBIT!!! MAXIMIZE!!! Eeyore: EEYORE!! MAXIMIZE!!! Piglet: ohh de de de dear um PIGLET!!! MAXIMIZE!!! Owl: OWL MAXIMIZE!!! Winnie the Pooh: POOH BEAR MAXIMIZE!!!
Gopher: GOPHER!! (whistles) MAXIMIZE!!! Wabuu: WABUU!!! TERRORIZE!!! he he he. King Ma Gwd: King Ma Gwd!!! TERRORIZE!!! Kanga and roo: KANGA!!! ROO!!! (in unison) MAXIMIZE!!! Cree: CREE!!! TERRORIZE!!! ORO: ORO!!! TERRORIZE!!! FOR SCIENCE!!!. Old man: OLD MAN!!! TERRORIZE!!! HEEEEEE!!!
It's always nice to see Phelous covering something Nostalgia Critic did years ago and came off a lot more informative and crazier than Doug Walker will ever be. Congratulations on your 10th anniversary!
That's not to discredit Nostalgia Critic. I like Doug Walker a lot especially in his early days before he did the skits (In fact, I think Doug's Cartoon All Stars is one of the best of his reviews). I'm just saying that Phelan has always been better at adding information that Doug tends to skim over. See his Food Fight review with Alison and Brad, for example. And the crazy bit is just a comedy preference. I've come to like Phelan's deadpan/airhead things better than whatever NC is doing nowadays. It's just personal thing, so please don't mind me.
Jeremy St. Clair The Channel Awesome controversy is just about some people making horrible mistakes that killed their own company. I don't really care about it. Nostalgia Critic as a standalone show is still good. I especially enjoy him talking about 90s cartoon animals, but I feel like Phelous, Bennett the Sage, Lindsey, and Linkara all have surpassed him. Bennett once said there's a limit to just trashing a bad movie, and it shows with NC. The guy is running out of things to review. He is not as entertaining when he praises things. He is also nowhere as innovative or critical as other reviewers.
Eddy: "Hey! What bout us?" Edd: "Well, Eddy. Our show didn't exist to at least 1999. And besides, this entire thing is a mess!" Eddy: "Ehh...good point. The people who made it must've been on something anyways..."
Doofenshmirtz: "You know, if the cartoon I'm from actually was being produced in 1992 when the idea came around, I might've actually made it in this movie." Ferb: "Except that we'd be two years off."
jamie fernekees Tinky Winky from Teletubbies: Drugs bad, uh oh. Ren from The Ren and Stimpy Show: That teenager is an eeeeediot. Stimpy from The Ren and Stimpy Show: Duuuh, your right Ren, he shouldn't do drugs because like Tinky Winky said that drugs are really bad. Bart Simpson: Hey man, lets kill that teenager. Patrick Star: Yeah, then we'll teach about both drugs and maybe Wumbo. SpongeBob SquarePants: Patrick, I told you before, Wumbo might not a real word. Rocko: The "Wumbo" word is a very dangerous word. Heffer: We gotta stop this kid from taking crack. Filburt: Do cocine, wash your hands, do cocine, wash your hands, do cocine, wash your hands.
Bush Senior: Don't do drugs or you'll end up like my son. Rando: Which one? George: The problem with the French is that they don't have a word for 'entrepreneur' Bush Senior: Don't make me say it.
I won't deny, as a kid, I totally sucked up the "drugs are totally evil" message....... and it..... did not really leave my head, even at the age of 30!
I’m kinda like that too, although, outside of marijuana, I don’t associate drugs like cocaine, heroin, meth, etc. with anyone or anything good. I don’t do marijuana either, I’m just far more open to the kind of people that do it.
I used to think like that, but then I got high when I was 18 and I realized how much bullshit had been spewed to keep people from smoking it. Racist rhetoric or scare tactics, that shit will make you wary of anything trying to claim to know what's good for you.
Not sure what's more admirable: The fact the folks behind this movie got all the animation done in six weeks.... or the last four minutes of this video. That ending started out as a gift from Wabuu. And the gift kept giving.
