He-Man: The Parody
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He-man: The Parody! is a DP audio mini-series which is a lovingly scathing parody that pays tribute to that childhood favorite, the wonderful cartoon "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". All scripts in this series are written by Elie Hirschman.
There are 3 episodes in this series and they can be found at http://www.darkerprojects.com/he-man.html.
Features
Thanks to Chris Snyder and the wide load of treasures to be found on the internet, the original music from the show, as well as scene transition sounds and vintage sound effects were used in all three productions.
The show always starts off with Adam explaining (more or less) the story of He-man. The intros of each of the three episodes are different, mocking some aspect of the thinly sketched backstory of the He-man series.
Just as the original series always ended in a serious moral to be learned from the episode, the parody features 3 morals at the end of each episode, though the lesson learned is not always serious, or even remotely important. After the moral read by Orko at the end of the first parody episode, Ryan H. Nelson (who plays the role) stuck in a brilliant ad-lib rant about how unfairly Orko is treated and how the scripts for this series make no sense. After that, it became a standard feature for the episode to close with Orko losing his mind over some aspect of his role on the show.
Eric Busby is always credited with 2 roles that did not actually appear in the episode.
Credits
Mark Kalita as He-Man and Adam
Shane Harris as Skeletor
Kathryn Pryde as the Sorceress
MJ Cogburn as Teela and Evil Lyn
Joseph Lovenguth as Battle Cat
Damon Sugameli as Cringer
Kathryn Pryde as the Sorceress
Karl Puder as Man-At-Arms
Ryan H. Nelson as Orko and Ram Man
Elie Hirschman as Beast Man, Mer-man, Trap Jaw and Tri-Klops
David Weaver as Jitsu and Clawful
Captain John Tadrzak as the Intercom Announcer(episode 1), Ventos(episode 2) and The King of the Shadow Beasts (episode 3)
David Ault as King Randor
Chris Snyder as disclaimer voice and the big stupid monster
Produced by Elie Hirschman
Sound design on episode 1 by Elie Hirschman
Sound Design on episodes 2-3 by Chris Snyder
