# Rankin-Bass (Thundercats!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 8, 2000, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613 "2000-12-08T13:41:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/21 "2000-12-08T18:53:28Z")
(that link doesn’t quite work too well for some reason, try this one… [http://www.newgrounds.com/frames.php?location=/portal/view.php?id=97](http://www.newgrounds.com/frames.php?location=/portal/view.php?id=97) punk snot dead, broccoli! [Edited by slythe on 12-09-2000 at 11:19 PM] ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/22 "2000-12-08T19:25:53Z")
I am sorry. The correct link was; > **[Newgrounds.com - Everything, by Everyone](https://www.newgrounds.com)** > > A community of artists, game developers, musicians, voice actors and writers who create and share some of the best stuff on the web! then follow the directions ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/23 "2000-12-08T19:32:36Z")
(dammit! the link I posted has a screwey ID) I wonder where **slythe** is on this one? ::snicker:: [I fixed your weak link, broccoli! breath. BTW, I’ve been “slythe” since 1978. 🙂] [Edited by slythe on 12-09-2000 at 11:22 PM] ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/24 "2000-12-08T20:20:53Z")
Thundercats kicked serious ass. I still watch the movie from time to time when I need a quick burst. SilverHawks was also magnificent, though my local TV station did not run it very long. I never caught TigerSharks, alas. ---
**Author:** ![Ura-Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/51bf81/32.png) [@Ura-Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ura-Maru)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2000, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/25 "2000-12-08T23:14:13Z")
Lion-O did have a cameo appearance in the original Bubble Gum Crisis. Just so you know. – Who will not comment on RB otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/26 "2000-12-09T00:44:05Z")
For some _really_ funny Thundercats stuff, go to [http://www.soundamerica.com](http://www.soundamerica.com) and click on Cartoons. Then choose the Thundercats/Silverhawks link. They’ve got several outtakes from the recordings of the episodes. They’re hysterical. Turns out Lion-O was a dirty old man with a mouth like a sailor. What’s funny was that I was watching an episode of Thundercats on Cartoon Network a while back and recognized one of the lines from the outtake. It was … cleaned up considerably. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/27 "2000-12-09T01:18:06Z")
SilverHawks had a cooler theme song than Thundercats did. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/28 "2000-12-09T02:40:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ura-Maru \* > \*\*Lion-O did have a cameo appearance in the original Bubble Gum Crisis. Just so you know. > > – > Who will not comment on RB otherwise. \*\* You’re kidding me! What episode, where? ---
**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2000, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/29 "2000-12-09T20:17:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by broccoli! \* > \*\*We should chnge the name of this thread to: “Two punks in Tampa talking about cartoons.” > > broccoli! > > \*\* Who’s in Tampa?? ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/30 "2000-12-11T14:15:44Z")
**Bear\_Nenno** I am in Tampa, along with **pezpunk** (who is a dirty bastard, heh heh heh…) punk snot dead, broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/31 "2000-12-11T18:52:01Z")
Possibly the only series that has never been re-shown or released to video is a 1970 cartoon that ran on Saturday Mornings, called “Tomfoolery.” If featured animated versions of the poems of Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll. I was able to snag 3 of them. I wish I could get the other 14. (We now resume the Great Tampa Cartoon Debate.) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/32 "2000-12-11T23:27:56Z")
**Tigersharks** was the least enjoyable of the three, IMNSHO. What does a cartoon adventure series need, in order to be interesting? A challenging **villain**! Mumm-ra was downright scary. Mon-starr was pretty impressive in his own right. But the villains on _Tigersharks_ were laughable! We’re supposed to feel threatened by a lousy pirate that didn’t even transform?! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2000, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/33 "2000-12-11T23:32:05Z")
broccoli! wrote: > [@](#): > > SilverHawks I do not have on basis of I hated their theme song… \*Ohhhh… Wings of silver, nerves of steel – Sil-verrr-haaaawks! Partly metal, partly real – Sil-verrr-haaaawks! Soaring through the highway of the heavens in their fight Silverha-awks, a rainbow in the niiiiiiiiiight!\* 😛 I always loved how interstellar space had an atmosphere and gravity in that show… ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2000, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/34 "2000-12-12T13:54:06Z")
::Shudder:: That’s another thing that bugged me about the SilverHawks (besides the theme song) - the stupid rainbow shooting out of their main vehicle’s arse. What is this? _the Great Space Coaster_? _Reading Rainbow_? correct me if i’m wrong but aren’t rainbows caused by refraction and the prism effect of fine water mist and light combined? It’s like an **Eddie Izzard** bit… talking about transvestite paratroopers: “Wow, look at these guys… Oh shit _they’ve got GUNS!_ ::holds hands up like a hostage:: Were you surprised? I was…” Now don’t get me wrong, I still think the SilverHawks would have demolished the ThunderCats, but could ya see it? Cheetara: Lion-o, look at this! A rainbow heading towards us, Lion-o. Snarf: I don’t like this Lion-o, snarf snarf. Panthro: What the? Lion-o there’s a large ship headng our way… Cheetara: Lion-o maybe they’re third Earth’s FTD… Jaga: Those are no flower delivery people, Lion-o Lion-o: Why do you all have to say my name 500 times? We all know who I am by now. The audience knows who I am. Can’t we get some real dialog? Punk snot dead, broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/35 "2000-12-15T14:48:46Z")
😃 heh heh heh… here’s something for any ThunderCats fans out there… > **[Entertainment and Celebrity News, TV News and Breaking News](https://www.tvguide.com/news/)** > > Read the Latest Entertainment and Celebrity News, TV News and Breaking News from TVGuide.com I say Thundercats never jumped the shark! WOO! punk snot dead, broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2000, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/36 "2000-12-15T18:59:42Z")
“Jumped the shark”?!? What, is that one of those new hipster slang euphemisms, or was there a _Tigersharks/Thundercats_ crossover? ---
**Author:** ![Pnuk\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Pnuk\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pnuk_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/37 "2000-12-19T16:33:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AudreyK \* > \*\*SilverHawks had a cooler theme song than Thundercats did. 🙂 \*\* How can you say that. One of these days i’ll get round to posting some mp3s of our band covering Thundercats. Trumpets and trombones work **SO** well 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/38 "2000-12-19T16:49:09Z")
Yes! My last band did the ThunderCats theme song, _sans_ horn section. Jump the shark is self-explanitory if you go to the site. 😃 punk snot dead, broccoli! ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/39 "2000-12-19T17:17:32Z")
Sure Broccoli you no talent hack! Maybe you could cover it with your new band if you could find a drummer 😛 [sub] hehehehe just playin. I really bring down the quality of this thread[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613/40 "2000-12-19T17:39:09Z")
ouch man, that really hurts… 😃 Actually i’m gonna force my roommate to start playing drums (he said he always wanted to so…). Me and my bassist are gonna buy a set soon and let him learn on them. I figure if I gotta teach my assist how to play bass, then i might as well get a newbie drummer too. Lord knows ANYONE and their monkeys can play drums 😉 me [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rankin-bass-thundercats/44613.md?page=1)