The Obscure Old Show Thread

[MBiddy]

Remember Yo-Yo Man from the Smuther's Bros.? I want to be like the Yo-Yo Man!

Watch out, Yo-Yo Man, that's not where you're supposed to put the scissors!

[Frack_Girl]

Nice thread!
I really enjoy remembering my childhood... but, uh, to be sincere it hasn't finished yet!
When I discover Beakman's World I just couldn't stop watching it! Unfortunately here in Brazil just a few people knew about it but it helped me a lot to understand Science. Do you remember Lester?
And what about Strawberry Shortcake? Have you ever watched it?? That show was sooooo cute!! I still have some Strawberry Shortcake's dolls!

[Amanda Morrison]

Originally posted by Brandon Martus
Anybody remember 'Out of this World'? The 1/2 alien girl who lived with her human mom, and talked to her dad at the end of each show. She could stop time by putting her two index fingers together, and start time by clapping.

It used to be on after school (here, at least... Chicago television is apparently way different from the rest of the country). I would run home just to make sure I didn't miss the beginning.

I know I posted about Beakman's World back in the beginning of this thread, but to maybe get this going again...
Has any show changed your life by watching it? I can think of two examples.

1. I was watching Beakman's World one morning about why your stomach gargles when you are hungry, and the network interrupted it to introduce Desert Storm. Crazy, huh?

2. Watching 'Empty Nest' when I was around 11 or 12, they had Garth Brooks as a guest. The next day I went out an bought his first tape (ha! before CD's were even around!), and it's been history ever since.

[FotoPlasma]

Originally posted by Brandon Martus
Anybody remember 'Out of this World'? The 1/2 alien girl who lived with her human mom, and talked to her dad at the end of each show. She could stop time by putting her two index fingers together, and start time by clapping.

She could also unfreeze people by touching them, after time was frozen. She talked to her dad through a crystal (probably plastic) cube, on a small table, in her room.

I remember one of the characters' alter egos was Mosquito Man, or something like that. Rather funny. This brings back a lot of memories, too.

[adunakin]

Robotech!

Alien spaceship crash lands on earth and humans reverse engineer just in case...it's on DVD now!! Loved that show.

[Elgin Clock]

Originally posted by Brandon Martus
Anybody remember 'Out of this World'? The 1/2 alien girl who lived with her human mom, and talked to her dad at the end of each show. She could stop time by putting her two index fingers together, and start time by clapping.

She had my chair.... or at least the one I am trying to find.. In her room she had a chair that looked like a hand was holding you up.. Remember that???

Also who remembers Small Wonder?? The Robot Girl with the the dress..
Or What about the Toxic Avengers or Captain Planet?
Yeah, those were the days

Oh yeah, and Mr. Wizard was kicked butt!! lol

[Mullet]

A list of shows unfortunately (and at the same time, fortunately) not mentioned yet:

Kenan and Kel
AHH! Real Monsters
VR Troopers
Masked Rider
GhostWriter
Pete and Pete
Nick Arcade
Legends of the Hidden Temple
Figure It Out
All the crazy Disney cartoons (Timon and Pumbaa, Goof Troop)
Crappy pop band spin offs (New Kids on the Block, Kid N Play)
Alice in Wonderland
Under the Umbrella Tree
Tiny Toon Adventure
Animaniacs
and, finally, last but certainly not least...the man...the myth...the legend....
HEY DUDE!!!!!
I gotta go get a life for saying and remembering all of these shows.

[MBiddy]

Salute Your Shorts

Nickelodeon really pimped it out in the earlier 90s.

[Amanda Morrison]

Nobody's going to be really oldschool and say they watched Leave It To Beaver reruns or the Brady Bunch, eh?

[Jupee]

Fraggle Rock, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Smurfs were all some of my absolute favorites. And Shirah and He-man. And Mighty Mouse. You Can't Say That on Television. Ch-ch-ch-chip and Dale!! Rescue Rangers...hehehe wow I'm a dork...what else...I definitely was a fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles though...big time fan!! Mork and Mindy, Get Smart (did anyone else ever watch that show?? It was so good!! With the detective...on Nickelodeon at night...) the one in like the 60's...with the soon-to-be Marilyn Manson...he played like Paul or something, and the main character had a girlfriend who was really smart...grrr...can't think of it...The Wonder Years!! That's it...sorry. Ducktales, with Hewey, Dewey, and Louie (sp?), and of course Donald Duck!! hehehe Umm...there are others but I forget them...I miss those shows!!

Now I thoroughly enjoy Spongebob, Family Guy, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Simpsons, Futurama...the good ones

[Amanda Morrison]

I had a discussion with someone about this yesterday - The Adventures of Pete and Pete! (Who knows what I'm talking about?!)

[Brandon Martus]

Pete & Pete. awesome.



Heres one:

Parker Lewis Can't Lose.

[shyra1353]

Beetlejuice

[Greg Ross]

Originally posted by SlamminSammy
Bonus Question: Anybody know why I have the name Scruffy forever etched in my memory? I think it was a dog...

Is this the Scruffy you were thinking of?

Scruffy - Wire terrier on the sitcom THE GHOST AND MRS. MUIR/NBC/ABC/1968-70. Scruffy was the family pet of Mrs. Carolyn Muir (Hope Lange), a widowed writer who lived at Schooner Bay, New England in Gull Cottage, formally owned by Captain Daniel Gregg (Edward Mulhare) whose ghostly form still haunted the house. (From tvacres.com)

[SlamminSammy]

Originally posted by gwross
Is this the Scruffy you were thinking of?

Actually, I was thinking of a 1980 children's movie. I just recently found the video while cleaning out the family room.

http://us.imdb.com/Title?0081468