You're so right! June was so awesome, and [1], and cute, and like, the best character in the show (if they made stuffed animals of the characters I'd pick one up of her in a heartbeat). I'm leading a cult following, and I am probably going to start my own Ka Blam! message board (the first one?).
Yeah, I wish they made a Henry and June movie. it would be really funny. Unfortunatly Nick cares about its more popular shows. I'd love to see some stuff at Hot Topic some day.
But imagine what a Teen Nick version of the show would be like! They would change the fast-paced cartoon to a more sitcom-ish live-action show. It would focus on June (which sounds good), but instead, she'd be 15, in high school, her personality would only be about gushing about her crush, Henry, she'd be less sarcastic, her friends would all be fashion-obsessed valley girls (all of them being new characters...unless Dawn's added in somewhere), and she'd be more girly! THAT would be scary.
My live action vision would be about the duo's adventures outside of Ka Blam! (it would be somwhat of a sitcom, but more fast-paced (like The Adventures Of Pete And Pete)), they'd be attending their final year of Elementary School (they'd be 10 and in grade 5), and we introduce some of their classmates. it would be funny if June had some rivalry going on with Dawn (Henry had a crush on her, but relized she wasn't worth it (she was a bit shallow), but with Dawn being completely oblivious to the rivalry. Unlike the other kids, they still wear the same clothes every day!
So I just hope that the show is released on DVD (like as it was planned for the Hollidays last year). Ka Blam! was very enjoyable, and I cryed (seriously!) when it got cannned.
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It's the absolute Ka Blammiest!
Why doesn't this show have a bigger following? Was it the lousy timeslot? Was it the introduction of two more popular Nick Toons around the same time? Was it the near-complete lack of merchandise? Or was it just too weird for some people? Either way, Ka Blam really deserved better than it got. It is abso-fucking-lutely awesome.
Instead of boring you with random facts you probably already know about the show (it's a sketch comedy with lots of cartoons and blahblahblahblahsnoooooooze), I'll just explain what makes it so great to me. First of all, Action League Now was pretty good, and seems to be the most popular part of the show around the internet. But for me, Henry and June was the shit.
Well, mainly starting with Season 2. In Season 1 they were a bit different (Henry was more normal, June was a lot more of a ditz), and were a lot like Babs and Buster Bunny. But in Season 2? They really came into their own. Henry retained some of his "average Joe", but became a mishap-magnet who was always being hilariously put through the ringer in some shape or form. June, however, underwent the most (and best) change, going from a ditz to a highly likable Deadpan Snarker with even more of an anger problem than before, but a good heart. June's easily my favorite character - I even had a crush on her when I was around 6 or 7 (at age 19, I still find her to be pretty huggable).
The other segments were wildly entertaining, don't get me wrong. But as far as I'm concerned, they could make a movie with just Henry and June putzing around and getting into mishaps. Watching nothing but those two cutting up would be a blast.
My favorite episode... More Happiness Than Allowed By Law. June is just so delightfully sadistic here, putting Henry through sheer hell for forgetting her birthday (his blissful ignorance here is hilarious, by the way).
So anyway, badass show, watch it however you can. It's just sad that it's been largely forgotten, with not that much art on Deviant Art (what is on there is awesome, though), and no fanfiction whatsoever. However, Ka Blamoid 4 Life (the guy who used to be hunterjeanmidna and decided to go straight) is currently working on a story that I'm really looking forward to when it's finished.