Sometimes, I think people who weren't around during the peak of the Nintendo craze don't know what they missed out on. Back before Nintendo realized the real, long-term value of franchises like Mario and Zelda, it seemed like they were up for damn near anything when it came to licensing their products.
Case in point: The Super Mario Bros. Super Show. It's one of the stranger (if possible) game-centric Saturday morning series. Shows were a combination of cartoons cut with live-action sequences starring recently-deceased wrestling legend Captain Lou Albano in the role of everyone's favorite plumber. They were nothing like what you'd find in the games, yet I remember them being oddly charming.
Which is why I'm not going to watch it on Netflix. I've had far too many of these series ruined in my memory by going back to them. I'm probably better off knowing that it's pretty lame without actually having to go and experience it again be aware of exactly how lame.
If you've never watched it beyond the series' infamous closing scene, however, you might want to do it just for the historical perspective.
The Super Mario Bros. Super Show [Netflix]
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11:40 AM on 04.02.2010 | 
This is an AWSOME display of bad. Magic Johnson is on an eppisode and it is "magic".
Ah.... I still have a VHS tape of this show. Where did my childhood go?!
Remember kids, if you do drugs, you go to hell before you die.
Firefly is up now too. Watch that instead. Consider it a favor to yourself that you won't regret.
Man, that pissed me off. Don't they realize that's the reason people watch it?
That was the start of my weekend, that got followed up by my trip to Gamers and picking out an NES/SNES game to rent to keep me busy for the next 2 days.
I own most episodes on dvd and even used to play them in my store. They never lost their charm, in my opinion. One of my few childhood memories that will never be tarnished.
THAT'S A STONE LUIGI, YOU DIDN'T MAKE IT.
I remember watching these when they were on the ass-end of going off air, good nostalgia.. but undeniably lame.
HE WHO LIVES TO RUN AWAY LIVES TO KOOP AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
This is the single greatest TV show ever to hit American TV.