I remember.......

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Wow, this page has brought back several unexpected memories. I remember almost all of these! ARG! I can't remember seeing any episodes of The Get Along Gang or the Wuzzels, thought I did have a couple of books about them. I think my sister had a couple of things about that sort of stuff too 

Stuff not yet mentioned that I watched was most of the Gerry Anderson shows. I loved Thunderbirds the most. Stingray was great though slightly cheesy, and Captain Scarlet was good but way too dark for me - at the time.
Never saw Fireball XL5 and didn't really like Joe90 that much.
I was watching some of Captian Scarlet reruns a couple of months ago and I thought: "Now, they could really redo this series only with perhaps computer animation and much more dark and interesting plots" and apparently that's now exactly what Gerry is doing. 

[Reply #41 on:]

The Gerry Anderson stuff was cool, except Terrahawks.  Captain Scarlet and Thunderbirds were the best, Stingray was rubbish.  Be interesting to see who the Thunderbirds movie turns out.

Star Fleet knocks the socks of any of them.

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Fireball XL5 had one of the best theme tunes ever.  But no-one will show it these days because it's B&W.

[Reply #43 on:]

 

Originally posted by Nixorbo:
 www.yesterdayland.com

Check that link again...it went out of business. 

Anyway, I used to have a sticker of that purple elephant Wuzzle on my door, that I couldn't get off. I always wondered what the hell he was from, and now I know. Thanks PEEL.

I never liked Gummi Bears. It was a far cry from the candy.

Does anyone remember the Mad Balls cartoon? What about Rude Dog? He wasn't rude enough, if you ask me.

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Oh thanks alot guys. yeah Wizbit. I loved the theme tune to it though when I was little.

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Originally posted by planetcutie:
Fireball XL5 had one of the best theme tunes ever.  But no-one will show it these days because it's B&W.

There's a great punkity rockity version of the Fireball XL5 theme done by "The Showbusiness Giants".  Who knows it maybe online somewhere.

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Wizbit...I remember that well, have a book of it somewhere. I remember Care Bears, I had a green one with a shamrock on it and a pink one with a rainbow on it. I have a video tape of Gummi Bears and Slyvanian Familes somewhere as well  I also remember a CITV show called Wizadora...

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Originally posted by FishyJoe:
 Check that link again...it went out of business.   

Anyway, I used to have a sticker of that purple elephant Wuzzle on my door, that I couldn't get off. I always wondered what the hell he was from, and now I know. Thanks PEEL.

actually the purple elephant Wuzzle was female and she was my favourtie characater.

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I remember Bananaman well, I loved that show.
"This is 29, Acacia Road. And this is Eric, the schoolboy who leads an exciting double life. For when Eric eats a banana, an amazing transformation occurs. Eric is Bananaman!"

The Family Ness was another show I remember, it had an awesome theme tune!

Edit: Sorry Juli 

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unfortunately we can't see the pics Impossible   

[Reply #50 on:]

 

Originally posted by Impossible:
I remember Bananaman well, I loved that show.
"This is 29, Acacia Road...."

Obviously not that well, wasn't it Acacia Avenue?

 

Originally posted by planetcutie:
 I'm sure Dallas got more than 15 million in the early 80s 'who shot JR' period, but I could be wrong.

A little research on my part led me to an old (2001) Top Ten Of Everything book which says that the equal eighth highest ever UK television audience (tied with a Frazier/Ali boxing match from 8 March 1971) is the 22 November 1980 episode of Dallas which revealed who shot J.R. with a viewing figure of 27 million.

So I don't know what this site is on about:

The 1984 run of [The A-Team] remains the only U.S. import ever shown on British television to break the 15-million audience barrier.

Maybe it means to consistantly break the barrier?

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My God am I this old... how about
Tennessee Tuxedo & Chumley
Underdog
Go Go Gophers (would no longer be PC)
Speed Racer
The Banana Splits
HR Pufinstuff... & hundreds more....

[Reply #52 on:]

Maybe somebody mentioned it but I loved the gummi bears, teddy ruxpin and bosco the care bears, He-man, the Transformers and more i can't remember.

[Reply #53 on:]

wasn't the purple female on the wuzzles a hippo?

I also remember some weird shows like "widget" and "super ted" and "Jem"

But of course, the best ever is She-Ra. Why won't cartoon network put it back on for my viewing enjoyment. 

[Reply #54 on:]

Widget was cool. He could transform into any creature he wanted.

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HR Puffinstuff freaked me out as a kid.  Speedracer ruled though.  He'd happily kill 25 other drivers just to win a race.

