So I was discussing the great shows from the 1980s and 1990s that I grew up with. I thought I'd share some of my favorites ...

 

DuckTales, one of my favorite!

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Chip n' Dale!

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Pup Named Scooby Doo (and the rest of the Scooby Doo series, sans Scrappy Doo)

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Two of my favorites - I was NOT about anything cute and cuddly:

 

G Force (Battle of the Planets):

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Superfriends:

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I was quite the couch potato in my youth.  These were my favorite cartoons:

 

Transformers, Robotech, Voltron (my childhood obsession with robots is apparent) Scooby Doo, Tom and Jerry, Looney Tunes, Dungeons & Dragons

OMG, Mayday, is that G-Force cartoon for real?!  That promo is the funniest thing I've seen in a long time!  There are about a dozen priceless quotes on there- "Protecting Earth's entire Galaxy!" from "surpise attack[sic] from alien galaxies beyond outer space!" And I love how they upskirt the female hero!

Hail yeah battle of the planets!

 

Let's hear it for the original LOL:

 

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j/k

 

MacGyver! Before he became social-case worker helping the homeless and the disadvantaged MacGyver...

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Here are a few of mine.  Geez, Seicer, thanks for making me date myself!  Whipersnapper!  :whip:

 

I was totally a nerd!

Johnny Quest

Que hay de nuevo

The Electric Company

The muppets [i really watched for the two old men in the balcony - they are a scream!]

Sesame Street

Captain Kangaroo

Mr. Rogers Neighborhood

Mr. Peabody & Sherman / Fractured Fairy Tales

Shazam & Isis

Land of the Lost

The Hardy Boys

G Force was the shiznit!

 

Hated

Sigmund and the sea monsters

HR Pufnstuff

Smurfs

Care Bears

Electra Woman and DynaGirl

Scobby Doo

Wow Mayday I too loved the Superfriends, but had completely forgotten all about that show until now.

Well MayDay, that explains it. ;)

And the original LOST:

 

Dr. Smith's Radical Gay Agenda:

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Opening Credits Combo Platter (Saul Basstastic!):

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It's shitty that Looney Tunes aren't still on. Looney Tunes would be a good thing for kids to see to realize what life was like before society became pussyfied. I know it was good for me.

Someone mentioned Hardy Boys...

 

"Well MayDay, that explains it."

 

Well... I have been suggesting to my partner that he dress as the Green Lantern for Halloween

All of my peers grew up on Nickelodeon.

 

Doug

Hey Arnold

Are You Afraid of the Dark

Scooby Doo/Pup named Scooby Doo

Rocko's Modern Life

 

 

The Wonder Years, Saved by the Bell, Boy Meets World, those were all good.

 

 

I feel bad for kids these days that don't know what they're missing. All they have is a giant sponge that looks like he's on crystal meth.

I guess I am closer to Kingfish in age.  I watched a lot of Rocky and Bulwinkle, Underdog and of course the original Spiderman.  Even as a 7yr old I new the animation was poor:

^I would walk home for lunch everyday specifically to watch Underdog.

 

Seeing David's watchlist makes me feel like people of Jimmy's and my age have a wider breadth of reference due to the simple fact that much of the kids TV we watched was recycled from the previous five decades.

 

I (we) watched Popeye from the 30s, Looney Tunes from the 40s and 50s and Flintstones, Lost in Space and Brady Bunch from the 1960s. Compared to the post-Nickelodeon age, outside of Sesame Street, Electric Company and the network Saturday Morning shows, very little children's programming was actually being produced for our specific audience. In fact, many of the shows we watched were originally produced for adult audiences.

 

In cable TV-terms, our viewing experience was more like "TV Land" than Nickelodeon, Nick, Jr. or even Cartoon Network.

Re: Challenge of the Superfriends. I can't quite put my finger on the architect for the Hall of Justice, but it's apparent the Legion of Doom's HQ was built by the firm that did Darth Vader's helmet.

I never cared for cartoons much

 

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Im getting all nostalgic and I don't even remember this sh!t.

Cartoons were never really my fare ... although I did love the Smurfs, the Snorks and, above all, Thundercats. Most of my television watching was sitcoms ... Family Ties (a personal fave), Webster, Head of the Class, Gimme a Break, Silver Spoons, Growing Pains, My Two Dads, Out of This World. Game shows were a big hit for me too ... particularly Press Your Luck, Rodeo Drive and Shop 'til You Drop (see? Gay people really ARE born). Kid game shows were good too, particularly Funhouse and Double Dare. I also watched some very STRANGE shows ... anyone remember Today's Special, where a mannequin comes to life? And let's not forget the cinematic masterpiece that was Alf.

