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I was growing up in the days of Lion King and Aladdin, both of which are brilliant!

I used to fart on about how kids movies weren't the same these days until I saw Shrek and The Incredibles. Both very funny, with multiple levels built in (A good kids movie is one the parents can watch without being bored stiff!)

What movies did you love as a child? TV shows? Music?

I was growing up in the days of Lion King and Aladdin, both of which are brilliant!

I used to fart on about how kids movies weren't the same these days until I saw Shrek and The Incredibles. Both very funny, with multiple levels built in (A good kids movie is one the parents can watch without being bored stiff!)

What movies did you love as a child? TV shows? Music?

It should be illegal to kick as much ass the Incredibles does.

I grew up with same movies you did. :)

Sesamstraat (Dutch), Samson (Belgian programme), VR Troopers (We are, we are VR), the Simpsons

French chansons (my parents like too play them), can't actually remember anyhting else in my youth

Never was a big fan of Disney

For TV? I grew up on Seinfeld, Frasier, and Friends.

Movies? Hard to say... I've seen so many, but my most memorable ones are Aladdin, True Lies, and the rereleased Star Wars Trilogy.

Music? Well, that's another tough one. I heard the Sex Pistols back in 1991, some Ramones back in 1992 and 1994, Green Day that same year (Dookie), and a lot of miscellaneous stuff in between then and now. I didn't start really listening to music up until 2001.

music...well, mostly my dads music which was stuff like The Who, Led Zep, Stones, Pink Floyd, Cream...etc, etc, etc, and a bit of Nirvana and suchlike from my elder sister

I grew up on:

Television: Battle of The Planets, GI Joe, Thundercats, Transformers and Voltron.

Movies: Superman, Jaws, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Porky's, Star Wars!!!!! and The Beastmaster.

Music: I always have been ad always will be a very eclectic listener.

Books: The Black Stallion, The Hardy Boys, Where The Wild Things Are, Dr Seuss books, The Foundation Series, The Xanth Novels.

Oh, as for music, I definetely grew up with classic rock, my dad used to blare it all the time. I still love the old stuff, but now I'm into punkish-alternative rock and some rap, too. Country ain't bad, either.

*waits to be flamed*

The radio stations suck in Alabama, so up until about 8 years old, I only listened to my parent's stuff...

Which was 80's metal, hard rock, etc. and R&B, blues, jazz... My favorite songs (which I HAD to play before I could go to sleep at night) were "No Respect", "All You Need Is Rock 'N' Roll", etc. I knew an 80s rock band or artist for every letter of the alphabet BEFORE I knew the alphabet song! :p

At 8 and 9 I bought into the fads, you know, Backstreet Boys, Spice Girls, all that crap. Not Britney Spears, though. I never could stand her, even in my pop phase.

Of course, I have heard "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd played so many friggin' times I am immensely predjudiced against country music of any sort.

As far as TV goes, I grew up on Barney, Mr. Rogers, Sesame Street, Arthur, (I even entered a contest where I wrote an episode for the series. I wasn't selected, but it was pretty cool anyway.) Power Rangers, Pappy Land... oh, the list goes on and on. Mostly Edutainment, tho.

Movies? Every disney classic 'xept maybe Fantasia, Barney, Power Rangers, Magic School Bus... you get the idea.

As I got a little older I watched Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Dark Angel, and La Femme Nikita with my family all together. Go, me!

"Sweet Home Alabama" is Southern Rock

"Sweet Home Alabama" is Southern Rock

And "Southern Rock" is mostly country, which is crap.

Which of course is mostly opinion ;)

Older country is crap, the new country, which is more pop-ish, is decent.

And Sweet Home Alabama kicked ass the first 1000 times I heard it. Now it gets annoying.

Which of course is mostly opinion ;)

Older country is crap, the new country, which is more pop-ish, is decent.

And Sweet Home Alabama kicked ass the first 1000 times I heard it. Now it gets annoying.
Well, for me, it stopped kicking ass 10, 12 years ago.

And Southern rock, in my opinion, is country. It's county rock. COUNTRY!

I totally agree that country is crap, possibly even more craptastic than bubblegum pop.

