Childhood Blast from the Past

I just bought one of my favourite tv series the other day from when I was a little kid. It was my favourite show: Captain Planet.

Anyone else used to watch it?

 

I just finished episode 2 of season 1.

 

(Don't pay me out it is a god show, despite the age classification).

watch small wonder, doogie howser, in living color, thundercats, ducktales, chip n dales rescue rangers, herman's head, looney toons adventures, voltron, gi joe, transformers

because captain planet sucks!

Good for you, Nicholas!

 

Dukes of Hazzard

(I only wanted the Charger and Tom Wopat, in that order. Okay, maybe Tom Wopat IN the Charger.)

M*A*S*H

(Wished Colonel Potter was my dad. And Hawkeye was my brother. And Radar lived down the street.)

Star Trek

(Vulcans are sexy. So are savvy, engineer types with Scottish accents.)

Magnum P.I.

(Again with the car. Plus, T.C. was cute. Okay, I'll take the helicopter, too.)

Airwolf

(Theme music was awesome. That's pretty much it. Okay, I'll take the helicopter.)

The A Team

(Had a crush on George Peppard since Breakfast at Tiffany's. Something about the confident, pompous thing does it for me....)

The Six Million Dollar Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HofoK_QQxGc (That bionic eye was just cool. And he had sexy eyebrows, what can I say?)

Night Court

(John Larroquette and Marsha Warfield were hysterical together. Minor crush on Harry Andersen and Richard Moll simultaneously.)

Johnny Quest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D88g1vCydZk&feature=related (Okay, the spider thing freaks me out still.)

Simon & Simon

(Favorite show of all time, still watch it. Jameson Parker, Mmmmm.) http://www.hulu.com/simon-and-simon

Moonlighting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqzW2HfkUlM&feature=related (Greatest one liners of all time. Many memorized.)

The Fall Guy

(Even without the bionic eye, he's still hot.)

CHiPs

(Theme music was only thing worth tuning in for.)

Miami Vice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1JTj6rssW4 (Awesome intro. You gotta dance. You just gotta.)

 

Remember these? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk25rk0_2rk&feature=related

 

Brace yourself for some serious flashbacks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkO87mkgcNo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItIILCkgNaE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30OyU4O80i4&feature=related

 

Okay, those last ones should be stuck in your head all day. (evil laughter)

 

Baby Herc

Nice post Baby Herc!

 

Sadly though, I do'n't recognise thelast three posts as I grew up in Australia and not America or Canada.

 

I do remember the first ones you listed though i.e:

 

Dukes of Hazzard

Mash

Magnum P.I.

Airwolf

The A Team

Night Court

Johnny Quest etc.

 

 

 

I just thought of afew more:

 

 

The Banana Splits Show

He-Man

Scooby Doo (the eaarly one)

Pinky and the Brain

The Flinstones

The Jetsons

Babar

The All New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show

Captain Caveman

Johnny Bravo (I loved this show)

Curious George

Art Attack

Popeye

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Flash Gordon

Garfield

Snoopy (Another real favourite)

Different Strokes (Whatchyou talkin' 'bout Willis?)

Inspector Gadget

The Incredible Hulk

Mork and Mindy (who could forget this)

Smurfs

Teen wolf (in the late 80's)

The Tom and Jerry Show

transformers (didn't watch it too much)

Speed Racer

Batman and Robin

 

Get ready for an ultra blast from the past (childhood memories awaait you):

 

 

NO JOKE, I LOVED BAT FINK!! (no homo).

Nice post Baby Herc!

Thanks!

 

Sadly though, I do'n't recognise thelast three posts as I grew up in Australia and not America or Canada.

That's okay, I'm sure Oz hammered your brain with it's own flavor of weird back in the day. Hey, I forgot what is quite possibly the most important cheesy 80s show to a bodybuilding forum: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoILzi5thYg&feature=related

 

And this is for you, Nicholas:

I used to sing the entire Animaniacs theme song around the weight room in Denver to annoy the piss out of annoying people.

