kid’s media used to have to so much for attention to detail. you can tell the creators really enjoyed what they did and that they cared about children and giving them genuinely entertaining media to watch.
The slob was extremely scary and weird to me even when I was young, it feels like watching a guy go through a depressive episode in season one and a manic episode in later seasons. It’s like the host is just filming a mentally ill man and it’s very uncomfortable
I was never afraid of the slob (weird as there were puppets that still terrify me to this day). Though, it did scare me when the slob was in a bad mood and shouting at the camera to get out of his house. He was always so reserved and to see him loud/mean was pretty off-putting.
crashbox was my favorite show as a kid and my parents had this bit where they would claim that the revolting slob was my boyfriend. like pointing at the tv every time he was on and going "woah ur boyfriend is here!". i despised this.
Everyone talks about waking up in the middle of the night to the George Lopez jumpscare but nobody talks about waking up too early to Crashbox on the screen and not knowing what the heck is going on. It's real. It's terrifying. I think that's why this show felt so scary and liminal to me as a kid
If anyone cares, I'll give you guys the rest of the games. Think Tank was hosted by Capt'n Bob, a Jamaican stereotype who somehow got stuck in his fishtank and showed the viewer three objects that have one thing in common. Like camera, basketball player, and stars (all of them 'shoot'). His name is (most likely) a reference to Bob Marley. Sketch Pad was hosted by a hipster, well, sketch artist conveniently named Sketch. He would draw the viewer a story, but leave out one page, and have the viewer guess what page was missing and make the story make sense. Word Shake was hosted by an odd hybrid of French and Italian stereotypes (but apparently was canonically American-French in origin) who was known as Chef Pierre. He presents the viewer with two to four letter words, and mixed them together to create a new word (like Purr and Pull = Purple). Ten 2nds gives the viewers ten seconds each to solve four to five rebus puzzles (a puzzle consisting of an image doing a common phrase, such as a waterfall showing the word 'water' slowly descending down the screen). Riddle Snake consists of an unseen raj reading riddles from the titular Riddlesnake. The Riddlesnake charms a man who blows a kazoo to reveal the answer.
Iirc, Sketch and Capt'n Bob were both voiced by Greg Eagles (who was also the voice of Grim in "Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy", as well as the modern voice of Aku Aku in Crash Bandicoot).
I am so glad I'm not the only person who remembers Crashbox. When this and Happily Ever After: Fairytales for Every Child always a treat to watch on HBOs family programming.
The only thing I hate about the internet is the fact that I can’t find any Crashbox merch. At least I can watch this video & be happy that at least someone knows about this show.
I used to wake up every morning at 7am just to make sure I was able to catch crashbox from 10-11am this was my absolute favorite show and every time I talk about it, nobody knows what I’m talking about 😭😭😭
LITERALLY, I didn't watch most of the children's programming from the early 2000s, but the ONE show I did was crashbox and nobody ever has heard of it.
I remember watching Crashbox on demand and on Max (when it was HBO Max). Definitely remember loving those valley girl Barbie twins and having a crush on the sketchpad character.
i was thinking the same thing. i didnt know dora was from an actual tv show, i thought they originated from the daily capper 😣 now i feel bad for assuming that..
The Revolting Slob freaked my brother out, but surprisingly, it didn't freak me out. My favorite games were "Distraction News," "Sketch Pad," "Think Think Tank," and "Mug Shots." I'm grateful folks are remembering this show.
My little brother absolutely loved this show, especially the Revolting Slob! It helped him grow his vocabulary as he became more vocal, plus it was just hilarious! I loved Distraction News and Captain Bones! CrashBox deserves so much credit for the silly way it was able to educate kids!
I would have either been horrified or infatuated with this show as a kid 💀There’s something so nostalgic and whimsical about it in a grungy way, I definitely wouldn't have seen it as a kid bc I doubt it was aired in Australia but it still speaks to me :)
I was just thinking, I used to be unsettled by this kind of claymation/puppetry style but now that I’m older have a deep appreciation for them. I also love coraline and the fantastic Mr fox, theres something so lovely yet a bit uncanny about them ❤
I really want to see if there is lost media/projects of Crashbox. More specifically, I wonder if someone that worked for the show kept the puppets and claymation figures that were used on the set. It would be amazing to see where they are now.
JUMPING JOHHNY JUMBLE MY BELOVED! I used to get my family together to watch and play Crashbox even though we were out of the age demographic. It's such a fun show and genuinely helped me and my siblings bond! Captain Bones and I will always have beef and TRUST I was so scared of Revolting Slob! I think the concept of Eddie Bull absolutely terrified me too. Like, a guy getting eaten by enthusiastic animals who sing a freaky song?? That's SO SCARY! Looking back, I love it though! Love this video so much!
I feel like its really odd how he didn't quit the job. Every single animal just wants to eat him whole, and they never even let him finish speaking. Maybe every single animal is just desperate to have him as a treat.
