05/22/2003 Entry: "Thursday Morning Picture Party."

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Chestnuts roasted by evin @ 05/22/2003 02:46 AM EST

Ack, I remember that cat reading the book, and I remember it was a Saturday morning cartoon (on ABC if I remember), but what was it called? I think I remember The Pied Piper being one of the stories on there.

Chestnuts roasted by I should really pick a nick and stick with it @ 05/22/2003 03:16 AM EST

Captain OG Readmore, Pick-a-Nick.

I really hated that stupid cat. I wasn't too fond of the stupid adaptations of books they did, either. How to Eat Fried Worms wasn't too awful, but I preferred the book. I'm a snob that way.

Chestnuts roasted by ChaosMonkey @ 05/22/2003 03:52 AM EST

YEAH RADSKATE!! radskate and I had a love/hate relationship. Stupid thing always tipped over, but he looked so COOL!

Chestnuts roasted by wack0 @ 05/22/2003 08:46 AM EST

Man I love these entries. So many memories, so little time!

Chestnuts roasted by KoNaX @ 05/22/2003 09:30 AM EST

I like the collages too. Me like 'em real good. Me also have degree in Ingleesh. You can tell?

Why are aliens eating Cap'n Crunch? Or his cereal, anyway. I don't remember that ad at all.

Popeye had a son? That means Popeye had an implied penis. And Olive -- oh God, ew. >:[ I like to watch the silver age of 'toons which includes a lot of Max Fleischer's Popeye and I only remember his three nephews. Ew; Popeye having sex with Olive Oil. Ew. Ew!

Remember the guy who counted the raisins and discovered that there weren't two scoops?

That MASK figure? My childhood favourite MASK figure (tied with Stilleto's) and one of my all-time all-'round favourites. It's a bike that turns into a helicopter! A BIKE THAT TURNS INTO A HELICOPTER! Beat *THAT* Swiss Army Knife. Ha!

I was playing air Simon Says earlier this week. Making the Beeps and pad-pressing motions myself. In the dark room I'm kept in to keep me away from normal and contemporary society, of course.

I had the Get in Shape Girl! thing. It came with two dumbbells that weighed about 1/1 000 000 th of a pound. Cheap piece of. . . I also liked Raisin Bran (and still do). So, obviously, I had issues as a kid.

Hey, the lesbian Peanuts characters. I'm trying to muster up some excitement (note the lack of exclamation point on that last sentence), but -- I didn't really like Peanuts, and these two were just. . .kinda. . .lame. Give me Teela and Evil-Lyn exploring their sexuality over these two any day. ;) (I'm sure there probably is a website for that out there somewhere). But there is a Cheerio that fell out of the Bits 'N' Bites bag laying at my feet. That's kind of exciting! Mmmm, floor Cheerio.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 05/22/2003 10:42 AM EST

Forever, my friend has said that his mom had fed him freakies cereal that was obviously super outdated since he was talking about like..... 1988. For some reason, he was under the impression that freakies was too old for him to have tried it.

Then again all my friends think I'm making up "Today's Special" since none of my friends remember that.

Chestnuts roasted by chad @ 05/22/2003 11:20 AM EST

As far as these retromercials are concerned, I think I speak for everyone when I say: "Less pics, more downloads!" Although, I remember you saying a short while ago, that there were lots more coming up, so I'm hoping this is a preview of sorts.

Chestnuts roasted by John Bender in 5 Years @ 05/22/2003 12:31 PM EST

Everything seen in the pics will, eventually, be up for download. Working on it. :)

I'll try to upload three or four to the Blog this week so you can get yo fix yo.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 05/22/2003 12:33 PM EST

So I just saw that Army Gear pic and it brought up previously locked memories in my mind. When I was younger I had these army figures. They were very small and green but they came in, you know, army stuff. Like there was a canteen (which actually worked) that would fold out into an aircraft carrier that could hold a lot of the army guys and maybe even a plane or two. I wasn't too into these so I can't remember any of the other figures, but please tell me, were these things from the Army Gear collection or something entirely different?

Chestnuts roasted by Rygar @ 05/22/2003 01:12 PM EST

You mean there weren't purple puffs in Trix originly? Well, the things you learn every day...

I remember Talking Wrinkles. An old friend of mine had one of those. Don't remember it doing much, though. It was bwoke.

Crunchatize me, Cap'n!

Oh, god. The Brady Bunch Hour. My dad had some recorded episodes of these, and boy did they suck. They Monkees were going to do something like this, but thankfully they dropped the idea.

Fairy Tails...um, yeah.

Now there is no way I could forget Radskate! He was the coolest!

There is also no way I could forget Mr. Mouth either!

Chip, Chip, Chip, Chip and Dale! MORPG! Chip, Chip, Chip, Chip and Dale! When your hungry!

Isn't Popeye a little too OLD to be a dad?

Nerf. Proud sponsers of Nickelodeon GUTS!

