Talkin' 'bout my generation...
WoemCats
an add jingle from when I was little will pop into my head... For exa,ple:
"Nintendo, it's for breakfast now!
Nintendo, it's a cereal, WOW!
Nintendo, Super Mario jumps!
Nintendo, with a breakfast crunch!"
And because everyone I work with is within two years of my age, they often
remember the words as well. Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old shows...
For example, I can still sing the words to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
It's TALKIN' PEE-WEE!
Joel
<woem...@aol.com>
Installed a T1 line in my house
Always on my PC, double-clickin' on my mizouse
Commander Crayfish
>"Nintendo, it's for breakfast now!
>Nintendo, it's a cereal, WOW!
>Nintendo, Super Mario jumps!
>Nintendo, with a breakfast crunch!"
>
>And because everyone I work with is within two years of my age, they often
>remember the words as well.
Ah, but do you remember the original "rap" Zelda ads?
"It's the Legend of Zelda, and it's really RAD! Those creatures from Gannon are
really BAD!"
(the next verse is mentally garbled- something like "Octeroids, Teptites, and
Leapers too! But with your help, our hero pulls through! Yeah!
Yiggy-yiggy-yeah!")
>Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths?
Ice Cream Jones. He's bringing the kids his ice cream cones. A crunchy new
cereal for breakfast, with the great taste--
<beat>
Of ice cream cones! Whoaaaaaah!
<whiny kids appear>
"I want vanilla!"
"Give me chocolate chip!"
"They look like little ice cream cones!"
"And TASTE like 'em! Mmm!"
NEWWWWWW ICE CREAM CONES CEREAL!
You have no idea how many episodes of Transformers this ad absolutely ruined
for me.
>For example, I can still sing the words to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
"Denver, the last dinosaur! He's my friend and a whole lot more! Denver, the
last dinosaur! Show's me a world I sawwwww before! Everywhere I go! I don't
really care! If people stop and stare at my pal dino! From pre-history, to the
rock-and-roll spot light, I've found a friend who helps me make it through all
RIIIIIIIGHT! That's Denver, the last dinosaur! He's my friend, and a whole lot
more!" (repeat until it haunts your dreams for the rest of your life)
You know, it horrifies me that this generation is fast approaching some
positions of relative power. And I'm a member of it. ;-)
Chris Cooper
Commander Crayfish wrote:
> woem...@aol.com.Miamore (WoemCats) wrote:
>
> >"Nintendo, it's for breakfast now!
> >Nintendo, it's a cereal, WOW!
> >Nintendo, Super Mario jumps!
> >Nintendo, with a breakfast crunch!"
> >
> >And because everyone I work with is within two years of my age, they often
> >remember the words as well.
>
> Ah, but do you remember the original "rap" Zelda ads?
> "It's the Legend of Zelda, and it's really RAD! Those creatures from Gannon are
> really BAD!"
> (the next verse is mentally garbled- something like "Octeroids, Teptites, and
> Leapers too! But with your help, our hero pulls through! Yeah!
> Yiggy-yiggy-yeah!")
>
THANK YOU!!! Finally someone else who actually remembers the words to the Nintendo
Cereal commercial *AND* the old Zelda "rap" ads!! I can't even count the many
times that both of those have popped into my head and I would sing them to a friend
and they'd look at me like I was crazy or laugh at me as if I'd just made it up on
the spot. Once again I thank you! :P
Chris
MSTie# 83999
WoemCats
>Nintendo
>Cereal commercial *AND* the old Zelda "rap" ads!! I can't even count the
>many
>times that both of those have popped into my head and I would sing them to a
>friend
>and they'd look at me like I was crazy or laugh at me as if I'd just made it
>up on
>the spot. Once again I thank you! :P
Hey, I have one... it was the old MC Hammer doll...
"MC... Hammertime!
Freak to the beat, like that!
With MC Hammer you're ready to rap!
Sing along! Or make up your own!
You can get hot 'cause the Hammer's Comin' home!"
>Chris
>MSTie# 83999
RATMM's Nanite®
>Hey, I was just wondering something. Every
>once in a while when I am at work, an add jingle
>from when I was little will pop into my head...
>For exa,ple:
>"Nintendo, it's for breakfast now!
>Nintendo, it's a cereal, WOW!
>Nintendo, Super Mario jumps!
>Nintendo, with a breakfast crunch!"
>And because everyone I work with is within two
>years of my age, they often remember the
>words as well. Anyway, this raised a question:
>What jingles from your (you RATMMer, you!)
>remember from your youths? Also weird old
>shows... For example, I can still sing the words
>to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
Ahem...
YA GOTTA WAIT FO' DA BEEP!
NOBODY'S HOME!
NOBODY'S HOME!
--Paul
Okay, I'm done now...
Eric the Redd
woem...@aol.com.Miamore (WoemCats) wrote:
> And because everyone I work with is within two years of my age, they
often
> remember the words as well. Anyway, this raised a question: What
jingles from
> your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old
shows...
> For example, I can still sing the words to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
I think I still have the very first episode on tape. I can sing it too,
that is really pathetic. I remember the Gummy Bears and can still sing
it. The Smurfs, Transformers, G. I. Joe, Ghostbusters, and Mr. Rogers
are some others I remember. I remember very vaguely the Carebears. I
used to get up before the crack of dawn to sit in front of the test
pattern so I wouldn't miss any cartoons on Saturday morning.
--
Eric the Redd
"The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."
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Eric the Redd
pmba...@webtv.net (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?RATMM's_Nanite=AE?=) wrote:
> Ahem...
>
> YA GOTTA WAIT FO' DA BEEP!
>
> NOBODY'S HOME!
> NOBODY'S HOME!
I remember that!!!!!!! God, I wanted that tape so bad it hurt. I used
to wait for that ad to come on so I could talk and sing along with it.
Eric the Redd
woem...@aol.com.Miamore (WoemCats) wrote:
> Hey, I have one... it was the old MC Hammer doll...
>
> "MC... Hammertime!
> Freak to the beat, like that!
> With MC Hammer you're ready to rap!
> Sing along! Or make up your own!
> You can get hot 'cause the Hammer's Comin' home!"
I thought that I had forgotten that, now you have to bring it up. That
scares me worse than I think the Blair Witch will. THE HORROR!!!! My
retinas are burning!!!
Brewing Tea
>that is really pathetic. I remember the Gummy Bears
"Gummy Bears!
Bouncing here and there and everywhere!
High adventure that's beyond compare!
They are the Gummy Bears!"
Now try and get that song out of your head.
Darkhop
>
> Hey, I was just wondering something. Every once in a while when I am at work,
> an add jingle from when I was little will pop into my head... For exa,ple:
>
> "Nintendo, it's for breakfast now!
> Nintendo, it's a cereal, WOW!
> Nintendo, Super Mario jumps!
> Nintendo, with a breakfast crunch!"
>
> remember the words as well. Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
> your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old shows...
> For example, I can still sing the words to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
>
"You knocked my block off!" -- Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots, circa 1965.
I just recently acquired a laserdisc with four episodes of Gigantor,
from the same time period. "Gigantor the space age robot! He's at your
command!" etc.-- Thought I'd get a good nostalgia dose, but these
weren't particularly clever cartoons, although you could call 'em
forerunners of anime.
Didn't the "ancient Chinese secret" Calgon commercial run for, like, 40
years?
Also, some deodorant (I think) commercial from the 60s, set in a
laundromat.
"Can you get this spot out?"
"Sure is hot out!"
"It's hotter in here. Whoo! I feel like a wet rag!"
I've no idea why I remember that.
I've a better idea why I remember a shaving cream ad from the early 70s
which had models cooing "Take it all off" at football players (Namath) &
the like. Gosh, that was clever.
Lessee now: "The wethead is dead." "Only her hairdresser knows for
sure." "Me & my Winstons, we got a real good thing." (Carlin: "What are
they doing with those cigarettes?")
There's likely more, but I think I ought to go earn my salary a bit--
/JSH
Derek Janssen
>
> Didn't the "ancient Chinese secret" Calgon commercial run for, like, 40
> years?
>
Nick TVLand, after airing the TV Guide 50 Greatest Commercials retro, as
now permanently added the 50 to their repertoire of Retromercials, mixed
in with their regular commercials--
And they seem to have a taste for running "Mama mia, thatsa spicy
meatsaballa" even *more* than Michael J. Fox, Fred the Donut Baker, or
Iron Eyes Cody...
Derek Janssen (oy, and after twenty years I thought I'd forgotten
"Meetsy, mightsy, mootsy...ehhh...")
dja...@ultranet.com
Rachel Ward
woem...@aol.com.Miamore (WoemCats) wrote:
>Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths?