 

I also totally got into the early years of Nick at Nite ... The Jeffersons, Sanford & Son, Dobie Gillis, Patty Duke, Carol Burnett, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore (jeez ... every show has a person's name in it).

 

Everyone loved the Muppets and Sesame Street, but I had this strange affinity for Zoobilee Zoo ... anyone remember that (see below)? The Fraggles rocked my world, and I also watched Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood, but it was my introduction to the concept of channel surfing ... I would flip through to see if he was in the Land of Make Believe or in his boring-ass real life. I loved Lady Elaine (the villainess of the Land of Make Believe). Again, gay people are born ...

Welll, if we're going to mention TV shows - in the early 1980s, the show that did it for me was 'Style with Elsa Klensch' on CNN. I still have a bunch of the shows recorded on VHS. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style_with_Elsa_Klensch

 

I guess I wasn't completely unlike the younger brother character in "Ugly Betty". In the 2nd season of 'America's Next Top Model' (my current must-watch), one of the contestants said "when other kids were watching cartoons, I was watching 'Style with Elsa Klensch'" and I squealed like a little girl since I thought I was one of two people who even knew who Elsa Klensch is. Of course, that contestant went on to win :D

I loved Little Rascals.

 

I always thought that Union Terminal was where the Justice League of America's HQ was.....

In the 2nd season of 'America's Next Top Model' (my current must-watch),

 

You watch that bullsh!t?

 

What ever happend to shows with good dialogue and PLOT? Superficial shows like that and admiring Paris Hilton are the reason girls my age think it's so cool to act ditzy and stupid as part of our "look-at-me" culture. It's trash.

 

Anyone like StarBlazers?

"You watch that bullsh!t? What ever happend to shows with good dialogue and PLOT? Superficial shows like that and admiring Paris Hilton are the reason girls my age think it's so cool to act ditzy and stupid as part of our "look-at-me" culture. It's trash."

 

1. I'm gay.

 

2. I'm gay and you're surprised that I watch Top Model. :wtf:

 

3. I also watch shows with good dialogue and plot. Get back to me when you've watched "All About Eve".

 

4. Get over yourself - I'm sure every single moment of your life is spent with only the most highbrow of entertainment :roll: Girls your age have been acting ditzy and stupid looong before you or I came into the world, and loooong before Top Model came on the air. Top Model is fluff - fluff I happen to enjoy, and though it's definitely fluff, you're wrong in suggesting that the show encourages girls to be stupid.

 

Don't blame your involuntary celibacy on Top Model. If I were you, I'd be careful because there are some quality gals out there who enjoy Top Model and if you diss on their show, I guarantee your period of celibacy will be extended ;-)

Ha.

 

Chip 'n Dale was one of my favorites, I don't really remember many others. I won't admit that I used to watch Care Bears or Sesame Street.

 

My grandpa used to show me old projection cartoons from the 60's, I always loved those.

 

I used to watch This Old House alot as even a young kid. I still do. Must account for my interest in residential/vernacular architecture.

Anyone like StarBlazers?

 

On day 1 after quitting my job a couple months ago I spent about 4 hours digging up Starblazers and Robotech episodes from youtube. 

And the original LOST:

 

Dr. Smith's Radical Gay Agenda:

 

Although I was not a fan of Dr. Smith, don't hate on the gay character.  We are always the take charge, smart, cunning individual that can adapt to any environment.  We always survive and make a show watchable!  :-P

Re: Challenge of the Superfriends. I can't quite put my finger on the architect for the Hall of Justice, but it's apparent the Legion of Doom's HQ was built by the firm that did Darth Vader's helmet.

 

If im not mistaken Superfriends was on the air before StarWars was released.

My partner loooves 'Lost in Space'... I was more of a 'Buck Rogers' fan.

Ha.

 

Chip 'n Dale was one of my favorites, I don't really remember many others. I won't admit that I used to watch Care Bears or Sesame Street.

 

My grandpa used to show me old projection cartoons from the 60's, I always loved those.

 

I used to watch This Old House alot as even a young kid. I still do. Must account for my interest in residential/vernacular architecture.

 

I was hoping you meant Chippendales the dancers not chip 'n dale the rodents.

 

Do still watch TOH or have a subscription to the magazine?

Erin Gray is getting lots of love in our trip down memory lane.  She was also in Silver Spoons!

 

Re: Challenge of the Superfriends. I can't quite put my finger on the architect for the Hall of Justice, but it's apparent the Legion of Doom's HQ was built by the firm that did Darth Vader's helmet.

 

If im not mistaken Superfriends was on the air before StarWars was released.

