Anyone else notice the uncanny resemblance between pop singer Robyn (best known for pressing trigger, as opposed to people button) and Doctor Blight (best known for being voiced by Meg Ryan and battling Planeteers)? I want to put it down to coincidence, but they’ve even got the same pink spandex jumpsuit.
7 responses so far ↓
1 Franklin Harris // Jul 2, 2008 at 3:46 am
Every time I think I’ve blocked off the part of my subconscious where I keep Captain Planet imprisoned, someone slips him a chisel.
2 Fin Fang Foom // Jul 2, 2008 at 6:46 am
Well, since I had forgotten about them until now, no. Is this the kind of thing that keeps you up at night?
3 Peter Orvetti // Jul 2, 2008 at 7:16 am
Where does Robyn stand on power-ring-fueled eco-activism?
4 PJ Doland // Jul 2, 2008 at 9:47 am
The villians on that show were pure evil. They were all just trying to pollute for sport or something.
I still can’t believe they allowed Verminous Skumm on the air. He was a seven foot tall hook-nosed Arab rat.
What was up with that?
5 Julian Sanchez // Jul 2, 2008 at 10:59 am
Ironically, voiced initially by Jeff Goldblum.
I actually thought Zarm was a potentially really interesting character — the idea of another Earth avatar who represents the ugly side of the fuzzy-wuzzy ecoharmony, the fierce Darwinian struggle for survival and reproduction from which it all emerges. I don’t think they ever actually DID anything interesting with that — the real shame of that show was that they would occasionally brush up against something fascinating like that, but didn’t (and probably couldn’t, in a kiddie cartoon) follow through.
6 Anon // Jul 2, 2008 at 8:22 pm
My first thought was “Hey, it’s Pete White from the Venture Brothers.”
Anon
7 Lindsay Beyerstein // Jul 3, 2008 at 11:04 am
They both look a lot like Darcy Burner.