wooÐs

I hit Walmart yesterday and purchased a few DVD collections. 3 are Looney Tunes (Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, Road Runner, etc.) and one is Tom & Jerry. As soon as I started watching them at home, the most amazing feeling of contentment washed over me. I was 7 again. Not a care in the world. Before I knew it, my legs were hanging over the side of the couch and I was sorta upside down, eating dry Cocoa Pebbles. Bliss.

I now plan on buying loads more DVD's of cartoons from when I was a kid. I highly recommend everyone do this! I think the key thing is to make sure to watch them when no one's around - zero distractions. Get in touch with your inner kid again, etc. Instant happiness!

What cartoons did it for you when you were a kid? Whatever they are, buy the DVD's and skip the therapist!

Bill O'Rights

I understand.

Looney Tunes always brings out my "inner child". Or, as Mrs. O'Rights would say, my true self.

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Baraka_Guru

I recently loaded The Neverending Story onto my iPod. I hadn't seen that film since the '80s on VHS. As soon as I heard the opening bars of that theme song with the backdrop of those fantastical rolling clouds, it was like, as you imply, a drug.

You're right. We should do more of this. I'll have to look into DVDs of the Muppet Show. Looney Tunes would be good for me as well, as would be The Mighty Hercules series.

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DaniGirl

I do the exact same thing. It makes me not think about the stressful things and just be a kid again. I think me and my kids bond while watching cartoons too. My favorite it Tom and Jerry.

Reese

I remember this same thing happening to me when the Pinky and The Brain DVDs were released a couple years ago.

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Xerxys

DaniGirl, I'm surprised you don't know the entire lineup of the Noggin channel. My niece got me hooked on them as soon as I started babysitting again.

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You're welcome sir. You're welcome.

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Baraka_Guru

OH...right!

Thanks!

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Strange Famous

Garfied, Captain Caveman, The Moomins, The City of Gold

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Jetée

Short of finding a VHS/DVD album of classic cartoons in some retail outlet, (which is easier said than done 5-10 years ago) or subscribing to the Boomerang channel, it was slim-pickings to be able to enjoy good ol' nostalgia of those Saturday morning rituals we all so dearly partook and reveled in weekly a lifetime ago.

Time passed, with that thought in mind occasionally nagging me to do something about it. So, it was a couple years ago that I had discovered Looney Tunes had its own site with online watchable videos, (which can now be found here, and the layout has changed drastically since my last visit) and to tell you that I was content with this revelation is beyond words. It was a flood of good feelings and laughter I had long since forgotten until I lived it all over again. Later, I found a backdoor into the site, which allowed me to download the videos that were being streamed. So, I loaded up about 50 or so cartoons, and transferred them to an iPod and it was good times from there on in. As it is now, I'd love to trawl Amazon for classic Popeye movies that I had on VHS, and upgrade to DVD if they have produced them.

I'm a guy who loved his daily characters in cartoons, and would give just about anything to be able to reconnect with them again.

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ring

Jet's touching post,
is a fine coaxing mechanism.

I had a thang for Pink Panther.
Still do.

silent_jay

Found this episode of The Mighty Hercules

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Glory's Sun

Looney Tunes, Ducktales, Tale Spin, Animaniacs, Tom & Jerry, Gummi Bears, Voltron, G.I.Joe, Thundercats, Transformers, Ren & Stimpy, Smurfs.. seriously..nobody has mentioned the mother fucking blue midgets?? The list could go on forever.. I'm just glad that I'm introducing my kids to these good ol' classics..they now enjoy them more than the crap that's on now.

spongebob can piss off.

wooÐs

What a happy thread! lol

In the $5 bin, I passed on a collection of 600 cartoons. It was Betty Boop, Casper, Superman, Popeye and a couple others. I need to see if I can grab that tomorrow. I'm sure it sucks for it to be $5 but still - it's cartoons lol.

Fremen

I recently bought a DVD collection of the 1940's Fleischer Superman cartoons from Amazon.
While not the Superfriends from my childhood, they are definitely superior cartoons.

Here's the Wikipedia article on them. It has links at the bottom to watch them online.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_(1940s_cartoons)

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ring

When I was quite a young sprite---age 6:
I relished every aspect of the Rocky & Bullwinkle show:

Fractured Fairy Tales - Boris & Natasha....and the

Mr. Peabody & Sherman episodes:


At age 7, I began to see the irony.
At age eight, I giggled at the punny fast ping pong dialogue.

