# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/121 "2008-12-01T22:47:15Z")
Has Cool McCool been mentioned? [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Ait8WKjryGI/hqdefault.jpg "Cool McCool - opening titles") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ait8WKjryGI) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/122 "2008-12-01T22:48:53Z")
One obscure favorite was [_Strange Report_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strange_Report), starring Anthony Quayle as Adam Strange. _“Criminologist Adam Strange, formerly an inspector at Scotland Yard, investigates unusual cases with the aid of Hamlyn Gynt, a Rhodes scholar from Duluth, Minnesota, and Evelyn McLean, an artist and model, in swinging 60s London.”_ It lasted all of one season. Then there was _No Soap, Radio_, which I remember mostly because of a gag where a teenaged character sneaks away from home one night leaving a basketball under the covers in his bed to help simulate a sleeping figure; his mom pulls back the covers, sees the basketball, and _screams_ (there ensue frantic efforts to find a way to turn Basketball Head back into her son). An odd show, also short-lived. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/123 "2008-12-01T22:50:12Z")
> [@Khadaji](#): > > Has _Misfits of Science_ been mentioned? With the luminous Courteney Cox in the prime of her youth. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2008, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/124 "2008-12-01T23:33:50Z")
> [@TheVioletCreep](#): > > **Tiny Little Super Guy!** Wow. Lived on a shot glass and traveled around the kitchen! Occasionally to go down the drain! > > I can even remember the tune to the theme song, the words escape me however \>.\< TEENY Little Super Guy! On a clear plastic glass, not a shot glass. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y8j565lLvJU/hqdefault.jpg "Classic Sesame Street - Teeny Little Super Guy (school)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8j565lLvJU) “Oh, yeaaaaah!” ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/125 "2008-12-02T01:38:01Z")
Some of us geezers also remember [Jet Jackson](http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/SQ/sq2.html) Its delight was that it was a syndicated rerun of Captain Midnight. But because Ovaltine didn’t pick up the reruns, they changed the name of the lead character. Everytime some character would say the hero’s name, you would hear “Jet Jackson,” but would see the character’s lips forml “Captain Midnight.” The sidekick, Ichabod Mudd, remained, of course, Icky Mudd. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/126 "2008-12-02T01:48:36Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > Am I the only one who remembers [Zoobilee Zoo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090553/)? Heh. I was probably 21 at the time, sick in bed, and the only thing worth watching on TV with no cable was the Zoobles. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/127 "2008-12-02T02:05:40Z")
[Manimal](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manimal) [Mr. Smith](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Smith_(TV_series)) I think there was a whole bunch of short lived sitcoms in 1983. ---
**Author:** ![Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@Tool\_of\_the\_Conspiracy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tool_of_the_Conspiracy)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/128 "2008-12-02T02:30:36Z")
**Alias Smith and Jones** and **When Things Were Rotten** are almost before my time, but I remember liking them. I loved **Thundarr the Barbarian** , **Misfits of Science** and **Wonderbug**. I remember their theme songs and/or opening narrations. I liked **Kidd Video** , but there were way too few episodes. I’ve never seen \*\*Groovy Goolies \*\*or **Milton the Monster** , but I know songs from them, because they were included in a collection of Halloween-themed music that I downloaded a couple years ago. Also, The Toadies performed “Goolie Get-Together” on an album of covers of songs from cartoons. \*\*Mathnet \*\*started out as a segment on **Square One TV** , I think. I remember the Schmoo mainly from the crossover show, **Fred and Barney Meet the Schmoo**. Not mentioned yet: **Open All Night** : A sitcom about a quirky family that runs a convenience store. I think Tracey Walter had a recurring part, but I may be confusing it with **Best of the West** , from the same year. I definitely remember that the son would stand with his hand tucked into his armpit, like a chicken wing. ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/129 "2008-12-02T03:18:51Z")
> [@initech](#): > > [Wonderbug!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQnnZOJSlh0) > > When I was, like, 7 I had a total, unironic love of this show. I think it was the state-of-the-art special effects 🆒 Sid & Marty Kroft could do no wrong: Far Out Space Nuts (with Bob Denver), Land of the Lost (which I have all on DVD), The Lost Saucer (with Ruth Buzzi and Jim Nabors), Sigmund and the Seamonsters, Dr. Shrinker (both with Billy Barty), and my favorite, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl. Wonderbug and EW&DG both had episodes where the car and EW turned ‘evil’ due to mind control and I was fascinated by them. Even though I was only 7 at the time, I kept hoping that Electra Woman would be forced to take off her clothes along with Dyna Girl. ---
**Author:** ![cantara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6f9a4e/32.png) [@cantara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cantara)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/130 "2008-12-02T03:43:59Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Anyone remember the San Pedro Beach Bums? 😃 YES! I think I saw 2 episodes. The kids at school had fun saying “Football, you bet!” The same period also saw [Mr. T and Tina](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074027/), a poor show that Pat Morita shouldn’t have been involved in. We started calling one of our teachers Mr. T because of that show. There was also a series about a cop who takes on a robot partner, [Holmes and Yoyo](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074005/). I used to watch [“Tales of the Wizard of Oz”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054568/) and the [“Adventures of Pinocchio”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0784915/). They were on together on Saturday mornings when I was a kid in the 70s. ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/131 "2008-12-02T04:00:57Z")
Okay, I’ve asked this before, but here goes. Does ANYONE remember a show on Canadian TV in the mid Sixties that was live action and set in Medevial times? It was sort of like Robin Hood but I don’t think it actually was Robin Hood. ---
