With more TV than ever (or at least it feels that way), there are some heightened views of teen life. There are the wild, unbreakable early seasons of life River valleyor the more grounded hilarity of Never have I ever. More recently there was Velmawhich made the world of Scooby Doo become more interested in the Mystery Gang teen thing, while also never quite making it big because it never quite found its comedy mode.
Enter Clone high, the perfect show to portray what today’s teens are dealing with (as long as today’s teens are also clones of famous people throughout history who all attend high school together). The 2000s reboot of the show is back and ready to pop, with a new trailer and new episodes coming “this spring,” according to HBO.
The reboot picks up where the unique and underappreciated cult favorite left off: the clones were all frozen at the prom, leading the shadowy organization that runs the high school to thaw them one day and continue to secretly nurse them to one day conquer the world. to govern.
The new show brings back old favorites — Joan of Arc, Abe Lincoln, JFK, and Cleopatra, for starters — along with some new people, including Confucius, Harriet Tubman, Christopher Columbus (now dubbed “Topher Bus” because Columbus “has no cool”), and Frida Kahlo, who is totally shredding on her skateboard.
Returning stars include Will Forte and Nicole Sullivan, executive producers Phil Lord as Scudworth and Chris Miller as JFK and Mr. B, Christa Miller as Candide Sampson, Donald Faison as George Washington Carver, and Judah Miller as Scangrade.
Participating in them will be (brace yourself, this is a Barbie movie star level): Ayo Edebiri as Harriet; Mitra Jouhari as Cleo; Vicci Martinez as Frida; Kelvin Yu as Confucius; Neil Casey as Topher Bus; Jana Schmieding as Sacagawea; Sam Richardson as Wesley; Mo Gaffney as Mrs. Grumbles; Al Madrigal as Frederico; Danny Pudi as Dr. Neelankavil; Emily Maya Mills as Ethel Meerman; Michael Bolton as Michael Bolton, Mandy Moore as Mandy Moore, Ian Ziering as Ian Ziering; Steve Kerr as Steve Kerr; and Jeffrey Muller, Kyle Lau, Dannah Phirman, and Danielle Schneider.
So yeah, as we tried to tell you in our TV sample list, now’s the time to catch up Clone high. There will be stars coming out of the wazoo (for history nerds and comedy fans alike), even more jokes on top of that, and – best of all – the show just implicitly shows you how to make fun of teen nonsense and tropes, unlike HBO Max’s other animated legacy sequel, Velma. Where Velma fundamentally misunderstood the appeal of the Scooby gang and the comedic style of adult animation, Clone high promises to be absolute teen madness, which is all we really want.
The Clone high reboot is coming to HBO Max this spring.