Ah, yes. The forgotten sun logo for Raisen Bran. I haven't seen him since...1994 I believe.

MUPPET BABIES! I used to watch that show every single fricken day. It seems stupid now, but back then, there wasn't anything cooler then Miss Piggy running around in a diaper.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 05/22/2003 03:03 PM EST

MMMM, Purple Puffs in my Trix. No way Man!Cap'n Crunch is sponsored by a crying green alien. Ha ha! I still wear Army Gear! It's really small though. Yay, yay, yay. MASK. Hey Matt, will you do an article about MASK? (hah hah, sarcasm) Well, I'm off to play with my Dinoriders. Toodle-oo.

Chestnuts roasted by Bansheex @ 05/22/2003 03:07 PM EST

Anyone remember the Trix commercial promotion with the aliens? The Aliens would repeat this phrase:

"yllis tibbar, xirt era rof sdik!"

And you were supposed to "figure out" what they were saying? I hated trix so much for insulting my intelligence.

Chestnuts roasted by Ed Franklin @ 05/22/2003 03:23 PM EST

Chad: I watched Today's Special every freakin' day when I was a wee lad. In fact, once I got cable, I was GLUED to Nickelodeon. Today's Special, Pinwheel, uhm... isn't that pretty much all they showed back then? And no commercials! I think my first true moment of outrage was seeing the first commercials on Nickelodeon. I despise advertising to this day.

Anyhow, yeah... Today's Special... with the Jeffery mannequin guy who wore a hat and came to life and... the whole thing was really creepy. At least it didn't have Andrew McCarthy.

Chestnuts roasted by ChaosMonkey @ 05/22/2003 03:58 PM EST

Starting Line-ups. STARTING LINE-UPS!!!! Back in the day, those things were "teh awesome!" And they did next to nothing. I mean, they were marketed as being posable, but if you tried to pose them in anything other than the boxed pose, they looked really f'ed up. They were still cool though.

As soon as a read ChaosMonkey's reply to Pick A Nick, that damn OG Readmore jingle came into my head. Why do I remember some of the stupidest shit FOREVER??? I don't really remember any of the cartoons, though. Just that damn cat.

Rygar, Army Gear stuff was pretty cool. That canteen was pretty cool.

And, I used to have that MASK bike-acopter. The yellow character guy's mask was my favorite for some unexplainable reason.

Oh, by the way, Nickelodeon has made 3 important contributions to society

1. You Can't Do That On Television
2. Double Dare
3. Spongebob

Thank you. That is all.

Chestnuts roasted by NutfuZ @ 05/22/2003 06:10 PM EST

Oh.My.God. I have been under the impression for years that I invented the memory of "Today's Special." I couldn't remember the name for the life of me, and typing "Jeffrey mannequin" into Google didn't bring up much. I will always have a special place in my heart for his burgundy tartan hat. (Remember the Noozles?)
I know we're all always gushing about X-E unlocking precious, forgotten memories, but it just never ends!
I eagerly await every new article like it's a smack hit, but the blog does a pretty great job as my methadone. Vive X-E!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 05/22/2003 07:10 PM EST

how can one person create such a great website?

Chestnuts roasted by wack0 @ 05/22/2003 08:10 PM EST

Ooh Starting Lineup figures. I think I broke all of mine trying to play with them. They weren't for playing with but I did anyways.

Chestnuts roasted by JG! @ 05/22/2003 08:32 PM EST

I think my fav part about Today's Special was Sam and his computer. I used to love that!! My fav episode was the one where they had to find this magic potion for some reason or another (which escapes me right now). Gotta love this site!!

Chestnuts roasted by KoNaX @ 05/22/2003 09:19 PM EST

You know... I didn't remember Army Gear until the canteen was mentioned.

It was the equipment that turned into a little wartime playset, right?

Chestnuts roasted by TJeremy @ 05/22/2003 09:26 PM EST

"Now your playing with power."

My new catchphrase. I'll say that wherever I go. Especially on the subway.

NOW YOUR PLAYING WITH POWER!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Otaku Queen @ 05/23/2003 12:16 AM EST

Dear God, I just realized I have four Fairy Tails.....

They were AWESOME!!!

Chestnuts roasted by Otaku Queen @ 05/23/2003 12:17 AM EST

Drippy Honey, like rain and a thousand lightening strikes, Umbrella! Do? I think i better leave the museum now.

Chestnuts roasted by Pigshead @ 05/23/2003 12:40 AM EST

The only two pics that brought me back to Nostalgia Land are the M.A.S.K. [I wanted that extact vehicle, thinking I would get one because it was one of the least expensive one, but did I get it...NOOOOOO!] and Mr. Mouth, but didn't the original one have a round yellow head?..don't remeber the frog.

Chestnuts roasted by Liquidduck @ 05/23/2003 02:22 AM EST

Could someone please explain what 'teh' means? I've been seeing this word a lot recently.

