Just watched this with my 9y/o, 2y/o and wife.
Me and my wife are just buckled! Super funny.
Me and my wife are just buckled! Super funny.
3 Reviews
I wish this were on when I was a kid
stoobell19 November 2019
Sketch comedy done wrong... awfully wrong.
badtoonreviewer11 June 2021
Warning: Spoilers
When I was surfing the internet, I found this show out of nowhere. My first thoughts were "Hmm... another animated sketch comedy show. I think I'll watch the show's first episode." Bad mistake.
In fact, I was planning to watch the show's next 4 episodes, but after watching the first episode, I personally refuse. Let's check out its premise: "The Diddy Movies boss, Larry Bingbongberger was bankrupted because his movies were a disaster. But with the last of his money, he quits making movies and launched a television station for Diddy Dick and Dom on channel 6597423. It is filled with crazy and silly entertainment, sports and parodies shows like Diddy Doctor Who, Diddy Pops, Deadly Diddy 60, Diddydown and even an American sitcom RoboPop as well as adverts, most of them starring Dick and Dom." -Wikipedia
Also, I know this series contains puppetry, but hear me out. I've done some research and here's what came up: "The whole "puppets aren't animation" assertion is a total nonstarter to me. Puppeteers are literally animating an otherwise static object, similar to stop motion animation, they're just fortunate that their craft doesn't entail going frame-by-frame. It's true that puppet shows are not cartoons, but that does not disqualify them from being animation in their own right." -LazyBot (YouTube) In addition to this, the backgrounds in this show aren't live-action and there aren't any humans shown portraying the characters, therefore it's even closer to animation. But I digress.
To start off the review (for real), the theme song's lyrics are okay. I'll give the show that. However, the theme song in general is painful to listen to, because of Diddy Dick and Dom's voices (I'll get to the voice acting in a little bit). It's like if they were told to sing as off-key as possible. I don't know if they were actually told to do that, but that's my guess.
The writing feels rushed. For example, in the Diddy Who segment, as soon as the titular character tries to find a way to defeat Robucket, he immediately decides against that and gets french fries. Was that really necessary? Also, the Personal Injury Experts segment is a pitiful attempt at humor. I don't have anything else to say here, so I will move on.
I don't know the studio who animated this show, but here's my criticism for whoever did: the animation looks terrible. For example, the CGI, particularly the Diddy TV logo, the effects, and the intros of the fictional shows, have no complex lighting or shading. And I swear, most of the backgrounds look like stock images but edited to make them seem different. If that's the case, then that's lazy beyond all belief. You need to learn to create your own. Also, in the 24 Seconds in A&E segment, there was a realistic image of a heart. It just didn't blend well.
The character designs are simply bad. The puppets I don't care much for, as they're generic-looking and could've been used for much better character designs. The live-action heads, however, are a completely different story. They look like they were poorly green-screened onto the puppets, and this renders the character designs as uncanny. Why couldn't they have just ditched the live-action heads and use full puppetry instead? It would've been better. I also dislike the way the characters move, as it feels unnatural and not very convincing.
And my goodness, the voice acting is possibly the worst thing about this show. Don't get me wrong, the voices would've been better to listen to if they were normal-pitched, but here, every single character has a high-pitched voice, and they're grating to the point of being ear-damaging. What especially got on my nerves were Dick and Dom in the 24 Seconds in A&E segement and the voiceover in the Collectamups commercial. In the A&E segment, Dick and Dom were screaming their lungs off while trying to put a heart back in a body, while in the Collectamups segment, the voice actor sounded like he was screaming his lines. No joke.
The characters themselves are one-dimensional. For example, Larry Bingbongberger is just the boss of Diddy Movies, Dick and Dom are just actors in a few of these fictional shows, and the other characters serve no other purpose than to pad out the list of characters in the show.
If that wasn't enough, the show goes as far as to torture a character in an atrocious way. In the Bees or No Bees segment, a contestant named Ethel agrees to smear her face in jelly, which doesn't seem all that bad, right? Well, she is then given a box. She opens it and is immediately swarmed with bees. Wow, talk about being tortured for comedy. When will this trend ever come to a close?
