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Super Mario Bros - Mario Mania!

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Well, it's nice to see that DiC is releasing the Mario cartoons in their original order, but if I wasn't such a Mario fanatic, and didn't already have four-fifths of the episodes on this DVD (I've been missing the first episode), I would've skipped this disc. Why? Well, for one thing, in the "interview", Andy Heyward fails to give correct credit to Shigeru Miyamoto for creating Mario. But what really cheeses me off is people thinking that these are the uncut versions of the episodes. For one thing, the live-action segments are missing the "Legend of Zelda" previews that played right after Mario's cartoon face popped up during the sketch. But even worse is that these are the edited versions of the cartoons that edit out the song remakes and replace them with instrumentals to songs from season 2 FOR NO GOOD REASON!!!! I don't know why they edited those songs out, considering they never did the same to seasons 2 or 3! If you taped all the shows during their original run in 1989, consider this a waste of money and don't buy this DVD. Otherwise, you can add four Mario adventures and a Zelda to your collection.
As for the episodes themselves:

"The Bird! The Bird!": Very good introduction.
"King Mario of Cramalot": First parody on the show; badly-done, but I like some of Bowser's dialogue.
"Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid": Better parody, and the first appearance of Mouser. I like the usage of SMB2 elements.
"Mario's Magic Carpet": Very poor. Full of plot holes and mistakes.
"The Ringer": Worth it to see Ganon phantom-punching.

There you have it. But don't listen to the reviewers who think these episodes are unedited - if you taped the shows back in 1989, or collected all the Kid Klassics VHSs, and you have a DVD recorder, do not buy this DVD!

Remember about ten or tweleve years ago, there was the Mario Brothers trying to rescue Princess Toadstool from the evil King Koopa? Well, now we can relive those Mario memories in the first five episodes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! As most of us may know, this collection contains the live-action sequences starring Captain Lou Albano, as Mario, and Danny Wells as Luigi. I have always been a big fan of the Mario Bros. and will continue to be one for as long as the franchise will go on. They're funny, charming, and just plain fun. If you wanna relive your Mario memories, then I say get this DVD set of the first five advenuters of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (Well, OK the first four adventure, the last episode contains The Legend of Zelda.) Which of course, was apart of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show back in the day. This collection also contains an interview with Andy Heywood (creator Inspector Gadget) and gives some information about the Mario Bros. cartoon. If only there could be more Mario Bros. cartoons. Maybe in the future we could only pray they would come out with new adventures. They did it with Sonic and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Why not Super Mario?

My son recently became obsessed with super mario 3 for gameboy advance. OB-SESSED. So he got a GC to amazon for his birthday and this is what he chose to get. (Much to my chagrin!) Even though the "skits" in between the cartoon segments are ridiculously cheesy and absurd, my son LOVES the cartoon portion. A MUST for any true Mario lover!

When the Super Mario Bros Super Show first aired back in '89 mondays thru thursdays was super mario and then friday would be legend of zelda. If they didn't have legend of zelda on here it wouldn't be the complete first 5 episodes. Zelda is considered part of the Super Mario Bros supershow because it wasn't it's own show. Each episode on this dvd doesn't just contain the cartoon like previous Mario dvds, but also includes the live action segments with Captain Lou Albano! These are the full uncut episodes of Super Mario Bros, and the only way to get these episodes without buying this dvd would to have been taping them off network tv back in the day (or reruns). Don't miss your chance to get this dvd if you're a Mario fan! I have never seen this dvd at wal-mart or target or any other huge store like that. The only problem with this dvd is the lack of extras, but when you consider you're getting the live action segments before and after the cartoon lack of extras can be overlooked.

My son LOVED this when I bought it for him. He watched it at least 50 times and was definitely worth the money.

Mario, Luigi, Princess toadstool, and Toad! They are all back in this action packed DVD. Oh. Lets not forget the evil King Koopa is also back to try to capture the princess. In each episode, it is up to Mario, Luigi, and Toad to save the princess and keep the Mushroom kingdom from falling into the evil hands of King Koopa. The voices behind Mario, and Luigi are Captain lu Albanno, and Danny Wells. I like the q&a sessions on the dvd but, Andy gets a few things wrong. One of the things he doesn't mention is that Nintendo's Mr. Meomotto created the Super Mario brothers. Now how can you forget that? All in all, great dvd if you want to bring your child hood back.

This DVD contains the first 4 episodes of SMBSS and the first episode of Zelda, which are:

The Bird! The Bird!
King Mario of Cramalot
Butch Mario and the Luigi Kid
Mario's Magic Carpet
The Ringer

The picture and audio transfer isn't perfect, but for the most part, it's pretty good. The episodes themselves are uncut, and each one is complete with opening and closing credits, and the live action sequences. The interview with Andy Heyward wasn't all that good though, but other than that, you should get this DVD.

Super Mario Bros: the best-selling game series ever with over 160 million games sold!

Live action featurettes with legendary Wrestler, Capt. Lou Albana as Mario

Each release comes with FIVE episodes of the original week of episodes, including one Legend of Zelda episode.

Great bonus features!
Original live action sequences with Capt. Lou Albana.
Interview with series creator, Andy Heyward
Sneak Peeks of other DIC shows

Dastardly King Koopa and his laughable minions are hatching another diabolical plan to capture Princess Toadstool and take control of the Mushroom Kingdom. Now, it is up to the Plumber Brothers from Brooklyn, Mario and Luigi, and their little friend, Toad, to save the Princess, defeat King Koopa, and restore peace... if Mario's appetite doesn't get in the way!

MARIO MANIA features 4 episodes from the Super Mario Bros. Super Show which include :
THE BIRD, THE BIRD
KING MARIO OF CRAMALOT
BUTCH MARIO & THE LUIGI KID
and
MARIO'S MAGIC CARPET
I was dissapointed to find out that there werent 5 mario episodes as is indicated on the box cover. It says : "join the mario bros in thier first 5 adventures". But there were only 4 adventures and one episode of LEGEND OF ZELDA. Just beware of that! - your gettin less than you think!

Super Mario Brother Super Show is more like The Lendge of Zelda, the Adventure of Captain Planet,Sonic The Hedgehoge even Sailor Moon The Best of 93-96 Early'' The Best of 3 Video Game Cartoon!
2 Orignal Cartoon of Captain Planet and Sailor Moon, This Movie is Rock, What a game, I Seem Super Mario Bros. Super Show in 1992 and 1993, Awsome in the Orginal Video Game!