Here in Germany the intro featured a conservative politician (Hans-Dietrich Genscher) saying something like: "Kids, remember, in the real world your cartoon friends cannot help you! You have to resist those evil drugs on your own!". Looking back it seems as if he was trolling them a bit. ;-)
This makes me wonder if this movie also aired in the Soviet Union and the intro had Mikhail Gorbachev giving a speech about staying away from drugs. I dunno, but that sounds really funny to me.
Phelps and the Movies started with Mac and Me, a McDonalds product placement movie. And now ten years later, it seems extra-fitting to cover another one!
"There's 1 billion international ways to say no, I'm in training for football!" That line cracks me up all the time, this is by far the best movie with a point that I've ever seen.
2017: Brad celebrates 10 years of the Cinema Snob by giving us a ten episode dump with each review being a callback to a particular year of the show. 2018: Phelous celebrates his show's 10th anniversary by talking about the most ambitious/infamous crossover of the 90's sponsored by the power of McDonald's. What a time to be alive... Also, it would have really nice to not only have Venkman in this PSA, but have him be reprised by Lorenzo Music as opposed to Dave Coullier. Kind of a missed opportunity to have Lorenzo Music talk to himself... but then again, I wasn't there when this aired.
This is actually the second most ambitious crossover. The first most ambitious is the one where Scooby Doo, Doc Brown, Beetlejuice, Sonic The Hedgehog, Glados, Voldimort, and more meet up. And their also all made of Lego.
I saw this special as a kid. I think I was too young to understand anything beyond, "Drugs" are bad. I recall a bunch of "Just Say No To Drugs" commercials. They mostly just left me confused about what "drugs" were. They'd say "drugs" are bad, but they never explain what "drugs" are. If someone had walked up to me and offered me marijuana I would never had know it was a drug because these things would never list the names of any drugs.
It's surreal that this happened before nicktoons existed. No Ren & Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Spongebob or Rugrats were born in this strange pre-90s period of history.
The most unrealistic part of this entire special is two-fold. 1) The kids would just give crack away for free. 2) They'd chuck it on the floor if they thought the police were around.
You give it to them free for their first time and that basically sets up a reliable future source of income for you. Duh. Besides, it’s not like they’d actually give the good stuff to a first timer lol
@@The3y3 have you ever been given drugs for free? It doesnt happen. Also you've got it backwards, they're more likely to start you on the good stuff and make it worse as the tolerance kicks in to get you buying more.
Phelous is the best. Nostalgia Critic review totally blew through this special. I had no idea how much more there was to joke about. Few minutes in and there is a Garfield reference to catnip is better then Doug’s whole episode. That’s only one of many jokes.
imthinkinwacky I didn’t expect anything because I’ve never seen a traditional NC review until that one. Look at the same reviews NC and Phelous have done since, like Food Fight, and Rapsittie. Phelous goes more in depth and still cracks enough jokes. Don’t get me wrong I still like NC. Any Loony MST3 fan is cool in my book. His bro not so much. I just enjoy Phelous more.
SamtheBravesFan The only thing wrong (IMO) would be not including Mr. Hyde from the Australian cartoon. He could have been Smoke's equivalent as... Mr Poof !!
I’ve _heard_ that Mickey, Donald and Goofy weren’t used because they were shown smoking and/or drinking in some of their old cartoons and they didn’t want to shoot their own message... ...but I’m pretty sure that would apply to Bugs and Daffy as well, so it doesn’t really make much sense.
@@dondaniels3485 what are you on about? He’s a MOUSE if you mean the old black and white era that ALSO doesn’t work because he’s not human and he had a WHITE face to be able to see him in that style 😅 you’re a tad crazy
@@gracekim25 There's actually an cartoon from 1933 where mickey and friends recreate the plot of uncle toms cabin, complete with mickey doing blackface
10 years and going strong! Your reviews have stuck with me during harsh times and I'm very grateful. Ty for your hard work, and here's for 10 years more!
Infinity War: I have the most ambitious crossover yet. Cartoon All-Stars to the rescue: “Hold My Beer.” Who Framed Roger Rabbit: “Out of my way losers!!!”