There is also gross-out humor, particularly in the Diddy Dragons and The Belch segments. In the Diddy Dragons segment, Corn Flake and Freddie Dweet invent the Bum Scratcher 3000, which, as you would probably expect, scratches butts. Keep in mind, that this is a show meant for kids. In the Belch segment, a contestant burps the alphabet, which drones on and on. Let's not forget that the name of the segment itself is gross-out humor.
The music is mostly recycled from other shows, particularly Doctor Who, which is extremely lazy. Come on guys, are you really that tired? I don't find the music created for this show very memorable either, as it sounds plain average.
Another thing I want to mention is the parody names. Diddy Doctor Who? Diddy Pops? Deadly Diddy 60? Diddydown? Really? Couldn't you have been more creative with your parody names? Names such as Bees or No Bees are fine, but even those don't sound very catchy.
Lastly, why is Larry's last name... Bingbongberger? I don't know if they were trying to be humorous or if they just came up with it randomly, but it just doesn't make a lot of sense.
TLDR: This is, by far, one of the worst animated shows I have ever seen, and it's not hard to see why. From rushed writing, awful animation, and uncanny character designs, to ear-bleeding voice acting, completely flat characters, and recycled music, and gross-out humor, lazy parody names, and a terrible last name for a character, this is an animated series you will need to avoid at all costs, unless if you have the guts to sit through this abomination.
Final score: 1.5/10.
In fact, I was planning to watch the show's next 4 episodes, but after watching the first episode, I personally refuse. Let's check out its premise: "The Diddy Movies boss, Larry Bingbongberger was bankrupted because his movies were a disaster. But with the last of his money, he quits making movies and launched a television station for Diddy Dick and Dom on channel 6597423. It is filled with crazy and silly entertainment, sports and parodies shows like Diddy Doctor Who, Diddy Pops, Deadly Diddy 60, Diddydown and even an American sitcom RoboPop as well as adverts, most of them starring Dick and Dom." -Wikipedia
Also, I know this series contains puppetry, but hear me out. I've done some research and here's what came up: "The whole "puppets aren't animation" assertion is a total nonstarter to me. Puppeteers are literally animating an otherwise static object, similar to stop motion animation, they're just fortunate that their craft doesn't entail going frame-by-frame. It's true that puppet shows are not cartoons, but that does not disqualify them from being animation in their own right." -LazyBot (YouTube) In addition to this, the backgrounds in this show aren't live-action and there aren't any humans shown portraying the characters, therefore it's even closer to animation. But I digress.
To start off the review (for real), the theme song's lyrics are okay. I'll give the show that. However, the theme song in general is painful to listen to, because of Diddy Dick and Dom's voices (I'll get to the voice acting in a little bit). It's like if they were told to sing as off-key as possible. I don't know if they were actually told to do that, but that's my guess.
The writing feels rushed. For example, in the Diddy Who segment, as soon as the titular character tries to find a way to defeat Robucket, he immediately decides against that and gets french fries. Was that really necessary? Also, the Personal Injury Experts segment is a pitiful attempt at humor. I don't have anything else to say here, so I will move on.
I don't know the studio who animated this show, but here's my criticism for whoever did: the animation looks terrible. For example, the CGI, particularly the Diddy TV logo, the effects, and the intros of the fictional shows, have no complex lighting or shading. And I swear, most of the backgrounds look like stock images but edited to make them seem different. If that's the case, then that's lazy beyond all belief. You need to learn to create your own. Also, in the 24 Seconds in A&E segment, there was a realistic image of a heart. It just didn't blend well.
The character designs are simply bad. The puppets I don't care much for, as they're generic-looking and could've been used for much better character designs. The live-action heads, however, are a completely different story. They look like they were poorly green-screened onto the puppets, and this renders the character designs as uncanny. Why couldn't they have just ditched the live-action heads and use full puppetry instead? It would've been better. I also dislike the way the characters move, as it feels unnatural and not very convincing.
And my goodness, the voice acting is possibly the worst thing about this show. Don't get me wrong, the voices would've been better to listen to if they were normal-pitched, but here, every single character has a high-pitched voice, and they're grating to the point of being ear-damaging. What especially got on my nerves were Dick and Dom in the 24 Seconds in A&E segement and the voiceover in the Collectamups commercial. In the A&E segment, Dick and Dom were screaming their lungs off while trying to put a heart back in a body, while in the Collectamups segment, the voice actor sounded like he was screaming his lines. No joke.
