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It's hard to find a better word (or rather compound word) to describe this then Kyle Mooneyesque. The SNL comedian has cultivated a very specific brand of nostalgia-based parody from the late 80s and early 90s and it's extra meaningful if you grew up on TGIF or Fox's Saturday morning block.

Each of the eight episodes follows a series of cartoons. There's one following the heroics of two professional athletes who live in the shadows of their more famous brother (Robin Lopez or Jarron Collins must finally be seen!) and are unusually violent that has shades of the 90s X-Men cartoons. Another has a dinosaur (based on Denver the Last Dinosaur) who gets suicidally depressed in the first episode.

The show is framed by two twin brothers cosplaying as Saved by the Bell extras who talk like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and even make up their own words like "zwaaz" (likely, a play on the turtles adding "cowabunga" in the vernacular). There are also public service announcements that highlight, well-- the ineffectiveness of 90s public service announcements (think DARE) if nothing else, previews of live action films (extremely softball plugs) and promotional tie-ins that are hilariously obvious but not too different from today's corporate synergy.

Then the show begins to get more serialized in a way that Kyle Mooney's SNL sketches never have the capacity to be. This is why this show exists.

One of the less overtly funny shows (based off Thundercats and He-Man) starts to get a better gimmick when one of the twins, Skip, gets a one-line cameo. Similar to how Jaleel White famously wreaked havoc on the rest of the cast's air time on "Modern Family" through accidentally hitting upon the show's catch phrase "Did I Do That?", Skip instantly gets catapulted as the face of the show and spearheads a live action film. Meanwhile, his brother gets left in the dust. On top of that there's a casually played out murder behind the scenes.

It would be all very dark and complex if it wasn't filtered through the "cowabunga" air-guitar-shredding cheeriness of 90s TV.

As opposed to broad and aggressive (Mike Meyers), random (Lonely Island), or exploring the "what if"s and meandering on tangents (Seth MacFarland), Kyle Mooney's style of parody is an intricately-constructed recreation with glaring holes. It's the juxtaposition that's the joke and while many reviews say he might not be for everyone, there's a lot to appreciate.

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Saturday Morning All-Star Hits is an adult live-action/animation show that serves as a parody of cartoons from the 80's and 90's. Hosted by Skip and Treybor (who are an obvious parody of NBC's Saturday morning cartoon block having two teens hosting), the show is basically like Comedy Central's version of TV Funhouse, complete with cartoon parodies and fake commercials. However, making this different is that the cartoons are parodies of the ones from the 1980's and 1990's (like Randy, which is a parody of Denver The Last Dinosaur, The Create-A-Crittles, which parodies Care Bears, and the Strongimals, which parodies Thundercats). This is a good adult cartoon series, with some good voice actors (like Kyle Mooney, Cree Summer, Frank Welker, and even Eric Bauza and Kevin Michael Richardson), and the cartoons and fake commercials are well done. If there's one thing I wish they can improve on, it's the Skip and Trybor segments, as they seem to be too generic and out of place among the cartoon carnage (although one episode, DANGER, makes fun of the horribly bad Cartoon All-Stars To The Rescue, especially the messed up moments). And best of all, the cartoons are all tied to one specific plot, as are the live action scenes. This is one show worth giving a try if you are into parodies and want to relive the glory days of childhood (only in adult form).

I'm a huge Kyle Mooney fan and I loved it. The live action scenes remind me of his Good Neighbor videos and the cartoons are hilariously on point as 80s parodies. But, the best part of all is how Kyle Mooney it all is. The awkwardness, insular references, self-deprecation: it's all there. Add in a surreal and intricate backdrop of Saturday morning 80's cartoons and you get SMASH! Here's hoping for a second season.

A really well observed and skilfully produced homage to 80's and 90's Saturday morning TV ( which is sadly non existent now). Not only is it very clever and cool, it's really well written and genuinely enjoyable. It absolutely transported me back to a very happy time in life, lying in bed enjoying those wonderful cartoons. It somehow has bottled the energy, fun and optimism of that time. More art than skit. Fantastic.

The Create-A-Crittles are perfect. Randy is a real joy to watch. And it was heartwrenching to see Lil' Bruce get canceled.

The Strongimals and Pro Bros didn't work for me. The Live-Action Scenes were great though. Keep it up Kyle.

If you've been a fan of Kyle Mooney since even before his SNL years, you'll love SMASH. Mooney perfectly encapsulates his brand of comedy in this show and you won't be disappointed.

First off, when i turned this on i was falling asleep. I honestly had no idea what it was about. I woke up just as the opening sequence for "Randy" ended, and I was in tears laughing my ass off as the episode began, even though i was literally asleep 5 seconds earlier.

I don't get the criticisms people have of this. It gives you a nostalgic feel with the typical over-the-top stylings of your childhood Saturday morning hosts.

The animosity between the brothers is absolutely hillarious, that you forget it is one guy playing two roles as "twins".

It is an insane trip, with all the political incorrectness that we crave from a much simpler time.

I haven't seen it to the end yet, and will give it a rating after completion, but i felt all the negative comments were completely unjustified, and needed to post something.

If you're an 80's baby, check it out. Absolutely hillarious.

Love it, im in chapter 4 so far, its so funny., charming and bizarre at times..haha, my favpurite show here is the Care Bears parody, and i oove the show its remember me some og 90's Nikelodeon shows and series like Denver but with adult swim mix. Love the colours, texture and 90's,80's aestethic.

Ps: I really want to buy and eat a subway everytime u watch the show ahha!

