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Everyone’s Your Friend in Mushroom City

Posted on November 11, 2021 by Nathan

I watched a playthrough of part of Mario Party Advance for research purposes. It sounds silly saying that, even if it’s technically true; it’s not like I’m writing a scholarly study on Mario. But I was interested in what it added … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Music, Names, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged bob-ombs, bullet bills, dry dry desert, flutters, goombas, king bowser koopa, king shroomses, koopa kids, koopa paratroopas, leaping lizards, luigi mario, mario kart: double dash, mario mario, mario party, mario party advance, mechakoopas, mr. blizzard, mr. e, mr. i, mushbert, mushroom city, mushroom kingdom, nintendo adventure books, nintendo power, paper mario, paper mario: the origami king, paper mario: the thousand-year door, pipe down!, princess peach toadstool, scorching sandpaper desert, shroom city, shroomlock, snifits, spear guys, super mario bros. 3, super paper mario, thwomps, toad force v, toadies, toads, yoshi | Leave a comment

Folded Follies

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Nathan

Paper Mario: The Origami King – When this first came out, there was a lot of talk about how it wasn’t being billed as a role-playing game. As with its two predecessors, you don’t get experience points from fighting battles, … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Names, Video Games | Tagged bob-ombs, jean-pierre colored pencils xii, kamek, kensuke tanabe, king bowser koopa, king olly, legion of stationery, luigi mario, mushroom kingdom, origami, paper mario, paper mario: sticker star, paper mario: the origami king, princess peach toadstool, role-playing, shigeru miyamoto, super paper mario, toads | Leave a comment

May the Pasta Be with You

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Nathan

Raiders of the Lost Mushroom – The Indiana Jones parody is infamous in that the character Indiana Joe doesn’t have a face. The story writer Perry Martin tells is that he originally intended Joe to be a caricature of Harrison … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Food, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Star Wars, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Technology, Television, Video Games | Tagged birdo ray, birdoroos, bob-ombs, boomerang brothers, bullet bills, bunsen, cobrats, colonel dietrich, crocodile dundee, crocodile mario, crocodiles, cyrano de bergerac, cyrano de mario, darth vader, death star, do the koopa, down under land, dr. nerdnick, flying pizza, grand moff tarkin, han solo, harrison ford, indiana joe, indiana jones, indiana jones and the temple of doom, james farr, jungle land, king bowser koopa, koalas, kolorado, koop star, koopa klaus, koopa troopas, koopaphobia, kort falkenberg, lions, lost mushroom, luigi mario, mario mario, mouser, mushroom kingdom, obi-wan kenobi, obi-wan toadi, paper mario, perry martin, pikachu, pizza, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, professor elvin gadd, raiders of the lost ark, raiders of the lost mushroom, robo koopa, robocop, robots, Rowdy Roddy Piper, rowdy roddy piper's rotten pipes, santa claus, santa claus is coming to flatbush, shy guys, star koopa, super smash wars, temple of koopa, toad, toads, triclyde, vanna white, wrestling, yoda | 1 Comment

When the Plumbing Gets Tough, the Tough Get Plumbing

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Nathan

Here are sore Super Mario Bros. Super Show reviews, and I have to say this set of episodes was largely lackluster even for this show, although there’s one pretty significant episode in the mix. Quest for Pizza – Mario and … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Celebrities, Cold War, History, Humor, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged alley oop, andy heyward, bob-ombs, calamity clem, california gold rush, caveboy, caveman land, cobrats, dinosaurs, elvin lives, elvin parsley, elvis presley, fire flowers, game show host, gary owens, glasnuts, goombas, half life malt shop, home radio, howard stevens, james brown, jim lange, king bowser koopa, leonardo da vinci, leonardo da vinci mahoney, leonardo da vinci rooney, lonesome mushroom, luigi mario, mario mario, martin garner, mikhail gorbachev, mouser, mousersaurus rex, mugga, piranha plants, pizza, plummers academy, president george h.w. bush, princess peach toadstool, pterodactyls, quest for fire, quest for pizza, robin leach, roy orbisoni mahoney, salvador drainado, sergeant kooperman, sockhop land, super mario 3d world, super mario world, the great gold coin rush, the painting, toad, toads, waluigi, wario, willy white | 2 Comments

Never Steal a Used Carpet

Posted on January 24, 2020 by Nathan

Koopa Klaus – Christmas was almost a month ago, but here’s the Christmas episode of this show. I already wrote about this one twelve years ago, and I can’t say I can think of much to add. It is weird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Food, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged al capone, albatosses, apes, bad rap, baron manfred von richtofen, birdo, bob-ombs, brian bonsall, captain lou albano, caught in a draft, cloud land, crime land, danny wells, dirk drain-head, donkey kong, duh stoopid bomb!, ed metzger, eliot ness, fat boys, flab boys, flurries, flying carpets, george washington slept here, gorilla my dreams, gorillas, james brown, king bowser koopa, king james, koopa klaus, koopa klub, koopa troopas, lakitu, little mac, little marios, luigi mario, mama mario, mario and the red baron koopa, mario mario, michael jackson, mother brain, mouser, mushroom king, nester, nintendo comics system, nintendo power, ostros, pasta, pasta land, perry martin, pidgits, president george washington, princess peach toadstool, rap land, ratigator, sam shalam, santa claus, sergeant slaughter, shy guys, snifits, spaghetti, spinies, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the untouchables, the unzappables, toad, wart, wooster, world war i | 1 Comment

