Kidd Video is an interesting 80's cartoon. An attempt to make a cartoon that would in return, spawn a real-life band, it would last two seasons, and sadly, may never be released on any home media.
The story of how this begins is told in the intro, as Kidd Video and his bandmates, Carla, Ash, and Whiz, decide to rehearse in a storage building, however, a weird mirror in the building activates, as an evil being named Master Blaster appears, and kidnaps the band and takes them to the Flipside, planning to make them his musical slaves forever. However, at the last minute, the band is saved by Glitter, a fairy dressed in 80's workout fashion and is able to gain super strength for a short time whenever she sneezes. Now, despite being able to go home, the band decides to explore Flipside, visiting cities and ending up thwarting the plans of Master Blaster and his minions, the Copy Cats.
A neat series, Kidd Video is the result of trying to make a cartoon that would, in return, spawn a new band (which sadly, only worked in the country of Israel, as the band's lone album, which is the cartoon's sountrack, was only released there). The adventures are fantastical, with a lot of crazy designs, and the music is great (although it is also one of the main reasons why this show may never see a DVD release, as it uses songs like Electric Avenue, Footloose, and The Safety Dance, as well as music videos for such songs as Hungry Like The Wolf, which would either need to be renegotiated or replaced, with the latter ending up being a bad idea due to some of the licensed music actually tying into some of the episodes as musical riddles the band uses to figure out how to stop Master Blaster).
The story of how this begins is told in the intro, as Kidd Video and his bandmates, Carla, Ash, and Whiz, decide to rehearse in a storage building, however, a weird mirror in the building activates, as an evil being named Master Blaster appears, and kidnaps the band and takes them to the Flipside, planning to make them his musical slaves forever. However, at the last minute, the band is saved by Glitter, a fairy dressed in 80's workout fashion and is able to gain super strength for a short time whenever she sneezes. Now, despite being able to go home, the band decides to explore Flipside, visiting cities and ending up thwarting the plans of Master Blaster and his minions, the Copy Cats.
A neat series, Kidd Video is the result of trying to make a cartoon that would, in return, spawn a new band (which sadly, only worked in the country of Israel, as the band's lone album, which is the cartoon's sountrack, was only released there). The adventures are fantastical, with a lot of crazy designs, and the music is great (although it is also one of the main reasons why this show may never see a DVD release, as it uses songs like Electric Avenue, Footloose, and The Safety Dance, as well as music videos for such songs as Hungry Like The Wolf, which would either need to be renegotiated or replaced, with the latter ending up being a bad idea due to some of the licensed music actually tying into some of the episodes as musical riddles the band uses to figure out how to stop Master Blaster).