What ever happened to Captain Planet?

February 16, 2007 9:33 AM

Captain...and the Kid — After the so-called "lost years" of the late '90s, Captain Planet has begun to restore his links with the environmental community.
Photo illustration/Jeff Horwich

We're talking about Captain Planet -- and if you don't remember Captain Planet, you missed out on one of the most kitschy, most bald-faced, most endearing attempts to market environmentalism to children.

Captain Planet's historic UN speech — Captain Planet's career culminated with his 1993 speech to the United Nation's General Assembly. But it wasn't long before two of the original Planeteers broke off to contemplate an Internet start-up selling pet food online.
Photo illustration/Jeff Horwich

But just as suddenly as he had appeared, Captain Planet vanished from our lives -- and no one has quite been able to fill his skin-tight red boots. Our staff at In the Loop got to wondering: What happened to the guy? Then we ran across an obscure radio segment, which helps fill in some of the blanks...

(Continue by listening to the audio link at right...)

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