The Story of The Super Mario Bros Super Show, King Koopa's Kool Kartoons & It's Lost Media

[@davidmatoushek9111]

I find it convenient that this got uploaded not only to tie in with the movie's release, but also the fact that the Mario theme got inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress last week. Lots of synergy there.

[@SecretGalaxyTV]

If we had planned it, it would've been uploaded a few weeks ago. We're not that smart.

[@MattBSmith]

Marionergy.

[@JustPlayTheGame76]

@@SecretGalaxyTV We all know you are in league with the "Deep State" this was done on purpose after you got your million dollar check from Disney. Why Disney, because Disney controls ALL of entertainment but they keep the front of NOT owning it so as not to arouse suspicion. In case you havent figured it out, Im kidding about it all. 🤣

[@daschwah]

“A guy in a suit?” SIR. The original King Koopa was none other than Chris “Starscream/Cobra Commander” Latta, who was apparently fired for being too terrifying to work with. Yet another fitting page in a truly fascinating character’s story.

[@greenkoopa]

Yeah King Koopa has a rage problem

[@collins.4380]

Wow, a character Latta voiced that I can't imagine Charlie Adler voicing.

[@mlmaronilla]

What? He wasssss a mannnnn

[@TheRealMonkeyrogue]

Similar to Tim Curry in Batman The Animated Series. Nice.

[@TorquilMcLeod]

Wow, the guy who voice Starscream and Cobra Commander dressed as King Koopa and terrifying children is both awful and funny.

[@versebuchanan512]

I'm furiously doing the Mario as hard as I can. RIP Cap'n Lou

[@dendostar5436]

My wife met him in a pizza parlor as a little girl! She says she was very scared of him, but that Captain Lou was very nice and talked to her dolly.

[@greenkoopa]

Yes, it was all part of the plan! *NOW YOURE HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS* 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rudeboyjohn3483]

Power up, brother

[@hezekiahramirez6965]

Swing your arms from side to side! Step to the front, that's how we ride!

[@jamieoiler5690]

lou died of the diabetes

[@MCastleberry1980]

I always defend this show. Not everything needs to "hold up" as an adult. 8 year old me was just stoked to see Nintendo characters in a cartoon with Nintendo sounds and music. It's ok for some things to just be that thing you liked as a kid and leave it there as a warm fuzzy memory

[@brianjl7477]

Yes. I was so shocked and absolutely elated when they dropped that Mario Bros. Plumbing commercial with the rap. I went into it cold and was like, WOW! Then I was singing along!

[@eelobrian6727]

Preach!🙌

[@chul074]

HA! Warm fuzzy, that's so 80's

[@MiBrCo4177]

This exactly lol.

[@wowno5763]

​@@brianjl7477even as a kid i thought the song was cringe.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

King Koopa's Kool Kartoons might not stay lost media for too much longer. Some of the participants on the show have come forth and are looking to get their VHS copies digitized.

[@geardog24]

Lou Albano, Danny Wells, and Chris Latta will always be legends and the main reason this series is fondly remembered.

[@eddiejoewalt7746]

Chris Latta will always be known as THE COWARD PERSON (STARSCREAM AND COBRA COMMANDER)

[@Peppersfirst]

Absolutely. I'm so grateful for my childhood. And feel so sorry for the kids of today.

[@alucard624]

That, and the Zelda cartoon. "Excuse me, Princess!" is iconic.

[@TheMaskedheel]

To me it’s so weird that Danny Wells is the age I am now at the time of this but he looks so much older.

[@SchlossRitter]

​@@TheMaskedheel people aged faster back then probably due to prevalent cigarette smoke and other factors.

[@jenniferlemke7884]

My uncle Ralph was best friends with (Captain) Lou Albano. One day, he invited him over to my grandmother's house to introduce him because my grandmother was a huge WWF wrestling fan at the time. She actually believed it was real. When my grandmother saw Lou Albano walk through the door, she pointed a finger at him and yelled "You're a very bad man! Get out of my house!"😂

[@JGreen-le8xx]

You know what's just as bad? My grandmother was the same way. Loved WWF and Hulk Hogan and thought the whole thing was real up to her dying day.

[@haljordan777]

My mother disliked Jim Cornette because she thought wrestling was real. Turns out she was right about Cornette being an a**hole even though wrestling itself isn't real.

