Club Mario
- This article is about the television series that replaced the live-action segments for The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! For other uses, see Club Mario (disambiguation).
- Not to be confused with Mario Club Co., Ltd. or Super Mario Club (television series).
| Club Mario | |||
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| General information | |||
| Format | Children's television series | ||
| Director | Kevin O'Donnell | ||
| Writers | Kevin O'Donnell Jeff Rose Michael Anthony Rawlins Chris Coombs | ||
| Composer | Eric Allaman | ||
| Country of origin | United States of America | ||
| Original language | English | ||
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| Number of seasons | 1 | ||
| Number of episodes | 65 | ||
| Production | |||
| Executive producers | Kevin O'Donnell Eric Schotz | ||
| Production companies | Bull Dolphin, Inc DIC Entertainment | ||
| Camera | Christopher Mulligan Mark Edelstein James Hunziker Randy Rogers Blake Hottle | ||
| Runtime | 20 minutes | ||
| Broadcast | |||
| Channel |  First-run syndication | ||
| First aired | May 14, 1990[1] | ||
| Last aired | August 10, 1990[?] | ||
| Status | Ended | ||
| Chronology | |||
| Related programs | The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! | ||
- Youth seven years and olderThrough 1990 to 1991, Club Mario replaced the original live-action segments of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show![1] This series features "extreme" Super Mario-obsessed teenagers messing around at their titular studio. Chris Coombs and Michael Rawlins play the hosts Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC respectively.
CastEdit
- 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 Big Kid
- James Abbott as The Band
- Shanti Kahn as Princess Centauri
EpisodesEdit
Recurring segmentsEdit
On the show, there are several recurring segments.
"Are You Bogus?"Edit
- Main article: Are You Bogus?
In "Are You Bogus?", Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC interview a guest at Club Mario, asking them questions to determine if they are who they claim to be.
"Celluloid Rating"Edit
In "Celluloid Rating," Tommy and Co-MC watch popular films and then rate them based on how they felt about the film.
Featured filmsEdit
- A Fine Mess ("Mario's Magic Carpet")
- The Invisible Man ("Stars in Their Eyes")
- The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ("The Fire of Hercufleas")
"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 attempts to answer, they decide they do not want to hear his answer anymore, usually because his answers are very incorrect. Sometimes, Co-MC or Tommy bet Dr. Know-It-All's answers are incorrect. Occasionally, Dr. Know-It-All's answers are correct, 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 the Super Mario cartoons, as well as its corresponding show Captain N: The Game Master.
Spaced Out TheaterEdit
Spaced Out Theater is a show that Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC watch while "satellite surfing" on Thursdays and Fridays. It is hosted by Princess Centauri, a green alien woman bookending an edited version of another show called Photon, produced by DIC Entertainment, with all of the copyrighted songs replaced with original music. During the segment, she often makes witty remarks about Bhodi Li and his partners' adventures in attempting to find the titular Photon crystals located on every planet they visit.
Featured clipsEdit
- "Deadly Thorns" ("Mario's Magic Carpet," "The Ringer")
- "No Laughing Matter" ("Love 'Em and Leave 'Em," "Cold Spells")
- "Space Terror" ("Brooklyn Bound," "The White Knight")
- "Necessity and Invention" ("Pirates of Koopa," "Kiss'n Tell")
- "Friends and Enemies" ("The Pied Koopa," "Sing for the Unicorn")
- "Maze of Fear" ("Too Hot to Handle," "That Sinking Feeling")
Big Kid TheaterEdit
Big Kid Theater is a show that Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC watch while "satellite surfing." It is hosted by its titular character Big Kid, "the biggest 10-year old," played by Jeff Rose. During the segments, he shows clips of old black-and-white films, such as Tarzan the Ape Man.
Featured filmsEdit
- Tarzan the Ape Man ("Mario's Magic Carpet")
- Radar Men from the Moon ("Rolling Down the River," "The Great BMX Race")
StaffEdit
- Main article: List of Club Mario staff
GalleryEdit
- For this subject's image gallery, see Gallery:Club Mario.
Co-MC, (foreground) Tommy Treehugger, (background) and James (distance)
Tommy Treehugger
Tommy Treehugger (left) and Co-MC (right)
Princess Centauri, hostess of Spaced Out Theater
James
NotesEdit
- The Mario doll featured in many of the Club Mario segments is the 1989 Mario doll from Applause.
- On streaming releases and the YouTube upload by WildBrain, the Club Mario segment is included for "The Unzappables" instead of its original live-action segment.