No one on the Earthworm Jim cartoon cared for their jobs.

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10 ай бұрын

4th wall breaks, forgetting lines and hostility, oh my! Did you know the Portuguese dub of the show aired on a live block ala Krusty the Klown called Batatoon and had a supposed stage fight on that show? It's true!

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@kwingsletsplays Ай бұрын

Actually, this is how Parody shows were written in the 90s. The Audience is suppose to be in on the Joke, because even the characters aren't taking the plot seriously. Like WB's Freakazoid.

@mistermann4163 Ай бұрын

Something that Teen Titans Go failed at real badly the more I think about it. Try's to do the unfunny punchline, the confusing set up, and the random joke in some random order with references sprinkled in but never had a story to tell let alone a good one.

@kanna-san. Ай бұрын

@@mistermann4163at least kids liked it

@sirquagsire971 29 күн бұрын

@@mistermann4163and then there's just borderline fet*sh art sometimes

@ClownHoundII 24 күн бұрын

@kanna-san. Kids will like anything. There was even a show a while that was all just butt and fart jokes. Kids loved it too.

@MrLightningbob 22 күн бұрын

Cow and Chicken

@TheSpazMan 3 ай бұрын

I like how when the show's budget starts to run out, you can tell the animation is ironically better.

@Treeeee2008 Ай бұрын

Less money on colors and details, more money on fluidity!

@jaborsey_joseph 10 ай бұрын

This show was underrated. Too bad the creator hated it.

@daniexists6 10 ай бұрын

"Too bad"? I think you mean, "It's good that noted piece of shit Doug TenNapel hated it."

@paulpavlus6664 10 ай бұрын

he did?

@teddyroo12 10 ай бұрын

Yeah he thought it was a cash grab. Then again, he hates a lot of things

@teddyroo12 10 ай бұрын

This points out one of the things Duckie hates. ME! More specially the part where I like woman as a woman

@Saxdude26 9 ай бұрын

Knowing he didn'tlike the cartoon makes me like it even more.

@dorourke105 9 ай бұрын

all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put the 4th wall back together again

@hjalfi 8 ай бұрын

Luckily one of the riggers had some duct tape.

@curlycocoanut Ай бұрын

“I yearn for the sweet embrace of the grave” LMFAOOOOO

@kanna-san. Ай бұрын

Real

@lPsychoMax Ай бұрын

Psycrow threatening the narrator is probably the most clever thing in any series. The guy has the power to define fate and yet is the only mortal among them at all times! Another reason why I love psycrow!

@lizardguyNA 29 күн бұрын

You'd enjoy Powerpuff Girls then. Mojo Jojo's evil plan for an episode was to kidnap the Narrator and take over the show.

@BoopaKing 22 күн бұрын

Dave the Barbarian also did that and there was even a redone version of the intro where the evil pig is tormenting the barbarians.

@samiamrg7 Ай бұрын

It reminds me of both “The Tick,” and “Dave the Barbarian.” I didn’t realize until now that Dave the Barbarian had some humor stylings in common with “The Tick.”

@mesousagaby740 Ай бұрын

Funny you say that, cause Doug Langdale created Dave The Barbarian and developed the Earthworm Jim cartoon.

@TheSomewareMan Ай бұрын

If I'm not mistaken, Earthworm Jim and Dave the Barbarian have the same narrator. Don't quote me on that, though. I haven't checked to be sure

@Starpotion 8 күн бұрын

The Tick slaps

@demiraichan 6 күн бұрын

Still not in Disney+ and it's a crime. Also Freekazoid.

@RetroGaming-gp2ef 10 ай бұрын

You can hear a bit of Homer in his voice

@teddyroo12 10 ай бұрын

Hmm..... I wonder why?

@RetroGaming-gp2ef 10 ай бұрын

@@teddyroo12 Well I know he’s voiced by his voice actor. But you can seriously hear a bit of Homer.

@robbiewalker2831 8 ай бұрын

@@RetroGaming-gp2ef Dan is probably trying to channel Jim Carrey’s voice, as people theorize that EWJ was modeled after Jim Carrey, and his portrayal of Big Head, AKA the Mask. Granted, the Mask came out a few months after Earthworm Jim, but it was in the same year. Perhaps Jim was made to sound like Jim Carrey because the Mask was popular at the time.

