My three year old currently rules the daytime TV roost with a selection of TV shows from Dora the Explorer and Fifi and the Flowertots to Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and Franny's Feet.
Now I'm almost forty years older than Cailee, but I can still remember some of the shows that I watched as a child - Bill and Ben, The Magic Roundabout, The Herbs and The Banana Splits, to name just a few.
What shows did you watch as a child that you can still remember now?
(Incidentally Cailee also watches Bill and Ben The Flowerpot Men, but they're much more animated than the ones I used to watch.)
My everyday viewing was Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room. Saturdays I watched Lassie, Sky King, and a bunch of other shows that are a jumble in my mind.
Sesame Street was my educational-type little kid show. Me and my sisters watched PeeWee's Playhouse too! Every now and then we'd watch a little bit of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood, but none of us liked it very much.
I watched a lot of cartoons when I was a kid too: My Little Pony, Care Bears, The Transformers, GI Joe, Thundercats, She-Ra and He-Man, Duck Tails, Darkwing Duck, X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and so on.
I've always enjoyed cartoons... still do!
I still get up on Saturday mornings to watch them!
I watched the normal amount of educational kids shows. Sesame Street, Blues Clues and the like. But I had a thing for cartoons as a kid, when I was watching tv at all.
Even at five I had a slight obsession with anime. I loved to watch Pokemon and Digimon and actually when I was four I used to get up at 7:30am on Saturday mornings, sneek into my parents room, sit on their floor and watch Sailor Moon on their tv. Its one of my earliest tv memories actually.
LOL. Pokemon and Digimon seem like today cartoons. not cartoons when i was a kid... I feel old!!!
I LOVE Scooby Doo!!! Did anyone besides me watch the "Where have you been Scooby Doo?" Marathon that was on the cartoon network this weekend? I was in Scooby heaven.
I don't think there ARE any good cartoons on today. Thundercats rocked and I liked the Hanna Barbara cartoons - Space Ghost, etc...remember Schmoo? And the Herculoids?
as far as shows go, I watched Captain Kangaroo and the Electric Company! I LOVED The Electric company. I watched The Muppet Show too. :)
Does anyone else remember the show called "The Tomorrow People"? I adored that show too... I wish it was still on today LOL.
I'm a 'Muppet Show' and 'Fraggle Rock' baby. Damn, but did I love them muppets!
I also watched 'He-Man' and 'Hercules' and I liked 'My Little Pony'. I don't remember watching 'She-Ra' but I do remember being really disappointed on my first plane ride when I didn't see any Care Bears. I never much cared for the old Hanna-Barbara cartoons, or for Bugs Bunny.
Does anyone else remember a cartoon about a vampire duck that ate veggies because his Igor accidentally poured ketchup instead of blood into his rejuvination potion? I rather liked that one...
Ooooh! Yeah! Fraggle Rock! Dude... Fraggle Rock was my show when I was a kid! lol Can't believe I didn't remember it earlier!
Quote from: "Yvonne"Does anyone else remember a cartoon about a vampire duck that ate veggies because his Igor accidentally poured ketchup instead of blood into his rejuvination potion? I rather liked that one...
Count Duckula (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Duckula)
Sesame Street/Muppet Show, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Rainbow, Danger Mouse, Button Moon, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Bagpuss, The Clangers....
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Hmmm, Fraggle Rock, Sesame Street, Romper Room and Mr. Roger's all are my educational type shows. But, like most before me, I've enjoyed cartoons too! My Little Pony, Xmen, He-man, Transformers, Thundercats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and lots more that I don't remember names for, but I remember WHAT they were.
Pat, as far as Sailor Moon, I remember getting up early and getting ready for school while I had Sailor Moon playing. One of hte local channels used to play it at 6 in the morning. I'm still in love w/ that anime! I have all the manga for it. It's so great. :) :cheers:
I remember some of the programmes mentioned but not many! Dangermouse. Magic Roundabout. I don't think I watched a lot of tv as a kid.
This is Camberwick Green (http://youtube.com/watch?v=xPb-X2LoTtU), but it was definitely not an advert when I was a kid.
And this is Trumpton (http://youtube.com/watch?v=G7ZWWwV4_-M).
Just for good measure, I give you The Clangers (http://youtube.com/watch?v=HArUmqqiL0s).
