King Koopa's Kool Kartoons: Difference between revisions

Controversy arose regarding King Koopa's first actor, [[Christopher Collins]]. Unverified claims allege inappropriate behaviors from Collins throughout his tenure, such as making sexually-suggestive comments to women in the production staff and telling a group of African-American children "Where you kids from? Biafra or something!" during a live airing.<ref name="ThomasGameDocs">Thomas Game Docs (July 3, 2022). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtQ9BafnBik The Mario TV Show that made Parents Angry]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved September 14, 2022</ref> This culminated to his eventual firing after yelling at the audience of children during an altercation involving his son being overwhelmed by the other kids. <ref name="ThomasGameDocs"></ref> [[Patrick Pinney]] was hired to replace Collins as the actor to play King Koopa. Despite controversy, feedback on the show was generally very positive, though a concerned parent was published in the ''{{wp|Los Angeles Times}}'' saying King Koopa was frightening to younger audiences and its "dirty underwear" segment was "disgusting".<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/405594027/?terms=King%20koopa%20dirty%20underwear&match=1 "29 Oct 1989, 623 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com".] ''Note: Behind a paywall. [[:File:KingKoopasKoolKartoonsComplaint.jpg|Screencap has been provided here]].</ref>