"At McDonalds, we do it all for you-oo!"
Of course, in my family we changed the words a bit. "At McDonalds, we boil
your head in stew!" "At McDonalds, we serve you bubbly goo!"
Rachel
This could explain a lot.
Rachel Ward / Isolde / Bodacious Sylph O' Nekkidity / Wench 422 / MiSTie
91289
"A blisful lyf, a paisible and a swete,
Ledden the peples in the former age." Chaucer, "The Former Age."
"Very well, the motion carries," Doug smiled. "Let it go into the record
that Go West has decided, by unanimous vote I might add, to leave the
world-saving to the big guys. Should the world still be imperiled at our
next hot tub meeting, we shall consider a recount." _Go West_, Chapter 12,
by Jeremy Bottroff
UCFKevin
I always wondered if my roommate and I were the only people on the face of the
earth that remembered the Nintendo cereal song.
And as for getting the GummyBears song out of my head, why would I want to? One
of the best cartoon theme songs there is! Aside from DuckTales and Gargoyles,
of course.
Darkhop
>
> In article <19990730011920...@ng-fa1.aol.com> ,
> woem...@aol.com.Miamore (WoemCats) wrote:
>
> >Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
> >your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths?
>
> "At McDonalds, we do it all for you-oo!"
>
> Of course, in my family we changed the words a bit. "At McDonalds, we boil
> your head in stew!" "At McDonalds, we serve you bubbly goo!"
Ah, that reminds me of the McD jingle we made fun of in grade school:
"McDonald's is your kind of place / They serve you rattlesnakes / They
stuff 'em in your face / They have no parking place--"
Or the one for Comet cleanser;
"Comet: it makes your mouth turn green! Comet: It tastes like Listerine.
"Comet: it makes you vomit, so get some Comet, and vomit, todayyyyy!"
(Remember, I said grade school: not clever school)
> Rachel
> This could explain a lot.
Doesn't everything?
/JSH
Brewing Tea
I don't recall the "Gargoyles" theme, but I absolutely *HATED* the
"Rescue Rangers" theme!!! I also didn't like the show, but that's no
big deal...
UCFKevin
>I don't recall the "Gargoyles" theme, but I absolutely *HATED* the
>"Rescue Rangers" theme!!! I also didn't like the show, but that's no
>big deal...
>
You mean you didn't like:
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Chip and Dale! Rescue Rangers!
Brock LaReau: the Wall Of Sound
wrote:
<snipkeeba>
>>Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
>>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths?
>
>Ice Cream Jones. He's bringing the kids his ice cream cones. A crunchy new
>cereal for breakfast, with the great taste--
><beat>
>Of ice cream cones! Whoaaaaaah!
><whiny kids appear>
>"I want vanilla!"
>"Give me chocolate chip!"
>"They look like little ice cream cones!"
>"And TASTE like 'em! Mmm!"
>
>NEWWWWWW ICE CREAM CONES CEREAL!
>
I remember the jingle as
My name's Ice Cream Jones (ding ding ding ding ding)
And here's new Ice Cream Cones
okay diggind deep into the evil....
<shows kids playing with little monkey-like stuffed animals>
Monchichi, Monchichi,
oh so soft and cuddly
something something sooooomething
something something sooooomething
ha ha Ha!
ha Ha HA!
HAAPPY HAAAPPYY MONCHICHIIIIIIIIIIIII!!
Transformers! More than meets the eye!
Transformers! Robots in disguise!
Brock LaReau: the Wall Of Sound
ooooour Star Blazeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrsss!!!
Stephen Cooke
On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, Brock LaReau: the Wall Of Sound wrote:
> ooooour Star Blazeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrsss!!!
Ah yes, Star Blazers. Our rendition of the theme went something like this:
We come from outer space
To sit upon your face...
swac
Whaddya want, it was grade 7!
Rottweiler
>
(re: "Rescue Rangers")
> Ods bodikin, what a peculiar concept for a cartoon. Not as odd as "Tailspin"
> ("I've got it! We'll take the animal characters from 'The Jungle Book' and
> have them flying planes! And the monkey can tend bar!"),
The really inexplicable, albeit very cool, thing about "Tailspin" was
that they set it in the 1930s as interpreted by the pulp magazines of
the period. How many cartoons feature air pirates and do episodes
involving radio dramas?
What's even weirder is that Disney kinda-sorta did the same thing in
their next weekday afternoon cartoon, "Darkwing Duck", by dressing the
titular character in a double-breasted suit, fedora, and cloak and
arming him with a gas gun.
--
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-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-+-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
"Teacher Teacher, how can you teach, when all the grownups just want you
to preach? How can you teach the kids to think for themselves, with all
the censors stealing books from your shelves?" - Leslie Fish
Joe Blevins
present to you the jingle for Gremlins cereal.
Are you HUNGRY...?
Hungry as a GREMLIN??????
Gremlins, Gremlins
Bite after bite
What a tasty way to satisfy
A Gremlin appetite!
If you don't remember this jingle, the melody was somewhat similar to
the "Oompah Loompah" song.
--Joe--
P.S. - Smurfberry Crunch is fun to eat...
Norb42
Sometimes, some crimes
Go slippin' through the cracks
But these two
Gumshoes
Are pickin' up the slack
There's no case too big, no case too small
When you need help, just call...
Ch-ch-ch-Chip and Dale's!
Rescue Rangers!
Ods bodikin, what a peculiar concept for a cartoon. Not as odd as "Tailspin"
("I've got it! We'll take the animal characters from 'The Jungle Book' and
have them flying planes! And the monkey can tend bar!"), but still, when I try
to describe it to people over forty, they look at me all funny.
Norb
Not that they've got room to talk.
It was like seeing how Mr. Hong must have felt when he opened the Three Jolly
Luck takeaway fish bar on the site of the old fish-god temple on Dagon Street
on the night of the winter solstice under a full moon.
David Ramirez on "The Blair Witch Project"
Norb42
>What jingles from
>For example, I can still sing the words to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
Ah..."Denver, the last dinosaur / He's your friend and a whole lot more..."
I don't really remember much from the really obscure cartoons, but I get half
credit for knowing both of the "Garfield" themes. Ooo, and "Gem and the
Holograms"! I never actually watched an episode (it was too girly), but my
cousin did and the "Gem, Gem is my name" chorus still runs through my head once
a month or so.
Norb
And speaking of old commercial jingles..."Woem woem woem woem, woem weom weom
weom, weom weom weom weom weom weom weom weom..."
WoemCats
>of course.
DuckTales, WOO!
Tales of daring-do, bad and good luck tales!
WOO!
D-d-d-danger lurks behind you, there's a
stranger out to find you
What to do?
Just grab on to some DuckTales!
WoemCats
>credit for knowing both of the "Garfield" themes.
Friends are there, to help you get started, to give you a push on your way!
Robert Hutchinson
>
> >but I get half
> >credit for knowing both of the "Garfield" themes.
>
> Friends are there, to help you get started, to give you a push on your way!
We're ready. To party.
Robert Hutchinson
We're ready.
Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou
>work,
>an add jingle from when I was little will pop into my head... For exa,ple:
>
>
>And because everyone I work with is within two years of my age, they often
>from
>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths?
The "Coke Adds Life" campaign. Actually, I had forgotten it until I read
that it got mis-translated as "Coke Brings Your Ancestors Back From The Dead"
into Chinese. ;-{)> Oh, and one of my earliest TV memories was the "I'd like to
teach the world to sing in perfect har-mo-nee/I'd like to buy the world a
Coke..." ads with the kids on the hill holding the candles.
Oh, and the commercial for KISS dolls. "KISS! They look insane! It's
KISS!" %-{)>
>Also weird old shows...
[snip!]
Lots of these. Pretty much everything by Sid & Marty Krofft (strangely
enough, I'd never seen an episode of "Lidsville" until Nick At Nite ran that
retrospective a while back). Also, those Krofft-esque Filmation action shows
like "Shazam!" and it's cooler sister "Isis". Plus all sorts of weird
semi-educational kids' shows: "New Zoo Revue", "Just Kidding", "Vegetable
Soup", "Hot Fudge", "Gigglesnort Hotel", "The Electric Company", and the
original "Zoom" (featuring future "Newsradio" star Maura Tierney). Oh, and a
local puppet show called "Buster And Me", which surprisingly is still running.
