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Gamer Era Episode 026 - A Coney Island Disco Podcast

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I’d say he’s hot on our tail! Yes, that’s right – after months of teasing, it’s finally time to cover the much-tittered-about trilogy of DiC Mario cartoons. To unclog the drains of this particular chapter in licensing history, Sam calls in the expert turtle-trouncing duo of Muz (@MuzYoshi) and Dylan (@DekuDeluxe). It’s not just the Super Show and co. in the crosshairs either – it’s everything in its dungaree-clad periphery! And remember: if you don’t listen to this episode, YOU’RE gonna turn into a GOOMBA. I’m telling it to you.

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Special thanks to @SuperShowHQ for their clean rips of the TV score!

Topics discussed: DiC Entertainment’s Mario Cartoons (The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World); Saturday Supercade, The Legend of Zelda (TV series), King Koopa’s Kool Kartoons; Super Mario Bros. (1993 film), The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

Also mentioned: The Binding of Isaac, Stardew Valley; Balatro, Best of Solitaire (3DS); The Silver Case, Xenogears; Fox Kids / Jetix, Saban Productions, Super Mario Bros. 2; The Flintstones, The Weird Al Show, Dinosaurs (1991 TV series), Donkey Kong Country, Rayman (TV series), Sailor Moon

Music used:

• Plumber Rap, “SMB2 Overworld” [from “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”] – Shuki Levi, Haim Saban, Koji Kondo
• “Underground Theme” [from “Super Mario World”] – Michael Tavera, Koji Kondo
• Donkey Kong Theme [from “Saturday Supercade”] – Shuki Levy, Haim Saban, Dean Elliott
• Atari Mario Bros. Commercial [based on “Car 54, Where Are You?” by John Strauss]
• “Underground Variation #1”, “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” [from “The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3”] – Michael Tavera, Stuart Goetz, Koji Kondo, Cyndi Lauper
• Opening Theme, “Lookin’ for You” [from “Super Mario World”] – Michael Tavera, Joanne Miller
• Do the Mario! [from “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!”] – Shuki Levi, Haim Saban, Lou Albano, Koji Kondo

Further reading:

• “DO THE MARIO! Perry Martin on Scripting the Cartoon Adaptations of the Super Mario Bros.!” – Vantage Point Interviews (Brett Homenick, 2018): https://vantagepointinterviews.com/2018/09/11/do-the-mario-perry-martin-on-scripting-the-cartoon-adaptations-of-the-super-mario-bros/
• “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show people once tried to make bizarre Metroid and Castlevania cartoons” – Polygon (Michael McWhertor, 2019): https://www.polygon.com/2019/5/8/18536769/super-mario-bros-power-hour-metroid-castlevania-cartoons-dic
• “Brotherly Love: The History of ‘The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!’” – The Ringer (Alan Siegel, 2020): https://www.theringer.com/2020/09/09/tv/super-mario-bros-super-show
• “Behind Nintendo’s bizarre Mario movie, Donkey Kong TV show, and Pokemon empire” – Polygon (Matt Paprocki, 2020): https://www.polygon.com/features/2020/6/5/21280650/nintendo-movies-based-on-mario-pokemon-donkey-kong-the-wizard-detective-pikachu
• “The History of DIC” – Entertainment Junkie Blog (Eli Sanza, 2021): https://ejunkieblog.com/2021/09/23/the-history-of-dic/