FabSwingers.com forum: 80’s Cartoons

By *ssexPaul50 OP Man
1 week ago

colchester

Today’s children will never understand the excitement of Saturday mornings with only 4 channels and 3 hours of children tv. What was your favourite cartoons back in the day.

Jamie & the magic touch

Danger Mouse

dungeons & Dragons

thundercats

He-Man

Thunderbirds

Even listing them brings back memories

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By *atteLover82Man
1 week ago

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED

Too many to choose tbh but I'll go with some that seem to get a little less love.

Mysterious cites of gold

Count duckula

Dogtanian and the muskerhounds

Centurions

Bananaman

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By *ssexPaul50 OP Man
1 week ago

colchester

"Too many to choose tbh but I'll go with some that seem to get a little less love.

Mysterious cites of gold

Count duckula

Dogtanian and the muskerhounds

Centurions

Bananaman"

Totally with you with Dogtanian can even remember the song at the beginning (all for one and one for all) lol

good shout out for Count Dukula

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By *iptonmalexxMan
1 week ago

tipton

Jase and the wheeled warriors

City's of gold

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By *iptonmalexxMan
1 week ago

tipton

Round the twist ( yes not a cartoon?

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By *ssexPaul50 OP Man
1 week ago

colchester

"Jase and the wheeled warriors

City's of gold

Jase and the wheeled warriors - good shout !

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By *avenwrexham75TV/TS
1 week ago

Wrexham

Thundercats

Dungeons and Dragons

Mysterious cities of gold

Dogtanian

He Man

She Ra

They were my faves...

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By *ssexPaul50 OP Man
1 week ago

colchester

I have to add Bravestar !!

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By *atteLover82Man
1 week ago

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED

Im actually really into 80's & 90's so keeping an eye on this thread for ideas of some new series to get.

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By *evilinDavinaTV/TS
1 week ago

Transsexual Transylvania

4 channels? Luxury!

In South Africa in the 80s we had 1 channel (English/Afrikaans) then 2 (second one was Zulu/Sotho/Tswana). Tv broadcasts only started at about 4pm and finished before midnight except on Saturday. Saturday afternoon was wall to wall sport.

Kids got about an hour and a half at the most in the late afternoon.

Having said that...

I loved animated Spider-man from the mid 80s onwards, dubbed into Sotho (Rrabobbi - literally, Mr Spider). They had English soundtrack in simulcast on one of the SABC radio channels, so you watched the show with the sound down and the radio on, and if you were lucky they were in sync.

🤣

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By *eri24Woman
1 week ago

Bridgend

Around the world with Willy Fog

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By *atteLover82Man
1 week ago

BERWICK-UPON-TWEED

"Around the world with Willy Fog"

I only found out in last year that this had a follow up series in the 90s

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By *olin and LouiseCouple
1 week ago

Tamworth

Battle of the Planets

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By *uri00620Woman
1 week ago

Croydon

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By *iptonmalexxMan
1 week ago

tipton

Gummie bear

Duck tales

Chip n dale

Inspector gadget

Tmnt

Ulysses

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By *iptonmalexxMan
1 week ago

tipton

Talespin

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By *ored...StiffMan
1 week ago

Gloucester

Batfink

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By *erdyHollyTV/TS
1 week ago

In a galaxy far far away

We had the same idea posting about cartoons at the same time.

Weird

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By *ondon MikeMan
1 week ago

St Albans

"Around the world with Willy Fog

I only found out in last year that this had a follow up series in the 90s"

I only found out a few seconds ago!

Off to Google I go....

Oh, and Thundercats is the king of the 80s cartoons

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By *ssexPaul50 OP Man
1 week ago

colchester

"We had the same idea posting about cartoons at the same time.

Weird

Good minds think alike 🤣🤣

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By *all-flowerWoman
1 week ago

Nottinghamshire

No one mentioned "the hair bear bunch"

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By *ermite12ukMan
1 week ago

Solihull and Romford

Captain Pugwash and Hong Kong Phuey.

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By *hoenixxFeatherWoman
1 week ago

Teesside

Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony, Care Bears, DuckTales, TMNT, SuperTed & Tugs!

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By *cLovin2Man
1 week ago

London

"Batfink"

Your bullets, cannot harm me. My wings are like a shield of steel.

Dunno what was going on with him and his bestie Karate. Were they gay or what?

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By *e-OptimistMan
1 week ago

Stalybridge

Bucky O'Hare

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By *igerFiestaMan
1 week ago

Huddersfield

Shoe People

Nellie the Elephant

Penny Crayon

Family Ness

Babar

Zzzap!

Galaxy High

Denver the last dinosaur

Bangers and mash

Spot

James the Cat

Stop it and tidy up (narrated by Terry Wogan)

Attack of the killer tomatoes

Visionaries

Too many to name. Last time I did a tally it came to nearly 400.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
1 week ago

Crumpet Castle

I was in my late thirties in the fifties. I didn't have time to watch t.v. with a job and children.

