Children's Shows/Nostalgia

[DoodleJump!]

I recently came across episodes of my favorite childhood show Rupert, and it really made my day being able to watch an episode or two. http://www.sidereel.com/Rupert
Watching it again, I totally understood why I loved it as a child. The accents! The imaginative storylines! The adventure! The polite conversation!
Cartoon characters just don't act the same way anymore. In fact, even in the few years since I was a kid, childrens' cartoon shows in general aren't the same. I wonder if it is because
a) they're trying to make cartoons more educational
b) they're just plain sillier
There are few shows like Rupert anymore, and I think as result kids are forgetting how to have adventures. I guess you could complain the same thing about TV in general, but I am not going to turn into an old coot here, 'cause I am definitely not an old coot.
Anyway, I just wondered what your thoughts were, and if any of you have had similar experiences with nostalgia.

[yesno]

The weirdest shows I remember are The Mysterious Cities of Gold and the one with the inside out/anatomy guy.  They don't make 'em like that anymore. I also enjoyed Down to Earth, the sitcom about a flapper ghost.

[moderate rock]

The Adventures of Pete and Pete. 'Nuff said.

[Jixby Phillips]

here's some nostalgia for ya, this actually came from my family's VHS archive:

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You can download the full thing from myspleen, it's about 2 hours from a CBS Saturday Morning block. It includes the last chunk of a Muppet Babies, a Pee Wee's Playhouse, a Garfield and Friends, a Hey Vern it's Ernest, and the first chunk of the ultra hard-to-come-by Flip.

URL for you myspleen users:

http://www.myspleen.net/details.php?id=4713

There's also a DVD of it, but it has no seeders, though you might get lucky if you put in a request.

[DoodleJump!]

You can download the full thing from myspleen, it's about 2 hours from a CBS Saturday Morning block. It includes the last chunk of a Muppet Babies, a Pee Wee's Playhouse, a Garfield and Friends, a Hey Vern it's Ernest, and the first chunk of the ultra hard-to-come-by Flip.

I always thought it was so awesome in Muppet Babies when they moved the rug to reveal a trapdoor that led to the Doozers' world.
And your video? The commercials are even better than the shows!

[nec13]

CBS Saturday Morning was tremendous. Muppet Babies, Garfield and Friends and Pee-Wee's Playhouse were all great.

[buffcoat]

Jesus, you all are young.

I'd have to say Slim Goodbody or The Great Space Coaster.

[DoodleJump!]

A friend of mine and I watched an old VHS of Ren and Stimpy the other night...I was reminded why my brother always liked it more than I did.

And yes, I am pretty young, Buffcoat. That's why I have never heard of either of your shows. I will, however, remedy that by lookin them up.

[nec13]

I never cared for Ren and Stimpy either. However, I was a fan of both Doug and Rocko's Modern Life.

[AaronC]

I always thought it was so awesome in Muppet Babies when they moved the rug to reveal a trapdoor that led to the Doozers' world.

The Doozers were on Muppet Babies?  I only remember them on Fraggle Rock.

The Adventures of Pete and Pete. 'Nuff said.

I have no idea about kids programming today. I hope there is something as good as Pete & Pete.

[yesno]

The weirdest shows I remember are The Mysterious Cities of Gold and the one with the inside out/anatomy guy.  They don't make 'em like that anymore. I also enjoyed Down to Earth, the sitcom about a flapper ghost.

Jesus, you all are young.

I'd have to say Slim Goodbody or The Great Space Coaster.

I tried to remember the name of that creepy show. 

[cutout]

A little different, but does anyone remember The Third Eye, that creepy British show on Nickelodeon? That stuff gave me nightmares.

[Regular Joe]

The Secret City w/Commander Mark! I can't believe opening this thread was the one thing after all these years that prompted me to look this memory up, but I'm glad I did. It's fascinating to see in retrospect how this show warped/shaped my young mind. Full episodes are out there on YouTube, here is part of one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyOySioIyZI

Later, as a slightly older kid I became addicted to Night after Night with Allan Havey. Actually if I think about it, there is a subtle but definable link in my entertainment preferences from Secret City, to Allan Havey, to eventually, decades later, The Best Show. I wonder if anyone else would see this link, or if I'm hallucinating.

[Jixby Phillips]

oh man I hella watched Mark Kistler in my day. It was the later incarnation of his show when he ditched the space suit and was just a dude behind a drawing board. The Imagination Station. I met him at some local PBS convention in Redding. I remember him being not that nice? Not that he was a jerk or anything, he just wasn't pouring on the goofball charm like he is when the cameras are on. To be fair I was one of maybe 8 kids who actually attended his little drawing class, which was on a tiny stage out on the giant convention floor with a lot of empty folding chairs around. But in my head I spun his forced politeness that he was just upset that my picture was better than his. It probably wasn't really, he was probably just tired or something.

[Jixby Phillips]

I am amazed that Miley could control herself to not put a finger under nose, mocking Kistler's mustache.