Well, for me, it stopped kicking ass 10, 12 years ago.

And Southern rock, in my opinion, is country. It's county rock. COUNTRY!

I totally agree that country is crap, possibly even more craptastic than bubblegum pop.

It's like our anthem where I live. People go crazy when we play it.

It's like our anthem where I live. People go crazy when we play it.
Remember, I actually live in Alabama. Therefore, "Sweet Home Alabama" really is an anthem where I live.

Remember, I actually live in Alabama. Therefore, "Sweet Home Alabama" really is an anthem where I live.

Touche. You got me there, bud.

Well, for me, it stopped kicking ass 10, 12 years ago.

And Southern rock, in my opinion, is country. It's county rock. COUNTRY!

I totally agree that country is crap, possibly even more craptastic than bubblegum pop.

Don't dis country, dammit.

I didn't listen to music as a kid, just what my family listened to. I guess John Denver reminds me of some of the happiest moments of my childhood.

As far as movies go I watched unusual ones for a kid. In elementary school my favorite movies were:

Patton
Zulu
The Longest Day
Tora Tora Tora
Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
1776
South Pacific
A Bridge Too Far

In Junior High:

Apocalypse Now
Cross of Iron
The Wild Bunch
Blade Runner
Star Trek The Wrath of Kahn


I watched Cross of Iron when I was in the 6th grade. My father rented it not knowing its content. Loads of violence and an oral rape followed by bitten off penis scene. I remember clearly that as soon as the film ended he looked at me and said, " I probably shouldn't have let you watch that movie." I was enthraled by the film and wouldn't shut up about it at school for a week.

I grew up with Jungle Book and Abba.

Hee hee, Abba.

Another funny thing, has anyone recently seen a photo of or listened to the Spice Girls?

Lol, so funny that they were popular.

Great thread idea...

Movies-I stood in line with my parents at the Arden Fair domes which are no longer there to watch Star Wars in the theater at the age of six. I didn't know why where there or what all the fuss was until the movie started. I fell in love and haven't fallen out since.

Outside of that the movies I remember are:Sword and the Sorceress for being the movie that my friends mom didn't realize little kids shouldn't see-mmmm, naked people.

Porky's for the forbiden fruit. Stupid ass movie, really...

Barbarian Queen-practically a porno that the video store down the street would let me rent because they didn't know...Hey man, it was puberty...

Megaforce-it was like a live action G.I. Joe, so that was cool.

Gymkata-the Skill of Gymnastics, the Kill of Karate....in 1984 two things ruled, gymnastics and ninja movies. Some genius combined the two.

American Ninja- My first introduction into the fantasy that without you remembering at one point in your life you where trained to be a badass and you just need the situation to come up where you 'reflex' into your badass skills. Sure beats having to do all that work now...

Iron Eagle-We had three airforce bases around us, which seemed excessive (and yet, when they shut down one everyone freaked...) so as a kid things like the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels seemed cool. Again, the instant badass fantasy, that I could just be plopped into something and be the best with some nudging from Lous Gosset Jr....

Six Pack w/Kenny Rogers. It was about kids and racing, I was a kid who raced.

Beat Street, Breakin', Rappin', Krush Groove-I think, since I'm being long winded I'll make seperate posts for music and TV, but when music comes around that'll make a lot of sense.

Highlander- Dude, they're fighting with swords, but its right now!!! Sword fighting in a parking garage, how cool is that??? To a kid, extra cool.

Rescuers(sp?)-Only Disney movie I saw. Not even sure it is a Disney movie...

Secret of N.I.M.H., The Last Unicorn, Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings-those where my animated fare. On T.V. I loved Rikki Tikki Tavi

Seven Minutes in Heaven, Labyrinth gave me a Jennifer Connely 'thing,' then Requiem for a Dream made it all dirty......

Car Wash- I loved that movie. Watching it again I wonder what I liked because I cound't have understood most of the jokes.

Blazing Saddles- Same story really-though it doesn't take much to 'get' a fart joke.

Young Frankenstien- Again...

Flash Gordon-FLASH! AAA-AAAAAaaaaah! He'll save everyoneofus!!!