[@CharlesWorkPPL]

Is this when he did his heel/face turn?

[@bls8959]

@@haljordan777 Ya he's a crazy liberal

[@Angie2343]

One of the show's guests stars, Sgt. Slaughter AKA Robert Remus, was under investigation by the USMC when the show was filming his scenes.

[@HeadCannonPrime]

I can't believe this was only one season back then. It felt like it was on for years. I suppose 60 episodes would be like 4 seasons today.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

It's because it got reran to death for nearly a decade even as its sequels were running. Plus those other shows were so similar and had the same cast it was basically the same show anyway.

[@lutherheggs451]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Syndication.....a regular series and a syndicated series have different lengths per "season"....A regular series may have between 13-22 episodes, to be syndicated I believe 60-64 episodes are required

[@makeup9972]

They did a lot of reruns on it cause it was so popular

[@AgentNevets]

I thought it was one season…of like 13 episodes lol. I’m shocked to hear how many there were!

[@kadosho02]

This series was a wild ride. Wacky, fun, and magical. Animated adventures. Felt like a dream came true.

[@MichaelShaw-b2u]

To this day, Captain Lou will always be my Mario

[@Angie2343]

And Danny Wells as Luigi.

[@MrLawrenceflowers]

No lie told here and they’re petrified of pro wrestlers like Roddy Rowdy Piper lol

[@ulysees321]

100% this, mine to,

[@Peppersfirst]

I loved watching this show when I was a kid. And watching Zelda on Friday's was a treat.

[@WillKeaton]

Though Maurice LaMarche did portray the live action Inspector Gadget on the _Super Show,_ the voice of Inspector Gadget in the original DIC cartoon was not LaMarche, but Don Adams, who also played Maxwell Smart on _Get Smart._ However, in later iterations of _Inspector Gadget,_ LaMarche did take over the role as the main character, replacing the, by then deceased, Don Adams.

[@mightyfilm]

If you want to get REALLY technical, Maurice joined the Inspector Gadget cartoon second season, mostly as various MAD Agents and Chief Quimby, but also did substitute loop dialogue for Adams, as well as voicing some of Gadget's ancestors during a weird 3-part time travel plot line. He would do more loop dialogue for the 90's Inspector Gadget Saves Christmas special before becoming the main voice for a couple DTV movies and Gadget and the Gadgetinis.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Oh thank goodness for a minute there I thought I was having a pretty serious Mandela effect moment where I remember things completely different than how they actually were. And I definitely remember Don Adams being Inspector gadget, and I remember that terrible get smarter show from the 90s as well. That was awful. But yeah, I actually didn’t know about Maurice LaMarche. That’s not surprising considering his prevalence in the voice work landscape at the time, but it is surprising just how much he really was in practically everything if not literally everything.

[@mightyfilm]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu It was pretty early in Maurice's career, like 1985 when season 2 aired. That was when the show's voice acting duties moved from Canada to the US (Don Adams and Frank Welker recorded their lines in California and were dubbed in for season 1).

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@mightyfilm I had no idea they'd redubbed season one that's crazy. Then again the more I learn the more I remember things differently or realize I saw alternate versions of things or original versions or something different and honestly voice stuff is always weirdly complicated. I've been absolutely amazed finding out how much of the ocean dub team were involved with all sorts of stuff when I was a kid or younger anyway. One of the most mind-blowing things I remember as a teen was hearing a radio interview with the three main cast members of animaniacs that was incredible. It was so surreal hearing people I'd heard for the better part of a decade speaking with thier regular voices.

[@mightyfilm]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu Well, most of season 1 was redubbed with Frank Welker as Dr. Claw, but there are a few episodes where Don Francks still can be heard in the role. Gadget Goes West at least. I don't know how the Don Adams dialogue was handled. Either he recorded first or there was a scratch track for the other performers to go off of. Seems like they did the same thing with the Mario cartoon and at least Lou Albano's voice. Everyone else in that show was Canadian based at the time.

[@MonsterKidCory]

Oh man, back in the 80's Nintendo was my lifestyle. I was one of the only kids in school to have an NES and the only one to have a Nintendo Power subscription. I'd watch Super Mario Bros. Super Show every morning before school, and on Fridays after school my parents let me rent a video game for the weekend from one of the local video rental stores. Captain Lou will ALWAYS be my Mario.