You know what the problem with the entire DARE program and war on drugs kids initiative was? They kept refusing to *actually talk about what drugs are like.* They always would use metaphors like the infamous "this is your brain on drugs" thing, or cartoons like this where addiction is represented as a sentient cloud of weed smoke. And the fact that it actually takes time to get really addicted, and to get to the point where illegal substances can really negatively impact your life, yet they never really go into that and make it seem like if you smoke one blunt you're fucked forever, harms the message too. Because what happens is the material aimed at stopping kids says one thing, but the cool kids behind the bleachers who actually do drugs tell you that no, you don't immediately become an addicted burnout. And you can see that they appear to be fine. So kids have perfect evidence that all this stuff is BS, and that along with your usual child/teenager desire to rebel coupled with the most basic bit of human psychology being that the best way to get someone to do something is to tell them not to, and it all combines to make it appear that doing drugs is absolutely a thing that's fine. If the people behind the war on drugs in the 90s actually wanted to lessen the number of kids using drugs, they'd actually have a genuine, honest talk with children and teenagers explaining about how drugs are harmful, about how they effect you, they wouldn't downplay the good parts (hey, there's a reason people take cocaine and meth) but they also would explain why in the long run it's harmful. Treat kids like inexperienced adults worthy of respect instead of just dumb kids who you have to talk down to, and the whole thing would have been way more successful.
Congrats on 10 Years! I remember watching this when I was 16 when finding it online and now this is the movie that is sent to friends on what I'm like.
These are the reasons why Mickey has struggled to maintain relevance. You can hold back your A-Material, but if you never play your Ace it might as well be a dead card.
The funny thing is you aren't alone. I've heard of countries where Donald is huge or where Goofy was huge... Yet I haven't heard of a single country that preferred Mickey Mouse. Heck Donald Duck is currently in two TV shows still being made (Main character in one, side character in another)
@@alienonlsd3209 its a fair assessment and I stand by it. Even quite a bit of The Critic's own earlier work beats his review of CARTOON ALL STARS TO THE RESCUE.
I absolutely Love how much effort you put into your research, finding and crediting the right sources, as well as any related information as to background and timelines. Really makes the whole thing richer.
At a time when Ducktales was huge, I wouldn't say that Huey, Dewey, and Louie were the poor relation to Mickey, Goofy, and Donald. The Ducktales boys were actually more popular then. As a kid I only knew of some old cartoons starring the older three. They didn't have a current show on TV around 1990 and their cartoons weren't being rerun like Looney Tunes were, so I didn't care about them. Then I warmed up to Goofy when "Goof Troop" came out.
Exactly, it's pretty obvious Disney wanted to include their franchises that were actively on television at the time - and there was still a New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh animated series running at the time that was extremely popular with young children, so of course he made it in.
Rebochan And now that I think of it, it was probably easier to animate characters with model sheets readily available rather than needing to design new ones. Not that I'm an animation expert, but everyone appears to be mostly on-model in this cartoon, which would be easier if they had something to go on
Good point-people only knew about Donald as the uncle to the trio (and I recall he wasn't in most of the episodes). I only knew him because I watched the old cartoons alongside Ducktales.
I think having all of those characters at the end endorsing an anti-drug message would actually work because you would just flat-out stop using drugs to make them leave. Also Happy 10 Year Anniversary! I can't wait for more reviews!
Love the ending with your own "Cartoon All-Stars"...but major missed opportunity not including the Jetlag!version of Alice [given Alice in Wonderland is often associated with drugs]
The only character who really felt “missing” was GT!Beauty. I’m guessing Phelan just couldn’t come up with anything he thought was funny for her to say?
I always rewatch this one when I’m having a really bad time with depression/suicidal feels. It always makes me smile even during the worst of it. Also, LOVE the ending with all the Goodtimes and Bevanfield (sp?) cartoons coming to life to torment poor Phelous! It’s definitely worth sticking around after the credits, guys. 😄😆
I think that ending with all your cartoon characters showing up is right up there with your parody recreation of "Birdemic", your intro to the first Resident Evil movie, the introduction to Old Man, etc. as your funniest and most creative moments.
