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Wednesday, March 5 2008, 07:56 PM

Am I the only person on Earth who found Clone High USA utterly brilliant?
How can you not love a show about teenaged clones of Abraham Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Gandhi, JFK, and Cleopatra all attending high school together? Where the vice-principal is a robotic Mr. Belvedere who wears a magical cardigan? Where Marilyn Manson, the school nutritionist, sings about the food pyramid? (I'm not a Marilyn Manson fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I did laugh at this gag.)

Well, maybe they'll release it on DVD someday. After which I'll probably discover that it doesn't stand up to repeat viewings nearly as well as other shows.

Holy cow. It is available on DVD. In Canada. Since 2005.

You know, I could swear I looked more recently than that.

Please forgive me, faithful credit card.

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Comments (7)
Not Again - Melinda Snodgrass, Thursday, March 6 2008, 01:24 PM
Oh, God, are you about to get me hooked on another show? I mainlined DEAD LIKE ME after you introduced me to the show. If there weren't entertainment I'd get so much more done.

re: Not Again - Ian, Thursday, March 6 2008, 01:52 PM
You know, now that I think about it, Dead Like Me is an exception to the "great shows explain the premise in the theme song" rule. (Well, it was more of a random guess than an empirical rule, I suppose.)


Anyway, speaking of Dead Like Me, the direct-to-DVD movie should be coming out this summer, I think. Very excited about that.




My favorite - Richard, Saturday, March 8 2008, 08:38 AM
Mystery Science Theater 3000. In fact, if it weren't for the theme song I don't think you'd know what was going on at all.

Type a title - Jason Powell, Monday, March 24 2008, 03:27 PM
I think Marilyn Manson was just a celebrity guest, not the school nutritionist.


That show did rule. I was so excited when I found out it was on DVD in Canada.


The best episode is the film festival one, says I. "Say whaaaaaa?" "Say what." "Say whaaaaaa?" "Say what." ... "What is that you saaaaaaayyyyy?"

Re: Type a title - Ian, Tuesday, March 25 2008, 08:41 AM
You're right, Jason. I just watched the series last week after the DVDs arrived. Marilyn Manson was a one-off guest star, and not the nutritionist. (I seem to have misremembered a number of things about the show. But not its awesomeness.) Good call! I bow to your superior Clone-High Fu.


I have to agree, the film festival episode is terrific. So is the three-act rock opera about raisins.


"When life gives you lemons, you clone those lemons. And make super lemons."




Way way back in the 1980s - Jason, Wednesday, March 26 2008, 02:04 PM
I had only seen three episodes before I ordered the DVDs. Isn't it horrible that it ends with such a monumental cliffhanger?


"Love is just an abstract concept. It can't knock down stuff!"

Re: Way way back in the 1980s - Ian, Wednesday, March 26 2008, 02:18 PM
Yeah, no kidding. Now we'll never know if Scudworth ever managed to build Cloney Island!


I only wish I had seen Clone High back when I was in high school. Then I would have known better than to use a helicopter or a talking fetal horse when trying to impress potential prom dates.


I would have used a whale and a bunch of tigers.




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Interview with SFX Magazine
Unwalkers interview [English | French ]
Interview with Speculate! Podcast Interview with Adventures in SciFi Publishing
Ian Tregillis on the Sword and Laser Podcast
Ian Tregillis on John Scalzi's The Big Idea
Interview with Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview with SFRevu
Interview with Mad Hatter Book Review
Interview with Apex Books

Interview at Literary Musings Interview with Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
An interview with the authors of Busted Flush at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview with Travis Heermann at The Write Line
9-way interview with the contributors to the Wild Cards novel Inside Straight at Pat's Fantasy Hotlist
Interview in the February, 2008 newsletter of the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror
An extended interview with Ian Tregillis by Ty Franck, on www.wildcardsbooks.com.