When I was younger, I loved The Critic:

The Critic is an American animated series that revolved around the life of movie critic Jay Sherman, voiced by actor Jon Lovitz. It was created by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, both of whom had worked as writers on The Simpsons. The Critic was short-lived — a total of only 23 episodes were produced — and was one of the few shows to ever switch major networks mid-series: it was first broadcast on ABC in 1994 and later completed its original run on FOX in 1995.

Perhaps, because I was younger, I loved The Critic’s El Kabong, as played by Sherman’s adoptive father, Franklin. Right now, I love the fact that I can use ‘kabong’ as a search query, and receive a direct clip from the 10 relevant seconds that I am looking for. KABONG!

RTFA: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ce_PIZ_8bXg

Franklin thinks he’s El Kabong, Quik Draw McGraw’s secret identity.

So you know, Quick Draw McGraw actually is El Kabong:

In a series of episodes, Quick Draw would also assume the identity of the masked vigilante “El Kabong” (a parody of Zorro). His introduction went as follows – “Of all the heroes in legend and song. there’s none as brave as El Kabong” – As El Kabong, Quick Draw would attack his foes by swooping down on a rope with the onomatopoeiac war cry “KABOOOOOONG!”, or, at times, “OLAYYYYEEEE!” and hitting them on the head with an acoustic guitar which is always referred to as a “kabonger”, producing a distinctive kabong sound and usually destroying the guitar in the process. The “guitar” was usually drawn as a four stringed quatro. On the cartoon’s soundtrack, the “kabong” sound effect was produced by a foley artist striking the detuned open strings of a cheap acoustic guitar. (Without any of the obvious cartoon theatrics, this would also be reprised by several professional wrestlers, referred to then either under El Kabong’s name or as the “Acoustic Equalizer”.)

This is the kind of joke I missed out on when I was younger, but now I completely understand alcoholic New England gentry, animated guitar-wielding superheros, and subtle bizarro cartoon writer humor. KABONG!