The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
Kids & familyGenuinely watchable for and with children.This show: 9/10SlapstickBroad, physical comedy.This show: 8/10CampyKnowingly over the top and enjoying every minute of its own excess.This show: 8/10Family-safeNothing to worry about with anyone in the room.This show: 8/10EpisodicSelf-contained episodes you can watch in almost any order.This show: 8/10Easy watchingLow-demand television where half your attention is enough.This show: 8/10WhimsicalPlayful, fanciful and lightly magical in sensibility.This show: 7/10NostalgicTrades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Lou AlbanoHarvey AtkinJohn StockerDanny WellsJames MurrayLen Carlson
Starring
Lou AlbanoHarvey AtkinJohn StockerDanny WellsJames MurrayLen Carlson
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About
"Peak 80s toy-commercial energy, oddly beloved anyway"
This syndicated kids' show pairs goofy live-action sketches, with Captain Lou Albano hamming it up as Mario and Danny Wells as Luigi, with short animated cartoons sending the plumbers into the Mushroom Kingdom (with Legend of Zelda segments on Fridays). The setup is thin, just an excuse for slapstick, puns, and video-game cameos. Watching it now feels like a nostalgic time capsule: cheap, loud, aggressively silly, and clearly built to sell toys and cereal alongside the games. It moves fast, never asks much of you, and coasts entirely on early Nintendo mania and Albano's manic energy.
Watch it for
Captain Lou Albano's gloriously unhinged live-action performance as Mario.
Maybe skip if
you need coherent plots or can't tolerate extremely dated, low-budget kids' TV.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 11989
6.83K6519h 5m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ | 1 | Neatness Counts/The Bird! The Bird! | 6.5 | 149 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | Day of the Orphan/King Mario of Cramalot | 6.8 | 90 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | All Steamed Up/Butch Mario & the Luigi Kid | 6.9 | 86 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Marianne & Luigeena/Mario's Magic Carpet | 6.7 | 77 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Slime Busters/The Legend of Zelda: The Ringer | 7.2 | 42 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | The Mario Monster Mash/Rolling Down the River | 6.6 | 62 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | Bonkers from Yonkers/The Great Gladiator Gig | 6.8 | 62 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Bats in the Basement/Mario and the Beanstalk | 6.9 | 66 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Will the Real Elvis Please Shut Up!/Love 'Em and Leave 'Em | 6.7 | 61 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Magic's Magic/The Legend of Zelda: Cold Spells | 7.2 | 32 | — | |
| ▶ | 11 | Mama Mia Mario/The Great BMX Race | 6.7 | 63 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | Alligator Dundee/Stars in Their Eyes | 6.6 | 50 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Dance/Jungle Fever | 6.9 | 50 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Cher's Poochie/Brooklyn Bound | 7.2 | 56 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Wild Thing/The Legend of Zelda: The White Knight | 6.6 | 36 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | E.C. the Extra Creepy/Toad Warriors | 6.4 | 52 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | The Marios Fight Back/The Fire of Hercufleas | 6.4 | 48 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Magician/Count Koopula | 6.8 | 62 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Do You Believe in Magic/Pirates of Koopa | 6.9 | 50 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Mommies Curse/The Legend of Zelda: Kiss 'N Tell | 6.6 | 27 | — | |
| ▶ | 21 | Lost Dog/Two Plumbers and a Baby | 6.7 | 57 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Plumbers of the Year/The Adventures of Sherlock Mario | 6.8 | 48 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Mario Hillbillies/Do You Princess Toadstool Take This Koopa...? | 6.7 | 48 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | Super Plant/The Pied Koopa | 6.8 | 44 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Fred Van Winkle/The Legend of Zelda: Sing for the Unicorn | 6.4 | 25 | — | |
