Mike
Tyson Mysteries: Season One Uncensored
(2015/Adult Swim/Warner Bros. DVD)
Picture:
B- Sound: B- Extras: D Episodes: B
An
adult cartoon with an a Saturday Hanna-Barbera morning cartoon feel,
The
Mike Tyson Mysteries
is pretty hilarious with ten episodes making up its first season.
The famous boxer is aided by his best friend who happens to be an
alcoholic pigeon who used to be human (voiced by Norm MacDonald), his
adopted Asian daughter Yung Hee (Rachel Ramraos) and the ghost of the
Marquess of Queensbury (Jim Rash). In each episode, they embark on a
fun adventure aimed to please adults while throwing back to the old
era of Saturday Morning Cartoons.
Foul
mouthed but fun, the team end up helping Cormac McCarthy finish his
novel by fighting Chupacabra that are attacking his horses in the
opener The
End,
or finding the answer to the question of whether or not magic is
real? My favorite episode is Night
Moves
where Yung Hee's new boyfriend turns out to believe he is a werewolf
and Yung Hee's is scratched during her date. The show is worth a
watch and completely random in its storytelling, which makes it fun.
Episodes
include The
End, Ultimate Judgment Day, Heavyweight Champion Of The Moon, Is
Magic Real?, Mite Tyson, A River Runs Through It Into A Heart Of
Darkness, House Haunters, Night Moves,
and Ty-Stunned.
Presented
in standard definition with an anamorphic widescreen aspect ratio of
1.85:1 and a lossy Dolby Digital 5.1 track, the shows looks and
sounds fine on DVD, yet could benefit to a Blu-ray upgrade. No
extras.
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James Harland Lockhart V
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