 

Baby Herc

Anything with Daffy Duck

Yogi Bear

 

Batman, with Adam West; and most of the animated, into the 90's); I hate the newer stuff)

 

Foghorn Leghorn

Oggie Doggie

Kimba

Snagglepuss

Speed Racer

Super Chicken

H.R. Puffin' Stuff

Lidsville

New Zoo Review

Electro Woman and Dyna Girl

Captain Kool and the Kongs (I think that's the right name)

Dr. Shrinker

Original spiderman cartoon

Davey and Goliath

Soul Train

American Bandstand

 

Wow, lots more, but that's all that comes to mind.

I watched old series re-runs throughout my childhood; so know all the oldies too.

I like the old Popeye, for example, and most of the Sid and Marty Krofft stuff.

 

How fun

Batman:

Kapow! Bam! Splat! Holy Man Panties, Batman!

MacGyver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDJQ8q56rW8 When all you have are hedgeclippers, orange juice, and a ball of twine.

Knightrider:

Come on, you know you wanted the car.

Hawaii 5-0:

Never watched it, but the music makes me want to put on a bikini and shake it.

Rockford Files:

The music creeps me out, sorry.

Kojak:

Telly, you are da man!

Starksy and Hutch:

When cars were the size of my living room.

S.W.A.T.:

A little disco, a little gunfire, a little breaking glass....

The Bionic Woman:

Sorry, the bionic eye was way cooler.

Wonder Woman:

Lynda Carter in a red, white, and blue bustier...'nuff said.

Welcome Back, Kotter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU&feature=related Who didn't want to be in this guy's class?

WKRP:

Did any man actually look at Loni Anderson's face?

Alice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoDlkYPVNic&feature=related I thought Vic was hot. Yeah, I said it.

Laverne and Shirley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AIaakO9YDw&feature=related Everybody sing!

Gilligan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY&feature=related How did the Skipper stay so chunky eating nothing but coconuts all that time?

The Jetsons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qcMjG1KL2Q&feature=related I'm gonna give Rosie the maid my address.

Scooby Doo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_C2HJvtRDY&feature=related So many drug paraphernalia references, so little time.

The Flinstones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s13X66BFd8 The Honeymooners with dinosaurs.

The Beverly Hillbillies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnXfRstZntE&feature=related Stop undressing Ellie May with your eyes, you preevert!

All in the Family: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9vRVyV914&feature=related Hey, Meathead!

The Addams Family: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CH0tN515M&feature=related I actually know Uncle Fester's daughter in real life.

Happy Days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUprXSa8EQY&feature=related Only Ron Howard came out of this one alive.

The Brady Bunch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-FeOoKDq4&feature=related Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!

The Jeffersons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYcqToQzzGY&feature=related Shake that moneymaker!

Three's Company: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhcI-9WZAYI Hot pants, short shorts, and mini skirts.

Cheers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1irjgfMC3A&feature=related NORM!

Andy Griffith Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RsX2lFbI1o&feature=related With bonus cheesy commercials.

Gomer Pyle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JAA2Unb0B4&feature=related Sha-ZAM!

Sesame Street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcdBnj4ZOg I did this one last to keep it in your head all day. You're welcome.

 

(evil laugh)

 

Baby Herc

Batman:

Kapow! Bam! Splat! Holy Man Panties, Batman!

MacGyver http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDJQ8q56rW8 When all you have are hedgeclippers, orange juice, and a ball of twine.

Knightrider:

Come on, you know you wanted the car.

Hawaii 5-0:

Never watched it, but the music makes me want to put on a bikini and shake it.

Rockford Files:

The music creeps me out, sorry.

Kojak:

Telly, you are da man!

Starksy and Hutch:

When cars were the size of my living room.

S.W.A.T.:

A little disco, a little gunfire, a little breaking glass....

The Bionic Woman:

Sorry, the bionic eye was way cooler.

Wonder Woman:

Lynda Carter in a red, white, and blue bustier...'nuff said.

