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Celebrity Cartoons
There was an era when some celebrities were so big, their movies/music/performances/sports exposure were not enough for them. There was an era when celebrity endorsements went beyond just merchandise. At one time, the pinnacle of pop culture fame was getting your own doll or cereal. But for a certain number of household names, their acts would be translated into Saturday morning cartoons. These were shows that were based on the image, personality, or character of the celebrity and they were put into 30-minute episodes of adventures.
Some notable shows were Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling, the Kid N Play animated series, Hammerman with MC Hammer and the Mister T cartoon. The celebrities would often voice their characters or just show up during live segments, or sometimes both.
Today, we take a look at five of the best Celebrity-themed Saturday Morning Cartoons!
5. Wish Kid with Macaulay Culkin
Macaulay Culkin’s star after Home Alone was quite the phenomenon. For a child star, he got to have a career with some range — from comedy (Home Alone) to drama (My Girl) to even a thriller where he was a psychotic villain (The Good Son). In 1991, he got to capitalize on his fame with a project that hit his own demographic. He voiced a character in an adventure cartoon called Wish Kid where he played a character whose baseball glove was struck by a shooting star and it gave him power to grant short-lived wishes. Culkin would appear in live-action segments that bookended the episodes.
4. Bruno the Kid with Bruce Willis
When Bruce Willis wasn’t acting on screen, he had an alter ego named Bruno. He used it in his music career and he uses it in his cartoon show, 1996’s Bruno the Kid. Willis voices a child, which is interestingly not the first time and certainly not the youngest character he’s ever played, as he voiced the baby, Mikey, in the Look Who’s Talking movies. In Bruno the Kid, Bruno is a special agent spy who is so secret that even his organization doesn’t know he’s only a child. Willis gets to make a virtual appearance as a computer-generated rendering when he talks to his superiors. And, of course, Willis takes it up a notch by singing the Bluesy theme song. He even works in his famous Die Hard catchphrase in a family-friendly way, “Yippie Ki-Yay, Suckers.”
3. ProStars with Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretzky
Athletes often seem larger-than-life with their skills and athletic abilities, so why not make them practically superheroes? 1991’s ProStars did exactly that. Three of the biggest names in sports — Michael Jordan, Bo Jackson and Wayne Gretzky — were a crime-fighting team that was curiously led by an old Yiddish-type mother figure. The show was all about their quest to help children, and every mission the ProStars went on was dictated by a distress call from a kid needing their help. Jackson and Gretzky appeared in live-action segments of the show where they would answer mail-in questions from young fans and give little positive messages or advice.
2. Camp Candy with John Candy
After the success of Uncle Buck, John Candy would voice a character sharing his name for 1989’s Camp Candy. He would play a camp counselor and proprietor of the summer camp. The show would combine his wholesome rapport with children (as demonstrated in Uncle Buck) with the wacky hijinks of surviving the wilderness (reminiscent of The Great Outdoors). While Candy tries to show his campers a fun time, there’s a looming threat of him losing his business to bankruptcy and a recurring villain who wants to destroy the camp. The villain’s name is even Rex DeForest III. Candy would start making appearances on the show in live-action segments where he would give lessons about nature.
1. Bobby’s World with Howie Mandel
In his heyday, Howie Mandel was a stand-up comedian with edgy, sexual humor and graphic language. However, in his arsenal, he had the talent to do a cute child-like voice (which he modified for his adorable portrayal of Gizmo in the Gremlins movies). It was tailor-made for a children’s cartoon show and Mandel would voice four-year-old Bobby Generic for 1990’s Bobby’s World. Despite the vulgar content in Mandel’s comedy act, the nature of his material often explored semantics through a simple lens, which transferred pretty well to a child’s understanding of the world and, with that, the show was enjoyable for both kids and adults. Mandel would appear in live-action segments talking to Bobby, but he would also voice Bobby’s dad.
What were some of your favorite shows of this nature?
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