Parents' Guide to

KaBlam!

By Emily Ashby, Common Sense Media Reviewer

age 7+

'90s animated sketch show has quirky characters, cool style.

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A Lot or a Little?

What you will—and won't—find in this TV show.

Community Reviews

age 11+

Based on 5 parent reviews

age 10+
Kablam! is a very good show, especially with some segments. Though the edgy content and weird language can be added up to a 10 or 11 age rating.

This title has:

Great messages
Too much violence
Too much swearing
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking
age 10+
Kablam! is a very good show, especially with some segments. Though the edgy content and weird language can be added up to a 10 or 11 age rating.

This title has:

Great messages
Too much violence
Too much swearing
Too much drinking/drugs/smoking

Is It Any Good?

Our review:
Parents say (5 ):
Kids say (2 ):

KaBlam! deserves bonus points for creativity with its inclusive animation style that makes it a lot of fun to watch. Viewers, or "Kablamoids," as Henry and June call them, are sure to find favorites among the skits that present characters of every kind of oddity, from a genius alien's unrequited attempts to educate a simple caveman to a teen's lamentations about his younger sister's idiosyncrasies. The show even has fun with its likeness to a comic book, as the characters sometimes reference cartoon lingo (one mentions that it's time for the "bongo run" as his legs move at super speed to the thumping of a drum, for instance) and jump in and out of the book's frames.

One of the show's most memorable segments is "Action League Now!," a stop-motion production that hilariously chronicles the misadventures of four action figures: the Flesh (Jim Krenn), who's entirely naked and covered in muscles; Stinky Diver (Krenn again), who's usually seen swimming in a toilet; Thundergirl (Cris Winter), who fancies herself the leader of the group; and Meltman (Scott Paulsen), whose ability to melt proves worthless against most foes. "Action League Now!" and another segment called "Angela Anaconda" inspired spin-off series after KaBlam!'s conclusion in 2000.

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