# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/21 "2008-11-29T06:55:51Z")
One that I remember, which nobody else does, was about a guy who was a cartoonist, who lived in a loft apartment. Muppet-type (I don’t think they were actual Jim Henson Muppets, but some kind of knock-off) creatures would occassionally come and visit him. A staple of the show was that he’d go and visit two muppets who lived in a basement. He always talked to them through the window, and never went inside. I remember a cartoon segment about the basement muppets (who were brothers) and all you saw of them was their eyes. The one thing about the show which sticks in my mind, was that one day, the host leaned over his drawing board, looked straight at the camera and said, “You know, \ haven’t seen their parents faces. Their parents locked them in the basement when they were little, and they only open the door to throw food down to \. All \ ever see of their parents is their ankles.” Anyone have the foggiest idea of what show this might have been? It would have aired in the early 1970s. ---
**Author:** ![greatshakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58956e/32.png) [@greatshakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greatshakes)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/22 "2008-11-29T07:46:01Z")
Mark Wilson’s Magic Circus Pip the Piper My World and Welcome to It The Champions Crusader Rabbit The Wilburn Brothers Lighttime? With to Poston ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/23 "2008-11-29T09:06:11Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > One of the weirder ones that no-one talks about these days is [Clutch Cargo](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBzkNchB0p0). The only animation was the mouths, everything else was just still drawings. But the mouths were really realistic. Creepy. _Clutch Cargo_ is what Eric Stoltz’s character in _Pulp Fiction_ is watching when Travolta calls him up to say he’s bringing over Uma Thurman, who is overdosing on heroin. I read somewhere that shows like that (there were a couple, I think) were shot with the actors talking through a sort of megaphone, so that only their mouths were visible. This was filmed and then somehow spliced into the animation. I agree, it was creepy. I also remember the animated _Hercules_; in first or second grade, we used to sing a different parody of the theme song: _Hercules, he eats cheese and baloney! Hercules, he is the world’s greatest phony! Fighting for a [something], With a rubber knife, With the strength of ten Little paper men! That’s the sign of… HERCULES!_ A couple of shows no one seems to remember but me are [It’s Your Move](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086737/), which ran for one season (1984) and starred a very young Jason Bateman (my brother and I _loved_ that show), and the [New Zoo Revue](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296385/), which also ran for one season (1972) and featured Chuck Woolery of _Scrabble_ fame. One of my very earliest memories is of _New Zoo Revue_. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/24 "2008-11-29T09:20:04Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > _Clutch Cargo_ is what Eric Stoltz’s character in _Pulp Fiction_ is watching when Travolta calls him up to say he’s bringing over Uma Thurman, who is overdosing on heroin. I read somewhere that shows like that (there were a couple, I think) were shot with the actors talking through a sort of megaphone, so that only their mouths were visible. This was filmed and then somehow spliced into the animation. I agree, it was creepy. \*\*[Cecil\*\* on Clutch Cargo and its sibling show, Space Angel.](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/373/how-did-they-make-those-weird-lip-movements-in-the-old-em-clutch-cargo-em-cartoon-series) ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/25 "2008-11-29T11:07:40Z")
Wow, what a great thread. I still sing the 8th Man theme–it’s very dramatic! Jolly Roger, I grew up in Philly, seems like roughly the same time. Some more local shows I’m sure you recall: Happy the Clown, Wee Willie Weber, Sally Starr, Pixanne, and let’s not forget Gene London (with Debbie Dibbley, his girlfriend, and that scary Quigley Mansion **shudder!** ). Anyone remember [Magilla Gorilla](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIL5EE_qxGA)? [Alias Smith and Jones](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Os5K2fQEzUM)? ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/26 "2008-11-29T11:08:14Z")
Nobody ever seems to remember [Ulysses 31](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ4c1X5ene8). ---
**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:** [November 29, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/27 "2008-11-29T12:37:25Z")
**Marine Boy**. Anime, & very early…showed up in the 60s. He could live underwater because he chewed “oxygen gum”. When I was a wee tad, I had a crush on his mermaid sidekick. ---
**Author:** ![Coup\_Fourre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@Coup\_Fourre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coup_Fourre)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/28 "2008-11-29T12:58:07Z")
OMG! Groovy Goulies! I forgot all about that show! I’m another person who also remembers The Ladybug Picnic. A few shows I remember from my youth that no one seems to remember are: \*B.J. and Gigglesnort Hotel \*- This show may have been local to the Chicago area. _Make A Wish_ _Magic Door_ _Pink Lady_ \*Making A Living \*(a/k/a _It’s A Living_) _The Jim Stafford Show_ On a side note, I was in a Dollar Tree recently looking for coloring books for my 5 year-old and they had \*H.R. Pufnstuf \*coloring books. WTF? Of course I bought the two I found. This show hasn’t been on in, what, 30 years?! Great post, BTW. Making me more nostalgic for the old days when we had seven channels and you could almost always find something to watch. I have over 100 channels now and can almost never find anything to watch. ---
