With Episode 134, we’re back with a new co-host and a look at the many adaptations of Super Mario Bros., one of the most popular video game franchises of all time!
In this episode, we discuss:
- The Super Mario franchise, which kicked off with 1985’s Super Mario Bros.
- Super Mario Bros.: The Great Mission to Rescue Princess Peach!, the 1986 animated movie directed by Masami Hata and written by Hideo Takayashiki
- Amada Anime Series: Super Mario Bros., the 1989 live action/animated series of animated specials written and directed by Juri Yagi
- The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, the 1989 series created by Andy Heyward, developed by Bruce Shelly, Reed Shelly, Bob Forward, and Phil Harnage, and starring Lou Albano and Danny Wells
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, the 1990 and 1991 animated series developed by Reed Shelly and Bruce Shelly
- Super Mario Bros., the 1993 theatrical movie directed by Rocky Morton and Annabel Jankel, written by Parker Bennett, Terry Runté, and Ed Solomon, and starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, and Samantha Mathis
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the 2023 animated theatrical movie directed by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic, written by Matthew Fogel, and starring Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Day, and Jack Black
Footnotes:
- “Doki-Doki Do It” by Mirai Douji
- Captain N: The Game Master
- “Do the Mario!”
- Super Mario Bros: This Ain't No Video Game (2014)
- David Byrne’s self-interview for Stop Making Sense
- “Elvis is Everywhere” by Mojo Nixon
- Super Mario Bros: The Morton Jankel Cut
- Videogamedunkey’s review of The Super Mario Bros. Movie