Nostalgic Kid's Shows

[Mellyrose]

Last night out of the blue, Phil and I started singing theme songs from some REALLY old kid's shows and shorts. I'm not talking about just Zoobilee Zoo...we're talking Pinwheel, Classic Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street, Teeny Little Super Guy(!!!!!!!!) era. Took us waaay back.

Which leads me to my question:

What ONE show do you wish they would broadcast again? I'd love to see Pinwheel. I'd watch it all day...the way they used to show it, in like, 5 hour blocks, back to back to back to....etc.

Who remembers typewriter guy?!? Nooony noony noo
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a269/mellyzrose/typewriterguy.jpg




or how about: KDm0PqjAF78

[Matt Molnar]

Don't think I ever saw Pinwheel...what was it about? The others were great though. Some of my other favorites were

3-2-1 Contact
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Reading Rainbow
http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/EDUCATION/05/29/reading.rainbow.ap/story.reading.rainbow.ap.jpg

Square One
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cf/Squareone_logo.jpg

and of course

Zoobilee Zoo
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/64/AMPH_zoobileezoo.jpg

[Mellyrose]

Hahaha....we were talking about the "9" song on Square One, too!!!!

I was watching YouTube at 6:30 this morning....there's a bunch of classic Sesame Street on there. :)

[T-Bird76]

For the love of GOD Matt, I now have each of those theme songs playing in my head!!!! Man I think some dormant brain synapses just lite up, LOL. WOW that really takes me back!! What about Romper Room? I loved that as a kid. Today's kids shows suck, nothing like the shows we grew up with!

[Alex T]

I remember watching Barney (i love you, you love me were one big happy family...), Sesame Street definetly, anyone recall power rnagers or was that not out yet when you guys were kids?

Beetleborgs were in existence too, I watched Reading Rainbow too, yes now the theme song is also in my head too hahaha. (its in a book, a reading rainbow...)

Mel I DEFINETLY remember typewriter guy, hadn't even thought fo him until you brought it up. damn im only 19 and i feel old, thanks alot guys aha

Alex

[mirrodie]

i remember hte typwwriter but not sure where from.

also pinwheel with mr crewshaw, the puppet guy.

"remember hte song? "pinwhiell pinwheel spinning around? look at my pinwheel and see what I found"

LOL

how about....Davey adn Goliath

and I think defernders of hte Earth. something about 5-6 people that come together in bird like costumes and their plane/ship would rise out of hte water...remember that? used to play early in the AM

[moose135]

What about Romper Room? I loved that as a kid.

Hey, me too, although I think I was about a generation ahead of you in watching - I didn't realize it was on that long.

[mirrodie]

also electric company! dude, somethimes I see that on right now and cant believe the big time actors of today who used to be in that show, like Morgan Freeman singing about hoels in the bottom of hte sea! LOL


romper room

and who forgot Mr Rodgers. hes dead right?


and Captain Kangaroo, who used to live around us.

[Mellyrose]

I wrote Mr. Rogers in the initial post! We were talking about King Friday and Lady Fairchild last night.


Phil was singing the Pinwheel theme song. hahaha

My favorite is still Teeny Little Super Guy!

[Mellyrose]

How about this?

http://johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/eureeka/castle.jpg

How about David the Gnome...riding around on his little fox, Swift! I'm back in 1986 and I love it!

Oh, and we're forgetting one of the best shows ever....MR. WIZARD!

[cancidas]

damn... 3-2-1-contact triggers a bell but i can't remember what it's about. aside from that the shows i really miss were duck tales and tailspin...

[T-Bird76]

OMG Mel Mr. Wizard was the best!!!! That was one of my favorite shows!! I loved it, he did so much good ****, just ask my mother I tried to repeat some of that stuff in my house with make shift material, LOL Little Tom making a volcano, hehe

[Mellyrose]

Ok guys. I don't know if you can handle this next one. I have a freakishly good memory, especially when it comes to things from my childhood, but it took a picture of this to trigger a memory...

Who remembers "Today's Special" ?!?!

http://johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/todaysspecial/todaysspecial3.gif

This was the show where the mannequin came to life, but in order to remain a human, he had to keep his "magic hat" on.

