Robot Chicken – Zelda
No this is not just a blog on robots! It is just ironic that the TV show, Robot Chicken, has robot in its name, especially since it has nothing to do with robots. I have been a huge fan of The Legend of Zelda games ever since the first one on the NES, and so I stumbled upon a clip from Robot Chicken which parodies Zelda. It pokes fun at Link, and how he goes through so much trouble and time to save Princess Zelda, but never really gets much in return, romantically in particular. Poor Link, I am sure Mario knows how he feels, although Princess Peach has given him a kiss on occasions. I had not heard of Robot Chicken before this, and I don’t know how I could have missed out on it, as it appears to be very popular and hilarious. So I did a bit of research on it, I will paste a description of the show below.
Robot Chicken is an American stop motion animated television series produced by Stoopid Monkey, ShadowMachine Films, Williams Street, and Sony Pictures Digital, currently airing in the US as a part of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim line-up, in Britain as part of Bravo’s Adult Swim line-up, and in Canada on Teletoon’s Detour nightly adult programming. It premiered on Sunday, February 20, 2005. Seth Green and Matthew Senreich are the creators and executive producers of the show. They are also on the writing team, and have directed some episodes. Seth Green provides many voices for the show.
The program is a sketch show that parodies a number of pop culture conventions using stop motion animation of toys, action figures, dolls, and claymation (usually for special effects) and various other objects, such as tongue depressors. The show’s name was inspired by a dish on the menu at a Chinese restaurant, Kung Pao Bistro, where Green and Senreich had dined, although the series originally was intended to be titled “Junk in the Trunk”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_chicken
Anyways, I am going to check out the first season. Enjoy the Zelda clip below!