No I'm not old enough to remember them first time around, they were repeats when I was old enough to watch TV - Kaysea, you might have seen them in the early 1970's though.
wow, I remember watching dangermouse! That's one of those remember the cartoon, but don't remember the name until someone else says it. I tell you what, though, the older cartoons are better, otherwise, why would they be remaking everything from the 80's and before? :cheers:
Quote from: "Clancey"Does anyone else remember the show called "The Tomorrow People"? I adored that show too... I wish it was still on today LOL.
I'm old enough to remember the original episodes of The Tomorrow People. I was about eight or nine when the series began and thought Peter Vaughan-Clarke was the most gorgeous thing on TV. I think he must have been my first ever TV crush. He played Stephen in the original episodes.
(https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.internationalhero.co.uk%2Fs%2Fstephen.jpg&hash=56f2f31cd5f735ec2fe3acd7d00b000dcc96622a)
My tastes have changed a little since then. :)
Quote from: "emma"Sesame Street/Muppet Show, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Rainbow, Danger Mouse, Button Moon, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Bagpuss, The Clangers....
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OMG!OMG!OMG How could I forget Rainbow???? With Bungle and Zippy! (Did you see the mock episode they made where everything was double entendres? Hilarious - http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html )
And for some reason Camberwick Green strikes a chord as well. Hmmm!?!
Reading Rainbow, My Little Pony, Mr. Rodgers, The Pink Panther, Wishbone, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Tale Spin, Darkwing Duck, Duck Tales, Doug, Tiny Toons, Looney Tunes, Disney cartoons, Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Anamaniacs, Batman Beyond, Gargoyles, Boy Meets World, Hey Arnold!, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Garfield and Friends, KaBlam, Pinky and the Brain, Rugrats, The Smurfs, The Wild Thornberries, Figure It Out, All That, Animorphs, Clarissa Explains It All.... And that's all I can remember at the moment *g* I'm sure there was more. I was big on TV when I was little.
My favorite shows as a kid were Rainbow Brite, My little Pony, Care Bears, and Garfield as well as most of the ones Dana mentioned. We also watched Full House and the rest of the shows that were on TGIF Friday nights. I also remember watching Nickelodeon on Saturday nights which had Ren and Stimpy, All That, The Roundhouse, and some creepy show kind of like a kids version of Tales from the Crypt ( We occassionally watched that with our dad.) Hey Dude, You can't do that on Television!, and Salute Your Shorts are others we watched on Nickelodeon.
I also liked watching Wonder Years, The Commish, The Waltons, Little House on the Prarie, and Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. We used to watch these as a family.
Now we watch Monk, The Dead Zone, and The 4400 when I visit my parents house.
Oh yeah! How could I forget the Wonder Years? :D That was a good show.
Quote from: "Kaysea"Quote from: "Clancey"Does anyone else remember the show called "The Tomorrow People"? I adored that show too... I wish it was still on today LOL.
I'm old enough to remember the original episodes of The Tomorrow People. I was about eight or nine when the series began and thought Peter Vaughan-Clarke was the most gorgeous thing on TV. I think he must have been my first ever TV crush. He played Stephen in the original episodes.
(https://www.triadweyrs.org/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.internationalhero.co.uk%2Fs%2Fstephen.jpg&hash=56f2f31cd5f735ec2fe3acd7d00b000dcc96622a)
My tastes have changed a little since then. :)
Remeber the modern remake? *pulls face* The best they could do was cast the guy who played Todd in Neighbours
Quote from: "Kaysea"Quote from: "emma"Sesame Street/Muppet Show, Trumpton, Camberwick Green, Rainbow, Danger Mouse, Button Moon, Jamie and the Magic Torch, Bagpuss, The Clangers....
want me to continue?
OMG!OMG!OMG How could I forget Rainbow???? With Bungle and Zippy! (Did you see the mock episode they made where everything was double entendres? Hilarious - http://rainbow.arch.scriptmania.com/rainbow_tv_episode.html )
And for some reason Camberwick Green strikes a chord as well. Hmmm!?!
Umm... I have that little gem on my PC, love the bit about playing with Jane and her maracas! Apparently that was made for someones birthday
Quote from: "emma"Umm... I have that little gem on my PC, love the bit about playing with Jane and her maracas! Apparently that was made for someone's birthday
I looked and looked and I couldn't see any maracas!!!
