Win a Copy of Rocko’s Modern Life
One of the earliest hits on Nickelodeon was Rocko’s Modern Life and Shout! Factory is bringing out the first season on DVD next week. To celebrate, we have three copies to give away to ComicMix fans.
Flash back to one of the most beloved animated Nickelodeon series from the 1990s when Rocko’s Modern Life: Season One 2-DVD set arrives in stores nationwide for the first time on June 21, 2011, from Shout! Factory. Featuring all 26 wacky adventures of an Australian wallaby and his pals in 13 original episodes (two segments per episode), this DVD release has long been anticipated by fans but has not been available in stores until now. The collectible Rocko’s Modern Life: Season One DVD is priced to own with a suggested retail price of $19.93.
Created by award-winning animator Joe Murray for Nickelodeon, Rocko’s Modern Life is one of the most enduring Nick animated classics. The hit series boasts an all-star voice cast – Carlos Alazraqui (CatDog, Reno 911), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants, Transformers animated series), Charlie Adler (The Super Hero Squad Show, Transformers), and Doug Lawrence (SpongeBob SquarePants, Camp Lazlo).
To win, all you have to do is post your favorite Rocko memory by 11:59 p.m., Monday, June 20. The judgment of ComicMix will be final. If you never saw the show, feel free to share your favorite Nickelodeon memory as a substitute.
A favorite with viewers and critics alike, Rocko’s Modern Life debuted in 1993. Over the course of its four-season run on Nickelodeon, the series garnered a Daytime Emmy® Award and an Environmental Media Award. Brimming with anthropomorphic social satire and offbeat humor, Rocko’s Modern Life follows the misadventures of Australian wallaby named Rocko, who encounters various dilemmas and situations regarding otherwise mundane aspects of life. His best friend, Heffer, is a fat and enthusiastic cow, while his other friend, Filburt, is an easily upset turtle who often feels uncomfortable or disturbed. Ed Bighead lives next door to Rocko and detests him. These folks live in a bizarre district known as O-Town, and most of the episodes revolve around Rocko trying to cope with the absurdities and dilemmas he encounters in life.
Favorite memory was when Rocko mentions never knowing that Heffer had been adopted in front of Heffer’s family. The quick following silence just before Heffer asked if that was true when reality was frozen in awkwardness.
My favorite memory: Rocko standing in front of a shop window containing a painting of “a sad crying clown in an iron lung.” To this day it still sounds like a great idea for a painting… and I really, really want one.
My favorite memory is when Rocko is sick, goes to the doctor and gets a prescription that turns out to be massive tablets the size of his head. He can’t figure out how he’s supposed to take them, so he breaks one into multiple fragments and washes them down with glasses of water individually. However, he feels rather poorly after doing this, calls the doctor and discovers they are suppositories.
My favorite moment is in the episode where Rocko is fired from the first comic store and is trying out other jobs. He tries his hand as an “adult phone operator” and his first client is Mrs. Bighead. “Oh baby, oh baby, oh baby. I am your love stallion.” “Rocko?” “Mrs. Bighead?!” *click!* All these years later, thinking about it and remembering the looks on their faces still makes me laugh.
Geez, where to start?
The B-52’s theme song. ReallyReallyBig Man and his Nipples of the Future. The Little Poots. Meet the Fatheads. This show was WOEfully underappreciated.
The fun part is watching The Kid find these shows on YouTube and laughing her ass off. Does my heart good.
Equally criminal is the fact that it took over a decade and a half for Joe to get another show. Camp Lazlo for Cartoon Network got a great number of the band back together, including Mr Lawrence, voice of Plankton from Spongebob. It too deserves your attention.
“This is a HOOT!”
Speaking of contests to win videos – where’s my Superman?
The episode where ed bighead keeps getting promoted and keeps getting more paperwork.