# Link to frightening images you thought were cute in childhood **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 9, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055 "2007-08-09T18:54:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/1 "2007-08-09T18:54:48Z")
I’ll start you off. Damn, that’s [scary](http://www.route6x6.com/cartoons/car10.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/2 "2007-08-09T19:00:37Z")
[This is the only picture I could find](http://cgi.ebay.com/LOLLIWINKS-LP-Childrens-Music-GATEFOLD-NM_W0QQitemZ180147215248QQcategoryZ306QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWINQ3aPOST0Q3aRECOQ3aBIDQQcmdZViewItem)–scroll way down to the large image. As a kid I loved to listen to the Lolliwinks record, which was basically the elf version of Alvin and the Chipmunks. Everybody sing along with Farfi! _Misty moooorning, misty mooooooorning…_ ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/3 "2007-08-09T19:35:13Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] I’ll start you off. Damn, that’s [scary](http://www.route6x6.com/cartoons/car10.jpg)! [/QUOTE] What’s scariest about them, I think, is that I remember watching them. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/4 "2007-08-09T19:41:09Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] What’s scariest about them, I think, is that I remember watching them. [/QUOTE] Me too. I thought they were really cool. But the monkey guy creeped me out even then. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/5 "2007-08-09T20:14:55Z")
[cute song, scary characters](http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/images/puffjim2.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.cfhf.net/lyrics/hr-puff.htm&h=240&w=272&sz=18&tbnid=TfXhQTePcpLqqM:&tbnh=100&tbnw=113&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dh%2Br%2Bpufnstuf%26um%3D1&start=3&sa=X&oi=images&ct=image&cd=3) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/6 "2007-08-09T20:18:01Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Me too. I thought they were really cool. But the monkey guy creeped me out even then. [/QUOTE] Banana Splits creeped me out, even when I were a nipper back in the 70s. As did [this evil childhood destroyer](http://www.sausagenet.com/program.asp?mode=view&progid=233&progname=H-R-Puff-). Gah. ETA: oh yeah, what **pincnurse** said. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/7 "2007-08-09T20:24:45Z")
[This.](http://www.stewartsattic.com/Marx/specials/whosjohnny/susanolsen.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/8 "2007-08-09T20:25:08Z")
This guy, his show, and the fact that he had a “Tickle Trunk” should have alarmed me as a child. It wasn’t until years later that my Squickmeter exploded. I give you [Mr. Dressup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Dressup) ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/9 "2007-08-09T20:41:37Z")
[QUOTE=Happy Lendervedder] [This.](http://www.stewartsattic.com/Marx/specials/whosjohnny/susanolsen.jpg) [/QUOTE] Meh, I still think she was kind an adorable kid. [This](http://www.70slivekidvid.com/shazam/shazam.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![MelCthefirst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@MelCthefirst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MelCthefirst)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/10 "2007-08-09T20:44:39Z")
I’ve tried to find a link to it but can’t - the Dr Seuss book where there is a train on a rickety track held up by skinny, wobbly hills. I think it is from Sam I Am. That gives me nightmares now. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/11 "2007-08-09T20:45:03Z")
[Bertie the Bunyip.](http://members.fortunecity.com/mindzwarped/p11.htm) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/12 "2007-08-09T20:56:06Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] [Bertie the Bunyip.](http://members.fortunecity.com/mindzwarped/p11.htm) [/QUOTE] Holy shit. That’s _Evil._ ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/13 "2007-08-09T21:04:07Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] [Bertie the Bunyip.](http://members.fortunecity.com/mindzwarped/p11.htm) [/QUOTE] Can’t sleep. Puppet will eat me. :eek: [This](http://www.playtimepoppy.org/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Poppy17.JPG) almost qualifies for this thread, except I found her evil and scary when I was a kid as well. And not just in photos. Live and in the evil starchy flesh. And that evil chick even made a record, which my sister would play again and again. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/14 "2007-08-09T21:33:37Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] [Bertie the Bunyip.](http://members.fortunecity.com/mindzwarped/p11.htm) [/QUOTE] That will give me nightmares even now! Why…WHY? ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/15 "2007-08-09T21:35:22Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] And that evil chick even made a record, which my sister would play again and again. [/QUOTE] Yet another time when one should play the Doors [The End](http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_doors/the_end.html) very softly late at night so that it may just be heard by the offending family member. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/16 "2007-08-09T21:39:12Z")
[QUOTE=Ice Wolf] What’s scariest about them, I think, is that I remember watching them. [/QUOTE] Not only do I remember watching the Banana Splits, I cried when it went off the air. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/17 "2007-08-09T21:40:39Z")
Hands down (and intestines exposed): [Slim Goodbody](http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/1111/slimgoodbody7iagw9.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/18 "2007-08-09T21:48:30Z")
[This](http://www.70slivekidvid.com/satsm.htm) creepy family fascinated me in an unhealthy way when I was a kid, and now I find them just plain revolting. There’s a video you can watch partway down the page, if you can take it. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/19 "2007-08-09T21:48:41Z")
[Gigglesnort Hotel](http://www.tvparty.com/lostgig.html) ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055/20 "2007-08-09T23:40:28Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] [This](http://www.70slivekidvid.com/satsm.htm) creepy family fascinated me in an unhealthy way when I was a kid, and now I find them just plain revolting. [/QUOTE] Thanks. You have just unlocked a case of disturbing childhood imagery that was heretofore buried. Was that in some way connected to HR HufNPuf? The dungeons of my memory palace seem to have conflated the two. Those acid-heads have a lot to answer for. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/link-to-frightening-images-you-thought-were-cute-in-childhood/415055.md?page=2)