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I haven't blogged in a while, but I'm just here because me and my embarrassingly sad community of little tykes people want to wish you all a happy thanksgiving!
ps if you haven't yet, purchase this RIGHT NOW!
Let's see, what else is there: still at level 14
:fumigates: nothing new.
ps i was watching this for some reason last night
Anybody remember it? Had all the awesome cartoon characters there trying to stop some kid from turning to drugs. Alf, The Chipmunks, Garfield and oh look Ashley, you're there too.
Anyway, it's great. PS I'm not normal.
and then also there's this image that i have uploaded for some reason, but i'm not sure what to do with it, so :shoves it in your face:
PS again, have a great thanksgiving!
ps if you haven't yet, purchase this RIGHT NOW!
Let's see, what else is there: still at level 14
:fumigates: nothing new.ps i was watching this for some reason last night
Anybody remember it? Had all the awesome cartoon characters there trying to stop some kid from turning to drugs. Alf, The Chipmunks, Garfield and oh look Ashley, you're there too.
Anyway, it's great. PS I'm not normal.
and then also there's this image that i have uploaded for some reason, but i'm not sure what to do with it, so :shoves it in your face:
PS again, have a great thanksgiving!
My Top 20 Childhood Shows
Top 20 sounds like a lot, but BELIEVE me, I had to do some serious eliminating to get it down to 20. So now I'd like to present you with my favorite 20 shows from my childhood. By the way, I'm now 19 years old, so most of these shows were on around the late 80's-mid 90's.. Depending on your age and where you live, not sure how familiar you are with all of the shows, but here goes..
Now buckle up kiddies, cause we're about to take a cruise down memory lane.
20. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
This show was fun AND educational! Does anybody else remember the theme music and how cool it was? I always found it weird though, that Carmen would leave the kids clues as to where they could catch her, or where her next robbery would take place..I mean why would she risk getting caught, That FOOL! BUT, I let that go because I realize they were trying to teach us some geo-graphy and history.
19. Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget was awesome! Sure he was clumsy, absent-minded and kind of stupid, but he was still great. He also had every gadget IMAGINABLE built into him. The Gadget Copter was a helicopter that came out of his hat giving him the power to fly, The Gadget Coat, which inflated when he pushed one of his jacket buttons allowing him to float in water. Some of his other gadgets included the Gadget Brella, The Gadget Phone and the Gadget Respirator (No, I didn't make that up). With the help of his niece Penny, and her sort-of-talking dog Brain, Gadget did battle with the evil Dr. Claw and his goons. We never really got to see his face (which PISSED ME OFF). All we saw was his claw-like hand stroking his cat. So in conclusion: Go Gadget, Go!
18. The Secret World of Alex Mack
This show was about a girl, Alex Mack, who got hit by a chemical plant truck or something I think and got contaminated with some weird chemical giving her special abilities. Among these were the ability to zap things (which really isn't all that cool), the ability to move objects with her mind (but for some reason they moved at a really slow pace) and the ability to turn into Capri Sun and slither around as she pleases. Her face also turned really orange/red whenever she got embarrassed, so that kind of sucked too. The only people that knew her secret were her best friend Ray and her sister Annie, who thinks Alex is her science experiment (as Alex states in the shows opening). The evil people at the plant, Danielle and Vince, spend most of the series searching for the kid who was contaminated in order to run evil experiments and tests and all that good stuff. They don't find out it's Alex until the HEART-STOPPING, FAST-PACED TWO-PART SERIES FINALE. (Exaggeration Alert, Exaggeration Alert!). But no, it really was a good episode. Too bad I never got to see how it all went down in Part 2, because it aired the week my family was moving.
17. Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Looking back, this show seems really dorky. But, I remember loving it when I was a child and that's all that matters. This show was about 5 ethnically diverse children each given a ring with the power to control a specific element of nature. They had to fight the Eco-Villains who really liked to pollute. Those whores. Whenever, things got too hairy, the 5 teens would raise their rings to the sky and call out their element name (Fire, Water etc) and then Captain Planet would appear to save the day! That's pretty much it.
16. David the Gnome
The Gnomes were fantastic. Remember Swift the fox? Remember how funny it was that David was a doctor? Remember the dancing? Remember the EVIL TROLLS...with the evil long dirty nails..and the unwashed dirty hair? REMEMBER THEM? There's not much to say about this show other than the fact that it was about the goings on in a community of gnomes.. and that it was superb.
