{"id":1355,"date":"2012-01-31T00:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T06:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1355"},"modified":"2012-01-31T08:23:56","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T14:23:56","slug":"episode-63-inspector-gadget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1355","title":{"rendered":"Episode 63: Inspector Gadget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4872\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1355-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep63.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep63.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep63.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep63.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1355-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep63.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep63.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>(Quick note to Geekcast listeners: Our extended review of &#8220;The Green Loontern&#8221; will be available on Friday, February 9.)<\/em><div id=\"attachment_1363\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gadget.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1363\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gadget.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;I&#039;m always on duty!&quot;\" title=\"Inspector Gadget\" width=\"250\" height=\"329\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gadget.jpg 250w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/gadget-227x300.jpg 227w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;I&#039;m always on duty!&quot;<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>Tonight we talk about Inspector Gadget with Space Captain Steve, creator of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bladekitten.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blade Kitten<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps DiC&#8217;s finest show from back in the day, Inspector Gadget blew away nearly everything else that was on children&#8217;s TV at the time.  Little did we know that were seeing the dawn of Japanese animation for American television, a practice that would later become standard in shows like Transformers, GI Joe, Thundercats, and Ghostbusters.<\/p>\n<p>We go off topic a lot, as we compare Gadget to the likes of Inspector Clouseau, Maxwell Smart, Robocop, and even Dyno-Mutt!  We also establish a continuity connection that links Inspector Gadget to Super Mario Bros., GI Joe, and classic WWF.<\/p>\n<p>This message will self destruct.<\/p>\n<p><b>Topics:<\/b><br \/>\nMost ridiculous gadget<br \/>\nSo many connections!<br \/>\nGadget Boy and other spin-offs<br \/>\nMatthrew Broderick, and French Stewart<br \/>\nAustralia doesn&#8217;t want Captain Planet<br \/>\nDoes the dog have to wear a dress?<br \/>\nYou can&#8217;t stop Uncle Owen<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1366\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dr-claw-face.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1366\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dr-claw-face.jpg\" alt=\"REVEALED!!!  Dr. Claw&#039;s face.\" title=\"Dr. Claw&#039;s Face\" width=\"500\" height=\"254\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dr-claw-face.jpg 500w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/dr-claw-face-300x152.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1366\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">REVEALED!!!  Dr. Claw&#039;s face.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b>Bonus:<\/b><br \/>\nMentioned in the episode is the special <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/blogEntry?bId=9064913\" target=\"_blank\">Best Of at1UP<\/a>, featuring the theory that Boba Fett is actually a bumbling idiot.  Later in this podcast, the 1UP staff tries to guess what the Blade Kitten game is about.  See?!  There are all these connections!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/blogEntry?bId=9064913\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.1up.com\/do\/blogEntry?bId=9064913<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Quick note to Geekcast listeners: Our extended review of &#8220;The Green Loontern&#8221; will be available on Friday, February 9.) Tonight we talk about Inspector Gadget with Space Captain Steve, creator of Blade Kitten. Perhaps DiC&#8217;s finest show from back in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1355\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[30,51,19,16],"class_list":["post-1355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-80s-animation","tag-dic","tag-good-animation","tag-saban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1355"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1381,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1355\/revisions\/1381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}