Xanadau- hehehehehehehehehehehehe. I don't know why. But it'd be disengious for me to deny having watched that several times. I won't defend it, but there it is...

That's more than enough really, but I could go on and on...(as you probably can tell....)

Hee hee, Abba.

Another funny thing, has anyone recently seen a photo of or listened to the Spice Girls?

Lol, so funny that they were popular.
One of the Spice Girls married David Beckham, the punk ass bitch-whore! GRRR... :mad: Infinite hate for them all!

"I grew up on five-alive
And transformers and slip-n-slide
Toy's R Us and Chuck-e-Cheeze
Disco out and techno in
to synthesize my favorite sin
And here I am on my knees
To get it back again

Babies of the 80's
Little girls in lycra shorts
Tented beds, nerf contact sports
My babies of the 80's
Shout it out just one more time
For the generation that was all mine

We learned to crawl on linoleum floors
Ronald Regan fought Star Wars
But he'll never be Han Solo
Students march Tienemen Square
They took him out hey that's not fair
Dad said it's good to be free
As we watched from our T.V.

Babies of the 80's
Little girls in lycra shorts
Tented beds, nerf contact sports
My babies of the 80's
Shout it out just one more time
For the generation that was all mine

We watched the wall fall down
Woke up early for Bozo the clown
MTV and Nick at Night
And I slept for the first time
Without the light
without the light
without the light

(one two one two three go)

My Babies of the 80's
**Little girls in jelly shoes
got the ferris bueller blues**
My babies of the 80's
this could be something after
Who knew this could be something after
Who knew this could be something after
Who Knew"

I was growing up in the days of Lion King and Aladdin, both of which are brilliant!

I used to fart on about how kids movies weren't the same these days until I saw Shrek and The Incredibles. Both very funny, with multiple levels built in (A good kids movie is one the parents can watch without being bored stiff!)

What movies did you love as a child? TV shows? Music?

E.T.

Disney-Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy and the rest of the gang-Very old film, It was from the WWII era I think or around that time and also their old shows, very funny.

A-Team

Colombo

Etc.

I was born 1984 and those films and shows were old then, just goes to show the lifespan of a good film.

Blade Runner
Star Trek The Wrath of Kahn


Totally forgot Bladerunner!!! Ooh, and for that matter The Road Warrior and Mad Max, along with all the other post-apocolyptic(sp) movies that came it thier wake, Warriors (come out and pl-ay), Escape from New York, some movie where a guy had an old Trans-Am that he wasn't supposed to use but he did, can't remember the name.

Ice Pirates, Battle Beyond the Stars, and Last Starfighter-which all seemed like parts of the same series to me...

and Star Trek:Wrath of Khan...and Superman II because he actually fought a superpowered foe.

bump

I grew up watching The Land Before Time and Fantasia.

Okay, so music.

When I was a kid I was, like most kids, subject to the collections of my parents and what my 'cool' uncle would give me. From that period I remember a few things:

The Hobbit- Don't know how I got that record but I listen the hell out of it.

Sesame Disco- Look, I loved the Muppets....

Unidentified Steely Dan single- Don't know what it was, but I had it, so I listened to it.

Jesus Christ Superstar- What's the Buzz was pretty funky to me. I actually had a friend whose parents told him he was forbiden to listen to that album at my house...

Meet the Beatles- Moms.

Some variety album, minstrals or something or other. Sketches that I had convinced myself where funny. I think that somewhere on there was Take Five by the Dave Bruebeck Quartet and I was hypnotised by it. A-Train as well.

1700 Peter, Paul, and Mary...dad....

Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass, Brazil '66...also dads

Herbie Mann dads again. Dad was into folk and latin jazz. And he grew up in Willits, part of the 'Emerald Triangle'...I think he smoked pot but just won't tell us...

ZeBop Santana...cool uncle
[edit]d'oh, forgot other cool uncle selections-Judas Priest Screaming for Vengence, Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon,[/edit

Six Pack Soundtrack Kenny Rogers....see my movie list...

Pac-Man Fever- I had it. What?

I also remember liking a song called Cottonmouth and the song Convoy...which set up a little revolution...

