WesternAnimation A great and unique cartoon
I remember watching Kablam! on Nickelodeon all the time when I was younger. I always wathed it when I could, same with the Nicktoons airings. I found it more intresting than newer shows like Spongebob Squarepants or Fairly Oddparents. Why? It was the most unique of the Nicktoons.
It didn't follow a basic plot like Rugrats or Doug, as it usually went like: 1. Opening title 2. Henry and June wraparound 3. Sniz & Fondue (or reccuring short) 4. Henry and June wraparound 5. Action League Now, part one 6. Eyecatch 7. Comercial break #1 8. Eyecatch 9. ALN part two 10. Henry and June wraparound 11. Prometheus & Bob (or Life with Loopy) 12. Eyecatch 13. Comercial break #2 14. Henry and June wraparound 15. Life with Loopy (or The Off-Beats/Surprising Shorts) 16. Henry and June wraparound 17. Credits
Other shows go like: 1. Theme song 2. Episode A 3. comercial 4. Episode B 5. Credits
It did have some similarities with other shows, though. Like Hey Arnold, most of the main kid characters were done by kids (or teens), the Henry and June shorts were kinda like Animaniacs, The Off-Beats were like Peanuts, and others were just unique.
All the characters were great and their voices really suited them. My personal favorite short is....okay, it's a hard one, I love them all (but I never was a big fan of Patch-head). My favorite episode is hard, too, but it's probably "Won't Stick to Most Dental Work!" (season two fave), "Your Real Best Friend!" (season one fave), "More Happiness Than Allowed By Law!" (season three fave), and "The Best of Both Worlds!" (season four fave). I also liked episode 29, but haven't seen it since `98. My buds just got back into the show after almost 5 years of being cancelled. I even got kids from the Spongebob generation into it! My fave character...hmmm....June. She's just so likeable!
Kablam! has something for everyone. Toilet humor (but not overplayed) for the younger kids, sly inside jokes for the older kids, and plenty of parental bonuses for well, the parents.
Bad points? not much, but probably the lack of a huge fanbase and the amount of nightmare fuel. Other than that, it's perfect.
I recomend this show to EVERYONE! Stop watching that Fanboy And Chum Chum crap and check this out!
WesternAnimation 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.