[@jinpei05]

What good memories I have of watching this show, both the animated and live-action segments. And of course, The Legend of Zelda on Fridays!

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

I have the complete series of Zelda. It's great in its badness, lol.

[@greenkoopa]

Excuuuuuuuse me, princess!

[@TonyGearSolid]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio I watched it recently for the first time since I was like 6 and it wasn't as awful as I was expecting. It was also a lot hornier than I remembered, because man there were a few times Link and Zelda were like three seconds away from becoming teen pregnant if something didn't suddenly interrupt them.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@TonyGearSolid Yeah, it does definitely seem like Link is into angry seggs.

[@WVUer21]

@@TonyGearSolid Teen Mom Princess on MTV

[@bootsthecat6718]

As a kid I had a VHS tape that included the episode where they meet Ernie Hudson, I watched it countless times

[@jinpei05]

I love how the theme song was retooled to be an ad for the plumbing business in the Super Mario Bros Movie from Universal and Illumination 😅

[@EvaFull]

This show is how I got introduced to Steppenwolf & Magic Carpet Ride (Still one of my favorite Pre-Metal Songs) because of the episode with the Magic Carpet.

[@streetmagik3105]

Those Friday Zelda episodes always felt special. It was fun having something to look forward to as a kid.

[@stevenrachal8517]

OMG I can not believe you found footage of Club Mario! I remember watching the episode where they went completely nuts and essentially quit on air. The one guy started saying everything was fake and the satellite dish was just an umbrella.

[@JoeNayDoh]

I had the worst Mandela Effect when it came to The Super Mario Bros Super Show. I remembered the cartoon but never any of the live action segments. Took me till now to realize that's cause I originally watched them during the Club Mario rebrand and now a great weight has been lifted from my nostalgia.

[@adrian_veidt]

Imma say it, Lou Albano had the best mario voice and Danny Wells for luigi. 👌👌 The op song is catchy asf

[@DoodleThis]

Agreed!

[@ianbrowning7437]

Still hum the ending theme at work when i hit my groove. Rip Lou Albano

[@Angie2343]

And is in the movie!

[@Dorian_sapiens]

*Albaaano

[@saphcal]

I love that the lady from the Mario Bros Plumbing ad from the movie is the lady who voiced the Princess in the original cartoon :D

[@hpph7133]

Definitely a staple of my childhood. Club Mario felt like a slap in the face (but i still watched). Though the hard luck life the Mario Brothers live action segments dealt with could be emotional gut punches. They had an O. Henry Gift of the Magi themed episode where they get scammed out of their gifts or getting yelled at by celebrities because something unusual happened and they chose to vent at the brothers.

[@alucard624]

Club Mario was and still is godawful. There's a reason most of it no longer exists.

[@sneakyskunk1]

Shuki Levy is a beast. There are so many amazing song on his discography! That man wrote the childhood score to an entire generation of kids.

[@CandGoods]

Some say the man's not wrapped too tight, but when he's on the scene everything's alright, Captain Lou, Captain Lou Albano! As best as I can recall, I think Captain Lou is the only person to have portrayed Mario who is actually of Italian ancestry.

[@cuthulux]

I think you are right. I think the same goes for Luigi, Charlie Day is the only person of Italian decent to play the character.

[@xp7575]

I mean, Italian or Jewish or Puerto Rican, really doesn't matter, it's all the same in Brooklyn 🤷‍♂️

[@DementedDistraction]

Even as a kid I thought it was funny that just standing in one place and sorta moving your arms a bit was enough to qualify as a dance for The Mario.

[@BagOfMagicFood]

I thought the idea of imitating an early video-game walk-cycle was cute. I wondered if it was inspired by how when you make Mario enter a pipe while running in the game, sometimes he continues the run animation while descending into the pipe, so you just see his upper body moving in what can look like some silly cha-cha dance.

[@saphcal]

"swing your arms from side to side, come on its time to go, do the mario, TAKE ONE STEP AND THEN AGAIN..." theres 2 steps in there too!

[@xp7575]

I mean, it's not doing the Bartman but it's alright

[@Jtr_ceral_killer]

Capt. Lou was a great Mario. I had to introduce some of my Australian friends to this series recently because they were spouting off how great the new movie was.

[@ciscodeer9094]

I will forever treasure this show, thanks Dan Larson.