Chestnuts roasted by Liquidduck @ 05/23/2003 02:24 AM EST

I don't know if your being sarcastic liquidduck, but at least for me half the time when I type 'the' it comes out as 'teh' and I just assume people will figure it out.

Chestnuts roasted by edthacow @ 05/23/2003 02:46 AM EST

ChaosMonkey, are you cofusing O.G. Readamore with CBS Storybreak hosted by Robert "Captain Kangaroo" Keeshan? Storybook adapted a lot of popular young adult books from the time, and even had Malcolm Jamal Warner as a guest host.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 05/23/2003 02:50 AM EST

NutfuZ--
You mentioned three nickelodean greats...you left out one of the best. (I am in complete agreement with the old school You Cant Do That on Television and (OLD) Double Dare), but you left out Invader Zim.
By far one of the better cartoons, though I suppose I can understand why they cancelled it, since a child I nannied got scared and had mega nightmares from both the Dark Harvest and The Wettening episodes... but to me, Dark Harvest was great!
I had a Fairy Tail and a Talking Wrinkles when I was a wee lass.
Keep up the great work, Matt!

Chestnuts roasted by Raechel @ 05/23/2003 02:51 AM EST

Oh, yeah, ME... CBS Storybreak was the show with the sucky animated adaptations of stupid children's novels. But didn't Captain OG Readmore host a similar and similarly crappy show? I know he had his own animated show at one point. I guess I'm just consolidating my hatred.

I wish Nintendo would bring back the "Now You're Playing with Power!" tagline. I rather enjoyed "playing with power," and I ask you, what's more powerful than a Wavebird controller? Not to bring the site into the 21st century or anything. Sorry, Matt :P

Chestnuts roasted by ChaosMonkey @ 05/23/2003 04:29 AM EST

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH IT IS TEH MUPPET BABIES!!!11

And they're interacting with a human child!!! RUUN!!!

...

Today's Special OWNED. Remember the talking rat chick?

Did anyone else watch Pinwheel(s)??

Chestnuts roasted by Rosy @ 05/23/2003 05:12 AM EST

Mwahaha. Get In Shape Girl. We still tease my older sister to this day for being so into that. She had the little barbels and everything.

Other notes: Eek! I had those dumb birds with the hair for tails! Yowzers! I had the Miss Piggy baby doll too.

Chestnuts roasted by snowcalico @ 05/23/2003 07:50 AM EST

Talking rat chick=talking mouse chick=Muffy

Chestnuts roasted by Slait @ 05/23/2003 07:55 AM EST

that Nintendo commercial screenshot gives me chills. i'm playing with power. POWER!!!

i second Raechel's mention of Invader Zim. it's by far my favorite Nick show of the present and one of the best shows i've ever seen. hopefully it will live on in DVD at least. i remember Nick popularizing Ren & Stimpy... Nick has always been the home of a few off-the-wall, rather-inappropriate-for-kids shows. if only it could stay that way...

Chestnuts roasted by zann @ 05/23/2003 08:40 AM EST

Come to think of it, I was showing the old Zelda 2 rom to my girlfriend a few nights ago and I *did* feel a little tingly.

Chestnuts roasted by Molten @ 05/23/2003 09:02 AM EST

When the Super nintendo first came out they started using "Now you're playing with power" again. Of couse they tagged "SUPER POWER" onto the end of it. I remeber shaking with anticipation while waiting to play with SUPER POWER.

I never wathced Pinwheel, but I watched the hell out of Caliope on USA. Caliope and Commander USA, what a tag team.

Chestnuts roasted by extraordinarymagnitude @ 05/23/2003 10:12 AM EST

Your kinda right, The slogan for the SNES was actually "Now your playing with power... SUPER POWER!"

Chestnuts roasted by not just power...SUPER POWER! @ 05/23/2003 10:31 AM EST

Rosey, Pinwheel rocked! It was like Seasome Street. There was this black guy and a mime that walked around, talking with Italian guys with fruit carts and bugs that played with beach balls. There were a lot of puppets and short educational skits. It ran for about 3-hours on Nick every day!

Chestnuts roasted by Mr. Mr. Mr. @ 05/23/2003 11:32 AM EST

Invader Zim: Created by the greatest comic artist of all time, Jhonen Vazquez. Executive produced by one of the original creaters of Mystery Science Theater 3000, Frank Coniff. Of course it was awesome. But it was doomed from the start. And they probably won't release it on DVD, since they haven't released Ren & Stimpy. But you can *ahem* locate it online if your morals allow it.
Pinwheel, Salute Your Shorts (Awful Waffle! Awful Waffle!), Ren & Stimpy, Welcome Freshmen (Mortis, the safety tortoise; He always plays it safe!), Double Dare, What Would You Do?, Muppet Babies, AHH! Real Monsters, You Can't Do That On Television and Are You Afraid of the Dark? are all the great Nick shows that currently occupy about 45% of my memory capacity, taking up room that would have been put to better use memorizing the Pthagorean Theorum or the periodic table.
A scant few years ago, Nick was a great channel you could park a kid in front of with confidence that he wasn't rotting too many of his brain cells. Now it's just MTV Jr. It's pathetic.
That's why we must preserve the memories! It's not for us, it's for the children. THE CHILDREN!

