# Early 80s Nickelodeon Cartoon Identification? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203 "2003-04-12T04:13:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/21 "2003-04-12T20:47:48Z")
Actually, you can get the Cat Came Back if you’re in the States…go here: [http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094847](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0094847) Amazon apparently has it on both DVD and VHS. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/22 "2003-04-12T21:01:36Z")
Zoobilee Zoo: [http://www.zoobileezoo.com/zooframe.htm](http://www.zoobileezoo.com/zooframe.htm) I really hated that show, bleah. Dammit now I have “Pinwheel” stuck in my head. ::Shakes fist at Shapphire Bullet:: ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/23 "2003-04-12T21:04:56Z")
**Sapphire Bullet** , sorry about that. While I’m here, I’ll expand on why I hate Zoobilee Zoo. It’s that ‘Cats’ style make up. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/24 "2003-04-12T21:05:21Z")
I was all set to say I didn’t remember a show based on The Little Prince, but I was beaten to it LONG ago. My brother LOVED Inspector Gadget, but I was already too old for it when he got into it. Gotta love that eight-year age gap! I don’t know what’s on Nickelodeon these days. I don’t much care, either. ---
**Author:** ![bjohn13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@bjohn13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bjohn13)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/25 "2003-04-12T21:49:32Z")
wow…what nostalgia… Nickelodeon is something that I grew out of reluctantly. I’ll never forget _Zoobilee Zoo_, _Picture Page_, _The Little Prince_, or _The Mysterious Cities of Gold_…even though I never watched any of them, I simply couldn’t stand the commercials. Surprised no one has mentioned _Mr. Wizard_ or _You Can’t Do That on Television_, my two favorites. And, yes…I did also love _Hey Dude_ _It’s a little wild and a little strange When you make your home out on the range…_ I simply can’t remember what made that show so special (argh…and i still remember that the ranch’s owner was named Mr. Ernst). ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/26 "2003-04-12T21:51:29Z")
I was always more of a _Salute Your Shorts_ and _Welcome, Freshmen_ fan. ---
**Author:** ![Omorka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Omorka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omorka)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/27 "2003-04-12T21:53:26Z")
I only vaguely remember _The Little Prince_, but I certainly remember the ads for it. Oh, my gods, someone else remembers _The Letter People_ . . . squoosh box and all, I presume? _shudder_ I actually kinda liked _Zoobilee Zoo_. Do the words “Palabra jot” mean anything to anyone here? ---
**Author:** ![shy\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@shy\_guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shy_guy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/28 "2003-04-12T21:54:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Hey, does anyone remember Zoobalee Zoo (I have no idea if that’s the correct spelling)? No one else I’ve asked remembered it, so I hope I didn’t make it up! Ugh, fuck Zoobalee Zoo. I still get that theme song stuck in my head from time to time, and I didn’t even watch it! It was my little sister’s thing. Blech. ---
**Author:** ![Flymaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c4cdca/32.png) [@Flymaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flymaster)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/29 "2003-04-12T22:00:31Z")
The reason I never liked the Chicken Lady sketch from Kids in the Hall was because she reminded me too much of the bird lady from Zoobilee Zoo. I just clicked on their website, and a shudder ran up and down my spine just at the site of the king lion guy with the nose, and the bird lady. I _HATED_ that show. It was eeeeevil. ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/30 "2003-04-12T22:09:39Z")
Alright! A discussion I can get on board with! I always watched Nickelodeon growing up, and even though I wasn’t born till '86, I still firmly believe \* You Can’t Do That On Television\* and _David the Gnome_ will beat out _Hey Arnold_ **any** day. ``` Coincidentally, **Nick at Nite** will always be best when showing * The Dick Van Dyke Show * instead of * The Partridge Family*. Although it's doing a better job now that it's gone for sitcom classics from the '80s, and is out of that weird period where it would show *The Brady Bunch* and *The Wonder Years* in one sitting. ``` ---
**Author:** ![DougAB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@DougAB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougAB)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/31 "2003-04-12T22:11:21Z")
And by coincidentally, of course, I meant incidently. ``` It's bad enough I kind of changed subjects, ya know? ``` ---
**Author:** ![JRootabega](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e7dd6/32.png) [@JRootabega](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRootabega)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2003, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/32 "2003-04-12T22:20:12Z")
Picture Pages, eh? Well I sent away for Mortimer Ichabod Marker. And he _sucked_. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/33 "2003-04-13T00:38:32Z")
I always wanted to get the marker, but I eventually figured out it probably didn’t make that cool noise when it moved IRL… ---
**Author:** ![Morelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Morelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morelin)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/34 "2003-04-13T02:35:29Z")
I had the Marker, and I think it actually did make that noise. When you could get it to work. I loved Today’s Special, and my younger brother watched Zoobalee Zoo for a while. But Mortimer Ichabod was my absolute favorite. It drove my mom nuts. Was Out of Control the one with Dave Coulee, and that shrieking Liz woman? If not, anyone remember the name of it? That was great, too. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/35 "2003-04-13T02:37:06Z")
I wasn’t going to bring up **You Can’t** because it isn’t a cartoon, but if this is now a general Nickelodeon nostalgia thread, I LOVED that show. It hurts me to think there’s a couple of generations of kids who don’t know where the green slime thing came from. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/36 "2003-04-13T02:38:27Z")
You have it right, **Morelin**. ---
**Author:** ![Atreyu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Atreyu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atreyu)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/37 "2003-04-13T03:00:20Z")
I would pay money to see Nick or TV Land re-run _You Can’t Do That On Television!_, which I think was one of the greatest shows on Nickelodeon. ---
**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:** [April 13, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/38 "2003-04-13T03:14:35Z")
Yeah, about the green slime thing: I understand that it was the penalty for uttering the phrase “I don’t know.” on some show or another. Was that the way it started out, or was it just a gratuitous and random bit of assault with a gooey weapon when it began? ---
**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/39 "2003-04-13T04:38:15Z")
[http://ycdtotv.com](http://ycdtotv.com) …Fansite. I liked the shorts. There was one in particular that I really liked called “Housecats”. It was about two housecats getting into mischief and such. I enjoyed the vintage sound effects used, and there was a great jazz score in the background, including a great vibraharp solo in the ending credits. Does anyone remember this, and know if this was a cover of a standard or something? ---
**Author:** ![Yumblie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/76d3ee/32.png) [@Yumblie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yumblie)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2003, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203/40 "2003-04-13T04:56:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kaylasdad99 \* > \*\*Yeah, about the green slime thing: I understand that it was the penalty for uttering the phrase “I don’t know.” on some show or another. Was that the way it started out, or was it just a gratuitous and random bit of assault with a gooey weapon when it began? \*\* I’m pretty sure it started with _You Can’t Do That On Television_ where the slime penalty was saying “I don’t know.” From there it became Nickelodeon’s trademark. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-80s-nickelodeon-cartoon-identification/168203.md?page=3)