[@slipshodaverage844]

I was in kindergarten when this premiered, so I was absolutely in love with it. I think it's why to this day the fire flower is my favorite in Mario games. I feel sorry for the girls in that class, having to hear Link's catchphrase. This show, along with the comics, Captain N, and the later Mario cartoons has left a confusing mess in my memory of what the story of Mario is for decades.

[@Slightly_Sadistic]

I used to watch it all the time around 1990. I remember it having licensed music in the episodes. Like Surfin' Bird. I eventually found some of the DVDs at a Goodwill especially the episode with Surfin' Bird and was saddened to learn the musical segments were removed from the home releases.

[@glarryg2318]

Love this show in all its camp glory! Allegedly, Jeannie Elias (Princess Toadstool from the original cartoon) voices the lady in the Super Mario Brothers Plumbing commercial in the 2023 movie, although if it's her she isn't credited.

[@OrochiSaffron]

Jeannie Elias isn't the lady in the commercial, but Jessica DiCicco (Lexi Bunny in Loonatics Unleashed). She also did the voice of Mario's mom and the yellow toad in the movie.

[@Angie2343]

I wish, but it's not.

[@otakubullfrog1665]

Thanks for reminding me about Club Mario; I'd basically forgotten about it and it seems everyone else has too (by accident or on purpose) because you never hear anyone mention it.

[@paulking8491]

Watched this show everyday after school and the Legend of Zelda Fridays were the best part of the week. The Mario Rap is the greatest hip hop song ever written and I am ready and willing to die on this hill!

[@raybirdman]

Maurice LaMarche didn’t voice Inspector Gadget at this time yet. He was played by Don Adams, but I do suspect that he may have done ADR for the character whenever Don Adams wasn’t available. His version of the character is nearly indistinguishable.

[@Angie2343]

But this was practice for when he would. The Gadgetmobile would also be voiced by SONIC'S voice actor Jaleel White.

[@ceno10101]

holy crap! 65 episodes from september to december in one year! I saw maybe 10 episodes and had a vhs of 2 episodes. I had no clue they made so many!!

[@Peppersfirst]

@ 11:09 that was awesome. 😂 I love the way you guys keep the bloopers and don't edit out your errors, it's great. I could legit veg out video after video on this channel. Great content. Thanks guys.

[@DoodleThis]

People were so busy arguing about Chris Pratt and Charles but I was alone in the corner going “Lou Albano is my Mario”.

[@Idran]

you think _you_ were alone? i was saying that about Walker Boone

[@Usernamehear]

I think all of us 80s kids where with you. No hate to the others playing Mario but cap was my Mario

[@rameybutler-hm7nx]

I agree cap lou was all of our generations mario.

[@MarioFunk]

Holy shit, I thought I was the only one! I've tried to explain the significance of Lou Albano as Mario to my youth, and how Charles Martinet, though talented, was never Mario to me.

[@davidlewis5189]

​@@MarioFunk Martinet has never portrayed Mario as saying anything more than stock phrases

[@michaelwulfbane]

I remember when the SMB premiered right in the target demographic age. But when the King Koopa Kartoon show started after I was already questioning the thoughts of those involved. Much like you said in the Star Wars Holiday Special episode, I quickly learned that I didn’t need to love all things Nintendo. Of course I followed that up with plotting out the Saturday morning lineups such that the SMB 3 and Captain N cartoons were part of my required viewing. Even to the point that I was trying to write down what the cartoon versions of the Koopa Kid names where and had to embarrassingly explain why I had written “cutie pie” next to Wendy O’Koopa.

[@jasonking3182]

It is surprising that we never got a Nintendo action figure line in the late 80s. That and Who Framed Roger Rabbit seem like two of the biggest missed opportunities for an amazing toy line

[@CharlesWorkPPL]

I could swear I had Mario and Luigi wind-up figures somewhere, but I can not find a thing about them online. Maybe they were a bootleg or something.

[@jasonking3182]

@@CharlesWorkPPL those were probably the Mario 3 Happy meals

[@CharlesWorkPPL]

@@jasonking3182 Thanks, but that's not what I'm thinking of. I have the whole set of Mario Bros 3 Happy Meal toys sitting in a cabinet in my living room. I'm thinking of wind up Mario and Luigi retail toys. Possibly Mario 2 related, if I didn't imagine them entirely, which is possible.