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 05/23/2003 12:41 PM EST

Another good old Nick show that was good is Turkey Television. It was a sketch show, produced (I think) by the same folks that produced You Can't Do That on Television.

Also, Nick used to show The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

I always hated Pinwheel. It gave me the creeps, even when I was in its target audience.

Chestnuts roasted by UbuRex @ 05/23/2003 02:48 PM EST

Invader Zim. I miss you. I agree with squee4242on the whole MTV Jr. deal. What happened to Salute your Shorts, The Adventures of Pete and Pete (the wonder years on acid!) and their attempt at Sci-fi shows, Space Cases! The one guy had huge ears! I miss real Nick.

Chestnuts roasted by Bansheex @ 05/23/2003 03:01 PM EST

My only exposure to early Nickelodeon was the commercials in the syndicated childrens hours that said, "Follow the Silver Ball to Nickelodeon." I grew up in a poor family and even if we could afford the luxury of cable, at the time cable television would not be available to our neighborhood. Thus, I was denied.

Fast forward to my 28th year of existence. I still live with my parents who are retired, and am earning a wage that is inappropriately microscopic, so I still cannot afford the luxury that is cable. My folks rent out old movies from the library while I buy Super Friends/Justice League DVDs and rent Spongebob Squarepants videos. I am still denied.

Then again, I don't watch much TV to begin with. The internet has become my new thing. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 05/23/2003 09:07 PM EST

Man, now these are going up too often--too...Bitner.

Chestnuts roasted by Onslaught Six (WHERE IS HE-MAN?!) @ 05/23/2003 09:12 PM EST

Nick Nostalgia Site
http://members.tripod.com/~djfury/nick.html

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 05/23/2003 09:42 PM EST

better Classic Nick site:

http://www.johnsrealmonline.com/classicnick/

Matt musta not watched Nick whilst growing up.

Chestnuts roasted by wack0 @ 05/23/2003 10:00 PM EST

wack0, not to brag, but the site I found has some video clips and various videos for sale.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 05/23/2003 10:08 PM EST

To edthacow, I did not mean to be disrespectful, it's just that I've see that word on many websites and I did not know if is was an internet acronym for something, like 'brb' or 'lol'...It's sometimes hard to keep track of new word fads. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Chestnuts roasted by Liquidduck @ 05/24/2003 01:31 AM EST

I think that teh thing is similar to when people purposely throw that 1 in when they're excited, i.e. OMGROTFLOL!!!!1!

Ren and Stimpy returning to TV with all new uncensored episodes, plus uncut versions of the classics:

Spike TV'S (aka TNN's) Adult Animation Series Premieres Set

Tell the Story! An Interview with John Kricfalusi

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 05/24/2003 03:52 AM EST

SNICK.

That is all.

Chestnuts roasted by Rosy @ 05/24/2003 04:21 AM EST

Ah, the Muppet Babies! Helloooooo, Nostalgialand! I used to utterly love the Muppet Babies. Kinda sad, really, I still have several Muppet Babies episodes on VHS. An old Nick show I totally miss would be Rupert, the newer version... it was shown on Nick Jr., and it wasn't preechy and it didn't actually teach anything. It was just a kick-butt fantasy show!

Also, can anyone help me jog memories of something so I know i'm not making it up? It was a show about a beaver man who told stories and fables to his three grandchildren.

Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 05/24/2003 02:17 PM EST

Its Nerv or nothing.

Chestnuts roasted by Syndelin @ 05/24/2003 03:47 PM EST

Oh my fscking God!! That's what the show was called?!?!?! "Today's Special??"
My God, I too also thought I made that up as a kid but it was too...what's the word...PeeWee for me to cook up in this lil head o' mine.... For years, I'd come across two camps: 1) those that knew what I was talking about but couldn't remember the show's name and 2) those that stared at me like "what kind of f'd up childhood did YOU have??"
My God....childhood memories...flooding back.....

Chestnuts roasted by Dio Maxwelle @ 05/24/2003 03:50 PM EST

Hey, all you fangirls out there. Did anyone think that the big eared kid on "Space Cases" was kinda cute? In the Orlando Bloom Legolas way? Or is that just me??

Chestnuts roasted by Syndelin @ 05/24/2003 03:51 PM EST

Bah. Danger Mouse owned you all. Fess up to it.

Chestnuts roasted by Kev @ 05/24/2003 07:35 PM EST

I saw Danger Mouse on WNYW-TV, Channel 5 in New York on Sundays. I didn't get it, but then again I was young.

Now modern Nick cartoons are on CBS after the Early Show, but they're not worth watching. I actually turned off "Hey Arnold" after the first few seconds.

Let's hope the new Rugrats/Wild Thornberries movie doesn't disappoint me.

