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Alright, I'm bored, so let's stat a new thread.
What's the best cartoon of your childhood? I doubt it's the same, since for obvious reasons, the cartoon shown here are not the same.
As for example, I grew up watching Goldorak and Albator, two japanese cartoons, I don't know if they had the same name in english (Albator for sure, I saw the english name, anyway, he's a space pirate!)
Looney Tunes were funny, but you didn't need to see all episodes, so it's not exactly the same.
best? so not fair. you have the whole tex avery canon then theres henrys cat, mr ben, whacky races, catch the pidgeon, dangermouse, count duckula etc then for younger people the simpsons etc
Rocket Robin Hood (best theme tune ever, all about a band of brothers marching together)
or Sport Billy (and the ubiquitous omni sack)
Jamie and his magic torch...loved that, everytime i drive down a multi storey car park with a "helter skelter" exit i sing along!!! (just ask Kez and Annie!!)
I also totally loved the mini series ones, like 80 days around the world (Willy Fogg) and Cities of Gold, not to mention Battle of the planets....
Sigh... I can't beleive i'm gonna be 27 next week, i wanna be 5 again, life was easy then!!!
Liv
Again, too many I loved as a kid to list my favourite here:
TOM AND JERRY - of course DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY (WACKY RACES) MR BENN ROADRUNNER PEPPE LE PEW (THE SKUNK) SPEEDY GONZALES JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS SCOOBY DOO ROOBARB AND CUSTARD CAPTAIN PUGWASH THE PINK PANTHER SHOW BOSS CAT THE MOLE (a long-forgotten Czechoslovakian oldie - anyone remember this one?)
...and the list goes on....
Originally posted by WenOrder I was into robots when I was a kid, transformers and voltron use to occupy my afternoons
I was a HUGE Transformers fan. I began collecting the figures when I was 11 or 12, and then continues until I was something like 14 (but was too shy to admit!), and had an extensive Marvel comics collection (which I sold about 3 years ago to a comics store in DENVER, Colorado -- wow!).
Optimus Prime was my hero (I wish I had a voice like that), but somehow I preferred Megatron! But my all-time favorite Transformer always was Soundwave, which incidentally was the first figure I got. I think Soundwave was a secret member of Kraftwerk. 
Shockwave, the Constructicons, the Dinobots and the Insecticons were also VERY cool. 
Did you see the "Transformers: The Movie" ? That was a shock for me, as the Transformers always had a touch of humor in it before, but the movie was quite violent and involved the deaths of several loved caracters, including both Prime and Megatron (which became Galvatron). I still have the soundtrack LP of that movie! :D
I think the Hasbro company probably made focus groups after that which might explain why they managed to bring Optimus Prime back later on.
Ah, well.. the good times!
You might want to check these links:
http://www.transformers.com. They opened a collectors section which recaps the whole history of the Transformers, and you can even download the theme song from there.
http://tfarchive.com/index.shtml. A FANTASTIC SITE!
http://www.bigbot.com. An extensive and impressive site, made in Montreal.
There are SEVERAL other comic series I used to love, but I would be writing messages 4 times longer than Fingers if I began talking about these. 
P.S. I learned a lot of my english just by watching the Tranformers. Among the few words I could master very well when I was in my early teens were destroy, oblivion and anihilate. Cool, huh?
Loonie Tunes and Tex Avery's are still my favourites to this day and I will happily sit down to cheer Wile E. Coyote (Don't we all hate the Roadrunner? I do.)
Apart from that: Japanese Anime with two clear favourites: early Dragonball and Ranma 1/2 with very sexy undertones.
have a hanna barbera compilation cd of themes of their cartoons, scooby doo, flintstones, yoig bear, touche turtler etc etc
Anyone remember 'Wait 'till you father gets, until your father gets, wait till you father gets home'?
Originally posted by ROCKET MICK TOP CAT :D
'Top Cat' most definetly i watched it 'stoned' and understood what he(T C) was all about...a stich-up merchant lol..lol Great stuff! (not just for kids)'
Originally posted by Dufford Charleywood > Originally posted by ROCKET MICK> TOP CAT :D
'Top Cat' most definetly i watched it 'stoned' and understood what he(T C) was all about...a stich-up merchant lol..lol Great stuff! (not just for kids)'
well it was based on bilko, tc was bilko, benny the ball was doberman, not sure who chooch, spook etc were...
incidentally does anyone know the missing words in the theme?
top cat, the happy institutional leader of the gang, most friends get to call him tc, provided its .......
answer later.
Originally posted by Ruined in a B > Originally posted by WenOrder> I was into robots when I was a kid, transformers and voltron use to occupy my afternoons
I was a HUGE Transformers fan. I began collecting the figures when I was 11 or 12, and then continues until I was something like 14 (but was too shy to admit!), and had an extensive Marvel comics collection (which I sold about 3 years ago to a comics store in DENVER, Colorado -- wow!).
Optimus Prime was my hero (I wish I had a voice like that), but somehow I preferred Megatron! But my all-time favorite Transformer always was Soundwave, which incidentally was the first figure I got. I think Soundwave was a secret member of Kraftwerk.
Shockwave, the Constructicons, the Dinobots and the Insecticons were also VERY cool.
