Club Mario (Jungle Fever)

Club Mario segment
Airdate	June 20, 1990[?]
Cartoon episode	"Jungle Fever"
Original segment	"Dance"
Zelda preview	"The White Knight"
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This segment is the Club Mario segment that aired alongside The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Jungle Fever," replacing the original live-action segment "Dance."

Plot synopsis

The segment starts with the TV at Club Mario showing its titular show, with Tommy Treehugger and Co-MC being excited about this. They then introduce themselves to the viewer, with the latter mentioning that, if the viewer has noticed an improved, it is because they are being broadcasted via the "Goodyear blink." Tommy corrects him by mentioning that it is actually a blimp, not a blink, before giving a synopsis of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! episode "Jungle Fever." He and Co-MC then "satellite surf" to a public service announcement about the deforestation of rainforests by Rainforest Action Network.

After their "satellite surfing" session, Tommy and Co-MC express excitement about it, with Tommy explaining that he loves doing that. He continues by saying that he and Co-MC have a "killer" "Are You Bogus?" guest that they are excited to show the viewer today. Co-MC then says that, for the viewers wondering how they can get to Club Mario, he does not know. Tommy explains that, early in the morning before the Sun comes up, they enter a limousine with tinted windows and are blindfolded and gagged, with the driver of the limousine driving them to Club Mario. He then mentions that he and Co-MC should watch The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, and the scene then cuts to the show.

After the show, Tommy, who is walking while hiding behind the potted plant at Club Mario, explains that he is a plant, a bird, and Jungle Boy. He then explains that the show was a very "awesome" cartoon, before mentioning that the Amazon rainforest is in great danger, explaining that part of the problem is because people cut down the trees to make land for cattle to graze. He continues by saying that they then turn cattle into burgers that people around the world, and explains that he has stopped eat meat to stop supporting the companies that raise the cows. He then asks the viewer to stop eating meat as well, with Co-MC adding that they should get a hold of their congressman, though mentions that they should not write a letter as that will require more trees. After Tommy adds that the viewer should use recycled paper, he then says that many viewers have wrote to him asking him how they can become their own television show co-host. Tommy mentions that he was just lucky to get his position, and asks Co-MC to tell the viewer how he became a co-host, as he has an interesting story. Co-MC explains that it was a "biggity-biggity-biggity-bing," and a "bumblity-bumblity-bumblity-boom," and then he became a co-host on Club Mario. Tommy suggests that he got his job through his uncle Bob, to which Co-MC explains that he got it through him and his aunt Mary. Tommy then mentions that he and Co-MC are paid a lot of money for their show, and that is a very good job. He then says that they watch the previews for the next The Legend of Zelda episode, and the scene cuts to show the previews.

Afterwards, Tommy welcomes the viewer back to their show and explains that they have "awesome" guests for "Are You Bogus?" today, which are none other than Wilma and Pebbles Flintstone from The Flintstones. He then mentions that "Pebbles" has some food on her face before proceeding ask "Wilma" her name, which she responds by saying that it is Wilma Flintstone. He then asks "Wilma" who is to the right of the couch, to which she explains that it is her daughter Pebbles. Tommy mentions that she looks "cute," and to look at her hair. "Wilma" explains that Dino ate the bone out of "Pebble"'s hair. Tommy, who is holding one of the metal rods from the couch, explains that he did not know that she could take one of the rods of his and Co-MC's couch. He then asks "Wilma" where she is from, to which she responds that she is from Bedrock. He then asks her what her husband's name is, to which she responds that it is Fred Flintstone. Tommy then explains that, on "Wilma"'s show, regardless of how she is feeling, she always has a certain shuffle that she has. "Wilma" agrees, though mentions that "Pebbles" is calling for Bamm-Bamm. Tommy then asks her to show him and Co-MC the "Wilma Shuffle," which she promptly does, shaking her elbows while holding her arms out at chest height.

Tommy is impressed, though Co-MC tells him to "get a grip on reality," explaining that both "Wilma" and "Pebbles" are real humans, and that The Flintstones is an animated cartoon. Tommy is surprised by this statement, to which Co-MC affirms that it is true. Tommy then asks him if this means that The Flintstones are not a real family and that Bedrock is not a real town, to which Co-MC responds that the guests are real. Tommy says that he has been fooled, and realizes that "Pebbles" is actually London, the producer's daughter, and that "Wilma" is Casey, his wife. He then asks them to leave, hoping that he does not put his job or any future endeavors at stake because of this. As Casey and London leave, Tommy tells them to sign a release form when exiting the studio. He and then Co-MC says goodbye to the viewer, telling them that they hope to see them next time on their show, "where the airwaves are [their] waves," with Tommy throwing a ball handed to him offscreen at the producer, telling him to not put his wife and daughter on the show again.

Characters

• Tommy Treehugger
• Co-MC
• Casey
• London

Notes

• When giving a synopsis of "Jungle Fever," Tommy incorrectly refers to the Amazon Jungle as the "Ama-Zone Jungle." This name is also used in the Netflx description for the episode.
• Tommy's line about how he is "a plant, a bird, and Jungle Boy" references a catchphrase from the 1940s Superman animated film series.
• Technically, this would be the first live-action interpretation of Wilma and Pebbles Flintstone, predating The Flintstones live-action film by almost four years.