KBHK Channel 44 used to show little shorts in between shows at times. I
remember there were a series of educational cartoons featuring a Big Bird-like
character named Fumble. There was also a weird live-action short called "The
Balloon Tree". And then there was "Snippets", little commercial-bumper things
about 30 seconds long telling you to eat a good breakfast, try new foods, be
polite, etc. I remember one with a bunch of tops (with faces) spinning, and all
but one would run down. This one would say, "I had a good breakfast this
morning! They didn't!" In another, schoolyard kids are given yogurt, and their
reactions are filmed. One kid says, "Tastes like purple!" Then they'd show the
word "Snippets" on the screen, and a chorus of kids would shout "Snippets!"
KTVU (Channel 2) had something similar called "Bits And Pieces", which included
many pleas for racial harmony, and had Wendy Carlos-like synthesizer
theme-music.
I also remember a 15-minute cartoon called "Jot", with a character who
looked like a cross between Casper and "The Jeep" from the old Popeye cartoons.
And I was there for the waning years of the original "Captain Kangaroo".
MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")
make GEORYN disappear to reply
"The world of the heterosexual is a sick and boring life." --Edith Massey
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Chris Cooper
WoemCats wrote:
> Hey, I was just wondering something. Every once in a while when I am at work,
> an add jingle from when I was little will pop into my head... For exa,ple:
>
> "Nintendo, it's for breakfast now!
> Nintendo, it's a cereal, WOW!
> Nintendo, Super Mario jumps!
> Nintendo, with a breakfast crunch!"
>
> And because everyone I work with is within two years of my age, they often
> remember the words as well. Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
> your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old shows...
> For example, I can still sing the words to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
>
> It's TALKIN' PEE-WEE!
>
> Joel
> <woem...@aol.com>
> Installed a T1 line in my house
> Always on my PC, double-clickin' on my mizouse
I thought of one, but someone else has probably already said it. I remember going
to my grandma's house in town (she had *good* cable and we didn't) and watching
Pinwheel. Part of that theme song sticks in my head to this day.
Pinwheel Pinwheel spinning around,
look at my pinwheel and see what I found.
That's pretty much all of it I can recall, but that's my only contribution right
now. :P
Chris
MSTie# 83999
Stephen Cooke
On 31 Jul 1999, Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou wrote:
> I also remember a 15-minute cartoon called "Jot", with a character who
> looked like a cross between Casper and "The Jeep" from the old Popeye cartoons.
Wow, I remember Jot! There's a jolt to the memory circuits. I think CBC
used to run it with Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings (o/~"Well, you
know my name is Simon/And the things I draw come true..."o/~) that
partially inspired that SNL skit with Mike Myers in the tub (Cheeky bum
looker!).
The most obscure kids show I can remember is Vision On, which was a tv
show for deaf people! There were all these non-verbal skits and cartoons.
And I think Al Hirt's Java was their theme song.
swac
Then there was the Hamilton-filmed kids show The Treehouse, featuring a
dim-witted folk-singing host and his two bickering puppet sidekicks.
There's a format that never gets old!
Robert Green
> "Tailspin"
>> ("I've got it! We'll take the animal characters from 'The Jungle Book' and
>> have them flying planes! And the monkey can tend bar!"),
>
>that they set it in the 1930s as interpreted by the pulp magazines of
>the period. How many cartoons feature air pirates and do episodes
>involving radio dramas?
>
>What's even weirder is that Disney kinda-sorta did the same thing in
>their next weekday afternoon cartoon, "Darkwing Duck", by dressing the
>titular character in a double-breasted suit, fedora, and cloak and
>arming him with a gas gun.
>
I think that was what I liked about these shows, not being a big Disney fan
anyway. I suppose some folks would be upset by the 'classic' Jungle Book
characters being used in Talespin(not that Disney even invented Jungle Book to
begin with), but I enjoyed it.
Of course, I also liked Goldie Gold
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Gypsy Jr.
>>What's even weirder is that Disney kinda-sorta did the same thing in
>>their next weekday afternoon cartoon, "Darkwing Duck", by dressing the
>>titular character in a double-breasted suit, fedora, and cloak and
>>arming him with a gas gun.
>>
I used to like this show a lot.. never liked "Tailspin" much. I could never get
into the characters
Becky
(my 2 cartoon cents)
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"I may as well be hyper
as long as I'm still around-
cuz I'll have plenty of time to be low-key
when I'm six feet underground!"
-Weird Al
Gypsy Jr.
involved a department store mannequin that came to life.. (yes folks, Mannequin
for Tots. Except the dummy was a guy) I also seem to recall there were puppets
involved. Only problem is, for the life of me I can;t remember anything else
about this show, and no one else seems to know it exists.
Can anyone here help out?
Becky
(worried I might have imagined the whole thing)
Derek Janssen
>
> Hmmm. I seem to remember watching a show on Nickelodeon when I was young that
> involved a department store mannequin that came to life.. (yes folks, Mannequin
> for Tots. Except the dummy was a guy) I also seem to recall there were puppets
> involved. Only problem is, for the life of me I can;t remember anything else
> about this show, and no one else seems to know it exists.
> Can anyone here help out?
>
> Becky
> (worried I might have imagined the whole thing)
Nope--
Not only are you thinking of "Today's Special", but the real department
store's still there in Toronto, across from the mall...
Derek Janssen
dja...@ultranet.com
James LeMosy
news:19990731150158...@ng-cc1.aol.com...
> Hmmm. I seem to remember watching a show on Nickelodeon when I was young
that
> involved a department store mannequin that came to life.. (yes folks,
Mannequin
> for Tots. Except the dummy was a guy) I also seem to recall there were
puppets
> involved. Only problem is, for the life of me I can;t remember anything
else
> about this show, and no one else seems to know it exists.
> Can anyone here help out?
>
> Becky
> (worried I might have imagined the whole thing)
Well...if you did imagine it, you have a *really* good imagination, 'cause I
remember it too! Don't remember the name though. All I remember is that
the guy was a mannequin in a store, who wore a plaid sweater-vest or
something and one of those old-timey newsie caps. And there was a black
lady what wore a red dress. And it was from Canada, as most of Nick's old
programming was.
--
James "Scotch Magictape" LeMosy
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Ysidro
Do I have to? It might just be the thing to get the last scene of The
Blair Witch Project out of my head.
Ysidro
--
"Yeah, but watch. Next week some mayor is going
to Ascend and eat a high school, and everyone's
going to blame the WB." -- RATMM's Marc Bowden
Gypsy Jr.
>Nope--
>Not only are you thinking of "Today's Special", but the real department
>store's still there in Toronto, across from the mall...
>
THANK YOU!!! You have no idea how much that's been bugging me :^) I can always
count on RATMM for obscure references :^)
Becky
(there are a few kids shows out nowadays that I'll admit to still watching
ocassionally)
Gypsy Jr.
>the guy was a mannequin in a store, who wore a plaid sweater-vest or
>something and one of those old-timey newsie caps. And there was a black
>lady what wore a red dress.
Yup, that's the one :^)
Becky
Gypsy Jr.
>> Now try and get that song out of your head.
>
>Do I have to? It might just be the thing to get the last scene of The
>Blair Witch Project out of my head.
BTW, thank you guys for getting the Ducktales theme stuck in my head. Annoying
as it is, it brought back fond cartoon memories :^)
Becky
(now who knows the Darkwing Duck theme? :^) )
Brewing Tea
>store's still there in Toronto, across from the mall...
Oh, god... Why am I reading this $%@! thread!? You people are
bringing up some many memories of the crap I used to watch as a kid...
I could never figure out... is "Today's Special" a reference to the
"Special for Today" you get at a deli? Or is it short for "Today *is*
Special"?
Anyone remember The Great Space Coaster?
Derek Janssen
>
> >Not only are you thinking of "Today's Special", but the real-life department
> >store's still there in downtown Toronto, across from the mall...
>
> I could never figure out... is "Today's Special" a reference to the
> "Special for Today" you get at a deli? Or is it short for "Today *is*
> Special"?
Both--Although technically, the show topic would be "today's special"
sale at the store:
("Today's Special is...'Helping'!")
Derek Janssen
dja...@ultranet.com
U2shark
Brewing Tea wrote in message <37a39d25.4772457@news-server>...
>>Joel writes:
>>>[...] Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
>>>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old
shows...
>>
>>West, and I realized that I knew *every* *word* of the theme song to
"Fresh
>>Prince of Bel-Air". Now how sad is *that*?!
>>Also, I now have the half-rap half-video-game theme to the old Super Mario
>>Brothers show stuck in my mind. Remember? The live-action one with the
cartoons
>>in the middle?
>
>"Swing your arms from side to side,
>Come on, everyone! Let's do the 'Mario'..."
>
>...or something like that, right?
Bingo! I'll never get that outta my head. Next line was something like:
"Koopa and his troopas are up to no good"
"Take it Dr. F!"
