# Classic animated specials **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [October 12, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679 "2024-10-12T03:46:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/1 "2024-10-12T03:46:15Z")
How did I miss this in 1990? And how did it not win the war on drugs? If Alf, The Muppet Babies, and Slimer can’t convince teenagers not to do the marijuana, what hope is there for the future? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/m0-vGW6p3zk/maxresdefault.jpg "CARTOON ALL-STARS TO THE RESCUE (1990) FULL MOVIE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0-vGW6p3zk) (And if you don’t want to discuss the glory of this hard-hitting George and Barbara approved expose, I suppose you can bring up other important animated specials.) ---
**Author:** ![zbuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zbuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zbuzz)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/2 "2024-10-12T05:29:08Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > How did I miss this in 1990? You were too busy doing drugs. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/3 "2024-10-12T05:30:17Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > I suppose you can bring up other important animated specials. Does the episode of Captain Planet where Verminous Skumm takes time out of his causing-pollution-for-fun agenda to troll Doogie Howser over his HIV diagnosis count? > **[A Formula for Hate](https://captainplanet.fandom.com/wiki/A_Formula_for_Hate)** > > A Formula for Hate is the eleventh episode in the third season of Captain Planet and the Planeteers. The main characters featured in this episode are: Kwame Wheeler Linka Gi Ma-Ti Captain Planet Verminous Skumm Todd Andrews Verminous Skumm breaks... ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/4 "2024-10-12T06:06:00Z")
The least-worst part of the Star Wars Holiday Special is the animated segment: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/UC2Q6ANLXQ0/maxresdefault.jpg "Star Wars Holiday Special Cartoon") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2Q6ANLXQ0) ---
**Author:** ![Asuka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2024, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/5 "2024-10-12T06:39:12Z")
I remember hearing when the All-Stars special was first announced there was NO mention of it being an anti-drug PSA, so a ton of kids watched it thinking it was going to be the ultimate cartoon crossover and were sorely disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/6 "2024-10-18T15:56:44Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > The least-worst part of the Star Wars Holiday Special is the animated segment: > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2Q6ANLXQ0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC2Q6ANLXQ0) Really? That segment is why I can’t take Boba Fett seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/7 "2024-10-19T18:10:28Z")
He said “least worst,” not “good.” ---
**Author:** ![Llama\_Llogophile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@Llama\_Llogophile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Llama_Llogophile)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/8 "2024-10-19T19:13:28Z")
For me, it was the various Rankin / Bass specials that were only on at holiday times: [Frosty the Snowman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgYmVXZGO7M) [Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM2Cioyio1c) [Here Comes Peter Cottontail](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQVeYtRIqKg) And probably the most well known: [Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer](https://archive.org/details/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964_201812) I always loved the voice acting from Burl Ives, Danny Kaye and others. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/9 "2024-10-19T20:25:26Z")
There is an older thread just about Christmas specials, which was actually in need of a bump… ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/classic-animated-specials/1008679/10 "2024-10-19T22:16:54Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > He said “least worst,” not “good.” Toosh.