Welcome Back, Kotter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVS3WNt7yRU&feature=related Who didn't want to be in this guy's class?

WKRP:

Did any man actually look at Loni Anderson's face?

Alice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoDlkYPVNic&feature=related I thought Vic was hot. Yeah, I said it.

Laverne and Shirley: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AIaakO9YDw&feature=related Everybody sing!

Gilligan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfR7qxtgCgY&feature=related How did the Skipper stay so chunky eating nothing but coconuts all that time?

The Jetsons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qcMjG1KL2Q&feature=related I'm gonna give Rosie the maid my address.

Scooby Doo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_C2HJvtRDY&feature=related So many drug paraphernalia references, so little time.

The Flinstones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s13X66BFd8 The Honeymooners with dinosaurs.

The Beverly Hillbillies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnXfRstZntE&feature=related Stop undressing Ellie May with your eyes, you preevert!

All in the Family: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F9vRVyV914&feature=related Hey, Meathead!

The Addams Family: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3CH0tN515M&feature=related I actually know Uncle Fester's daughter in real life.

Happy Days: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUprXSa8EQY&feature=related Only Ron Howard came out of this one alive.

The Brady Bunch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou-FeOoKDq4&feature=related Marsha, Marsha, Marsha!

The Jeffersons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYcqToQzzGY&feature=related Shake that moneymaker!

Three's Company: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhcI-9WZAYI Hot pants, short shorts, and mini skirts.

Cheers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1irjgfMC3A&feature=related NORM!

Andy Griffith Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RsX2lFbI1o&feature=related With bonus cheesy commercials.

Gomer Pyle: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JAA2Unb0B4&feature=related Sha-ZAM!

Sesame Street: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmcdBnj4ZOg I did this one last to keep it in your head all day. You're welcome.

 

(evil laugh)

 

Baby Herc

 

 

God you've been busy havent you Herc! You nasty piece of work posting all that (lol, jokes).

God you've been busy havent you Herc! You nasty piece of work posting all that (lol, jokes).

 

Hey, you started it! And you know you love it. Truth is, whenever I'm having a particularly sucky day, YouTube is my friend and ally. Spending twenty minutes watching stupid human tricks (like this: viewtopic.php?f=19&t=26948) or watching trippy 60s disco parties distracts me just long enough to put the gun down and step away from the cookies.

 

Hey, guess what I'm picking up at my local library today after having them track it down for me over three counties? Frank Frazetta's "Fire and Ice." (Caution: nudity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Hif1CCMSs) I'm hoping the DVD has some Extra Features worth watching. Back in my wouldn't-it-be-romantic-to-be-a-starving-artist days, I was heavily influenced by these animated movies because all the art was done painstakingly by hand, one frame at a time, early Disney style. I could see myself as a matte painter, rendering mind-blowing scenes and backdrops for all the action to race across. But then I learned that patience was involved and I decided that, clearly, this was not the line of work for me. Incidentally, the character of Darkwolf was one of my inspirations to be a body builder.

 

Baby Herc

Stumbled on a site streaming nothing but nostalgia, at least for those of us who remember what a cassette deck was.

 

http://www.justin.tv/matthewfaustintrujillo#/w/2278882144/45

 

Baby Herc

Stumbled on a site streaming nothing but nostalgia, at least for those of us who remember what a cassette deck was.

 

http://www.justin.tv/matthewfaustintrujillo#/w/2278882144/45

 

Baby Herc

 

 

Nice!

inthe80s.com/feelold.shtml

you know those old cartoons are the in thing now. My 7 yr old loves old cartoons, and the shops seem to be full of kid stuff with nostalgic cartoon characters!

you know those old cartoons are the in thing now. My 7 yr old loves old cartoons, and the shops seem to be full of kid stuff with nostalgic cartoon characters!

 

they know what all the mid-twenties women want to be wearing.. lol

I watched television growing up and it inspired me NOT to eat meat. All depends on what you watch and with what awareness you watch it. I gave my 25" screen away in 2006. These are the only two shows I watch now....

