TIL Mo Willems, author of “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus” (one of my favorite children’s book authors/illustrators) was the creator/animator for the Off-Beats.
Shapiro….Shapiiiiirooo…. 😢
I feel like Sniz and Fondue would have been a great standalone series and could have been as successful as shows like catdog or angry beavers.
Oh my gosh SAME! I still have Skaternity on my favorites playlist - it brings me back😃KaBlam 100% turned me on to ska and it’s one of my very favorite genres to this day. No one understands lol.
I might be explaining this wrong because I haven't seen this show since it aired, but there was a sketch or something where the two hosts showed how they perform their acrobatic intro and it cuts to two clearly different cartoons performing their flips and stunts and then cuts back to the two of them. It might also have been a fever dream.
Action League Now! when they accidentally destroy the friendly aliens that come to visit on a peace mission… a juiced alien, a flushed alien, a blended alien, a sizzled alien. Classic.
I once tried to mimic stinky by throwing my own action figure in the toilet, didn’t work out well when the toilet backed up and the plumber handed me my toy back.
Action League Now! That show made me bust a gut laughing as a kid, and that was kinda hard to do. Cartoons entertained me, but didn't make me flat out laugh hard, so Action League Now was up there as one of my favorite sketches.
Funny story, I remember in one of the Nickelodeon Magazines I had, they interviewed the ALN crew, and they decided their style of filming was called "chuckimation". As a kid, I didn't really know what that meant and just thought they named it after some guy named Chuck. When I started rewatching Action League as an adult recently, I noticed how often they threw the toys everywhere, and that's when it dawned on me that they meant chuck, as in CHUCKING things around.
While I did enjoy The Off Beats, I really loved watching Snizz and Fondue, at first I thought they were cats until years later I found out that they were ferrets. Funny enough Snizz and Fondue had a pilot called Psyched For Snuppa which is on John R. Dilworth's YouTube channel I guess it was going to be an actual full show under a different name until the eventual change of main characters and becoming a series of shorts for Kablam.
I love this show so much and no one else I talk to remembers it. I have said “same kablam time same kablam network” to my husband and he nodded along for years having NO idea what I was talking about
Action League Now was my friggin favorite it was like a precursor to robot chicken. Thank you Reddit, it's been so long since I've watched it that forgot the title to show.
Tie between Action League Now and Prometheus and Bob.
Starring....the Flesh! He's super strong and super naked. ....ouchies!
And Melt Man! With the power to... ... melt
"Blimey!"
Stinky diver , a former navy commando with an attitude as bad as his odor.
To this day, I'm still saying "ouchies!" in the same god damn cadence as the Flesh. I don't think people realize I'm referencing anything.
I forgot that’s what I got it from. I still say ouchies like that but over the years just thought it was one of my quarks
Same. A bit of Life with Loopy, but mostly these two. Action League might be a bit higher up, but only cause it had funny lines
This is the correct answer
This exactly.
Same. Those two sketches lived rent free in my head WAY more often than they should have!
I forgot about Prometheus and bob. I loved that one
this. is the only answer
YESS 💯 both were just so stupidly brilliant and absurdly hilarious.
Same. I remember laughing until I cried at P&B.
Life with loopy never sat well with me, such an unsettling animation
What about Angela Anaconda? Nightmarish.
That fact that this was the one to get a spin-off is absurd!
Peak 90s Nickelodeon
I still remember this Angela Anaconda Halloween CD I got in a cereal box
Was gonna say, this is the only one I **didn't** like
Just had to look it up to remind myself what it even was and I guess there's a reason those memories were locked away
They’ve been codenamed; the Prometheus and Bob Tapes
Ancient astronaut theorists say YES
TIL Mo Willems, author of “Don’t let the pigeon drive the bus” (one of my favorite children’s book authors/illustrators) was the creator/animator for the Off-Beats.
TIL too! I also enjoy Knuffle Bunny.
Same! I am a big fan of the Piggy and Gerald books (I work with kids)
Confirmed. Have kids, they love Mo Willems.
He also worked on Codename: Kids Next Door
Two words - Stinky Diver
Meltman with the power to…melt!
A man with an attitude as bad as his odor
Came to say the same. My man spent a lot of time in toilets.
Snap me down! It's Sniz & Fondue!
Shapiro….Shapiiiiirooo…. 😢 I feel like Sniz and Fondue would have been a great standalone series and could have been as successful as shows like catdog or angry beavers.
Agreed
My dad still quotes this!
Action league now that had the episode with KISS
The theme song by The Toasters was so great, it really got me into Ska.
Oh my gosh SAME! I still have Skaternity on my favorites playlist - it brings me back😃KaBlam 100% turned me on to ska and it’s one of my very favorite genres to this day. No one understands lol.
Action league now was perfect
Action league now hands down
Prometheus and Bob.
He's super strong.... and super naked!
Here is the full series downloaded from animator Mark Marek's website. Enjoy! https://archive.org/details/KaBlam_201709/KaBlam!/KaBlam!+-+s01e01.mov
Mother of god
Going straight into the Plex, thanks!
