Angela Anaconda

"My name is Angela, hey hello, welcome to my very own show. I'll introduce my friends to you. Oh no it's Ninny Pooh. Shooby shooby, doo, wha, wha! My name is Angela and you are not Nannette Manoire. You stuck up, snot faced, snot. Welcome to my show, starring me and not starring Nannette Manoire."

This show was one of my guilty little pleasures but I can't say much about the content of this show since it's really a children's show. I think it's okay for children and some adults if they can stomach Angela's voice. I also have to say that if your kids like this show then fine and if they don't then that's okay too. It has your typical grade school stuff in it, kids trying to see just exactly where they fit in. Nannette Manoire is your typical, thinks she's better than everyone else, rich, spoiled little brat with her small circle of friends. Angela Anaconda's family is a little less fortunate than Nannette Manoire's family but they have each other.

This is what should be on the cartoon network and all other shows in this country, but thanks to Disney, it was canceled. This show is awesome, its weird and funny and off-key - which makes it fresh and interesting. There is one DVD out for about ten bucks on sites like amazon - very much worth buying in order to see this show, if you are an animation fan like me. There needs to be more shows with bite and sarcasm and social commentary in them like this show. Its hard to describe Angela Anaconda exactly, but the animation is surreal and she is like Bart Simpson in a lot of ways, and if you liked Bart you'll like Angela.

This show stinks. The animation is terrible. Most of the voices are very annoying. The writing is god awful. It is repetitive to no end. I like some of the shows on Fox Family. They can be funny and clever, but this show fails on both counts. As I have said before, a lot of the animated shows (mainly from Disney) these days are terrible. That basically explains this show. This show is far from a refreshing change.

It's a typical school story series, but, what sets it apart is its bizarrely humorous scripts and, especially, its visuals. Borrowing heavily from the Terry Gilliam animation style, no one moves in 3 dimensions! It's like a world inhabited by humanoid crabs. Photos digitally (I'm guessing.) manipulated make up the cast. So, it's entirely possible that everyone we see is the actual voice being used. Regardless, this blend of the real with the sublime sets the style of the series, and that visual execution is what is most superb about it.

In short, in today's dreg of children's series, Angela is welcomingly refreshing. Adults will probably like it more. (I'm 26.)

I was so happy to see that Nickelodeon brought back this show. It's delightful and quite original. Angela is often overlooked by her teacher and family or blamed for doing things she didn't do, which I think lots of kids can relate to. She always makes the best of things, though, and gets into lots of entertaining situations with her friends. Cute without being TOO cute, I recommend you give it a try.