Good afternoon students, this is Dr. Cooper. Today we visit animated TV for this week's show.
Some kids loved it. Others were terrified of it. All parents frowned upon it. Yet the show continued on for 4 seasons and maintains an avid cult following today among lovers of...whatever genre it would be defined as. Yes, today's topic is Courage the Cowardly Dog.
Courage the Cowardly Dog originally ran from 1999-2002 on Cartoon Network when they still made decent programming. It is still very popular even today, as most of the Cartoon Network shows from that era are.
It is difficult to truly explain the plot and basis of this show due to its extremely unusual.....unusualness. Courage is an ironically-named, easily frightened dog owned by an elderly couple named Eustace and Muriel. They live in the Middle of Nowhere, a place plagued by random and spontaneous paranormal events, most of which only seem to happen to Courage and his family. In the words of the Nowhere reporter himself, "...creepy stuff happens in Nowhere". Courage loves his family very much, even though Muriel is the only one that cares about him. Eustace is always grumpy and calls him a "stupid dog!". A recurring gag on the show is when Eustace, either mad at Courage or wanting to frighten him for fun, quickly puts on a random mask for no apparent reason and screams "OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!!!".
Despite his extreme fears, Courage is always brave when his odd family is in trouble. The area is often plagued by zombies, monsters, chicken aliens, a mummy, thieves, talking cats, rats, trees, personified foods, mad scientists, a giant foot, and just plain weird things. Courage often has to go up against these things to save Muriel and Eustace, although they are often oblivious to what is happening. In the end Muriel and Courage always end up happily at home, while Eustace meets an unfortunate demise (such as being trapped in a pyramid).
Another noteworthy aspect of the show was that Courage would always research stuff on the computer (to find out what the heck was going on), which may be one of the first known uses of the search engine on animated children's' television....yay.
Despite having ended over a decade ago, Courage the Cowardly Dog is still aired on Cartoon Network (because their new shows are awful) and has an avid fan base. Its unusual aspect of kid-friendly dark humor and paranormal...things... makes it a unique show that I recommend watching.
Thanks for joining me. That's all for today...go away now.
"We'll always have Paris"
Some kids loved it. Others were terrified of it. All parents frowned upon it. Yet the show continued on for 4 seasons and maintains an avid cult following today among lovers of...whatever genre it would be defined as. Yes, today's topic is Courage the Cowardly Dog.
It is difficult to truly explain the plot and basis of this show due to its extremely unusual.....unusualness. Courage is an ironically-named, easily frightened dog owned by an elderly couple named Eustace and Muriel. They live in the Middle of Nowhere, a place plagued by random and spontaneous paranormal events, most of which only seem to happen to Courage and his family. In the words of the Nowhere reporter himself, "...creepy stuff happens in Nowhere". Courage loves his family very much, even though Muriel is the only one that cares about him. Eustace is always grumpy and calls him a "stupid dog!". A recurring gag on the show is when Eustace, either mad at Courage or wanting to frighten him for fun, quickly puts on a random mask for no apparent reason and screams "OOGA BOOGA BOOGA!!!".
Despite his extreme fears, Courage is always brave when his odd family is in trouble. The area is often plagued by zombies, monsters, chicken aliens, a mummy, thieves, talking cats, rats, trees, personified foods, mad scientists, a giant foot, and just plain weird things. Courage often has to go up against these things to save Muriel and Eustace, although they are often oblivious to what is happening. In the end Muriel and Courage always end up happily at home, while Eustace meets an unfortunate demise (such as being trapped in a pyramid).
Another noteworthy aspect of the show was that Courage would always research stuff on the computer (to find out what the heck was going on), which may be one of the first known uses of the search engine on animated children's' television....yay.
Despite having ended over a decade ago, Courage the Cowardly Dog is still aired on Cartoon Network (because their new shows are awful) and has an avid fan base. Its unusual aspect of kid-friendly dark humor and paranormal...things... makes it a unique show that I recommend watching.
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| This guy scared the life out of you if you watched this episode as a kid. Don't mess with King Ramses unless you like floods, locusts, and bad music. And please, don't steal his stuff. |
"We'll always have Paris"
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courage_the_Cowardly_Dog
Photos: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courage_the_Cowardly_Dog
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