Chestnuts roasted by Go Knock Jimmy Down @ 05/24/2003 08:59 PM EST

Oh my God! I was just reminecsing about that show a couple day ago and suddenly realized "My God! That kid with the swirly ears was CUTE!" Yes! I totally thought he was cute! I'm not alone!

Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 05/25/2003 12:50 AM EST

M.A.S.K. Rox!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by soju22 @ 05/25/2003 11:16 PM EST

Is there anyway someone could get pics from the Toilet Duck commercials.

These commercials are amazing, i think its awesome to see stuff like this again.

Chestnuts roasted by Toilet Duck Fan @ 05/26/2003 12:37 AM EST

Holy shit! Popeye and Son! I saw one episode of that back when ABC Family was "The Family Channel" (Not Fox Family) On a Sunday morning! I thought that show was kinda stupid... I still think it is now.. I remember watching the episode involving the son turning into an evil son, courtesy of drinking something made by Quimby in a science lab... It was so bad.

I second the notion on Classic Nickelodean, before it went to hell and Klasky-Csupo dominated it and a kid with a football head started spanking us with a dominatrix paddle. "Invader Zim" was one of their many better shows. But the classic shows were the f*cking best! I mean, "Ren and Stimpy", "Are you afraid of the dark?" (Classic, not the revamp they did, the older episodes scared the shit out of me then.), "The Adventures of Pete and Pete" (AWESOME DUDDE!) and that show about that dwarf with the red hat.. David! David the Gnome! (That show fuckin' owned back then!) Nickelodean now? Pfft.. They show more Rugrats and some lame ass show called Rocket Power.. Oh yeah and film crossovers which will deem the end of the world! (Rugrats/Wild Thornberries..Ew.) Plus, Snick, more like "Sodomy Saturday" unlike the olden days when you looked forward to it.. Mm.. Ren and Stimpy, how inappropriate. :D

Someday, I hope Nickelodean gets firebombed and they lose all that new crap, exclude Zim and have to play nothing but old stuff and Zim...

I remember having some M.U.S.C.L.E. figures a long time ago, my cousin gave them to me. I had fun with those.. Didn't know what they were until a month or two ago when I read the article about them here...

Chestnuts roasted by Karma @ 05/26/2003 09:36 AM EST

All my old wants and fears flood back to me as I absorb this site. TOYS R' US used to be a magickal place to me as a child -- I feel sorry for today's kids, who are stuck with a real life giraffe. It'd be like Walt Disney replacing Mickey Mouse with a black sewer rat, making its mouth move "Babe"-style.

When are we going to see some "Danger Bay" merchandise?

Chestnuts roasted by Utter Darkness @ 05/26/2003 09:50 AM EST

You know, I always hated Mr. Mouth. The greedy bastard.

Chestnuts roasted by Spacecow @ 05/26/2003 09:53 AM EST

Now you're making me miss Yesterdayland all over again. Oh, the links I could hunt down for you.....

Anyway a few notes:
1)Muppet Babies, for the 2 of you that don't know, was based on a scene from "The Muppets Take Manhattan", and is probably responsible for all the "X as kids" cartoons, like Flintstone Kids and the more recent Baby Looney Tunes, or the "X with kid" phenomenon that included Popeye and Son (yes, he married the tramp/slut Olive Oil who finally settled for one man instead of chasing every big muscled guy who had yet to try and rape her), Pink Panther and Son, Goof Troop, and Tiny Toons (although they were really mentored by the famous toons, but it still vaguely counts)

2)My MASK Condor has a broken helecopter blade. You know how the one blade is in the pic above? That's how mine is all the time. I have it packed away for now, but I have a picture of it somewhere. I recently took pics of my toy collection as I transfered them to boxes that won't cause more "elemental damage" to the toys in my basement. My Transformers will NEVER be packed away!

3)Mysterious Cities of Gold, You Can't Do That on Television, and Dangermouse were three of the best things Nickelodeon showed back in the day. Anybody else see "Chalky" during the Special Delivery weekend programming block? They also used to air the original "Tommorow People" from England, but I only saw one episode since I didn't have Nick at the time. My grandparents 2 towns away did, which wasn't fair.

4)CBS Storybreak did one thing that annoyed me: CLUTZ. It was one of my favorite books as a kid, but when they adapted it, the family was suddenly African-American and C.L.U.T.Z. himself looked like he seriously worked out compared to the skinny robot in the book illustrations.

And never say anything bad about the original Captain Kangaroo, or I'll drop ping pong balls on you!

5)No, wait, that's all I've got. This has been long enough. But I put a number here, so I have to use it. AH! I read the article on the Magnetic Pac-Man game. I never heard of it! I would have begged for that as a kid. I had a Pac-Man Pocket Game (the thing I know Tomy best for were their Pocket Games). That's still fun to play. They all are!

OK, I'll shut up now.

