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January 09, 2007
youtube gems
Preface: Does anyone remember the name of the show with the adults dressed up as zoo animals? I'm pretty sure the name contained the word "zoo." That's all I can recall, honestly. I'm just hoping a light will turn on in one of your heads when I give you these vague clues.
Not at all uninspired by Josiah, I've decided to post some of my favorite cartoons' intros from the 80's and 90's. Before I watched the Gummi Bears on Josiah's blog, I had all but forgotten about that show. It's amazing what details one remembers from childhood - the bears jumping onto their wooden bobsled; Bobby's tricycle wheels extending to balance on the railings as he sails down the stairs; and Garfield polishing off a plate of spaghetti in one gulp. The timing of each sound, too, is etched in my memory, even if such sounds would now be indistinct to my adult mind.
Apparently a lot of these come from Retrojunk. Enjoy!
Bobby's World:
Garfield and Friends:
Fraggle Rock:
Muppet Babies (also look for the Star Wars parody - classic!):
And of course, Square One:
Last but not least, I had to post another Colbert favorite in honor of my possibly going to the show in February (fingers crossed!):
I do realize, by the way, that the last one I posted (with Eleanor Holmes-Norton) was one of the most popular on the Internet; the posting was more for my sake than anyone else's.
| By laurajuanita | 11:05 AM
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Wow. I had totally forgotten how indebted to "latin" dance rhythms the Garfield theme song was. Of course at the time, I barely realized the disconnect, but now it seems strange considering that Garfield himself hardly seems very latino...
Posted by: funke at January 9, 2007 11:18 AM
PS They shouldn't call the cartoons I watched as a kid "retro-junk." My parents' generation is retro. I am barely 25...
:)
Posted by: funke at January 9, 2007 11:22 AM
neither is it "junk." :0)
Posted by: laura at January 9, 2007 11:45 AM
Zoo-billi-zoo! Spelling wise, I'm unsure. Somehow that show left me both intrigued and vaguely anxious.
Posted by: Keri at January 9, 2007 12:22 PM
yes! here is the link, folks. it's actually "zoobilee zoo." totally wack.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=kWeGAloHOAY
Posted by: laura at January 9, 2007 12:31 PM
Hm. Wow. Totally wack is right. What I find most disturbing is the fact that the "token" African-American plays "Bubbles" the chimp. Associating African-Americans with monkeys is racist (though not without precedence).
Posted by: funke at January 9, 2007 06:38 PM
Okay. I guess there are more African Americans than just Bubbles the chimp. Never mind, *I'm* wack.
Posted by: funke at January 9, 2007 06:41 PM
I didn't watch these cartoons when I was growing up. I don't feel like I missed much though, to be honest.
Posted by: Evan Donovan at January 9, 2007 09:28 PM
I think there is something to the verse "train up a child in the cartoons he shall watch, and when he is old he shall not depart from them."
It was probably something where you just had to be there, Evan, you just had to be there...
Posted by: funke at January 9, 2007 10:50 PM
But Garfield helped instill in me my sarcastic sense of humor. Where would I be without it?
Both Muppet Babies and Bobby's World look so old and outmoded.
Posted by: Anna at January 10, 2007 03:56 AM
Have you heard about this yet?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/09/tv.oreillyvscolbert.ap/index.html
Posted by: Todd at January 10, 2007 03:17 PM
Yes, indeedy, I heard about it. Should be entertaining. However, Colbert's show is more interesting when he interviews people who totally disagree with "him," which is almost everyone. I think his appearance on O'Reilly's show might be more fun.
Posted by: laura at January 10, 2007 06:42 PM
