#10 of Animated Shows That Should Come Back…

Remember when Nickelodeon was fucking cool? You had Doug, All That, Are You Afraid of the Dark, and my personal favorite Rocko’s Modern Life. The tale of a wallaby named Rocko(played by Carlos Alazraqui of Reno 911! fame) , his fat ass bovine friend Heff, his faithful dog Spunky, and of course Filburt the turtle I believe certainly deserves a come back tour.

Before O-town was associated with a pseudo Backstreet Boys act, it was the setting  for  a show(together with Ren & Stimpy)  that stretched the boundaries of what the kid-safe NickToons could show on TV. Everything from cults, to a sprinkling of innuendo, and government deportation, Rocko sure did teach me a lot about some fucked up topics.Lastly, my favorite thing about the show was the fact that there were episodes what wouldn’t even have Rocko in them for anything but a minor cameo, because characters like Filburt and Heff were so strong that sometimes the creators could get away with just writing stories for those characters. How many animated shows can say that? If an episode of” The Cleveland Show”, didn’t have Cleveland anywhere in the episode, people would be confused as shit. But Rocko’s Modern Life could do it!

The chance of this show coming back is slim to none. The majority of the production staff work on some show called “Spongebob Square Pants” and Joe Murray who created the show now does KaboingTV. But, one must wonder if Rocko’s could come back today? In my opinion? Yes. But, remember when each week of Rocko’s was actually two 11 minute episodes? If it came back today I think it would be on Adult Swim with just the one 11 minute episode a week( ala China, IL, and Squidbillies) and really it could fit right in. Now if we could only get rid of that yellow sponge.