15. Mighty Max
This awesome show was about a boy, Max, who receives a red baseball cap that gives him the power to travel through space. With the help of Norman the Viking and Virgil, the talking chicken/owl creature, Max had to defend the Earth from the Skullmaster and his evil minions. They also fought a bunch of random supernatural monsters every now and then to spice things up. This show was sometimes a little TOO graphic, but that made it all the more better. It was kind of lame how they BARELY managed to escape death at the end of each episode, and started to get old after a while. Oh, and in the last episode they killed off Virgil! Those bastards.
14. Gummi Bears
Dashing and Daring, Courageous and Caring. Indeed they were, theme song. Indeed they were. This show was about 7 Gummi Bears and their nemesis Duke Igthron and his ogres. The Gummi Bears would have the ability to bounce by drinking the Gummiberry Juice. Humans (such as Duke) were not allowed to drink it because it gave humans superpower strengths for a short while. I must say the Gummi Bears did a good job protecting the secret recipe of the Gummiberry juice. I'd trust them with my life! By the way, this show wins the best theme song ever award.. 'Bouncing Here and There and Everywhere'. If you haven't heard the acapella version, I'd suggest doing so this instant.
13. Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Ch-ch-ch-chip and dale. RESCUE RANGERS. Need help solving a mystery? These two chipmunks have got your back! Of course they're usually weird mysteries that they solve, like toys being stolen from cereal boxes, but still..they WILL help you and that's all that counts. Other members of their team included Monterey Jack, the large Australian mouse always craving the cheese and Gadget Hackwrench, who was the female mouse. Both Chip and Dale were attracted to her but she never seemed to notice.
12. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
I know everyone just loved this hilarious show. This series, about two brothers both named Pete living in the town of Wellsville was one of Nickelodeon's best shows ever made. Young Pete was my favorite, what with using words like 'blowhole' and 'dill weed'....Not to mention his Petunia tattoo. Oh, and their mother had a metal plate capable of picking up radio stations in her head, from an accident when she was younger. If you don't love this show I'll have Artie, the strongest man in the world kick your arse. Oh and PS: Does anybody remember the episode where the bus was stuck at that red light forever?
11. Tiny Toon Adventures
This show was CRAZY COOL! "We're Tiny, We're Toony, We're All a Little Looney! And in this Cartooney, we're Invading YOUR TV!" I loved these characters more than I did their Loony Tunes predecessors. Babs and Buster are just better than Bugs.. and, I mean Plucky VS Daffy? PSH, no question. This show also introduced other new characters such as the rich brat Montana Max and the other brat Elmyra, who loved animals but always seemed to harm them without even realizing it. This show was BIG on brats. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this show.
10. Rugrats
This show makes the list simply because of the end credits when the 'klasky-csupo' thing comes up. Csupo! CSUPO! That is an awesome last name to have..no vowel between the C and the S. THAT’S INSANE! Ok, seriously though, I loved this show. Tommy was an adventurous baby always looking for a good time. His friends included, Chuckie Finster, who was always afraid of everything (including the Quaker Oats man) and the twins Phil and Lil who enjoyed eating worms, playing in mud and picking lint out of their belly buttons. Angelica, was kind of what you would call a biltch. She was always bossing the babies around and looking to stir up some trouble by lying to them. Good thing Susie was there to stick up for the babies. Susie, if you're reading this (Which, I know you are) You're my Hero. PS... HALT, I AM REPTAR!
9. Rocko's Modern Life
The greatest Nicktoon ever made was about Rocko the wallaby trying to survive everyday modern life in the city of O-Town. His dog Spunky (who I had a fake tattoo of as a child. Jealous?) pretty much ate everything in sight. His best friend, Heffer was a not-too-bright cow ---I mean steer, sorry! One of his eyes was squiggly on the bottom and that really annoyed me, but I'm Ok now. His other friend, Filburt the turtle mainly just got indigestion a lot.. He also got married to Dr. Hutchinson sometime into the shows run. Hutchinson was a hoot as Heffer would say..She was a cat or something and had a hook for one of her hands. She always seemed to have a different job in each episode, depending on the kind of help Rocko needed (surgeon, dentist, vet)... much like the Chameleon brothers who would run a variety of different businesses throughout the shows run. Oh and then the Bigheads, Ed and Beverly, are Rocko's next door neighbors. Lets see..who else is there. I feel like I just won an award and am giving my acceptance speech but forgot to mention a bunch of people. Oh, and PS the award I won was for 'Person most in need of a life'. Oh yeah, there was also this large hippo lady that Rocko always seemed to be accidentally bumping into. She would always scream 'HOW DARE YOU' and hurl him across the room. If you've never seen this show, I feel sorry for you. But, lucky for you Nicktoons Network still airs the reruns, so for the love of Melba Toast, please catch it.
