Baggy Pants and the Nitwits???
Rosemarie Toni Wiseman
isn't it a cartoon based on a character that Ruth Buzzy did, that old lady
and man who sits on a park bench often? Not sure, but the name did ring a
bell. Good luck.
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On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Howell Parry wrote:
> Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
>
> It was shown along with some other cartoons (which I don't remember) on
> Saturday mornings on TV here in the UK.
>
> I don't remember any details about this show; but I know I watched it
> every week.
>
> If anyone has any information on this show (and I mean *anything*) that
> will jog my memory about all this, I'd be very grateful :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Howell
>
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Damon
In article <8702788...@dejanews.com>
par...@hotmail.com "Howell Parry" writes:
> Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
Yes, I do ... and I'm singing the theme tune to myself right now.
Baggy Pants and The Nitwits was two cartoons shoved together in one
show - kinda like Pink Panther and Inspector Cleuso/Crazylegs the Crane.
Baggy Pants was a straight-faced cat who wore a suit, a bowler hat and
carried a walking stick - not disimilar to Charlie Chaplin. It was
slapstick humour, no voicing just pictures and music.
The Nitwits: This was a cartoon about an old grey/white haired bloke who
used to do a lot of muttering into his beard. He was married to a
stereotypical 'old bag' of a wife who frequently hit him with a handbag
a lot for being useless.
Anyway, the old bloke was supposed to be a retired superhero, still
doing the occasional bit of superhero work witht he aid of his trusty
(and very animated) cane - Elmo.
"I love it when you're angry" he'd mumble almost incoherently into
his beard as his wife battered him with her huge handbag.
Anyone else remember:
Shake Rattle and Roll
Haley's Comets
Grape Ape
The Oddball Couple
Heyyyy its The King!
Undercover Elephant
Laff-a-lympics
Dynomutt
...Damon
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Damon
Gavin Walker
In article <870293...@daro.demon.co.uk>,
Damon <Da...@daro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <8702788...@dejanews.com>
> par...@hotmail.com "Howell Parry" writes:
>
>> Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
>
>Yes, I do ... and I'm singing the theme tune to myself right now.
[snip]
> Anyway, the old bloke was supposed to be a retired superhero, still
>doing the occasional bit of superhero work witht he aid of his trusty
>(and very animated) cane - Elmo.
Yes! Suddenly, with the mention of his cane Elmo, it all comes back!
>Anyone else remember:
> Shake Rattle and Roll
> Haley's Comets
> Grape Ape
> The Oddball Couple
"yes they are the odd ball couple and they really are
a couple of; odd-balls..."
> Heyyyy its The King!
vaguely - about a lion wasn't it?
> Undercover Elephant
> Laff-a-lympics
even more vaguely - lots of animal characters?
> Dynomutt
BTW, I see that Channel 4 is showing Hong Kong Phooey on Sunday
mornings, at around 6.30am, followed by lots of other classics
(Camberwick Green caught my eye).
Gavin
Damon
In article <5rodeh$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
g...@eng.cam.ac.uk "Gavin Walker" writes:
> > The Oddball Couple
>
> "yes they are the odd ball couple and they really are
> a couple of; odd-balls..."
Ending on ... Eggballs. Yeah, you got it! I have never met anyone
else who knows this cartoon - err, will you marry me? ;)
Now, the dog (the scruffy one) was called 'Fleabag'. What was the cat
called?
> > Heyyyy its The King!
>
> vaguely - about a lion wasn't it?
A lion with 'big hair' who thought he was The Fonz, I think ;)
> > Laff-a-lympics
>
> even more vaguely - lots of animal characters?
Lots of Hannah Barbera characters - one of the biggest crossover cartoons
ever! Laff-a-lympics was a gameing contest, an Olympic-style television
event. Snagglepuss was one of the commentatores I believe, think that a
wolf might've been the other (possibly the wolf who used to try and eat
poor little Lambkin all the time?). Anyway, there were three teams, with
three team leaders:
The Yogi Yahooeys
The Scooby Doobies
and one other ...
