Where's Waldo? (1991) User Reviews

Just your average 90's Saturday morning cartoon

[danzig-32784 · 8/10 · 24 March 2020]

This is your basic run o the mill, Saturday morning cartoon. There's nothing a inappropriate about this cartoon like the other two reviewers nit-picked. The "peeping Tom" joke has been used since the golden age of Looney Tunes and some of the other "adult jokes" are nowhere near as bad as what you'd find on something more mainstream like Animaniacs. As far as the name of Wally compared to Waldo, the original books published in United Kingdom were named Where's Wally. Only until the books were brought to North America was the name Waldo used. So anytime you see this cartoon as Where's Wally, it's because you're watching the British version of the show. It helps to do a little research before you write a review, doesn't it? This series follows along with the books fairly well in that Waldo goes to different locations to solve things and meet new people. If you're a fan of the books, you'll like this cartoon. Don't let the other reviewers deter you. They probably binge watch episodes of shows like Caillou.

Where's Wally?

[jboothmillard · 7/10 · 13 June 2005]

When I was a kid I always used to like to read the picture books, then they made them into a TV series on CITV. This was actually quite a good book based cartoon. Wally is a guy in a red and white fleece with a dog dressed the same. Basically every episode, when he felts like it (obviously all the time) he would get his magic walking stick and create a vortex that would transport him to another world, e.g. stone age, spooky, under the sea, jungle, etc. Wizard Whitebeard would be around to see how he was using the walking stick or how he was in the adventure, and the villain (I can't remember his name) in the yellow and black fleece would always try to steal the walking stick. But the main part of the show (hence the title) was when the audience at home have to spot Wally in a freeze frame (because he disappears for some reason), just like in the books. Very good!

Bizarre and inappropriate.

[13Funbags · 1/10 · 27 September 2018]

First of all the show is called Where's Wally. In the first episode the wizard calls him Waldo and then says oops Wally. Why is that funny? I assume there's a secret reason his name isn't Waldo but it's never explained even on today's wikipedia. For some reason all the characters have other characters voices. You'll encounter a Woody Allen bat, a Bert Lahr ghost and even Brad Garret's wizard is just a sad Rodney Dangerfield. All of that has already been done by slightly better cartoons. My only real issue is that I don't understand what audience they are going for here. The stories seem to be geared towards 5 year olds, then they make jokes about peeping Toms, Cleveland sucking and porn magazines. It's all very bizarre and was quickly forgotten for good reason.

Terrible and inappropriate.

[13Funbags · 1/10 · 28 September 2018]

First of all the show is called Where's Wally?. Why? Obviously because the people involved weren't very bright. They constantly make adult themed jokes that a kid would never get. The first episode makes a peeping Tom joke and one about how much Cleveland sucks. No kid would ever understand either one. Then the rest of the show seems to be geared towards 5 year olds. It's no surprise that this has been hidden away for decades.