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no mention of the Raccoons or Count Duckula
I loved the Raccoons on a Saturday morning.
Loved Looney Tunes cartoons and The Pink Panther Show. Another vote for Ulysees and Battle of the Planets too. The Transformers movie was another favourite and I have a soft spot for Hey Arnold and Dexter's Lab. Used to watch them both before setting off for work on a night shift in my late teens.
When my kids were growing up it was Wallace and Gromit and it's up there with the best
Marine Boy all the way.
Has anyone invented oxygum yet?
Three pages and only one mention of Mr Benn, surely some mistake.
Hopefully, the shopkeeper will now appear as if by magic. We can then all go and try on different outfits and have adventures.
Sharky and George
Poddington peas
pinky and the brain.
I guess fraggle Rock doesnt count.
Oooooo oooooooo Super Ted
Late to the thread but the Clangers hold a special place in my heart.
Yes I know not an actual cartoon.... if it has to be then probably the Roadrunner or Whacky Races.
Mr Benn was great "as if by magic, a shopkeeper appeared"
Also Jamie and the magic torch
I've just remembered one no-one has mentioned yet. Around the World with Willie Fogg.
The long-form cartoons, does anyone remember any of them ending? I have half a memory that broadcast of the final episode of Ulysses 31 got mucked about with because of Christmas scheduling so I missed it, but I may have made that up somewhere along the way. The ending to Dungeons & Dragons famously was written but never made, the script is out there on the Internet (it's called "Requiem").
Top Cat.
MASK and transformers were a favourite, and the toys you could get were brilliant! I may still have some in a box somewhere.
As for looney tunes it has to be foghorn leghorn! Cracks me up every time.
it has to be foghorn leghorn!
In later years he went on to play Fred Elliot in Corrie, I say, he went on to play Fred Elliot.
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I’ve just remembered one no-one has mentioned yet. Around the World with Willie Fogg.
Oh yeah, he was played by a lion character wasn't he?
The long-form cartoons, does anyone remember any of them ending?
No, they just went on interminably. That Eldorado one I'm convinced is probably still playing now in some alternate universe, that kid flying around on his golden eagle finding...I dunno, "clues".
There was a live action kids sci-fi series called The Girl From Tomorrow in the early 90's that went on forever as well.
There's a really good / nostalgic series on Netflix called 'The Toys That Made Us', there is an episode on He-Man and it goes into detail around the cartoon and the fact it was developed as a marketing tool for the toys.
Not sure if The Raccoons has been mentioned yet (I was informed the other day that one on my mates used to refer to his 'ahem' little chap as Cyril Sneer, make of that as you will!).
Hopefully, the shopkeeper will now appear as if by magic
I hated that shopkeeper- in my first year at primary I'd go home for lunch, whilst watching Mr Ben/Fingermouse/The Herbs/Pinky & Perky etc. When that bastard appeared it meant the show was nearly over & I had to go back to school.
Tom & Jerry (originals, not the 1960s? ones with the multicoloured text at the start where Jerry floats down & lands in the "Y" of his name- they were awful) is my no1 but that's not to say the others weren't great. Others that I liked (not sure if mentioned on prior pages) Hair Bear Bunch and Flintstones. And if we're including Mr Ben style animation- Captain Pugwash.
re Battle of the Planets, & the addition of 7-Zark-7 think the UK version was heavily edited/cut in a different order to the source so it helped pad the runtime and cover plot gaps
I remember Mr Benn was on around 1pm so you never got to watch it unless you were ill or something. I always saw it as a treat. Same with Mary mungo and midge. (I'm guessing they must have been aimed at pre school)
In later years he went on to play Fred Elliot in Corrie, I say, he went on to play Fred Elliot.
Must have lost his feathers along the way somewhere!!
Ulysses 31 was by far my favourite cartoon - used to get up at 6am on a Saturday to watch that on channel 4.
Probably followed by Dogtanian.
@cougar , Ulysses 31 does have an ending, it's on Youtube. I watched a lot of them, but not enough to remember much of the plot. Same for Cities of Gold, watched it for the sake of it, never really enjoyed it.
Always liked most of Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry etc.
