As Good As It Gets

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

When I first saw this show, I thought it was marginally funny, but very PC. Then one morning before work I caught an episode that tried to depict Joseph Stalin and his crimes in a humorous light. How do you make light of someone who sent millions to their deaths in the Gulag? Of course, they would never try the same thing with Hitler, but it's OK if it's a communist murderer. What's next, cartoons about Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, Pol Pot, Fidel Castro, Kim Il Sung/Kim Jong Il, etc.? The people who wrote this episode are probably the same idiots who are now going around wearing Che Guevara t-shirts without even knowing or caring about Guevara's crimes.

As a history major, I'd just like to say that I loved this show. It was clever and silly at the same time. I've been able to use episodes I taped for school projects and my professors just loved it. Sure, it was not as much for the mainstream audience like some of the other Warner Bros. shows, but that's what I liked about it. Where else could you see a cartoon of Napoleon pointing to countries on a map and saying, "Got it. Got it. Want it. Need it!" I can see how some people would not get many of the jokes, but for the most part I felt this show painted a wonderful, fun view of history that should be used in classrooms. Kids can only take so much of text book facts and videos that had been made in the 70's.

This show tried, and sometimes succeeded, to mix humour and history in a way that would make kinds want to learn. While this show may be a bit above the audience it was aimed at, it is in fact a very entertaining, and historically accurate show.

Unlike the other person who commented, I find this show both funny and semi-educational. The actors (especially Rob Paulsen, who does several bit parts on the show) do a superb job of portraying the historical characters, and the writing is creative and witty. True, it may not be completely historically accurate, but it is a cartoon that is primarily geared towards entertainment and not education. I do find Big Fat Baby a bit much, but I suppose he appeals to kids. I believe Histeria! is a wonderful show, and I recommend it to any cartoon fan.