"Eek! the Cat" (1992)Serie TV 1992-1997

Directors:

Savage Steve Holland
Jamie Whitney

Sceneggiatore:

Sandy Fries (writer)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | unknown

Data di uscita:

12 settembre 1992 (USA)

Genere:

Animation | Comedy | Family

Plot:

Eek! the Cat is a chubby purple cat who lives in a violent world and his Motto is "It never hurts to help." Well...

Plot Keywords:

Really Fat Girlfriend | Satire | Absurd Humor | Cat | Deer

Premi:

1 win & 2 nominations

Recensioni degli utenti:

Simply genius

Cast

William Shatner

...

Santa Claus / ... (2 episodes, 1993-1995)

Alias:

Eek! and the Terrible Thunderlizards
Eek!stravaganza

Durata:

USA:30 min (including commercials)

Nazionalità:

Canada | USA

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Sonoro:

Stereo

Company:

Nelvana

Movie Connections:

Citato in Lunar: Eternal Blue (1994) (VG)

Simply genius

Eek is amongst one of my favorite cartoons of all time. It is the epitome of physical violence. Eek, a fat purple cat, lives for one thing - helping others. The show is based upon disproving Eek's mantra, "It never hurts to help." Of course, all Eek's pains go entirely unnoticed by his bratty family.

This show is a work of genius simply because it takes a character that we're taught to be like, a cat with an altruistic nature straight from the bible (KUMBAYA!), and pits him against modern problems, obviously greatly exaggerated for effect. The genius is in the simplicity of this. Of course, this simplicity can only make so many episodes, and so Eek soon joined with The Terrible Thunderlizards (think Garfield and US Acres), and the Eek segments were shorter. Once this happened, Eek was no longer quite as good. Still, it was a brand of humor that has never been very well replicated, which is unfortunate. We need more cartoons like this.