Club Mario
Tommy Treehugger and Co-M.C. were the hosts – two twenty-somethings pretending to be teenagers who "satellite surfed" between extreme sports clips and wacky interviews in their radical apartment.
Their "satellite" looked like an upside-down Chinese parasol, and whenever they wanted to "satellite surf", I remember they'd make a big deal of adjusting the thing. There was a weird lady with big hair who occasionally appeared on their TV between clips.
On Fridays, (Legend of Zelda cartoon day!),Co-M.C. was replaced by his "brother", "Evil Eric", who loved to cause mayhem.Tammy Treehugger Tommy's "little" sister, who happened to be over six feet tall joined in the hijinx which involved ganging up on poor Tommy.
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.
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 up the classic (albeit weird) Super Show openings for this tripe? Maybe it was an attempt to make Mario & Co. more radical and extreme.
Cast
- Tommy Treehugger - Chris Coombs
- Co M.C. / Evil Eric - Michael Anthony Rawlins
- Tammi Treehugger - Victoria Delany
