Episode 153:
Mr. Coat: A Slam at
The Happy Cricket
Mr. Coat bashes what he considers to be the worst animated feature he has ever seen, about a cheerful insect and his magical guitar with no strings.
Title Card Drawn by:
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Comments Section:
Name: Neil Dunsmore
Date And Time: 2012-04-10 11:51:03
Comment: I just found out something really frightening... there's a TV show based off of this.
Name:
Date And Time: 2012-04-08 20:36:57
Comment: It's useless replying to dylan...
Name: pokeanimal
Date And Time: 2012-02-29 20:13:56
Comment: Mr. Coat, i hate this movie , but it is nowhere near as bad as little panda fighter check it out on youtube
Name: Dylan
Date And Time: 2011-12-20 11:06:41
Comment: that fellow/mr. Coat just because a troll in central park's grossing was $71,368 doesn't mean it's the worst animated film, I'm not the biggest fan of a troll in central park but I really enjoyed it
Mr. Coat: I don't hate A Troll in Central Park, because it bombed. There are plenty of films I love that died at the box-office. I hate A Troll in Central Park, because I find it to be overly condescending with annoying characters, stupid writing, ugly animation and sickening songs.Name: Julie
Date And Time: 2011-12-07 20:30:29
Comment: Okay, I've sat through what's considered "bad" animation, like Quest for Camelot and the Miramax Thief and the Cobbler, but those were at least somewhat fun to look at and had slightly defend-able stories... at least, they seemed to have stories. This one doesn't seem to have a story that anyone would want to follow.
Name: Devon
Date And Time: 2011-11-22 20:09:44
Comment: Worst animated movie I've sat through? "Felix the Cat: The Movie" Uuugghhh... Woe is me.
Name: Luna
Date And Time: 2011-10-19 20:20:36
Comment: This movie was bad, but have you seen ali baba & the gold raiders? That movie is hands down the worst animation ever put on dvd.
Name: Ebalance
Date And Time: 2011-10-01 21:34:07
Comment: You're so sheltered from the raging sea of crappy animation out there... have you seen Film Brain's review of "Ratatooing?"
At least some of the animation in this is somewhat watchable...
The sad thing is that Rio wasn't that great...
Name: Obi
Date And Time: 2011-08-27 14:16:40
Comment: Am I right in assuming the "A Wizard did it" line was a reference to Confused Matthew? =3
Mr. Coat: Actually TV Tropes, which itself was inspired by a bit on The Simpsons.Name: DisneySonic1991
Date And Time: 2011-08-05 14:21:56
Comment: @Ken Murray: I agrre MLP has come a long way since the original! and personally I love the show and characters (Rainbow Dash is my fave) and if you want to keep your sanity; DO NOT WATCH PUPPY IN MY POCKET: ADVENTURES IN POCKETVILLE! The animation is good but voice acting is both bad and horribly synced I suggest you heed this warning too Fellow! Just a suggestion!
Name: DisneySonic1991
Date And Time: 2011-08-05 14:18:38
Comment: @Keshia: I noticed this in the past! Very strange :, and I know this is a dumb topic but during some scenes in Rayman (the first one!) Rayman looks like he has the same pose as Jiminy when watching the Blue Fairy! I found it a little awkward but never the less I still pay it (even with insane difficulty!
Name: Eoghan
Date And Time: 2011-07-29 21:46:00
Comment: Wait til you see "Alpha and Omega", it's a billion times worse and makes The Happy Cricket look like Paprika and deserved the RT rating of 15% and Metacritic rating of 36 out of 100. WARNING: It has a lot of sexual undertones
Name: Ken Murray
Date And Time: 2011-07-27 14:12:18
Comment: this version of MLP is so well written and has characters that are so three-dimensional that it is fantastic and hard to not see as a separate entity from the other versions of the show. plus, it's adult fanbase has basically taken over the internet.