At a friends in the middle of the night barely recieving a signal from a Bay Area college radio station we where introduced to rap. Dug it.

Whodini- Five Minutes of Funk, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash (who I finally saw live a few years ago), Egyptian Lover, Africa Bambatta, Herbie Hancock (huh? Rock-it, you knew that...), DST (Herbie's DJ), Jonsun Crew, Kool Moe Dee, Doug E. Fresh, can't remember the guys who did that "wiki wiki wiki" song, Fat Boys...I could go on but I'm gonna get enough crap for that anyway...

Right around the time that N.W.A. came out I discovered jazz, didn't look back. I still respect it, just don't listen to it much. Or at all.

Not to say my early jazz listening was all that great.

Pat Metheny- Last Train Home

Chuck Mangione- Feels So Good

Spyro Gyra- These guys killed it. I went to a concert and it sounded pretty much like the albums, even in that early understanding, I felt that that wasn't jazz. Especially after I saw Frank Foster with the 'Count Basie' Orchestra (Count had long been dead, I don't know how legit that claim could really be) and The Dirty Dozen Brass Band...which I still listen to to this day.

music i was into, Take That and films, Mary Poppins

I was growing up in the days of Lion King and Aladdin, both of which are brilliant!

I used to fart on about how kids movies weren't the same these days until I saw Shrek and The Incredibles. Both very funny, with multiple levels built in (A good kids movie is one the parents can watch without being bored stiff!)

What movies did you love as a child? TV shows? Music?
Shrek isnt a kids MOVIE!!!1!
(Movies)
Lion King
101 Dalmations
Wizard of OZ(always used to watch it( the footmen and Flying monkeys made me the person i am today! :) )
Treasure Island#
Memphis Belle#

#Absolutly amazing

(Cartoons)
(Sooty and Sweet(could be squeek to old to remember now :p :( ))
Smurfs
EEK the Cat
Bobby's World(Its Generic! LOL)
Where's Wally(always a mission)
Rainbow
Snorks
Technoman
Mech Warrior


(Musics)
Rock and/or Roll(including the orignal stuff thru the ages so thats 50's to 90's
Basically any music from late 80's early 90s is my main love
Guns N Roses
Metalica
U2
Smashing Pumpkins
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Pink Floyd*

*BAr this its a generation thing my friends older brother was like 10 years older than us so Eh!

Obviously plenty more but my mind is Zoing!

Cookies to anyone who watched
Sooty
Bobby's World
and of course Eek the Cat in all its forms!

Cookies to anyone who watched

and of course Eek the Cat in all its forms!
Eek ruled. I was big fan of Savage Steve Holland from his movies (One Crazy Summer, Better Off Dead, How I Got into College....) and the cartoon carried his humor over.

I don't have time to do a complete list right now, so I''ll post a couple teasers... (some of these only the Canadian crowd will know or appreciate, but hey! I loves em just the same!)

My favorite movie of all time, The Fox and the Hound - without question. Hell, I still have the sheets, pillow cases and matching blanket in my closet!
Don't judge me!!

TV shows I couldnt live without: Fraggle Rock, The Racoons, Smurfs, A-Team, Magnum PI (I met Tom Selleck last summer at a party! Coolest most down to earth guy ever!!), Beachcombers, MacGyver

Music I loved and still find myself loving: Social Distortion (Mike Ness was my hero!), Bad Religion, Steve Earle and the Dukes, NOFX, Merle Haggard, Sublime (at the start of the nineties, before most people had even heard of them), Quiet Riot, BOC, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister (hey, back in the day this was some cooool shit) and so on, and so on

I will try and post a more definitive list later... this thread ROCKS!!! :)

Eek ruled. I was big fan of Savage Steve Holland from his movies (One Crazy Summer, Better Off Dead, How I Got into College....) and the cartoon carried his humor over.
Yes the Pirate flag at the end and the Word Savage made me think WOW!

