God bless the deranged maniacs at the Warner Archives and their desire to not let anything be forgotten. As part of their exponentially-growing manufacture on demand DVD program, they’ve added to their already impressive list of animated releases with a 2-disc release of Hanna-Barbera’s The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley. Martin Short has had a wide and varied career in comedy, and inamongst appearing on Sctv, Saturday Night Live and his film career, he created a character named Ed Grimley. Formed from equal parts of sight gags from his Sctv days and a voice he used to do to annoy his wife, Ed caught on with America during Short’s SNL run. When NBC and Hanna-Barbera looked for a way to compete with CBS’ Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, the hyperkinetic Mr. Grimley was tailor-made. Featuring a mini-reunion of the Sctv gang, the series features Martin in the titular...
- 2/15/2013
- by Vinnie Bartilucci
- Comicmix.com
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