WesternAnimation An All-Around Good Show
To make up for the show's other "review", I decided to make a Camp Lazlo review too as I had just finished watching the series. It's actually just as good as its contemporaries to me. The characters are fun to watch and the jokes are 90% of the time on the mark. The theme song is obnoxious yet catchy (Like Wander over Yonder). I also found that the later seasons are far funnier (Thanks to some positive Flanderization of its antagonists/best characters Edward and Lumpus, as well as growing Denser and Wackier), but don't quite have the simple charm of the earlier ones (For the same reasons). Another observation I made was that Lazlo's role actually diminished with secondary characters getting their own episodes frequently in later episodes. Overall, I think you should try it if you haven't even if most people say its So Okay, It's Average. Definetely worthy of CN's classics
I made this in less than 10 minutes so this review might seem somewhat shoddy. But hey, at least I put some effort.
WesternAnimation One Of CN's More Underrated Shows
When you ask a 2000's kid "What was your favorite Cartoon Network show?", you'll be greeted with most of the usual suspects: Teen Titans, Kids Next Door, Billy and Mandy, Ed, Edd n' Eddy, Chowder, the works. But more often than not, this show goes unmentioned. And I think that's a shame, because Camp Lazlo is probably one of Cartoon Network's more underrated programs of the time.
Basic Plot: A spider monkey boy named Lazlo goes to an all-boys summer camp, hanging out with his cabinmates and best friends Raj and Clam as they enjoy summer to their fullest and get into crazy adventures along the way. Sometimes, their rivals from across the lake, the Squirrel Scouts, join them too.
This is probably one of the more "zanier" toons out there. A lot of the show is based off of slapstick and inherently goofy situations happening to the protagonists. And I like it! The show has a good sense of humor. The friendship between the Jelly Cabin Trio is also really cute. I feel the characters are also really charming in their own ways.
I have a few complaints about the show, though. One is that some of the storyboarders (esp in the later seasons) had a habit of drawing Lazlo's mouth like a banana with a hole in it instead of his lips being separate, and it irritates me. The other is that Lazlo himself started becoming Out of Focus as the seasons went by. It's not inherently a bad thing (in fact, it game more time for the other characters to shine) but you'd expect a show called Camp Lazlo to focus more on its title character.
And to all the people who think this show is a rip-off of SpongeBob: Please fix your eyes. Character archetypes =/= rip-offs. Those kind of comparisons only work at a surface-level. If you're looking for SpongeBob rip-offs, try Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island.
All in all, Camp Lazlo is just as worthy of love and attention as the other shows that aired during its time in the world. Give it a watch and see what you think for yourself.