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Oh my god I use to love Jem I use to have a doll of her.

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The Gummi Bears were pretty cool 

[Reply #58 on:]

I loved Thunderbirds too. The movie looks cool but without the puppets and strings it may lack the heart of the original series.

[Reply #59 on:]

@Barney: I copied that quote off the link you gave on the previous page 

Does anyone remember Penny Crayon?

[Reply #60 on:]

Penny Crayon? Rings a bell...

But nothing can compare to "The Poddignton Peas" - what a theme song 

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what about voltron(with the cool tigers) or g-force (when they formed that flaming pheonix) and that all time greatest astro boy (sorry if someone metioned these before but im from the tv generation and have a 4 second attention span

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i forgot to mention the dukes of hazard unsurpassed for story line character development and plot ( have the general lee drive round real fast and total a min of 3 cop cars per chase) ahh the good ol days when reality had little to nothing to do with all television

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Originally posted by sheep555:
Penny Crayon? Rings a bell...

But nothing can compare to "The Poddignton Peas" - what a theme song   

Down at the bottom of the garden, among the birds and the bees (or was it trees?)...

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Gummi Bears
The Racoons

Pole position (my favourite! )

Centurions
Heman
Jason and the Argonauts
Trap Door
The Visionaries
Starcom
The M.A.S.K (not jim carrey mask)
Thundercats
Jonny Quest
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Bravestar
Captain N: Gamemaster (I loved this show - princess turned me on)
Galaxy High
Ghost Busters
Incredible Hulk (old one)
Jetsons
Transformers
Button Moon
Banana Man (when eric eats a banana...)

Ulysses 31 (another favourite -

Oh my gosh. So many more I can think of.

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He was the best of them all!!!
Man, I loved Capain Future.

Edit: He really shows us what a man with a cannon in his chest can do!

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Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors


Ragdolly Anna (man, were I a little kid once)


Charlie Chalk


And here's an interesting one. QBert! (or was it spelt Q*Bert?)

[Reply #67 on:]

OMG! I just found the Pole Position theme song!!!!
 http://earlefamily4u.tripod.com/polepos.wav

WOW!!! THIS BRINGS  BACK MEMORIES!!!

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I loved the GummiBears as a kid. Me and my sister would watch it every Saturday moring. Back when there was a decent Disneyclub show on ITV. In recent years they have become shallow, soulless, and lack that sense of Disney magic.

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Charlton and the wheelies
Orm and Cheep

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Oh my god Kip! thanks for remening about Galaxy High. I use to love the show and I always had a crush on Doyle. He is a bit like Fry.

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Also the shows I remember are:

Gravedale High with


Victor and Hugo


Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures

Trap Door
The Shoe People


Sharkey & George


Hammerman

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The animated series of Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure was one of my favourite cartoons. I also remember the TV animated version of Back To The Future.



 Sharky And George was always shown at around 7am. And Hammerman! Those were the days...

C Bear and Jamal was also another favourite. There also used to be a show called The Hurricanes all about a football team. I can hear the theme tune now. Oh and 'Zero To Hero' in which Michael Owen came to life out of a boy's bedroom poster!

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Wishkid, with animated Macauly Culkin and his magic baseball glove

ProStars, where Wayne Gretzky, and 2 others (including the Bo Knows... guy) who fight sports-related crime

The Smogies, where evil poluters fought Suntots for magic coral so they could be forever young (I am not making that up)

Captain Planet and the Planeteers (forever immortialized in Robert Altman's Short Cuts)

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banana man and heman good call kip remeber super gran roger ramjet and of course the classic inspector gadget.

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Juliet you are my hero. Every time I bring up Victor and Hugo anywhere everyone always says "who?" They were so cool. And they tried to steal Dangermouse's car too. Gits.

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Roget Ramjet yeaaaah! Man, those where the days! Since this post has been up, I've been downloading loads of 80's cartoon stuff including theme songs and intro sequences. Good stuff! Keep this thread going! 

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I been trying to find somewhere to download Galaxy High, do you know where I can download it?

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Bugger that reminds me of several more cartoons I used to love - horray for Juli!

I loved Victor & Hugo! I even remember that Danger Mouse themed episode. I really liked David Jasons seeming impersonation of Peter Seller's "Bluebottle" character from The Goon Show (You have to be really old or really knowledgeable to know what I'm talking about though) when he played Hugo. 
Of course it goes without saying I loved Dangermouse and Count Dukula as well 

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Enter Bluebottle

I remember all these crappy cartoons but no-one ever says I'm their hero!

And the best cartoon was Batfink.