Johnny Bravo: Season 1 (1995)

(Part 1 of 2) Johnny Bravo: Season 1 introduces us to Johnny Bravo, who talks like Elvis and acts like an antic gymnast and (in his own mind) babe magnet. He lives in Aron (Elvis's middle name) City, constantly shows off his bod and hits on babes (before they literally hit him). Each episode opens as JB says: "Baby! ... Sassy! ... Studly! ... Check the pecs! ... Man, I'm pretty! ... Do the Monkey with me!" (dancing) "Hey, baby!" (gets bopped) "Yeah, whatever..." He's pretty much a clueless posing Neanderthal who is a stitch in slapstick but the show's magic is in its scripts and smart parodies: Family Guy's Seth MacFarland wrote several (A Date with an Antelope, My Fair Dork, The Day the Earth..., Aisle of Mixed-Up Toys), Adam West narrates 'Twas the Night, the whole Scooby gang shows up in Bravo Dooby-Doo, and the Schoolhouse Rock fellow schools JB in The Sensitive Male! I enjoyed many of these episodes on TV but to see them all, I had to rent the season from a competing service. Disc 1 contains: 1/Johnny Bravo (introducing JB, mom Bunny Bravo, neighbor girl Suzy), Jungle Boy in Mr. Monkeyman (JB lands on jungle island, foils gorilla king's schemes), Johnny Bravo and the Amazon Women (JB thinks he's found heaven); 2/Super Duped (JB plays superhero), Bungled in the Jungle (JB rejoins Jungle Boy), Bearly Enough Time! (JB awakens Chronos the Bear); 3/The Sensitive Male! (JB learns how to be sensitive or fake it), Bravo Dooby-Doo (JB helps "those meddling kids" solve mystery); 4/A Date with an Antelope (JB has Internet date with antelope), Did You See a Bull Run By Here? (JB goes bullfighting), Cookie Crisis (Buttercup Scout Suzy sells cookies a la Green Eggs and Ham); 5/I Used To Be Funny (old-school vs. new-school clown duel with JB as victim), My Fair Dork (school geek out-Bravos JB), 'Twas the Night (JB subs for Santa); 6/Blarney Buddies (JB tries to kiss Barney Stone the leprechaun), Over the Hump! (JB joins legionnaires, crosses desert with Lawrence the Camel), Johnny Meets Farrah Fawcett (JB idolizes the only person with hair nicer than his); 7/Blanky Hanky Panky (JB foils villain from stealing all town's yarn and his blanky), Talk to Me Baby (JB goes on supermodel's talk show), Hip Hop Flop (JB joins hip-hop group to impress fangirl); 8/Beach Blanket Bravo (beach babe uses JB to irk boyfriend), The Day the Earth Didn't Move Around Very Much (JB thinks time has frozen so takes advantage), Aisle of Mixed-Up Toys (JB buys castoff toys for charity). I love this show! 4.5 stars.