Children's Shows/Nostalgia

[steve davidson]

nobody i talk to watched this, but i sure did i'll tell you what

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHIICndD1OY[/youtube]

[erika]

I'm just lookin for a way to download or rent Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island!

[JustSheaNo]

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.

Was Night after Night that show with the "Audience of One"? Because if it is, I personally know  half of the only "Audience of Two" that the show ever had.

I will have to tell my friend that this ultra uncommon reference came up. He will be so thrilled.

[JonFromMaplewood]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q51Nki1PldA[/youtube]

You young 'uns don't know weird. I was a wee pup in the 70's, when children's TV was starting to incorporate 60's psychedelia.  The Magic Garden may have been specific to the Northeast. I watched it every weekday morning before my parents were awake, gobbling down Fruity Pebbles, and wearing Spiderman pajamas.

The chuckle patch segment = the origins of my bizarre sense of humor.

[stephen]

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

right now there's a show called Yo Gabba Gabba which is pretty radical

[Big Plastic Head]

"Pancake Mountain" out of DC looked really good but I have only seen clips. I love "Vowel Movement" by the Evens.

[JonFromMaplewood]

"Pancake Mountain" out of DC looked really good but I have only seen clips. I love "Vowel Movement" by the Evens.

Yes! "Vowel Movement" is the best song Fugazi never wrote.  Truth be told, I like it a lot more than my kids.

[Big Plastic Head]

Hey! Ted Leo was on Pancake Mountain too! Shoulda known!

[JonFromMaplewood]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s_yyVo1Q38[/youtube]

The full "Vowel Movement" video.

[ben]

It wasn't a saturday morning show I think, but does anyone remember Maniac Mansion?  I think it was for kids when I watched it.  Based on the truly great commodore 64 game - Joe Flaherty was in it.

[Bryan]

I just got a dvd of the Hilarious House of Frightenstein. I never watched it as a kid because it was so weird. Weird, weird, weird.

Did this play in the U.S., or was it exclusive to Canada?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZKybIIyvG4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq41OvJ9MTA

[Sarah]

It wasn't a saturday morning show I think, but does anyone remember Maniac Mansion?  I think it was for kids when I watched it.  Based on the truly great commodore 64 game - Joe Flaherty was in it.

I watched it in the late eighties.  I remember nothing about it, but I vaguely recall enjoying it at the time.

[scratchbomb]

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.

How do I get on MySpleen? Because I MUST have this.

Also, any of you looking for good kids' TV these day will be sadly disappointed. I have a 2-year-old, and the only shows she watches that don't make me want to kill myself are Yo Gabba Gabba and The Misadventures of Flapjack (which is straight-up bonkers, and has some voice work by Brian Doyle Murphy).

[buffcoat]

That LazyTown is terrifying.