@AdiG1 Ай бұрын

Jim asking what sounded like "what's a nonce" was very much unexpected (It's English slang for a paedophile)

@adamofblastworks1517 Ай бұрын

I thought it was slang for idiot.

@brakistroier Ай бұрын

Wait, is it? I thought it was just a weird way to say "idiot" or something.

@FlareStorms Ай бұрын

yeah@@brakistroier

@adamofblastworks1517 Ай бұрын

@@brakistroier I said the same thing earlier, but apparently my reply was deleted for some reason.

@AW-sx8hm Ай бұрын

But in the case of 'for the nonce' it just means for now. There isn't an actual paedophile demanding attention away from Jim.

@LisaVGG 10 ай бұрын

You know something I find fun, when a narrator for a show goes off script like Earthworm Jim’s does. Cause we all know that even if the character of the narrator is going off script the actual guy voicing the narrator isn’t which I just find funny

@vksasdgaming9472 6 ай бұрын

I broke with gag of Psy-Crow's dastardly plan of deposing Lucy. Her actual name is too long.

@tuckernutter Ай бұрын

I mean tbh as a non personified disembodied voice they could be ad libbing for all we know

@marisokami5259 27 күн бұрын

this show seems unironically good

@jaketaller8567 10 ай бұрын

4:10 Cody: I yearn for the sweet embrace of the grave.

@kanna-san. Ай бұрын

He's so real for that

@keironhiggspoet 7 ай бұрын

looking back they really did have a allstar cast of voice actors playing every character. the cream of the early to late 90s crop of recognisable VAs. just missing Robert Paulson to make it complete

@NoNeed2No 6 күн бұрын

His name is Robert Paulson.

@Ms_FluffySheep 10 ай бұрын

The Wizard of Ooze was one of my favorite episodes specifically because of all the fourth wall breaks.

@robbiewalker2831 10 ай бұрын

My favorite joke is when Death was gonna play a game with Professor Monkey-for-a-Head, but instead of chess, PMFAH does the coin toss and was killed off when Death Wins. PMFAH is now living the highlife in a mall-styled afterlife with frozen yogurt.

@RippahRooJizah Ай бұрын

Sure ran into the wall a couple times.

@lordlapizul 2 ай бұрын

I love that the narrator just wasn't having it anymore in "Wizard of Ooze". Even when there's danger he's on the phone with his agent demanding to be let out of the show. 😂

@Kj16V Ай бұрын

"What a huge action sequence!" 😂 💀

@rightyloosey8554 17 күн бұрын

This was probably the best possible advertisement you could have possibly given me to immediately look for a way to watch this show.

@c-o-b-o-2010 10 күн бұрын

When you have a cartoon premise so weird that you don’t know what to do with it, just make it an off the walls 4th wall breaking comedy, and you’ll make gold!

@JacobFiveash 10 ай бұрын

I love Earthworm Jim.

@user-wj8sl5ue1z Ай бұрын

Me too

@robotnikcentric64 9 күн бұрын

Me three

@HuladeHoopla Ай бұрын

Why is this as funny as it is to me? Like it's such a non-cartoon cartoon but people enjoyed their jobs and it shows. You know. Minus the guy who made it.

@diegomorales7290 22 күн бұрын

Wait what? He did? Shame, the animators and voice actors look/sound like they're having fun

@Nix-Man Ай бұрын

2:08 "And what's a nonce?" Oh my...

@TheStubbzy 9 ай бұрын

I was obsessed with this show when I was a kid. Even now, I think it was an awesome cartoon. I wish it had gotten more episodes, but I'm also glad that it ended before it went downhill.

@silverghost3063 10 ай бұрын

Its really cool how the 4th wall gag with the budget running out was later used in TAWOG

@Gell-lo Ай бұрын

And Chowder

@robbiewalker2831 10 ай бұрын

8:33: Not counting the Christmas Special, this is, in fact, the last episode; so Queen Slug-for-a-Butt is defeated for good.

@HereForTheComments Ай бұрын

This cartoon is very Freakazoid. In fact, maybe most cartoons from the 90s used this kind of humor.

@seronymus Ай бұрын

I wonder why

@genericfriend2568 14 күн бұрын

Jim is exactly the kind of hero that the world needs

@animfan98 10 ай бұрын

Dan Castellaneta's voice is definitely much easier on the ears than Doug TenNapel's.

@paulpavlus6664 10 ай бұрын

Indeed.