I was looking forward to watching this series when I saw the first trailer hit. It is almost exactly what I thought it would be. It's a great throwback to the cartoons I grew up with. I would have given it a higher rating, but there was something that felt a little bit off. Maybe it was because the star of the show, Kyle Mooney, was in it too much. I don't watch SNL, so I don't know if these characters are typical of him, but come on, he plays 5 characters and does I don't know how many voices for them. Too much KM for me. Paul Rudd voices one of the characters though. That's pretty cool. He plays a Dave like character from the Alvin and the Chipmunks and it is pretty spot on.

Pros: Some Saturday Morning veterans voicing this series (Maurice LaMarche aka the Brain and Cree Summer aka Suzie Carmichael, little known fact: latter was also on The Care Bears Movie); dinosaur cartoon turned college drama known as Randy, Create-A-Crittles (think Care Bears in the UK), Strongimals; Lil' Bruce (spoof of Howie Mandel's underrated Bobby's World), vaporwave VHS aesthetics Cons: Uuuuuuuuh.. subs? ;)

But it ended getting less and less interesting. The initial episodes were funny and smart. The cartoons were great and we got just enough of the hosts to keep them entertaining. Then they switched gears, started lowering the quality of the cartoons and focused more on the live action characters. It just kept going downhill after that. I was completely disinterested by episode 7, but I finished it.

Instead of watching this show, I'd suggest getting an 80 year-old in poor physical shape to dress in hot pants, crop top, and FMPs and hang off you in public. It will be just about as cringe-worthy as this hot mess. From the point of view of this American born in 1969, SMASH comes across as something made by someone who THINKS he knows what it was like then (but doesn't really) and lacks the ability to actually inject humor into the attempt to spoof it. I strongly suspect that the majority of those giving it glowing reviews are from a generation or two after mine as well.

This is a loving pet project with exacting detail, something that's hilarious on the first playthrough but gets you sucked in deep on the 2nd pausing & looking at things. Not in a Lost way but in a Rick & Morty way before analyzing Rick & Morty became weird. I've never seen such a heartfelt ending to a cult classic like this. Yet this dude's complaining the showrunner's taking on too many roles? Like 5 across 4 hours of final cut content? The gucj bruh?

An adequate parody of your favorite cartoons and their host(s) from you childhood. This show is mainly aimed to the now old kids from US. We get a lot of animated shorts which has their own story arc going on along with the live action drama about our "beloved" hosts. In the end this is a good dive into our childhood with visuals and a semi interesting plot with the energy from those over hyped hosts. Only thing what we need is: well probably more.

It's not LOL funny, but it is extremely smart, dark in its humor and themes, and captures the era perfectly. I do wish more of an emphasis was placed on making the audience laugh, but there's so much to appreciate if you're a child of the 80's and 90's and a fan of Kyle Mooney. I really want to see Mooney find success and appreciation at the level he deserves.

Kyle Mooney knocked it out of the park on this one! Funky and dark humored cartoons cut with news of an intriguing mystery that could only have been written by someone who still holds a grudge against the near-constant 24 hr news cycle interruptions of the 90s. This show is so clever & charming, it'll have you saying "uh... subs?"

If you where born in the late 70s or 80s and like stuff like family guy and South Park, then there's a good chance you'd like this.

Remember when you where a little kid and on weekend mornings, you'd be sat in front of the TV with a big bowl of cereal? This is what this show is about, but with a twist for more grown up audiences.

They really managed to catch the essence of that era, from how the animation was done,m and Alo the costumes and sets was all 100% spot on. There's so many little hidden/obvious ( depending on viewers age) references to characters and people from that era. Plus the two Californian bogus style presenters was the icing on the cake, due to how stereotypical they where.

I would love to see more of the Little Crittles, they deserve to have their own cartoon show. The show is meant for people with a darker sense of humor and at times can be very deus ex machina. I skipped the live action portions, didnt interest me but the show would be a 10 if it was just the cartoons. If you liked shows like Aqua Teen Hunger Force or Tim and Eric, my guess is you're gonna like this.

I can relate to this show quite a bit because I grew up in the 90's and I watched most of the cartoons that they altered. In fact most of the cartoons reminded me of not just one cartoon from the 80's and 90's but I was reminded of two to three different shows that were put into one. For example, when I watched Randy, it made me think of Denver the last Dinosaur and Scooby Doo. They did an excellent job of bringing up the nostalgia not just with the cartoons but of the segments between them. It was very well put together and they showed plenty of stuff for anyone who grew up at the time. The songs were catchy and they had some laugh out loud moments.

I did like the 80's effect on the cartoons though. They had the right amount of graininess and animated frames. It reminded me of some early Ruby/Spears creations.

Kyle Mooney and Ben Jones are both masters at creating characters for sketch/cartoons (respectively), so this is as a dream come true project for me (as a fan of Paper Rad, Good Neighbor Stuff, Alfe, Problen Solverz, Tux Dig, Wyld File...) The bananas awkward parody of Mooney and post modern cartoon pastiche of Jones, fast paced, face blast editing style. For fans of left field comedy, short attention span, high octane, baroque pop culture referencing a broad spectrum, yet highly specific, time period in children's programming, in a contemporary comedic style. The type of parody that only comes from a deep love of the subject matter.

As a child of the 80's yeah these shows are pretty spot on but the humor is not there. Aren't parodies supposed to be funny? I feel like for the most part these would be pretty close to the shows as they actually were in the 80's and not really parodies and that's not good because what I found funny as a kid is banal and tedious to me now.