*innocent look*
My Little Pony, Xmen, He-man, Transformers, Thundercats, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Zoobily Zoo, Smurfs, Rainbow Brite, Carebears, Fraggle Rock, Snorks, Pinwheel, Underdog, Jem, Scooby doo, Johnny Quest, Popeye, Raggedy Anne, Alf, Pound Puppies, Alvin and the Chipmonks, Chip and Dale's rescue Rangers, the Flinstones, Hanna Barbara, Garfield, Heathcliff, Punky brewster, jetsons, Mighty Mouse, Muppets, Yogi bear, School House Rock, Shirt-Tale, Strawberry Shortcake, Super Mario Brothers, and Wuzzles. Those are just the ones I can remember.
Awww! I remember TGIF fridays on ABC! Full House and Family Matters were the two taht stuck out to me.
Dana, I remember/watched all those shwos too! yay! I LOVED the original pokemon. When they started adding in all those new ones, though, I lost my interest. Wow, I love cartoons! :) :cheers:
Awww! I remember TGIF fridays on ABC! Full House and Family Matters were the two taht stuck out to me.
Dana, I remember/watched all those shwos too! yay! I LOVED the original pokemon. When they started adding in all those new ones, though, I lost my interest. Wow, I love cartoons! :) :cheers:
Yeah, the old Pokemon was amazing ;) I even collected all of the trading cards and everything! And when I mean all the cards, I mean *all* of them. *g*
I also watched Scooby Doo, Land of the Lost, Rocket Power, and Chip n' Dale Rescue Rangers.
LOL I collected cards too!! heehee, cool.
OMG, Land of the Lost...and do you remember the Dinosaurs show that was on primetime? I think it was called Dinosaurs, but i can't remember. Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers...I loved that show. I had the video game for NES and I played it ALL the time. I couldn't get enough of that. :) :cheers:
Hmmm.... I can't remember the Dinosaur show... Maybe if I saw a clip it would jog my memory :)
Here's a few clips:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229V7VtGvnY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=229V7VtGvnY)
and the theme/start to the show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNnKsFf0C6I (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNnKsFf0C6I)
have fun! :cheers:
Oh wow! I remember that :D I didn't watch it often, but I do remember it! Thanks for the links :)
Heehee, glad you liked them! I used to love that show! Why, oh why, are all the good shows cancelled? waaahhhh :cheers:
Wow. So many great shows! Let's see..
Salute your Shorts, Darkwing DUck, Gargoyles, Rainbow Bright, Reading Rainbow, He-Man, She-Ra, Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, Captain Planet, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, All the Hanna-Barbara cartoons, My LIttle Ponies, Transformers, Smurfs, CareBears, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Fraggle Rock, FLintstones, Yogu Bear, The Muppets Show, Bill-Nye, DUcktails, Looney Tunes, The Wild Thornberries, Clarissa Explains it All, Mister Roger's Neighborhood...
There are more, but I'm not remembering them at the moment. I was mostly a cartoon child, but anime didn't start being played on television where I was until I reached college. I'm still collecting a lot of these cartoons! *blush*
I loved watching the Dinosaur show with the cute little baby dino. We even had a board game about the show. Alf was my brother's favorite character when he was little. He had an Alf puppet and his blankie that went almost everywhere with him.
I look at the shows that my nephew likes to watch and cringe. They are nothing like the shows I used to watch and the ones that are coming back are too updated. Strawberry shortcake looks strange wearing jeans.
I liked Bugs Bunny and the Looney Toons co, as well as Scooby-Doo. Those were the only cartoons I watched. When I had cable to watch, that is, which wasn't often. So I probably only saw these things a few times a year when at houses that weren't mine.
When I didn't have cable, I made do with my mother's HUGE collection of VCR-taped sci-fi. I swear, she had almost all of classic Trek taped. She also had all of the first Battlestar Galactica, which is still my favorite TV show. The Star Wars trilogy, Buck Rogers, Knight Rider, The A-Team and more, she all had tapes of. (I'm sure being exposed to all this as a kid has warped my perspective on life.) I think I'm such a SW/ST novel reader because I couldn't get enough once I'd seen it all.
I had a really amazing 1st grade teacher who discovered my love of Trek and nourished it. When she learned I didn't have cable, she started taping episodes of TNG. When the tape was full she'd give it to me, I'd watch it, I'd return it, and she'd tape more. The same happened with DS9 and Voyager, until I got cable permanently in 1997. I am so grateful that that teacher cared enough to not only do that one year while I was in her class, but future years. She told me when I graduated HS that she did it because ST has wonderful role models and she noticed it helped encourage my interest in science.