@teddybeer6206 9 ай бұрын

Nah. I prefer Jim as a redneck than as a superhero.

@maxpops8427 8 ай бұрын

Not really a high bar

@animfan98 8 ай бұрын

@@maxpops8427 Aw, his normal speaking voice is OK, and his Klogg voice is the stuff of legend! It's just that his Jim voice is a bit...abrasive.

@jeremytung1632 7 ай бұрын

That man was EVERYWHERE in the 90s, here, genie in Aladdin the series, mega volt on darkwing duck, and of course Homer Simpson.

@therealsheldonjplankton 5 ай бұрын

If you think this show didn't care, Freakazoid was much worse.

@kanna-san. Ай бұрын

And was amazing for it

@rossnunez3512 Ай бұрын

Leave those gophers alone you weirdo! Gotta love how he can fly and has super speed, but he travels most of the time by spreading his arms and making airplane noises as he runs.

@patcahill3724 3 ай бұрын

I love the Earthworm Jim cartoon, so underrated

@KaseyKay92 10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂The plot development alarm!!! 😂😂😂

@BYERE 29 күн бұрын

It must've been a lot of fun playing the narrator, getting to be as sarcastic as you want half the time.

@SteadyEddie1983 Ай бұрын

He clearly said whores, not horse. What a guy.

@DFProuctions 7 ай бұрын

Charlie Addler is Professor Monkeyforahead. Now I can die happy.

@robotnikcentric64 9 күн бұрын

Lol, you can still hear the Red Guy in his voice (kinda like Dan's Homer)

@Zistheone2 Ай бұрын

“Of course the worst part about being the narrator is the degrading hula skirt they make me wear.”

@robbiewalker2831 10 ай бұрын

7:29, 7:45, 7:54, 8:04: Fun fact, this is actually poking fun at the matte paintings from the 1940s Wizard of Oz Movie, as people today nitpick that you can see where their path ends for a particular scene: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNpoktaKsNbIcnk.html

@davidthecommenter 6 ай бұрын

this is the stupidest thing i've ever seen and i love it, it's like if you hung the world's biggest lampshade

@WhatABinglylittlescronklylil- 3 күн бұрын

This show is so.. Charming?? How come i’ve never even heard of it before-

@J0sh00 8 күн бұрын

"it's the plot development alarm" 😂😂

@Archbishopofcheeseburger Ай бұрын

The more I hear Earthworm Jim yell, the more I think: "Man, he really does sound like Homer."

@mesousagaby740 Ай бұрын

I also sense A LOT of BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo energy here.

@seronymus Ай бұрын

How?

@mesousagaby740 Ай бұрын

@@seronymus The narrator calling out everything.

@paulpavlus6664 10 ай бұрын

WE NEED A REBOOT!!!!! WITH MANY NEW EPISODES!!!!!!

@teddyroo12 10 ай бұрын

They're trying, but Interplay is stupid

@Sillimant_ 5 ай бұрын

I hope not, it doesn't deserve to be subjected to millennial writing and tryhards failing to be funny

@urdimsum7961 Ай бұрын

Wouldn't work

@pyrolee17 Ай бұрын

i mean if battle toads can come back why not

@FightingFoodonsFan Ай бұрын

I'd settle for a re-airing, so I can watch all the episodes legally.

@strikermodel Ай бұрын

You're not old enough to get monetized? Well I'm glad you can appreciate shows like this one from before your time!

@teddyroo12 Ай бұрын

Thanks! You can blame ASD!

@genericnoone9610 7 күн бұрын

wait if you created this channel in 2013, how old are you then???

@teddyroo12 7 күн бұрын

I'm 17.

@genericnoone9610 7 күн бұрын

@@teddyroo12 damn...It feels weird to know that people born in 2007 are old enough to vote & drink...(among other things)

@muffinxlpro4692 10 ай бұрын

Behind the Scenes & 4th Wall Lol Homer Jim is best Homer

@goldenguy7470 Ай бұрын

Too bad the creator basicly hates everything, luckily we might get that new show which looks pretty good Edit: Never mind I just remembered it got cancled

@kanna-san. Ай бұрын

Shame, it looked fun

@teddybeer6206 9 ай бұрын

4:10 They actually got away with that kind of scene...