I've always felt that a Jackbox-esque party game based on Crashbox would work so well ever since I found out about Jackbox and I know it would never happen but it feels so incredibly fun to just think of it
Crashbox will forever be my favorite learning show. I loved it when I was little and I loved it when I randomly rewatched it a few years ago. I'll never be able to hear the HBO intro without thinking about this show lol
I’m sad you didn’t cover Captain Bob and his Sub and the stuff you found overstimulating was my favorite stuff maybe that’s my A.D.D. overriding my Autism but I loved this show it was my comfort show and I think it hit all the right spots for me as a kid growing up on it back in 99’ they replayed both seasons back to back every year so I always got to come back to it and enjoy it. A lot of the segments you said were easily forgotten were highlights for me as they covered so many diverse styles, aesthetics and character design choices. I loved how everything had a different speed to it from face paced to slow and steady. Easily the most goated educational art piece from my youth!
I was randomly looking at my recommended tab and almost had a heart attack once I saw the thumbnail! this show was my early childhood & I can’t ever forget about the Revolting Slob, lol.
This show made me extremely weird and different from the other kids but I’m kind of grateful it’s a very captivating show it doesn’t feel like you’re basic Backyardigans it’s not just educational but it’s a piece of wonder
I freaking LOVED crashbox as a kid. Even when I felt like I was outgrowing little kids shows, I always watched crashbox when I caught it on. I’d sort of forgotten, I can’t wait to show my kids now 😂
As a kid, my family would go visit my grandparents in the mountains for Christmas and the winter. This was the only "kids" channel that was available on their TV and I loved it so much. It felt like one weird fever dream
i have memories of watching crashbox from HBO on demand from our cable hahaaha, used to binge it while drawing, revolting slob still one of my favorite bits to this day!
So I knew this was a kids show but because of how weird and sometimes scary it was I always thought I would get in trouble for watching it. When someone else in my family would come into the living room while I was watching it I'd always change the channel quickly. No clue why I acted like that but that's my main memory of the show.
Crashbox was one of my FAVORITE shows as a kid, I feel like not a lot of people remember it now so this video is so exciting!! My Dad would always watch it with me on HBO on demand, I love that it was interesting enough to catch the attention of older audiences. I really don’t think anything will be able to encapsulate the same chaotic energy and art style of Crashbox
I used to watch this show at my grandma's house and I was obsessed with the maintenance robots and all the little animations with them, but always ran out of the room whenever the Revolting Slob segment played lol
I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING THIS!!! You are one of my top UA-camrs and I grew up watching this show on like.. HBO Family along with A Little Curious!
I loved crashbox, eddy bull was my favorite segment too!! But I don’t think I realized it was supposed to be educational, I just watched it for entertainment lmao but the math ones had me stressed too
Would love to see her talk about a little curious. Loved that show and how the different segments would change art styles showing different things. Its a shame its rarely ever talked about or called creepy
I was OBSESSED with this cursed logic puzzle show as a kid! However, my parents didn't have HBO, so the only way I could watch it was on the TVs at hotels on vacation. It aired at 10am, and hotel checkout was typically at 11, so in order to watch it, I purposefully delayed my family's hotel checkouts for literal YEARS. Never packed bags in advance, took purposefully long bathroom breaks, ate an absurdly large breakfast, etc., all so I could solve and memorize Crashbox puzzles. That show will forever be responsible for my love of logic puzzles and my hatred of packing for vacation. :p
Old lady millennial here, I used to love when we would get a free weekend of HBO on satellite when I was a kid because I LOVED Crashbox and Happily Ever After.
When my mom got custody of my brother and I it was a major culture shift for us. We grew up with my grandma on food stamps and our 4 cousins watching whatever was on pbs. Moving in with our mom she had satellite tv and we got to watch everything we didn’t even know the channels went past 77. My step dad would watch movies at night on HBO and when we would turn on the tv in the afternoon after school it would still be on so we started watching Crashbox. My brother and I loved it, from the pirate guy, to the submarine that would sink into the drain, and the revolting slob which was our favorite because of the gross factor. The timed anxiety driven puzzles and quizzes actually helped both of us with school specifically the math segments. Good times.
Even as a 24 year old, seeing these clips fill me with SO much joy and nostalgia! Crashbox was truly one of a kind, and as an autistic kid who loved solving puzzles and flexing my smarts, I watched it all the time On Demand with my siblings!
17:50 I do not blame you for thinking of Jackbox Games' Earwax in the Ear We Are segment of Crashbox. I mean both Jackbox Games as a whole and Crashbox sound similar, and have both very visually different game shows with incredibly unhinged hosts. It honestly would be impressive for someone who knew of either to NOT be reminded of the other.
This is my childhood, I recently ask my dad about a hbo show with claymation and he instantly knew what I was talking about. I LOVED this show I would sit and watch this for hours. But I rewatched it with my mom and we still love it. It gives this weird yet nostalgic feeling.
even though i was born in 2005 this was my childhood i thank crashbox for my quick thinking, my willingness to dig deeper through the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood, and my love for steampunk. My grandmother loved this show and i would get up every morning at 6am just to catch the one or two episodes that would air. Those are some of my favorite memories. (tldr im a nerd and i blame crashbox)
4:08 had to pause right here because my little middle-aged Gen xer heart just got warmed from you mentioning Brain Games. I used to love the Brain Games segments on HBO when I was a kid! Haven't thought of them in years, literally a couple of decades to be honest.❤
The distraction news reminds me of when I did academic UIL in school. One competition was called "Listening". There's no distractions, but you literally listen to a speaker do a 10-minute discussion and at the end you're quizzed on how much you remember of the details.