Did you see the "Transformers: The Movie" ? That was a shock for me, as the Transformers always had a touch of humor in it before, but the movie was quite violent and involved the deaths of several loved caracters, including both Prime and Megatron (which became Galvatron). I still have the soundtrack LP of that movie! :D
I think the Hasbro company probably made focus groups after that which might explain why they managed to bring Optimus Prime back later on.
Ah, well.. the good times!
You might want to check these links:
http://www.transformers.com. They opened a collectors section which recaps the whole history of the Transformers, and you can even download the theme song from there.
http://tfarchive.com/index.shtml. A FANTASTIC SITE!
http://www.bigbot.com. An extensive and impressive site, made in Montreal.
There are SEVERAL other comic series I used to love, but I would be writing messages 4 times longer than Fingers if I began talking about these.
P.S. I learned a lot of my english just by watching the Tranformers. Among the few words I could master very well when I was in my early teens were destroy, oblivion and anihilate. Cool, huh?
I use to collect transformers as well. Right now I wish I didn't sell them off for 50 cent each. I could have mad more money off of them these days.
I did see the movie, that was one of my highlight of my childhood at the time. I was so shocked seeing some of my favorite charecters getting killed off at the beginning, and that one scene, I can vaguely remember, where one of the autobots, maybe Prime, was cornered by a mountain, something was stuck, and he blurted out "damn it," or somthing like that. definately not the Transformer we saw on TV at the time. I hate to admit this, but I kinda gotten into the newer computer animated series. I was surprised how dark and complex the storylines were for a kid show.
Originally posted by Hank Wiseass©
Anyone remember 'Wait 'till you father gets, until your father gets, wait till you father gets home'?
Oh My God! Ian!! I thought i was the only one who remembered this! When i've mentioned it to people in the past they've tried to convince me i was making it up!!! I loved that one!
Liv
Hibble ... NO, it was piss.
And do you know why? ... because I saw the same early morning saturday TV show that ran that as a competition.
Originally posted by Liv > Originally posted by Hank Wiseass©
Anyone remember 'Wait 'till you father gets, until your father gets, wait till you father gets home'?
Oh My God! Ian!! I thought i was the only one who remembered this! When i've mentioned it to people in the past they've tried to convince me i was making it up!!! I loved that one!
Liv
Well I certainly recall modelling my whole existence on Chet the hippy drop-out son. Remember the McCarthyite neighbour with the tank? he was like a :square: That freaky nark really bummed me out.
Scooby Doo?
Only kidding, I think you're right. It was on about 11.00 at night for some reason. The Mom had a drawly voice and wore Deirdre type specs.
Originally posted by Hank Wiseass©
Scooby Doo?Only kidding, I think you're right. It was on about 11.00 at night for some reason. The Mom had a drawly voice and wore Deirdre type specs.
Deirdre type specs and MikeBaldwinaffair-era Deirdre hair? I think I do have some dim and distant memory of the cartoon in question...
Ha.......ha and furthermore, hehehehe just found this.
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is probably one of the lesser-known Hanna-Barbera productions (unless you remember it of course). Meet the Boyle family who live at 35 Elm Street.
Harry Boyle is the father of the family, who struggles his way though life supporting his family with a “why was I put on this planet attitude”. Pretty much your average worrying, old-fashioned father who constantly does battle with their “free thinking” kids really.
Irma is his wife who tries to put a bit of perspective in Harry’s life, permanently trying to convince him that everything isn’t as bad as it seems. Between them, they have three children.
The eldest is Chet, a 22 year-old college drop out who just sponges off the family, and doesn’t really have two braincells to rub together. He has a motorcycle, but not a job. Attempting to “find himself”, surfing, and postponing any direction for as long as possible are his main past times.
Alice is the eldest daughter, and the largest. She’s a 16 year-old romantic radical who only has one obsession in life, food. Trouble is that her life revolves around trying to lose weight.
And finally, there is the 9 year-old son, Jamie who always up for making a quick buck.
Their next-door neighbour is Ralph who probably invented the phrase “conspiracy theory”. He is convinced that everyone is a communist. 
This one is going in my favourites folder next to morocco mole and the Hitachi Liverpool kit.
Originally posted by Hank Wiseass©
> Originally posted by Liv> > > > Originally posted by Hank Wiseass©>
Anyone remember 'Wait 'till you father gets, until your father gets, wait till you father gets home'?
Oh My God! Ian!! I thought i was the only one who remembered this! When i've mentioned it to people in the past they've tried to convince me i was making it up!!! I loved that one!
Liv
Well I certainly recall modelling my whole existence on Chet the hippy drop-out son. Remember the McCarthyite neighbour with the tank? he was like a :square: That freaky nark really bummed me out.
Yeah I remember the son deffo, and the neighbour, he was called Ralph wasn't he? Did he used to be dressed in Army gear and carried guns? There was a daughter too, Alice. OOOh it's all flooding back now...
Liv
Originally posted by Huntsman Hibble ... NO, it was piss.And do you know why? ... because I saw the same early morning saturday TV show that ran that as a competition.
umm, i never saw that show. i just looked it up on the web cos it bugged me after getting the hanna barberra cartoon theme cd.