Ive always loved Cartoons with humour only the smart could understand(or the completly insane)
Ive heard Eek Fans are petitioning for it to be replyed on general TV(in America which dosent help me :( )
Hmm ive got some pics on my comp and Sharkie barking somewhere ill find the pics. ;)

EDIT:
Ive got voice of Sharkie Barking and EEK saying i was not aware of that!

http://i137.exs.cx/img137/5971/eekrulespics9rl.jpgLOOK! (http://www.imageshack.us)

My favorite movie of all time, The Fox and the Hound - without question. Hell, I still have the sheets, pillow cases and matching blanket in my closet!
Don't judge me!!

TV shows I couldnt live without: Fraggle Rock, The Racoons, Smurfs, A-Team, Magnum PI (I met Tom Selleck last summer at a party! Coolest most down to earth guy ever!!), Beachcombers, MacGyver

I will try and post a more definitive list later... this thread ROCKS!!! :)
Ill judge you!Nah tis cool i had Mickey mouse ones till 3 years ago(I know so immature)

Technically they arent Cartoons so you Die!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v630/harlesburg/Tiaha2.jpg

Yes this thread REocks!!!1!

Yes the Pirate flag at the end and the Word Savage made me think WOW!

Ive always loved Cartoons with humour only the smart could understand(or the completly insane)
Ive heard Eek Fans are petitioning for it to be replyed on general TV(in America which dosent help me :( )
Hmm ive got some pics on my comp and Sharkie barking somewhere ill find the pics. ;)

EDIT:
Ive got voice of Sharkie Barking and EEK saying i was not aware of that!

http://i137.exs.cx/img137/5971/eekrulespics9rl.jpgLOOK! (http://www.imageshack.us)

That "Eek" cartoon with the lisp-ridden cat was very odd. Funny, yes, but so strange...

Search EEK on Google for
Sound Bytes namely "I was not aware of that!" ;)
Ive got it and
"I was not aware of that!" :p

Cartoons: My Little Pony (the 'and friends' series, back when there were still bad guys and evil characters. None of that bullshitty 'Tales' bullshit. If I wanted pathetic teenage drama I'd have dropped by my local highschool).
Count Duckula (love. So much love. Just started trying to get ahold of all the old episodes now. If only they'd bring them out on DVD... come on, 80s revival! Don't fail me now!)
The Wuzzles (I only remember two episodes, but they were still amusingly silly)
Gummy Bears
Inspector Gadget (I pity anyone who didn't grow up with Gadget... Claw's white kitty was just the best)
The Smurfs

TV: The Simpsons
Keeping Up Appearances
Fawlty Towers (own in on DVD, know by heart. Will slap anyone who hasn't seen it. Best ever.
Mother and Son (yay! Non-sucky Australian comedy!)
Seinfield
The Bill (they need to release the first, say, 10 years of this. Then I could buy that box set and not have to watch the shitty new episodes)

Inspector Gadget (I pity anyone who didn't grow up with Gadget... Claw's white kitty was just the best)

Inspector Gadget... I watched the hell outta that cartoon back in the early 90's. Loved it to death.

TV:Seinfield

See? Nobody hates the K-Man!

http://www.seinfeld-fan.net/pictures/kramer/kramer027.jpg

It's mesmerizing... It's eerie... It's perfect!

I already see a few addendums to my list!

My Little Pony (which was indirectly a result of having to let my little sister pick some of the saturday morning cartoons, Ill thank her for strawberry shortcake too)

Care-Bears... yeah, I can't blame that on anyone... I actually liked em!

Teddy Ruxpin... an unfortunate cartoon that always managed to get in between the good ones... how the hell did he do that? I swear it was via direct blood connections to Satan himself.

and yes...

Inspector Gadget... I always hoped there would be a follow up porn... I wanted to see Penny when... um, never mind... heh heh...

I already see a few addendums to my list!

My Little Pony (which was indirectly a result of having to let my little sister pick some of the saturday morning cartoons, Ill thank her for strawberry shortcake too)

Care-Bears... yeah, I can't blame that on anyone... I actually liked em!

Teddy Ruxpin... an unfortunate cartoon that always managed to get in between the good ones... how the hell did he do that? I swear it was via direct blood connections to Satan himself.

and yes...

Inspector Gadget... I always hoped there would be a follow up porn... I wanted to see Penny when... um, never mind... heh heh...
Inspector GAdget i kind of watched that but not a level seen with the others.
strawberry shortcake HAh!

