Thursday, March 31, 2011
I Wanted Something More Life Threatening
For one thing, I love the absurd. Absurdity is the greatest tool for crafting fine comedy and humor. Having a mouse dropping a battleship on a cat is absurd, yet laughable. So, if you take madness to the top level, you'll get something that will instantly hook me. And that little something is call Sam And Max Freelance Police. The show was a cartoon in the 1990s that had more zaniness than Looney Tunes. I give you the basis of one episode: A monster in a fridge is terrorizing a geek, so she calls on Sam and Max. They get sucked into an alternate dimension of ice and snow, and find three fridge repairmen. Together they capture the monster (Which is a mutated t.v. dinner) and eat it. now tell me if that's not absolutely insane. Well, Sam And Max is truly a work of genius. It combines absurdity with humor and random phrases. Not only was the show a big hit, but ten years later, they made a game about it. Those games must be downloaded to play, but they are fun. My only problem is that totally new voice actor play the roles. Harvey Atkin and Robert Tinkler did great jobs as Sam and Max respectively. Oh well, nothing is perfect. So anyway, I'm giving Sam and Max a 4.5 out of 5, for crazy fun and hilarious randomness.
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