I am a child of the 90s so, it goes without saying but, I am often staying up all night and watching Nickelodeon’s The Splat.
For those who may not know, The Splat is Nickelodeon’s ‘rewind program segment’ meaning that they are showing 90s shows such as All That and 90s cartoons like Hey Arnold!.
Speaking of Hey Arnold!, s eries creator, Craig Bartlett confirmed that The Jungle Movie will air on Nickelodeon in 2-parts in November 2017 . No matter how dim 2016 may have been, this bit of information is already making 2017 look bright. Bartlett's cartoon means a lot to us 90s kids, so much so that, some of us cannot stop gushing about it.
Ahem, but either way, The Jungle Movie is what we fans have been asking for since the original Hey Arnold! series came to an end.
I have always loved Hey Arnold! and, the fact that one of my favorite rappers, Eminem, is a fan of Hey Arnold! has only made me love the series more. In 2009, Eminem did an interview with a UK publication called The Sun and expressed that he very much enjoyed watching re-runs of the series with his daughter. The link to the article itself is down but, the article did very much exist from the people on a Hey Arnold! Fan forum having discussed it.
While this is very unlikely to happen, I would love it if Eminem would provide music to be featured in The Jungle Movie.
In his music, especially in his earlier albums, Eminem has sampled older rock songs. That was a newer thing do when his album, The Eminem Show debuted.
But, nowadays that choice of sampling older rock very much gives rap music, not just Eminem’s music, a ‘90s vibe’.
That vibe about the music is something that would fit in perfectly with The Jungle Movie. It’s a fresh and new take on the beloved series of Hey Arnold! and, Eminem’s music, even if it were to sound more like his Recovery and Marshall Mathers LP 2 albums than his earlier stuff, would mesh well with the movie and overall create a nostalgic masterpiece.
Going off of Eminem’s music in general, his music is powerful in that it has the ability to make anyone who has ever felt alone, not feel so lonely and hopeless. That very music sure helped me feel a lot less alone in this big world.
This is speculation on my part but, I think Arnold would very much be a fan of Eminem. I can picture the football-headed youngster putting on Em’s records, sitting and vibing after being called an orphan. Eminem’s lyrics would help Arnold feel less left out because he didn’t have his actual parents on ‘Parent’s Day’; this would especially be true with Em’s song, Sing For The Moment .
Again, I doubt it’ll happen but, it would really be something if Eminem were to contribute music to The Jungle Movie. If not, maybe he can at least give us a freestyle and call it ‘Arnold Shortman’ (that is Arnold’s last name, confirmed by Craig Bartlett himself) and, that freestyle would be much better than that horrible ‘Timmy Turner’ song by Desiigner, the guy who mumbles his way through the song Panda.
