What Happened to The Critic (1994-1995)? 

I smashed lady gaga last night on the 50 yard line of Giants stadium

How about 'Dr. Katz - Professional Therapist'?

My only idea, not really worth a whole email, would be GUTS! D-D-D- Do ya have it?? GUTS!

I would have paid to have seen some of those movies if they had been released. Rabbi P.I. and Speed Reading in particular are ones that I wish I could see.

I feel like lovitz wrote this comment 🧐

They would have been forced to handle Doris Grau dying if they had gone on any longer. Her losing this show cannot have had a beneficial effect on her health.

@@Attmay yeah I want to be Jay's stepfather.... His eccentricities speak to my character urrr I'm drunk now I have to editanyways how old is July going it's hot as balls down here son getting a little toasty

I honestly thought it was on longer. I loved the show.

Duckman, another gem.

Duckman is probably my favorite adult oriented show along with Futurama. Such an amazing show. This one I didn't watch until the other day, surprised how underrated it's remained.

Just discovered The Critic today. I want to see more, it’s hilarious 😄

YES!!!! Go rewatch Duckman it talks about shit still relevant today

LOL

Yeah... Misery episode was fire 🔥

SERIOUSLY. This show, Duckman and The Oblongs don't get enough love😂

@@honeybaby51 I agree about the oblongs.... I forgot about duckman

@@thesultrystrangerdanger6824 Charles and Mojito🤣 Downloaded Duckman a few years ago and i like to visit every once in a while.

@@honeybaby51 I like how you punk ass b****** are running your mouth I don't hear anyone talking about dr. Katz you know when I grew up was one big dog in the house and that was his name was katz

Duckman was awesome!... Wonder what became of Jason Alexander.

A crossover between THOSE two franchises would probably KILL me...with laughter!

Duckman was an amazing show. It was deeper than a cartoon should be. Bojack horseman owes a lot to Duckman.

@@DM0407 he’s living his life like the rest of us, just not in the spotlight like a typical celebrity

@@Bingo_the_Pug He was two years into a still not very popular Seinfeld run when this show ended, that was the joke.

LoL it wasn't "gone before it's time. It got cancelled for the simple reason that " IT STINKS!" 😂

​@@elgatofelix8917lol yeah it was gone just in time to be considered great. The show must have peaked really really early, like pilot early.

@@Fractal_blip The First Season was its True Highlight as well as ALL the 1994 Pop Culture References it had. But in '95, you could tell something was amiss, the Writing begin to feel Plodding, Cloying, and Ponderous. It was the RIGHT Decision to pull the Plug in '96 after that. The Really lackluster Season 2 pretty much bogged the entire show down. They Canceled it at the right time.

​@@Tornado1994 I disagree, if Family Guy can last for 30 years with its nincompoop audience, why couldn't the credit

Maurice LaMarche is reportedly a gigantic fan, which further explains the "Yes, Always" episode of Pinky & The Brain.

"Mrs Paul's fish sticks...they're even better when you're DEAD!"

"I present you THE NIGHT OF THE LIVING WILL"

@@omarchin1379 I'm surprised Maurice didn't reflexively break into "E-yesss, Pinky!"

they're even better raw

Completely agree. Hate Big Mouth.

Things like that are why I think it was cancelled. The "uh-oh, The Jig is up" was more honest than people realize IMO :D

Jay Sherman being voiced by an actor as arrogant, obnoxious, and insufferable as the character (so was that really "acting"?) helped immensely.

I have been known to quote the Ted Kennedy line, "I didn't come here with pants on and I'm not leaving with any!"

"What luck, there's a french fry stuck in my beard!"

Same with the 'wardrobe malfunction' although there, mostly the blame fell on Janet Jackson. I don't blame race, I blame age and of course the Jackson name.

Curtis has been "grabbed" by all the Hollywood elites. Most women have to be if they want to make it on the big screen. Same with little boys as well.

That is DEFINITELY not why The Critic was cancelled and doesn't even rank on a top 500 reasons for it.

Fox was never able to launch a hit in the post-Simpsons pre-MWC timeslot until *King of the Hill.*

@@bigduke5902 That's good to know. Thanks for your authoritative and informative statement.

And he's been DRINKING!

@@MegaMagicdog "No, I won't pray with you"! and "I still say you're a LOUSY pilot!"

You *understand* the silverware? Cuckoo-cuckoo!

interesting. I might have seen that episode. The one episode I remember was when Jay's son went to a fat camp to lose weight.

