Dic Geeks

We'll be honest here, we done goofed up again. We originally thought that The Power Team was created by DiC Entertainment, which seemed reasonable considering neither of us thought they'd really bow to the rules of loyalty and would go wherever money called. Unfortunately, in doing this we were placing our faith entirely in the Wikipedia article for it, which lists DHX Media as the distributor and has the "Television shows by DIC Entertainment" category attached to it. This same article also happens to have a "several citations needed" box at the top of the page, which has been present since 2008. I mean we're not going to back down from doing it now that we've said we're gonna do it but, we're definitely gonna make sure that what we plan to watch in the future is actually Dic beforehand*.

Now, The Power Team is actually a cartoon segment within a larger show, entitled Video Power. Video Power is a largely throwaway encasing for the cartoon, in which the hyperactive sentient 90s haircut Johnny Power gives the viewers "reviews" and "hints" to various NES games. I say that but watch any episode of the show and you'll find out that the reviews are actually more along the lines of endorsements and the hints are massively inaccurate and technically another endorsement for a magazine. As for the cartoon itself, well...it's alright? It's a fairly harmless cartoon antics team based show, in the vein of but certainly not the same as Captain N (despite what people say). As an added bonus we also mention the completely different second season of Video Power, wherein the cartoon is discarded and the entire thing is converted into an awkward game show.

The inhabitants of Videoland are in grave danger! The King has been trapped within a mirror world, leaving the (obviously) helpless princess in danger! Despite her trio of comic sidekicks, she's unable to defend the land, hiding away in a generic palace-y type area. But suddenly, the Power Glove, almighty being that it is, exclaims about there being an ULTIMATE WARRIOR, and that it's now opening the ULTIMATE WARP ZONE to bring him in. Aaaaand it's Generic 90s White Kid #4928, everyone! Err, I mean Kevin! Yes. 

For as exhausted as we sound in this episode (trust me, we were very exhausted), it's a pretty fun one! To welcome Season 2 with open arms, Avery has done some dark incantations and introduced a little Spice(tm) to the episodes. We hope you enjoy it, cos they sure did (trackball complications aside)!

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In the second and final part of our Christmas DVD spectacular, we take an in-depth look at Disc 2 of that Shout Factory DVD boxset. 'Twas The Night Before Bumpy (1995)' is a feature length stop-motion animated Christmas special of Danger Productions' 'Bump In The Night', and is as about half as enjoyable as you'd expect a 10-minute cartoon format stretched out to over an hour could be. 'Jingle Bell Rock (1995)' on the other hand was an original made for TV half-hour special which gives an origin story for the hit Bobby Helms Christmas song, and is a weirdly enjoyable Christmas artefact for reasons we'll get into on the podcast itself. 

We hope you've all had some happy holidays, whatever it be that you celebrate, and we're looking forward to getting onto season 2 proper in the new year!

It's a Christmas Miracle! Not only do we return, but we return to cover an entire Shout Factory published DVD boxset of Christmas specials! In the first episode of this very special two-parter we take a detailed look at the three cartoons on the first disc: 'Sonic Christmas Blast (1996)' is a Christmas special for Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog aired three years after the show was cancelled, made to advertise a game that never materialised, 'Santa What-A-Mess (1995)' is the Christmas special for DiC's take on the Frank Muir/Joseph Wright childrens books and is nothing short of charming, and 'A Hollywood Hounds Christmas (1994)' is a one-off special made to advertise a horrifying-looking toy line that the internet barely registers the existence of. We get a bit angry at that one, so heads up.

Avery would like it to be known that the editing is perhaps a little jankier than usual because she's a little out of practice. Also, this episode is hella longer than our usual content, so a heads up on that too.

It's a Christmas Miracle! Not only do we return, but we return to cover an entire Shout Factory published DVD boxset of Christmas specials! In the first episode of this very special two-parter we take a detailed look at the three cartoons on the first disc: 'Sonic Christmas Blast (1996)' is a Christmas special for Adventures of Sonic The Hedgehog aired three years after the show was cancelled, made to advertise a game that never materialised, 'Santa What-A-Mess (1995)' is the Christmas special for DiC's take on the Frank Muir/Joseph Wright childrens books and is nothing short of charming, and 'A Hollywood Hounds Christmas (1994)' is a one-off special made to advertise a horrifying-looking toy line that the internet barely registers the existence of. We get a bit angry at that one, so heads up.

Avery would like it to be known that the editing is perhaps a little jankier than usual because she's a little out of practice. Also, this episode is hella longer than our usual content, so a heads up on that too.

Whooooo~ Spooky halloween podcast~! Be very afraid! Bad audio problems, buggered up recording, and all sorts of other errors and problems abound!! And on our final episode too! Golly gee gosh darn. Well, either way, here's our impressions on The Real Ghostbusters (or Slimer! and The Real Ghostbusters. We count the two as separate things due to how shit the latter one is.) See you in a couple months!! https://mostlykobolds.com

Music taken from both the official Real Ghostbusters ost and also theres a track from a PSP game called Onore No Shinzuru Michi Wo Yuke in there too. Because why not??

The year was 1999, and a supernatural comedy series about a blonde-haired young adult with powers was on everybody's watch-list. But this isn't about the sadly never produced Buffy The Vampire Slayer animated spinoff (there's a test reel on Youtube, incidentally): Instead we're talking about the OTHER late 90s supernatural series Sabrina The Teenage Witch. But with ABC's money, Archie Comics' licence and Melissa Joan Hart's family ties did DiC actually succeed in putting out something half decent with this antic-filled teen comedy?

Somebody truly thought that 'Clowns that are nice to people, but who are also children, and are also sort of an ethnic minority group maybe' was the greatest ever idea for a childrens' show. 

Not even the voice of Brad Garrett imitating the Hulkster can save this from mediocry, brotherrrrr!

With a title like this and a theme tune ripped directly from the Best of eJay Demo Tunes 1996 Edition, this was guaranteed to be a fun romp. Fortunately, in a pleasant turn of events - it was! 22nd Century is a bit of an interesting one, not only in its entire premise, but also in that it's a successful co-production between Dic Animation and Scottish Television (aka STV). Featuring a no-star cast of characters (save for Lestrade's voice actor, who went on to be Lieutenant Liu in Alienators) and a striking blend of 3D CGI and 2D animation, SHIT22C aimed to bring Holmes "back to life".

Also we mentioned that we wished they had just dressed Watson up in his old clothing - upon looking up screenshots of this cartoon, I found that he does eventually get the clothes which makes his design infinitely better.