I Regret That I Have But One Stomach to Give for Your Country

Posted on January 5, 2020 by Nathan

This is the fifth in my ongoing series of Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews. Speaking of which, there were some reviews from about twenty years ago that I remember reading but couldn’t find recently, and I found out … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Comics, Fairy Tales, Families, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Relationships, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Toys, Video Games | Tagged albatosses, baby park, block city, bob-ombs, do you princess toadstool take this koopa, dogs, donna douglas, fountain of youth, gary schwartz, herlock solmes, king bowser koopa, kingdom of youth, koopa troopas, lost dog, luigi mario, mario hillbillies, mario kart, mario mario, mario party advance, marty allen, mayor fettuccine, mouser, ostros, pam matteson, pasta, pasta land, patrick dempsey, pizza, plumbers of the year, princess peach toadstool, sherlock holmes, shroomlock, sir arthur conan doyle, spaghetti, super mario adventures, super mario bros., super mario odyssey, super paper mario, super plant, the adventures of sherlock mario, the great mission to rescue princess peach, the pied koopa, three men and a baby, toad, toads, triclyde, two plumbers and a baby | 3 Comments

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em, Then Beat ‘Em

Posted on December 28, 2019 by Nathan

Toad Warriors – This episode seems to be a favorite, or at least it is with the guys who host the podcast on Hard Times. I can’t say I disagree, as I tend to like it when Toad takes a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Cartoons, Celebrities, Donkey Kong, Food, Greek Mythology, Humor, Magic, Maps, Mario, Monsters, Music, Mythology, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged aliens, bats, beezos, birdo, bob-ombs, captain clump, car land, clare carey, count koopula, david horowitz, do you believe in magic?, donkey kong jr., dracula, e.c. the extra creepy, fight back!, fire flower, frankenstein, goombas, grand koopa canyon, great balls of fire, harry blackstone jr, hercufleas, hercules, igor, jerry lee lewis, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, luigi mario, mad max, magic johnson, magician, mouser, mythis, parrots, pasta, patches, pirates, pirates of koopa, princess peach toadstool, ravioli, robots, spaghetti, spiders, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, super mario world, the fire of hercufleas, the marios fight back, the road warrior, thunder birdo, toad, toad warriors, trouters, turtlevania, tweeters, vampires, wereturtles, zombies | Leave a comment

Last Drainpipe to Brooklyn, Last Chance to Turn Around

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Nathan

It’s time for some more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews! If that doesn’t interest you, hopefully I’ll have another post up before you can say “pasta power.” The Great BMX Race – The title is pretty clear about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Cartoons, Communism, Economics, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged albatosses, alligator dundee, aunt luigeena, awazon river, birdo, bob-ombs, brooklyn bound, butterfingers, captain lou albano, cher, cher's poochie, communist manifesto, crocodile dundee, dance, danny wells, dogs, fire flowers, fryguy, jungle fever, karl marx, king bowser koopa, koopa pack, koopa troopas, luigi mario, mama mario, mama mia mario, mouser, mushroom kingdom, pam matteson, paul elder, pizza transformer, princess peach toadstool, q*bert, quirks, ratigator, salvador drainado, sewer shark, shabba-doo, sheldon, shy guys, snifits, snow world, spear guys, stars in their eyes, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, super mario odyssey, the great bmx race, toad, triclyde, virtual boy wario land, wizzrobes, yoshi's island | 4 Comments

You Aren’t Going Nowhere, Fungus

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Nathan

Continued from this post, here are four more Super Mario Bros. Super Show episode reviews: Rolling Down the River – While not exactly the line from “Proud Mary,” they did originally play that song in this episode, earlier in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Beatles, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Food, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Ruth Plumly Thompson, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged bats in the basement, beezos, bob-ombs, brutius maximus grouchimus, clawgrip, dealin' delbert, frankenstein, goombas, horses, hot pepper pistachio ice cream, jack and the beanstalk, joe dolce, king bowser koopa, koopa troopas, linguine ampire, lions, love 'em and leave 'em, love potion, luigi mario, mario and the beanstalk, mushroom kingdom, nintendo comics system, ostros, princess peach toadstool, queen of hearts, queen rotunda, rolling down the river, rotunda land, shyguys, spaghetti, subcon, super mario bros. 2, the great gladiator gig, the mario monster mash, toad, triclyde, vampires, you again? | 4 Comments

Give Me Pasta Power as Fast as You Can

Posted on November 20, 2019 by Nathan

Okay, nobody at all expressed interest in my reviewing individual Super Mario Bros. Super Show episodes, but I felt like doing it anyway, so here are thoughts on the first four. Each one has both a cartoon and a live-action … Continue reading →

Posted in Arabian, Arthurian Legend, British, Cartoons, Humor, Magic, Mario, Music, Mythology, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged aladdin, arabian nights, beezos, birdo, bob-ombs, butch mario and the luigi kid, captain lou albano, cheep cheeps, cobrats, danica mckellar, danny wells, excalibur, fire flower, flurries, genie, jinn, king arthur, king bowser koopa, king mario of cramalot, koopa troopas, luigi mario, lyle alzado, marianne and luigeena, mario's magic carpet, merlin, merlon, mervin, mouser, neatness counts, nicole eggert, ostros, pidgits, piranha plants, pokeys, princess peach toadstool, sergeant slaughter, snifits, sultan pasbah, super mario bros., super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the bird! the bird!, toad, trouters | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: bob-ombs

Everyone’s Your Friend in Mushroom City

Folded Follies

May the Pasta Be with You

When the Plumbing Gets Tough, the Tough Get Plumbing

I Regret That I Have But One Stomach to Give for Your Country

If You Can’t Beat ‘Em, Join ‘Em, Then Beat ‘Em

Last Drainpipe to Brooklyn, Last Chance to Turn Around

You Aren’t Going Nowhere, Fungus

Give Me Pasta Power as Fast as You Can

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