From Cool World creator Ralph Bakshi, Hey Good Lookin' is an outrageous, nostaIgic and adult take on a more innocent time. Well, not that much more innocent: not every street corner was a Happy Days setting.
Our hero, Vinnie, Ieader of the ragtag gang known as the Brooklyn Stompers, plays it cool. His Iady, Roz, thinks he's the most wonderful thing on two Iegs. And his off-the-wall, hot-wired friend Crazy Shapiro would die for the honor of Vinnie and the gang. They're all sympathetic and familiar characters turned Ioose in a funky, surreal cartoon landscape that realIy packs a punch, just as the '50s-styIed soundtrack of originaI songs by John Madara and Ric Sandler evokes pIayfuI memories. With Fritz The Cat, Heavy Traffic and CooI World, Bakshi made animation history mixing mature themes and hip humor. If you know his work, then Hey Good Lookin' is up your alIey. |