8. Goosebumps
Before I begin, I just want it to be known that I liked the theme song more than the actual show. Beginning to end, it's beautiful..Especialy in the middle when the monk sounding people begin making the moaning sounds (Yes, I realize that sounds incredibly wrong). Also, I always wondered if that long black trench coat man with the briefcase of flaying papers was really RL Stine himself, but probably not. Anyway, Goosebumps was fantastic..Both the books and the series. Some of my favorites included the Haunted Mask, My Shrunken Head and the Cuckoo Clock of Doom. Oh, and while we're on the subject of the books, I HATED the Choose your Own Scare series because I would always make the wrong decision and cheat back and pick differently. I recently saw one of the books sitting in an old box. It had some boy smacked in the middle of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I'm not really sure why that book was ever made. Now before you leave me to go read about the next show, I'd like to leave you with one final piece of advice: Viewer Beware, You're in for a Scare! [evil laugh]
7. Ghostwriter
Ghoostwritaah. WORD! This show was on PBS (which lessens it's coolness factor) but it deserved better. This series was about 5 kids who solved mysteries with the help of a ghost who communicated through writing. He would search paperwork, online databases etc and return with useful information to help in solving the mystery. The other thing that was cool about this show was that each mystery was 4-6 episodes long, always to be continued the next day. This of course raised the excitement level as I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next or how they'd get out of that certain jam. I'd also like to know if anybody else besides me wore a pen around their neck and wrote 'Find anything, Ghostwriter?' on random pieces of paper, hoping he'd respond. No? Ok, that's fine. Really. I don't feel stupid or anything for putting myself out there.
6. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Ok, this show=Muy Scary. Nightmares were had all thanks to this show. There were few times I was brave enough to attempt watching the show on my own without the company of my sister. Whenever I did try and watch alone, I'd immediately shut it off after I saw the swing swinging in that vacant playground, and boat floating in that dead body of water. Still, even though this show scared the everything out of me, I couldn't stop watching because it was so insanely good. So without further ado....Submitted for the approval of the Midnight's Society, I present to you :throws dust into the fire: The Tale of Why 'Are You Afraid of the Dark' made my Top 5. Oh, I'm now realizing I have nothing else left to say. Well, how about this. I recently purchased the complete series of this show off of eBay (sshh!) and I STILL think its cool, even though it's been years since I've last seen it.
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
You had to be crazy not to love this show. The series about four turtles (Raphael, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Leonardo) living in a sewer being trained by the mutant rat, Master Splinter to fight the forces of eee-vaaaaaaail. Also, they ate a lot of pizza... and I don't know if it was just me or not, but I thought the pizza they ate looked REALLY GOOD. It's always been my dream to taste their brand of pizza. Something about it just seemed so..well just better than real pizza [ROAR]..Ok, well moving on...I owned tons of TNMNT toys, including 5 versions of each of the turtles. I also had one of April in her long yellow coat, but on one sad day she fell into the toilet and my mom wouldn't let me keep her anymore. Sadness.
4. Bobby's World
Oh Bobby Generic, your show was magnificent. I still remember you trucking down the hall on your two-wheeler with your big stuffed-animal spider. I still remember how whenever someone would pronounce your last name as 'Ganeric' you'd angrily correct them and shout 'IT'S GENNER-ICK'. I still remember wanting to beat your two older siblings to a bloody pulp for being so mean to you..But most of all I remember your forever pregnant mother saying 'Ooh Dontcha' Kno Bobby'. Oh, and Uncle Ted, we can't forget about him..he was one crazy cat! There's really not much I can complain about Bobby's World. Well..except for the fact that his feet were GINORMOUS. Oh, I also wasn't much of a fan of the scenes where Howie Mandel would pop in and talk to the audience. Two thumbs down, Howie! If I had a third, it would be three thumbs down. Oh, ONE MORE THING. I also hated the way his older sister talked.. 'OmmiGod Bobbbbbbay, This is like soo totalllllly embarrrasing'. It got on my nerves. Ok other than that this show was flawless and gets an 3,000 on a scale of 1-10.
