Johnny Bravo: Season 1 (1995)

(Part 2 of 2) Johnny Bravo talks like Elvis, acts like an antic gymnast, and is a babe magnet (in his own mind). He lives in Aron (Elvis's middle name) City, constantly shows off his bod, and crudely 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..." Watch closely to catch all the in-jokes and cameos. (In a split-second scene in the first episode, a man who looks like Jesus is holding a sign that says "Stop cartoon violence.") My favorite episodes tend to be those written by Family Guy's Seth MacFarland (Jumbo Johnny, Johnny Real Good, JB Meets Adam West!, JB Meets Donny Osmond) or voiced by Maurice LaMarche or Mark Hamill. I have enjoyed episodes on TV but to see them all, I had to rent both Season 1 discs from a competing service. Disc 2 contains episodes 9/ Substitute Teacher (a thief robs JB's karate dojo and dupes JB into being his accomplice), A Wolf in Chick's Clothing (JB goes on a blind date with a female werewolf and hopes for the best), Intensive Care (JB visits Suzy in the hospital, hits on the nurse, and gets laid up by a Lorre-esque intern), 10/Jumbo Johnny (JB orders a sleazy bodybuilding product, Uber Mass, but impatience makes him gargantuan and fat), The Perfect Gift (Suzy's lemonade stand provides her with bags of money for a Mother's Day gift but JB is clueless about earning a buck), Bravo James Bravo (JB and Jane Bond are teamed as 007-like agents to defeat Dr. Pencilneck and his geekifying machine), 11/ Going Batty (a Natasha-like vampire dates JB to make her nerdy boyfriend jealous), Berry the Butler (Bunny Bravo wins pop star Berry Vanderbolton as butler for a day but JB abuses the situation), Red-Faced in the White House (the President's daughter tires of dating robot boys and escapes with JB, who gets beaten up by Secret Service agents Pim and Shlomo), 12/ The Man Who Cried 'Clown' (JB awakes in "the Zone where normal things don't happen very often" in a Shatneresque situation involving a plane and a clown), Johnny Real Good (in another Serling-inspired tale, JB babysits a spoiled young brat with supernatural powers), Little Talky Tabitha! (JB attends a tea party with Suzy after her doll talks and acts threateningly), 13/Johnny Bravo Meets Adam West! (AW plays himself as a blazer-suited hero who finds the missing Bunny Bravo), Under the Big Flop (JB and Suzy go to the circus and free Jungle Boy from the evil ringmaster Vickie Vixen), Johnny Meets Donny Osmond (after JB breaks his mother's prize possession, DO plays himself as JB's cheerful nanny). I love this show! 4.5 stars.