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

[allronix1.livejournal.com]

Pole Position - the voice acting was better than the animation, and I remember thinking that it would make a GREAT crossover with Real Adventures of Johnny Quest. Teenaged!Daisy joining up with Jessie, Johnny, and Hadji? Oh, hell yea! Always liked the fact that Tess was clearly the brains of the operation.

Turbo Teen? Corny, cheesy, but damn it was fun.

Kidd Video: How 80's can you get? And yeah, the animation was plenty deranged. What a fascinating world, though.

Muppet Babies? The older I get, the more brilliant I realize this thing was. Homages to old movies, classic books, forgotten TV shows, and some catchy songs to boot. Too bad the sampling from all of the above guarantees it'll never see DVD.