U2Shark
http://www.msu.edu/~harderja/mst3k.html
"With new 'Action Batch' accessory!"
RATMM's Nanite®
>>THANK YOU!!! Finally someone else who
>>actually remembers the words to the Nintendo
>>Cereal commercial *AND* the old Zelda "rap"
>>ads!! I can't even count the many
>>times that both of those have popped into my
>>head and I would sing them to a friend and
>>they'd look at me like I was crazy or laugh at me
>>as if I'd just made it up on the spot. Once again
>>I thank you! :P
>Hey, I have one... it was the old MC Hammer
>doll...
>"MC... Hammertime!
>Freak to the beat, like that!
>With MC Hammer you're ready to rap!
>Sing along! Or make up your own!
>You can get hot 'cause the Hammer's Comin'
>home!"
Now I'm reminded of that cheesy HammerMan cartoon that came on ABC.
--Paul
RATMM's Nanite®
>On 30 Jul 1999 05:51:55 GMT,
>clfu...@aol.com (Commander Crayfish)
>wrote: <snipkeeba>
>>>Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles
>>>from your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from
>>>your youths?
>>Ice Cream Jones. He's bringing the kids his ice
>>cream cones. A crunchy new cereal for
>>breakfast, with the great taste--
>><beat>
>>Of ice cream cones! Whoaaaaaah!
>><whiny kids appear>
>>"I want vanilla!"
>>"Give me chocolate chip!"
>>"They look like little ice cream cones!" "And
>>TASTE like 'em! Mmm!"
>>NEWWWWWW ICE CREAM CONES
>>CEREAL!
>I remember the jingle as
>My name's Ice Cream Jones (ding ding ding
>ding ding) And here's new Ice Cream Cones
Hey, remember those cereal commercials for Krispy Kritters with that
furry creature with the big nose that talked like Jimmy Durante?
And who could forget the Swedish Chef's Kroonchy Stars?
--Paul
Door knobs not included.
James LeMosy
news:2939-37A...@newsd-121.bryant.webtv.net...
> Now I'm reminded of that cheesy HammerMan cartoon that came on ABC.
You mean the one with less animation flair than South Park? Gads...don't
remind me.
RATMM's Nanite®
>Plus all sorts of weird semi-educational kids'
>shows:
>"New Zoo Revue",
Y'know, I'd pay good money to get another copy of that New Zoo Revue
blooper. I used to have a copy on a blooper tape a while back, but then
my father taped over it. :(
>"Just Kidding", "Vegetable Soup", "Hot Fudge",
>"Gigglesnort Hotel",
I loooooved this show as a kid!
"FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE!!!!!!!!!"
>"The Electric Company", and the original
>"Zoom" (featuring future "Newsradio" star
>Maura Tierney).
Anybody remember Polka-Dot Door? Now that was a weird show. It was
mostly about two grown adults talking to stuffed animals (Marigold,
Humpty, Dumpty, what was the bear's name?).
--Paul
"My name may be Weird, but I'm not stoooooopid!"
RATMM's Nanite®
>I thought of one, but someone else has
>probably already said it. I remember going to
>my grandma's house in town (she had *good*
>cable and we didn't) and watching Pinwheel.
>Part of that theme song sticks in my head to
>this day.
>Pinwheel Pinwheel spinning around,
>look at my pinwheel and see what I found.
Ah, yes. I watched Pinwheel religiously as a kid. Let's see if I
remember the names of the characters:
Cocoa the Mime
Ebeneezer
Plus and Minus
Hobo Bugs
Molly the Mole
Silus the Snail
That fortune teller lady
Two other humans that I can't remember
Plus they showed some weird cartoons, many of them foreign. I can
remember Bagpuss, Oscar, Alphie, those bug cartoons, and that
live-action segment of a kid gone frog-hunting only to have it follow
him home as he's taking a bath.
That's all I can remember. Any others?
--Paul
Picture pages, Picture pages...
RATMM's Nanite®
>Gypsy Jr. wrote:
>>Hmmm. I seem to remember watching a show
>>on Nickelodeon when I was young that involved
>>a department store mannequin that came to
>>life.. (yes folks, Mannequin for Tots. Except the
>>dummy was a guy) I also seem to recall there
>>were puppets involved. Only problem is, for the
>>life of me I can;t remember anything else about
>>this show, and no one else seems to know it
>>exists. Can anyone here help out?
>>Becky
>>(worried I might have imagined the whole thing)
>Nope--
>Not only are you thinking of "Today's Special",
>but the real department store's still there in
>Toronto, across from the mall...
Hocus Pocus Alimagocus!
Seriously though, didn't we have a thread like this last year at the
same time dedicated to old kids' TV shows and commercials, and a large
chunk of it was about "Today's Special"? As I recall, it somehow led to
the topic of puppet abuse(!).
--Paul
RATMM's Nanite®
>Brewing Tea writes:
>>>Joel writes:
>>>>[...] Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles
>>>>from your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from
>>>>your youths? Also weird old shows...
>>>Well, let's see. A while ago, I was thinking about
>>>Will Smith in Wild Wild West, and I realized that
>>>I knew *every* *word* of the theme song to
>>>"Fresh Prince of Bel-Air". Now how sad is
>>>*that*?! Also, I now have the half-rap
>>>half-video-game theme to the old Super Mario
>>>Brothers show stuck in my mind. Remember?
>>>The live-action one with the cartoons in the
>>>middle?
>>"Swing your arms from side to side,
>>Come on, everyone! Let's do the 'Mario'..."
>>...or something like that, right?
>Probably. I remember the theme song as
>sounding like this:
>"We're the Mario Brothers, and plumbing's our
>game, We're not like the others who get all the
>fame! If your sink is in trouble, you can call us
>on the double, We're faster than the others,
>you'll get hooked on the Brothers! Unh!"
"You're in for a treat, so hang on to your seat, Get ready for
adventures and remarkable feats! You'll meet Koopa and troopas, the
Princess and the others, hanging with the plumbers you'll be hooked on
the brothers!"
--Paul
"Hey Pizanos! It's the Super Mario Bros. Super Show!"
Brewing Tea
>> "Special for Today" you get at a deli? Or is it short for "Today *is*
>> Special"?
>
>Both--Although technically, the show topic would be "today's special"
>sale at the store:
>("Today's Special is...'Helping'!")
Oh, that sounds good! I'll just have one helping of that...
<rimshot>
Sorry... I just had to.
Shay Caron
>>> Now try and get that song out of your head.
>>
>>Do I have to? It might just be the thing to get the last scene of The
>>Blair Witch Project out of my head.
>
>BTW, thank you guys for getting the Ducktales theme stuck in my head.
>Annoying
>as it is, it brought back fond cartoon memories :^)
I used to have a MIDI of that tune. Wonder where it went...
>Becky
>(now who knows the Darkwing Duck theme? :^) )
[raises hand]
"Daring duck of mystery,
Champion of right,
Swoops out of the shadows,
The darkwing (?) of the night..."
I have to wonder how much better my memory would be if it didn't have stuff
like *this* clogging it up.
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Shay Caron
>[...] Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old shows...
Well, let's see. A while ago, I was thinking about Will Smith in Wild Wild
West, and I realized that I knew *every* *word* of the theme song to "Fresh
Prince of Bel-Air". Now how sad is *that*?!
Also, I now have the half-rap half-video-game theme to the old Super Mario
Brothers show stuck in my mind. Remember? The live-action one with the cartoons
in the middle?
Shay Caron
>>I think I still have the very first episode on tape. I can sing it too,
>>that is really pathetic. I remember the Gummy Bears
>
>"Gummy Bears!
>Bouncing here and there and everywhere!
>High adventure that's beyond compare!
>They are the Gummy Bears!"
>
Ouch, ouch, *ouch*.
[resorting to "Living La Vida Loca" to push the tune out]
Brewing Tea
>>[...] Anyway, this raised a question: What jingles from
>>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old shows...
>
>Well, let's see. A while ago, I was thinking about Will Smith in Wild Wild
>West, and I realized that I knew *every* *word* of the theme song to "Fresh
>Prince of Bel-Air". Now how sad is *that*?!
>Also, I now have the half-rap half-video-game theme to the old Super Mario
>Brothers show stuck in my mind. Remember? The live-action one with the cartoons
>in the middle?
"Swing your arms from side to side,
Shay Caron
Probably. I remember the theme song as sounding like this:
"We're the Mario Brothers, and plumbing's our game,
We're not like the others who get all the fame!
If your sink is in trouble, you can call us on the double,
We're faster than the others, you'll get hooked on the Brothers!
Unh!"