The Really Rottens? (something like that)
The latter team had all the Hannah Barbera bad-guys in it: Dick Dastardly,
Muttley, The Gruesome Twosome, etc.
There have been other Hannah Barbera crossover cartoons too ... err, was one
called Yogi's Gang? Where they all used to climb into an Noah-esque ark?
Anyone heard anything more about the real-life Scooby Doo movie thats in
production right now? I *did* hear who's gonna play Shaggy, but I forget
(it wasn't KC whatsizname tho)
...Damon
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Damon
Randy Meredith
Howell Parry (par...@hotmail.com) wrote:
: Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
This show was shown on NBC in the late 70s. Baggy Pants was a Charlie
Chaplin rip off. The main character was a cat version of Chaplin's Little
Tramp character who got into situations that were very similar to
Chaplin's silent shorts. The Nit Wits were based on Arte Johnson and Ruth
Buzzi's characters from Laugh-In. Johnson & Buzzi provided the voices. The
charactes were Gladys, the old lady with the hair net who was always being
hit on by Johnson's character, Tyrone, a little old man with white hair
and a black overcoat. In the cartoon Tyron was a retired super hero, who
was married to Gladys (also possibly a retired hero, I forget). Tyrone and
his cane would get involved in super hero antics. The highlight of the
show was Johnson's asides, usually mubled under his breath, much like the
Fliesher Popeye asides. I think the show was from Filmation.
That's all I remember.
Randy
Columbus, OH
Gavin Walker
In article <870318...@daro.demon.co.uk>,
Damon <Da...@daro.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>In article <5rodeh$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
> g...@eng.cam.ac.uk "Gavin Walker" writes:
>
>> > The Oddball Couple
>>
>> "yes they are the odd ball couple and they really are
>> a couple of; odd-balls..."
>
>Ending on ... Eggballs. Yeah, you got it! I have never met anyone
>else who knows this cartoon - err, will you marry me? ;)
Only if your surname is Hill.
>Now, the dog (the scruffy one) was called 'Fleabag'. What was the cat
>called?
Hmmmm - Spiffy??
>> even more vaguely - lots of animal characters?
>
>Lots of Hannah Barbera characters - one of the biggest crossover cartoons
>ever! Laff-a-lympics was a gameing contest, an Olympic-style television
>event. Snagglepuss was one of the commentatores I believe, think that a
>wolf might've been the other (possibly the wolf who used to try and eat
>poor little Lambkin all the time?).
I remember Snagglepuss now you mention it.
Now, does any one remember some Czech (?) cartooons from my
very distant memory:
The Mole
Boris the Bold
...?
Matt Ackeret
In article <Pine.A41.3.96.970730...@paris.NMSU.Edu>,
Rosemarie Toni Wiseman <rwis...@NMSU.Edu> wrote:
>isn't it a cartoon based on a character that Ruth Buzzy did, that old lady
>and man who sits on a park bench often? Not sure, but the name did ring a
>bell. Good luck.
Yes, you're right. AGAIN, the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com)
comes through. CHECK THIS before asking questions like this!!
"Baggy Pants and the Nitwits" (1977)
USA [TV series] 1977-1978
Language: English
Genre/keyword: Animation / superhero
Cast (in alphabetical order)
Ruth Buzzi (voice)
Arte Johnson .... Baggy Pants (voice)
summary:
Baggy Pants was the world's first superhero. Now he's the oldest. But this elderly crime fighter (and his equally
elderly super-heroine wife) still have a few tricks up their sleeves as they continue to combat crime.
original question follows:
>On Wed, 30 Jul 1997, Howell Parry wrote:
>> Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
JSNY1959
>>Anyone else remember:
>> Haley's Comets
Actually, it was BAILEY'S COMETS, and I recall it -- a WACKY RACES with
roller derby. I dare anybody to name all the rival teams (besides the
Jeckyl-Hydes, the Rollercoasters, the Cosmic Rays and the Gargantula
Giants).
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Mark Meyer
In article <870293...@daro.demon.co.uk>, Da...@daro.demon.co.uk wrote:
> The Nitwits: This was a cartoon about an old grey/white haired bloke who
> used to do a lot of muttering into his beard. He was married to a
> stereotypical 'old bag' of a wife who frequently hit him with a handbag
> a lot for being useless.