@hazukichanx408 Ай бұрын

Never had a chance to see this when it was new. Weirdly nostalgic, having played the games (even EWJ 3D, ugh...) Thanks for sharing so more people like me can at least get an idea of what the show was like!^^

@cloudedarctrooper 23 күн бұрын

Oh my God, "the plot development alarm"

@gamingpanda7516 Ай бұрын

Feels like the Sam and Max cartoon.

@csx00 7 күн бұрын

Heck yeah! I was looking for a video essay and all I got was a highlight reel of early 90s satire cartoon taken seriously by a description box and commenters. Good stuff. Feels like there's some kind of meta joke about irony here that would have worked in Anamaniacs or Freakazoid, or even Earthworm Jim

@teddyroo12 7 күн бұрын

I wanted to give the title something other than "4th wall compilation" so that's what I went with

@csx00 7 күн бұрын

@@teddyroo12 Satire Inception?! Amazing.

@garthdavis4320 Ай бұрын

This series was comedy gold.

@AaronsDooM Ай бұрын

Love this show still getting recognition

@KaiTenSatsuma 29 күн бұрын

Naw, this was the vibe. A lot of "The Tick" vibes Earthworm Jim, The Tick, Freakazoid...

@TotalDec Ай бұрын

I didn't know toe socks were a thing back then.

@haydengates128 12 күн бұрын

Pretty sure Earthworm Jim is voiced by the same guy who voices Homer Simpson

@johnnywalker7961 6 ай бұрын

He voice Robot Devi and homer Simpson.

@robbiewalker2831 10 ай бұрын

5:48: Based on that sketch intro from EWJ Special Edition, also cursed front mouth Jim.

@ripleyandweeds1288 Ай бұрын

"And what's a nonce?" I'm not surprised they got away with that joke given this aired primarily in the US, but _oh my god_

@BitestheStuff Ай бұрын

What a relatable show.

@montanajackson3713 6 ай бұрын

This show deserved more episodes.

@ShadeMeadows 8 күн бұрын

This show is TOO GOOD.

@flyingcardinal 5 күн бұрын

boy 90s cartoons sure were something else

@jesterofdimensionz 21 күн бұрын

One of the funniest showes ever made

@sleeperdart 3 күн бұрын

Thanks for posting!

@Karlos1234ify 5 ай бұрын

I miss this show

@user-do6xy9rc2t 4 ай бұрын

Such a great cartoon! 😆😆😆

@skootergirl22 Ай бұрын

I do recall watching this show as a child forget what channel it was on in the UK, maybe on a pop channel or cartoon network

@DrBagPhD Ай бұрын

Clearly the script writers, animators and VAs did :V

@GoeTeeks 5 күн бұрын

Now I want to see a Narrator-off between Earthworm Jim's narrator and Joe, the narrator from Freakazoid.

@superbad8008 6 күн бұрын

This doesn’t sound like they didn’t care about their jobs at all. It’s just good voice acting and self aware humor. Half of it is Deadpool humor.

@fawrun Ай бұрын

That bee got me actin up

@rossnunez3512 Ай бұрын

No one is gonna ask why Peter is wearing a bikini? Did he lose a bet? Haven’t seen this show in ages.

@NimhLabs Ай бұрын

Peter Puppy is now a trans-icon. Darn the Woke Agenda's usage of Time Machines! xD

@rossnunez3512 Ай бұрын

@@NimhLabs An actual hilarious woke joke, thank you, the first one to ever make me laugh.

@kanna-san. Ай бұрын

@@NimhLabsi thought we was gay imo

@no_fishman9669 9 күн бұрын

Nah, they cared as much as they got paid, very little.

@ChazMcRich1 Ай бұрын

“Don’t question me.”

@axelvoss9653 29 күн бұрын

Ion't know what you mean, this is *gold.*

@jonathansfv3109 4 ай бұрын

Dan Castellaneta did the voice

@blazingsonic Ай бұрын

Give me the say and this show will be on every free streaming platform and the physical full series will in all store fronts and you download it for free. Just to spite the series creator. This show and Freakzoid were way head of their time.

@SportyMabamba Ай бұрын

The word is given. Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!

@TeryJones Ай бұрын

3:16 - Christ I can only imagine what he does just to reach for the remote on the other side of the couch XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD

@BeazerProductions Ай бұрын

The narrator sounds a lot like the narrator from Dave the Barbarian, which was a similarly 4th-wall-breaking show and had a whole episode where the villain kidnaps the narrator and forces him to read a script where the villain wins.