Matt Elcock
>Brewing Tea writes:
>>>I think I still have the very first episode on tape. I can sing it too,
>>>that is really pathetic. I remember the Gummy Bears
>>
>>"Gummy Bears!
>>Bouncing here and there and everywhere!
>>High adventure that's beyond compare!
>>They are the Gummy Bears!"
>>
>>Now try and get that song out of your head.
>
>Ouch, ouch, *ouch*.
>[resorting to "Living La Vida Loca" to push the tune out]
OH MICKEY, YOU'RE SO FINE! YOU'RE SO FINE YOU BLOW MY MIND!!! HEY
MICKEY!!! HEY MICKEY!!!
or
It's a small world after all...
Matt "Pinwiz - EVIL!" Elcock
--
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to attend a music and dance spectacle.
A year later, their drugs were found.
- THE CHER WITCH PROJECT
Stephen Cooke
Well, today's special isn't helping me any.
> Sorry... I just had to.
I understand.
swac
We've all been there.
Stephen Cooke
On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, [ISO-8859-1] RATMM's Nanite® wrote:
> Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou wrote:
>
> >"New Zoo Revue",
>
> Y'know, I'd pay good money to get another copy of that New Zoo Revue
> blooper. I used to have a copy on a blooper tape a while back, but then
> my father taped over it. :(
What kind of money we be talkin' 'bout? Seriously, if you comb through the
bargain video shelves at K-Mart or Wal-Mart or Cthulu-Mart or whereever,
you should be able to find a copy of this.
But I have it, if you have something interesting to trade...
> Anybody remember Polka-Dot Door? Now that was a weird show. It was
> mostly about two grown adults talking to stuffed animals (Marigold,
> Humpty, Dumpty, what was the bear's name?).
Ugh, don't remind me. I've actually met a couple of actors who did some
penance on Polka-Dot Door. And the damn show has been around forever
(they're still turning out new episodes). I forget the bear's name, but
there is that shame of nature, Polkaroo.
swac
The Polka Dot Door...to Hell!
WoemCats
>We're not like the others who get all the fame!
>If your sink is in trouble, you can call us on the double,
>We're faster than the others, you'll get hooked on the Brothers!
>Unh!"
Close:
We're the Mario Brother,
and plumbin's our game
found a secret warp zone while working on the drain
Now koopa and his troopas are up to misbehavin'
they kidnapped the princess, mushroom men need savin'
A losin and confusin, everybody you've discovered,
you can beat the fun get
HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS!
Thank you.
Joel
<woem...@aol.com>
Installed a T1 line in my house
Always on my PC, double-clickin' on my mizouse
WoemCats
>Champion of right,
>Swoops out of the shadows,
>The darkwing (?) of the night..."
Somewhere some villian schemes
but his numbers up
3-2-1
Darkwing Duck! (when there's trouble you call DW)
Darkwing Duck (let's get dangerous)!
Robert Hutchinson
>
> >"We're the Mario Brothers, and plumbing's our game,
> >We're not like the others who get all the fame!
> >If your sink is in trouble, you can call us on the double,
> >We're faster than the others, you'll get hooked on the Brothers!
> >Unh!"
This is the opening (the first part of it) for the entire show.
> Close:
>
> We're the Mario Brother,
> and plumbin's our game
> found a secret warp zone while working on the drain
>
> Now koopa and his troopas are up to misbehavin'
> they kidnapped the princess, mushroom men need savin'
> A losin and confusin, everybody you've discovered,
> you can beat the fun get
> HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS!
This is the opening for the animated part.
> Thank you.
You're welcome.
Robert Hutchinson
*squeak*
Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou
>show for deaf people! There were all these non-verbal skits and cartoons.
>And I think Al Hirt's Java was their theme song.
Wow! I totally forgot about "Vision On". And it reminds me of "Villa
Alegre", the bilingual PBS show. Can't believe I forgot it.
MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")
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N.P.:nothing
Matt Elcock
wrote:
>
>On Sat, 31 Jul 1999, [ISO-8859-1] RATMM's Nanite=AE wrote:
>> Anybody remember Polka-Dot Door? Now that was a weird show. It was
>> mostly about two grown adults talking to stuffed animals (Marigold,
>> Humpty, Dumpty, what was the bear's name?).
>
>Ugh, don't remind me. I've actually met a couple of actors who did some
>penance on Polka-Dot Door. And the damn show has been around forever
>(they're still turning out new episodes). I forget the bear's name, but
>there is that shame of nature, Polkaroo.
>
>swac
>The Polka Dot Door...to Hell!
Damn you. Damn both of you to Hell...
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
*pinwiz bangs head against wall*
*wall collapses*
*dies*
*Chris enjoys Animaniacs!*
Matt "Pinwiz - Didn't they change actors every week of somethin'?" Elcock
Matt Elcock
For some reason, I'm trying to remember the names of two late-70s/early-80s
PBS shows.
1. All I know is that it was all deaf people for the most part...
2. A Spanglish show that had its set on a giant turntable...
Matt "Pinwiz - That's what I get for playing Ricky Martin CDs to try to
sleep" Elcock
Stephen Cooke
On Sun, 1 Aug 1999, Matt Elcock wrote:
> [snip]
>
> For some reason, I'm trying to remember the names of two late-70s/early-80s
> PBS shows.
>
> 1. All I know is that it was all deaf people for the most part...
That would be the aforementioned Vision On (and thanks for confirming this
wasn't some sort of weird childhood fever dream)
> 2. A Spanglish show that had its set on a giant turntable...
Hmmm...I think that's when the drugs kicked in (actually, didn't someone
mention this show already?)
> Matt "Pinwiz - That's what I get for playing Ricky Martin CDs to try to
> sleep" Elcock
swac
Hmmm...Livin' La Vida Serta?
Brewing Tea
>PBS shows.
>
>1. All I know is that it was all deaf people for the most part...
>
TV Wheel?
glaziusfalconar
| >"Daring duck of mystery,
| >Champion of right,
| >Swoops out of the shadows,
| >The darkwing (?) of the night..."
I think it's "Darkwing owns the night..."
| Somewhere some villian schemes
| but his numbers up
| 3-2-1
|
| Darkwing Duck! (when there's trouble you call DW)
| Darkwing Duck (let's get dangerous)!
Ah, but there's more, from the FULL theme that nobody shows in
syndication...
o/` A cloud of smoke and he appears,
A master of surprise!
Who's the cunning mind behind
That shadowy disguise?
Nobody knows for sure;
The bad guys are outta luck
'Cause here comes... o/`
And to the refrain.
--G. Falconar
Those extended themes were pretty good.
Gypsy Jr.
>We're the Mario Brother,
>and plumbin's our game
>found a secret warp zone while working on the drain
>
>Now koopa and his troopas are up to misbehavin'
>they kidnapped the princess, mushroom men need savin'
>A losin and confusin, everybody you've discovered,
>you can beat the fun get
>HOOKED ON THE BROTHERS!
>
No, thank you for dredging up more childhood, uh, fun :^)
Becky
(fondly rememberes getting up to watch the Ninja Turtles cartoon every day
before school)
Gypsy...@aol.com (remove "link" to e-mail)
"I may as well be hyper
as long as I'm still around-
cuz I'll have plenty of time to be low-key
when I'm six feet underground!"
-Weird Al
Gypsy Jr.
Becky
(I think it was on Showtime)
Erica Lira
(UCFKevin) wrote:
>God bless you folk!
>
>I always wondered if my roommate and I were the only people on the face of the
>earth that remembered the Nintendo cereal song.
>
>And as for getting the GummyBears song out of my head, why would I want to? One
>of the best cartoon theme songs there is! Aside from DuckTales and Gargoyles,
>of course.
Bah! Who remembers the DuckTales theme beyond, "DuckTales, WHOO-OOH!"? Hmmm?
Why, no one! ::ackles:: But I kid because my own brain is so feeble. Ah, bless
DuckTales. That evil duck in the kilt was hot. I mean, you just *know* that's
who Sean Connery was trying to emulate in The Avengers.
ky mellie (mcquack)
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Erica Lira
(Norb42) wrote:
>Woemcats wrote:
>>What jingles from
>>your (you RATMMer, you!) remember from your youths? Also weird old shows...
>>For example, I can still sing the words to "Denver the Last Dinasour".
>
> Ah..."Denver, the last dinosaur / He's your friend and a whole lot more..."
> I don't really remember much from the really obscure cartoons, but I get half
>credit for knowing both of the "Garfield" themes. Ooo, and "Gem and the
>Holograms"! I never actually watched an episode (it was too girly), but my
>cousin did and the "Gem, Gem is my name" chorus still runs through my head once
>a month or so.