The characters themselves are one-dimensional. For example, Larry Bingbongberger is just the boss of Diddy Movies, Dick and Dom are just actors in a few of these fictional shows, and the other characters serve no other purpose than to pad out the list of characters in the show.
If that wasn't enough, the show goes as far as to torture a character in an atrocious way. In the Bees or No Bees segment, a contestant named Ethel agrees to smear her face in jelly, which doesn't seem all that bad, right? Well, she is then given a box. She opens it and is immediately swarmed with bees. Wow, talk about being tortured for comedy. When will this trend ever come to a close?
There is also gross-out humor, particularly in the Diddy Dragons and The Belch segments. In the Diddy Dragons segment, Corn Flake and Freddie Dweet invent the Bum Scratcher 3000, which, as you would probably expect, scratches butts. Keep in mind, that this is a show meant for kids. In the Belch segment, a contestant burps the alphabet, which drones on and on. Let's not forget that the name of the segment itself is gross-out humor.
The music is mostly recycled from other shows, particularly Doctor Who, which is extremely lazy. Come on guys, are you really that tired? I don't find the music created for this show very memorable either, as it sounds plain average.
Another thing I want to mention is the parody names. Diddy Doctor Who? Diddy Pops? Deadly Diddy 60? Diddydown? Really? Couldn't you have been more creative with your parody names? Names such as Bees or No Bees are fine, but even those don't sound very catchy.
Lastly, why is Larry's last name... Bingbongberger? I don't know if they were trying to be humorous or if they just came up with it randomly, but it just doesn't make a lot of sense.
TLDR: This is, by far, one of the worst animated shows I have ever seen, and it's not hard to see why. From rushed writing, awful animation, and uncanny character designs, to ear-bleeding voice acting, completely flat characters, and recycled music, and gross-out humor, lazy parody names, and a terrible last name for a character, this is an animated series you will need to avoid at all costs, unless if you have the guts to sit through this abomination.
Final score: 1.5/10.
My country's worst cartoon by a long shot. One of the worst cartoons of all time, in fact.
thenewahcl7 March 2024
Having come across the other negative review of Diddy TV last year, I gave the show the benefit of the doubt. After watching the show's first four episodes, I take that back. I have to agree with badtoonreviewer on what they think of the show. As someone who lives in the UK, I was never really a Dick and Dom fan, and this show solidifies that for me.
When watching those episodes, I was expecting it to take 40 minutes, but it actually took an hour. Make of that what you will, but more to the point: The sketches are, to put it one way, painfully unfunny. The show relies heavily on gross-out, cheesy jokes, and lousy slapstick for its jokes, and not once are instances of this ever funny or even disgusting; they're just tedious. Not helping is that most of, if not all of the sketches are formulaic and thus they get old quickly.
Bees or No Bees from Misty (the first episode of the show) is rather gratuitous, as Ethel doesn't do anything wrong to deserve being swarmed by bees. This could've worked if she was a complete jerk (though, to be fair, that would probably make the show worse), but she doesn't do anything remotely wrong. I find it hard to laugh at that sketch for that reason.
The worst joke in the show by far is this: "I'm a lot like cheddar cheese, because I'm mature... and tasty. Hehe." This is hands-down incredibly unfunny. The line is very poorly-written, the delivery is lifeless, and the sketch this comes from just progresses as if nothing had happened. Some jokes are so bad that they're good, but this doesn't even fall into that category.
There are also several instances of obnoxious yelling and unnecessarily loud sound effects that make the show hard to sit through at times. The worst example of yelling is in the Collectamups sketches (though 24 Seconds in A&E comes a close second)... how do I describe this?
THE ANNOUNCER IS YELLING EVERY SINGLE WORD IN A WAY THAT IS BOTH GRATING AND OBNOXIOUS, TRYING WAY TOO HARD TO SOUND SUPERIOR, AND IT REIGNS SUPREME AS WHAT IS PROBABLY THE WORST VOICE ACTING I'VE EVER HEARD IN A TV SHOW!!!
Sorry for that, but I'm serious. It's THAT bad. Moving on...
Visually, the show looks terrible. The CGI is poorly-rendered, the effects are cheap (they seriously seem like stock effects), and the green-screening of the puppets is quite tacky; it's only noticeable if you look close enough. Also, when Larry and the celebrity that appears in each episode are seen watching Diddy TV, their heads are literally on top of the couch... yeah, you heard me right. I'm not sure if I would call the show's visual style a mess per se, but it's nonetheless awful-looking.