I watched TIn TIn too religeously.

GO SOOTY!!!1!

Arthur, (I even entered a contest where I wrote an episode for the series. I wasn't selected, but it was pretty cool anyway.)


One of the ones that was selected was a take off of South Park, odd stuff for a kids show.

I already see a few addendums to my list!

Yeeeeah, I'm sure... :D

My Little Pony (which was indirectly a result of having to let my little sister pick some of the saturday morning cartoons, Ill thank her for strawberry shortcake too)

Why... WHY!?

Care-Bears... yeah, I can't blame that on anyone... I actually liked em!

Gross. Just... Gross.

Teddy Ruxpin... an unfortunate cartoon that always managed to get in between the good ones... how the hell did he do that? I swear it was via direct blood connections to Satan himself.

Evil incarnate!

and yes...

Inspector Gadget... I always hoped there would be a follow up porn... I wanted to see Penny when... um, never mind... heh heh...

Once again --- You are a perv.

Teddy Ruxpin... an unfortunate cartoon that always managed to get in between the good ones... how the hell did he do that? I swear it was via direct blood connections to Satan himself.


I want to get my hands on a Teddy Ruxpin and play William S. Burroughs recordings on it. That 'creepy grandpa' voice coming out of a teddy bear, talking about herion and other sundry things....man that'd be cool...

I want to get my hands on a Teddy Ruxpin and play William S. Burroughs recordings on it. That 'creepy grandpa' voice coming out of a teddy bear, talking about herion and other sundry things....man that'd be cool...

And it would also make people question your sanity.

And it would also make people question your sanity.

Assuming they aren't already, of course....
>.>

Assuming they aren't already, of course....
>.>

Well, I question my own sanity, so my priority for questioning the sanity of others is somewhat low.

So, I really should go to bed, but TV:

My T.V. viewing was formed mostly by a lack of local cable for quite some time. A friend had HBO where I watched Thunderbirds, which I thought ruled.

Mostly it was reruns where I was allowed control of the T.V., so I watched syndicated sitcoms from 'just before my time,' like,

One Day at a Time- Snider, you sly dog you....

The one about the guy who drew a comic strip with a cow puppet...

Mary Tyler Moore Show- I think Mary Tyler Moore is hot...which fed me watching...

The Dick Van Dyke Show She's hot, dammit...

Andy Griffith You should all watch Face in the Crowd...really, do it. I'll wait....

Good Times and What's Happenin'

Sanford and Son- "It's the big one, I'm comin' to join ya!"

The (Bob) (Newhart) Show- in all its itterations....

The Carol Burnett Show- I liked Tim Conway. I couldn't tell you why, I just did.

Hee Haw...shutup...I mentioned the 'no cable,' right?

That Barbara Mandrell thing with Syd and Marty Kroft puppets-for that matter,

Just about anything Syd & Marty Kroft did-Land of the Lost (ruled-Sleestacks are scary, man), H.R. Puffenstuff (thats my 'gateway' drug...), Dr. Shrinker (Jim Nabors...grew up a racing fan so I knew him as the 'guy who sang that Indiana song before the 500...), Elctro Woman and Dyno Girl, Shazam!!, that one where the crappy dune buggy turned into a flying dune buggy which is probably why I want a dune buggy so bad..., Segmund & the Sea Monster, and The Bugaloos-I had a thing for the girl bugaloo...

I also dug The Monkees, Partridge Family, and Batman. I even remember the massively ill-concieved live action Justice League...so bad...

Cartoons where-
Robotech, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, Voltron
Some less than glorious 'toons from when Saturday morning ruled-
Dungeons & Dragons, Rubic the Amazing Cube (I swear I didn't make that up...), Pac-Man (did I mention that I had the fever?), Mr. T, Hammerman, Superfriends, Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, Snorks- the cheap Smurf rip off underwater...Fish Police for the second and a half it was on...some things I can't remember because it's late.