Damon has apparently never seen "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". Probably
younger than I. :-)
This cartoon was based on the recurring Laugh-In characters of Tyrone and
Gladys, played respectively by Arte Johnson and Ruth Buzzi.
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Jennifer Fresco
Howell Parry wrote:
>
> Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
>
> Saturday mornings on TV here in the UK.
>
> I don't remember any details about this show; but I know I watched it
> every week.
>
> If anyone has any information on this show (and I mean *anything*) that
> will jog my memory about all this, I'd be very grateful :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Howell
See this link. I vaguely remember the series too.
http://us.imdb.com/cache/title-exact/471
Jennifer
Damon
In article <mmeyer-ya02408000...@news.dseg.ti.com>
mme...@dseg.ti.com "Mark Meyer" writes:
> In article <870293...@daro.demon.co.uk>, Da...@daro.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > The Nitwits: This was a cartoon about an old grey/white haired bloke who
> > used to do a lot of muttering into his beard. He was married to a
> > stereotypical 'old bag' of a wife who frequently hit him with a handbag
> > a lot for being useless.
>
> Damon has apparently never seen "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In". Probably
> younger than I. :-)
... and less American? ;)
...Damon
(who avoided said show when it was repeated late nights on Channel 4
a few years ago - 'laugh in' i feel to be a bit of a misnoma)
--
Damon
Damon
In article <33e1306a...@news.demon.co.uk>
s...@greenaum.demon.co.uk "Sam." writes:
> Da...@daro.demon.co.uk (Damon) wrote:
>
> >There have been other Hannah Barbera crossover cartoons too ... err, was one
> >called Yogi's Gang? Where they all used to climb into an Noah-esque ark?
>
> Yogi's Treasure Hunt. Fuuuuuuuuun-tastic! It was only on maybe in the
> late 80s/early 90s, it was Yogi and Boo-boo, Snagglepuss, Augie Doggy
> and his Doggy Daddy, Huckleberry Hound and a load of others, possibly
> the pigeon out of Stop That Pigeon. They had a very high-tech ark with
> radars and video screens and stuff, and every week Top Cat would ring
> them on the vid-phone and tell them their mission, which was to find
> some treasure in some themed area of the world.
Ahhh yes, I do remember this one. But there was definitely an HB
crossover cartoon in the mid 70s where Yogi used to lead other HB characters
into a big ark (at least in the title sequence anyway). The name
'Yogi's Gang' just won't disappear out of my mind - anyone?
...Damon
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Tom Bromley
According to "Total Television", the series "Yogi's Gang" ran from Sept. 1973
to Aug. 1975 on ABC. There was also a later series, "Yogi's Space Race" on
NBC, as well as the syndicated "Yogi's Treasure Hunt".
(Apparently, Hanna-Barbera believed in recycling, as they've produced several
similar shows in which groups of their characters from earlier series were
revived in one show.)
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Dave Mackey
Damon wrote in article <870318...@daro.demon.co.uk>...
>In article <5rodeh$1...@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk>
> g...@eng.cam.ac.uk "Gavin Walker" writes:
>
>> > The Oddball Couple
>>
>> "yes they are the odd ball couple and they really are
>> a couple of; odd-balls..."
"Oddball Couple", "Baggy Pants" and "Bailey's Comets" were all produced by
the DePatie-Freleng studio, home of "The Pink Panther" cartoon series. The
late Friz Freleng, one of the Warner Bros. animation geniuses, ran this
studio from 1963 to 1981 and made many theatrical cartoons and TV series,
primarily in the 1970's.
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Damon
In article <5rv52k$3...@crow.cybercomm.net>
Xdma...@raven.cybercomm.net "Dave Mackey" writes:
> the DePatie-Freleng studio, home of "The Pink Panther" cartoon series. The
> late Friz Freleng, one of the Warner Bros. animation geniuses, ran this
> studio from 1963 to 1981 and made many theatrical cartoons and TV series,
> primarily in the 1970's.