Loved this show was singing along to some of these games, watched it a lot as a kid when family was able to afford cable and HBO was a part of the package. None of my friends have seen this or "Happily ever after fairytale for every child", happy to see a light shines on this show.
I watched 7 episodes after this video. After 7, my brain was like, "Bro, you're almost 25. Why are you even enjoying this? Your childhood didn't include this. Stop it, " lol. Great vid, though.
so cool to see a youtuber talk about crashbox, the only other person ive seen mention it is jerma which makes sense because he lives in the same void that crashbox does in my mind anyway it used to be an obscure childhood memory for me and then me and my sister binged it on streaming a few years ago. kind of surprised it hasn't gotten super popular by now on TikTok or smth since it reminds me so much of the vibe jack stauber has, things like that inspire me sm artistically i love it 2000's mixed media my beloved♥️✨
I absolutely ADORED Crashbox when I was a child. It was so odd and charming. Going to family members houses who didn’t have the normal “kids channels” was so much less boring when it was on.
My older siblings were born in the nineties. When my siblings and I were born, we watched what they watched, as well as what my parents favored. Crashbox was one of them. My parents were born in the fine days of the early to late seventies. They watched eighties media (alien, strawberry shortcake, disney, etc.) So we got to watch Crashbox on HBO. My fave segment was Paige and Sage bcoz ofc
You randomly showing up in my recommended helped me rediscover this small slice of my childhood I could barely remember enough to find; you don't know how much this means to me, thank you so very much.
Since we’re talking about hbo kids shows do yall remember A little curious, Happily Ever After: Fairy tales for every child, kindergarten, El perro & El gato, and Harold and the purple crayon😂😂. As a kid born in 2003 I used to watch these shows before school or before bed time lol.
I am so happy to see somebody cover this. This show was so much fun but also scared the everliving shit out of me. When I got older I became more and more into stop motion and claymation even though it gave me the heebie jeebies.
lula your outfit and makeup really popped off for this episode, the hairstyle and colors and accessories too?? just YESS you look lovely, and i LOVE the star shaped septum ring
I remember my siblings and I would always try to guess which segment would be next during the fixing/reveal sections I'm so glad I'm not the only who was super uncomfortable during the Revolting Slob parts 😭 I remember gagging and wanting to leave during it
LOVED Crashbox. It was such a trip but like in a good way. Jumpin' Johnny Jumble's Jingle is forever stuck in my head and will just pop up when I'm drawing a blank in the middle of a conversation.
THIS USED TO BE MY FAVORITE SHOW GROWING UP! I would watch it over and over and over and over! I still sometimes put it on the tv from the youtube playlist. I absolutely want to raise my future kids on this !
hi lulaloopsey! I am commenting to let you know that “sorry bout that!” has been my main vocal stim since I found your channel recently, and I love your intro! anyway ily and your content🫶🏻
The absolute fever dream you just unlocked for me is insane. I just remembered seeing this creepy slob guy that sat on this chair and it legitimately freaked me out as a kid, and I had no idea where it was from and it stayed in my memory. So I’m glad ya made this vid lol cause I may have never found out.
28:36 You just blew my mind… actually I’m still struggling to believe it because I can hear Verity’s voice in my head. It was very New Yorkah Meets Carmen Sandiego and I cannot picture that out of Billie’s mom, second, after your explanation of Paige and Sage, I’m starting to feel like this was just a Quantico for kids! 👀👀👀
39:41 The one I remember the most was when she was trying to hook him up on a date with someone. I think that one was the one that messed me up the most. Lol. Aww… I was hoping you’d do Riddlesnake. 🥹 Loved the animation, music, and the riddles as well. The ladies voice was also heavenly.
Oh my gosh- I thought this video was gonna be about the daily capper. It’s crazy how people took such a creative show and made it be used for such horrible things!
I LOVED CRASHBOX GROWING UP. I love and still love weird and unique shows and movies so much and I still watch crashbox till this day! I wish kids shows was still like this❤
Crashbox was a magnet to true creatives! Like anytime I mention Crashbox to someone and they remember.... they tend to be true of heart. There's something special about this show, somehow it's really important to me. Oh and I gotta say... Professor Rocket was my favorite character. Maybe because his voice reminds me of DMX, and he distracted me so much from the math I didn't feel bad for sucking at it.. lmaoooooo but my favorite is somewhere between Psycho Math, Eddie Bull and Radio Scramble. I HATED Revolting Slob.... with a vivd memory of disgust. Thank you for this deep dive down the 90's baby memory lane!
Haunted House Party, Radio Scramble , Dirty Pictures, Lens McCracken: Ace Photo Snoop, Captain Bob( voiced by Greg Eagles aka Grim from Billy and Mandy), Mugshots, Revolving Slob and finally Sketch Pad are my favorite segments from CrashBox.
