I think Inspector Gadget may have been my favorite childhood TV show. The hijinks, the gadgetry, the way Penny never got credit for solving all the mysteries -- genius! My 6-year-old self just couldn't get enough of it. And no other TV show jingle has stuck in my memory like this one (bum-ba-dum-ba-dum! In-spec-tor-Gad-get!).
I gave up hope a while ago that I'd ever see any Inspector Gadget episodes again. "Maybe it's better this way," I told myself. "It would probably just end up sad like when you re-watched Fern Gully in high school."
But oh, was I wrong. Gadget's '80s, matchbox-car-styled van...his nasally, investigator-y voice...the way he always forgets that his messages are going to self-destruct! It's all there and it's all still brilliant!!
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Hahahaahah FERN GULLY?! I love how that slipped in there.
...does this mean Kazaam has also lost its charm? ;)
Oh my gosh, hilarious. I just had to Google that, and here's what one of the snippets said: "What do you get when you combine Shaq, Rap, and a horrible plot? You get Kazaam!" Haha!!
Ahhh! I LOVE Inspector Gadget. I was Penny a few years ago for Halloween. I want her super-cool watch and secret computer book. Dang, she was high-tech.
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