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'''''King Koopa's Kool Kartoons''''' was a local television live-action Bozo the Clown-esque spin-off of DIC Entertainment's ''Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' hosted by King Koopa (portrayed by Christopher Collins in 1989 and later Pat Pinney in 1990, both in a rubber costume and modified appearance-wise to be more believable for a live-action show). Koopa would interact with a live audience of children (called "King Koopa's Troopas), showcase cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s that were in no way related to the ''Mario'' franchise, and would even give away prizes such as certificates and NES accessories such as the Power Glove at the end of the show, which played out in a pre-recorded segment.
'''''King Koopa's Kool Kartoons''''' was a local television live-action ''Bozo the Clown''-esque spin-off of DIC Entertainment's ''Super Mario Bros. Super Show!'' hosted by King Koopa (portrayed by Christopher Collins in 1989 and later Pat Pinney in 1990, both in a rubber costume and modified appearance-wise to be more believable for a live-action show). Koopa would interact with a live audience of children (called "King Koopa's Troopas"), showcase cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s that were in no way related to the ''Mario'' franchise, and would even give away prizes such as certificates and NES accessories such as the Power Glove at the end of the show, which played out in a pre-recorded segment.


It was distributed by Fox Television Stations and was aired in Southern California on KTTV Fox 11 in the holiday season of 1989/1990 on after-school afternoons and ran for 30 minutes before being later re-aired on The Children's Channel in the United Kingdom. This was possibly done to gauge the show's popularity with children before potentially expanding it, but it was cancelled after only one season.
It was distributed by Fox Television Stations and was aired in Southern California on Los Angeles Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV 11 in the holiday season of 1989/1990 on after-school afternoons and ran for 30 minutes before being later re-aired on The Children's Channel in the United Kingdom. This was possibly done to gauge the show's popularity with children before potentially expanding it, but it was canceled after only one season.
 
According to Forest of Illusion, the show was canceled allegedly due to a letter from an angry child being sent in, and Koopa's response being ''"OK, you can say all you want about me, but I know where YOU live"''.<ref>[https://archive.is/yvGey The tweet stating a possible reason as to why the show was canceled.] Retrieved 22 Jul '19</ref>


==Availability==
==Availability==
Due to its poor reception and the show's failure to catch on, little footage of the show is available. Additionally, it likely hasn't aired in many places outside of South Carolina.<ref>[http://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/140/king-koopas-kool-kartoons RetroJunk article on the show.] Retrieved 6 Oct '13.</ref> Currently, only the intro and the credits of an episode can be viewed, although RetroJunk user MlaconoSP claims to have recorded two episodes. As of 2017, he hasn't given any news since 2006.
Due to its poor reception and the show's failure to catch on, little footage of the show is available. Additionally, it likely hasn't aired in many places outside of Los Angeles.<ref>[http://www.retrojunk.com/article/show/140/king-koopas-kool-kartoons RetroJunk article on the show.] Retrieved 06 Oct '13</ref> Currently, only the intro and the credits of an episode can be viewed, although RetroJunk user MlaconoSP claims to have recorded two episodes. As of 2017, he hasn't given any news since 2006.
 
On August 4th, 2018, user Neeel uploaded 49 seconds of footage onto his YouTube channel. The footage was apart of a Thanksgiving marathon for Fox Kids in 1989.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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==See Also==
*[[After Hours "Why Mario is Secretly a Douchebag" cut content (partially found original version of internet animation; 2012)]]
*[[Cinemassacre Extra "Motherfuckin' Mario" (partially found YouTube live stream recording; 2016)]]
*[[Club Mario (partially found live-action segments of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show" animated series; 1990)]]
*[[Super Mario 64 Big Star Secret (partially found YouTube screamer video; 2007-2012)]]
*[[Super Mario Bros. (partially found deleted scenes of Nintendo game-based film; 1993)]]
*[[Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (found anime/manga adaption of video game series; 1986)]]
*[[Super Mario Bros. Super Show (partially lost live-action segments of TV program; 1989)]]
*[[Super Mario Land (found Ambassadors of Funk music video; 1992)]]
*[[The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 "Mind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario" (found original "Wipeout" cover audio of animated series episode; 1990)]]


==References==
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Revision as of 19:13, 16 April 2021

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Screenshot from the intro.

Status: Partially Found

King Koopa's Kool Kartoons was a local television live-action Bozo the Clown-esque spin-off of DIC Entertainment's Super Mario Bros. Super Show! hosted by King Koopa (portrayed by Christopher Collins in 1989 and later Pat Pinney in 1990, both in a rubber costume and modified appearance-wise to be more believable for a live-action show). Koopa would interact with a live audience of children (called "King Koopa's Troopas"), showcase cartoons from the 1920s and 1930s that were in no way related to the Mario franchise, and would even give away prizes such as certificates and NES accessories such as the Power Glove at the end of the show, which played out in a pre-recorded segment.

It was distributed by Fox Television Stations and was aired in Southern California on Los Angeles Fox owned-and-operated station KTTV 11 in the holiday season of 1989/1990 on after-school afternoons and ran for 30 minutes before being later re-aired on The Children's Channel in the United Kingdom. This was possibly done to gauge the show's popularity with children before potentially expanding it, but it was canceled after only one season.

According to Forest of Illusion, the show was canceled allegedly due to a letter from an angry child being sent in, and Koopa's response being "OK, you can say all you want about me, but I know where YOU live".[1]

Availability

Due to its poor reception and the show's failure to catch on, little footage of the show is available. Additionally, it likely hasn't aired in many places outside of Los Angeles.[2] Currently, only the intro and the credits of an episode can be viewed, although RetroJunk user MlaconoSP claims to have recorded two episodes. As of 2017, he hasn't given any news since 2006.

On August 4th, 2018, user Neeel uploaded 49 seconds of footage onto his YouTube channel. The footage was apart of a Thanksgiving marathon for Fox Kids in 1989.

Gallery

The intro and credits for an episode.

49 seconds of footage from King Koopa's Kool Kartoons.

See Also

References