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Everyone knows about the Super Mario Bros. Super Show. Watched it. Loved it. Did the Mario dance with Captain Lou during the ending credits. Even if you didn't see it after school, two DVD collections are available that contain all the cartoons and live-action Mario Bros. scenes.  
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[[File:Clubmariologo.jpg|thumb|The ''Club Mario'' logo]]
During the spring and summer of 1990, '''''Club Mario''''' replaced the ''Mario Bros.'' live-action segments of the ''[[The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!]]'' This series featured "extreme" ''Super Mario''-obsessed teenagers goofing around, and, in at least one episode, running around the [[DIC Entertainment|DiC]] studios and harassing the show's executive producer [[Andy Heyward]]. Chris Coombs and Michael Rawlins played the hosts [[Tommy Treehugger]] and [[Co-MC]] respectively.


But did you know that there were alternate opening segments that did not feature Mario and Luigi? For some of the cartoons, Captain Lou Albano and Danny Wells (the live-action Mario brothers) were not part of the Super Show. They were replaced by something terrible, cliched, and purely 90s...[[Image:Smbss9ul2-1-.JPG|thumb|220px|Tommy Treehugger and Co-M.C.]]
==Theme song==
<blockquote>''Grab your board, hold on to your ha-at<br>
''Satellite surfin' is where it's at<br>
''At the Club<br>
''Club Mario<br>
''We're at the Club<br>
''Ma-Ma-Ma-M-M-M-M-M-Mario<br>
<br>
''Name any place that you wanna go-o<br>
''We'll take you there, oh don't you know<br>
''We're at the Club<br>
''Club Mario<br>
''Come join the Club<br>
''Ma-Ma-Ma-M-M-M-M-M<br>
''Club Mario</blockquote>


Club Mario!
==Segments==
On the show, there were a few recurring segments.


===Spaced Out Theater / Space Scout Theater===
"Spaced Out Theater" was a show that Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC would watch while satellite surfing. It was hosted by Princess Centauri, a green alien woman. This segment was an edited version of another show called ''Photon'', with all the copyrighted songs replaced with original music.


===Cast===
===Are You Bogus?===
In "Are You Bogus?", Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC would interview someone and ask that person questions to see if they are who they say they are. If the person is fake, he or she would be considered "bogus" by Tommy and Co-MC. Sometimes the fake person would be a cast member such as "The Big Kid", who claimed to be [[Santa Claus]], or a previous guest, the Prince of Cool, who claimed to be Julius Caesar. Occasionally the "bogus" accusation was unfounded, such as a claimant being Joe Piscopo. When Co-MC and Tommy call "bogus", they realize too late that the real Joe Piscopo did indeed make an appearance.


* Tommy Treehugger - Chris Coombs
===Dr. Know It All===
* Co-M.C. / Evil Eric - Michael Anthony Rawlins
In "Dr. Know It All", Tommy and Co-MC ask a man named "Dr. Know It All" a question. But when he tries to answer, they decide they don't want to hear his answer anymore, usually because his answers were off by miles. Sometimes Co-MC or Tommy would bet Dr. Know It All would get a question wrong. Occasionally Dr. Know It All would get a question right, causing an argument between Tommy and Co-MC. Dr. Know It All was played by Kurt Weldon, a crew member who wrote several episodes of ''Super Mario'' cartoons, as well as its corresponding show ''[[Captain N: The Game Master]]''.
* Tammi Treehugger - Victoria Delany


==Cast==
*[[Chris Coombs]] as [[Tommy Treehugger]]
*[[Michael Anthony Rawlins]] as [[Co-MC]]
*Michael Anthony Rawlins as [[Evil Eric]]
*[[Kurt Weldon]] as [[Dr. Know-It-All]]
*[[Victoria Delaney]] as [[Tammy Treehugger]]
*[[Jeff Rose]] as [[The Big Kid]]
*[[James Abbott]] as [[The Band]]
*[[Shanti Kahn]] as [[Princess Centauri]]


Tommy Treehugger and Co-M.C. were the hosts &ndash; two twenty-somethings pretending to be teenagers who "satellite surfed" between extreme sports clips and wacky interviews in their radical apartment.  
All ''Club Mario'' music was composed by Eric Allaman.


Their "satellite" looked like an upside-down Chinese parasol, whenever they wanted to "satellite surf", they would make a big deal of adjusting the thing and there was a weird lady with big hair who occasionally appeared on their TV between clips.
==Staff==
{{main|List of Club Mario staff}}


==Gallery==
<gallery>
CM1.jpg|Co-MC, (foreground) Tommy Treehugger, (background) and The Band (distance)
CM5.jpg|Tommy Treehugger
CM4.jpg|Co-MC
CM3.jpg|Princess Centauri, hostess of ''Spaced Out Theater''
CM6.jpg|"The Band"
</gallery>


On Fridays, (Legend of Zelda cartoon day!),Co-M.C. was replaced by his "brother", "Evil Eric", who loved to cause mayhem and hijinx which involved ganging up on Tommy.
==Trivia==
*On Tubi, the Club Mario segment is included for [[The Unzappables]] instead of its original live-action segment.


==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVmXYXYepVnuHAjpO5QkM74GD5-6PB7Zm Playlist with 11 surviving Club Mario segments]{{dead link}}


The segments were shot to replace the live-action Mario and Luigi (Albano and Wells) when the show ran into further syndication. 
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[[Category:Television series]]
It’s likely that they were trying to win over the Saturday morning audience that was, at the time, consumed with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the like with all-new “hip” hosts.  By adding wrap-arounds only, DiC could save money by creating a new “series” while using existing cartoons.
[[Category:The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!|*]]
 
[[Category:DIC Entertainment]]
 
The show opened the same way we expected with a purple holographic screen and Mario's smiling head exclaimed, "Hey, Paisanos! It's the Super Mario Bros. Super Show!" But electric guitars came in with a heavy drum beat then the camera angles went screwy. What the heck was this?
 