Chestnuts roasted by ShadowWing the Technorganic Autobot @ 05/26/2003 11:07 AM EST

How many of you kids remember the REAL Mr. Mouth with the yellow head? (not that frog-boy above). My favorite childhood pastimes included launching my (screaming) sister's smurfs into the Mister's... umm.. mouth.

And whoever remembers Pinwheel being on for 2-3 hours obviously isn't as old as me. That sh*t used to be on for like, SIX HOURS in the beginning. That's too much Plus, Minus, and Ebeneezer for anyone to stand. Periodically they'd play the theme song AGAIN and you knew it was finally over when the little kid said "PINWHEEL!!!". Then if you're lucky you got a dose of Today's Special or if unlucky, a trip to Dusty's Treehouse (I think he spent too much time smoking the wood instead of building his treehouse with it... damn 70's hippy TV.

Chestnuts roasted by Giant Sean @ 05/26/2003 01:25 PM EST

ChaosMonkey: Captain O.G. Readmore did host his own show, "The ABC Weekend Special."

Chestnuts roasted by Jeffrey @ 05/26/2003 02:29 PM EST

Danger Mouse was the sh?t Neone who denies it is bullsh?ttin U. Dont listen to em. Oh yeah I'm definitely playin with power. This site is the best site on the net by far. Legend of Zelda Cartoon delivered some good times back in the day. WTF happened to the Transformers have u seen ARMADA. They screwed em up DAMN

Chestnuts roasted by Living in the PAST @ 05/26/2003 03:03 PM EST

Round Trix is proudly displayed in the first Addams family movie.

Chestnuts roasted by Johnnymilkshark @ 05/26/2003 05:02 PM EST

1)what happend to yesterdayland?

20 i seem to rember this show that was on ytv where this old man owend a corner store where there was a sock pupet cat on the store counter that hated winter.and there was a time machein that was always breaking down. anyone else rember somthing like that? so far my sister is the only one who rembers somthing like that.

Chestnuts roasted by Maxx @ 05/26/2003 05:10 PM EST

Hey NutfuZ, I hate to break it to ya, but 'You Cant DO That ON Television' is in fact a canadian production. Nick just bought syndication rights. Also another tid bit, the dark haired 'larger' girl on that show is in fact Alanis Morrisette, no im not lying check it out for yourself!
http://www.ycdtotv.com/articles/10yearslater.htm

Chestnuts roasted by merauder @ 05/26/2003 05:14 PM EST

Oh my god Maxx tha's Puttnam's Prairie Emporium.

Yeah it was on YTV and CTV in Saskatchewan. It was filmed in Regina I remember. It was about Grandpa Putnam and his daughter Ellen her kids Mark and Katy and bthat Professer Ivan. And they had all these cool adventures at this store that Grandpa owned. I remember the Time Travel episode as well as one with ghosts. It was a very awesome show anbd i wish i had taped it. I hope one day it comes back!!

Chestnuts roasted by Toilet Duck Fan @ 05/26/2003 06:19 PM EST

Matt, you are the mother(bleeping) man! Mobile Armored Strike Kommand! Hell yeah, I used to have that motorcycle, as well as a car that u could transform into a jet! Seriously, u gotta do an article about M.A.S.K., cause those toys kicked major ass! Boy, did I hate that freaking Simon game! I would start playing that thing, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, the damn thing would start going faster than the freaking speed of light! Oh, for all u Tron fans out there, there's this kick ass game called, Armagetron, and it's a completely free game where u can control ur own Tron cycle, and u have to block out the other cycles on the screen. One other thing, it's all completely in 3-D, which makes it more of a kick ass game!

Chestnuts roasted by GraphArtist @ 05/26/2003 07:18 PM EST

Heh, great pics! looking forward to downloading the actual ads! Actually, for those of you freaks (like me) who want more Nintendo 8-bit era ads, you should check out Gaming Age's special report on old NES ads (mostly printed but also TV ads) at http://www.gaming-age.com/cgi-bin/specials/special.pl?spec=adspecial&pagenum=1 Just go towards the end of the report (around page 8) for the video ads. You might have seen some here, but the whole thing is great.

Anyway, on we go... I used to have a Pocket Simon (the old black one). Unfortunately, I no longer have it, but I managed to pick up a modern translucid one as well as a cool-looking 1- or 2-player Star Wars ep 1 Simon game, last year in Philly. Someone should tell the people at Hasbro that there should be a volume control on those Simon games! I swear, my neighbors probably know everytime I'm playing Simon!

Nerf balls: I never had a nerf football, but I used to have a Nerf soccer ball (the old orange and black one). Unfortunately, I left it outside one rainy night and it, being a sponge, soaked up the water and dried and fell apart after that. Conclusion: Nerf balls don't like water.

Chestnuts roasted by Lady Jaye @ 05/26/2003 07:19 PM EST

Just postin' my yahoo groups site, where I have posted alot of digital artwork that I have done, for anyone who is interested. All u gotta do is, join the group, then u can see the stuff that I have posted on there. Most of it was created using Photoshop, but I do have a few pics that I did using a program called, Bryce.