I’m so glad you’re covering crashbox!! Nobody else in my friend groups were hbo kids, so it’s super cool to see other ppl who remember it :). Love your vids
I'm so happy you talked about this show. I watched it religiously with my little brother for years. No one ever seems to know about it. So glad it's getting a moment here
I loved this show! You said to make a comment discussion if you skipped a favorite. My three favorites were Think Tank, Riddlesnake, and Ten 2nds. USE YOUR EYES, USE YOUR BRAIN, BEFORE HIS CLUES GO DOWN THE DRAIN
I miss the old HBO Family. Kids these days won't know what it was like for us in that era watching shows such as Crashbox, A Little Curious, HBO Storybook Musical, The Booth in the Back, etc.
High-key this show was my "Candle Cove" all I remembered was bits of the intro and Dora who I thought was like a secretary or something, and that when we had cable i watched it like *every day* . so I kept trying to find this show with so little information; I really thought it was like a fever dream or something. Then I got my HBO subscription and stumbled upon it and I FINALLY HAD AN ANSWER
Crashbox was one of my favorite shows growing up!! I was always obsessed with how eerie it all looked + it made me feel really clever for being able to deduce so many of the games answers. I love introducing my friends to it now (even though we’re all around 25-30) since the style is SO unique and the games are genuinely fun 💓
thank you for making this. One summer in like middle school we changed cable providers in my home and we got hbo and i remember watching this with my brothers every morning, such a highlight during dark times for us. One of the most unique shows. One character i always remember is captain bob and his funky song
The slob scared the crap out of me as a kid... my mom and I adored this show, but everytime I saw the slob I'd hide under the blanket and thought he was in my closet when I'd tried to sleep. I was (and still am) a very anxious and paranoid person lol
We will NEVER have another show like Crashbox. It's so incredibly unique
We might
Never say never 🤷🏻♂️
@@StarJester81 Yeah
There could but society hates cool art and wants it dimmed down
kid’s media used to have to so much for attention to detail. you can tell the creators really enjoyed what they did and that they cared about children and giving them genuinely entertaining media to watch.
What do you mean "used to"? We have Bluey (unless you're referring to brainrot content on UA-cam).
@@NewSonyWonderHappyMadisonFan Bluey is no longer a standard, it’s an exception. I think it’s great, but there’s not many others like it.
The slob was extremely scary and weird to me even when I was young, it feels like watching a guy go through a depressive episode in season one and a manic episode in later seasons. It’s like the host is just filming a mentally ill man and it’s very uncomfortable
I was never afraid of the slob (weird as there were puppets that still terrify me to this day). Though, it did scare me when the slob was in a bad mood and shouting at the camera to get out of his house. He was always so reserved and to see him loud/mean was pretty off-putting.
I was incredibly grossed out and akward everytime he appeared.
I literally had nightmares about him eating Styrofoam shaped like cheetos and exploding. It still gives me a gross feeling thinking about it.
crashbox was my favorite show as a kid and my parents had this bit where they would claim that the revolting slob was my boyfriend. like pointing at the tv every time he was on and going "woah ur boyfriend is here!". i despised this.
he was my favorite segment:( 😭
Everyone talks about waking up in the middle of the night to the George Lopez jumpscare but nobody talks about waking up too early to Crashbox on the screen and not knowing what the heck is going on. It's real. It's terrifying.
I think that's why this show felt so scary and liminal to me as a kid
This show was so scary to me as a kid
Dude..people actually wake up to george lopez? I thought it was just me!
I remember waking up in a hotel room as a kid to this playing on the TV. It was one of those shows that I thought I dreamed.
I actually clicked on this video because of this. I woke up to it in my grandma's house
oh my god this is one of the first shows i remember watching ever. i feel like NO ONE remembers this lmao.
I remember watching this and iSpy for years and that a little bit curious show
Omg my older brother talked about that show on HBO and the robots are scary I don't remember watching this
@@filmaru8556 I love a little curious my favorite character was the mop 😂😂
Yeah me and my sister used to watch this on demand and no one knew what this show was
The only people that remember this are the people that grew up with HBO and are from the generation that had crashbox 😅
If anyone cares, I'll give you guys the rest of the games.
Think Tank was hosted by Capt'n Bob, a Jamaican stereotype who somehow got stuck in his fishtank and showed the viewer three objects that have one thing in common. Like camera, basketball player, and stars (all of them 'shoot'). His name is (most likely) a reference to Bob Marley.
Sketch Pad was hosted by a hipster, well, sketch artist conveniently named Sketch. He would draw the viewer a story, but leave out one page, and have the viewer guess what page was missing and make the story make sense.
Word Shake was hosted by an odd hybrid of French and Italian stereotypes (but apparently was canonically American-French in origin) who was known as Chef Pierre. He presents the viewer with two to four letter words, and mixed them together to create a new word (like Purr and Pull = Purple).
Ten 2nds gives the viewers ten seconds each to solve four to five rebus puzzles (a puzzle consisting of an image doing a common phrase, such as a waterfall showing the word 'water' slowly descending down the screen).
Riddle Snake consists of an unseen raj reading riddles from the titular Riddlesnake. The Riddlesnake charms a man who blows a kazoo to reveal the answer.
Ten 2nds was one of the best games due to how it makes you think, at least at the time when i was 11.
Omg I do remember all of these!! Maybe I should get HBO max and rewatch all of it
omg I remember the chef 😭 and the Jamaican submarine song was such a bop
Iirc, Sketch and Capt'n Bob were both voiced by Greg Eagles (who was also the voice of Grim in "Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy", as well as the modern voice of Aku Aku in Crash Bandicoot).
