Hell, I cant even change the oil in my own car, but I do know clever and witty writing when I see it, and Thunderstruck's is courtesy of Tom Krajewski. Concededly though, I'm not much of an armchair enthusiast when it comes to motorsports-I couldn't identify a carburetor from an alternator. We're both extremely competitive, we both love chicken wings, and the only thing we hate more than losing, is smooth jazz. That is unless you consider the oft-repeated phrase, "fart nugget" a bad word. Buddy's personality and characteristics seem like a melange somewhere between Richard Rawlings of Fast N' Loud fame and Middlesboro, Kentucky's own Lee Majors The Fall Guy, with the voice akin to Jungle Recon from Action Figure Therapy, minus the sexual overtones and foul language. It centers around the exploits of the titular character, Buddy Thunderstruck, an uber-cool, fair-haired, snaggletoothed, semi-truck racing dog and his grease monkey, Darnell, a pompadour- haired albino ferret. The series-consisting of 12 (twenty-three part) episodes-takes place in Greasepit, a small town inhabited by anthropomorphic talking animals including: boars, horses, bunnies, chickens, jackalopes, weasels, raccoons, and zealots-the racing type. Now before you hit the brakes, keep in mind that Thunderstruck is the result of a collaboration along with Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, lauded for the award-winning stop motion satirical sketch comedy series Robot Chicken. Yee-Haw! The series is brought to you by American Greetings Entertainment and is the brainchild of Ryan Wiesbrock, who's behind other animated shows such as: Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, Holly Hobbie and Friends and Packages from Planet X. If you're looking for an animated show which combines the sheer goofiness of that movie, with the trucker, "tire-squealin', fish-tailing' gear-grinding" buddy-duo antics of Smokey and the Bandit or The Dukes of Hazzard, along with a style that is visually reminiscent of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, then this show's definitely for you-and probably even your kids. How's that you ask? Two words: Talladega Nights. In many ways, Buddy Thunderstruck is an extremely appealing show even for viewers who aren't necessarily fans of the animation genre. However, once the unpleasantries of paperwork and procrastination were behind me, I began to binge-watch the entire series. You guessed it-filing my taxes! Don't get me wrong, I love cartoons, but avoiding costly fines and even possible jail time, takes precedence, after making coffee, walking the dogs, and checking Twitter. So naturally, when Buddy Thunderstruck, a new series geared for kids and possibly older, let's say fortyish kids-at-heart, hit Netflix on Friday, March 10th, I knew what I was doing Saturday morning. Weaselbrat/ Tex Jr.Let's face it friends, I'm a sucker for animation.
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