**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 2, 2008, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/132 "2008-12-02T04:34:25Z")
> [@TommyTutone](#): > > Sid & Marty Kroft could do no wrong: Far Out Space Nuts (with Bob Denver), Land of the Lost (which I have all on DVD), The Lost Saucer (with Ruth Buzzi and Jim Nabors), Sigmund and the Seamonsters, Dr. Shrinker (both with Billy Barty), and my favorite, Electra Woman & Dyna Girl. > > Wonderbug and EW&DG both had episodes where the car and EW turned ‘evil’ due to mind control and I was fascinated by them. Even though I was only 7 at the time, I kept hoping that Electra Woman would be forced to take off her clothes along with Dyna Girl. Okay - get outta my head. I used to think that too - and I’m a girl! My other show was Barbapapa - which I can only find non-english clips for except this one - [Barbapapa](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmDGhfS_ka8) I loved Wonderbuggy best when it was Schlep - and I loved how the girl always had the smart idea, but no one would listen to her - then the dumb white guy would say the exact same thing - and that’s what they would do. I also loved Isis and there was a show about a family that kind of looked like a tricked out RV turned in to a moonwalker . . .which is so vague. I also loved Boston-based 70s tv - like The Uncle Gus show, Jabberwocky, and [3 2 1 Contact](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxyXKCNKyqs) with episodes of [The Bloodhound Gang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4273oOYy7s) ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/133 "2008-12-02T04:37:05Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I also loved Boston-based 70s tv - like The Uncle Gus show, Jabberwocky, and [3 2 1 Contact](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxyXKCNKyqs) with episodes of [The Bloodhound Gang](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4273oOYy7s) 3-2-1 Contact was national. I remember watching it in Altoona, PA. Like Zoom, it was produced by WGBH but wasn’t exclusive to that station. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/134 "2008-12-02T04:44:07Z")
> [@](#): > > Okay, I’ve asked this before, but here goes. Does ANYONE remember a show on Canadian TV in the mid Sixties that was live action and set in Medevial times? It was sort of like Robin Hood but I don’t think it actually was Robin Hood. Ivanhoe? (With Roger Moore) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051286/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051286/) William Tell? [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158441/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158441/) Can you remember anything about it? ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/135 "2008-12-02T04:49:30Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I also loved Isis and there was a show about a family that kind of looked like a tricked out RV turned in to a moonwalker . . .which is so vague. That would be [_Ark II_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark_II). ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/136 "2008-12-02T04:56:48Z")
> [@Peter\_Morris](#): > > Ivanhoe? (With Roger Moore) [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051286/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051286/) > > William Tell? [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158441/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158441/) > > Can you remember anything about it? Perhaps the _Ivanhoe_. I sort of remember something about a horn.Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/137 "2008-12-02T05:04:40Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > 3-2-1 Contact was national. I remember watching it in Altoona, PA. Like Zoom, it was produced by WGBH but wasn’t exclusive to that station. Although WGBH did (and still does) produce a lot of PBS programming, _3-2-1 Contact_ was produced by the also-prolific Children’s Television Workshop. ---
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> [@cantara](#): > > I used to watch [“Tales of the Wizard of Oz”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054568/) and the [“Adventures of Pinocchio”](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0784915/). They were on together on Saturday mornings when I was a kid in the 70s. I remember these also. Heck, I can still sing you the theme song from the Wizard of Oz show. I’m not sure if that’s something to be proud of, though. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/139 "2008-12-02T05:09:27Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > Although WGBH did (and still does) produce a lot of PBS programming, _3-2-1 Contact_ was produced by the also-prolific Children’s Television Workshop. Whoops! In my defense, it’s been at least 20 years… 😃 ---
**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:** [December 2, 2008, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/140 "2008-12-02T05:12:36Z")
> [@Hometownboy](#): > > Some of us geezers also remember [Jet Jackson](http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/SQ/sq2.html) > Its delight was that it was a syndicated rerun of Captain Midnight. But because Ovaltine didn’t pick up the reruns, they changed the name of the lead character. Everytime some character would say the hero’s name, you would hear “Jet Jackson,” but would see the character’s lips forml “Captain Midnight.” > The sidekick, Ichabod Mudd, remained, of course, Icky Mudd. When I saw “Jet Jackson,” I was about to be like, come on, really? That one was on when I was in [high school](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0174388/). I stand corrected. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=8)