@hectorraymondburgos2914 9 ай бұрын

l love Princess What's Her Name so much 😍❤

@kosarugaraboshi9337 8 ай бұрын

8:33 There. Now, was that so hard?

@eoeyclams4468 9 күн бұрын

its like if dave the barbarian had licensing

@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917 8 күн бұрын

Evil The Cat is probably the best villain on the show.

@grinkobaba9226 27 күн бұрын

I thought this would be a behind the scenes interview type video or a video showing off animation mistakes or even like weird macabre stuff in the background not a random clip show of jokes

@Ani8900 10 ай бұрын

3:24 this and the entire video… Such genius just doesn't transition well into today. I know we need this type of comedy. Because not all cartoons have been great.... bottom line they're not as funny as they used to be back in the day. So I'm sure but… Yeah, you get the idea, and a lot of you know which shows on talking about

@robbiewalker2831 10 ай бұрын

Be Cool Scooby-Doo is close to this type of humor… and even then people want more of the shitty Mystery Incorporated, which got Be Cool cancelled and replaced with “Velma”. Honestly, I hate people that hate fun stories.

@Ani8900 10 ай бұрын

@@robbiewalker2831 it's actually ironic because within one of earthworm Jim cartoons they it's actually ironic because within one of earthworm Jim cartoons the narrator said "you can't say anything more nowadays can you?" I don't know was that ahead of its time, but it hit the mark. We can't say do or watch. Anything fun without someone being either offended feel like it's not accurate or it's not realistic enough… Cartoons are fantasy and it's not supposed to be realistic or be non-fiction.... so yeah you're right I don't like people who had fun either

@robbiewalker2831 10 ай бұрын

@@Ani8900 Okay, one, you repeated the first line, and two, don't you mean "so yeah you're right I don't like people who hate fun either"?

@Ani8900 10 ай бұрын

@@robbiewalker2831 .....😑😓 to my embarrassment. I have a tendency to repeat certain lines, and this phone tends to dictate my words very poorly... Bottom line yes, you are correct on both accounts

@josuesolar1771 4 ай бұрын

My problem with that show was the art style It made me feel like if I was watching Family Guy instead of Scooby Doo

@chronoplague Ай бұрын

4:42 The line, "if it were just a cartoon, could I do THIS!" is one of my favorites in the whole show. The delivery is so good!

@robbiewalker2831 10 ай бұрын

2:19: So Thought Bubble WHN is Game Canon WHN?

@felixvanhollow9794 Ай бұрын

This truly is Dan Castellaneta's best role

@Marinealver Ай бұрын

🪱 Man we were saved by girls 🐝 Care to rephrase that 🪱 I mean Yippee

@sipioc Ай бұрын

Would love to see this show reanimated. The writing is funny, but animation is so bland and uninteresting

@terranceaddison4599 Ай бұрын

It was ok...I think it was appropriate and typical for the 90s

@SlimeKingK 14 күн бұрын

I’m having a hard time telling if this is amazing or terrible.

@DemitriVladMaximov 25 күн бұрын

They did the same thing in the original George of the Jungle and Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons.

@afrikasmith1049 26 күн бұрын

Shows like Sonic SATAM and Earthworm Jim are one of the best cartoons to come from videogames.

@sonicmastersword8080 13 күн бұрын

And I thought Sonic Boom had the best 4th wall breaks.

@d-manthecaptain1382 23 күн бұрын

Do you mean none of the people who made this show cared for making it, or that none of the characters cared for their lots in life?

@ShyGuyXXL 7 күн бұрын

Oh hey, they did the "the show's running out of budget" joke before both Chowder and Gumball. Did any cartoon make this joke before EWJ?

@kiwibro6454 3 ай бұрын

meta humor at its finest

@fistfullofsalt6311 5 күн бұрын

Groovy!

@user-ge5vf5md7r 28 күн бұрын

Trying to remember if this was the sametime as animated series of the Tick.

@axelwulf6220 13 күн бұрын

Are you kidding? These were the jokes It was a parody show I mean, c'mon The main character is a cybrid earthworm with the IQ of vaseline on toast This train wreck colliding with a bus full of clowns was intended When shows try to be smart and fail, it's shit When shows intentionally be dumb and roll with the stupidity, it's gold