# The (shudder) Gary Coleman Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 1999, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652 "1999-11-06T06:20:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![meredith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@meredith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meredith)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/1 "1999-11-06T06:20:00Z")
Has anyone else seen this monstrosity that they are showing reruns of on the Cartoon Network? What were they thinking in even _making_ it, and why in God’s name are they _rerunning_ it? ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/2 "1999-11-06T13:50:00Z")
- - - I dunno of what you speak. I only posted to do a sort of “Where Are They Now?” kind of deal: a pal saw Gary Coleman selling car wax, or something like that, out of his van in either Nashville or Memphis some months back. - MC ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/3 "1999-11-06T17:13:00Z")
Watchoo talkin’ 'bout, Meredith? ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/4 "1999-11-06T17:19:00Z")
“The Gary Coleman Show” was a really bad cartoon created when Arnold on Diff’rent Strokes was the hottest thing in entertainment. Premise: Gary is an angel, protecting a group of kids. As for what GC’s doing now, I do know that he appears occasionally on The X Show in a brief segment called, “Legal Advice from Gary Coleman”. I don’t know why they’re rerunning it…probably for the same reason they rerun the Harlem Globetrotters cartoon: because they picked it up for a song and they don’t need to show their good stuff at 1 AM. ---
**Author:** ![gary\_horaczek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gary\_horaczek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gary_horaczek)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 1999, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/5 "1999-11-06T17:28:00Z")
Nov. 15 1999 there will bea webbathon for Gary Coleman on the UGO website. [http://www.ugo.com/welovegary.](http://www.ugo.com/welovegary.) If you go now the message is Bail For Todd $15000. Saving Gary Coleman’s Ass-Priceless… “Computers are a passing fad”-Red Green ---
**Author:** ![Heath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/4af34b/32.png) [@Heath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/6 "1999-11-07T06:32:00Z")
Not to hijack, but what’s up with most of the stuff that’s on Cartoon Network? The “HAIR BEARS,” for Chrissakes? The Gary Coleman show is a true travesty of animation and not remotely amusing, even when drunk. Half the time they’re playing Cow and Chicken (which is ok, but ALL the time?) And God help me, I loved Scooby Doo when I was a kid (hated Scrappy), but ENOUGH ALREADY! I have caught really cool Tom & Jerry’s (Tex Avery is awesome), but have yet to see “Is you is, or ain’t you ain’t my baby?” even on late night. A friend claims it’s because they show Tom smoking, which I do not remember to be part of that particular episode. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 1999, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/7 "1999-11-07T05:22:00Z")
Hah, ONLY the Cartoon Network would show the Gary Coleman Show. The animation on it is so horrible, horror! I mainly watch that channel for “Dragon Ball Z” (it’s a kids show I know but I really got into it recently). Also, sorry to High-Jack but whats’ up with “The Super Globe Trotters”? ONLY the Cartoon Network would show something like that. But, I have to give them props for showing Robotech, Thundercats, and Voltron (I used to watch those as a kid, they bring back so many memories, no matter how cheesy Voltron and Thundercats are!). ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 1999, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-shudder-gary-coleman-show/10652/8 "1999-11-08T06:29:00Z")
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