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Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1275
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 9:09 am: |     |
I was recently trying to remember some animated tv specials that appeared in the late 70's. One was Rikki Tikki Tavi, which I found all over the internet (available for purchase on Amazon et. al.). But as I remember on the same night that RTT aired were at least two other animated specials. One was a non-disneyfied version of The Little Mermaid. The other was I think about a giant and his garden, but I can't remember more than images about that one. Might have been one more (assuming those three were 1/2 hour each).
Anyone remember these? Any idea where I can get more info on them online? |
Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1276
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 9:17 am: | |
So after a little more searching I believe The Little Mermaid was made in 1973 and featured Richard Chamberlain as the narrator. Can't find much more info that that though. |
Amory Blaine
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Username: Fscott74
Post Number: 40
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 9:52 am: | |
Rikki Tikki Tavi rocked! Funnily enough, according to Amazon it's being released on DVD on Jan 25 with the Yankee Doodle Cricket. The White Seal and The Cricket in Times Square DVD also comes out that day. I can't help with the Little Mermaid or the giant stories. But here's some other I remember watching:
The Waterbabies
Dot and the Kangaroo
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Hobbit
I find myself trying to remember all this stuff from my childhood too. Don't have kids yet, but when I do I fear that I won't be able to stop myself and will force them to watch H.R. Pufnstuf, The Land of the Lost, The Bugaloos, Schoolhouse Rock, etc., wasting untold sums on Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse dvd box sets...
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algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2862
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:13 am: | |
My son is heavily into Top Cat at the momenet -- he got a 4 CD set for Christmas -- something like 7 hours of Top Cat. If you have Comcast On Demand there are some great old cartoon under Boomerang and Classics -- Wizard of Oz series from the 60's and Hercules. Last weekend we watched lots of Dastardly Dog On Demand. I don't have issue with him watching good cartoons and there's nothing like snuggling up with a cup of hot chocolate and watching the Smurfs on a cold winter morning.
When we tire of Top Cat we have the first few seasons of The Flintstones. |
Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1277
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 11:14 am: | |
Ah the White Seal! That might have been the 4th I was thinking of. Loved the Cricket in Times Square as well, great book and animated version. Don't remember Waterbabies or Dot but I have read LWW countless times and enjoyed the animated version (although not nearly as much as the book). Same with the Hobbit.
Schoolhouse Rock is available on DVD, I will probably buy it for the kids when they get older. |
gemini
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Username: Gemini
Post Number: 357
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 1:37 pm: | |
On Demand Rocks, that's all we watch now. I've finally got rid of all my blues clues tapes, and dora too. I never thought I'd see the smurfs again! It's cute watching it with my kids, as I watched it as a kid. |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2866
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 1:50 pm: | |
On Demand is so great! I can say ONE cartoon and that's it. No "But MOM SpongeBob is on next". Isn't it freeing being done with Nick Jr? |
mickey
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Username: Mickey
Post Number: 202
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 7:26 pm: | |
Remember the Banana Splits? "One banana, two banana three four, four bananas make a bunch,..." and then something else. "La la la, La-la-la La, etc...
Anyone? Or do I sound like a freak? |
Derek
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Username: Derek
Post Number: 130
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:08 pm: | |
Conjunction junction, what's your function? |
Hank Zona
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Username: Hankzona
Post Number: 1944
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Thursday, January 20, 2005 - 10:25 pm: | |
Liz Phair did a good cover of that song, mickey. They also had Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp on that show I believe.
Schoolhouse Rocks is really good...the videos, the music, the book..my kids have really enjoyed it.
My faves were usually not actual cartoons, but stop action and supermarionation...Gumby, The Thunderbirds, and of course, Davey and Goliath. You knew they were near the end of their run when Goliath looked dusty and Davey's hair was chipped. Astroboy was my first favorite cartoon (and Halloween costume)..I had no idea I was into anime until a couple of years ago when I saw the Astroboy comic book series. Kimba the White Lion was great...and of course...
But the way coolest cartoon was from the 60s...Rocky and Bullwinkle. |
Wendyn
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Username: Wendyn
Post Number: 1283
Registered: 9-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 8:25 am: | |
Anyone watch Star Blazers? One of the first Anime shows to be on in the US.
