Ozzy & Drix

When I was younger I used to love this series and had no idea that it was based on a theatrically released movie. I sat down to watch the movie and had a mixed expirience. It was OK, but had too much low brow jokes and an unlikable "host". No wonder it bombed hard in theaters, but then came this much better series.

It pretty much continues where the movie ended when Osmosis and Drix gets transferred to the teenage boy Hector (thank god they did that) and starts all over as detectives.

The series is much more clever and introduces more likable newcomers. The mayor is still a mean youngster, but hey, it's a teenage body so why not have a self-absorbed teenager as its mayor? The police officers are skeptical about the duo's abilities, but they mostly get along.

The new voice actors for our main characters do excellent jobs at imitating the originals which I very much appreciate. And the villainous characters have a lot to offer among others the wonderful Tim Curry being there not one but two times in the first episode and in one about smoking.

The humor can still be juvenile at times, but it never comes out of nowhere or without its purpose and it still has an educational side to it. It can be preachy at times, but that happens little enough not to make a wrong impression.

I think it could have lasted longer, but I guess it's a thing at WB to cancel many of their good tv-shows. I enjoyed Ozzy & Drix and recommend the episodes "Where There's Smoke" and the double "An Out of Body Expirience" for some god performances and good humour.