Gem is outrageous! Man. One of my aunts gave me a Gem book when I was a little
kid because she heard that I liked to read. This was the same aunt who later
gave me all of her daughter's Sweet Valley High books. Man. I should have known
better than to have read them. The only books worse are the Babysitters Club
books. Yish.
>Norb
>And speaking of old commercial jingles..."Woem woem woem woem, woem weom weom
>weom, weom weom weom weom weom weom weom weom..."
Oh, man, that reminds me of these tests we had to take every year in high
school. They were some kind of writing exam called "WADDUP." What it stood for,
I don't know or care. But it would lead to hearing our losery vice-principal
wandering onto the loudspeakers and saying crap like, "What up, Lancers. Time
for the annual WADDUP tests..." They'd give us a stupid question that one of the
teachers made up and 30 minutes to write an essay on it.
Naturally, because of the idiotic nature of the questions ("How would you solve
homelessness using the scientific method?" and "Is Charles Barkley a role
model?" are two that stick in my mind) and the pointlesness of the exam (you
would write your name, then cover it with a sticker so it was an "anonymous"
test wtf?), many students protested it.The year of the homeless question,
Lindsay wrote the lyrics to "American Pie". I drew sheep. But my friend Greg..
Ah, bless Greg. He filled an entire page, front and back, with those Meow Mix
meows. Of course, Greg and I did not write our names. Lindsay was stupid enough
to write her name though, so she was called to the vice-princepal's office.
::cackles:: The losery vp asked Lindsay what the lyrics were and Lindsay said,
"It's a song." The vp tried sarcasm and failed. "So why don't you sing it,
then?" Lindsay, never a shy chick, started singing the song. :D
ky mellie (lambchop with an attitude)
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Erica Lira
(Norb42) wrote:
>>>
>>>I don't recall the "Gargoyles" theme, but I absolutely *HATED* the
>>>"Rescue Rangers" theme!!! I also didn't like the show, but that's no
>>>big deal...
>>>
>>
>>You mean you didn't like:
>>
>>Ch-ch-ch-ch-Chip and Dale! Rescue Rangers!
>>
>
>Sometimes, some crimes
>Go slippin' through the cracks
>But these two
>Gumshoes
>Are pickin' up the slack
>There's no case too big, no case too small
>When you need help, just call...
>Ch-ch-ch-Chip and Dale's!
>Rescue Rangers!
>
> Ods bodikin, what a peculiar concept for a cartoon. Not as odd as "Tailspin"
>("I've got it! We'll take the animal characters from 'The Jungle Book' and
>have them flying planes! And the monkey can tend bar!"), but still, when I try
>to describe it to people over forty, they look at me all funny.
Heh, scarier than even that is the fact that Miami Sound Machine sung the
theme. Sans Gloria, of course.
ky mellie (knocked up)
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Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou wrote:
>Plus all sorts of weird semi-educational kids'
>shows:
>"New Zoo Revue",
This reminded me of another show that was on when i was a kid: "Zoobally
Zoo." [sp?]
It always seemed a little too inherently evil for me, though. Don't know
exactly why.
--
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K-Y Mellie
<jet...@primenet.com> wrote:
>Erica Lira <melc...@mindspring.com> wrote:
[snip!]
>: Bah! Who remembers the DuckTales theme beyond, "DuckTales, WHOO-OOH!"? Hmmm?
>: Why, no one! ::ackles:: But I kid because my own brain is so feeble. Ah, bless
>
>HA!
>
>"Life is like a hurricaine here in Duck-Berg!
>"Racecars, lasers, aero-planes,
>"It's a duck-whirl!
>"Might solve a mystery...
>"Or re-write history!
>"DuckTales, WHOO-OOH!"
>"Tales of derring-do now in the
>"DuckTales, WHOO-OOH!"
><can't recall the last 2-3 lines, but this is all from memory>
Yes... Yes... Memory returning! Still don't know the last few lines, though.
Duck-whirl! HAR! Remember that tight shot on some random duck's butt? "Oh, look
at my tail feather! Eez eet not sexy?"
God, I miss Christine. ::sniffles::
>: DuckTales. That evil duck in the kilt was hot. I mean, you just *know* that's
>: who Sean Connery was trying to emulate in The Avengers.
>
>You had the hots for _Flintheart Glomgold?!_ OK, I don't judge...
How could anyone not have the hots for him, hmm? Even his name was hot. I still
have better tastes than ol' Scroogey, who was dating some creepy propspector. ;)
>I do wish they had produced that Gizmoduck action figure in the Darkwing
>Duck line though. The Gizmoduck armor was a mecha of almost anime-level
>coolness. As long as none of the Inspector Gadget type devices were
>deployed. And he even had a transformation phrase!
Fenton! What was his last name? Everyone had duckly names. He was a bean
counter. Literally. In a jar. Got fired. Fell in suit. Said a really weird word
to make it run. Had all that hot, steamy sexual tension with Launchpad McQuack
(oh, you just know McQuack was McDuck's illegitamte son!). That was a duck with
vim, I tell you.
I *really* miss Christine. ::sobs::
ky mellie (abandoned)
~--------------------------------------------------------o
Visit Super Mel's Sheep Ranch!
"She said No. ::weeps all over you:: I miss you so much.
I miss your needy clings and sexual advances that often
disturb me." ... Moistress Odie
http://sheepranch.home.mindspring.com
Robert Green
>Hmmm. I seem to remember watching a show on Nickelodeon when I was young that
>involved a department store mannequin that came to life.. (yes folks, Mannequin
>for Tots. Except the dummy was a guy) I also seem to recall there were puppets
>involved. Only problem is, for the life of me I can;t remember anything else
>about this show, and no one else seems to know it exists.
>Can anyone here help out?
>
>Becky
>(worried I might have imagined the whole thing)
>Gypsy...@aol.com (remove "link" to e-mail)
>"I may as well be hyper
>as long as I'm still around-
>cuz I'll have plenty of time to be low-key
>when I'm six feet underground!"
>-Weird Al
Today's Special. It's a memory of Ancient Nick.
There's a page on that somewhere, I'll have to dig up the URL. I personally
don't care for the page because he is biased and does not include ALL of the
Ancient Days of Nick.
--Robert A. Green
Keeper of the Goldie Gold web site(http://users.penn.com/~rgreen/Goldie.html)
Check out the Text Cartoons Page! at http://users.penn.com/~rgreen/index.html!
Furry Peace! http://www.fur.com/peace
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RATMM's official Non Conformist.
Furry Peace! Furry Fandom is about us all.
Robert Green
>> Don't remember the name though. All I remember is that
>>the guy was a mannequin in a store, who wore a plaid sweater-vest or
>>something and one of those old-timey newsie caps. And there was a black
>>lady what wore a red dress.
>
>Yup, that's the one :^)
>
>Becky
>
>Gypsy...@aol.com (remove "link" to e-mail)
>"I may as well be hyper
>as long as I'm still around-
>cuz I'll have plenty of time to be low-key
>when I'm six feet underground!"
>-Weird Al
Why did all that old stuff disappear anyway? I mean really...are they as
clueless as Sci-Fi down there?
Robert Green
>>
>>> Now try and get that song out of your head.
>>
>>Blair Witch Project out of my head.
>
>
>BTW, thank you guys for getting the Ducktales theme stuck in my head. Annoying
>as it is, it brought back fond cartoon memories :^)
>
>Becky
>(now who knows the Darkwing Duck theme? :^) )
>"I may as well be hyper
>as long as I'm still around-
>cuz I'll have plenty of time to be low-key
>when I'm six feet underground!"
>-Weird Al
Only some of it. Not enough to post, cos it's all out of order.
Robert Green
>WoemCats wrote:
>
>>>THANK YOU!!! Finally someone else who
>>>actually remembers the words to the Nintendo
>>>Cereal commercial *AND* the old Zelda "rap"
>>>ads!! I can't even count the many
>>>times that both of those have popped into my
>>>head and I would sing them to a friend and
>>>they'd look at me like I was crazy or laugh at me
>>>as if I'd just made it up on the spot. Once again
>>>I thank you! :P
>
>>Hey, I have one... it was the old MC Hammer
>>doll...
>
>>"MC... Hammertime!
>>Freak to the beat, like that!
>>With MC Hammer you're ready to rap!
>>Sing along! Or make up your own!
>>You can get hot 'cause the Hammer's Comin'
>>home!"
>
>Now I'm reminded of that cheesy HammerMan cartoon that came on ABC.
>
>--Paul
>
Hahah..
Whenever there's a crime..
Some folks are gonna do time..
They'd all better beware, cause the Hammerman will be there.
Here's how it started, a long time ago..
The legend of the Hammer and how it began to grow..