Name: mindy
Date And Time: 2011-07-27 00:59:47
Comment: To Ken Murray: So? A lot of people who in are their mid 20's and early 30's love to watch dumb TV shows like Wonder Pets,ICary and Hannah Montana. My older brother loved watching the original My little Pony, when he was a kid. When he saw the My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic on YouTube. He thought it was ok. Right now, he's excited to see the new Thundercats cartoon. He loves Thundercats a lot! :)
Name: Ken Murray
Date And Time: 2011-07-26 23:00:17
Comment: great video, the movie does look horrible.
off topic but I think you should give you're thoughts on the new big thing on the web, "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic". it has many male fans in the 18-25 demographic, which was the creators intent.
Name: Meg
Date And Time: 2011-07-26 19:14:48
Comment: I'm sorry, but in my opinion "Quest for Camelot" is STILL the worst animated movie in history! This one looks pretty bad, too, though, I must admit. And yeah, the Rapping Dog song TOTALLY got topped in the worst animated song department! @Keshia; I noticed the whole insect-flirting-with-fairy thing, too! Unfortunately, we never get to see Evangeline's "human" form in The Princess and the Frog.
Name: 411314
Date And Time: 2011-07-26 09:44:13
Comment: Sorry if someone's already asked this before, Mr. Coat, but I'm just curious; what exactly does it mean for a film to "talk down to" someone? Anyway, I loved the way you said "he's evil! Need any more explanation?". That was very amusing.
Mr. Coat: It essentially means, when the film treats the audience like idiots.Name:
Date And Time: 2011-07-25 20:29:56
Comment: The Miramax version of the Thief and the Cobbler. Especially since it was dumbed down to a cheesy Aladdin knockoff when it was supposed to be a more serious, artsy, film, that Richard Williams poured his hard earned time into.
Name: Jordan
Date And Time: 2011-07-25 19:47:41
Comment: I thought you slam at thief and the cobbler (mirrimax version) or ratatoing which i think is worse. I felt the same way about both animated titanic movies. But a not bad candidate for worst animated feature. But Tiatnic the legend goes on haunted me and i never watched the nostalgia critic's review again for a week. It makes you want to jump into the Atlantic ocean where ship is and freeze to death its so bad.
Name: Karlo
Date And Time: 2011-07-25 10:22:09
Comment: I'm still sticking by my belief that Bebe's Kids is the worst animated movie, but this could end up in my top ten. Maybe 8.
Name: jayjkay1
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 21:25:10
Comment: What about "Kiss of the Spider Woman", it was made in brazil aswell!
Name: Alicia
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 21:08:55
Comment: You need to see "The Legend of the Titanic." It is a blatant rip off of James Cameron's "Titanic." It is an abomination, and it is horrendous. This movie actually has a gang of underwater sharks sink the Titanic. It is an insult to the people who died on the Titanic, children's intelligence, oh did I mention that it totally insults the people who died on the ship. The animation is crappy as well. Argh! It is actually worse than this film :(
Name: madone
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 18:36:29
Comment: actually I have seen worse animation.
And as worst song in a animated movie, watch Tenticolino some time that beats this by a country mile
Name: Isabella
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 18:25:07
Comment: @Neil Dunsmore-I actually own it too and mine had the new title though i like the old title better, and i agree that the box art was TERRIBLE
Name: Neil Dunsmore
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 16:31:56
Comment: @Isabella- I own that, but my god was it hard finding a region 1 copy. Why? Because the distributors decides to change the title to "A Fish Tale" and give it quite possibly one of the most uninviting box arts ever created.
Name: Jaimetud
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 13:12:08
Comment: Wow, I've never seen you hate so much on a movie. To be honest, I've seen MUCH worse animation, especially from Brazil. But this movie does look like a failure in the presentation department.
Name: Andrea
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 10:36:48
Comment: Hey Fellow, are you ever going to do a look back at the Great Mouse Detective, which is in my opinion one of the most underrated Disney films ever.
Mr. Coat: I discussed The Great Mouse Detective in my look back at Disney's Animated Features. Hewy is also planning a review of it in a number of months.Name: Isabella
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 08:35:45
Comment: mr coat have you ever seen a danish animated film called help! im a fish?