In before someone says "Doug did it first". He also did it in 2008... TEN GODDAMN YEARS AGO! Things have changed since then (#changethechannel). Also, given the runtime, chances are Phelous will be more in depth and competent.
I actually think this is better than Doug's. Grant, part of it comes from Doug being new while this is after 10 years of experience for Phelan, but still....
Paul Majano Tareltonlives hence competency. Though I would argue that even after ten years, Doug isn't even that funny. Part of which comes from his lack of actual wit. I think that's why Lindsay resonates so well nowadays. She knows film theory. She's worked on sets. She knows what she's talking about. Doug portends to be a film maker, but comes off as amateurish because he doesn't actually know what he's doing.
I used to own this special on VHS. I think the Polish version is also somewhat worth talking about. First off, we had to wait EIGHT YEARS for that special to come out in Poland. It was shown on TV on June 14, 1998 and released on VHS around the same time. (On a side note, we didn't get the 80's Alvin & the Chipmunks until 1995 and even then, all we got were the first 26 episodes produced by DiC. Similar thing with Garfield & Friends - we didn't get that until 1997. Oh, and you can FORGET about the Real Ghostbusters being even a thing in Poland. All we got from that cartoon was ONE SINGLE VHS RELEASE. PERIOD. Same thing with Darkwing Duck now that I think about it. Darkwing was pulled from the Polish airwaves after just 7 episodes because apparently it was too brutal for kids. I'm serious. There's also a second Polish dub of Darkwing that was made in the 2000s but Disney STILL hasn't bothered to show it anywhere.) Also, the Polish title of the special is completely different, it's called "The Mystery of the Missing Piggy Bank". ...I mean... okay, I guess... Oh, and we didn't have any intro done by any Polish political figure in this special (at least not on VHS, same thing could apply to TV but I have no evidence). The last thing worth pointing out is the fact that the voice-over that usually reads every dub actor's name out loud during the credits (which, yes, is a thing in non-English-speaking countries) also mentions a few actors that didn't record a single line in that special, like for example Robert Rozmus who was the then-current Polish voice of Bugs Bunny until 2010, but in the special, Bugs' lines were recorded by Krzysztof Tyniec who voiced Bugs before Rozmus. Last minute changes in the cast perhaps?
Actually, if the special was seen in different countries, that could explain why no Mikey on the cover. You know, the whole Ninja/Hero Turtles thing in the UK...
Apparently changing the name was because the British government of the time was worried that kids would’ve seen ‘ninja’ and end up putting each others’ eyes out with nunchuks.
To be honest, Cartoon All Stars to the Rescue is my absolute favorite cartoon crossover of all time. I always enjoy seeing each of them, because I've known these guys for years and they helped me understand why drugs can ruin your life. I know some of them done drugs before, but I think they might have stopped doing them because of this. I know you're all entited into different opinions and I'm an expert on other people's opinions, but I honestly think the All Stars are my favorite crossover characters and one of my heroes. I have a friend who died from drug overdose and I really wish I could help him and I wish I could be honest to everyone about my opinions about drugs without being disrespectful to their beliefs.
I recently went through and watched all your cartoon reviews that had subtitles on. Not only are they really helpful (not many people think to put them on, and auto are useless) but they're hilarious. Thank you for ten years of Phawesome!
I loved this movie as a kid and used to rent it all the time. Looking back, yeah, its kinda dumb, but when you're in grade school and get to see cartoon characters interacting with each other, you really don't care...
The C.O.P.S. cartoon did a better anti-drugs episode. If Slimer is based on John Belushi, who did plenty of cocaine in his time, I guess it is appropriate for his ghost be in an anti-drug TV special.
So I went back to the piggy bank scene where Michael said "There must be $20 in here" and actually counted all the coins there. If we assume that every coin on the screen is a quarter, then Corey only has about $7 in that piggy bank. That would probably buy a gram of weed. If he's lucky.
I remember seeing this on TV back in the day! Wow, it still kind of blows my mind to see and hear all the cartoon characters hanging out together other than in Who Framed Roger Rabbit! I don’t think anyone has done anything like this since the 90s. It was such a different time... Phelous, you are awesome, and your reviews are not only informative but fun and hilarious too! Thank you for all your hard work!