Favorite Kids Program

[King Edward]

Mine has to be Transformers Optimus Prime Rocks I remember crying when he died in the film (and that was only last week https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-jester.gif )

others i enjoyed were He-man and Dungeons and Dragons.

What are your favorites?

[rasoforos]

Transformers was cool , He-man was even better,i spent a significant amount of years watching He-man every morning before school , my mother who was also awake to go to work had to tollerate this (to watch He-man that is) for years and years , i think this traumatised her a bit. https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

However my favorite Kids programs were Looney tunes , and Smurfs. https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ceasaryes.gif

[King Edward]

Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ July 21 2004,15:37)]However my favorite Kids programs were Looney tunes , and Smurfs. https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/ceasaryes.gif
there was only ever one girl smurf which was something i always found a bit odd

I had loads and loads of the origonal He-man toys and my mum sold the lot at a car boot sale for £15 some of them are worth a bit of cash now days What was the name of the floaty wizard thing?

Thundercats was another good one i forgot to mention.

[Tachikaze]

the original Johnny Quest
The Thunderbirds
Jungle Emperor (Kimba the White Lion)
Gumby
Bugs Bunny

[rasoforos]

Quote[/b] (King Edward @ July 21 2004,09:44)] What was the name of the floaty wizard thing?
That was Orko https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

If you didn't like Johnny Quest there's something seriously wrong with ya...

[King Edward]

Orko thats right, that was bugging me since i decided to start this thread

Tachikaze, what was Gumby? i've never heard of that.

[Teutonic Knight]

Never heard of Gumby?? Where were you? https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-stunned.gif

He was that green guy with the little dog in claymation that ran around defeating the blockheads (literally)

Every time I watch that show I am further convinced that the writer were on some sort of hallucenagenic drug...

[King Edward]

Nope im still none the wiser i'll google it and find out what its about.

Im sure most kids programs are drug induced crations. Captian Pugwash, Magic roundabout telley Tubbies, all rather odd (not sure how many of those will have been broadcast on your side of the pond,)

[Teutonic Knight]

Of the three mentioned I've only seen Telly Tubbies over here, and I must say I find that purple cross-dressing one rather disturbing... https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif

[lancelot]

Yep, Transformers was no-1 all the way

Closely followed by HE-man, Thundercats, MASK and GI-joe

Jayce and the wheeled warriors, Centurions were also good.

D&D was good, excpet for that damn annoying Unicorn, who was, half of the time; the sole reason the adventurers didnt get to go home.

[frogbeastegg]

A certain young froggy always loved 'Dogtanian and the Three Muskerhounds', it had swords and sword fighting and history stuff and all that junk about honour and loyalty that frogs are such suckers for. The original series was recently released on DVD.

I also liked Disney's 'The Gummi Bears' because it had swords and sword fighting and history type stuff. I also liked the way the princess never behaved like one...Kalah, that was her name; she did a lot of archery and fought in a tournament in disguise. It was very non-Disney in tone and features the only princess I have ever actually liked, aside from those few I have written myself.

I really loved (and still do) 'Maid Marion and her Merry Men'; it was really funny and it had swords and sword fighting and, well you get the picture. It was like Blackadder does Robin Hood, very witty. Tony Robinson wrote it and played the sheriff of Nottingham. I would kill for this on DVD...

Notice the theme here? At the same time I was reading every single history book I could get my hands on, fiction and non fiction; I was also scorning Cadfael and other 'soppy' books because they didn't have enough knights in them, and they featured romance which was unforgivable. I've mellowed out a lot since then.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Teenage mutant ninja turtles

Transfomers

Thundercats

[English assassin]

Magic roundabout. No question. And the clangers. Was the whole of children's BBC on drugs in the 70s or what?