Riddle Snake was my least favorite of the bunch. Like...I'm a kid, man. IDK how these work.
I am so glad I'm not the only person who remembers Crashbox. When this and Happily Ever After: Fairytales for Every Child always a treat to watch on HBOs family programming.
Oh my god that's the show I've been thinking about for years!!!! I couldn't remember what it was called!!!!!
i remember the crashbox intro before happily ever after
Yaaassss!! I used to love Happily Ever After!!
That and A Little Curious used to be my favorites
@@C0ZMIK5K1TTL35 I loved A Little Curious!
The only thing I hate about the internet is the fact that I can’t find any Crashbox merch. At least I can watch this video & be happy that at least someone knows about this show.
fr!!
it would have been great as a video game
Honestly I think it would be fun to do art prints or stickers of some of the characters. I just might have to do that lol
yes to crashbox merch!!
I used to wake up every morning at 7am just to make sure I was able to catch crashbox from 10-11am this was my absolute favorite show and every time I talk about it, nobody knows what I’m talking about 😭😭😭
LITERALLY, I didn't watch most of the children's programming from the early 2000s, but the ONE show I did was crashbox and nobody ever has heard of it.
omg same!! It was THE event. I used to wake up before everyone else and make myself a cup of tea, turn on HBO and wait lol
@@exzraxplorer5423 literally same!!! 😭😭😭 I would always prep my snacks while A Little Curious was on lmao
Same. Id wake up and watch it in my grandmas room. Watch all the smaller kid stuff then I spy and crash box before it switch to older people stuff.
This is one of those shows that you accidentally wake up too early as a kid and this is what is on.
I remember watching Crashbox on demand and on Max (when it was HBO Max). Definitely remember loving those valley girl Barbie twins and having a crush on the sketchpad character.
omg with his pointy lil chin 😂❤️ love that!
Zalsav better not purge this show.
Elmer Fudd BETTER not purge this show
@@chantigoldie Nah. Elmer is a cool guy.
@@kootunesscrewy erm, did you know Elmer is Zaslav as a Tune? 🤓
i hate how i learned what crashbox was not because of the show, but because of the daily capper :( tw for a lot of gross topics if you look that up
That's also how I know about this. I was wondering if the daily capper would be covered in this video.
i am, SO sorry that thats how you learned about the show.. people are so awful. i'll never be able to see dora smarmy the same :(
i was thinking the same thing. i didnt know dora was from an actual tv show, i thought they originated from the daily capper 😣 now i feel bad for assuming that..
me tooo☹️
can someone explain? kinda scared of looking it up
LULA I HAVE BEEN BEGGING THE UNIVERSE FOR SOMEONE TO COVER THIS SHOW I AM GOING TO CRY REAL TEARS
The Revolting Slob freaked my brother out, but surprisingly, it didn't freak me out. My favorite games were "Distraction News," "Sketch Pad," "Think Think Tank," and "Mug Shots." I'm grateful folks are remembering this show.
I saw this show once and now most of my nightmares look like this. It's been like 18 years since then, I was definitely a tiny kid.
Are you now tiny young adult
My little brother absolutely loved this show, especially the Revolting Slob! It helped him grow his vocabulary as he became more vocal, plus it was just hilarious! I loved Distraction News and Captain Bones! CrashBox deserves so much credit for the silly way it was able to educate kids!
I love the crash box transitions, so creative and beautiful
THANK YOU i made them myself & it made editing take 10x longer but it turned out so cool 🫶🫶
I would have either been horrified or infatuated with this show as a kid 💀There’s something so nostalgic and whimsical about it in a grungy way, I definitely wouldn't have seen it as a kid bc I doubt it was aired in Australia but it still speaks to me :)
I was just thinking, I used to be unsettled by this kind of claymation/puppetry style but now that I’m older have a deep appreciation for them. I also love coraline and the fantastic Mr fox, theres something so lovely yet a bit uncanny about them ❤
I really want to see if there is lost media/projects of Crashbox. More specifically, I wonder if someone that worked for the show kept the puppets and claymation figures that were used on the set. It would be amazing to see where they are now.
I was thinking the same thing. I would love too see the figures and u would try to buy them💀💀
JUMPING JOHHNY JUMBLE MY BELOVED! I used to get my family together to watch and play Crashbox even though we were out of the age demographic. It's such a fun show and genuinely helped me and my siblings bond! Captain Bones and I will always have beef and TRUST I was so scared of Revolting Slob! I think the concept of Eddie Bull absolutely terrified me too. Like, a guy getting eaten by enthusiastic animals who sing a freaky song?? That's SO SCARY! Looking back, I love it though! Love this video so much!
I feel like its really odd how he didn't quit the job. Every single animal just wants to eat him whole, and they never even let him finish speaking.
Maybe every single animal is just desperate to have him as a treat.
There are a few segments you missed like word shake, ten seconds sketch pad and of course RIDDLE SNAKE.
Crashbox WAS my childhood.