This is incredible!
Ah you beat me to it! I always drop this link as a PSA when I see KaBlam mentioned on this sub.
I might be explaining this wrong because I haven't seen this show since it aired, but there was a sketch or something where the two hosts showed how they perform their acrobatic intro and it cuts to two clearly different cartoons performing their flips and stunts and then cuts back to the two of them. It might also have been a fever dream.
I remember that too
The sketches themselves were always fine, but the opening to Prometheus and Bob FREAKED me out as a kid.
They’ve been codenamed; the Prometheus and Bob Tapes
Why does Reddit keep opening these core memories for me?
I have the keys!
I’m still amazed they got away with The Flesh on a kids show.
Dude! Dude. How did I forget about Prometheus and Bob?!!
I remembered the rest, but I forgot all about The off-beats.
Mostly the opening and end credits but that’s cause I’m a huge Toasters fan
Honestly I remember all of these shows and disliked all of them. Ugly animation always unsettled me.
Meltman with the power too....melt
action league was just.... insane
Action League Now! when they accidentally destroy the friendly aliens that come to visit on a peace mission… a juiced alien, a flushed alien, a blended alien, a sizzled alien. Classic.
I once tried to mimic stinky by throwing my own action figure in the toilet, didn’t work out well when the toilet backed up and the plumber handed me my toy back.
Action League Now! I completely forgot about this! Holy shit…
Prometheus and Bob was amazing. My dad even loved it
Mo Williems…..I could be wrong but isn’t that the creator of Sheep in the big city?
Yes, it ended after season 2 because he left for Cartoon Network
Oh thanks for the for the info OP.
My favorite part was the ska intro song, two tone army by the toasters.
Action league now
Action League Now! That show made me bust a gut laughing as a kid, and that was kinda hard to do. Cartoons entertained me, but didn't make me flat out laugh hard, so Action League Now was up there as one of my favorite sketches. Funny story, I remember in one of the Nickelodeon Magazines I had, they interviewed the ALN crew, and they decided their style of filming was called "chuckimation". As a kid, I didn't really know what that meant and just thought they named it after some guy named Chuck. When I started rewatching Action League as an adult recently, I noticed how often they threw the toys everywhere, and that's when it dawned on me that they meant chuck, as in CHUCKING things around.
Action league now, it’s not even close tbh
I remember waking up early as hell before school to watch this
Seeing the off beats unlocked a memory for me. Crazy
The nostalgia!!!
The one-off Anemia and Iodine. It's seared into my brain all these years later.
The cat at the end.
Omg action league now for sure
Damn I literally cannot pick a favorite. The show was gold.
Wow this brought back a lot of memories. KaBlam was a fucking weird ass show.
Yes
Life with loopy something about the animation style intrigued me and terrified me at the same time.
Thunder girl flies like thunder, while others must wonder, what it's like to be me!
Prometheus and Bob was amazing. My dad even loved it
Action league….nowww
Melt man! With the power to melt!
I did not know that Mo Willems created The Offbeats!!!!!
To this day I still sing the "My name is Betty Ann Bongo!" song ❤️
Sniz
Prometheus and Bob kind of freaked me out
Prometheus and Bob 100%
Prometheus and Bob. Loved Action League Now. But this isn't even a competition.
MELTMAN
Prometheus & Bob, hands down. Love a good sci-fi comedy.
Sniz and Fondue.
Stinky diver
They never, they never stay small. And the populars don't like 'em at all. But that's okay - life is sweet. They cool. They the off-beats.
Prometheus and bob!!
While I did enjoy The Off Beats, I really loved watching Snizz and Fondue, at first I thought they were cats until years later I found out that they were ferrets. Funny enough Snizz and Fondue had a pilot called Psyched For Snuppa which is on John R. Dilworth's YouTube channel I guess it was going to be an actual full show under a different name until the eventual change of main characters and becoming a series of shorts for Kablam.
dang i forgot about prometheus and bob
Life with Loopy!
I love this show so much and no one else I talk to remembers it. I have said “same kablam time same kablam network” to my husband and he nodded along for years having NO idea what I was talking about
Anyone who doesn’t say Action League Now is lying.
Gotta be Prometheus and Bob!
This was a good show I always liked the caveman and alien
Prometheus and Bob
Prometheus and Bob low-key creeped me out for some reason. However, I loved that segment and couldn’t wait for it to come on.
prometheus and bob is amazing.
Action League Now was my friggin favorite it was like a precursor to robot chicken. Thank you Reddit, it's been so long since I've watched it that forgot the title to show.
I can’t choose! Everything was AWESOME!😍
I hated these so much lol
Sniz & Fondue
Anemia and Iodine. The cat at the end gave me nightmares.
Prometheus and Bob because it’s slapstick at its finest.
Life With Loopy! Love them all now though.
Sniz & Fondue
Omg I forgot it existed! But now I’ll need re watch it again
just smacked me upside the head with this show, but I've been an Action League NOW guy since birth so put me on the list
I see things like this and I wonder if I ever watched Nickelodeon at all. I have no memory of any of these