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Hercules, Hero of Song and Story
Hercules, Winner of Ancient Glory
Fighter with his might
With the strength of ten
Ordinary men
That's the song of
Hercules!
(or close to it)
How I know? I use to put the towel and clothes pin to hold by my neck and a plunger and act like I was Hercules. No Barbie Dolls for me.
Another one: Gigantor...Gigantor the space age Robot, fearless go, go, go!
S K E L A T O R!
Be AKAMAI ~ KOKUA Hawai`i! Philippians 4:13 --- I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.
All of the other Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons - Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety & Sylvester, Pepe LePeau, Tasmanian Devil, others.
The original Johnny Quest series
The British ITC Supermarionation series from Gerry & Sylvia Anderson (not really cartoons but often lumped with them): Fireball XL5, The Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett & The Mysterons
Speed Racer
Yes, Hercules was pretty good too.
The Jetsons
The Flintstones
Newer cartoons that I occasionally watch and enjoy:
From the 60s: The Beatles cartoon! Oh man, we would sit in front of the B&W TV in our jammies and sing along with the words at the bottom of the screen!
We bought a bunch of those $1 DVDs from Walmart and Price Busters: Pop-Eye, Casper, Mighty Mouse, Gumby! The kids love them, but MAN some of them are so violent!
These days we also like to watch Cyber Chase, Maya & Miguel, and of course, Global Thingy, a cartoon segment on Sesame Street!
Now we like to watch PBS cartoons for obvious reasons!
Dang yeah. The Beatles' cartoon was a classic that I also liked. The sad thing is the Beatles themselves never saw a penny from the royalties they could have made from this and all the other merchandising that were being sold at the time.
Just like there are Coke people and Pepsi people, there were Warner people and Disney people. I'm a Warner guy, and definitely preferred the darker, edgier humor. (It sure was a lot more violent, and occasionally offensive by modern standards as far as racial stereotypes go.) Sadly (or maybe not), I seem to be raising a family of Disney kids...
I really didn't have refined tastes in cartoons as a kid. Thundercats ("Ho!") and Transformers ("More than meets the eye!") factored heavily. But I know I wasted a few brain cells on the Smurfs ("La la la la la la..."), He-Man ("I have the power!"), even the Mon-Chi-Chis. Heck, I think I watched "Jem"!
Today? "Simpsons" tops the list. Of course I love the classics, but I don't hate the "new stuff" as much as most fans -- I just see it as different. "King of the Hill" is entertaining enough, and I have a strange fondness for "Family Guy" (the things they can get away with in prime time these days!). I see the appeal of "South Park," but I stopped watching after a season. I really liked "The Tick," but it didn't last long. Nothing else really grabbed my attention besides "Aqua Teen Hunger Force."
Yep, my preference has always been with Warner Bros. because of their violent cartoons and even more today because many are not politically correct. Love em.
I have never been crazy about most Disney cartoons. Too sacharrine.
My all-time favorite is this CLASSIC . Bugs Bunny rocks!
Alohabear, you beat me to it....that is my all-time favorite Bugs Bunny episode! Very funny. I remember even watching this episode during a session of the prequisite music class I had to take in my first year in college. I have to get a copy of it for myself...it is indeed a classic!
Just like there are Coke people and Pepsi people, there were Warner people and Disney people.
And that would make Hanna-Barbera what RC Cola? Their cartoons dominated the airwaves during the 1960's. Way more violent, well some of them were, others started trends like the Flintstones.
OLD: Anything with Jay Ward's imprimatur
NEW: Space Ghost-Coast To Coast; The Brak Show; Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law (all on Cartoon Network's "Adult Swim")
If you are an old cartoon fan, you have to check out Harvey Birdman.
The concept is that the former superhero now works in a law firm, with his old boss Falcon 7 (who is now Phil Ken Sebben.) They defend other cartoon clients, such as when Scooby-Doo & Shaggy were busted for marijuana posession, or when Fred Flintstone was accused of Mafia connections (The Dabba Don, a la The Sopranos). They also handled a custody battle between Dr. Benton Quest & Race Bannon, over Jonny & Hadji.
Hmmm...to participate in this thread, or not...that is the question, as I'm not the least bit unbiased in favoring Looney Tunes (Warner's was the distributor) for very personal reasons! I don't wanna get into any promotional, brag fest here so I'll just provide the url's below and let them speak for themselves! http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0597520/ (no family member gave IMDB any biographical info and we have no idea where it came from! Kind of eerie...) http://www.reelserviceshawaii.com/mydad/ (special thanks to PZ who set up this page...well, the entire site!)
That said...the humor, the double entendres, even the 'violence' and 'politically incorrect' racial depictions were hysterically funny. All of that was acceptable back then. It's not now so many of those cartoons are banned.
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