I also think it informed our love of Toonami, Adult Swim, preserving Liquid Television and the weird world of stopmation
I've always felt that a Jackbox-esque party game based on Crashbox would work so well ever since I found out about Jackbox and I know it would never happen but it feels so incredibly fun to just think of it
Crashbox will forever be my favorite learning show. I loved it when I was little and I loved it when I randomly rewatched it a few years ago. I'll never be able to hear the HBO intro without thinking about this show lol
😂😂😂 "new setup just dropped" *immediately plays camera falling off opening bumper*
OH MY GOD. ive been trying to remember what this show was FOR YEARS. THANK YOU
This show is one of my obscure childhood icons, it's basically an educational acid trip lol
That's a fantastic way to summarize it lmao
Cashbox, my beloved (NOT you, Revolting Slob). I'm soooo glad it's finally getting the attention it deserves, it's such an incredible charming show.
i remember my mom showing me this show and then forgetting about it afterwards, i am glad more people are remembering it again!!
OMG CRASHBOX I THOUGHT NO ONE ELSE REMEMBEREDTHAT SHOW, SO HAPPY YOU COVERED IT
I’m sad you didn’t cover Captain Bob and his Sub and the stuff you found overstimulating was my favorite stuff maybe that’s my A.D.D. overriding my Autism but I loved this show it was my comfort show and I think it hit all the right spots for me as a kid growing up on it back in 99’ they replayed both seasons back to back every year so I always got to come back to it and enjoy it. A lot of the segments you said were easily forgotten were highlights for me as they covered so many diverse styles, aesthetics and character design choices. I loved how everything had a different speed to it from face paced to slow and steady. Easily the most goated educational art piece from my youth!
I WAS SO SAD ABOUT THE OMISSION OF CAPTAIN BOB!!
No way i didn't think I would ever see another person who half-fell in love with Verity Lynn from mugshots!
I was randomly looking at my recommended tab and almost had a heart attack once I saw the thumbnail!
this show was my early childhood & I can’t ever forget about the Revolting Slob, lol.
This show made me extremely weird and different from the other kids but I’m kind of grateful it’s a very captivating show it doesn’t feel like you’re basic Backyardigans it’s not just educational but it’s a piece of wonder
Bro backyardigans was THE SHIT, too. Both that and Crashbox hold a place in my heart.
I freaking LOVED crashbox as a kid. Even when I felt like I was outgrowing little kids shows, I always watched crashbox when I caught it on. I’d sort of forgotten, I can’t wait to show my kids now 😂
Man that news anchor has forever been tainted since I watched that Nick Crowley video on the Daily Capper 😭
As a kid, my family would go visit my grandparents in the mountains for Christmas and the winter. This was the only "kids" channel that was available on their TV and I loved it so much. It felt like one weird fever dream
i have memories of watching crashbox from HBO on demand from our cable hahaaha, used to binge it while drawing, revolting slob still one of my favorite bits to this day!
So I knew this was a kids show but because of how weird and sometimes scary it was I always thought I would get in trouble for watching it. When someone else in my family would come into the living room while I was watching it I'd always change the channel quickly. No clue why I acted like that but that's my main memory of the show.
Crashbox was one of my FAVORITE shows as a kid, I feel like not a lot of people remember it now so this video is so exciting!! My Dad would always watch it with me on HBO on demand, I love that it was interesting enough to catch the attention of older audiences. I really don’t think anything will be able to encapsulate the same chaotic energy and art style of Crashbox
I used to watch this show at my grandma's house and I was obsessed with the maintenance robots and all the little animations with them, but always ran out of the room whenever the Revolting Slob segment played lol
I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU ARE DISCUSSING THIS!!! You are one of my top UA-camrs and I grew up watching this show on like.. HBO Family along with A Little Curious!
I loved crashbox, eddy bull was my favorite segment too!! But I don’t think I realized it was supposed to be educational, I just watched it for entertainment lmao but the math ones had me stressed too
This show used to scare me when I was little and I usually change the channel or wait for a little curious.
Would love to see her talk about a little curious. Loved that show and how the different segments would change art styles showing different things. Its a shame its rarely ever talked about or called creepy
The earliest I clicked on a video! (I love the aesthetic of this show, and anything stop motion arts and crafts like stuff)
I was OBSESSED with this cursed logic puzzle show as a kid! However, my parents didn't have HBO, so the only way I could watch it was on the TVs at hotels on vacation. It aired at 10am, and hotel checkout was typically at 11, so in order to watch it, I purposefully delayed my family's hotel checkouts for literal YEARS. Never packed bags in advance, took purposefully long bathroom breaks, ate an absurdly large breakfast, etc., all so I could solve and memorize Crashbox puzzles. That show will forever be responsible for my love of logic puzzles and my hatred of packing for vacation. :p
Old lady millennial here, I used to love when we would get a free weekend of HBO on satellite when I was a kid because I LOVED Crashbox and Happily Ever After.
When my mom got custody of my brother and I it was a major culture shift for us. We grew up with my grandma on food stamps and our 4 cousins watching whatever was on pbs. Moving in with our mom she had satellite tv and we got to watch everything we didn’t even know the channels went past 77. My step dad would watch movies at night on HBO and when we would turn on the tv in the afternoon after school it would still be on so we started watching Crashbox. My brother and I loved it, from the pirate guy, to the submarine that would sink into the drain, and the revolting slob which was our favorite because of the gross factor. The timed anxiety driven puzzles and quizzes actually helped both of us with school specifically the math segments. Good times.
