# Old shows and Cartoons that no one remembers but you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873 "2008-11-29T02:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![warmark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/58f4c7/32.png) [@warmark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmark)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/221 "2008-12-04T19:39:19Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Yeah, I was pretty sure it was Tom Terrific, but I didn’t want to google it. I’m trying to do these from memory. To tax my feeble brain even further, I seem to recall that Tom Terrific’s dog was named Mighty Manfred. I have no idea about most of the shows in this thread (which I guess is kind of the point), but dad has a pet dog named Manfred, which he named after Mighty Manfred. ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/222 "2008-12-04T19:48:17Z")
I remember a show called **Vision On**. I seem to recall that it was aimed at children who were hearing impaired, but there was actually parts of it for everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/223 "2008-12-04T20:33:33Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > My own TV watching goes back to [Ding Dong School](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211798/)and [Kukla, Fran and Ollie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159886/) so I’ve forgotten more shows than I can remember. > > One of my favorites from childhood was [Topper](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045447/), a rather lame sitcom version of [the movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029682/). To this day I still watch anything with [Anne Jeffreys](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420331/) or [Robert Sterling](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827577/). > > Oddly enough, two shows I have absolutely no memory of are [Winky Dink and You](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045456/) and the “Learn to Draw” segments with John Gnagy on [Wonderama](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290994/fullcredits#cast), which ALL my friends remember. More links: [http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2008/09/winky-dink\_and\_you.php](http://www.irememberjfk.com/mt/2008/09/winky-dink_and_you.php) > **[Winky Dink and You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winky_Dink)** > > Winky Dink and You is a CBS children's television show that aired from 1953 to 1957, on Saturday mornings at 10:30 a.m. Eastern / 9:30 Central. It was hosted by Jack Barry and featured the exploits of an animated character named Winky Dink (voiced by Mae Questel) and his dog Woofer, with sound effects provided by Joseph Scholnick. > The show, created by Harry Prichett, Sr. and Ed Wyckoff, featured Barry and his sidekick, the incompetent Mr. Bungle (veteran children's show voice actor Dayton All... I very vaguely remember Winky Dink. In the mid-70’s a 5 years-older GF asked if I remembered it. I said no, even though she described placing plastic on a TV screen. A short while later it came back to me. I may have even done the plastic bit, although I can’t tell whether this is “stage memory.” Maybe all that happened is that I asked for the Magic Screen kit at a store and there wasn’t the money for it. “Learn to Draw” was great with the Ball, Cube, Cylinder and Cone as the shapes everything was supposed to be reducible to. (IIRC) This, of course was before the age of fractals. I definitely remember _Topper_, and _Kukla, Fran & Ollie_. There was definitely some school show which I watched as a preschooler, so it had to be _Ding Dong School_. \*Miss Rita \*came later. I can’t find it, BTW! Together with _Howdy Doody_, _Captain Kangaroo_, and _Mickey Mouse Club_, these had to be the oldest shows that I remember at all. You know, just before the glaciers of \*\*the last Ice Age \*\*started to retreat! 😉 - “Jack” ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/224 "2008-12-04T20:46:38Z")
> [@Kythereia](#): > > Nobody but me remembers _Freakazoid_? We all remember it. That’s why we didn’t mention it. ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/225 "2008-12-04T21:52:32Z")
> [@True Blue Jack](#): > > There was definitely some school show which I watched as a preschooler, so it had to be Ding Dong School. Miss Rita came later. I can’t find it, BTW! “Ding Dong School” was hosted by Miss Frances. But there was also [“Romper Room”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX04pgP6cWc)(remember Mr. Do-Bee and Mr. Don’t-Bee?). We didn’t have a locally produced version in Atlanta, so for us the hostess was Miss Nancy. You may have had a local version, and that may be where your “Miss Rita” was. (Romper Room hostesses were always “Miss” Someone.) ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/226 "2008-12-04T22:09:11Z")
U.f.O [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RfzkhqBLY](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8RfzkhqBLY) ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/227 "2008-12-04T23:22:42Z")
Fireball XL-5 > **[Fireball XL5](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireball_XL-5)** > > Fireball XL5 is a 1960s British children's science-fiction puppet television series about the missions of Fireball XL5, a vessel of the World Space Patrol that polices the cosmos in the year 2062. Commanded by Colonel Steve Zodiac, XL5 defends Earth from interstellar threats while encountering a wide variety of alien civilisations. > Inspired by the Space Race, Fireball XL5 was created by the husband-and-wife team of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and filmed by their production company AP Films (APF) f... ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2008, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/228 "2008-12-04T23:56:58Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “Ding Dong School” was hosted by Miss Frances. > > But there was also [“Romper Room”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX04pgP6cWc)(remember Mr. Do-Bee and Mr. Don’t-Bee?). > > We didn’t have a locally produced version in Atlanta, so for us the hostess was Miss Nancy. You may have had a local version, and that may be where your “Miss Rita” was. (Romper Room hostesses were always “Miss” Someone.) I hated Romper Room as a kid. That lady never said she saw me in her stuoid mirror whatever thingie and my RL first name is remarkably common. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/229 "2008-12-05T00:05:23Z")
Okay - what about the PBS show where the guy would draw the story while someone did a voice-over narration? What was that called? It always ended with some variation of “Susie not only finds out what’s in the old barn - but goes on a series of other adventures all found here in this book, _Susie and the Sticky Wicket_” Which annoyed me because i never got the books and never knew how the stories ended. ---