Favourite was Transformers. Watched it on Wide Awake Club and I think Wacaday (ITV)? 5 minute clips during the week before school, I vaguely remember, and then maybe a full episode on a Saturday? Didn't watch the film until a good couple of years after it was released, wasn't aware of it I think. It's possible I watched part of the season that came after the film and wondering what the hell happened to most of the characters, It was on at Center Parcs, a year after they opened their first holiday park here (Sherwood) and they had their own TV channels I believe back then.
Liked He-Man, Thundercats, GI Joe, Mask, Centurions - all the toy adverts.
Battle of the Planets was early-ish morning on BBC 1 or 2. Never really liked it, still watched it for some reason too. A bit of a pattern of watching stuff but not liking it! And yes, I did play outside a lot too, so either a lot of this stuff was on in the winter or I had one busy childhood!
@cougar , Ulysses 31 does have an ending, it’s on Youtube. I watched a lot of them, but not enough to remember much of the plot. Same for Cities of Gold, watched it for the sake of it, never really enjoyed it.
Oh, interesting. I'll have a look.
Cities of Gold I watched and I remember all the character names but... I don't remember anything actually happening. It's been a while, mind!
Of course, if we're extending this remit to "Saturday lunchtime kids' TV,"
Ulysses 31 and The Mysterious Cities of Gold.
This. These were easily my favourites. I have no idea what happened in them. But I do remember a massive gold condor.
Edit Cheers Dick that'll give me something to watch with Mini 10 tonight.
I had some sort of pathological exemption to the themes for mysterious cities of gold and uylysses 31, put me off the whole things a bit.
Some cartoon music was just incredible though, that's almost a lost art now for tv. Raccoons still famous for it but this one is just phenomenal. Slightly rubbish series but still.
Someone mentioned ludvig! What the hell was that about??
Very bizarre, it was that last 5 minute slot on kids TV I think. I liked it.
Also willo the wisp, class. Kenneth williams voiceover, it couldn't fail!
Reading this has made me remember Brave Star. Similar vein to Thundercats, He-man etc. but there was a talking cybernetic horse with a gun called Mary-Jane (at least I think there was) and the main character had powers based on animals. Speed of the puma, eyes of the eagle, strength of the bear
Ivor the Engine. Remade for colour TV. And my kids enjoyed it too.
Battle of the Planets - just awesome after school.
Dogtanian and the thee Muskehounds - you’re already hearing the theme tune earworm as I write this! .
Dogtanian and the thee Muskehounds – you’re already hearing the theme tune earworm as I write this! .
As recycled in Elbow's "One Day Like This" which no-one other than me seems to have noticed.
Ren & Stimpy…. 6pm viewing at the time. Yes, really!
Henry’s Cat and Roobarb and Custard.
The theme tune to Roobarb and Custard is brilliant.
Loved all cartoons, Besides all those mentioned,
The Pink Panther. Theme tune will now be stuck in my head all night
Betty Boop
Gigantor
George of the Jungle
Land of the Giants
Weirdest, and not mentioned yet, Murun Buchstansangur, though I was quite grown up by then
Ren & Stimpy
"Hey Ren"
" Hey stimpy"
re Battle of the Planets, & the addition of 7-Zark-7 think the UK version was heavily edited/cut in a different order to the source so it helped pad the runtime and cover plot gaps
Never revisit your childhood, I watched the first episode of this and it was dire 🙂
Wot not ‘Fists of the North Star’ 🙂
Has anyone said sharky and george yet?
No contest - The Mysterious Cities of Gold - it seemed to go on for years too!!
Some great nostalgia on this thread.
Pigeon Street!
RM.
No contest – The Mysterious Cities of Gold – it seemed to go on for years too!!
Yep, it’s interesting if look at the Wikipedia on it , started off as a 40 episode Japanese series then got the French made sequel of 3 seasons of 26 episodes !!!
I have a feeling I caught a few then left school, I do like cartoons but working would probably mean different hours.
Weirdest, and not mentioned yet, Murun Buchstansangur, though I was quite grown up by then
Coincidentally, this popped into my head a week or so back so I rewatched an episode on YouTube. Murun went to the shop, and talked to a girl he liked. I remember loving it as a kid, where they all like that? Perhaps it was just illicit viewing, wasn't it on at like 1am or something silly?
Top Cat and Clangers.