Later TV was dominated by Early Eighties Action-
A-Team, Knight Rider, Dukes of Hazzard, Manimal, Ottoman, Street Hawk or something like that, Knight Rider on a motorcycle, Air Wolf, Blue Thunder, Riptide, Magnum P.I., Houston, Hawaii Five-Oh (in reruns), really anything that was based around a vehicle, which there was a lot to choose from...Buck Rogers, Battlestar Gallactica, V, Beauty and the Beast...look, everyone was watching that-I don't know why...

I think after admiting you watched Beauty and the Beast you should stop for a moment and think about what I'd be if I'd spent that time doing anything else....sniffle.....

And it would also make people question your sanity.
If I chose the right one it might make them question their sanity...



o-or just mine.








probably mine...

Hey, this thread is fun! Thanks everyone.

Lots of people have been reminding me of other things i watched too!

Inspector Gadget, Care bears, Eek the cat, Felix the cat.

Anyone seen the santa bear video?

Hey Shaed, haven't seen you in ages!

Anyways, keep it coming

Movies? Dunno.
Music? My mother always listened to jazz or church hymns.

Movies? Dunno.
Music? My mother always listened to jazz or church hymns.

Oh man... That must have been horrible.

As a little kid I wasn't into music, but I liked movies. Mostly horror movies like Friday the 13th, Exorcist, Poltergeist, etc. Also liked Star Wars.

Robotech, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Thundercats, He-Man, Voltron


How can you post a list of this caliber without adding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the greatest TV show of all time, ever (not that new space age crap with crazy super-powered turtles))?

Oh man... That must have been horrible.
I didn't mind when I was little, but once I got a bit older it started to get on my nerves a bit.

I didn't mind when I was little, but once I got a bit older it started to get on my nerves a bit.

One of my friends was a certified "Jesus Freak". He always tried to convert me, and he did it so much that I finally had to say some "choice" words to him. It wasn't just once or twice every month... It was an hour EVERY TIME HE CAME OVER TO MY HOUSE!!!

It bothered the hell out of me, and as we got older, he realised that what he was doing was ridiculous, and he turned down his religion. It had ruined his childhood, and he wasn't too happy about it.

What movies did you love as a child? TV shows? Music?

I can remember "The Yellow Submarine", listening to Jimi Hendrix(though he was gone by '70), Gilligan's Island.

[i]Robotech, G.I. Joe, Transformers, He-Man, Voltron
Snorks- the cheap Smurf rip off underwater...

Later TV was dominated by Early Eighties Action-
Dukes of Hazzard
Hah Snorks its so true!
Cant remember if i said Voltron!
GI JOE cartoon-Wow i read a comic book!
Yep Dukes of course

How can you post a list of this caliber without adding Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the greatest TV show of all time, ever (not that new space age crap with crazy super-powered turtles))?
Want to make that shame even worse? I was a Ninja Turtle. I was paid to go to birthday parties and picnics and other nonsense as anyone of the Ninja Turtles (and other characters, but really-mostly the Turtles). I couldn't tell you how that skipped out, except maybe that by the time that came really popular I was already old enough to do it as a job. Thats' the excuse I'll go with.

Want to make that shame even worse? I was a Ninja Turtle. I was paid to go to birthday parties and picnics and other nonsense as anyone of the Ninja Turtles (and other characters, but really-mostly the Turtles). I couldn't tell you how that skipped out, except maybe that by the time that came really popular I was already old enough to do it as a job. Thats' the excuse I'll go with.

That's it --- Your sanity is gonna be questioned by me from now on...

That's it --- Your sanity is gonna be questioned by me from now on...
All things considered, that was a high enough threshold. I can respect that.

And respect it, you shall...

*continues to question your sanity*

I kid you not but ful metal jacket and music from the era that the movie took place in

I kid you not but ful metal jacket and music from the era that the movie took place in

What's so odd about that?

What's so odd about that?
I first saw that movie when I was four, and hav ewatched it about every year since I was six

Weeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllll......................
10 and earlier
Music: TONS of Country. Country rocks, in the sort of way that only a non-rock genre can rock.

TV: I was raised on Fox. Watched Emergency 911, Sportscenter, and CNN while I ate my cereal in the morning. Pokemon and Digimon on Saturdays. Transformers were ranked pretty high up there too.