[Axeknight]

On an unrelated note, is there something that happens during the early stages of puberty we haven't discovered yet? I swear you lose the ability to do the transformers toys the second you hit 11. You can't transform them anymore It's not possible Why is that? https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/confused.gif

Postman Pat was a dude. https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/flat.gif

[Kraellin]

lol. you young whipper-snappers. you'd have to do a history search on google to find the shows i remember as a kid...

sagebrush shorty
rin tin tin
the original mouseketeers
the original popeye the sailor show
buster brown, with believe it or not, froggy 'pluck your magic twanger, froggy'
the original lone ranger
hopalong cassidy
kukla, fran, and ollie
tarzan
the little rascals
flash gordon
sky king
sergeant preston and canadian mounted police (or something like that)
lassie

and more that came later, but still pre-date most of you ;)

K.

[ShadesPanther]

Fireman sam
Playdays https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif
Teenage mutant hero turtles
Thunderbirds
Scooby doo
Tin Tin
Thomas the tank engine
Postman Pat
Transformers

and a few more I think I am forgetting

EDIT: more added :)

Rosie and Jim
Sooty and Sweep (the earlier creations. How many different types are there 10?)
Spiderman
X men
Iron man
The Incredable Hulk
Tom and Jerry
Loony tonns (all of them :D)

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Sooty ruled It was awesome when Mathew Corbet was still there.

[frogbeastegg]

Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ July 21 2004,21:21)]buster brown, with believe it or not, froggy 'pluck your magic twanger, froggy'
I did a quick search and found this (http://michelesworld.net/dmm/frog/gremlin/gremlin.htm); that froggy is an imposter It isn't even an amphibian, it's a gremlin https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Thundercats

Transformers (robots in disguise)

Action force or G.I Joe

Batman the animated series

X-men

Spiderman(the good series not the shite one)

[Leet Eriksson]

The old popeye,the old bugs bunny,the old tom and jerry,He-man and Transformers.

I remember watching a friggin old cartoon called Private Snafu if anyone knows of it https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Kraellin]

beasty-baby,

when i was a kid, it was a frog. so, it'll always be a frog to me ;) if it looks like a frog, walks like a frog and quacks like a frog ... :)

and thanks for that page i would have never even thought, really, to look that up. it was sooo long ago :)

K.

[RisingSun]

Thomas the Tank Engine

Transformers

Tom and Jerry

Popeye

And how can you forget Mighty Mouse? How?

[King Edward]

Its Amazing how many program's i had forgotten about but it all comes flooding back after reading peoples replys.

Todays Transformers Random fact is : The guy who does the voice of Optimus Prime is the same guy who did the voice of Ey-orr in Winnie the Poo.

Kraellin, i think i have heard of only about 4 of the show you listed https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[TonkaToys]

This will date me...

Six million dollar man
Any of the original Tom & Jerry, Tasmanian Devil (appearances in Bugs Bunny etc), Road Runner cartoons.
DangerMouse

[Axeknight]

Quote[/b] (Kraellin @ July 21 2004,21:21)]'pluck your magic twanger, froggy'
Truly the age of innocence https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/flat.gif

[Fragony]

When I was young there was a show called Purno de Purno (pun intented), it was a riot. Crazy [stuff] like a lady that said she could taste the difference between 200 sorts of urine.

'hmmmm this is of a rabbit'
'hmmmm this is of a 75 year old woman'

I had to wake my mother when it started as well https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Oh and dokter Krankenstein was cool as well, a satire on frankenstein, I will never forget the episode that he was mad because he didn't have a peepee.

My fellow dutchies MUST remember the sundaymorning vpro programs https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Beirut]

{You can really tell the difference in ages by what people are posting.)

Johny Quest
The Banana Splits
Bugs Bunny
Sea Lab 2020
HR Puff & Stuff
Land of the Giants
Star Trek
The Marvel Comics cartoons with Captain America, Aquaman, Iron Man, and all the others.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Iron man was cool. Always found war machine more cooler though https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Also when i was really young i watched charlie chalk, anyone remember that? Clown with loads of weirdos on an island. Well i liked it anyroad https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

[Ser Clegane]

Quote[/b] (Tachikaze @ July 21 2004,10:02)]Jungle Emperor (Kimba the White Lion)
I really loved that one when I still went to elementary school https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

One of my other favourites was Biene Maja (The bee Maja). I remember that I had my older brother writing an angry letter to the TV station, demanding an immediate rerun after the series was finished (I hated the Pinocchio cartoon that replaced it just for the fact that ir replaced Biene Maja https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/angry.gif )

When I was in the US as a teenager I loved the Transformers (but I actually liked the new Trasnformers more) and was actually quite jealous that we did not have this kind of cartoons when I was smaller.