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks
"Watch Out. Cause Here we come.. It's been a while BUT. We're back in style!" I can't describe to you in words just how excited I'd get when this show came on. I loved the voices, I loved hearing them sing cheesy 80's songs and I loved hearing Dave scream 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaalviiin!' at the top of his lungs. Anyway, the series was about 3 musical chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore) adopted by lonely (and possibly gay) bachelor Dave Seville. Alvin always seemed to be getting them into one scrape after another by scheming up crazy plans. Later in the series, the Chipettes were introduced (Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor) They were basically the female versions of the three chipmunks. Simon and Jeanette always seemed to get along, Theodore and Eleanor did too, by sharing an unhealthy obsession with food. Brittany and Alvin however, mostly just butted heads a lot. In conclusion, this show simply the best!...or would be if it weren't for our next two shows.
2. Peter Pan and the Pirates
Not many people at all remember this short-lived Fox Kids series.. "Peter Pan wearing BROWN?" they'd say. " That's preposterous..he's supposed to be Green!" I loved this show more than I did the Disney classic (which I also loved).This show was occasionally funny, sometimes scary and always exciting. Plus the animation was great for an early 90's show. Oh, just thinking about the theme song music..I loved this show. All I have to say.
1. Mighty Morhpin' Power Rangers
"Aaaah, after 10,000 years I'm free. It's time to conquer EARTH" shouts an excited Rita Repulsa, fresh out of her dumpster. That beautiful scene began every episode at the very start of the theme song. This show was the best! I had all the toys, the tapes, the POGS, the video games, the books, the board game, and even this one machine that made putties out of clay (just like Rita's) Anyway, I never missed an episode of this show.. I'd make sure to be home every weekday afternoon at 4:30, and be up at 7:00 am on Saturday mornings. Oh, and this one Halloween my mother took me to go buy a costume (I had my heart set on the Black Ranger costume) but all they had left was Blue... I had to be Billy, that effing nerd! But whatever, I remembered thinking about how cool it would have been to BE a Power Ranger..being able to morph, and to turn into static of my color and teleport. I used to play with my cousins and then make a 'beep, beep. be-beep, be-beep' sound pretending my communicator went off and then proceed to go behind a tree and say 'I read you Zordon'. (PS i was somewhat of a nerd). Oh, and I always made one of my cousins be the monster, since I just HAD to be a good guy. I also have quite a few memories of accidentally hitting someone 'too hard' causing them to call a short time out to go cry in a corner. This is probably why they all hate me today by the way.
PS, I really thought I would end up marrying Kimberly, the Pink Ranger. Still kind of sad that it didn't all work out like I'd planned. 
Instead I got stuck with :shakes fist: Foshe.
Honorable Mentions: There just wasn't enough space
Animaniacs
Big Bad Beetleborgs
Muppet Babies
Doug
The Magic School Bus
Salute Your Shorts
TaleSpin
VR Troopers
Clarissa Explains It All
Ducktales
Dennis the Menace
I hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane, I sure know I did! I of course regret spending so much time on this darn blog since I have tons of schoolwork to get done, but that's reall OK.
It's such a nice list. I miss all these shows :vomits nostalgia:
Now buckle up kiddies, cause we're about to take a cruise down memory lane.
20. Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?
This show was fun AND educational! Does anybody else remember the theme music and how cool it was? I always found it weird though, that Carmen would leave the kids clues as to where they could catch her, or where her next robbery would take place..I mean why would she risk getting caught, That FOOL! BUT, I let that go because I realize they were trying to teach us some geo-graphy and history.
19. Inspector Gadget
Inspector Gadget was awesome! Sure he was clumsy, absent-minded and kind of stupid, but he was still great. He also had every gadget IMAGINABLE built into him. The Gadget Copter was a helicopter that came out of his hat giving him the power to fly, The Gadget Coat, which inflated when he pushed one of his jacket buttons allowing him to float in water. Some of his other gadgets included the Gadget Brella, The Gadget Phone and the Gadget Respirator (No, I didn't make that up). With the help of his niece Penny, and her sort-of-talking dog Brain, Gadget did battle with the evil Dr. Claw and his goons. We never really got to see his face (which PISSED ME OFF). All we saw was his claw-like hand stroking his cat. So in conclusion: Go Gadget, Go!