[@jasonking3182]

@@CharlesWorkPPL You were 100 percent right, there was a wind up Mario 2 line of 3 figures in 1989. There was also a figurine line. Googleing them they seem kind of rare. Still would’ve loved to see a Kenner Zelda line!

[@CharlesWorkPPL]

@@jasonking3182 YES, that's it! I definitely had the wind up Luigi, possibly also Mario. If we still have them, they're probably at the back of my Mom and Dad's garage somewhere. Here's hoping they turn up.

[@williamcrowe2576]

Captain Lou (in the Super Mario costume) did an anti-drug PSA which ended with the infamous line "You'll go to hell before you die". I think that refers to the so called "bad trips" junkies go on when taking narcotics.

[@llYossarian]

That's... not actually what you think a bad trip is right? -- It _sounded_ like you were joking but I'm just not sure...

[@haljordan777]

More so the "hell on Earth" experience that drug addiction can cause.

[@ham_salad]

I attended a taping of King Koopa's Kool Kartoons when I was a kid. I still have the shirt they gave us to wear! 13:44

[@favoritemustard3542]

Did they not let you keep that groovy hat?

[@ham_salad]

@Favorite Mustard Sadly no. They took them back to reuse for other tapings.

[@banonKING]

"... and that bullet-proof dog from Duck Hunt" I feel seen. Also I'm from LA, so I remember that King Koopa show! I haven't thought about that in decades!! Holy shit!

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

The Koopa suit is equal parts, cheap as hell and total nightmare fuel.

[@bryant1425]

Used to record the Super Show on VHS when I was a kid so I wouldn't miss any episodes. I probably saw all of the original run but I have no memory of Club Mario at all and only heard about King Koopa's Kool Kartoons thanks to a lost media video talking about it. Thinking back, my first exposure to a lot of famous music like Danger Zone and Great Balls of Fire were thanks to the insert songs in this show. It's a shame they got replaced.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

It happened a lot to literally 99.9% of the shows of the time. It’s a shame too, it makes shows like kid video kind of insufferable to watch now. And it’s completely ruined even TV shows like WKRP in Cincinnati. It’s really interesting to think there was a time when the music industry wasn’t a complete force to reckon with. They continue to ruin things to this very day.

[@tokusatsunerd]

Al-bah-no, Al-ban-no, let's call the whole thing off.

[@NatetheNerdy]

I love that "I warned you" clip you guys always use.

[@reggiebrown9508]

Coming home from school watching this and Zelda.

[@anthonycollado2447]

Was about 14 when this and Captain N The Game Master aired! Also in 1989 on Saturdays the Dragon Warrior anime aired, the series we call "Dragon Quest Legend of the Hero Abel" today. It had the same narrator as Captain N The Game Master, Long John Baldry and on Captain N they even visited the Dragon Warrior world. Pretty much helped cement an entire video game universe in my head canon ha ha! Jeffrey Scoff of Captain N The Game Master also wrote for the 90s Mega Man cartoon. I always took that as his apology for that green Mega Man, even though it wasn't his fault lol! Also it was funny how Mega Man's intro song in the 90s cartoon sounded like "Highway to the Danger Zone." That song was played in two Mega Man centric episodes on Captain N! So much fun to think about all of this stuff again after the new and awesome Super Mario Bros movie. Thanks Secret Galaxy for this video!

[@gundambassexe31]

Right around the super Mario Bros Movie earlier this month. Perfect way to wrap up my week ❤❤❤

[@James-sm1lh]

Looooved this show, couldn’t wait until Friday for Zelda!

[@JerryD9000]

NO ONE. Will ever understand what this show did to change my life. Born in 1980....will never forget the theme song.

[@fslayer1290]

Hey, fellow 1980 kid! You rock! 😊

[@theawesomeran7779]

Same brother!

[@khans1stfan]

This channel is awesome

[@jeffwolcott7815]

The Super Show might not have used all the potential with the games it had at the time but it was a still blast! Captain Lou Albano was perfect as Mario and Danny Wells was great in his role as well. And the Legend of Zelda cartoon is a guilty pleasure. If there's ever a movie based of the games I really want it to have Link or someone say 'Well, excuuuuse me, Princess!' to Zelda.

[@lutherheggs451]

there were literally TWO games when the show was on, for both series. All they had was SMB, SMB2, Zelda and Adventures of Link

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@lutherheggs451 The Zelda show felt like a precursor to the CD-i Zelda games. If it weren’t for that catchphrase literally nothing good would’ve come out of it.