I have to admit that I still like to watch some of the old muppet scenes of Sesame Street - some of the Ernie & Bert or Cookie Monster (?) scenes are in a way brilliantly absurd.

[Steppe Merc]

I loved the Smurfs (which I still watch), Gargoyles (which I still watch), and I always liked Transformers. And I still love the Muppets
Also, I loved it whenver they showed the old Bugs Bunny, and Scooby Doo.

[Duke Malcolm]

Looney Tunes, Sesame Street, and some others.

Nowadays, Balamory is good, especially the theme tune.
And the names. Josie Jump, Edea McCredie, PC Plum, Archie the Inventor, etc. Althouch I feel sorry for the people of Tobermory.

[Psyco]

Ninja Turtles was the best show ever made. Hell, I still watch it (even though they got rid of the cool theme song and replaced it with a crappy one).

Also, I watched Power Rangers, before they became space pirates or whatever they are now. I remember the day when they had the dinosaurs (and the Green Ranger had a floating pyramid https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-surprised.gif) instead of stupid cars, or motercycles, or jets.

[The Sword of Cao Cao]

Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ July 21 2004,11:05)]Of the three mentioned I've only seen Telly Tubbies over here, and I must say I find that purple cross-dressing one rather disturbing... https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
Yes, he is disturbing, in fact one of the gay communities in Florida here made the purple one (Twinkie I bleieve his name is) thier mascot....

[ah_dut]

I used to watch dragonball at the age of 6 or 7. i know loads of people don't like it but it's okay, i also used to watch loads of animes

[lancelot]

2nd Transformers weird fact---

The guy who done the voice for Megatron also did the voice of the monkey in Disney's Alladin (plus many many others)

[rasoforos]

Quote[/b] (The Sword of Cao Cao @ July 22 2004,16:05)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ July 21 2004,11:05)]Of the three mentioned I've only seen Telly Tubbies over here, and I must say I find that purple cross-dressing one rather disturbing... https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
Yes, he is disturbing, in fact one of the gay communities in Florida here made the purple one (Twinkie I bleieve his name is) thier mascot....
Nothing beats Barney the Dinosaur when it comes to femininity for males. I do not believe i cencorship but kids immitate what they see and if i had a son i wouldnt want him to see to be too influenced of this sort of shows. ( I wonder if sexually starved miss piggy practically trying to force poor Kermit all the time , would have a chance of getting away with it today, the act would propably be axed ).
I guess i would cut a deal like 'ok you ll watch the purple/pink unisex thing but then we ll go watch football and you ll try your best to swear at the referee'
https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ July 23 2004,07:38)]
Quote[/b] (The Sword of Cao Cao @ July 22 2004,16:05)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ July 21 2004,11:05)]Of the three mentioned I've only seen Telly Tubbies over here, and I must say I find that purple cross-dressing one rather disturbing... https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
Yes, he is disturbing, in fact one of the gay communities in Florida here made the purple one (Twinkie I bleieve his name is) thier mascot....
Nothing beats Barney the Dinosaur when it comes to femininity for males. I do not believe i cencorship but kids immitate what they see and if i had a son i wouldnt want him to see to be too influenced of this sort of shows. ( I wonder if sexually starved miss piggy practically trying to force poor Kermit all the time , would have a chance of getting away with it today, the act would propably be axed ).
I guess i would cut a deal like 'ok you ll watch the purple/pink unisex thing but then we ll go watch football and you ll try your best to swear at the referee'
https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
HAHA Right-on https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-laugh4.gif

[Duke Malcolm]

think the purple teletubby was gay, or something. The BBC fired the original for 'misbehaving', think

[Divine Wind]

Cant believe no-one mentioned the BEST kids program ever. (especially you froggy)

Prince Valient

From a small memory in my brain, it was all about a young chap dreaming of becoming a knight on the round table with King Arthur, and of course he fufilled that dream with the help of his buddies.