 
The visuals combined the Mario cartoon opening, scenes from the Mario episode "The Bird! The Bird!", and random shots of the Club Mario cast and set.
At one point, the digitized voice says "M-M-M-M-Mario", but it sounds like he's saying "[[Wario]]" (funny, because this was years before there even was a Wario). No Captain Lou dance at all. No sign of the famous plumbing shop and basement apartment.
 
 
In fact, the only thing Mario-related on the set was a Mario doll.
They could have turned the set into "Club" Anything. It was about as generic you can get.
 
 
The [[Mario]] rap intro song was replaced by a different theme, something loud with cheesy lyrics and extreme guitar riffs.
 
==Theme Song==
 
Name any place that you wanna go-o
We'll take you there, oh don't you know
We're at the Club
Club Mario
Come join the Club
C-C-C-Club M-M-Mario
 
Grab your seat, hold on to your ha-at
Satellite Surfin' is where it's at
Here at the Club
Club Mario
Come join the Club
C-C-C-Club M-M-Mario
 
 
Why did they decide to change the classic Super Show opening for this tripe?
Maybe it was an attempt to make Mario & Co more radical and extreme like rival mascot Sonic the Hedgehog.
 
 
The segments aren't mentioned anywhere on the Super Mario Bros. Super Show! DVD collections from Shout! Factory and it's been left off the DVD archives.
 
 
Original Air Date 1989/1990
 
 
[[Category: Real World]]

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Club Mario
The Club Mario logo

During the spring and summer of 1990, Club Mario replaced the Mario Bros. live-action segments of the The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! This series featured "extreme" Super Mario-obsessed teenagers goofing around, and, in at least one episode, running around the DiC studios and harassing the show's executive producer Andy Heyward. Chris Coombs and Michael Rawlins played the hosts Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC respectively.

Theme song[edit]

Grab your board, hold on to your ha-at

Satellite surfin' is where it's at
 At the Club
 Club Mario
 We're at the Club
 Ma-Ma-Ma-M-M-M-M-M-Mario
Name any place that you wanna go-o
 We'll take you there, oh don't you know
 We're at the Club
 Club Mario
 Come join the Club
 Ma-Ma-Ma-M-M-M-M-M

Club Mario

Segments[edit]

On the show, there were a few recurring segments.

Spaced Out Theater / Space Scout Theater[edit]

"Spaced Out Theater" was a show that Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC would watch while satellite surfing. It was hosted by Princess Centauri, a green alien woman. This segment was an edited version of another show called Photon, with all the copyrighted songs replaced with original music.

Are You Bogus?[edit]

In "Are You Bogus?", Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC would interview someone and ask that person questions to see if they are who they say they are. If the person is fake, he or she would be considered "bogus" by Tommy and Co-MC. Sometimes the fake person would be a cast member such as "The Big Kid", who claimed to be Santa Claus, or a previous guest, the Prince of Cool, who claimed to be Julius Caesar. Occasionally the "bogus" accusation was unfounded, such as a claimant being Joe Piscopo. When Co-MC and Tommy call "bogus", they realize too late that the real Joe Piscopo did indeed make an appearance.

Dr. Know It All[edit]

In "Dr. Know It All", Tommy and Co-MC ask a man named "Dr. Know It All" a question. But when he tries to answer, they decide they don't want to hear his answer anymore, usually because his answers were off by miles. Sometimes Co-MC or Tommy would bet Dr. Know It All would get a question wrong. Occasionally Dr. Know It All would get a question right, causing an argument between Tommy and Co-MC. Dr. Know It All was played by Kurt Weldon, a crew member who wrote several episodes of Super Mario cartoons, as well as its corresponding show Captain N: The Game Master.

Cast[edit]

All Club Mario music was composed by Eric Allaman.

Staff[edit]

Main article: List of Club Mario staff

Gallery[edit]

  • Co-MC, (foreground) Tommy Treehugger, (background) and The Band (distance)

    Co-MC, (foreground) Tommy Treehugger, (background) and The Band (distance)

  • Tommy Treehugger

    Tommy Treehugger

  • Co-MC

    Co-MC

  • Princess Centauri, hostess of Spaced Out Theater

    Princess Centauri, hostess of Spaced Out Theater

  • "The Band"

    "The Band"

Trivia[edit]

  • On Tubi, the Club Mario segment is included for The Unzappables instead of its original live-action segment.

External links[edit]

[Edit]
Television series, films, and videos
Animated TV series Saturday Supercade (1983) • Captain N: The Game Master (1989) • The Legend of Zelda (1989) • The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 (1990) • Super Mario World (1991) • Captain N & The Video Game Masters (1993) • Mario All Stars (1994) • Donkey Kong Country (1996)
Televised live action / mixed format The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (1989) • Mario Ice Capades (1989) • King Koopa's Kool Kartoons (1989) • Club Mario (1990) • The Super Mario Challenge (1990) • Donkey Kong Planet (1996)
Films Super Mario Bros.: Peach-hime Kyūshutsu Dai Sakusen! (1986) • Super Mario Bros. (1993) • Pixels (2015) • The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) • Untitled The Super Mario Bros. Movie follow-up (2026)
OVAs / Straight-to-video Mario no Daibōken (1986) • Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros. (1989) • Super Mario no Kōtsū Anzen (1989) • Super Mario no Shōbōtai (1989) • Super Mario World: Mario to Yoshi no Bōken Land (1991) • Mario Kirby Meisaku Video (1993)
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