 

Garage Mahal: http://www.diynetwork.com/diy-garage-mahal-episode/videos/index.html

Man Caves: http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/video/player/0,1000643,DIY_33170_5322_32603-37405,00.html

 

Baby Herc

I don't watch TV anymore either. But I loved some of the ones in those lists. Dukes of Hazard, Laverne and Shirley, Knight Rider, The Jetsons, Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo were just a few.

Da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, da-da, BATmaaaaan!

 

http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4ebb7fa327202

 

(Sometimes this Batchannel sucks but Refresh often helps.)

 

A fruit basket of retro TV: http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4e7c241a249a9

 

Baby Herc

I agree with Baby Hercules; television shows LIKE Captain Planet taught me to care for the environment and the animals in it, thus planting a seed of compassion in me, which has lead me to become vegan.

Yea I don't disagree with the video post (which is why I gave up on TV) but I think you can watch whatever you can grab the good out of. We all have our limits.

Scooby-dooby-doooooo! http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4e559350f4118

 

Baby Herc

Humor in olive drab: http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4efb8a4916754

 

Baby Herc

We can rebuild him, we have the technology: http://veetle.com/index.php/channel/view#4ebb7fa327202

 

Baby Herc

Cool post! Growing up I watched MacGyver, best show ever! And I met him too!

I also watched and liked Highway to Heaven, Quantum Leap, The Jetsons, Captain Planet, Ronin Warriors, Sailor Moon, Rockford Files, Matlock, The Waltons, Little House, Knight Rider, and many more.

Charlie's Angels: Farrah Fawcett-Majors years http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klAXQ068_GA You know you had a poster of her in your bedroom or college dorm. 'Fess up.

Cheryl Ladd years

Still blonde, still bouncy, still badass.

Remington Steel:

He's Irish, not English. Yet, somehow still tasty.

21 :

Johnny Depp at his tiniest. Also, Peter DeLuise at his tiniest.

The Cosby Show:

My favorite show intros to watch, ever.

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air:

The blooper reel for this show was as good as the actual show. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkUZm_IPhO8&feature=related

Hardcastle and McCormick:

I had a thing for Brian Keith. Maybe it was the build.

Riptide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYnATPozpcU&feature=related Weird show, weird 'copter, weird theme song.

Battlestar Gallactica: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzyHxYxc-Mo&feature=related Awesome music, and it tied us all over until the next Star Wars movie.

V: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVXRbFPILY Lots of stars, lots of slimy, scaly things. I never missed an episode.

Ripley's Believe It Or Not: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iR-QjtpZQ0 I watched this show religiously. Religiously.

Trapper John, M.D.: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTjo2L8k67k&feature=related Bald + beard + stethoscope = sexy.

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZg2tE3xJDY&feature=related Closest thing we had to Shark Week back in the day.

 

For the sports fans:

ABC's Wide World of Sports: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7eN7RKJgyo&feature=related The skier's name is Vinko Bogataj and, yes, he suffered a concussion. Come on, you've always wondered about him.

Monday Night Football, 1970: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KrppWERtYY&feature=related First games under lights at night. Before your time, sonny.

Monday Night Football, 1973: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcyAQrJILyg&feature=related Howard, the shoe polish goes on your shoes, not your hair.

Monday Night Football, 1979: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-prv2Zxn2E&feature=related Check out those groovy graphics, man! Howard, step away from the shoe polish!

Monday Night Football, 1985: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7LuxcBgSw0&feature=related Better graphics, better aerial cameras. No more scary Howard footage.

Monday Night Football, 1990: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A_oBNPeHIo&feature=related Finally, some theme music we recognize. Rock it, Hank!

Monday Night Football, 1997: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzl6I6x-EA&feature=related Tell me again what tap dancing has to do with football?

Monday Night Football, 2011: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uExElJeNxqE&feature=related The game of football has officially taken a back seat to entertaining a massive population of short attention spans.

 

 

Baby Herc

Stumbled across these while on You Tube. Man, time flies.

 

 

Any Aussies out there remember him being this young?