It reportedly follows on from the finale of the show, which saw Rocko, Filbert and Heffer sent into space for 20 years, and will see them return to a world filled with technology they don’t understand.
The new TV movie – entitled ‘Static Cling’ – was completed in 2017, according to creator Joe Murray, and has been sitting on the shelf after Nickelodeon realised they didn’t know what to do with it - hence it being offloaded to Netflix. Eventually, Nickelodeon caught wind of what was happening and made changes – a restaurant named "Chokey Chicken" was altered to say “Chewy Chicken” after its first airing, and a scene featuring Rocko visiting a motel with hourly rates was excised for reruns. The town is facing a job shortage and Rocko is. In another episode, Heffer was seen enjoying a milking machine far too much. Rocko, Spunky, Heffer, Filburt, the Bigheads, and the entire cast of O-Town are back, but all is not well. Most infamously, Rocko spent one scene working at what is clearly a sex hotline, repeating “Oh baby” down the line. Yet despite being after-school fodder, Rocko's Modern Life managed to get some seriously dirty jokes past the censors. Instead, the show had to be squeezed into the seemingly sanitized world of kids’ TV, the only audience for American animation at the time. But back then, there was no place for such animated shows (MTV had only just had launched Beavis & Butt-Head). Today, such a set-up would be perfect for Adult Swim or FX, and would mirror the lives of many of the young adults who watch those sort of cartoons. Naked Attraction contestant went on show to outwit girls who threatened to leak his nudes READ MORE So far, pretty standard, but instead of being kids in school or whatever, Rocko and his friends were in their early twenties, goofing their way through early adulthood. On the surface, there was nothing controversial about it, featuring the adventures of three anthropomorphic pals – Rocko the wallaby, Heffer the cow and Filbert the turtle. Rocko's Modern Life is based around the surreal, parodic adventures of an anthropomorphic, Australian-immigrant wallaby named Rocko, and his new life in the city of O-Town. The show aired for four seasons between 19 on Nickelodeon.
Rocko was part of the second wave of Nicktoons, the cable station’s original animation productions, following The Ren & Stimpy Show, Doug and Rugrats in 1991. Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated series created by Joe Murray.
Yet when Rocko debuted on Nickelodeon back in 1993, that was not the case. Nowadays, in the era of Family Guy, Rick & Morty and Archer, the concept of foul-mouthed animation not suitable for children is nothing remarkable. In October 1993, something magical happened: an unassuming little cartoon called Rockos Modern Life debuted on Nickelodeon.
As opposed to outgrowing the show, most of its original fans are now probably old enough to truly 'get' it. I loved the characters, the animation, the voices. Viewers calling Sandra Bullock's new Netflix film 'unmissable' READ MOREīut Rocko's Modern Life coming back seems different, as it was essentially always a cartoon for adults that was squeezed into the Nickelodeon line-up. When I was a young child, it was my absolute, number one favorite cartoon.