@@jonplaud There was a Satirical Number in one Episode that talked about how "Film Critics Get Advanced Copies of Opening New Films Two Weeks before Moviegoers get to see them" and it was supposed to have Jay Pop out during the number with his catchphrase, but he gets Stuck and after 1 minute everyone else just gives up.

I agree, bringing shows back has pretty much never worked out, The Critic was so early 90s in the best ways and Siskel and Ebert were so much a part of pop culture at that time.

@@BishopWalters12 The Second Season was kinda of a Mess. That's why it got canned. The Critic was a Flash-in-The-Pan Animated Series that was the talk of the town in '94 who's novelty and originality quickly burned out in 1995.

Simpsons "Jumped The Shark", IMO, about the time of the Y2K "Treehouse of Horror" episode. It has moments of brilliance every now and then (like another THOH vignette about "The Great Pumpkin", aka "Pumpkin Segregation Forever!"), but largely, it's been limping along for twenty or so years, and IDK Fox doesn't just put it out of its misery. The "Critic", "Duckman", "Pinky and the Brain", and "Rocko's Modern Life" simply didn't last long enough to get stale. In most cases, their producers simply wanted to move on, and there's another reason why Simpsons would last while these other great cartoons don't...MERCHANDISING. Simply put, the Simpsons is still a merch cash cow. Sure, I'd pay a hefty sum for a Jay Sherman "buy my book!" cardboard standup, but that's not exactly a mass market item. "Pinky and the Brain" was especially sad, as I wonder what nitwit decided to retool the show into "Pinky, ELMIRA, and the Brain"? I swear that was to deliberately kill it. As for Duckman, at least there was potential in some smart-assed T-shirts ("What the hell RU staring at?").

@@selfdo I don't think a jumping the shark moment can be traced to a Treehouse of Horror episode. The whole point of those was that anything goes. Their jumping the shark moment has to be "The Principal and the Pauper". I know it's the typical answer, but I believe that's for a good reason.

Agree. I loved it until about season 9/10. And I agree that it may differ from person to person, but the largely accepted answer is The Princpal and the Pauper. Oddly enough, I didn't mind that episode.

@@selfdo Simpsons Jumped the Shark in 2000 after killing off Maude Flanders in a very mean spirited way. Its been a Zombie since then. The Critic Ran out of Gas after its first season. As for Duckman? Production ended in 1997 because both Jason Alexander and Nancy Travis got too busy to continue with it and both each had a Dispute on how they wanted to end it. Jason wanted Duckman Martyred. Nancy wanted a Soap Opera like satirical finale where Duckman and Bernice end up falling in love with each other and make plans to get married when Beatrice suddenly returns.

We agree that Simpsons JTS about 2000.

My favorite Duke moment is when he opened the Day Care Center, and had the freezer shaped to look like him where frozen yogurt came out of his nose. Then he said “you should see the Biscuit Shooter”

I remember that scene. One of my favorite scenes is when Jay recalls his Disastrous Honeymoon with his Ex Wife sheepishly, when all the sudden, the Thought Bubble unexpectedly Grows into the Size of a Blob and starts Consuming Jay Sherman as he stops laughing and starts screaming as if the Memory is Devouring him.

My favorite of the whole show was Franklin with the Owl

Duke Philips had such Mr. Burns energy. I love him.

REELZ channel too

I discovered this show on CC...

duckman to

Dr Katz also...

I bought the box set just because I hadn't really seen it get aired in the years since. Although, that may be on me for not watching TV that much.

The Critic, Simpsons, Animamiacs, Batman-Animated Series, Duckman, Pinky and the Brain, Freakazoid...90s animation ROCKED.,

But I have nowhere to go...

Alice (to the usher): Get away, zit-face! Jay: That's why I love her!

@@selfdo Oh yeah! I forgot that.

@@BurnDoubt "Is the........ Snack bar still open?"

@@selfdo "I'm Stuck in the chair!"

It doesn't just applies to movies, but one could claim the same is true about video games, too.

Every barrel has a bottom.

I hate to admit it, but I agree with the video game thing. I've been gaming since '85 and can't remember the last time I looked forward to a game release.

@@johnnythewalrus…….sounds like your just getting old Every generation does this crap

Really, out of all the films you could have gone for you go for Dial of Destiny? The one that not only is meant as a conclusion but is better in almost every way to Crystal Skull?

"Pardon, me, is this Chaunakah town? No, it's the Vatican...and I'm "Pope School I". Oy!"

