I visited the last day of Wizard World Anaheim Comic-Con 2010 with Rob Welkner of COIN-OP TV and Mike from Blanklogo Photography to see what the land that usually gives us Disney could do by giving us Marvel (now owned by Disney). The best way I could describe it was “small, but mighty.” While it was no way a juggernaut like San Diego Comic-Con (but then again, what is… except for maybe World War II), there were still some very cool things that this nerd loved.

First off, I got to see some of my favorite voiceover artists, like Billy West of Ren & Stimpy and Futurama, Phil LaMarr (@PhilLaMarr), who’s done every voice from Samurai Jack to Static Shock, even Pinky and the Brain themselves, Rob Paulsen (@YakkoPinky) and Maurice LaMarche. Rob was excited to see me sporting a Ninja Turtles shirt, and said, “I was Raphael!” Which is true, he voiced Raph in the 80s “Toon Turtles” series.

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Many people wonder why we get so scared from monster movies and horror films. I blame television. When you are young, you get inidated with scary but funny shows about ghosts, ghouls and monsters, to the point you think they’re cute and fun. And then, whammo! You get older and are subjected to Ring chicks, Blair Witches, and Paranormal Activities! Nice job, TV.

So I thought I would take this opportunity to list all those kids’ TV shows and cartoons that made scary fun, completely bamboozling us about scary things until we got older. 31 to be exact. Why 31? Cause it’s HALLOWEEN! Oh yeah, and cause it’s a… PRIME NUMBER! IT’S A PRIME LIST!

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Capt. Lou Albano passed away. Not only was he a big part of the Hulk Hogan heyday of professional wrestling and Cyndi Lauper music videos, he also provided the live-action look and voice for Mario every weekday afternoon on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. This guy was a big part of my personal pop culture lifestyle and he will be terribly missed.  Thanks, Capt. Lou for entertaining us and bringing one of our favorite video game characters to life. Do the Mario!

Cyndi Lauper – “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” / “Goonies R Good Enough”

It’s time to induct a cartoon character into the ANNOYING CARTOON SIDEKICK HALL OF FAME, a place where bad cartoon characters go to die. Today’s inductee: Webigail Vanderquack (also known as “Webby”) from DuckTales.

Every time I see Webby on this classic cartoon, all we think of is some Disney Afternoon executive going, “Give Huey, Dewey & Louie a sister.”

And then the show creator going, “Uh, they’ve never had a sister the entire time people have known them.”

And then that executive saying, “Well, make up some cockamamie story about her being the granddaughter of the housekeeper, so he hangs around a lot. That’s it. I like it. Money money money money money.”

And sure enough, that was Webby’s reason of being on DuckTales (More like SUCKTales! Am I right? Hi-5!) She was the granddaughter of  Mrs. Beakley and therefore always wanted to be a part of Huey, Dewey & Louie’s adventures. And that was really her point of being on DuckTales.

That, and because the show needed girls.

TALKBACK: What are your thoughts on Webby from DuckTales? And who do you think should be inducted into the Annoying Cartoon Sidekick Hall of Fame next?

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Edit: The video I originally put up was a copy. This embed is now the original version.

As I’m going in to see the premiere of Watchmen tonight, my friend Matt shows me this video on his iPhone. I guess those things are good for something. It’s a hilarious parody of what the graphic novel masks would be like if they were turned into a campy 80′s Saturday Morning Cartoon show.

Gee, I can only imagine how Alan Moore would react if he saw this? Enjoy this video and then go enjoy the movie… well, enjoy most of the movie.

This is no joke! This really happened during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade! It’s amazing. Cartoon Network, kudos to you once again.