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Fraggle Rock - currently on Amazon Prime UK. I never knew this but when they made it all the human parts (with the man and dog) were designed to be unique to different territories. Whilst the USA/Canada version was the most widely used, several regions had their own, the UK had a man in a lighthouse, whilst the USA was a man in a workshop. The latter is the one on Amazon since the UK one lost many episodes over time though I believe there are DVD's of most of them found now (motsly through peoples VHS)
Dungeons and Dragons - I really shouldn't have to say much on this one!
Pirates of Blackwater - really sad that this one ended so soon and never got to have a loner series or multiple series.
Conan the Adventurer!
Animals of Farthing Wood - chances are they'll never remake a series like this. It's right up there with Plague Dogs and Watership Down
Prince Valient - Camelot and knights on horseback. Swordfights and all! Great fun and a very low-magic approach which hid merlins magical element really well and thus presented quite a more low-magic fantasy story.
Super Ted - funny story for this one. Back when I was at school they had Saturday School, which we all hated. I am told (and dimly recall) that one day the head of the school asked me what I thought about it and I said that I disliked Saturday school because I was missing Superted!
I've no idea if he agreed with me or not but I do happen to know that Saturday school DID go away!!
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Not Saturday mornings, rather weekday afternoons, but I was always partial to Mysterious Cities of Gold:
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and Around the World with Willy Fogg:
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Despite the BBC running Cities of Gold at least three times during my childhood, it wasn't until about ten years ago in my late 20s that I finally saw the first episode; it always seemed to be on at the same time as something on CITV on the other side, so in those days before VCRs I'd watch Cities of Gold one day and He-Man the next, alternating.
Ulysses 31 is a work of genius, and if I had a 3D printer, I'd have the Oddysey on my miniatures shelf.
Ulysses, Cities of Gold, Willy Fogg and a load of others I also watched (Dogtanian, among others) were all European - Japanese collaborations; Willy Fogg was Spanish, the rest French, IIRC.
Oh, and one I used to watch at lunchtimes at secondary school:
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(The English dub is the best, IMO, done in the same way as The Magic Roundabout; they took the show, chucked out the script and wrote their own. The American version is closer to the French original in tone, and is a bit po-faced and boring)
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I most remember SWAT KATS- The Radical Squadron, The Exosquad, and this miniseries they kept showing about a ball of fur that lived on Mars...Red Planet.
Oooh, and Arthur and the Knights of Justice. That was 100% Saturday Morning Cartoon.
Klawz-Ramming is a subset of citrus fruit?
Gwar- "And everyone wants a bigger Spleen!"
Mercurial wrote:
I admire your aplomb and instate you as Baron of the Seas and Lord Marshall of Privateers.
Orkeosaurus wrote:Star Trek also said we'd have X-Wings by now. We all see how that prediction turned out.
Orkeosaurus, on homophobia, the nature of homosexuality, and the greatness of George Takei.
English doesn't borrow from other languages. It follows them down dark alleyways and mugs them for loose grammar.
Did we ever get a terrestrial airing of the GI Joe cartoon? It was out the same time as He-Man, Transformers and Thundercats. But I really do not remember ever seeing it, outside of a commercial VHS my cousin had?
Fed up of Scalpers? But still want your Exclusives? Why not join us?
Did we ever get a terrestrial airing of the GI Joe cartoon? It was out the same time as He-Man, Transformers and Thundercats. But I really do not remember ever seeing it, outside of a commercial VHS my cousin had?
I can't recall, but being born near the end of the 80s I sort of missed several of those shows the first time they came around. It might be something that appeared only on "SKY" back then. Or if it got a TV viewing it might have been on Channel 4 (yes I know they didn't really do much for kids, but back then our TV came through an aerial in a pear tree so Channel 4 was very spotty - and when Channel 5 appeared it was basically mythological to us)
The only good Xmen! Back when Rogue was a kick ass texan who didn't take stick from no one; back when wolvarine was just another of the epic Xmen instead of the posterchild and when Storm could summon STORMS not just a small bolt here and there. Also whatever happened to Jubilee - she seems to have been utterly forgotten by the modern era. Then again they also left Gambit out for ages too!
Bikermice from MARS
Dragonflies - always a shame we never got more series like this!
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GI Joe was imported to the European Market under the name Action Force.
My 6 year old is now a professed fan of Joe, Jonny Quest, Tom and Jerry, Popeye, and He-Man. Robotech and Voltron make her list, but my wife says they're too inappropriate for her age. Tubi on Roku, Boomerang on Amazon Prime, and even Amazon Prime proper give tons of old cartoon goodness for those willing to look.
AndrewGPaul wrote: Not Saturday mornings, rather weekday afternoons, but I was always partial to Mysterious Cities of Gold:
Spoiler:
and Around the World with Willy Fogg:
Spoiler:
Despite the BBC running Cities of Gold at least three times during my childhood, it wasn't until about ten years ago in my late 20s that I finally saw the first episode; it always seemed to be on at the same time as something on CITV on the other side, so in those days before VCRs I'd watch Cities of Gold one day and He-Man the next, alternating.
Ulysses 31 is a work of genius, and if I had a 3D printer, I'd have the Oddysey on my miniatures shelf.
Ulysses, Cities of Gold, Willy Fogg and a load of others I also watched (Dogtanian, among others) were all European - Japanese collaborations; Willy Fogg was Spanish, the rest French, IIRC.
Oh, and one I used to watch at lunchtimes at secondary school:
Spoiler:
(The English dub is the best, IMO, done in the same way as The Magic Roundabout; they took the show, chucked out the script and wrote their own. The American version is closer to the French original in tone, and is a bit po-faced and boring)
Ha! I had exactly the same thing with Cities of Gold, except, to this day, I have never seen the first episode!
Also used to watch Insektors with my whole family, as we all thought it was hilarious (the UK dub was kind of nuts).
Finally, how has no-one mentioned the Raccoons yet?
Other cartoons that got watched during lunchtimes at secondary school were all the Oliver Postgate and Michael Bond classics; Ivor the Engine, The Herbs, Trumpton, Bagpuss, The Clangers, etc.
Perosnally, although I loved Bagpuss as a child, it's incredibly dull and formulaic watching it back. Best left to the nostalgia, I feel. Ivor the Engine is still worth a watch, though. Also, did you know an episode of The Clangers had its script re-written to remove profanity?
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