**Author:** ![Nurobath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a88e57/32.png) [@Nurobath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nurobath)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/230 "2008-12-05T00:32:25Z")
Anyone remember [Cliff Hangers](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpz0cRCMiLA) from '79? I think the first time I ever got upset about a TV show cancellation. How about [Werewolf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAGEewAdlQ)? [Strange Luck](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Luck). Really cool but short lived show. [Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wStijd-aCEk). I remember that the networks used to have a fall season preview show every year (which I always watched for the cartoon previews). Checking Google I found this [http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/history\_fall\_preview.php](http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/history_fall_preview.php). I had no idea that the networks still did these. Last time I saw one was in the late 70s. ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/231 "2008-12-05T00:44:12Z")
Chez Helene. Rocket Robin Hood. (Sorry if already mentioned.) My kids watched these shows. Lollytoodum. (sp?) A kind of folk song thing, as I recall. On CBC. ---
**Author:** ![vison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e47774/32.png) [@vison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vison)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/232 "2008-12-05T00:56:25Z")
Missed the edit window. “Could Mighty Mouse beat up Superman?” “Don’t be stupid. Mighty Mouse is only a cartoon. Superman’s a real guy!” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/233 "2008-12-05T04:05:23Z")
> [@Olentzero](#): > > One last one before I get distracted by something shiny: Anyone else remember the [Hot Fudge Show](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Fudge)? [You bet I do!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJtiAmPjYDY) ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/234 "2008-12-05T17:10:59Z")
> [@Labdad](#): > > “Ding Dong School” was hosted by Miss Frances. Thanks for the info. 🙂 > [@Labdad](#): > > "But there was also [“Romper Room”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aX04pgP6cWc)(remember Mr. Do-Bee and Mr. Don’t-Bee?). > > We didn’t have a locally produced version in Atlanta, so for us the hostess was Miss Nancy. You may have had a local version, and that may be where your “Miss Rita” was. (Romper Room hostesses were always “Miss” Someone.) :smack: How could I have forgotten the name of the show, even if momentarily? Of course! Romper Room! A few minutes later I had found some Miss Rita/Romper Room links through Yahoo, but there was no more time to post. No wonder she didn’t show up on a Wikipedia search if the show was franchised and there were local Misses. Miss Rita was the “Miss” for a Rochester, New York station (serving Greater Rochester, Monroe County, and a fairly large section of Upstate New York between Buffalo and Syracuse). - “Jack” ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/235 "2008-12-05T17:17:39Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > Okay - what about the PBS show where the guy would draw the story while someone did a voice-over narration? What was that called? > > It always ended with some variation of “Susie not only finds out what’s in the old barn - but goes on a series of other adventures all found here in this book, _Susie and the Sticky Wicket_” > > Which annoyed me because i never got the books and never knew how the stories ended. On our local PBS when I was a kid they did a version of this but a local class would write the story, read it and kids from the class would draw it. I got to be one of the readers once when I was in second grade. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/236 "2008-12-05T20:56:39Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#): > > I also used to have a strange fascination with PBS Educational shows during the 70s. They were locally produced at wherever and sent around the country to other PBS channels and usually ran about 15 minutes long. We used to watch ‘Mulligan Stew’ (which came with an activity book) and ‘The Letter People’ in school, but whenever I was sick, I would watch ‘Metric System’, ‘Read All About It’ (the mysteries of the first season were the best), ‘Vegetable Soup’ which was a trippy freaky mess, ‘All About You’, and whatever the hell gave us the phrase ‘Palabra Jot’. Oh heck yeah! Mulligan Stew especially. _4-4-3-2, that’s the formula for me and you!_ One of those made locally was “Math Country”, which I particularly remember because a friend of mine had a bit part. ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Corey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Carl\_Corey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Corey)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/237 "2008-12-05T22:01:10Z")
Some 3-2-1 Contact trivia: The guy who played Ricardo in The Bloodhound Gang was also Rembrandt in the cult classic _The Warriors_. The actress who played Trini was the candy store girl who Luther yells at in _The Warriors_ as well. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/238 "2008-12-05T23:02:54Z")
> [@Bumbershoot](#): > > Yeah, I was pretty sure it was Tom Terrific, but I didn’t want to google it. I’m trying to do these from memory. To tax my feeble brain even further, I seem to recall that Tom Terrific’s dog was named Mighty Manfred. As I recall, it was Mighty Manfred UMPH!! the Wonder Dog. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2008, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/239 "2008-12-05T23:27:54Z")
[ > [@Leiko](#): > > There was some Christian cartoon series I used to watch at elementary school. All I can remember is that there were probably three kids- two white, one other (I don’t remember if they said where he was from, just that he was brown and the other kids were very pale pink), who go back to Biblical times because they fell into an archaeological dig. Or something like that. I don’t suppose this was either “Superbook” or its less well known companion “The Flying House”, was it? Neither had an archaeological dig, but both had traveling through Biblical times. [Superbook - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbook)]([Superbook - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbook)) ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/240 "2008-12-06T00:06:56Z")
> [@Leiko](#): > > There was some Christian cartoon series I used to watch at elementary school. All I can remember is that there were probably three kids- two white, one other (I don’t remember if they said where he was from, just that he was brown and the other kids were very pale pink), who go back to Biblical times because they fell into an archaeological dig. Or something like that. It wasn’t the Kingdom Chums was it? Where they go back and discover 10 different commandments? It starts off as non-cartoon - and then the kids go in to the cartoon . . . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=13)