I remember the 50's and 60's . There was NO t.v. not until much later and even then there was only BBC 1. We listened to Children's Hour on the radio , to programmes like 'The Wooden Tops' and 'Andy Pandy' or just good old stories like Aesop's Fables and Enid Blyton Classics.

When telly came there was NO day time t.v.

Telly didn't start until tea time and the cartoons available were Popeye the Sailor Man , Bugs Bunny etc All American

My favourite cartoon of all time was and is Rocky and Bullwinkle.

There was no t.v. on Sunday's and on all other days t.v finished at about 11 p.m when there would be an epilogue.

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By *opa SandsCouple
1 week ago

Gloucester

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By *opa SandsCouple
1 week ago

Gloucester

Top Cat

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By *igerFiestaMan
1 week ago

Huddersfield

I remember all of the cartoon theme songs, yet strangely I can't remember what happened in any of the episodes. I must have enjoyed the intro music and then zoned out. Same with school. I remember all of the teachers, but thinking back all those years I can barely recall any of the lessons. Just the sound of the teachers yelling over the noise and kids spitting paper pellets.

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By *kphooey43Man
1 week ago

Barnet

"Captain Pugwash and Hong Kong Phuey."

You called!

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By *ockwellinMan
1 week ago

Over there...

"Battle of the Planets"

Abd Ulesses 31

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By *_44Man
1 week ago

Birmingham

Bangers and Mash.

Raggy dolls.

Thundercats.

Banana man.

Super ted.

Paddington peas.....

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By *r1dayMan
1 week ago

Middlesbrough

Mask

Voltron

Centurions

The Real Ghostbusters

And i know its from the 90s but Gargoyles is worthy of a mention

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By *ou only live onceMan
1 week ago

London

"I was in my late thirties in the fifties. I didn't have time to watch t.v. with a job and children.

GC, do we have a centenarian within our midst?

😉

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By *heJam84Man
1 week ago

Manchester

great answers, i forgot about a few of then, raggy dolls, hey arnold, sutty and sweep, tom and jerry. just endless classics.

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By *ustAnotherMan
1 week ago

Tamworth

"Bucky O'Hare"

Did you say Bucky?

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
1 week ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

British cartoons:

Danger Mouse and Count Duckula - my mum would watch these with us, as there was just as much in it for adults as us kids.

Jamie and the Magic Torch - I'm sure the theme tune was by ELO and remember it all being downhill after the theme had ended.

Ivor the Engine and Willow the Wisp - these always appeared in odd 5 minute slots before the news or something and I never really got them.

Japanese sagas that went on forever:

Dogtanian - irritating theme tune, but enjoyable cartoon that I never saw the end of.

Mysterious Cities of Gold - probably on telly for 6 months of the year and I was dead chuffed to see the final episode where it turned out to all be related to Atlantis. Actually completing one of these serials was tricky, because:

Round the World in 80 Days - went on forever and I missed most of it, because my dad was on shifts and would be home and in control of 'his' telly and with no portable, it was whatever he wanted to watch unless my mum made a point of seeing something.

American Imports:

He Man - basically a morality play for squares.

Transformers - a toy line with a 20 minute advert posing as a cartoon and no less for it. I still have Megatron.

Dungeons and Dragons - the source of endless arguments over who got to play as the chap with the magic bow.

Bat Fink - made on a budget of 2 and 6 and great. Still very quotable.

Stop the Pidgeon - immense fun.

Captain Caveman/Scooby Doo - enjoyable enough, but always with the depth of a puddle.

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home - this was fantastic and was only shown one Christmas holiday. It was basically the Simpsons or a cartoon comedy drama and I loved it. Way before its time and only one episode is on Youtube, which is an immense shame.

Inspector Gadget - enjoyable enough, but nothing that you'd give up your turn on the Spectrum 48k to watch.

Ulysses - I remember Phillip Schofield rocking out to it in the BBC broom closet, but other than that, it was a yawn fest.

Godzilla - excellent stuff.

Spiderman and his amazing friends - this was a lot of fun, even if as a kid you still knew you were only seeing the tip of an iceberg.

Film/Tv tie ins:

Boss Cat - absolutely brilliant - my mum would watch this with us, too.

Real Ghost Busters - a bit patchy, but worth rushing home from school to see in its early years.

Flash Gordon - looked great, but only saw a few episodes over the Christmas holidays. I remember wondering where the Queen soundtrack had gotten to, as this would have made it awesome.

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
1 week ago

Crumpet Castle

"I was in my late thirties in the fifties. I didn't have time to watch t.v. with a job and children.

GC, do we have a centenarian within our midst?

😉"

oops ...... in my thirties in the 80's

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By *a LunaWoman
1 week ago

Wales

The golden age of cartoons……

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By *iolet_FyreCouple
1 week ago

Yateley

"The golden age of cartoons……"

Absolutely

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