Robert Green
>RATMM's NaniteŽ <pmba...@webtv.net> wrote in message
>news:2941-37A...@newsd-121.bryant.webtv.net...
>Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou wrote:
>
>>Plus all sorts of weird semi-educational kids'
>>shows:
>
>>"New Zoo Revue",
>
>This reminded me of another show that was on when i was a kid: "Zoobally
>Zoo." [sp?]
>It always seemed a little too inherently evil for me, though. Don't know
>exactly why.
I liked this. I was in college at the time. Actually it's not too bad. Though
the kangaroo lady does have an evil laugh and annoying whiny voice..later was
on that Night Heat show..more Canadian TV fun.
Robert Green
>[snip]
>sleep" Elcock
The one for the deaf was Rainbow's End
I remember a skit with a guy walking around saying 'Hi, I'm an adverb'. He had
'adverb' on his chest too
David Crowe
: In article <19990730141256...@ng-ch1.aol.com> , ucfk...@aol.com
: (UCFKevin) wrote:
: >God bless you folk!
: >
: >I always wondered if my roommate and I were the only people on the face of the
: >earth that remembered the Nintendo cereal song.
: >
: >And as for getting the GummyBears song out of my head, why would I want to? One
: >of the best cartoon theme songs there is! Aside from DuckTales and Gargoyles,
: >of course.
: Bah! Who remembers the DuckTales theme beyond, "DuckTales, WHOO-OOH!"? Hmmm?
: Why, no one! ::ackles:: But I kid because my own brain is so feeble. Ah, bless
HA!
"Life is like a hurricaine here in Duck-Berg!
"Racecars, lasers, aero-planes,
"It's a duck-whirl!
"Might solve a mystery...
"Or re-write history!
"DuckTales, WHOO-OOH!"
"Tales of derring-do now in the
"DuckTales, WHOO-OOH!"
<can't recall the last 2-3 lines, but this is all from memory>
: DuckTales. That evil duck in the kilt was hot. I mean, you just *know* that's
: who Sean Connery was trying to emulate in The Avengers.
You had the hots for _Flintheart Glomgold?!_ OK, I don't judge...
I do wish they had produced that Gizmoduck action figure in the Darkwing
Duck line though. The Gizmoduck armor was a mecha of almost anime-level
coolness. As long as none of the Inspector Gadget type devices were
deployed. And he even had a transformation phrase!
--
David "No Nickname" Crowe http://www.primenet.com/~jetman
Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be--or to be indistinguishable from
--self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time.
-Neal Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
Chris Cooper
Robert Green wrote:
> In article <uD#FhsJ3#GA.252@cpmsnbbsa05>, "James LeMosy" <magi...@msn.com> wrote:
> >RATMM's NaniteŽ <pmba...@webtv.net> wrote in message
> >news:2941-37A...@newsd-121.bryant.webtv.net...
> >Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou wrote:
> >
> >>Plus all sorts of weird semi-educational kids'
> >>shows:
> >
> >>"New Zoo Revue",
> >
> >This reminded me of another show that was on when i was a kid: "Zoobally
> >Zoo." [sp?]
> >It always seemed a little too inherently evil for me, though. Don't know
> >exactly why.
>
> I liked this. I was in college at the time. Actually it's not too bad. Though
> the kangaroo lady does have an evil laugh and annoying whiny voice..later was
> on that Night Heat show..more Canadian TV fun.
>
Zoobally Zoo
Zoobally Zoo
Magic and wonder are waiting for you
And that's all I can remember of the theme song, but hey at least that's something! :P
Chris
MSTie# 83999
David Crowe
: Today's Special. It's a memory of Ancient Nick.
: There's a page on that somewhere, I'll have to dig up the URL. I personally
: don't care for the page because he is biased and does not include ALL of the
: Ancient Days of Nick.
Speaking of which, the sister with the platform shoes looked to me like
Lisa Ruddy from the brilliant You Can't Do That On Television.
Tragically, the legacy of the show has been spoiled since one of the
performers (I think Christine) went on to become Alainis Morisette. :)
Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou
>PBS shows.
>
>1. All I know is that it was all deaf people for the most part...
>
>2. A Spanglish show that had its set on a giant turntable...
"Villa Alegre! La la la la la la la la la la la la la! Villa Alegre!"
;-{)>
MIKE (a.k.a. "Progbear")
make GEORYN disappear to reply
"Parece cosa de maligno. Los pianos no estallan por casualidad." --Gabriel
Garcia Marquez
N.P.:"Have I Left The Gas On?"- F u s i o n O r c h e s t r a /
S k e l e t o n I n A r m o u r
Gypsy Jr.
>at my tail feather! Eez eet not sexy?"
LOL!!!!
>
> How could anyone not have the hots for him, hmm? Even his name was hot.
I'm impressed that you *remember* his name.. I haven;t seen the show in years
and all I can remember is vague plots
(I remember the one where they went to a land of penguins where color was
outlawed)
> That was a duck with
>vim, I tell you.
>
I prefer mine with orange sauce
Becky
(Thank you, I'll be here all week! Tip the sald bar, try your waitress. Er,
wait a minute..)
Chris Cooper
All of this talk about old TV shows got me to searching the web for some of my old
faves and while I was reading through an FAQ for You Can't Do That On Television, I
came across a reference to another old show on Nickelodeon that I remember
watching, but remember very little else about. That show was Turkey TV. Anyone
else remember this show? If so, what the hell was it about?? :P
Chris
MSTie# 83999
David Crowe
: In article <7o39ei$6hc$5...@nnrp02.primenet.com> , David Crowe
: <jet...@primenet.com> wrote:
: >: DuckTales. That evil duck in the kilt was hot. I mean, you just *know* that's
: >: who Sean Connery was trying to emulate in The Avengers.
: >
: >You had the hots for _Flintheart Glomgold?!_ OK, I don't judge...
: How could anyone not have the hots for him, hmm? Even his name was hot. I still
: have better tastes than ol' Scroogey, who was dating some creepy propspector. ;)
: >I do wish they had produced that Gizmoduck action figure in the Darkwing
: >Duck line though. The Gizmoduck armor was a mecha of almost anime-level
: >coolness. As long as none of the Inspector Gadget type devices were
: >deployed. And he even had a transformation phrase!
: Fenton! What was his last name? Everyone had duckly names. He was a bean
Fenton Crackshell.
: counter. Literally. In a jar. Got fired. Fell in suit. Said a really weird word
"Blathering Blatherskites" was his henshin phrase. I still have a bunch
of eps on tape from its syndicated run. Saw it once on the Disney Channel
and they cut out the scene where Scrooge fires a warning shot at Fenton
with his blunderbuss and Fenton counts the shot pellets, thus getting him
his job with Scrooge.
: to make it run. Had all that hot, steamy sexual tension with Launchpad McQuack
: (oh, you just know McQuack was McDuck's illegitamte son!). That was a duck with
: vim, I tell you.
<sigh> As if I don't get enough yaoi talk from Catherine and all my female
customers at work... :/
Fenton had a very curvy girlfriend named Gandra Dee,
who was apparently a canary or somesuch bird, since she had a very small
beak.
And we did see Launchpad's whole family in an ep once.
RATMM's Nanite®
>RATMM's Nanite® <pmba...@webtv.net>
>wrote in message
>news:2941-37A...@newsd-121.bryant.
>webtv.net... Gouloubougoula Wagalabagou
>wrote:
>>Plus all sorts of weird semi-educational kids'
>>shows:
>>"New Zoo Revue",
>This reminded me of another show that was on
>when i was a kid: "Zoobally Zoo." [sp?]
>It always seemed a little too inherently evil for
>me, though. Don't know exactly why.
This show still comes on in the morning on the Odyssey Channel. Right
before Fraggle Rock and the Muppet Show.
--Paul
RATMM's Nanite®
>Fenton! What was his last name?
Crackshell
The phrase he used to transform into Gizmoduck was "Blathering
blatherskite!"
That about covers it.
--Paul
Nate The Snake Brasher
BARTH! BARTH, BARTH, BARTH!!
>Tragically, the legacy of the show has >been spoiled since one of the
performers >(I think Christine) went on to become >Alainis Morisette. :)
Do not sully the name of Christine with your accusations! Alanis
Morisette was known on the show as...
Alanis. I think she was only on for, like, one season... What happened
to the rest of the kids, I wonder?
Nate's Kilts-a-poppin': Providing for all your tartan needs. We're in
the yellow pages under "It isn't a friggin' skirt!" A MSTie, and damn
proud of it! "Drink the blood of the virgin!" Crow T. Robot, 1998
Nate The Snake Brasher
Can't Do That >On Television, I came across a reference >to another old
show on Nickelodeon that >I remember watching, but remember >very little
else about. That show was >Turkey TV. Anyone else remember this >show?