Chestnuts roasted by GraphArtist @ 05/26/2003 07:21 PM EST

Hocus Pocus Alimadocus!

Chestnuts roasted by Nate @ 05/26/2003 07:52 PM EST

Thak you so much toilet duck fan! I've been looking for any info in that show for years! ever since i got the internet! now i know im not just living a sciotic fantisy.
HEY! has anyone here seen fern gully?

Chestnuts roasted by Maxx @ 05/26/2003 09:28 PM EST

The show about the kindly old beaver was called Poppa Beaver's Story Time, and it aired on NickJr.
After reading a half dozen comments, I have finally remembered Space Cases. Does anyone remember how that show ended, or did it just end sans conclusion?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 05/26/2003 10:13 PM EST

AHAHAHHA Mortis the Safety Tortoise! The first season or two of Welcome Freshmen rocked! The later ones sucked ass, when they made it less crazy. There were some hilarious skits on that show. I skipped down a lil, but did anyone mention Roundhouse? There's one quote from that show me and my bro always used. "You're at home. It's a family night, and everyone's gathered around it to play Monopoly! You're all having fun when somebody eventually just HAS to say it..."Imagine if all of this were REAL MONEY?" It then went into a skit imagining if that were true
lol my brother and I cracked up at this skit and still use that quote to this day :D

Chestnuts roasted by Mike Langer @ 05/27/2003 11:43 AM EST

AHAHAHHA Mortis the Safety Tortoise! The first season or two of Welcome Freshmen rocked! The later ones sucked ass, when they made it less crazy. There were some hilarious skits on that show. I skipped down a lil, but did anyone mention Roundhouse? There's one quote from that show me and my bro always used. "You're at home. It's a family night, and everyone's gathered around it to play Monopoly! You're all having fun when somebody eventually just HAS to say it..."Imagine if all of this were REAL MONEY?" It then went into a skit imagining if that were true
lol my brother and I cracked up at this skit and still use that quote to this day :D

Chestnuts roasted by Mike Langer @ 05/27/2003 01:09 PM EST

I don't know abou Goof Troop. Actually Goofy's had a son for a while, but until GT he was just referred to as "Goofy Jr." but not Max. BTW, thanks for the info. Like many of you and Today's Special, I could have SWORN that show was a figment of my imagination until someone confirmed it's existance for me.

I don't know how Space Cases ended, but I think the crew finally got off the ship and it just kinda drifted off somewhere. Wat happened to Catalina, though? She and Suzie got swapped out for each other abou midway through the show's run, but did she ever get back?

Chestnuts roasted by Freezair @ 05/27/2003 02:21 PM EST

Sorry bout the double post up ther :)

Chestnuts roasted by Kiften (aka mike langer) @ 05/27/2003 04:44 PM EST

Hey, I got even more stuff that u could research about, Matt, and possibly do an article about. There was this kids show called, The Great Space Coaster that used to come on TV in the afternoons, as well as one called, The New Zoo Review, both of which are completely and utterly jam packed with the kind of cheese that only the 80's could provide. That, and The Great American Hero, Hardcastle and McCormick, Heart To Heart, and the list goes on and on and on.....

Chestnuts roasted by GraphArtist @ 05/27/2003 06:03 PM EST

Oh, man... the New Zoo Revue was being shown in the mornings on a small-time local station a couple years back. I'd seen it as a kid, but like most things we see as kids, the real thing is worse than the memory. Bit talking animals aren't so bad, but... the folks in the costumes obviously had to use one arm to work the mouths of their beasts; all the animals characters had one arm hanging limply at their sides. It's seriously creepy, like they'd all had strokes. Brrr.

Chestnuts roasted by ChaosMonkey @ 05/27/2003 07:40 PM EST

Yesterdayland, at least for me, hasn't been accessible for a while. I keep getting a no server error. I miss it! ;_;

Chestnuts roasted by ShadowWing the technor...you know the rest @ 05/28/2003 10:33 PM EST

Captain O.G.Readmore is the Greatest!(Except,I don't know the story.)

Chestnuts roasted by Yeo Xiang Yuan @ 06/01/2003 03:50 AM EST

I think that uncensored spongebob episodes aren't true but u can try 2 prove me wrong

Chestnuts roasted by missy @ 06/06/2003 12:04 PM EST

Does anyone know the words to the theme song of "Puttnam's Prairie Emporium"? If you know them, or even a few of them... please post them

Chestnuts roasted by .... @ 07/12/2003 02:48 PM EST

Does anyone know the words to the theme song of "Puttnam's Prairie Emporium"? If you know them, or even a few of them... please post them

Chestnuts roasted by .... @ 07/12/2003 02:48 PM EST

at least I'm not alone man is it me or did we really take NICK for granted as kids? It was so great then they axed Roundhouse and they started showing All That which was a poor filler for Roundhouses genious and the system slowly started to collapse, Pete and Pete can still be seen on the Noggin network

