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Epic Win: The Critic


Submitted by sporkbot, and the Movies

This terribly underrated cartoon starring John Lovitz was, uh, terribly underrated. And to prove it, I’ve assembled some great parodies from the show. See them after the jump.

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» 40 Blasts From The Past

  1. vinylitis says:

    FIRST

  2. vinylitis says:

    and i remember this show

  3. Sarah says:

    It stinks!

  4. Jennifer says:

    Keanu is so dumb.

  5. SallySweet says:

    Yay! I was so excited when they started airing reruns on Comedy Central and now Reelz. Definitely underrated, it was even picked up by Fox after ABC dumped it, but it should have been around for longer. Lovitz cracks me up!

  6. Brandon_ha says:

    Still airs in Canada. Such a good show.

  7. Scott S says:

    Buy my book!

    Buy my book!

    Buy my book!

  8. Xaqtly says:

    Funny as hell. One of the better shows to get canceled before its time. Lovitz is hysterical.

  9. Stef says:

    I loved this show. It’s even better now that it’s a decade and a half later and I’m old enough to get the rest of the jokes

  10. Jean Jeannie says:

    I loved, loved, LOVED this show. It was devilishly clever and hilarious! My sister, daughter and I would gather and laugh over it. The best was Doris trying to blow a smoke bunny with her cigarettes and instead a ghoulish death figure appeared warning her “Dorrris?….TICK TOCK!”

  11. Cara says:

    “I do believe on THIS TV, your nose is bigger than my foot, SEE?”

  12. Sebastian says:

    I liked “The Bus That Couldn’t Slow Down” better.

  13. CPTNHotSauce says:

    After it got picked up by FOX, or it might have been canceled, The Critic was a judge at the Springfield Film Festival

  14. Cait says:

    This is shown on Teletoon in Canada like every night but the episodes are in random order, but it is quite funny. My fave is Jay’s father, he’s just like so out of it xD

  15. Merinda says:

    This show was awesome, I even remember the simpsons crossover where they tried to rescue it.

  16. Julie says:

    OMG I bought the DVD set as soon as it came out! This show was so freakin’ funny!

  17. Julie says:

    LOL, the one where he runs the marathon…”It’s obvious by the smell that he’s been dead for several hours.” Jay: “I’ve been pronounced dead by better coroners than you!”

  18. uber says:

    the best clips imo are the ones with orson wells selling stuff like blotto brothers wind and rosebud frozen peas with frozen goodness and green peaness wait that’s terrible i quit…oh what the hell i’ll take a handful for the road yeah theres a french fry stuck in my beard

    • Jon says:

      Of course, Maurice LaMarche, who did the voice of Orson Welles, went on to voice The Brain in Pinky and the Brain (an entire cartoon inspired by the famous audio of Orson Welles recording a frozen peas commercial).

  19. Vermonter says:

    My brother was an animator and art director on the critic. The show was too smart for average Americans. The Orson Welles commercials rocked, with Orson sneaking through on prime time about frozen peas: “full of green peaness.” And the Pope and Don King in The Shining maze. The complete show available on DVD.

  20. Sassy says:

    I know that guy from the Simpsons, but I never knew he had his own show….

  21. Jon says:

    “Fatter than Ebert, balder than Siskel!”

  22. MWahatten says:

    It was so underrated at the time, and didn’t get the credit it deserved. It should’ve had as much run time as Simpsons or Family Guy has!

    NEW EPISODES PLEASE!

  23. musicalchef says:

    That was one of my favorite shows and usually no one has heard of it! I’m glad at least here it’s getting the credit it deserves.

    It’s a flaming horse’s patoot!

  24. M says:

    The Critic can be considered as one of the greatest cartoons of all time.

    It is so great that Seth McFarlan had to watch it and rip off everything unique about it so he could create Family Guy.

  25. Rachel says:

    Take that, Guerinca!! Take that, Birth of Man!

    I bought the entire series on DVD and still find every episode completely charming. Did not deserve to be canceled. Can’t believe American Dad is still on and not this. Fail, Fox, epic fail.

  26. Piffle says:

    Best. Show. EVER. I own the entire series on DVD. The best clip ever was Rosebud Frozen Peas.

    “Full of country goodness and green pea-ness.”

  27. Nuttytanuki says:

    “What’s the sulfer smell coming from the fridge. Ah smell’s like the eggs have Ripened. Wait a minute Eggs Don’t Ripen. EGGS don’t Rippen.”

    “You asked to be secutary of Balloon Doggies.”

    ” ALL HAIL DUKE! DUKE IS LIFE! ALL HAIL DUKE! DUKE IS *pigeon flys in mouth*”

  28. The Baron says:

    “If I were a vegetable….I’d be a carrot!”

  29. Monny says:

    Can’t remember what channel it would come on.

  30. elmickeyman says:

    “Worlds Greatest Granny” This show IS still the funniest in my opinion! Jon Lovitz as Jay Sherman was perfectly cast.

  31. elmickeyman says:

    “Oh, my shrink was right…God DOES hate me!”
    -Jay Sherman

  32. Lunchabling says:

    Man, I always wanted to watch this show but my parents would never let me!


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