Today’s children will never understand the excitement of Saturday mornings with only 4 channels and 3 hours of children tv. What was your favourite cartoons back in the day.
Jamie & the magic touch
Danger Mouse
dungeons & Dragons
thundercats
He-Man
Thunderbirds
Even listing them brings back memories  |
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"Too many to choose tbh but I'll go with some that seem to get a little less love.
Mysterious cites of gold
Count duckula
Dogtanian and the muskerhounds
Centurions
Bananaman"
Totally with you with Dogtanian can even remember the song at the beginning (all for one and one for all) lol
good shout out for Count Dukula |
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4 channels? Luxury!
In South Africa in the 80s we had 1 channel (English/Afrikaans) then 2 (second one was Zulu/Sotho/Tswana). Tv broadcasts only started at about 4pm and finished before midnight except on Saturday. Saturday afternoon was wall to wall sport.
Kids got about an hour and a half at the most in the late afternoon.
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Having said that...
I loved animated Spider-man from the mid 80s onwards, dubbed into Sotho (Rrabobbi - literally, Mr Spider). They had English soundtrack in simulcast on one of the SABC radio channels, so you watched the show with the sound down and the radio on, and if you were lucky they were in sync.
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"Around the world with Willy Fog
I only found out in last year that this had a follow up series in the 90s"
I only found out a few seconds ago!
Off to Google I go....
Oh, and Thundercats is the king of the 80s cartoons |
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Shoe People
Nellie the Elephant
Penny Crayon
Family Ness
Babar
Zzzap!
Galaxy High
Denver the last dinosaur
Bangers and mash
Spot
James the Cat
Stop it and tidy up (narrated by Terry Wogan)
Attack of the killer tomatoes
Visionaries
Too many to name. Last time I did a tally it came to nearly 400. |
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I was in my late thirties in the fifties. I didn't have time to watch t.v. with a job and children.
I remember the 50's and 60's . There was NO t.v. not until much later and even then there was only BBC 1. We listened to Children's Hour on the radio , to programmes like 'The Wooden Tops' and 'Andy Pandy' or just good old stories like Aesop's Fables and Enid Blyton Classics.
When telly came there was NO day time t.v.
Telly didn't start until tea time and the cartoons available were Popeye the Sailor Man , Bugs Bunny etc All American
My favourite cartoon of all time was and is Rocky and Bullwinkle.
There was no t.v. on Sunday's and on all other days t.v finished at about 11 p.m when there would be an epilogue. |
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I remember all of the cartoon theme songs, yet strangely I can't remember what happened in any of the episodes. I must have enjoyed the intro music and then zoned out. Same with school. I remember all of the teachers, but thinking back all those years I can barely recall any of the lessons. Just the sound of the teachers yelling over the noise and kids spitting paper pellets. |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS 1 week ago
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British cartoons:
Danger Mouse and Count Duckula - my mum would watch these with us, as there was just as much in it for adults as us kids.
Jamie and the Magic Torch - I'm sure the theme tune was by ELO and remember it all being downhill after the theme had ended.
Ivor the Engine and Willow the Wisp - these always appeared in odd 5 minute slots before the news or something and I never really got them.
Japanese sagas that went on forever:
Dogtanian - irritating theme tune, but enjoyable cartoon that I never saw the end of.
Mysterious Cities of Gold - probably on telly for 6 months of the year and I was dead chuffed to see the final episode where it turned out to all be related to Atlantis. Actually completing one of these serials was tricky, because:
Round the World in 80 Days - went on forever and I missed most of it, because my dad was on shifts and would be home and in control of 'his' telly and with no portable, it was whatever he wanted to watch unless my mum made a point of seeing something.
American Imports:
He Man - basically a morality play for squares.
Transformers - a toy line with a 20 minute advert posing as a cartoon and no less for it. I still have Megatron.
Dungeons and Dragons - the source of endless arguments over who got to play as the chap with the magic bow.
Bat Fink - made on a budget of 2 and 6 and great. Still very quotable.
Stop the Pidgeon - immense fun.
Captain Caveman/Scooby Doo - enjoyable enough, but always with the depth of a puddle.
Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - this was fantastic and was only shown one Christmas holiday. It was basically the Simpsons or a cartoon comedy drama and I loved it. Way before its time and only one episode is on Youtube, which is an immense shame.
Inspector Gadget - enjoyable enough, but nothing that you'd give up your turn on the Spectrum 48k to watch.
Ulysses - I remember Phillip Schofield rocking out to it in the BBC broom closet, but other than that, it was a yawn fest.
Godzilla - excellent stuff.
Spiderman and his amazing friends - this was a lot of fun, even if as a kid you still knew you were only seeing the tip of an iceberg.
Film/Tv tie ins:
Boss Cat - absolutely brilliant - my mum would watch this with us, too.
Real Ghost Busters - a bit patchy, but worth rushing home from school to see in its early years.
Flash Gordon - looked great, but only saw a few episodes over the Christmas holidays. I remember wondering where the Queen soundtrack had gotten to, as this would have made it awesome. |
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