In Clone High, that gravitas was facetious. Each main character was a variation on an ’80s or ’90s teen drama archetype, and each episode was a sendup of these dramas’ “very special episodes,” designated as such for their focus on heavier-than-usual subject matter.
It was famous people in zany situations by way of Degrassi, or Dawson’s Creek, or My So-Called Life, or Saved by the Bell. It wasn’t just famous people in zany situations. It’s a wonderful, infinitely malleable premise, one that immediately compels audiences to imagine a bevy of possible scenarios.īut Clone High’s true strength was always its sharp satirical edge. All sans Gandhi return for season 2, plus some new faces: Frida Kahlo, Harriet Tubman, Confucius, and Christopher Columbus. The first season’s key players were Abe Lincoln, Joan of Arc, Cleopatra, Mahatma Gandhi, and John F. A gaggle of cloned historical figures, most around 16-17 years old, attend high school together. Of course, the show’s central conceit remains unchanged. There are jokes, some of which are even funny. Butlertron the second, a half-hour finale in which the cast navigates a deadly labyrinth as part of a college entrance exam. The first, an extended flashback chronicling the life of one of Clone High’s many side characters, Mr.
This new season concluded with two episodes that are each, in their own way, representative of its frequently baffling changes in direction. It all sounds great, maybe a little too great his angsty, early-aughts emo sensibilities, once perfectly aligned with the milieu Clone High was responding to in 2002, now seem vestigial, a flash of cultural specificity in a comparatively amorphous season of television. The series’ Max reboot brings him back into the fold for a reprisal of the theme, plus several additional tracks - Walter’s first new work in nearly a decade. The California-born musician, under the moniker of his solo project Abandoned Pools, played a vital role in shaping the original run of MTV’s Clone High, composing its theme song and sanctioning needle drops from his (excellent) 2001 album Humanistic. First, the good news: Tommy Walter’s still got it.
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