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Gary Coleman had a show? I didn't even know this existed. Guess it stunk because everyone on here says it does! LOL! It's a shame I never got to see it!
Oh, memories of listening to Kasey Kasem announce the "It's the Gary Coleman Show" and other classics from 1980's Saturday morning cartoons.
This show sucked. Whachu talkin' bout? This show sucked. Whatchu talkin' bout? This show sucked. Whatchu talkin' bout?
Gary coleman must have signed a three year deal with nbc because his parents weren't making enough dough, and from this came "the kid with..."
You had the kid that lived in the subway, the kid with the 400 iq, the kid with 100 mile an hour pitch, the million dollar kid, etc.
now, he's the parking lot attendant with no love in his life and no kidneys, doing ironic phone in performances ala jerry mathers and bob denver, saying his catch phrases and such.
I never watched these shows, it was always on the cover of my dynamite magazine.
You had the kid that lived in the subway, the kid with the 400 iq, the kid with 100 mile an hour pitch, the million dollar kid, etc.
now, he's the parking lot attendant with no love in his life and no kidneys, doing ironic phone in performances ala jerry mathers and bob denver, saying his catch phrases and such.
I never watched these shows, it was always on the cover of my dynamite magazine.
To the last poster. I remember the TV movie where he worked for the Benson guy. I think it was called The Kid with the Broken Halo. We all watch way too much TV.
Okay, it was a cheap Saturday morning cartoon. But you've got to admit, Gary Coleman was a cute little kid. And he can hardly be blamed for the choices that were probably made for him. I believe this concept was loosely based on a TV-movie in which Coleman appeared with the lead actor from Benson. I remember Gary was an angel trying to earn his wings and Benson was his supervisor/head angel/God. (Oh, if this is true, I watch too much television.)
I hated, hated, HATED this toon! That head angel Angelica was such a sourpuss! Haggle's constant rhyming was aggravating. The worst character of all was the snobby little rich twit Lydia. She tried to buy everything and everyone in sight and said "BARTHOLEMEWWWWWW" and "ANDY LeBEAU!!!" in the most annoying tone! (Bartholemew, by the way, was the Screech Powers-like geek who was infatuated with Lydia. Why? Beats the heck out of me!) Pure Hanna-Barbera at its worst.
How does The Gary Coleman Show jump the shark? Let us count the ways: 1. Gary Coleman. That was easy.... 2. Coleman plays- um, let me check... Oh my God, it's worse than i thought! Some angel-in-training! Angel shows always suck. I include Touched By An Angel in this. And when you have some little lackey TEACHING one-- geez. What the hell was Coleman on?!... 3. Hornswaggle. I would not name my DOG Hornswaggle, much less a cartoon villain... 4. Gary Coleman... 5. Cartoon Network, which welcomed crap like this in its early days, stuck Coleman, as I recall, in the 1 AM slot in its early days. Meaning it thought lowly of it. Now in the 1 AM slot is 'O Canada', a sampling of Canadian cartoons (which, you can argue, is even worse). In recent years, Cartoon Network, in several commercials, has insulted Coleman's Boner, as seen in this quote while seeing the title screen: "This is... um, what is this, anyway?" And when Cartoon Network denounces a cartoon like this, you know it sucks... 6. Coleman. 7. Coleman.
The bad guy's name is Hornswaggle, it stars a Gary Coleman angel, and... THE BAD GUY'S NAME WAS HORNSWAGGLE!!!
i just gotta write in how bad this show was it was truly bad. Bad enough to actually make me go outside and play during saturday mornings ..god it sucked!
There is this one scene in one of the episodes where Hornswaggle, H-B's cookie-cutter villain, is covered in cats and/or dogs while lying on the ground...and is making happy noises. And his legs are askew too. A truly spooky sight. Gary Coleman should be flogged for agreeing to do this show.
Ok, now this was some frightening shit. Here we had an H-B cartoon (strike one), starring Gary Coleman (strike two), whose character is an angel (strike three)?! What genius came up with this idea? This cartoon aired while Diff'rent Strokes was still going strong, which was probably another mistake.
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