**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:** [November 29, 2008, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/29 "2008-11-29T13:19:57Z")
I recall a cartoon series called _M_U_S_H\*, about cartoon dogs in the RCMP. An obvious [del]rip-off of[/del] homage to _M_A_S_H\*. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/30 "2008-11-29T14:53:06Z")
[Shrimpenstein](http://www.shrimpenstein.com/)! _Lightning flashed, and something missed A poor old crazy scientist Had dropped a bag of jellybeans Into his Frankenstein machine And **Shrimpenstein** Was created…_ ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/31 "2008-11-29T16:10:35Z")
_Wlch ylch aargh aargh,_ the first animated cartoon in Welsh, which appeared on BBC Wales in 1965. I believe it was canceled after the first series when people wrote in complaining that every sketch included a man walking up behind a sheep, then not doing anything. Nobody but me remembers this because I just made it up. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/32 "2008-11-29T16:14:57Z")
[Pow Wow the Indian Boy?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrCH56xeNq8) ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/33 "2008-11-29T16:27:04Z")
**Captain Scarlet** was mentioned earlier–one of my favorite shows as a kid. Ditto the other Gerry Anderson shows, especially **Supercar**. There was another puppet show from the 60s called **Planet Patrol** that I remember fondly. Anyone remember **Diver Dan**? He had all these puppet fish friends–only remember one name, “Baron Barracuda”. I used to get a kick out of hearing that name mentioned in the song “Barracuda” by Heart. As far as cartoons, who remembers **Milton the Monster**? But one of the weirdest was **Mighty Man** –a miniature superhero with a dog sidekick named Yukk. Yukk wore a bag over his head because he was supposedly the world’s ugliest dog, and when Mighty Man would get in trouble, Yukk would remove the bag and immobilize the villain with his ugliness. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/34 "2008-11-29T17:00:26Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > It may be an age thing. I don’t know how old you are, but most of the shows I linked were aired in the Philadelphia Tri state area in the 70’s. Kidd Video if I recall correctly was in the 80’s. I have heard of it, but not watched it. And I actually do remember the ladybug picnic. I’m 37, so my prime cartoon watching age was late 70’s to present. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/35 "2008-11-29T17:03:00Z")
I remember most of these. Clearly I had no life as a child. (Wait a minute, do I have one now?) To the list I will add: Fearless Fly and Thundar the Barbarian. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/36 "2008-11-29T17:06:20Z")
Actually, something I recently found disturbing was checking out the wiki page of a Canadian 'toon called _The Raccoons_, of which I’d had fond memories and realizing I was sixteen when it first aired. Why they Hell was I watching and enjoying some cheesy cartoon about raccoons when I was sixteen? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/37 "2008-11-29T17:10:47Z")
> [@Coup\_Fourre](#): > > _Make A Wish_ Wow. I haven’t though of that one in a while. There was another show on around the same time called _Animals, Animals, Animals_. Both of their theme songs come to mind occasionally. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/38 "2008-11-29T17:12:29Z")
I love the ladybug picnic. “It’s a Living” was that show about all of the waitresses in a classy restaurant at the top of a hotel, wasn’t it. I can actually picture all of them, but can only name Ann Jillian. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/39 "2008-11-29T17:16:31Z")
_When Things Were Rotten_ _HOT L Baltimore_ ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/40 "2008-11-29T17:24:57Z")
I love these threads that dredge up all this old stuff out of the recesses of my brain. No wonder I can’t remember what I had for dinner yesterday - this is what has filled up the available memory. I seem to have seen a lot of Japanese shows - I remember _Ultraman_ an _Johnny Sokko and his Giant Flying Robot_ as well as a lot of the cartoons already mentioned. I adored _Quark_ and was thrilled to see it finally out on DVD, although I’m guessing it won’t seem as funny to me know. Anyone remember _It’s About Time_, with time-travelling astronauts meeting cavepeople? I can still bring part of the theme song to mind. Likewise the mostly best-forgotten _When Things Were Rotten_, which, in spite of it’s awfulness was still better than Mel Brooks’ later foray into the Robin Hood Myth. I remember one scene that amused me at the time - Misty Rowe as Maid Marion imobilizing the palace guards by asking them to open a stuck pickle jar while she beams cutely at them. ETA - I see **Johnny L.A.** remembers WTRR too [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=3)