Kids WB (Pokemon 10th Anniversary) bumpers & commercials, April 29th, 2006 (Part 2)
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Here is the 2nd set of commercials and bumpers that aired during the broadcast of a special episode of Pokemon: the hour long episode "The Mastermind of Mirage", celebrating the 10th anniversary of Pokemon, which aired on Saturday, April 29th, 2006.

Included here (with commentary):
1. Kids WB bumper (with "Pokemon 10th anniversary contest" promo)
2. "Over the Hedge" animated film promo. I personally loved this film, but it's very "mid-2000's goofy Dreamworks" (before they started making great animated films around the time of "Kung-Fu Panda" and onward).
3. "Polly Pocket Sytlin' Sticker Maker" commercial
4. Promo for "Pokemon the Mastermind of Mirage" sweepstakes ("today's codeword is Mew!")
5. "Johnny Test" promo ("coming up next!")
6. Kids WB "Pokemon: Mastermind of Mirage" bumper ("now continues")
7. Kids WB "Pokemon: Mastermind of Mirage" bumper ("don't go anywhere!")
8. "Chuck E. Cheese's Fundraising Nights" commercial
9. "Hoodwinked" commercial ("own it on DVD!")
10. Promo for "Pokemon the Mastermind of Mirage" sweepstakes (have I mentioned that the codeword is "Mew"?)
11. Kids WB "Bring the New" weekend event promo ("Next Weekend"). "Following the Pillow Head hour?" Okay, that's kinda funny....
12. "Loonatics Unleashed" promo. This commercial shows the potential "awesome superhero show" elements of this series, but it's trapped inside a Looney Tunes shell that doesn't fit.
13. Rally's "Pepper Jack Double Cheese Burgers" commercial
14. Kids WB "Pokemon: Mastermind of Mirage" bumper ("we now return")
15. Kids WB "Pokemon: Mastermind of Mirage" bumper ("don't go anywhere!")
16. McDonald's commercial (with "The Wild" Happy Meal toy promo). Good to see Ronald McDonald still being used in some form here in the mid-2000's.
17. "Hoodwinked" DVD promo (with emphasis on "Twitchy!"). I guess they were trying to beat out "Scrat" from "Ice Age"....
18. Promo for "Pokemon the Mastermind of Mirage" sweepstakes (It's Mew! MEW! MEW! MEW!)
19. "Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel of Darkness" promo ("all new today!")
20. "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" (syndicated series promo)
21. "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (syndicated reruns promo)
22. "Partnership for a Drug Fee America" commercial
23. Kids WB "Pokemon: Mastermind of Mirage" bumper ("now continues")
24. Pokemon end credits (with "Pokemon Advanced Battle" and "Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island" promos)
25. Kids WB bumper (with the Animaniac's Water Tower still being used in bumpers).

Commentary (a repeat for those that missed the last upload): The "Mastermind of Mirage" special, besides being unique for being a one-hour episode, and besides being the episode dedicated to the 10th anniversary (of the Pokemon video games, not the anime, to be clear), was the first time that a Pokemon anime premiered in the United States instead of Japan. It was also the first time that 4Kids used the new Pokemon English voice actors, replacing the voice actors that had been voicing Pokemon since 1998.

This was the last major "event" for Pokemon on Kids WB, with the network loosing the rights to broadcast Pokemon in September 2006 (this was partially due to The WB merging with UPN to become "The CW" that Fall).

I know "Kids WB" lasted until 2008, but with Kids WB losing the rights to Pokemon (and Yu-Gi-Oh), and along with the final episode of " Xioalin Showdown" the following week (in May 2006), this feels like the end of Kids WB.

Credit for this recording goes to VHSTrader234.

Stay tuned, more to come!

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