Thursday, September 27, 2012
Care Bears
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That Care Bear sticker on the envelope reminded me of my childhood. Watching cartoons on Saturday mornings was part of my weekend routine and I miss those days sometimes. I wish I could go back to the 80′s for a few hours! Laura, can you lend me your time machine?!
What were your favorite cartoons / shows as a child? I loved Rainbow Brite, Strawberry Shortcake, the Smurfs, Care Bears, Astro Boy, Demetan, Inspector Gadget, Fraggle Rock, Jem, Belle and Sebastian, Popeye, Punky Brewster, She-Ra… and a few others that I can’t remember I’m sure!
Ah, good old times…
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Gumini Bears – does anyone remember this series!? Its where they would need to drink their ‘special’ (purple) juice in order to BOUNCE? It might have a different name, this is the only one I remember?
Others included: David the Knome, the Jetsons, the Muppets, Flipper, Thunder Bay, Road to Avonlea, Ready or Not, the Jeffersons, Facts of Life, the Waltons/Little House, Hart to Hart, etc.
By your list Julie we had quite a few in common, because I *loved!* Fraggle Rock, He-Man, She-ra, the Smurfs, Inspector Gadget,… did you ever see Heathcliff?
I was crazy about Heidy and Mazinger Z. Then Jem was also so great! I remember some kids called that series the “singing Barbies series”, and we certainly played Jem with our barbie dolls!
ALRIGHT, but can you pick me up a sweat-material headband and off shoulder sweatshirt while you’re there? They just don’t make them like they used to.
I was all about Tintin and Inspector Gadget for cartoons. And then Wonder Years, Full House, and Saved by the Bell for shows. They recently had a 20 year Full House reunion with the cast and it’s really trippy.
Laura — I knew I forgot one!! :) Thanks for reminding me about The Wonder Years!! :) I still remember how trippy it was for the Facts of Life Reunion! :O Doesn’t seem possible that Full House IS 20 years old! ??
Jorie – thank YOU for reminding me about Road to Avonlea! How could I forget about Sarah Polley?
It *does* seem impossible that Full House is 20 years old. Or that we can remember a time where Uncle Joey WASN’T on the Surreal Life. EEEI! :)
Gumini Bears? Hmmm, that doesn’t ring a bell but it made me think of Popples for some reason!
And I don’t think I’ve heard about Heathcliff either, but I watched all my cartoons in French when I was a kid so maybe the name was different!
Oh, Full House! I was such a fan too! That’s probably the first show I watched in English, since it wasn’t translated…
And Heidy! Yes.
I loved The Wonder Years. And Doogie Howser! haha
I wasn’t able to look up the exact name of the series until now (& Laura did you know they’ve been releasing nearly ALL of our favourites, including Avonlea to dvd?)… which is why Julie I made a bit of a mistake, their called: Gummi Bears!! Here’s the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disney%27s_Adventures_of_the_Gummi_Bears
Ooh! And, check this out: http://80scartoons.net/ You can find everything listed on there! :)
They have listings for Heathcliff, but ironically not the series I am remembering!??
After briefly browsing the index I realised just HOW MANY 80s cartoons I used to watch! LOL I wish tv was still as innocent as it was back then! The best show I’ve seen in recent years is SMASH all about Broadway musicals! :) I watch the BBC otherwise, for series like: Monarch of the Glen, Sherlock, and Downton Abbey.