The rest would be a toss up between Round the Twist (hilarious wacky aussie program), X-Men, and Sharky and George.

Ohhh the memories

[Red Peasant]

I was getting too old, late teens, when Transformers and stuff like that came out. we didn't 'get it' and so left it to the little kids.

The programmes that make me nostalgic are the Saturday morning shows, mainly American fare, stuff like Banana Splits, Champion the Wonder Horse, Danger Island, and Looney Toons classics. But me and my sisters absolutely adored Laurel and Hardy and would get up especially early to catch them in action. The Masters. Hilarious.

Of the Brit stuff, I preferred the surreal weirdness of progs like Rhubarb and Custard, Captain Pugwash, and The Clangers. It was the drugs man

Another big fave with us was 'Monkey', about the adventures of the Chinese Monkey-God.

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Sharky and George I forgot Sharky and George

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Anyone remember bangers and mash. The two lovable chimps? https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Kaiser of Arabia]

All the old Looney Toons, heck, I still like 'em, good ole classic cartoons
And when I was really young, i loved Mr. Rodgers. I had an emotional connection with that show, somthing I can't explain now. I remember how sad I was when he died, like a part of my childhood died with him.
Ok, I'll stop embarassing myself.
-Capo

[shakaka36]

TRANSFORMERS

i have the entire show and the movie on DVD, i was a very non-emotioanl person when i was a kid, the only time i cried in my entire childhood was when optimus prime died

[ElmarkOFear]

The Monkeys

Can't remember the name of this one, but it was a show starring chimps. They would dress them up and then have them act out the scenes and do a voice over for their lines. The main character was a chimp who was dressed as a spy or Get Smart kind of secret detective.

The Brady Bunch (original season)

Nanny and the Professor

Lost in Space (My favorite) Thought Judy was hot hehe

My Three Sons

Speed Racer (original season)

Road Runner

Scooby Do (Original season)

All the Snoopy specials on the holidays.

Mighty Mouse

Dudley-Do Right (original season)

The Rocky and BullWinkle Show

Speed Buggy

and all the ones Beirut and Kraellin mentioned. I tried to mention ones they may have overlooked and not duplicate any. hehe It was tough

You see I was born when black and white T.V. was THE thing to have. When you turned on the T.V. you could hear the television tubes crank up Sounded like a quick buzz from a 60ft. tall hornet. And of course, the T.V. weighed 300 lbs and was always placed on a small wire cart with wheels. You didn't dare set close to it because it might fall over on you at any time hehe

Seems beirut must be around our age Kraellin if he has seen all of those shows. hehe

[The Sword of Cao Cao]

Quote[/b] (rasoforos @ July 23 2004,06:38)]
Quote[/b] (The Sword of Cao Cao @ July 22 2004,16:05)]
Quote[/b] (Teutonic Knight @ July 21 2004,11:05)]Of the three mentioned I've only seen Telly Tubbies over here, and I must say I find that purple cross-dressing one rather disturbing... https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/gc-inquisitive.gif
Yes, he is disturbing, in fact one of the gay communities in Florida here made the purple one (Twinkie I bleieve his name is) thier mascot....
Nothing beats Barney the Dinosaur when it comes to femininity for males. I do not believe i cencorship but kids immitate what they see and if i had a son i wouldnt want him to see to be too influenced of this sort of shows. ( I wonder if sexually starved miss piggy practically trying to force poor Kermit all the time , would have a chance of getting away with it today, the act would propably be axed ).
I guess i would cut a deal like 'ok you ll watch the purple/pink unisex thing but then we ll go watch football and you ll try your best to swear at the referee'
https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif
Actually I've made up my mind that if I ever have ot raise a kid, which I hope the girl i get doesnt want any, if it's a boy, he's not going to be educated by Barney the dinosaur or Twinkie the fag, he's gunna grow up on war movies, martial arts movies, video games sports and more war. I'd be a helluva father.

