Sam & Max cartoons... and it's not even a Saturday morning in 1997!

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God, people on the internet are fast. I got an email at about 5:00 this afternoon from one of GameTap's PR folks letting us know that a formal announcement had been made about the Sam & Max cartoons coming to GameTap, which meant we could finally tell you guys the good news. I finished what I was working on and came home and ate some dinner. (I'm tempted to tell you exactly what I had for dinner, but this isn't that kind of blog.) Then I sat down to write it up, and lo and behold, Joystiq and Kotaku had already beaten me to it!



Anyway, after a few rumors and a little confusion over whether or not the Sam & Max cartoons will be coming to GameTap, the word on the street today is that they definitely will, and that the first one will be in the service on October 12. October 12! That's a mere day away!
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For those unfamiliar with the Sam & Max legacy, the cartoon debuted in 1997 on Fox Kids. It was produced by a Canadian company called Nelvana, and (brace yourself) the voice actors are NOT the same guys from Sam & Max Hit the Road. (How dare they replace Farmer and Jameson? Cheeky bastards...) I have only seen a few episodes of the cartoon here and there, so I'm not really qualified to comment, but my unqualified opinion is that while they're not quite in the same vein as Sam & Max Hit the Road or the comics, they're still pretty entertaining. And apparently they have a fairly high nostalgia factor for people just a little bit younger than I am, who were the right age to be watching Saturday morning cartoons when these aired. (Not that there's any wrong age for watching cartoons. I didn't own a TV in 1997... that's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!)



We actually encountered a few of those nostalgia-ridden people at Comic-Con. One guy literally walked by Steve's booth, did a double-take, grabbed a Season 1 postcard from the table, and shouted, "Oh my god, they're bringing back the cartoon?!" We quickly explained that Season 1 is in fact a video game series, thinking he'd be even more excited by the prospect. The passer-by's eyes narrowed, his nostrils flared, and he tossed the postcard down and walked off in disgust. He didn't even shake Steve's hand.



I may not have had a snappy comeback then, but now I say to that guy (and every guy/girl out there like him who's this passionate about the Sam & Max cartoon show) – go sign up for GameTap! You'll get to watch Sam & Max episodes starting Thursday! And not only that... you'll get to PLAY Sam & Max episodes starting next Tuesday! It's so exciting I can hardly stand it!




To learn more about the Sam & Max animated series, go here.