Yes. If you don't love Duke Philips I don't know what is wrong with you.

as far as I'm concerned "Rat Race" is a Lovitz movie

Agreed. It makes perfect sense that "Mom and Dad Saved the World" bombed and is barely remembered, but having watched it again recently I think it holds up as a funny if dumb and campy comedy. "No. I like the goatee better. Shoot yourself in the head!"

I suspected that especially with Gracie Films. The Critic came into public conscience Shortly after Duckman(Duckman was Already Making Headlines during late 1993 and had a Test Pilot Run on Comedy Central and didn't picked up by USA Network until January 1994, as CC decided not to pick up Duckman due to Klasky Csupo being Behind schedule for its first 13 Episodes, The First Season was supposed to be Ready by The Holiday Season of 1993 ) and I DO remember production of the Critic being slowed down by the Northridge Quake. Episode 11 of Duckman "Confinger" was actually scrapped due to the Northridge Quake, as "American Dicks" is just an Edited Repackaging of the original 1993 Pilot.(Klasky Csupo was also on hiatus from Rugrats production at the time and was trying to finish AAAH! Real Monsters and have it ready for the Fall). I Vividly remember ONLY the Pilot airing on ABC on March 6,1994 the following day after Duckman's USA Network premiere and FOX Picking the series up immediately.(Remember, the Simpsons didn't Return to Sundays until that Fall and had been on Thursdays since Season 2 in 1990-91 And In Living Color which had ruled FOX's Sunday Timeslot was coming to an end as production and Taping was discontinued in November 1993). I suspected the Quake affected production of several Animated Series and it affecting The Critic certainly means that only HALF of the First Season was ready by Early '94. Making MOST of the Air Dates of S1 inaccurate and placing most of their Broadcast Dates of March 6th-June 12th 1994. The Critic being affected by Northridge isn't surprising. It's shocking how Mediocre Building Codes were in the Valley. You'd think 23 years after Sylmar, that North Los Angeles County would have improved Earthquake Resistant Infrastructure. I applaud you and the Layout and BG Artists for Solidering on able to finish everything with S1 despite the Quake.

@@Tornado1994 Interesting; lots I didn't know there. Yeah, the fourth floor (us) was virtually destroyed; I don't remember what the Simpsons did: they were on the first floor but the building was so damaged only management was allowed to enter. A chunk of the roof was hanging over the parking lot. We called each other, and director Alan Smart had most of his episode at home for some reason, so we all drove to his house for scenes and worked at home for a while. Paychecks were handed out by the production manager in her yard. Strangely, I didn't remember the schedule being affected as we made our first airdate on ABC and that's where the focus was, I guess. I want to say the wrap party was at Jerry's Deli (bowling alley) on Ventura...I wanted to talk to James Brooks about the "Mary Tyler Moore Show" but couldn't work up the nerve.

@@SurferJoe1 Fascinating! So Simpsons Co Producer James Brooks had a Key role in the Development of The Critic? Regarding calling the Production Crew, seeing as this was the Mid 90s, I'm sure each of you had Multiple Pagers. That's really neat to hear to that you and the Crew were beyond determined to finish production of S1 despite the Quake. That was really cool of Alan Smart to keep the Dailies for his Remaining Written episodes and have the Crew finish them up at home and to do panels and scenes at his House. "Mary Tyler Moore Show". Hmmm....So there was Plans for a MTM '94 Reboot? Interesting, because I do know that Get Smart got a Reboot later that year that did get picked up by FOX.

Spectacular Spider-Man couldn't continue because Disney bought Marvel so the rights were split between Disney and Sony. Earth's Mightiest Heroes was cancelled by Jeph Loeb after he was put in charge of Marvel Television. Although, a secondary reason was that Boyd Kirkland, one of the showrunners, passed away when they were making the second season.

Maybe one day

Yeah. That First Season.

He could be a social media influencer (or trying to be)and struggling with YT's "rules", the hyper sensitivity of wokies, getting potentially cancelled, I think it's possible. People with social media accounts can have millions of followers so Jay could be one of those trying to get to his 2,000th!

@@MegaMagicdog You see it too how The Critic could be brought back. i like your thinking !

You just made me glad this show was never revived

I agree. Duke was a wonderful character. Around our house, we still say, "It's a Duke-tastrophe!" Jay's dad is great too. "I didn't ask to be Secretary of Balloon Doggies, they demanded it! Isn't that right, balloon doggie?!"

@@deementia6796 He knew the name of the only Veep to die before he took the oath of office...William Rufus DeVane King, in 1853.

I’ll just take a few of these for the road…