I would say the songs in Diddy Pops are catchy, but I can't even say that when the songs aren't even original. They're just covers of pre-existing songs, so doing so would basically be a waste of time. As for the theme song, it's average and not really memorable if you ask me.
Now, there is one slightly funny moment: "In just.9,789 individual parts, your collection will beautifully build until you've either generated fission or forgotten the basic safety rule." While not hilarious, the.casual delivery of the line did get a small giggle out of me. However, this joke doesn't compensate for how unfunny the show generally is.
VERDICT: Diddy TV is an abysmal show with essentially nonexistent humor, repetitive writing, voice acting that more often than not gets loud and grating, and a very cheap animation style. Seeing as how I can't give credit to the show for having catchy songs, it has almost no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Therefore, I do not recommend this show.
If you want a good British sketch comedy show, watch Horrible Histories. It may not air on television very much outside the UK, but plenty of clips from the show are on YouTube. Trust me, you'll have a much better time with that show than you would with this garbage heap.
When watching those episodes, I was expecting it to take 40 minutes, but it actually took an hour. Make of that what you will, but more to the point: The sketches are, to put it one way, painfully unfunny. The show relies heavily on gross-out, cheesy jokes, and lousy slapstick for its jokes, and not once are instances of this ever funny or even disgusting; they're just tedious. Not helping is that most of, if not all of the sketches are formulaic and thus they get old quickly.
Bees or No Bees from Misty (the first episode of the show) is rather gratuitous, as Ethel doesn't do anything wrong to deserve being swarmed by bees. This could've worked if she was a complete jerk (though, to be fair, that would probably make the show worse), but she doesn't do anything remotely wrong. I find it hard to laugh at that sketch for that reason.
The worst joke in the show by far is this: "I'm a lot like cheddar cheese, because I'm mature... and tasty. Hehe." This is hands-down incredibly unfunny. The line is very poorly-written, the delivery is lifeless, and the sketch this comes from just progresses as if nothing had happened. Some jokes are so bad that they're good, but this doesn't even fall into that category.
There are also several instances of obnoxious yelling and unnecessarily loud sound effects that make the show hard to sit through at times. The worst example of yelling is in the Collectamups sketches (though 24 Seconds in A&E comes a close second)... how do I describe this?
THE ANNOUNCER IS YELLING EVERY SINGLE WORD IN A WAY THAT IS BOTH GRATING AND OBNOXIOUS, TRYING WAY TOO HARD TO SOUND SUPERIOR, AND IT REIGNS SUPREME AS WHAT IS PROBABLY THE WORST VOICE ACTING I'VE EVER HEARD IN A TV SHOW!!!
Sorry for that, but I'm serious. It's THAT bad. Moving on...
Visually, the show looks terrible. The CGI is poorly-rendered, the effects are cheap (they seriously seem like stock effects), and the green-screening of the puppets is quite tacky; it's only noticeable if you look close enough. Also, when Larry and the celebrity that appears in each episode are seen watching Diddy TV, their heads are literally on top of the couch... yeah, you heard me right. I'm not sure if I would call the show's visual style a mess per se, but it's nonetheless awful-looking.
I would say the songs in Diddy Pops are catchy, but I can't even say that when the songs aren't even original. They're just covers of pre-existing songs, so doing so would basically be a waste of time. As for the theme song, it's average and not really memorable if you ask me.
Now, there is one slightly funny moment: "In just.9,789 individual parts, your collection will beautifully build until you've either generated fission or forgotten the basic safety rule." While not hilarious, the.casual delivery of the line did get a small giggle out of me. However, this joke doesn't compensate for how unfunny the show generally is.
VERDICT: Diddy TV is an abysmal show with essentially nonexistent humor, repetitive writing, voice acting that more often than not gets loud and grating, and a very cheap animation style. Seeing as how I can't give credit to the show for having catchy songs, it has almost no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Therefore, I do not recommend this show.
If you want a good British sketch comedy show, watch Horrible Histories. It may not air on television very much outside the UK, but plenty of clips from the show are on YouTube. Trust me, you'll have a much better time with that show than you would with this garbage heap.
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