What combines two things I enjoy a lot - animation and reality shows? That would be Total Drama Island, an animated series that ran on Canadian television in 2007 and has been showing on US television this summer on Cartoon Network.
The premise of the show is this: a bunch of teens send in audition tapes for a reality show, but instead of being put in a plush mansion they have to go through the rigors of bizarre events in a backwoods camp. The show features a host named Chris who is sort of a swarmy version of Survivor's Jeff Probst. The camp's Chef who is mean and scary also puts the campers through their paces. Like Survivor, one camper each week is ousted at the marshmallow ceremony.
The show is a lot of fun. Both my son and I are enjoying it a lot. Sadly, I missed a few episodes at the beginning, so I am hoping for a huge marathon to catch up.
Update: Cartoon Network heard me! A marathon of the show will run Sunday September 7th from noon until 7pm. I'm setting the DVR so I can catch it all from the beginning. Good stuff.
I LOVE this show! I've caught nearly every episode, not hard to do since they run anywhere from two to four at a time. This show is freakin' hilarious!
ReplyDeleteNot perfect, but really good!
My son and I like Harold - the character modeled after the Napolean Dynamite character. We love going around doing his voice - "Idiots!". :)
ReplyDeleteI think that they are all good except heather, she is a b*beep* um yeah anyways good show :)
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