This show was so fun, I loved playing along with it
Even as a 24 year old, seeing these clips fill me with SO much joy and nostalgia! Crashbox was truly one of a kind, and as an autistic kid who loved solving puzzles and flexing my smarts, I watched it all the time On Demand with my siblings!
Crashbox is one of those shows I know for a fact I watched as a kid, but I don't remember a single thing from it.
17:50 I do not blame you for thinking of Jackbox Games' Earwax in the Ear We Are segment of Crashbox. I mean both Jackbox Games as a whole and Crashbox sound similar, and have both very visually different game shows with incredibly unhinged hosts. It honestly would be impressive for someone who knew of either to NOT be reminded of the other.
This is my childhood, I recently ask my dad about a hbo show with claymation and he instantly knew what I was talking about. I LOVED this show I would sit and watch this for hours. But I rewatched it with my mom and we still love it. It gives this weird yet nostalgic feeling.
crashbox? immediate watch. i still watch this with my roommate’s kids every weekend lol~
I very rarely had HBO as a child but whenever I did I would seek out this show as much as I could. The eddie bull song still gets stuck in my head.
even though i was born in 2005 this was my childhood i thank crashbox for my quick thinking, my willingness to dig deeper through the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood, and my love for steampunk. My grandmother loved this show and i would get up every morning at 6am just to catch the one or two episodes that would air. Those are some of my favorite memories. (tldr im a nerd and i blame crashbox)
4:08 had to pause right here because my little middle-aged Gen xer heart just got warmed from you mentioning Brain Games. I used to love the Brain Games segments on HBO when I was a kid! Haven't thought of them in years, literally a couple of decades to be honest.❤
The distraction news reminds me of when I did academic UIL in school. One competition was called "Listening". There's no distractions, but you literally listen to a speaker do a 10-minute discussion and at the end you're quizzed on how much you remember of the details.
I've been anticipating this video for so long!! I loved crashbox and I'm so happy to see someone posting and talking about it
Loved this show was singing along to some of these games, watched it a lot as a kid when family was able to afford cable and HBO was a part of the package.
None of my friends have seen this or "Happily ever after fairytale for every child", happy to see a light shines on this show.
I watched 7 episodes after this video. After 7, my brain was like, "Bro, you're almost 25. Why are you even enjoying this? Your childhood didn't include this. Stop it, " lol. Great vid, though.
so cool to see a youtuber talk about crashbox, the only other person ive seen mention it is jerma which makes sense because he lives in the same void that crashbox does in my mind
anyway it used to be an obscure childhood memory for me and then me and my sister binged it on streaming a few years ago. kind of surprised it hasn't gotten super popular by now on TikTok or smth since it reminds me so much of the vibe jack stauber has, things like that inspire me sm artistically i love it
2000's mixed media my beloved♥️✨
I absolutely ADORED Crashbox when I was a child. It was so odd and charming. Going to family members houses who didn’t have the normal “kids channels” was so much less boring when it was on.
My older siblings were born in the nineties. When my siblings and I were born, we watched what they watched, as well as what my parents favored. Crashbox was one of them. My parents were born in the fine days of the early to late seventies. They watched eighties media (alien, strawberry shortcake, disney, etc.) So we got to watch Crashbox on HBO. My fave segment was Paige and Sage bcoz ofc
You randomly showing up in my recommended helped me rediscover this small slice of my childhood I could barely remember enough to find; you don't know how much this means to me, thank you so very much.
Since we’re talking about hbo kids shows do yall remember A little curious, Happily Ever After: Fairy tales for every child, kindergarten, El perro & El gato, and Harold and the purple crayon😂😂. As a kid born in 2003 I used to watch these shows before school or before bed time lol.
I am so happy to see somebody cover this. This show was so much fun but also scared the everliving shit out of me. When I got older I became more and more into stop motion and claymation even though it gave me the heebie jeebies.
I was just talking about crashbox with my friend the other day, I lived that show as a kid and im glad to see people talking about it
lula your outfit and makeup really popped off for this episode, the hairstyle and colors and accessories too?? just YESS you look lovely, and i LOVE the star shaped septum ring
As a 28 year old, I will always love watching Crashbox. It's so great!!
I remember my siblings and I would always try to guess which segment would be next during the fixing/reveal sections
I'm so glad I'm not the only who was super uncomfortable during the Revolting Slob parts 😭
I remember gagging and wanting to leave during it
I'm so glad I was around to watch Crashbox as a kid. Such a unique show that unfortunately not a lot of my friends remember.
LOVED Crashbox. It was such a trip but like in a good way. Jumpin' Johnny Jumble's Jingle is forever stuck in my head and will just pop up when I'm drawing a blank in the middle of a conversation.
You’re a super duper pooper scooper for reminding me of this show
THIS USED TO BE MY FAVORITE SHOW GROWING UP! I would watch it over and over and over and over! I still sometimes put it on the tv from the youtube playlist. I absolutely want to raise my future kids on this !
