Manly Men

Started by GeomorpherMarch 14, 20143 replies1,717 views

GeomorpherMar 14, 2014 at 6:50 pm

I remember watching what I think was a skit from either an anthology series or something that had shorts inbetween (or after) the main show. [THIS IS VERY ROUGH AND MAY BE WRONG IN A LOT OF PLACES]

It started with a cereal and several men of differant eras (one was a spartan warrior, one was a cave man, etc) taking turns stealing it from the former one who had it. Eventually landing in the possetion of a little girl. She then thanks them and I think 2 of the names were "Uncle Spartacus" and "Uncle Ugg" (The caveman one). Then a huge screen turns on and it says the city needs the help from the "Manly Men", they then do a short musical number poking fun at the "Macho Macho Men" song, even starting with "ooo, aah, ooo-ahh-oo, MANLY MANLY MEN!" The little girl doing the "staying alive" finger to the top to the bottom diagonal line move. I cannot remember what happens in the main plot, but It gets to the point they were all trapped and need the caveman to help them escape as he was the only one outside it. After the villain was thwarted, the little girl got the prize in the cereal box only to have it break almost right afterwards, the spartan warrior one then says who it msut of been/is responsable and they do their dance and set of for what I assume is vengance.

I think it may have been from Eek The Cat or a short from Nickalodeon's old cartoon showcase show (the predecessor of Random Cartoons). As I have rewatched all of Freakazoid (where I thought it was part of from it's style of humour and cause the Spartan like uncle makes me think of The Huntsman with more vinigar).

Thank you to any and all who can help.

straydogMar 17, 2014 at 1:49 pm

Just a wild guess,...

The Ripping Friends
segment: Rip-A-Long with the Ripping Friends

The last segment of the episode
The Revenge of Flathead
has The Ripping Friends dealing with the president of
a cereal company who refuses to include decent prizes
in the cereal boxes.

GeomorpherMar 17, 2014 at 10:48 pm

Not the ripping friends, thank you for the reply though.

The group I am thinking of included a little girl and they were all her uncles. The one was definatly a caveman that grunted and acted cliche caveman.

It feels like a skit that belongs in a anthology cartoon series like Oh-Yeah Cartoons, or a break between Freakazoid/Pinkie and the Brain/Anamaniacs kind of humour. It is really vexing me.

BrushwoodsmenFeb 21, 2015 at 7:51 pm1 like

I have been looking for the same show, but am not able to find the video.

The video you are looking for is from The Pink Panther "the one that started in 1993" season 3 episode 21 "some say 29" not sure why, but one of those. It is called Voodoo Man/7 manly Men

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