[Tachikaze]

Quote[/b] (Beirut @ July 22 2004,06:40)]{You can really tell the difference in ages by what people are posting.)

Johny Quest
The Banana Splits
Bugs Bunny
Sea Lab 2020
HR Puff & Stuff
Land of the Giants
Star Trek
The Marvel Comics cartoons with Captain America, Aquaman, Iron Man, and all the others.
I remember all these shows except Sea Lab 2020.

I can still hear the Land of the Giants theme song, but it drives me crazy I don't know the words.

I still want one of those buggies the Banana Splits drove.

[frogbeastegg]

Quote[/b] (Divine Wind @ July 23 2004,20:01)]Cant believe no-one mentioned the BEST kids program ever. (especially you froggy)

Prince Valient

From a small memory in my brain, it was all about a young chap dreaming of becoming a knight on the round table with King Arthur, and of course he fufilled that dream with the help of his buddies.
There was a programme with knights in it and I didn't see it? Aggghh https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mecry.gif


Anyone else remember Knightmare? One heck of an ambitious programme, and yes, before you ask, it did have a sword in it.

[Tachikaze]

Quote[/b] (ElmarkOFear @ July 23 2004,17:22)]Can't remember the name of this one, but it was a show starring chimps. They would dress them up and then have them act out the scenes and do a voice over for their lines. The main character was a chimp who was dressed as a spy or Get Smart kind of secret detective.
Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp That should be on my list.

[hrvojej]

Survival I believe it was called in English (it was a British Documentary series). Yes, I was always the way I am now - a biologist through and through. https://forums.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Kraellin]

Quote[/b] (ElmarkOFear @ July 23 2004,19:22)]The Monkeys

Can't remember the name of this one, but it was a show starring chimps. They would dress them up and then have them act out the scenes and do a voice over for their lines. The main character was a chimp who was dressed as a spy or Get Smart kind of secret detective.

The Brady Bunch (original season)

Nanny and the Professor

Lost in Space (My favorite) Thought Judy was hot hehe

My Three Sons

Speed Racer (original season)

Road Runner

Scooby Do (Original season)

All the Snoopy specials on the holidays.

Mighty Mouse

Dudley-Do Right (original season)

The Rocky and BullWinkle Show

Speed Buggy

and all the ones Beirut and Kraellin mentioned. I tried to mention ones they may have overlooked and not duplicate any. hehe It was tough

You see I was born when black and white T.V. was THE thing to have. When you turned on the T.V. you could hear the television tubes crank up Sounded like a quick buzz from a 60ft. tall hornet. And of course, the T.V. weighed 300 lbs and was always placed on a small wire cart with wheels. You didn't dare set close to it because it might fall over on you at any time hehe

Seems beirut must be around our age Kraellin if he has seen all of those shows. hehe
elmo,

most of those you mention came out a bit later, like the late 50's or early 60's. what we really want to do here is shame the youngin's ;) so, to add to the list...

soupy sales
george and gracie (george burns and gracie allan)
sergeant bilko
leave it to beaver
amos and andy
abbot and costello
laurel and hardy
the mickey mouse club
the original walt disney, black and white on sundays
what's my line
to tell the truth
queen for a day
the game show with groucho marx as the host... name that tune?
roy rodgers and dale evans
the old betty boop cartoons
the milton berle show

prolly some more, i'm forgetting too :)

K.

[KukriKhan]

Groucho Marx = You Bet Your Life, with the duck


In those old black-and-white, get up to change the channel to one of 3 stations, have kid brother stand next to the rabbit-ear antenna to ever-so-slowly move it to get rid of 'snow' on the screen, days.....characters on TV shows would stop in the middle of the story, step out of character, reach down off screen, pick up a box of cereal (usually), look into the camera, and sell the stuff right there:

Kids, if you want to be big and strong, like Commander Cody, have Mom get you ....

then set the box down off-screen, and pick the story right back up again, chasing Indians, or flying spaceships, or whatever.

[Kraellin]

ah, you bet your life. ok. but didnt he also host 'name that tune' for a while?

and yes, ya gotta love the old way of advertising on tv :)

K.