Also, on Youtube, I watched the "I'll miss you Mr. Hooper" clip of when Big Bird is told that Mr. Hooper died and isn't coming back. I swear to god I got a tear in my eye. I miss being 5. I miss GOOD TV. haha

[T-Bird76]

When did Mr. Hooper die???? OMG he was the best!!! Must have happened well after I stopped watching it.

[Mellyrose]

No...haha, I read that it was late 1982....I was just an infant, but you Tom...I think you were about 14 ;)

No...you were only about 6 at the time, and I'm sure you were still watching Sesame Street!

[T-Bird76]

Just checked he died in 1983, wow I was 7 then, holy **** do I feel old. Man I loved growing up as a kid, I def had a great childhood!

[Alex T]

i remember seeing the episodes of mr hooper dying but if tom was 6 i wasnt even born yet cause hes 11 yrs older then me, weird.....

i remember watching carol burnett shows and mommas family when mom had them. while not cartoons they were shows i watched a long time ago.

[mirrodie]

I remember Todays special but I though the puppet/old man figure was Mr Crenshaw from Pinwheel! LOL

[HighHeels]

How about MAGIC GARDEN and the Chuckle Patch?

[Matt Molnar]

What about Romper Room? I loved that as a kid.

Miss Molly was hot.

I remember for awhile CBS had an AMAZING Saturday morning lineup of Muppet Babies, Pee Wee's Playhouse and Garfield and Friends.

I don't remember anything about the show, but I liked Steampipe Alley with Mario Cantone. I wonder how many parents of kids who turned out gay blame that show for it.

My neighborhood finally got cable when I was around 9 or 10 (88 or 89), at which point I got hooked on Mister Wizard (I remember thinking then that the episodes must have been 15 years old at the time,) Double Dare and You Can't Say That On Television.

My little brother was born when I was 10 in 1989, so I got to watch kids shows through high school. Sesame Street was on the decline but they still showed some of the old clips from back in the day. One of his favorites was Shining Time Station which I liked for the cool train claymation stuff and George Carlin as the conductor.

My brain hurts from all this time travel. I'll probably think of more stuff later.

[Mellyrose]

I remember for awhile CBS had an AMAZING Saturday morning lineup of Muppet Babies, Pee Wee's Playhouse and Garfield and Friends.


That line up is still permanently stuck in my head. I talk about it frequently. haha.

Oh, and I have Pee-Wee's Big Adventure on DVD. Yes, I just admitted that.

[Matt Molnar]

Oh, and I have Pee-Wee's Big Adventure on DVD. Yes, I just admitted that.

Nothing to be ashamed of, it's a fine film. If I had it I think I'd watch it right now. Instead I'm watching Thomas the Tank Engine on youtube. :D

[Alex T]

Oh, and I have Pee-Wee's Big Adventure on DVD. Yes, I just admitted that.

Nothing to be ashamed of, it's a fine film. If I had it I think I'd watch it right now. Instead I'm watching Thomas the Tank Engine on youtube. :D

THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE! WOW I LOVED that show!


that was a cool show.

Alex

[moose135]

Just checked he died in 1983, wow I was 7 then, holy **** do I feel old.

OLD? Damn, Tommy, I was getting out of college and going into the Air Force in 1983 :shock:

[UrbanExplorer222]

I remember GUTS, Wild and Crazy Kids, Hey Dude, Family Matters, Legends of the hidden temple... just to name a few..

http://www.retrojunk.com has a lot of good videos from the shows

[T-Bird76]

I remember GUTS, Wild and Crazy Kids, Hey Dude, Family Matters, Legends of the hidden temple... just to name a few..

http://www.retrojunk.com has a lot of good videos from the shows

Chris that sight is out of control!!! All this talk about old stuff around my Bday is making me feel really old. Great find, thanks!

[Max10803]

damn, Legends of the Hidden was great...the huge talking Olmec head and everything. maybe some people in my age group would remember shows like: ren and stimpy, cow and chicken, wacky races, johnny quest, 2 stupid dogs!