By age nine, the social and political messages,
hit home runs.

Zeraph

Yeah I <3 cartoons too

Cynthetiq

I won't admit to how many cartoons I have on my ipod....just that there's lots. Next collection coming up is the Tex Avery classics.

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cartoons are the shizneit whateve rthat is being a good thing ya

MPower

Id like to find something on how cartoons are made over the years. The animation seemed to get pretty crappy in the 60s to early 80s. Im sure computers have helped with the newer ones, but still, its people drawing images when you come down to it.

Plan9

SWAT Kats!

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wow $5 for 600 cartoons? man... that really brings down the value.

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I've yet to go back and get it. I think I'd rather save my cash for the good stuff.

Leto

Need I say more?

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Charlatan

I love the original Spiderman cartoons. They were produced by the same company that made Rocket Robin Hood. They did a lot of the post production in Toronto and the voice of Spiderman is a Toronto actor.

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Jetée

Darnit. I just noticed that nearly all the "bears" I loved were produced outside the country.

Rupert bear: Britain
Little bear: Canadia
Wojtek, the soldier bear: Poland (not a cartoon, but still a major childhood feelgood story)


Only Yogi Bear was produced in America, and I consider him low-rent. Stealing "pik-a-nik" baskets? Please, you can knock down trees, Yogi!

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Charlatan

As a little kid, this was the coolest series:


Also Fables of the Green Forest:

Thundarr the Barbarian:

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silent_jay

I posted the theme to Jeremy a couple of weeks ago.....most people had no clue what it was (I think), guess the show was a Canadian thing to watch. (other than the French watching Colargol or the Brits and Barnaby)

Fables of the Green Forest was the shit, got to find some eps of that. I miss Today's Special as well, though I guess that isn't a cartoon.

What about Dr. Snuggles? Everyone on that show had eyes like they were tripping balls.

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Baraka_Guru

Jeremy, Fables of the Green Forest, and Dr. Snuggles, FTW!!!

(Thanks for the Hercules clip, Jay.)

Hey, it's not a cartoon, but do you guys remember Hammy the Hamster?

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LordEden

Jesus, I didn't think anyone else knew that show! SWAT Kats was the SHIT! I liked the villain Timemaster from that series.

Darkwing Duck. I just made the theme song my ring tone for the week.



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silent_jay

Oh yes I remember Hammy the Hamster or Tales from the Riverbank:
and just because I love this show still at 32 and would watch it if it were on Today's Special:

You're welcome for the Herc clip, I'm pretty sure youtube has full episodes on the site, if I remember correctly they were short episodes or 3 episodes to make one full show, jesus my brain is getting sore thinking back to the 80's, as long as hair bands stay out of my thoughts I'm ok.

Baraka did you know they did a Hammy the Hamster (Tales from the Riverbank) feature movie?
Oh yeah one more non cartoon that I grew up with, well two
The Friendly Giant, with a 'Participaction' commercial, remember thos from the day?
and the all time classic Canadian kids show, non cartoon again, but oh well still the greatest. I have his autograph on a hockey jersey from an appearance he made in Pembroke when we were playing road hockey in the parking lot, such a sweet kind man he was,

RIP Mr. Dress UP.

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Jetée

So long as we're posting intros this round, does anyone think this is not one of the greatest ones "you've ever seen!". Haha.
(now that I think about it, my veiled reference joke is from the ending theme.. well, you'll get it, hopefully).

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silent_jay

we always have The Raccoons:

I downloaded the episode Raccoons on Ice when they had to play the Sneers team for control of Evergreen Forest, and Cedric was a star for thje Raccoons team, with Shaffer between the pipes, alright I'm going to stop now, fuck I'm a dork.

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Last but not least, also not a cartoon, but a show I watched as a wee one The Forest Rangers:

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Hegemon1414

I suggest you subscribe to a TV provider that has the Boomerang network. 24-7 commercial free old Hanna-Barbara catalogue cartoons. Johnny Quest, Atom Ant, Jetsons, Flinstones, Ricochet Rabbit, Top Cat, and the like.

It is awesome.

Glory's Sun

and Boomerang On Demand is worth every cent.

telekinetic

CHi-Chi-Chi-Chip and DAaaaaaaaaaale!

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I lied. It's only 350.



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