Why, yes, I was a regular watcher. "A day in the life of a food" never
failed to crack me up... (:
>If so, what the hell was it about?? :P
Chaos, I think. (: It seemed to be just... stuff, thrown together with
animated skits featuring a turkey living in "Pilgrim Days" (you could
tell, 'cause they wore those hats with buckles on 'em). I was never
sure how much of it was original, and how much was culled from other
sources.
While we're asking for help, does anyone else remember "Mad Movies"?
Matt Elcock
Wagalabagou) wrote:
>>2. A Spanglish show that had its set on a giant turntable...
>
> "Villa Alegre! La la la la la la la la la la la la la! Villa Alegre!"
>;-{)>
Yes! Thank thee!!!!!
Matt "Pinwiz - Feeling much better now" Elcock
--
In 1999, four men went into the woods near Burkittsville, MD,
to attend a music and dance spectacle.
A year later, their drugs were found.
- THE CHER WITCH PROJECT
Stephen Cooke
On 2 Aug 1999, David Crowe wrote:
> Robert Green <rgr...@penn.com> wrote:
>
> : Today's Special. It's a memory of Ancient Nick.
>
> : There's a page on that somewhere, I'll have to dig up the URL. I personally
> : don't care for the page because he is biased and does not include ALL of the
> : Ancient Days of Nick.
>
Hey, I was in elementary school with Lisa Ruddy, before she went on to
fame and fortue. I wonder what the hell happened to her...
> Tragically, the legacy of the show has been spoiled since one of the
> performers (I think Christine) went on to become Alainis Morisette. :)
At least you guys were spared the agony of the records she made *before*
Jagged Little Pill...
swac
The dogma's breakfast, really.
susan_...@my-deja.com
brew...@tampabay.rr.com (Brewing Tea) wrote:
> Anyone remember The Great Space Coaster?
>
Come aboard
Step inside
Soaring on a magic ride
That's about all I can clearly remember. I do have it in my head now,
thank you very much.
Ooh, more:
On the Great Space Coaster, off we go!
Susan
Aaack! Out of my head! I have to work!
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
susan_...@my-deja.com
Darkhop <johnh...@BEST.GUESS.darkhop.com> wrote:
> Or the one for Comet cleanser;
>
> "Comet: it makes your mouth turn green! Comet: It tastes like
Listerine.
> "Comet: it makes you vomit, so get some Comet, and vomit, todayyyyy!"
Ah, nobody forgets the classics. There is a scene in the old Parent
Trap movie, where the Hayleys are banished to the isolation cabin, and
the whole camp is following them there. The camp is whistling the song,
and the Comet version always goes through my head.
Susan
Ah, memories. Misty, waterspotted memories.
Michael Grasso
Stephen Cooke wrote in message ...
>
>On 2 Aug 1999, David Crowe wrote:
>> Robert Green <rgr...@penn.com> wrote:
>>
>> : Today's Special. It's a memory of Ancient Nick.
>>
>> : There's a page on that somewhere, I'll have to dig up the URL. I
personally
>> : don't care for the page because he is biased and does not include ALL
of the
>> : Ancient Days of Nick.
>>
>> Speaking of which, the sister with the platform shoes looked to me like
>> Lisa Ruddy from the brilliant You Can't Do That On Television.
>
>Hey, I was in elementary school with Lisa Ruddy, before she went on to
>fame and fortue. I wonder what the hell happened to her...
>
you know something, swac? of all the famous people you've met, i'm most
impressed with *this* little piece of info.
>> Tragically, the legacy of the show has been spoiled since one of the
>> performers (I think Christine) went on to become Alainis Morisette. :)
>
>At least you guys were spared the agony of the records she made *before*
>Jagged Little Pill...
attention avalon mall shoppers... alanis morrissette will be performing with
the giant snoopy and the newfoundland jumping kilted jugglers at 2:30. bring
the kids!
>swac
>The dogma's breakfast, really.
mike, skeeball anyone?
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mgr...@sprynet.com
http://www.homegame.org
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Eric the Redd
joe...@concentric.net wrote:
> It's time to up the ante for sheer horror. Ladies and gentlemen, I
now
> present to you the jingle for Gremlins cereal.
>
> Are you HUNGRY...?
> Hungry as a GREMLIN??????
>
> Gremlins, Gremlins
> Bite after bite
> What a tasty way to satisfy
> A Gremlin appetite!
God, I remember that, I REMEMBER THAT!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Shoot me
dead. I also remember the Nintendo Power Cereal. Remember the Nut 'n
Honey ads?
> P.S. - Smurfberry Crunch is fun to eat...
Smurfberry Crunch is full of meat.
Sorry, had to tie in Mystie somehow.
--
Eric the Redd
"The world is a comedy to those who think, a tragedy to those who feel."
"We 'ave a piper down, repeat, a piper down!" - Mike Myers
"HEED, PANTS, NOW!" - Mike Myers
Eric the Redd
brew...@tampabay.rr.com (Brewing Tea) wrote:
> >I think I still have the very first episode on tape. I can sing it
too,
> >that is really pathetic. I remember the Gummy Bears
>
> "Gummy Bears!
> Bouncing here and there and everywhere!
> High adventure that's beyond compare!
> They are the Gummy Bears!"
>
> Now try and get that song out of your head.
>
Why did you have to remind me? WHY GOD WHY!?!?!?!?!?!
Brock LaReau: the Wall Of Sound
(=?ISO-8859-1?Q?RATMM's_Nanite=AE?=) wrote:
>K-Y=A0Mellie wrote:
>
>>Fenton! What was his last name?
>
>Crackshell
>
>The phrase he used to transform into Gizmoduck was "Blathering
>blatherskite!"
actually, it was "flabbering blatherscythe" with the "c" pronounced
hard
don't know why I know this
Brock LaReau: the Wall Of Sound
supercalafragilisticexpialidocious
Brock LaReau: the Wall Of Sound
"The Snake" Brasher) wrote:
>>All of this talk about old TV shows got >me to searching the web for
>some of my >old faves and while I was reading >through an FAQ for You
>Can't Do That >On Television, I came across a reference >to another old
>show on Nickelodeon that >I remember watching, but remember >very little
>else about. That show was >Turkey TV. Anyone else remember this >show?
>
>Why, yes, I was a regular watcher. "A day in the life of a food" never
>failed to crack me up... (:
>
>>If so, what the hell was it about?? :P
>
>Chaos, I think. (: It seemed to be just... stuff, thrown together with
>animated skits featuring a turkey living in "Pilgrim Days" (you could
>tell, 'cause they wore those hats with buckles on 'em). I was never
>sure how much of it was original, and how much was culled from other
>sources.
>
WOOOO!!! TURKEY TELEVISION!!!
soooo much funnier than YCDTOTV, imho
I had "Two Triple Cheese Side Order Of Fries" dubbed onto a cassette
tape when I was a kid
actually, one of the strangest things I ever saw was on Turkey TV and
I walways wondered what it was....
there was this corny music playing the entire time, mainly just some
people whistling...
but the clip was a bunch of huge cardboard picnic items (tomatoes,
beer bottles, etc.) with people inside them so that you'd only see
people's legs walking around under the cutouts....
they just kinda walked around for a while on the side of this big
grassy hill and danced a little and all the regular bottles bowed when
a GIANT beer bottle came over the hill
like I say, VERY bizarre
Brock LaReau: the Wall Of Sound
Mom, am I a freak?
LoneIdiot
skidamariknky doo
I love you
Skidamarinky dinky dink
skidamarinky doo
I love you
I love you in the morning
and in the afternoon
I love you in the evening
and underneath the moon
skidamarinky dinky dink
skydamarinky doo
I love you
I love your singing!
I love you
We'll see you next time!
IIIII llllooooovvvvveeeee yyyyoooouuu
boo, bo-bo di-bo woo!
-The Lone Idiot
James LeMosy
message news:37a5e920.79010324@news...
> On Mon, 2 Aug 1999 01:04:01 -0500 (CDT), pmba...@webtv.net
> (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?RATMM's_Nanite=AE?=) wrote:
>
> >K-Y=A0Mellie wrote:
> >
> >>Fenton! What was his last name?
> >
> >Crackshell
> >
> >The phrase he used to transform into Gizmoduck was "Blathering
> >blatherskite!"
>
> actually, it was "flabbering blatherscythe" with the "c" pronounced
> hard
>
> don't know why I know this
No-no...'twas "Blathering."
--
James "Scotch Magictape" LeMosy (who was weaned on DuckTales, and should
know)
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