18. The Secret World of Alex Mack
This show was about a girl, Alex Mack, who got hit by a chemical plant truck or something I think and got contaminated with some weird chemical giving her special abilities. Among these were the ability to zap things (which really isn't all that cool), the ability to move objects with her mind (but for some reason they moved at a really slow pace) and the ability to turn into Capri Sun and slither around as she pleases. Her face also turned really orange/red whenever she got embarrassed, so that kind of sucked too. The only people that knew her secret were her best friend Ray and her sister Annie, who thinks Alex is her science experiment (as Alex states in the shows opening). The evil people at the plant, Danielle and Vince, spend most of the series searching for the kid who was contaminated in order to run evil experiments and tests and all that good stuff. They don't find out it's Alex until the HEART-STOPPING, FAST-PACED TWO-PART SERIES FINALE. (Exaggeration Alert, Exaggeration Alert!). But no, it really was a good episode. Too bad I never got to see how it all went down in Part 2, because it aired the week my family was moving.
17. Captain Planet and the Planeteers
Looking back, this show seems really dorky. But, I remember loving it when I was a child and that's all that matters. This show was about 5 ethnically diverse children each given a ring with the power to control a specific element of nature. They had to fight the Eco-Villains who really liked to pollute. Those whores. Whenever, things got too hairy, the 5 teens would raise their rings to the sky and call out their element name (Fire, Water etc) and then Captain Planet would appear to save the day! That's pretty much it.
16. David the Gnome
The Gnomes were fantastic. Remember Swift the fox? Remember how funny it was that David was a doctor? Remember the dancing? Remember the EVIL TROLLS...with the evil long dirty nails..and the unwashed dirty hair? REMEMBER THEM? There's not much to say about this show other than the fact that it was about the goings on in a community of gnomes.. and that it was superb.
15. Mighty Max
This awesome show was about a boy, Max, who receives a red baseball cap that gives him the power to travel through space. With the help of Norman the Viking and Virgil, the talking chicken/owl creature, Max had to defend the Earth from the Skullmaster and his evil minions. They also fought a bunch of random supernatural monsters every now and then to spice things up. This show was sometimes a little TOO graphic, but that made it all the more better. It was kind of lame how they BARELY managed to escape death at the end of each episode, and started to get old after a while. Oh, and in the last episode they killed off Virgil! Those bastards.
14. Gummi Bears
Dashing and Daring, Courageous and Caring. Indeed they were, theme song. Indeed they were. This show was about 7 Gummi Bears and their nemesis Duke Igthron and his ogres. The Gummi Bears would have the ability to bounce by drinking the Gummiberry Juice. Humans (such as Duke) were not allowed to drink it because it gave humans superpower strengths for a short while. I must say the Gummi Bears did a good job protecting the secret recipe of the Gummiberry juice. I'd trust them with my life! By the way, this show wins the best theme song ever award.. 'Bouncing Here and There and Everywhere'. If you haven't heard the acapella version, I'd suggest doing so this instant.
13. Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers
Ch-ch-ch-chip and dale. RESCUE RANGERS. Need help solving a mystery? These two chipmunks have got your back! Of course they're usually weird mysteries that they solve, like toys being stolen from cereal boxes, but still..they WILL help you and that's all that counts. Other members of their team included Monterey Jack, the large Australian mouse always craving the cheese and Gadget Hackwrench, who was the female mouse. Both Chip and Dale were attracted to her but she never seemed to notice.
12. The Adventures of Pete and Pete
I know everyone just loved this hilarious show. This series, about two brothers both named Pete living in the town of Wellsville was one of Nickelodeon's best shows ever made. Young Pete was my favorite, what with using words like 'blowhole' and 'dill weed'....Not to mention his Petunia tattoo. Oh, and their mother had a metal plate capable of picking up radio stations in her head, from an accident when she was younger. If you don't love this show I'll have Artie, the strongest man in the world kick your arse. Oh and PS: Does anybody remember the episode where the bus was stuck at that red light forever?
11. Tiny Toon Adventures
This show was CRAZY COOL! "We're Tiny, We're Toony, We're All a Little Looney! And in this Cartooney, we're Invading YOUR TV!" I loved these characters more than I did their Loony Tunes predecessors. Babs and Buster are just better than Bugs.. and, I mean Plucky VS Daffy? PSH, no question. This show also introduced other new characters such as the rich brat Montana Max and the other brat Elmyra, who loved animals but always seemed to harm them without even realizing it. This show was BIG on brats. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this show.