Yes! Yes! Yes! This is my day! I’ve been waiting for a nostalgia UA-camr to cover my namesake forever!!
hi lulaloopsey! I am commenting to let you know that “sorry bout that!” has been my main vocal stim since I found your channel recently, and I love your intro! anyway ily and your content🫶🏻
The absolute fever dream you just unlocked for me is insane. I just remembered seeing this creepy slob guy that sat on this chair and it legitimately freaked me out as a kid, and I had no idea where it was from and it stayed in my memory. So I’m glad ya made this vid lol cause I may have never found out.
6:38 well thank you now for implanting THE INCEPTION THOUGHT OF “MUST FIND REMAINING 8!” 😩
I gotta find someone I like… and then take them hostage and make them rewatch these with me… you know, the only ENFP way. 😌
10:46 … I got pneumonia when they were starting multiplication tables and was out for weeks. Still don’t know’em. And look how great I turned out. 🥹
28:36 You just blew my mind… actually I’m still struggling to believe it because I can hear Verity’s voice in my head. It was very New Yorkah Meets Carmen Sandiego and I cannot picture that out of Billie’s mom, second, after your explanation of Paige and Sage, I’m starting to feel like this was just a Quantico for kids! 👀👀👀
39:41 The one I remember the most was when she was trying to hook him up on a date with someone. I think that one was the one that messed me up the most. Lol. Aww… I was hoping you’d do Riddlesnake. 🥹 Loved the animation, music, and the riddles as well. The ladies voice was also heavenly.
I vividly remember crying anytime I had one of those timed tests 😢
I’m so thankful for the person who uploaded all the Crashbox episodes on here
Oh my gosh- I thought this video was gonna be about the daily capper. It’s crazy how people took such a creative show and made it be used for such horrible things!
Dude I’m so glad I’m not the only one who loves the Eddie Bull segment and thinks the theme is a BANGER
I'm convinced loving Crashbox and its music as a kid is why I listen to Will Wood and Oingo Boingo now as an adult
scoop or poop reminds me of the true or false parties on animal jam, i used to eat those up but id also get PISSED when i guessed wrong
I LOVED CRASHBOX GROWING UP. I love and still love weird and unique shows and movies so much and I still watch crashbox till this day! I wish kids shows was still like this❤
Crashbox was a magnet to true creatives! Like anytime I mention Crashbox to someone and they remember.... they tend to be true of heart.
There's something special about this show, somehow it's really important to me.
Oh and I gotta say... Professor Rocket was my favorite character. Maybe because his voice reminds me of DMX, and he distracted me so much from the math I didn't feel bad for sucking at it.. lmaoooooo but my favorite is somewhere between Psycho Math, Eddie Bull and Radio Scramble. I HATED Revolting Slob.... with a vivd memory of disgust. Thank you for this deep dive down the 90's baby memory lane!
Screaming at this stop motion support😭😭 crashbox means the world to me and my path as a stop motion artist
Haunted House Party, Radio Scramble , Dirty Pictures, Lens McCracken: Ace Photo Snoop, Captain Bob( voiced by Greg Eagles aka Grim from Billy and Mandy), Mugshots, Revolving Slob and finally Sketch Pad are my favorite segments from CrashBox.
I’m so glad you’re covering crashbox!! Nobody else in my friend groups were hbo kids, so it’s super cool to see other ppl who remember it :). Love your vids
I used to watch this show alllll the time with my mom since she introduced it to me- it’s such a fun show and I really miss it
I'm so happy you talked about this show. I watched it religiously with my little brother for years. No one ever seems to know about it. So glad it's getting a moment here
I loved this show! You said to make a comment discussion if you skipped a favorite. My three favorites were Think Tank, Riddlesnake, and Ten 2nds.
USE YOUR EYES, USE YOUR BRAIN, BEFORE HIS CLUES GO DOWN THE DRAIN
I remember crashbox and i liked it as a kid
It's a wild show
Also the News caster character looks like the one from the infamous daily capper thing
i LOVED crashbox as a kid. i asked my mom about it and she said it was one of the kid's shows that she actually enjoyed watching as well :-)
I miss the old HBO Family. Kids these days won't know what it was like for us in that era watching shows such as Crashbox, A Little Curious, HBO Storybook Musical, The Booth in the Back, etc.
High-key this show was my "Candle Cove" all I remembered was bits of the intro and Dora who I thought was like a secretary or something, and that when we had cable i watched it like *every day* . so I kept trying to find this show with so little information; I really thought it was like a fever dream or something. Then I got my HBO subscription and stumbled upon it and I FINALLY HAD AN ANSWER
Crashbox was one of my favorite shows growing up!! I was always obsessed with how eerie it all looked + it made me feel really clever for being able to deduce so many of the games answers. I love introducing my friends to it now (even though we’re all around 25-30) since the style is SO unique and the games are genuinely fun 💓
thank you for making this. One summer in like middle school we changed cable providers in my home and we got hbo and i remember watching this with my brothers every morning, such a highlight during dark times for us. One of the most unique shows. One character i always remember is captain bob and his funky song
The slob scared the crap out of me as a kid... my mom and I adored this show, but everytime I saw the slob I'd hide under the blanket and thought he was in my closet when I'd tried to sleep. I was (and still am) a very anxious and paranoid person lol
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO!!! Crashbox was everything to me growing up! true art!!!