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It's amazing that this satirical, subversive, and surreal series-finally out on DVD-actually aired on Saturday mornings alongside MuppetBabies and Kidd Video. Twisted creators Ralph Bakshi, the man behind the X-rated '70s tooni Frutzthe Cat, and John Kricfalusi, who went on to make The Ren &StimpyShow, dusted off the midcentury cartoon superrodent in 1987 and inserted him in a series of bizarre new exploits. The New Adventures was quickly pulled from the CBS lineup-outraged parent groups claimed that it featured allusions to cocaine snorting-but it lived on as VHS samizdat passed between obsessive fans and budding animators. Verdict: still ahead of its time.