10. Rugrats
This show makes the list simply because of the end credits when the 'klasky-csupo' thing comes up. Csupo! CSUPO! That is an awesome last name to have..no vowel between the C and the S. THAT’S INSANE! Ok, seriously though, I loved this show. Tommy was an adventurous baby always looking for a good time. His friends included, Chuckie Finster, who was always afraid of everything (including the Quaker Oats man) and the twins Phil and Lil who enjoyed eating worms, playing in mud and picking lint out of their belly buttons. Angelica, was kind of what you would call a biltch. She was always bossing the babies around and looking to stir up some trouble by lying to them. Good thing Susie was there to stick up for the babies. Susie, if you're reading this (Which, I know you are) You're my Hero. PS... HALT, I AM REPTAR!
9. Rocko's Modern Life
The greatest Nicktoon ever made was about Rocko the wallaby trying to survive everyday modern life in the city of O-Town. His dog Spunky (who I had a fake tattoo of as a child. Jealous?) pretty much ate everything in sight. His best friend, Heffer was a not-too-bright cow ---I mean steer, sorry! One of his eyes was squiggly on the bottom and that really annoyed me, but I'm Ok now. His other friend, Filburt the turtle mainly just got indigestion a lot.. He also got married to Dr. Hutchinson sometime into the shows run. Hutchinson was a hoot as Heffer would say..She was a cat or something and had a hook for one of her hands. She always seemed to have a different job in each episode, depending on the kind of help Rocko needed (surgeon, dentist, vet)... much like the Chameleon brothers who would run a variety of different businesses throughout the shows run. Oh and then the Bigheads, Ed and Beverly, are Rocko's next door neighbors. Lets see..who else is there. I feel like I just won an award and am giving my acceptance speech but forgot to mention a bunch of people. Oh, and PS the award I won was for 'Person most in need of a life'. Oh yeah, there was also this large hippo lady that Rocko always seemed to be accidentally bumping into. She would always scream 'HOW DARE YOU' and hurl him across the room. If you've never seen this show, I feel sorry for you. But, lucky for you Nicktoons Network still airs the reruns, so for the love of Melba Toast, please catch it.
8. Goosebumps
Before I begin, I just want it to be known that I liked the theme song more than the actual show. Beginning to end, it's beautiful..Especialy in the middle when the monk sounding people begin making the moaning sounds (Yes, I realize that sounds incredibly wrong). Also, I always wondered if that long black trench coat man with the briefcase of flaying papers was really RL Stine himself, but probably not. Anyway, Goosebumps was fantastic..Both the books and the series. Some of my favorites included the Haunted Mask, My Shrunken Head and the Cuckoo Clock of Doom. Oh, and while we're on the subject of the books, I HATED the Choose your Own Scare series because I would always make the wrong decision and cheat back and pick differently. I recently saw one of the books sitting in an old box. It had some boy smacked in the middle of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. I'm not really sure why that book was ever made. Now before you leave me to go read about the next show, I'd like to leave you with one final piece of advice: Viewer Beware, You're in for a Scare! [evil laugh]
7. Ghostwriter
Ghoostwritaah. WORD! This show was on PBS (which lessens it's coolness factor) but it deserved better. This series was about 5 kids who solved mysteries with the help of a ghost who communicated through writing. He would search paperwork, online databases etc and return with useful information to help in solving the mystery. The other thing that was cool about this show was that each mystery was 4-6 episodes long, always to be continued the next day. This of course raised the excitement level as I couldn't wait to see what was going to happen next or how they'd get out of that certain jam. I'd also like to know if anybody else besides me wore a pen around their neck and wrote 'Find anything, Ghostwriter?' on random pieces of paper, hoping he'd respond. No? Ok, that's fine. Really. I don't feel stupid or anything for putting myself out there.
6. Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Ok, this show=Muy Scary. Nightmares were had all thanks to this show. There were few times I was brave enough to attempt watching the show on my own without the company of my sister. Whenever I did try and watch alone, I'd immediately shut it off after I saw the swing swinging in that vacant playground, and boat floating in that dead body of water. Still, even though this show scared the everything out of me, I couldn't stop watching because it was so insanely good. So without further ado....Submitted for the approval of the Midnight's Society, I present to you :throws dust into the fire: The Tale of Why 'Are You Afraid of the Dark' made my Top 5. Oh, I'm now realizing I have nothing else left to say. Well, how about this. I recently purchased the complete series of this show off of eBay (sshh!) and I STILL think its cool, even though it's been years since I've last seen it.
