Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Saturday Mornings w/o Hangovers

Last night, my buddy Jeff (check out www.boorappa.blogspot.com) & I were discussing some of our favorite cartoons as kids...so I thought that I would share some of mine with you...and hopefully you remember a few of these. If not, you're probably too young...or too old...and have some of your own that you would like to recognize...on this Memorial Day week. Here's to our fallen cartoons of the past...

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - I think this was every child of the 80's favorite...and with good reason. Teenagers, we all wanted to be. Mutants, always cool...just look at the X-Men. Ninjas, really nothing cooler than ninjas. Turtles, as my buddy B's blog will confirm...turtles are awesome. Plus you throw in a rat version of Mr. Miyagi, a plethora of manimal friends & foes, and a talking brain in a robot's torso...that's cartoon gold my friend.




2. Captain Power & the Soldiers of the Future - Very few of you probably know about this one...unless I've already bored you with it...so here we go again. It was on only one year in 1987 & it was a live-action show set in a post-apocolyptic future with cutting edge (for 1987) computer graphics, robots, power suits, anonymous foot soldiers, the evil Lord Dredd, & 'interactive' toys. Brilliant if you ask me...but expensive to make. I still think they should bring it back now that computer graphics are everywhere...even in shampoo commercials. Oh...and Pilot was really really hot.

3. COPS: Central Organization of Police Specialists - Futuristic cop show & even as a kid, I thought some of the names were a little cheesy (Miss Demeanor, B.P. Vest, etc.) but still a pretty good cartoon. I even bought a few episodes at a Game Stop a few months ago. Besides, my daddy was a cop...and this was better than watching drunken hillbillies get chased into a trailer park on the other COPS show...that's still running somehow.

4. Animal Crack-Ups - Animal game show hosted by the great Alan Thicke. I was really into animals & dinosaurs as a kid, so I really liked this show...and apparently was the only one because it was again only on for one year...then Alan Thicke must have gone into movies or something.

5. Thundercats - Still waiting for the movie adaptation. Maybe 2009...if they can get Spielberg to produce it or something. Send me in your nominations for who plays Cheetara. I think there was a very similar show with Sharks as well...but I can't remember the name. Oh well...







6. Silverhawks - People that could fly in outer space with anatomically correct chrome space suits in many different colors...and like all great cartoons ended with a public service announcement from Copper Kid. I remember my favorite toy being the minotaur guy, Mumbo Jumbo...because I'm a Taurus...or something. Minotaurs are cool.








7. Transformers - As stated earlier, I'm currently trying to arrange for a midnight Transformers party at my local theatre. If you're interested & live in the Slick City area, please let me know. I still can't believe that Orson Welles was a voice in the animated movie back in the day. Everybody knows & loves Transformers...so I will stop talking about them..........now.





8. She-Ra: Princess of Power - My main draw to this show was...well, just look at her. She's a super hot princess that could weild a sword against the Evil Horde. I'm not ashamed to admit it.

9. Conan & the Hanna Barbarians - To be honest, I wasn't able to find any pictures or information online about this show...so I'm kind of thinking that I made it up. I'm pretty sure that I didn't though. If any of you can find something, please let me know. I need confirmation that this show wasn't just a wonderful dream. I seem to remember a large wookie-like creature as one of the good guys.


10. G.I. Joe - This should be higher on the list...but again...you all know & love it. Everybody's favorite was Snake Eyes...because he was a Ninja. I've caught myself watching the new G.I. Joe Sigma cartoons a few Saturday mornings recently...and I'm not ashamed to admit it. I still don't see why Cobra Commander was so feared. He had a speech inpediment & didn't have the ferocious look of some of his minions. Then again...neither did Napoleon...and he get stuff done.

Anyway, please feel free to share your childhood memories & opinions about these shows or some of your own. Congratulations to the Spurs!!! 5 wins to go!!!

P.S. TigerSharks was the Thundercats knock-off. Kudos to you if you beat me to it.

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