Re: "Dungeons & Dragons" Cartoon on DVD

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In article <bgrubb-395945....@news.zianet.com>, bgr...@zianet.com
wrote:
>In article <1155573106.3...@74g2000cwt.googlegroups.com>,
> "The Mad Afro" <mad...@grandecom.net> wrote:
>
>> Bruce Grubb wrote:
>> > In article <1155482675.7...@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com>,
>> > "The Mad Afro" <mad...@grandecom.net> wrote:
>>
>>
>> > > I think Kelek was in one of the first eps, if not *the* first. Presto
>> > > becomes his apprentice for a short time, convinced that Kelek was a
>> > > nice guy. There was a plot to steal unicorn's horns, as well, I think.
>> > > I haven't looked any of that up, though.
>> >
>> > You are mixing the episodes "The Night of No Tomorrow" and "Valley of the
>> > Unicorns" together.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> Ah, thanks. I forgot all about the Venger/Merlin thing.
>>
>> > > My favorite NPC was the pseudo-Arabic guy who carried the sonic
>> > > scimitar. The scenes where he tried to teach Eric to roll his "R's"
>> > > were fun.
>> >
>> > I remember this and Eric comments just before he goes to sleep that the
guy
>> > is better than his actual father.
>>
>> There were several deep little moments in the show like that, as I
>> recall. In some ways, it was pretty grown-up stuff for Saturday
>> morning fare.
>
>We were given little bits of information about what Venger and DM's
>relationship was:
>
>The Treasure of Tardos
>DM: "You are wrong, Cavalier. There _was_ good in Venger once... a long
>time ago. Everyone makes mistakes. Venger was mine."
>
>The Dragon's Graveyard
>DM: (to Venger after the kids have basicly kicked the crap out of horn
>head) "Arise, my son."

The final episode (which was never produced) was about this.

>One of the rumors about the show's end was that Pulling and her little
>group of fear mongering idiots got it canned. In reality the cartoon
>likely died as a result of getting ride of horrid management TSR was under
>at that time.
> <http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/539/539197p4.html>

I had never heard that before now. I figured it didn't pull in the ratings
they wanted.

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