The Avengers…PBS-Style!
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I wish the impersonations were a tiny bit better – even I could probably do a more accurate Mr. Rogers voice – but the joy of seeing a superhero team of Carl Sagan, Bob Ross, Fred Rogers and Bill Nye in action cannot be denied. Especially since 3/4 of them are no longer with us in any other capacity.
My one quibble is that this would have been funnier last year with Mitt Romney as the bad guy – possibly secretly allied with a turncoat Big Bird? – rather than the generic villain-in-suit we get. But then 53% of the audience might not have supported it no matter what.
Watch after the jump.
About The Author
Luke Y. Thompson has been writing professionally about movies and pop-culture since 1999, and has also been an actor in some extremely cheap culty and horror movies you will probably never hear much about (he is nonetheless mostly proud of them, as he met his wife on one). As editor of The Robot's Voice since 2012, he can take the blame for the majority of the site's content, all of which he creates because he loves you very, very much. (Although he loves nachos more. Sorry.) Prior to TRV, Luke wrote for publications that include the New Times LA, Los Angeles CityBeat, E! Online, OC Weekly, Geekweek, GeekChicDaily, The L.A. Times, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, and Nerdist