[@e.d.t.]

Wow, I don't even remember Club Mario, but the cereal jingle and the show, that's good old fashioned nostalgia. I saw the movie last night and it was pretty heavy with references, mostly from games but also the super show and 90s movie. Kind of fan service-y in that respect, but I'm not mad at it.

[@SolarDNA]

Easily one of my top five favorite shows of my childhood. Thanks for covering this one.

[@SolarDNA]

I will say I don't even remember "Club Mario" though.

[@9Lando945]

I can’t say I was a fan of the show but I watched way more of it than I should have given my age when it was on TV. Do not have fond memories of the live action portions, however I recall really enjoying the Zelda episodes each Friday. And I, too, watched and really enjoyed Captain N: The Game Master

[@davidmreyes77]

This was my favorite after school cartoon in fall of 1989. I also liked the connection to the WWF it had with Albano playing Mario and a guest appearance by Roddy Piper. That year I became a big fan of pro wrestling so it all seemed so magical.

[@lipstickzombie4981]

Also had an episode I believe where Capn Lou both played himself and Mario with Cyndi Lauper as guest. 😅

[@ivantorres1536]

Wow this brings back memories! Captain Lou Albano!

[@bullmonty764]

The fact that a Mario cartoon of all things may or may not have helped kill Milli Vanilli's career will never not be funny to me. In fact, that entire episode is an acid trip

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

The DVD version is darkly hilarious since the music wasn't relicensed. They dance and move their mouths with no singing.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

@@OtakuUnitedStudio Honestly, I just don’t even understand the point of including that episode. The entire plot of the episode revolves around it, and the entire point of the episode was to include the music, so removing it made the entire episode pointless. No one remembers Milli Vanilli, and if they do it’s probably just that bit from an episode of family, Guy. I mean I guess the point is to be complete so kudos to them for that, but otherwise it is so ridiculous to include that episode at all.

[@brianjl7477]

Man, you just had to use that Nintendo Cereal System commerical! I can still sing that entire song and it occassionally gets stuck in my head. Guess what? It's stuck in my head! I loved the SMB Super Show. I remember as a kid thinkint he live action segments were kinda lame at first, but then I started to "get" them. They are actually insanely awesome! The cartoon was fine really, but nothing special. I do remember on Firday being totally surprised when Zelda came on! Whaaaat? That was amazing!

[@sinimsdp]

I know, right? I still remember the jingle myself. I also remember actually eating the cereal.

[@brianjl7477]

@@sinimsdp I actually remember WAY too many breakfast cereal commercials from the 80's!

[@joeplayedthis]

Thank you for covering this. I LOVED watching The Super Mario Bros. Super Show as a kid!! It was one of my favorites and I seldom missed it. I didn't care for the Zelda cartoons, but Captain Lou and Danny Wells will always be my favorite Mario and Luigi! Also, I loved that they worked the Plumber Rap into the new movie. Not gonna lie, I was excited when I saw that. I watched The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 every Saturday morning when it originally aired and liked it a lot, too. Great episode!

[@michaellombardi1620]

I remember this show! Ah nostalgia

[@mattyt1961]

Swing your arms from side to side Come on, it's time to go! Do the Mario! Take one step, and then again I only just got this song out of my head... everytime they announce a new Mario game, or when I see a plumber in overalls, this song jumps into my head

[@CoachLB]

I completely forgot about Nintendo cereal. I had my mom buy it for me while they made it.

[@coolhandlucas4148]

This show is why I always knew the character as "king Koopa". When people stated calling him "Bowser" I was so confused.

[@macuser7048]

The live action bits were awesome

[@AutisticPhantomOtaku]

I actually have a DVD compilation that features episodes from the Super Mario Brothers Super show, Super Mario 3 and Super Mario World. I also have a DVD for the Legend of Zelda. I got them as rewards from GameStop back when they were still doing physical rewards for their rewards program.

[@cujoedaman]

With the success of Super Mario Bros., could you imagine if they decided to make their own style "MCU" Nintendo universe, setting up all the characters in their own movies and culminating into one epic final movie that could bring them all together like Captain N. sorta did? I know, pipe dreams (pun intended).

[@Angie2343]

Dreams that will come true

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Just crazy how much of a history these franchises have, I remember watching some of that live-action show.

