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Milo Murphy’s Law is a show I wish got more love than it deserved. I went in for the same reason I’m sure others did, the novelty of “Weird Al” Yanovic voicing the character, but that only goes so far. I had heard of Phineas And Ferb, the previous and highly popular show by the same creators, Dan Povenmire and Jeff “Swampy” Marsh, but I never really got into it. The adventures of Milo and his friends however I could very much get into.
The show follows Milo Murphy, the ancestor of the first victim of Murphy’s Law, anything that can go wrong will go wrong and usually spectacularly. While the curse seems to only affect the men (Milo and his dad are hit with it while Milo’s sister doesn’t and his mom only married into the family, plus we see one of his cousins denying he deals with it) the curse is rather hilarious to watch in action. Additionally, Milo ends up crossing paths with a pair of time travelers (voiced by the creators), secrets are learned about his friends, and running gags play the long game. The “llama incident” gets brought up numerous times in season one before being revealed halfway through and the yacht the school bought plays a part in season 2…by of course being destroyed.
Why didn’t the show do better. I thought the jokes hit well, the lore was silly but easy to follow, rare for anything involving time travel, the songs were good whether done by the usual team or Yanovic himself, and even when you know the characters would be fine the interest comes into HOW they deal with Murphy’s Law. There’s a video YouTube keeps wanting me to watch about “Why Milo Murphy’s Law Couldn’t Find An Audience” and partway through I decided this would be a good topic.
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Heck of a time for a nap.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy #10
Marvel/Paramount Comics (September, 1997)
“Return To The Forbidden Planet” part 2: “…A Prelude To War”
WRITER: Chris Cooper
PENCILER: Chris Renaud
INKER: Andy Lanning
COLORIST: Kevin Somers
LETTERER: Jim Novak
EDITOR: Bobbie Chase
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I know this will mean nothing in the archives, but for those reading this present day, due to life stuff today’s Art Soundoff will post when I get the chance to record it. So I’m putting today’s “Yesterday’s” Comic in the morning slot.
“Annie who?”
Spider-Girl #0
Marvel Comics (October, 1998)
reprinted from What If #105 (February, 1998); uses the same cover art but a different header
“Legacy In Black And White”
WRITERS/PENCILERS: Tom DeFalco & Ron Frenz
FINISHED ART: Bill Sienkewicz
COLORIST: Matt Webb
LETTERER: Chris Eliopoulos
EDITOR: Kelly Corvese
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Chapter By Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
Part 3: Talin chapter 6
We’re getting close to the end of the book so if our heroes are going to get to Talin IV and solve this mystery they’d best move their butts! Last time Spock hung out with a bunch of activists and this time Chekov and Sulu are still on the sex trafficker’s pirate ship. That makes more sense in context for those of you just joining us without actual access to the book. If that somehow made you want to read it…I don’t know, more power to you I guess.
Like I said, we’re checking in with the helm team and seeing what kind of new craziness they’re getting up to. I skimmed to see where the chapter ends so McCoy at least will be appearing here…somehow. Let’s get to reading and find out how together. Unless you’re just reading the review in which case you’ll find out through me I guess. I don’t know, I’m rambling for the homepage at this point.
Why He-Man Is Needed according to Shadiversity
He-Man is a big part of my childhood. While I didn’t collect as many of the action figures (I do feel I missed out on Castle Grayskull though) as I did for other toyline–Transformers and Star Wars tended to be my biggest collections–I did read the daylights out of the minicomics I had and of course I very much enjoyed He-Man & The Masters Of The Universe and She-Ra: Princess Of Power. I do have ties to this franchise.
Since I need to adjust my workload a bit today for the sake of the schedule I present this filler video from YouTube creator Shadiversity. Author Shad M Brooks usually discusses medieval life and weapons (a big fan of swords) and on occasion relates them to modern and classic fiction. In this video he goes over why the most powerful man in the universe and the original Filmation series were so iconic and so important to kids, while the classic series gets mistreated by Netflix and frankly other modern media sources.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on November 23, 2021 in Animation Spotlight, Television Spotlight and tagged 80s cartoon, commentary, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, kids show, kids TV, Shadiversity.
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