Was it they, perchance, who were responsible for that excellent short series
of cartoons based around a cricket called Lester? 'The cricket who sang
in Times Square'? Or something like that? I remember they showed these
toons during Swap Shop back in the late 70s or early 80s. Mind, the
animation and production seemed a little different, a little 'sharper' -
but they were definitely quite theatrical, involved and fariy tale like.
Never saw those cartoons again anywhere. Surely they deserve a repeat?
...Damon
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Dave Mackey
Damon wrote in article <870540...@daro.demon.co.uk>...
>In article <5rv52k$3...@crow.cybercomm.net>
> Xdma...@raven.cybercomm.net "Dave Mackey" writes:
>
>> the DePatie-Freleng studio, home of "The Pink Panther" cartoon series.
>Was it they, perchance, who were responsible for that excellent short
series
>of cartoons based around a cricket called Lester? 'The cricket who sang
>in Times Square'? Or something like that? I remember they showed these
>toons during Swap Shop back in the late 70s or early 80s. Mind, the
>animation and production seemed a little different, a little 'sharper' -
>but they were definitely quite theatrical, involved and fariy tale like.
You're close. The "Cricket" cartoons, which included "The Cricket In Times
Square" and "A Very Merry Cricket", were produced not by Freleng's studio,
but by that of Freleng's longtime colleague at WB, Chuck Jones. I saw one
of Jones' TV specials (namely "The White Seal") yesterday on Odyssey;
perhaps they have others.
clam
Charlotte (ge...@nospam.wivenhoe.keme.co.uk) wrote:
: Howell Parry <par...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
: <8702788...@dejanews.com>...
: > Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
:
: I'm not sure about the Nitwits but Baggy Pants was a cat, wasn't he?
:
Wasnt that Bagpuss ?
but while we're on the subject of forgotten entertainments - does anyonre
remember a book called something like 'Bottersnikes and Gumballs' about a
bunch of wierd little creatures running arundbeing unpleasant to eavch
other ( as happens in kids books...)
any info would be appreciated. I cant find it anywhere - and I'm sure I
didnt make it all up...
clam.
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I remeber the nitwits. They were an old woman and an old man who used to
live in a house on top of a telegraph pole. The old woman used to fly with
the old man sitting on her back.
Baggy Pants was a cat dressed as Charlie Chaplin... Ah the good old days
!!!!
Charlotte <ge...@nospam.wivenhoe.keme.co.uk> wrote in article
<01bca1cf$881aef20$efb3a4c1@dedwards>...
> Howell Parry <par...@hotmail.com> wrote in article
> <8702788...@dejanews.com>...
> > Does anyone remember a TV show called "Baggy Pants and the Nitwits"?
> It was shown along with some other cartoons (which I don't remember) on
> Saturday mornings on TV here in the UK.
> >
> > I don't remember any details about this show; but I know I watched it
> every week.
> >
> > If anyone has any information on this show (and I mean *anything*) that
> will jog my memory about all this, I'd be very grateful :)
>
> I'm not sure about the Nitwits but Baggy Pants was a cat, wasn't he?
>
> Charlotte
>
Damon
> but while we're on the subject of forgotten entertainments - does anyonre
> remember a book called something like 'Bottersnikes and Gumballs' about a
> bunch of wierd little creatures running arundbeing unpleasant to eavch
> other ( as happens in kids books...)
Yeah, Buttersnips and Gumbles. There was a series of books about them
IIRC. One or other grouping lived in the gutter, I think.
I'm pretty sure a TV show or cartoon was made of this in the
last ten or fifteen years?
...Damon
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"Charlotte" <ge...@nospam.wivenhoe.keme.co.uk> writes:
>> If anyone has any information on this show (and I mean *anything*) that
>will jog my memory about all this, I'd be very grateful :)
>I'm not sure about the Nitwits but Baggy Pants was a cat, wasn't he?
Weren't the "Nitwits" those crotchety old characters from the "Rowan and
Martin Laugh In"?
I think this was a double bill with baggy pants, a cat with enormous
baggy pants, and a sidekick, can't remember who or what it was? followed
by these other two in a second cartoon following old "Baggy".
Graham