It was about an incompetent sorceror who accidentally magicked himself from Norman Britain to England in the 1970s (the time of the show’s production).
What were your favourite kids TV shows? Please include links to some info about your choices.
I don’t know if it’s on anymore, but when my daughter was young, we all LOVED “The Puzzle Place.” “Arthur,” “Bill Nye the Science Guy” and, of course, “Sesame Street” were all hits with the whole family as well.
When I was little, Captain Kangaroo and Romper Room were the only real games in town, but I loved both of them.
And, of course, who can forget “Schoolhouse Rock”? It wasn’t actually a show…rather “shorts” between Saturday morning cartoons…but I loved it, and when Jo was little, she also fell in love with it, thanks to CDs and videos. I still sing the Preamble to the Constitution!
Bugs Bunny. Either there are a lot of weirdos on the Chiffboard or many think Bugs is so obvious that he needn’t be mentioned.
Here’s a factoid: in 1998 or 1999 the Washington Post ran an article on the ____ of the millenium, naming the greatest musicians, writers, etc. They chose Bugs as the actor of the millenium (Greta Garbo was the actress). I thought it was a great choice – one minute a mild-mannered rabbit, the next a female Tasmanian devil or a preacher marrying two devils.
I loved Howdy Doody, Kukla,Fran and Ollie, and of course Capt. Kangaroo. Yes, Bugs was, and still is the greatest of the cartoons. However, a lot of my favorites were not particularly for kids- but they were shown on Sat. morning for us.
The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Amos and Andy, and Fury.
By Transformers, I am referring to the old series (with Optimus Prime, Megatron and Starscream) all the way up to the Movie (the one where Optimus Prime dies - that was really sad! - and Hot Rod becomes Rodimus Prime).
Tony Hart’s stuff is tops! I loved everything he did.
I also like: Sesame Street with the original cast and muppets (I can’t get into the newer episodes), Muppet Show, Galaxy Rangers, Thundercats, Voltron, all the old Looney Tunes/Warner Bros cartoons, Count Duckula, Batman the Animated Series, Gargoyles (all those voices from Star Trek!), X-Men (the cartoon), Shmoo, Captain Caveman, Bananas in Pyjamas (not sure why, though, I was an adult when I caught my first episode! I think I just found them cute)
Was never that impressed with the Hanna-Barbera cartoons in general, though I did watch lots of them. There was a sort of sameness to most of them.
Chrisoff, looking thru the programmes in the link you provided, I remember being fascinated by Button Moon (again, I was an adult by the time I saw my first ep)
