Aug 11-17 Whoopi Goldberg Week: She’s become a corny tv lady these days, but let’s not forget that at her peak Whoopi was one of the funniest people alive.

Man, the 2000s TV remakes and reimaginings always start dark.

Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose have had a sad life since their show was canceled in 1964. All the trees in Frostbite Falls have been cut down. Their narrator lives with his mother. Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro), Boris Badenov (Jason Alexander) and Natasha Fatale (Rene Russo) aren’t dangerous. And Rocky can’t fly.

Then the bad guys escape the unreal world and make it to Hollywood, becoming live action, and working with Minnie Mogul (Janeane Garofalo) to operate Really Bad Television, a cable TV network that is brainwashing people into voting for Fearless Leader for President. FBI Director Cappy von Trapment (Randy Quaid) assigns Agent Karen Sympathy (Piper Perabo) to bring Rocky (June Foray) and Bullwinkle (Keith Scott) into our world and save us.

The bad guys have Computer-Degenerating Imagery that traps cartoon characters online, but our heroes have help from Martin and Lewis (Keenan and Kel). Rocky learns to fly again and you get all sorts of people showing up in this: David Alan Grier, Carl Reiner, Jonathan Winters, Phil Proctor, Jeffrey Ross, Doug Jones, Billy Crystal and Whoopi Goldberg as a judge.

Boris and Natasha: The Movie, Dudley Do-Right and Mr. Peabody & Sherman all had movies. None of them did well. That said, Boris and Natasha has Dave Thomas and Sally Kellerman as the villains, along with John Candy, Andrea Thomas and Sid Haig. It’s directed by Charles Martin Smith, who also helmed Trick or Treat.

I appreciate that they keep making these boomer movies, but no one would ever see them. Then again, this movie is 25 years old, so I am the old person now.