Blog:Camp Lazlo

NOTE: These are only my opinions on the show. For the opinions based on a fan's perspective, see the Best TV Shows Wiki page.



Camp Lazlo is an American animated comedy television series created by Joe Murray (who also made mh:besttvshows:Rocko's Modern Life) for Cartoon Network. It ran for two years from July 8, 2005 to March 27, 2008.

Plot
The series is set in a universe inhabited solely by anthropomorphic animals of many species and focuses on a trio of campers attending a poorly-run summer camp known as Camp Kidney. The trio consists of Lazlo, the eccentric, optimistic spider monkey; Raj, the timid Indian elephant; and Clam, the quiet albino pygmy rhinoceros, and their multiple surreal misadventures.

Why It Sucks

 * 1) To get the elephant out of the room, the show's plot is extremely bland.
 * 2) None of the characters are likable.
 * 3) *Lazlo himself is VERY unbearable.
 * 4) Despite the show being titled Camp Lazlo, Lazlo does not appear in four of the episodes, which is false advertising to new viewers of the show.
 * 5) Very bad episodes such as Marshmallow Jones, Burpless Bean and Samson Needs a Hug.
 * 6) The episode Strange Trout From Outer Space has a shot of Samson's buttocks when he is shoved off the spaceship.
 * 7) Lots of animation errors, such as the aforementioned episode, where Samson's armpads are visible for the first few minutes of the episode, then are invisible for the rest.
 * 8) Awful series finale, they end it off with the campers naked in front of everyone.
 * 9) Annoying theme song.
 * 10) Excessive use of toilet jokes, which are immature (Hold It, Lazlo being the worst offender).
 * 11) Awful morals, such as "Start embarrassing everyone around you" (Campers Pull All Pants), "obsess over some you like all the time until your friends don't want to be friends with you anymore" (Marshmallow Jones), and "fight with someone around you until something goes wrong" (Hot Spring Fever).
 * 12) The characters never shut up.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Although wasted, decent voice acting.
 * 2) Although flawed at times, nice animation.
 * 3) At least it's not as bad as Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island.
 * 4) The TV movie Where's Lazlo is the only good episode of the show.