| ▶ | 26 | Baby Mario Love/Koopenstein | 6.9 | 46 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 27 | 9001: A Mario Odyssey/On Her Majesty's Sewer Service | 7.3 | 46 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 28 | Fake Bro/Mario and Joliet | 6.8 | 52 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 29 | Time Out Luigi/Too Hot to Handle | 6.7 | 50 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 30 | Tutti Frutti, Oh Mario/The Legend of Zelda: That Sinking Feeling | 6.3 | 27 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 31 | Flower Power/Hooded Robin and His Mario Men | 6.4 | 47 | 22 min | |
| ▶ | 32 | Vampire Until Ready/20,000 Koopas Under the Sea | 6.7 | 45 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 33 | Heart Throb/Mighty McMario and the Pot of Gold | 6.7 | 43 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 34 | Fortune Teller/Mario Meets Koop-zilla | 6.9 | 52 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 35 | The Magic Love/The Legend of Zelda: Doppelganger | 7.3 | 32 | — | |
| ▶ | 36 | Little Marios/Koopa Klaus | 6.3 | 55 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 37 | Gorilla My Dreams/Mario and the Red Baron Koopa | 6.7 | 40 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 38 | George Washington Slept Here/The Unzappables | 6.7 | 45 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 39 | Caught in a Draft/Bad Rap | 6.8 | 46 | 19 min | |
| ▶ | 40 | Defective Gadgetry/The Legend of Zelda: Underworld Connections | 7.5 | 41 | — | |
| ▶ | 41 | Toupee/The Mark of Zero | 6.4 | 41 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 42 | The Artist/The Ten Koopmandments | 6.5 | 43 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 43 | Zenned Out Mario/The Koopas Are Coming! The Koopas Are Coming! | 6.7 | 43 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 44 | Texas Tea/The Trojan Koopa | 6.7 | 39 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 45 | The Great Hereafter/The Legend of Zelda: Stinging a Stinger | 6.2 | 27 | — | |
| ▶ | 46 | The Painting/Quest for Pizza | 6.4 | 41 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 47 | Game Show Host/The Great Gold Coin Rush | 6.9 | 39 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 48 | Home Radio/Elvin Lives | 6.2 | 37 | 19 min | |
| ▶ | 49 | Glasnuts/Plummers Academy | 6.9 | 37 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 50 | Treasure of the Sierra Brooklyn/The Legend of Zelda: Hitch in the Works | 7.0 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 51 | Adee Don't/Karate Koopa | 6.6 | 40 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 52 | Chippie Chipmunks/Mario of the Apes | 6.6 | 38 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 53 | A Basement Divided/Princess, I Shrunk the Mario Brothers | 6.4 | 52 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 54 | No Way to Treat a Queenie/Little Red Riding Princess | 6.5 | 38 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 55 | Pizza Crush/The Legend of Zelda: Fairies in the Spring | 7.3 | 27 | — | |
| ▶ | 56 | Goodbye Mr. Fish/The Provolone Ranger | 6.9 | 38 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 57 | French/Escape from Koopatraz | 6.6 | 38 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 58 | Two Bums from Brooklyn/Mario of the Deep | 6.8 | 42 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 59 | Opera/Flatbush Koopa | 6.8 | 39 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 60 | Tutti Frutti Mario/The Legend of Zelda: The Missing Link | 7.1 | 24 | — | |
| ▶ | 61 | Cyrano de Mario/Raiders of the Lost Mushroom | 6.7 | 37 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 62 | Rowdy Roddy's Rotten Pipes/Crocodile Mario | 6.8 | 38 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 63 | Santa Claus Is Coming to Flatbush/Star Koopa | 6.9 | 41 | 20 min | |
| ▶ | 64 | Captain Lou Is Missing/Robo Koopa | 7.0 | 54 | 21 min | |
| ▶ | 65 | The Ghoul of My Dreams/The Legend of Zelda: The Moblins Are Revolting | 8.4 | 59 | — |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Lou Albano Mario, Mama Mario, Marianne
Harvey Atkin King Koopa, Tryclyde, Mushroom Mayor
John Stocker Toad, Mouser, Koopa Troopa
Danny Wells Luigi, Luigeena, Koopa Troopas
James Murray Edison, Puppeteer, Voice
Len Carlson Various
Jeannie Elias Princess Toadstool, Shyguy, Birdo
Robert Bockstael Additional Voices, Mouser #2, Mervin
Greg Morton Additional Voices, King Neptune, Prince Pompadour
Dorian Joe Clark Additional Voices
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