Kids television just aint what it used to be !

syklops · 08-02-2009 04:03PM

Legend.

No wonder the greens got into power if we were all watching captain planet as kids. Doesn't it seem a bit dated now? The chick with the water was from the Soviet Union. LOL.

I have remembered a few more. Muppet Babies and David the Gnome. Do you remember the one with the racoons? And the pigs? And the older pig who smoked all the time and was loaded. Cyril Sneer? Was it called the racoons?

There was a cartoon about a group of heros. One was called the black panther, and the fought in jungles?? Cant remember the name. But it was really good.

banshee_bones · 08-02-2009 04:04PM

for me it was Care bears, captain planet, looney tunes and the old batman stuff adam west style!!! great stuff!

chamlis · 08-02-2009 04:07PM

I think Cyril Sneer and his son Cedric were Ardvarks(sp?) or Ant Eaters. May or may not be the same thing...
The weird thing about the Racoons was that there were at least two episodes where there was no music or sound fx track, so all you had were voiceovers. Really weird.

Now if only I could use my rediculously specific memory for anything that doesn't remotely benefit me in any way, for good.....

syklops · 08-02-2009 04:18PM

chamlis wrote: »

I think Cyril Sneer and his son Cedric were Ardvarks(sp?) or Ant Eaters. May or may not be the same thing...
The weird thing about the Racoons was that there were at least two episodes where there was no music or sound fx track, so all you had were voiceovers. Really weird.

Now if only I could use my rediculously specific memory for anything that doesn't remotely benefit me in any way, for good.....

Cyril Sneer and Cedric were deffinitely some other creature, but I cant remember what.

Batman the Animated Series was terrific. It was really dark but really good. The toys were good too.

Do you remember Biker Mice from Mars? I though that was great. It was on channel 4 really early on Sunday morning. And I used to get up for it, and after it was Football Italia which I hated, but there was nothing else on at that time in the morning other than David Frost, or some dodgy documentary. Then after football Italia it was either Little House on the prairie or the Henderson Kids.

Wow its amazing what you remember.

chamlis · 08-02-2009 04:21PM

DANGER BAY!

"duh duh de duh de! duuh dee doo dee doo de dooooo. nah nah neh noo nah!"

4zn76tysfajdxp · 08-02-2009 04:27PM

Acacia wrote: »

And for nostalgia's sake- \o/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEx9r5enZsk

08-02-2009 04:27PM

You can't beat the 90's teen dramas/sitcoms though!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8ltiqJgf24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7YueVrn_u0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meD8-BGc6oY

The theme tunes suck now!

syklops · 08-02-2009 04:31PM

chamlis wrote: »

DANGER BAY!

"duh duh de duh de! duuh dee doo dee doo de dooooo. nah nah neh noo nah!"

I have no idea what that is meant to sound like.

Wasnt there a helicopter that could land on water in that?

Thought of a few others:

Bananaman
The raggy Dolls
Family Ness

Did anyone mention Postman Pat yet?

IvySlayer · 08-02-2009 04:35PM

mike65 wrote: »

One of the great "joys" of RTE scheduling in the old days was that they would somehow end up with gaps to be filled with something and that usually meant a cartoon from either Warners Bros or Hanna/Barbera so stuff like Mr Magoo, Roadrunner, Foghorn Leghorn, Woody Woodpecker and Tom & Jerry were on several times a week.

Classic Coyote V Gravity moment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz65AOjabtM

Made me snicker. I used to love that show

Meep Meep!

I used to watch Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Earthworm Jim, Catdog, Angry Beavers, Looney Tunes, Popeye, Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, Thomas the Tank Engine.

Although I was watching Little Einsteins with my niece earlier, it rules!

Ruu_Old · 08-02-2009 04:37PM

Smoggies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-icMm18-SI

Denver the last dinosaur

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1fUqSQFdAI

Teddy Ruxpin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMNZqRH2n7A

We could be here a while if I went on, I have work today. Another one was Dungeons and Dragons, the final episode never was made (though an audio track and script is available)

syklops · 08-02-2009 04:38PM

ANd around the world in eighty days with Willy fogg. And I used to tell my mother it was on and she would say "I think you mean Phileas Fogg", and I would tell her she was being silly.

How wrong I was.

syklops · 08-02-2009 04:56PM

Do you remember:

The Fiddley Foodle Bird?

And for nostalgia's sake.

Im off to watch the Man U match. I will be back on later with whatever I think of while there.

pablomakaveli · 08-02-2009 07:53PM

Just remembered Earthworm Jim which was funny. I remember seeing it on tv recently but can't remember which channel.

The Tick is brilliant as well. I recently watch those episodes again and think they are even funnier.

Overheal · 08-02-2009 08:59PM

Florence Thankful Music wrote: »

That was truly a great series

And then lest I forget this crud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XdoMP23EKE

There were very good reasons for its cancellation, but at least the robots looked cool.

This one had an even shorter shelf life than that, and I just couldnt get past the talking dog

rainbowtrout · 08-02-2009 11:12PM

ariba ariba andele!!!

speedy gonzales

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i6g76wrF8A

also really liked She-ra

for the honour of Greyskull..............

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR65P73X5GI

Riddle101 · 08-02-2009 11:20PM

X-Men
Spider-Man
Ren and Stimpy
Batman
Earthworm Jim
Hey Arnold

K-9 · 08-02-2009 11:37PM

Anybody mention Inspector Gadget?

Kids television just aint what it used to be !

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