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
You had to be crazy not to love this show. The series about four turtles (Raphael, Donatello, Michaelangelo and Leonardo) living in a sewer being trained by the mutant rat, Master Splinter to fight the forces of eee-vaaaaaaail. Also, they ate a lot of pizza... and I don't know if it was just me or not, but I thought the pizza they ate looked REALLY GOOD. It's always been my dream to taste their brand of pizza. Something about it just seemed so..well just better than real pizza [ROAR]..Ok, well moving on...I owned tons of TNMNT toys, including 5 versions of each of the turtles. I also had one of April in her long yellow coat, but on one sad day she fell into the toilet and my mom wouldn't let me keep her anymore. Sadness.
4. Bobby's World
Oh Bobby Generic, your show was magnificent. I still remember you trucking down the hall on your two-wheeler with your big stuffed-animal spider. I still remember how whenever someone would pronounce your last name as 'Ganeric' you'd angrily correct them and shout 'IT'S GENNER-ICK'. I still remember wanting to beat your two older siblings to a bloody pulp for being so mean to you..But most of all I remember your forever pregnant mother saying 'Ooh Dontcha' Kno Bobby'. Oh, and Uncle Ted, we can't forget about him..he was one crazy cat! There's really not much I can complain about Bobby's World. Well..except for the fact that his feet were GINORMOUS. Oh, I also wasn't much of a fan of the scenes where Howie Mandel would pop in and talk to the audience. Two thumbs down, Howie! If I had a third, it would be three thumbs down. Oh, ONE MORE THING. I also hated the way his older sister talked.. 'OmmiGod Bobbbbbbay, This is like soo totalllllly embarrrasing'. It got on my nerves. Ok other than that this show was flawless and gets an 3,000 on a scale of 1-10.
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks
"Watch Out. Cause Here we come.. It's been a while BUT. We're back in style!" I can't describe to you in words just how excited I'd get when this show came on. I loved the voices, I loved hearing them sing cheesy 80's songs and I loved hearing Dave scream 'Aaaaaaaaaaaaalviiin!' at the top of his lungs. Anyway, the series was about 3 musical chipmunks (Alvin, Simon and Theodore) adopted by lonely (and possibly gay) bachelor Dave Seville. Alvin always seemed to be getting them into one scrape after another by scheming up crazy plans. Later in the series, the Chipettes were introduced (Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor) They were basically the female versions of the three chipmunks. Simon and Jeanette always seemed to get along, Theodore and Eleanor did too, by sharing an unhealthy obsession with food. Brittany and Alvin however, mostly just butted heads a lot. In conclusion, this show simply the best!...or would be if it weren't for our next two shows.
2. Peter Pan and the Pirates
Not many people at all remember this short-lived Fox Kids series.. "Peter Pan wearing BROWN?" they'd say. " That's preposterous..he's supposed to be Green!" I loved this show more than I did the Disney classic (which I also loved).This show was occasionally funny, sometimes scary and always exciting. Plus the animation was great for an early 90's show. Oh, just thinking about the theme song music..I loved this show. All I have to say.
1. Mighty Morhpin' Power Rangers
"Aaaah, after 10,000 years I'm free. It's time to conquer EARTH" shouts an excited Rita Repulsa, fresh out of her dumpster. That beautiful scene began every episode at the very start of the theme song. This show was the best! I had all the toys, the tapes, the POGS, the video games, the books, the board game, and even this one machine that made putties out of clay (just like Rita's) Anyway, I never missed an episode of this show.. I'd make sure to be home every weekday afternoon at 4:30, and be up at 7:00 am on Saturday mornings. Oh, and this one Halloween my mother took me to go buy a costume (I had my heart set on the Black Ranger costume) but all they had left was Blue... I had to be Billy, that effing nerd! But whatever, I remembered thinking about how cool it would have been to BE a Power Ranger..being able to morph, and to turn into static of my color and teleport. I used to play with my cousins and then make a 'beep, beep. be-beep, be-beep' sound pretending my communicator went off and then proceed to go behind a tree and say 'I read you Zordon'. (PS i was somewhat of a nerd). Oh, and I always made one of my cousins be the monster, since I just HAD to be a good guy. I also have quite a few memories of accidentally hitting someone 'too hard' causing them to call a short time out to go cry in a corner. This is probably why they all hate me today by the way.