The kid's performer Ralph's World does a version of the Banana Split song so I hear it all the time! |
Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 452
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 8:38 am: | |
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Just The Aunt
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Username: Auntof13
Post Number: 454
Registered: 1-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 8:44 am: | |
More lyrics at http://www.culttelly.co.uk
The Banana Splits
Written by Ritchie Adams & Mark Barkan
One banana, two banana, three banana, four
Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more.
Over hill and highway the banana buggies go
Comin' to bring you the Banana Split show
Makin' up a mess of fun, makin' up a mess of fun
Lots of fun for everyone
(CHORUS)
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
Four banana, three banana, two banana, one
All bananas playin' in the bright warm sun.
Flippin' like a pancake, popping like a cork
Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper an' Snork
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Two banana, four banana, one banana, three
Swingin' like a bunch on monkeys, hangin' from a tree.
Hey there, ev'rybody, won't you come along and see
How much like Banana Splits ev'ryone can be
(REPEAT CHORUS)
Makin up a mess of fun
Makin up a mess of fun
Happiness for ev'ryone
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la |
mickey
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Username: Mickey
Post Number: 203
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 8:54 am: | |
Ah, yes Aunt, thank you.
Was this song also on the Banana Splits: "Oranges Poranges.....Who says there ain't no rhyme for oranges?" ??? |
SoOrLady
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Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 1707
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 8:57 am: | |
Now that we're into non-animated shows.. remember the Magic Garden?
"It's nice to say hello.." |
LilLB
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Username: Lillb
Post Number: 357
Registered: 10-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:04 am: | |
See ya...See ya. Hope you had a good good time. Da Dum! Hope ya have a good good mornin....To ya (or something like that). Loved the chuckle patch. They made me chuckle.
What about The Jackson 5 cartoon. Loved that one. Oh - and Underdog, Rocky & Bullwinkle. My mom used to take us to Carol's, which was like a Burger King in upstate NY, to get the Rocky & Bullwinkle glasses they'd give away with a soda order. That was before the days of the Happy Meal.
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algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2871
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:06 am: | |
Love the Banana Splits. How about the Barba Papas?
I'm certain it was a Hanna-Barbara but I don't see it on this list :
http://members.aol.com/vanman2677/hbserie.html |
Derek
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Username: Derek
Post Number: 136
Registered: 5-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:11 am: | |
LilLB,
The "Da Dum!" in that song is "Bye Now!" |
SoOrLady
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Username: Soorlady
Post Number: 1708
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:45 am: | |
Alg - Barba Papa - Smoo-ish looking creatures with look-alike children (except one that looked a bit like Cousin Itt)? My daughter had books, but I didn't know that there was a TV show. |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2873
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:57 am: | |
Oh yes. The song went
"this is the story of Barba Papa, and all of the other Barba Papas. They can change their shapes and sizes very easily ..."
It was on very early in the monring -- that's all I remember.
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algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2874
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 9:58 am: | |
found them
http://www.naughtykitty.org/barbapapa/barbameet.html |
Amory Blaine
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Username: Fscott74
Post Number: 42
Registered: 10-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:09 am: | |
I wonder what those wackos who are worried about Spongebob would've said about the Magic Garden... |
gozerbrown
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Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 614
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:36 am: | |
New Zoo Revue
All these shows are what I imagine drug trips to be like. |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2880
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:38 am: | |
It's the New Zoo Review coming right at you. With lots of ??? animal and ?? things to do.
How about the Jackson 5 Cartoon or The Brady Bunch cartoon?
The New Zoo Review was a guilty pleasure of mine. It was really so lame but I remember being in 6th or 7th grade and watching everyday one summer. |
gozerbrown
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Username: Gozerbrown
Post Number: 616
Registered: 3-2002
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:41 am: | |
Occasionally I still catch it Saturday mornings really early. It's so creepy!
A couple of months ago, they showed HR Pufenstuff on TV Land really late at night. It was almost scary watching it at night. That flute thing was bizarre. Ah heck, the whole thing is bizarre. |
algebra2
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Username: Algebra2
Post Number: 2881
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 21, 2005 - 10:46 am: | |
My parents have HR Puff n Stuff videos. They bore me. My older sisters liked it -- I was more Super Friends, Smurfs, Richie Rich, Scooby Doo, Josie and the Pussycats ... all those ones on Boomerang. |
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