When I get upset (due to economic turmoil) I like to go to my special place, which is a little nostalgic. I really miss my stupid cartoon habits I had as a child. All the afternoons and Saturdays I sat on my rump… Ah those were the days. I miss my Laff-A-Lympics, Dastardly and Muttley always messing with Yogi and Boo Boo as they raced to an ever-so dignified finish. You had your Scooby-Doo, Hong Kong Phooey, and Hair Bear Bunch all in one show! (and Snagglepuss even!) But I gotta say nothing entertained me more as child than the Herculoids. That’s right… Zok the laser shooting dragon, Thundro the rock shooting rhino thingy, Igoo the rock dude with anger management issues – it was all good… Let us not forget the human crew that kept on getting into trouble (I smell a plot!…). It was pure craptastic gold. Ah those were the days my friend, I thought they’d never end…
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While I vividly remember the Laff-A-Lympics and USA Networks’ Cartoon Express, I have no memory of the Herculoids. So the question is, was I deprived? If so, should I sue my parents for punitive damages?
List of my top childhood cartoons:
1. Transformers
2. HeMan
3. GI Joe
4. Thunder Cats
5. Scooby Doo
6. Inspector Gadget
7. Go-Bots(aw, c’mon, don’t tell me you don’t remember those Transformer rip-offs that were still awesome!)
8. Debbie Does Dallas (whoops, not quite a cartoon…)
Ah Inspector Gadget….what a great cartoon.
Didn’t Number 8 come on right after Care Bears?
Alas a topic I can comment on with complete confidence. I would also like to include the Disney Afternoon to the discussion. Gummie Bears, Duck Tales (wah ooh ooh), Tale Spin, Rescue Rangers, and my personal favorite Gargoyles.
Greg I think you have a case. Herculoids was fantastic. A prehistoric version of lost in space.
Dinoriders – short lived but fricken aweosome
Nobody watched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
And Dinoriders was definitely awesome!
Good Call on TMNT.
What about Voltron?
Here’s a question. Did Voltron ever beat anything or anyone as individual robots?
Of course not, but I sure as hell had the sheets!
Star Blazers, Thundar the Barbarian, Robotech,
Plastic Man, Justice League(original), Smurfs, Snorkels, Top Cat, Heathcliffe, Schmoo, Aquaman, Spider Man and Friends (Had Ice Man), and holy shit I am old because I am willing to bet some of you never heard of a couple of these.
And no Voltron never beat anything without forming Voltron and that was the whole point of the show was to have you waiting to see Voltron.
I used to have a Voltron sword that you could pull a string on and it would say catch phrases from the show. So awesome.
Jim you are absolutely right, the first 20 minutes of the episode was nothing more than cartoon foreplay.
Pidge: “Hey Kieth, maybe we should just use the blazing sword right away.”
Kieth: “No i think we should fire missles and attack with the lions first”
Pidge: “Alls I’m saying is I’m seeing a patern here”
“Cartoon foreplay” Well put.
Damn Jack that was funny. Cartoon foreplay is definitely the way to put it. It was the same formula used by the Power Rangers that were a direct rip off of Voltron. Same thing with He-Man and She-ra or any other show that has an ultimate weapon. Thundercats also comes to mind.
“Sword of Omens, give me sight beyond sight.”
Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats HOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Sword of Omens with the eye of Thundera