[@amarie_2]

Say, wasn’t Captain Lou Cyndi Lauper’s dad in the “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” video?

[@yoshitoshi98]

Yes, he was

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Coincidence?! I think NOT!

[@ntabile]

"My daddy said that I'm still no. 1!"----

[@Dynaman21]

Yeah. They even did a program in the WWF together as managers.

[@negrotaku6299]

8:13 - Don Adams from Get Smart was Inspector Gadget's voice actor at that time. Maurice LaMarche didn't actually voice him in animation til way later.

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Exactly, were talking like late 90s. When they started giving us awful stuff like gadget boy and Heather.

[@Dynaman21]

Time to swing your arms from side to side, come on, let’s go, Do the Mario!

[@wstine79]

Just.. like... thaaaat!

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Eat your arms, and then again!

[@btetschner]

LOVE the skits where you put on the glasses and read the raps hahahahaha!

[@bluebaron6858]

I hope more king koopas Kool kartoons will be found!

[@saphcal]

i never even heard of club mario despite growing up on the super show.

[@Marc_Araujo]

RIP Capt. Lou and Danny Wells...the "real" Super Mario Bros. Thank you for the great childhood memories.

[@somebody31415]

We were visiting my Nana in the early nineties and she had cable. I was bored and went into the back bedroom to watch tv and found a Super Mario Super Show marathon and it was awesome!!!

[@anthonybird546]

As a kid I was totally confused by why Nintendo didn't go with a Japanese studio at the time like Toei. So many of their manuals and Nintendo Power had pictures that looked like Mario and Zeldo had anime in Japan, so I wondered why they weren't bringing that over. I guess I didn't know they didn't exist.

[@timcombs2730]

Lyle Alzado was one of the greatest defensive player that the NFL has ever seen and this show got him to mention the Legend of Zelda out loud

[@QuestionMan]

Lots of memories to be made at a portal party.

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

4:30 They did The Mask Cartoon? I liked the early episodes but it really took off when M.J. Fox replaced Erik Stoltz!

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

At the right age this show was Wonderful. "You'll be hooked on the bothers" 😄👍

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

It's fun regardless of age

[@saphcal]

over 30 years later and I'm still hooked on the brothers!

[@Angie2343]

@@saphcal Me too!

[@jetboyblue4478]

Grew up with this show it was very enjoyable Thanks for the video

[@d3ath8ybac0n4]

Ah what a memory, my brothers and I use to watch this show which I loved because Captain Lou was Mario! I'm from the "Rock and Wrestling" era of the WWF and it was the best of both worlds! Zelda episodes were always my favorite though "excuuuuse me princess" did get a little old 😂

[@jehb8945]

I definitely was hooked on the brothers because I did not miss an episode of the super Mario Brothers super show. It was cheesy guilt-free fun. And like others said Captain Lou albano will always be the voice of Mario to me.

[@cidrain]

Maurice Lamarche did not voice inspector gadget. That was Don Adams.

[@OtakuUnitedStudio]

Lamarche took over the role after Don Adams in 1999. He voiced Quimby starting in Season 2 of the original cartoon.

[@The_T]

I've been a Mario fan for my entire life and this is the first time I am learning how to pronounce Albano. Thanks Secret Galaxy!

[@MrMacavity]

Nice work 👍

[@CastironWhisky]

I only watched the Super Mario Super Show on YTV, had no idea about the other cartoons until a few years ago. Though since rewatching both Mario and Zelda cartoons Zelda holds up much better.

[@mightyfilm]

While the cartoons were fun, the show simply wouldn't be the same without the live action Mario and Luigi segments. Danny and Captain Lou had amazing chemistry, and you really thought they were brothers. I especially loved how the cheapness of the series gave it so much charm, especially when Mario and Luigi's relatives would pop by, played by Lou and/or Danny, usually in drag. I was ecstatic the movie paid tribute to the series. You can tell the filmmakers were fans when they were kids, and it finally got Nintendo to acknowledge the series (they weren't fans). Truly a special video game based series, and one of my favorites. it really is a shame we didn't get another cartoon after the Super Mario World series. Sonic always manages to have a cartoon series on in some form, probably because SEGA doesn't have a bug up their butts about character licensing. That said, the pop music was already removed from the series before the DVD's no thanks to a rare, Family Channel exclusive Mario rerun package called "Mario All Stars." A similar, but syndicated, Captain N package series also removed that series' pop music. The Mario cartoons had instrumental songs from the SMB3 and SMW cartoons while Captain N just kept using "Mega Move" from their show's second season.

