Poll #5: The Best of 1984

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

[Poll #1766532]

A few notes:

• More live-action shows than we've ever seen on Saturday mornings in the 80's hit this year, I think it was maybe to fill the coming void of Captain Kangaroo leaving the air :(
• Lots of the shows which have been heavily requested by our members make their debut here, including Kidd Video and Muppet Babies
• To this day I STILL sing the Pole Position theme song when driving really fast and passing other cars :)

Comments

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

I'll go with Muppet Babies, as it was the best written of all those shows. (Not that the others are inferior, but MB had a different quality or approach than most, especially by today's standards. Nothing like that, today, I think.)

Although, I can't say no to Snorks, either. Underwater Smurfs? I'm sold. Heh.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I don't think that 1984 had a single "Weak Spot" cartoon, except for *maybe* The Snorks but that's just because during that first season they were concentrating on just reformatting every old Smurfs script to fit under water :)

I really wish I could have found video for The Little Puppy's Further Adventures... as I remember it, it was kind of epic and another one of those "Different" cartoons that just felt grander in scope than your standard Saturday Morning stuff.

[aurora77]

I thought Turbo Teen was pretty cheesy, even as a kid. I honestly don't recall VidKids. Pryor's Place wasn't a cartoon, so I always changed the channel. I don't think I bothered to give it a chance. It's not like I lacked good options at the time anyway.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Turbo Teen was AWESOME!!! I'm surprised there aren't more fan fics surrounding it... there was a love triangle, a mysterious villain we never saw, the hiding of the secret... it was yet another favorite of mine :)

VidKids and Pryor's Place both got preempted A LOT for sporting events, not many people even knew they existed :/

[dark-weezing.livejournal.com]

Personally, my favorite fare was in 85-87, but they weren't network toons (GI Joe, Teddy Ruxpin), so they obviously don't belong here.

Indeed about the Snorks as it tried too hard to be Smurf-like. Oh, well, it still had a good voice cast, so I can't complain, either.

I should also say that given my icon, the Orbots amuse me, as well. Heh.