Mr. Coat: I'm definitely familiar with it, but I haven't seen it.Name: Gwent lover
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 07:33:55
Comment: What? No Hewy Toonmore cameo?
Name: DisneySonic1991
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 05:12:41
Comment: I found this DVD on a three disc set (you know, a three in one sort of thing) which also had Help! I'm a Fish and Dennis Cruise Control. This movie is so-so at best, but Disney Pinocchio yes, even with a great title song, the character of Jiminy Cricket and it's top-notch animation it still doesn't satisfy my tastes leading me to hate it! Now, Filmation's stab at Pinocchio was friggin' worth it! Weak plot, great characters, voice acting, animation and only so-so music it's worth a watch! Check it out, it has a very interesting cast line-up with Don Knotts as Willackers (the Filamtion alternative to Jiminy Cricket) whi=o I can consider is almost better than Jiminy but not perfect and James Earl Jones (Darth Vader) as the namesake villain The Emperor of the Night.
Name: Alec Dever
Date And Time: 2011-07-24 00:23:33
Comment: Were there any extras on The Happy Cricket DVD?
*curious*
Mr. Coat: Just what appears to be an episode of an educational show with the Happy Cricket characters.Name: llari
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 23:59:13
Comment: I love American Pop. :(
Name: Keshia
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 22:46:10
Comment: Now is it just me, or am I noticing that most cartoon insects all have a thing for human-like fairies and sprites? We had Jiminy Cricket crushing on the Blue Fairy, Picco (from The Magic Voyage) falling for Marylin the Light spirite, Ray the firefly (from the PatF) admiroring a star named Evangeline, and we have Christopher Criket fawning for Lynda.
Name: (FilmFan)*(-1)
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 22:39:54
Comment: This is my favourite animated film. Have you thought about doing a live show with these characters? What are your thoughts on Fishtronaut? It is made by TV PinGuim.
Mr. Coat: To each his own, I guess. I'm not interested in doing a live show, to be honest. Not too familiar with Fishtronaut, sorry.Name: Martin
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 22:25:53
Comment: Can you do a tribute video to Shotaro Ishinomori?
(The creator of Cyborg 009,Super Sentai and Kamen Rider.)
Name: llari
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 22:14:17
Comment: What's your thoughts on American Pop?
Mr. Coat: I personally found it to be visually ugly with very little character development and it just got more dull as it went along.Name: Devon
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 21:41:41
Comment: UGH... To quote the Grinch: "Oh, the noise, noise, noise, NOISE!!!" This movie reminds me of "The Magic Voyage", which also never shuts up.
Name: Neil Dunsmore
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 21:25:49
Comment: If you think any of these movies are bad, check out the American version of The Magic Roundabout, renamed Doogal. And if you think these songs are bad, check out Trumpet of the Swan.
Name: Jacob
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 21:23:56
Comment: Arabian Knight, Quest for Camelot, Rover Dangerfield, Pound Puppies and the legend of big paw, Troll in Central Park, the animated King and I, Secret of NIMH 2, Happily N'ever After, Little Princess School, Titanic the animated movie, Care Bears movie II, Shark Tale, My Little Pony, Bebe's Kids, The Magic Voyage, Chicken Little and Spider's web a pig's story COMBINED are The Thief and the Cobbler, Fantasia, Spirited Away, the Lion King, Toy Story, An American Tail, The Iron Giant, Batman;Mask of the Phantasm, Shrek, Wall E, Up, Persepolis, Wallace and Gromit, Kung Fu panda, Beauty and the Beast, Secret of NIMH, Snow White, Bambi, The Last Unicorn, Fantasia 2000, Coraline, Princess Mononokie, My Dog Tulip and the Prince of Egypt COMBINED compared to this!
Name: benny
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 21:08:15
Comment: just wondring why did u watch the happy cricket?
Mr. Coat: Curiousity.Name: Msky
Date And Time: 2011-07-23 20:28:37
Comment: I quite like the drawings.