[@Angie2343]

The third DIC Sonic cartoon deserves some recognition.

[@mightyfilm]

@@Angie2343 It's a show I really wish I didn't dislike and think was the weakest of the Sonic cartoons. I HATE how they portrayed Knuckles, first of all, but aside from that the executive meddling ruined the series. I like the idea of Sonic having a brother and a sister and I like them being both voiced by the same actor as Sonic. Reminds me of how White played all of Urkle's relatives, even the female ones. The concept is strong, the theme tune just slaps, but there's something about them having to make it a TV/EI series that ruined its potential. I'm caught in between the "it's not that bad" and "it is" camps, and I feel that Sonic SAT AM was a tough act to follow being a factor. At least Sega allowed a few other Sonic Cartoons since. Before the movie the last Mario cartoon was Super Mario World. That was a far weaker series than Underground was and a disappointing for the last Mario television series. I mean, replacing Toad with Oogtar... no thanks.

[@Angie2343]

@@mightyfilm What about Sonic and his siblings being born into royalty? PERSONALLY, I love it as Sonic's parentage is NEVER explored in ANY of the games! Not even in Sonic Frontiers!

[@mightyfilm]

@@Angie2343 The show has some very good concepts. It's the execution that's disappointing. Plus, they spend so much time teaching life lessons they never got close to resolving the plot. There was a supposed comic book ending but Sega nixed it, but it's a shame it's a show with a major story arc that never gets fulfilled.

[@leahryan5560]

What I love about the live action segments is that it shows what a deep bond Mario and Luigi have. They’re very affectionate towards each other and they’re not afraid to show it. I’ve counted at least 5 or 6 times where Luigi kisses Mario on the cheek (apparently that’s common in southern Italy) and Mario’s always hugging him and is (usually) supportive of him. And yeah, they tease each other a lot, but it’s all in good fun.

[@Zimmy_1981]

Just subscribed. Love this host's delivery & presentation

[@justbuggin67]

Well eeexxxxcccuuuuussseeeee me Princess! ~Link

[@dowjones5981]

I wonder what Ganon is up to!? Hmmmm...

[@Trekapedia]

I loved this show but I was upset when they changed the live action segments from Mario and Luigi to some surfer dudes called Club Mario. Especially because they kept the same intro with “It’s The Super Mario Bros Super Show” but then would switch to the Club Mario stuff. Felt like a bait and switch to me. Ty for the content and keep the great stuff coming please! You folks always do an awesome job.

[@_PrimetimePranks]

It’s da supa’ Mario Bros supa’ sho’ !!

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Hey paisanos.

[@CarlosCruz-mw4hp]

I greatly enjoyed the program. I couldn’t wait until Friday for a double episode of Legend of Zelda. Great episode by the way. I didn’t know of Bowser King of the Koopa show or the hijacked signal show.

[@Davethe3rd]

Hey, Paisanos!!

[@GTXDash]

18:15 I too only knew about captain N which I loved as a kid. I would've also loved to see a show about contra, one of my favorites on the NES. And yes, the duck hunt dog truly is bulletproof.

[@darkron288]

Say what you want about the super show, it wasn't great, but in the end it was fun and clearly everyone who was set enjoyed playing these characters Both Lou albano and danny wells later in life boasted about how the show without much marketing kicked disney's ass in teh rating and spoke fondly of their time on the set, Really wish they could have bween around to guess star in Recent mario movie, And no the original princess peach didn't voice the girl in the advertisment that was a disproven rumor

[@orinanime]

Why would Albano be offended by Pratt's performance?

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

Honestly, I will defend this show, the Zelda version on the other hand was awful. They gave us that catchphrase and literally nothing else.

[@orinanime]

@@JohnDoe-wq5eu I'll actually defend the Zelda show. It gave us more than that catchphrase and had some decent characterization and a few genuinely good episodes.

[@souperstar7050]

Love your channel. Keep up the good work 👍!

[@KingofPotatoPeople]

Weeeellll excuuuuuse me princess

[@Pocketrocket-pj1us]

I never heard of the, "Pirated" book ends version! If thet were going to go there, they should have brought, "The Max Headroom Incident" along for the ride! Lol