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Whistle Stopper - Rocko's Modern Life: Machine Madness
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List Price: $9.95
Our Price: $3.75
Your Save: $ 6.20 ( 62% )
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Manufacturer: Paramount
Starring: Charles Adler, Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Mr. Lawrence, Linda Wallem
Directed By: Mr. Lawrence, Timothy Berglund, Roger Chiasson, Stephen Hillenburg, Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304489628
Format: Animated
ISBN: 6304489625
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: 1997-07-08
Running Time: 30
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1993-09-18
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Summary: This VCR Video Tape has the Legendary "Suck-o-Matic" Episode
Comment: Usually I don't write about kids' TV shows, leaving such matters to my betters, ten year olds, but this dropped and unavailable show about a transplanted wallaby named Rocko living in American suburbia deserves more of a chance. Everyone who likes Rocko's show wonders why it's not available on DVD. (The same purgatory seems in place for Dexter's Lab.) The Cartoon powers apparently have decided thumbs down on poor Rocko, and obstinately refuse to release a DVD of Rocko and friends. Whatever their excuse it's a shame. Few TV cartoons can match Rocko's Modern Life for pure unadulterated over the top zaniness. The sense for Southern California living is remarkable, as is the oddly accurate buddy world Rocko inhabits. Trashy in Rocko is somehow magically converted into high chic.
Anyway, here on a good VCR tape are four of the wilder shows, with three tied to the 'out of control machine' theme, and a fourth when Spunky loses his brain. If you've already seen the "Suck-o-Matic" episode look no further, you'll want this. The other episodes on this Video are; "Unbalanced Load", "Trash-O-Madness", and "How to Tell if Your Dog is Brainless". If you think I'm nuts to be recommending this, you may be partly right - you have to be a little crazy to get Rocko.
Yes, Rocko is undeniably a show designed for young boys, or young males who have not graduated to something beyond cartoons, but it has a brilliance which at times far surpasses the run of the mill stuff pushed out as cutting edge, but which in time inevitably comes across as just trashy and sick. Rocko's different, and more importantly - hilarious! Many people don't realize this, but Rocko's best episodes have even been used as the basis for modern opera productions. (Only Rocko is ever so much better, as well as infinitely funnier.)
Amyway, don't hold your breath for more Rocko from the establishment. Such great episodes as "Wacky Deli" lanquish while the trite but apparently in demand girls shows are popping up on glossy DVDs with entire seasons. The more wily Rocko fans, disgusted by this censorship, have collected the entire series through tv copies. Just a hint.
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Summary: Superior stories, inferior format
Comment: These are cartoons for grownups as well as kids. They're weird, they're fun, they're smart, and our hero Rocko is such a decent guy.
I've given Rocko's "Machine Madness" collection 4, rather than 5 stars not because the stories are lacking - they're all wonderful - but for corn's sake, why is this still only available on VHS?
I love Rocko and his friends! Why are they not available on DVD? Why oh why?
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Summary: Rocko!!!
Comment: I'm not going to recap any of the episodes or anything, but before you click the "No" button on helpfulness, here's a link for all you hardcore Rocko fans: www.petitionspot.com/petitions/TripleM
Just take 5 minutes to sign in and sign the petition!!! I'm not sure how far this is going, but the more signatures, the better the chance that a DVD set will come out!!! Better than sitting here and commenting on how Nick has yet to put Rocko out on DVD.
For all the people simply stumbling onto this great 90s show, you should be wanting a DVD set as well, because after watching these episodes, you'll be loving it. Even though I personally think these aren't the best episodes, it's the best Nick can do, which isn't very good.
I don't care if Nick thought that Rocko had too many suggestive things in it, that's what made it so appealing to a wide range of viewers. I miss Rocko, I NEED Rocko!
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Summary: Rocko's Legend Lives on... But not on DVD ???
Comment: Sitting here reading all these comments of love & praise about this classic, light years ahead of it's time cartoon, Only makes me wonder more as to why there still isn't a DVD box set out there or here ? available ? Is there some sort of artistic issue or more likely a $ issue holding things up in some nasty court battle ??? If so... Get over it !!!
Rocko is one of my all time favorite cartoons too and seeing that there are so many others like myself out there covering a vast range of ages, Proves our point ! that this "Real Marsupial Wonder" from down under, deserves to be immortalized in a long over due manner befitting him and his many friends and from what I can see, the two lonesome foes #1: the kid that ranked on this video. Mostly because the theme song was to wimpy and irritating for his tastes... Blah Blah Blah. And #2: Ed Bighead who never liked Rocko or Heffer or anyone for that matter !!! So I'm thinking
I should copy all of these reviews and send them to Nickelodeon ??? Most of these were writen around the early 2000's and it's now three years since the last posting perhaps less for other videos of witch there are only six and two of them are the same video only relesed four years after the original without any bonus material to speak of !!! Whew... this soapbox writing is tiering stuff !!! So I will wrap up my sermon on the ibook with these immortal words spoken by Philbert Shelldon with some help from Heffer Wolf and edited for the occasion by myself (I hope I don't get sued, I hope I don't get sued)... Here gos...
"Employees of (Nickelodeon) Repeat after me, We We"
We We await your reply...
a fan.
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Summary: Origanal. Should be back on Nickelodeon, Not a rare channel.
Comment: Rocko's Modern Life was a good show. It's aring time was before I was born (1993-1995). They had reruns on Nickelodeon in 1996-2001. 2002 was a horrible year for Rocko. The show got banned from Nick and got on a cable channel unfortunerly I can't get on my cable box. I watch it sometimes on my cousin's cable box. If Nick dosen't get it back on it's origanal channel, probaly I have to get this. Since I don't have a working VHS player, I will force the Viacom Company to remake it to a DVD and Blu-Ray Disc Remasterd & Restored by THX. (proboly, not by THX. How 'bout Paramuont's Digital Source?)
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