Movies: Star Wars, Transformers, the whole Land Before Time series, both American Tail movies (Fievel is the awesomest Russian mouse that ever lived), and the Great Mouse Detective.

I first saw that movie when I was four, and hav ewatched it about every year since I was six

I'm failing to see what's so "strange" about that.

Weeeeeeeeeellllllllllllllllllll......................
10 and earlier
Music: TONS of Country. Country rocks, in the sort of way that only a non-rock genre can rock.

TV: I was raised on Fox. Watched Emergency 911, Sportscenter, and CNN while I ate my cereal in the morning. Pokemon and Digimon on Saturdays. Transformers were ranked pretty high up there too.

Movies: Star Wars, Transformers, the whole Land Before Time series, both American Tail movies (Fievel is the awesomest Russian mouse that ever lived), and the Great Mouse Detective.
When I was little there was this show called Emergency about fire paramedics. I liked it becuase I had the truck they used as a Hot Wheel. Or I had the Hot Wheel because I liked that show. When you're a kid 'cause and effect' can get turned around a little....

Ooooh! And S.W.A.T., had a Hot Wheel of that, too. It was the time when T.V. was riddled with shows about public sevices jobs. A-aparantly. And Hot Wheels...

I'm failing to see what's so "strange" about that.
Have you ever seen it?

Have you ever seen it?

Yes, yes I have. Three times, to be exact.

Did anyone used to watch Captain Planet?
I remember that, the Karate Kid, the X-men, and the Lion King

and back in yr 2, that will smith song, that went boom shake shake shake shake the room was really popular


i also liked (and still like) the red hot chili peppers

I don't have time to do a complete list right now, so I''ll post a couple teasers... (some of these only the Canadian crowd will know or appreciate, but hey! I loves em just the same!)

My favorite movie of all time, The Fox and the Hound - without question. Hell, I still have the sheets, pillow cases and matching blanket in my closet!
Don't judge me!!

TV shows I couldnt live without: Fraggle Rock, The Racoons, Smurfs, A-Team, Magnum PI (I met Tom Selleck last summer at a party! Coolest most down to earth guy ever!!), Beachcombers, MacGyver

Music I loved and still find myself loving: Social Distortion (Mike Ness was my hero!), Bad Religion, Steve Earle and the Dukes, NOFX, Merle Haggard, Sublime (at the start of the nineties, before most people had even heard of them), Quiet Riot, BOC, Judas Priest, Twisted Sister (hey, back in the day this was some cooool shit) and so on, and so on

I will try and post a more definitive list later... this thread ROCKS!!! :)


OMG! I used to watch MacGyver too!!!! My mum used to think Richard Dean Andersen is hot, and now we watch him on Stargate!!!

OMG! I used to watch MacGyver too!!!! My mum used to think Richard Dean Andersen is hot, and now we watch him on Stargate!!!

Stargate kicks a lot of ass. I especially liked the Season Opener with Dan Castellenetta (sp?).

Did anyone used to watch Captain Planet?
I remember that, the Karate Kid, the X-men, and the Lion King

and back in yr 2, that will smith song, that went boom shake shake shake shake the room was really popular


i also liked (and still like) the red hot chili peppers
When I was a kid he was still 'The Fresh Prince' and he was telling us about parent's inability to comprehend...

OMG! I used to watch MacGyver too!!!! My mum used to think Richard Dean Andersen is hot, and now we watch him on Stargate!!!
I, too, dug the hell out of MacGyver. It might be what made me think there was nothing wrong with a mullet (a hair style so offensive my own hair went on strike, "If that's what you're going to do with hair, you get none...." sniffle)

It was liking watching Mr. Wizard, but with bad guys...

TV Cartoons: Rainbow, Puddle Lane, Transformers, Thundercats, The Real Ghostbusters, He-Man, She-Ra, Animals of Farthing Wood.

Films: The Goonies, Indiana Jones Trilogy, Labyrinth, Jaws 1, 2, 3, 4, Piranah, Gremlins 1 and 2, Ghostbusters 1 and 2, Critters, Alien and Aliens, Welcome to Sarajevo.

Music: Sex Pistols, Prince, Bruce Springsteen...