Chestnuts roasted by thefatkid @ 07/15/2003 10:31 PM EST

at least I'm not alone man is it me or did we really take NICK for granted as kids? It was so great then they axed Roundhouse and they started showing All That which was a poor filler for Roundhouses genious and the system slowly started to collapse, Pete and Pete can still be seen on the Noggin network

Chestnuts roasted by thefatkid @ 07/15/2003 10:31 PM EST

at least I'm not alone man is it me or did we really take NICK for granted as kids? It was so great then they axed Roundhouse and they started showing All That which was a poor filler for Roundhouses genious and the system slowly started to collapse, Pete and Pete can still be seen on the Noggin network

Chestnuts roasted by thefatkid @ 07/15/2003 10:32 PM EST

i want em downloaded

Chestnuts roasted by jeremysimsports @ 07/24/2003 06:15 PM EST

Where do you downlaod the zelda cartoon from?! arg, i cant find it!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by thepersonwhoswaiting @ 08/26/2003 11:15 AM EST

Someone was asking for the words to the theme song of "Puttnam's Prairie Emporium", the small-time Saksatchewan kids show that went national on CTV. Well, here they are:

There's a place we all can go...
It's always been there I know...
They have things there,
you would not believe...
So come on down to Puttnam's,
and you'll see what I mean...
New adventures all the time,
And Mr. Puttnam thinks it's fine,
You can be yourself there,
it's all right to be you,
You will find a friend there,
and a smile or two...
At Puttnam's you'll always feel at home,
At Puttnam's you'll never be alone...
Magic's in the air,
and friends are everywhere...
At Puttnam's Prairie Emporium.

There you go. Now, if I can only find out whatever happened to Katie (Brandie Mickleborough) from that show, my life would be complete.

E!

Chestnuts roasted by E! @ 08/30/2003 05:16 PM EST

gratefulgreen eyedgrrl needs help finding pinwheel stuff from the 1979-1980 show on T.V. called pinwheel:)

Chestnuts roasted by hey do you know where i can find some pinwheel stuff like from the pinwheel T.V. show when we were younger? @ 10/02/2003 01:01 PM EST

I would like to see the Get In Shape Commercial. I used to play with mine all the time.

Chestnuts roasted by Cindy @ 10/15/2003 08:00 PM EST

I would also like to see the get in shape girl commercial. I used to pretend to be on that commercial while playing with it.

Chestnuts roasted by Tammy @ 10/15/2003 08:06 PM EST

Just wanted to say how amazed I am that anyone, Maxx, Toilet Duck Fan and E! included, remembers Puttnam's Prairie Emporium, let alone the lyrics to the theme song!! I created, produced and directed that show and the cat puppet is at this moment staring down at me from a nearby shelf wondering if he's ever going to work again!! Thanks to all for the comments and the interest!

Chestnuts roasted by Puttnam's Daddy @ 11/27/2003 01:51 PM EST

I am looking to purchase as good a copy as I can find of some or all of the old 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick episodes on VHS or DVD.
If anyone has any of these on tape or disc they would like to sell a copy of please let me know:
steve.kelley@dresden.us

Thanks

Chestnuts roasted by Fiero5 @ 12/02/2003 09:46 AM EST

Puttnam's Daddy that is really amazing Is there anyway I could get tapes from you if you have any. I have been wanting to see this show again for about the last five years and it's turned into quite an obsession. I really loved this show as a kid and would do anything to see it again.

My email is Lucky_Leperchaun@hotmail.com

If you can please respond.

Chestnuts roasted by Toilet Duck Fan @ 12/13/2003 02:56 PM EST

GREAT SPACE COASTER - REAL OR JUST IN MY MIND?

Chestnuts roasted by MeLiSsA @ 05/20/2004 05:54 PM EST

please tell me where i could get a tape of puttnam's as well!!! I freakin' loved that show - i'm very excited right now.

Chestnuts roasted by kristin @ 05/26/2004 12:26 AM EST

To E!(and with a special shout out to Puttnam's Daddy - Hey B!)...that's amazing. I WROTE the freaking lyrics to that theme song and I don't remember them that well. :) Guess my brain is too busy remembering the theme song to the Hilarious House of Frightenstein, instead. But good to know that a little piece of my past is still out there surviving ...like a antibiotic-resistant germ. :) Oh, and as for the question of copies of Puttnam's, I believe - and I think Puttnam's Daddy will concur - that the master tapes of the show were toasted years ago (due to the foresight and wisdom of CTV executives, long may they wave). Perhaps some private copies exist somewhere. I think I still have my Caldicot Cat doll around here somewhere... Cheers!

Chestnuts roasted by Puttnam's Lyrics Writer @ 06/30/2004 04:33 PM EST

PINWHEEL?? Where can i d/l/ get some episodes..that was my first fav show when i was lil....born in '78

Chestnuts roasted by ChadTroop47Music.com @ 10/29/2004 07:10 PM EST