 

WIKI: "Challenge of the Super Friends is an American animated television series about a team of superheroes which ran from September 9, 1978 to September 15, 1979 on ABC."

 

There were several different eras of Superfriends. This era was definitely was post-Star Wars (1977).

 

Speaking of Star Wars Derivatives:

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Erin Gray is getting lots of love in our trip down memory lane.  She was also in Silver Spoons!

 

 

Um, never mind her - Gil Gerard!  :-D

 

"Speaking of Star Wars Derivatives:"

 

Oh my... Dirk Benedict!

Dirk Benedict. The 70s hair and porn name!   

So basically every single sci-fi show from the 70s had scorchingly gay overtones.

 

Yeah, I can see that.

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I just had a memory.  Space: 1999!  I loved that show!

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And how could anyone not love Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom or Jacques Cousteau?

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I was raised by Europeans and Canadians because I watched so much old Nickelodeon. I don't think many cities outside of Columbus had Nick until 85-87. Nick actually didn't get it's own US-produced shows until 1990 or so, when I tuned out. After reading up on Pinwheel (Nick's original name), I found out that the only U.S. content was the part with Ebenezer T. Squint, Plus and Minus and the family that ran the newspaper. Those parts were made in NYC, but only aired outside of Columbus the last year or two.

 

As far as the breadth of TV before the '90s, I can say that it was definitely beneficial having all those perspectives from the '30s to the '80s growing up in the '80s.

Oh Boy!  A nostalgia thread.  I was a kid during the 1960s so what i remember was what was on in Chicago back them.

 

Some of what you all talk about I recall....Rocky & Bullwinkle (and Fractured Fairy Tales/Mr Peabody), Lost in Space (Dr Smith was my favorite character becuase he was so funny), & the the popular sitcoms from that era.  A less popular sitcom that I recall was He & She, set in NYC, in a loft or city apartment. One of the supporting actors was Jack Cassidy, the father of teen hearthrob David. It's odd that i remeber this show, or even watched it, as I think it was made more for adults.

 

Chicago had a lot of syndicated cartoons on the air back then, on local kids shows, as well as the usual Saturday Morning fare.  I guess this was the case for the larger Ohio citys too.

 

There was a cartoon called "Hoppity Hooper" which was done by the same guy who did Bullwinkle, on an afternoon kids show, Cartoon Town. They also had early Japanese animie (though it wasnt called that back then):  8th Man, Astroboy, Marine Boy, and Gigantor. 

 

Another after school show, Garfield Goose, had an animated version of Tin Tin.  It was announced as "Hershey's Adventures of Tin Tin", which made me think Hersheys Cholocate had something to do with it.  It wasn't until the past few years that I found out the creator was "Herge'", and apparently it sounded or was pronounced like "Hershey" , and the show was imported from Belgium and lyp-synced into English.

 

I vaguely remember animated versions of Crazy Cat and Beatle Baily, too, and really obscure cartoons like The King and Odie. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Space 1999:

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Definitely one of the more triptastic opening credit sequences out there; the scene flashes were different every week. Youtubers have whole seasons worth all lined up into 7-8 minute microseasons. Folks clearly liked a little bit of TV with their drugs back then. 

 

And a little sumpin' sumpin' for MayDay:

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"It's odd that i remeber this show, or even watched it, as I think it was made more for adults."

 

That sounds like me and "Love, Sidney" (ended in 1983). I loved that series and watched every single episode because I felt a kinship with the lead character. I only knew I was "different" - at that age I didn't really know what it meant to be gay and it wasn't until later that I realized he was the first gay character on primetime TV.

Boy Meets World, those were all good.

 

I think Boy Meets World was really bad for kids. I mean, I was 13 or 14 by the time it came on, but there was way too much female worship, wussynes and overly-emotional males on that show. Also, hearing KITT disembodied on the show upset me.

Every show from that time period was overly emotional.

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Those Space 1999 intro credits made me realize what a disappointingly boring future we would represent to any kid born to that era.  For sci-fi, I loved the original Star Trek, Buck Rodgers, and The Six Million Dollar Man.

 

I'm amazed nobody has mentioned Knight Rider or The A-Team, both of which were stand up action series.  I also liked the more obscure "Blue Thunder" which was basically an Apache-esque gunship that blew stuff up.  I don't think there was any plot besides that.

I used to watch Woody Woodpecker and Casper the Friendly Ghost after school.

 

I was surprised to actually find Tom & Jerry on the air the other day.  I sat there and watched it even though I had a lot of work to do.  That was some good stuff.

 

Tom and Jerry are on every day for a full hour on the Cartoon Network... around 1 I think.

I almost forgot the magic that was the Bozo Show. I just knew I could make it into Bucket 6 if given the opportunity.