PS, I really thought I would end up marrying Kimberly, the Pink Ranger. Still kind of sad that it didn't all work out like I'd planned.
Instead I got stuck with :shakes fist: Foshe.
Honorable Mentions: There just wasn't enough space
Animaniacs
Big Bad Beetleborgs
Muppet Babies
Doug
The Magic School Bus
Salute Your Shorts
TaleSpin
VR Troopers
Clarissa Explains It All
Ducktales
Dennis the Menace
I hope you enjoyed the trip down memory lane, I sure know I did! I of course regret spending so much time on this darn blog since I have tons of schoolwork to get done, but that's reall OK.
It's such a nice list. I miss all these shows :vomits nostalgia:
The Forgotten
My good friend Holophonor recently listed her top 15 Disney movies in her latest blog. It's a great list and you can check it out right over here
http://www.tv.com/users/holophonor/profile.php?fpage=jnl_entry.php&board=20943&topic=116337
Anyways, I was deeply saddened to see that The Rescuers Down Under wasn't mentioned. This fantastic movie seems to be ignored by everybody, despite the fact that it's one of the best Disney movies ever made.
Random Fact Time: This was the very first sequel to an original Disney movie (and one of the few that made it into theatres). This was of course before crappy straight-to-video sequel releases of every single Disney feature began popping up left and right.
So, even though you probably don't remember or care for this movie, I'm going to shove this information down all of your throats anyways. .
Now without further ado, I present to you the *almost* greatest Disney movie ever made (only behind the even greater The Lion King and Aladdin of course)
Ok. Well, for starters here is the movie cover (which I of course own)
So Very Touching
Ok, this guy was such a bastard..Bastard McLeech.
Oh, and who could forget Joanna. This is the part where she sneakily swallows the poachers eggs.
Bernard and Miss Bianca, sitting in a tree. Kay-Eye-Ess-Ess-Eye-Enn-Gee
Gosh, and here's Wilbur. Not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he had a heart of gold he did.
Oh Frank, what a character you were.
And who doesn't love this scene..When Marahute, the eagle breaks free and saves our dear Cody.
Fly away you two. Have a happy life together.
I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Exits are to your left. Try not to trip.
http://www.tv.com/users/holophonor/profile.php?fpage=jnl_entry.php&board=20943&topic=116337
Anyways, I was deeply saddened to see that The Rescuers Down Under wasn't mentioned. This fantastic movie seems to be ignored by everybody, despite the fact that it's one of the best Disney movies ever made.
Random Fact Time: This was the very first sequel to an original Disney movie (and one of the few that made it into theatres). This was of course before crappy straight-to-video sequel releases of every single Disney feature began popping up left and right.
So, even though you probably don't remember or care for this movie, I'm going to shove this information down all of your throats anyways. .
Now without further ado, I present to you the *almost* greatest Disney movie ever made (only behind the even greater The Lion King and Aladdin of course)
Ok. Well, for starters here is the movie cover (which I of course own)
So Very Touching
Ok, this guy was such a bastard..Bastard McLeech.
Oh, and who could forget Joanna. This is the part where she sneakily swallows the poachers eggs.
Bernard and Miss Bianca, sitting in a tree. Kay-Eye-Ess-Ess-Eye-Enn-Gee
Gosh, and here's Wilbur. Not the sharpest tool in the shed, but he had a heart of gold he did.
Oh Frank, what a character you were.
And who doesn't love this scene..When Marahute, the eagle breaks free and saves our dear Cody.
Fly away you two. Have a happy life together.
I hope you enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Exits are to your left. Try not to trip.
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ps. I'm being forced to use this banner..
:whispers: hurry go get help, she's got a gun.
:turns around: foshe? where'd you come from. I was oh, just saying how much I love this banner.. let's not resort to violence. please. just set the gun down. nice and easy.
UPDATE: I've gained control of the situation and my attacker now has a banner of my choosing as well. You can view it heya: http://www.tv.com/users/holophonor/profile.php
Amanda Please
:whispers: hurry go get help, she's got a gun.
:turns around: foshe? where'd you come from. I was oh, just saying how much I love this banner.. let's not resort to violence. please. just set the gun down. nice and easy.
UPDATE: I've gained control of the situation and my attacker now has a banner of my choosing as well. You can view it heya: http://www.tv.com/users/holophonor/profile.php
Amanda Please
