Entries tagged with tmis

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Fan Page: The Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley and The Fonz Hour

This cartoon... THIS CARTOON!!! This cartoon suffers from TMIS (Too Many Idea Syndrome) and yet doesn't have enough/good enough ideas to save it. Like, each and every one of the three cartoons were established popular Sit-Coms that they then crammed full of talking animals and wacky side-kicks and improbable situations and it STILL wasn't enough to make them interesting so they crammed all three cartoons together and it STILL just kind of... it... it was just *there*.

But hey, maybe you have some fond memories of this show that you'd like to share with us in the comments? You may even be inspired to go and vote for it in our Best of 1982 Poll and I wouldn't look poorly upon your decision to do so :)

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Fan Page: SHIRT TALES

Shirt Tales *almost* suffered from TMIS (Too Many Idea Syndrome), but I think it came out okay. (1) Adorable talking animals that (2) Wear magic message-conveying shirts so they can (3) Fight crime from their (4) Super-Secret High-Tech Headquarters which they have to keep (5) Secret in the middle of Central Park from (6) A nosy park Ranger.

But it all works :)

Leave your memories, stories and kind words about Shirt Tales in the comments below, and if this was a favorite of yours? Be sure to go and vote for it in our Best Cartoon of 1982 Poll!

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Fan Page: BLACKSTAR

Conversations I have had with various people about Blackstar lead me to believe that it was a cartoon suffering from TMIS (Too Many Ideas Syndrome), but it WORKED. At least for one season. And that's because everybody took something different away from it. It was a He-Man show. It was a Smurfs show. It was an outer-space show. It was a Conan-esque Fantasy show.

Whatever it was to you, feel free to leave your own thoughts about it in the comments below. And if it happened to be one of your favorites, be sure to go vote for it in our Best Cartoon of 1981 Poll!

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Fan Page: The Flintstones

The Flintstones pulled quite a few shenanigans on us kids in the 80's, repackaging their 1970's cartoons over and over and over again as "The Flintstones Meet The Shmoo" (discussed elsewhere in this community), "The Flintstones Comedy Show" and "The Flintstone Funnies".

You got Teenage Pebbles & Bam-Bam, Fred & Barnes as police officers and The Frankenstones. The Frankenstones were yet another cartoon that suffered from TMIS (Too Many Ideas Syndrome. They were (1)Universal Studios Monsters of the (2)Golden Age of Cinema somehow living in (3)Prehistoric Times next door to (4)The Flintstones with a (5)Teenage Son who (6)Doesn't want to conform to the lifestyle his parents dictate.

SO hey let's hear it for The Flintstones! I'm sure you have something good to say about Fred and Barney in general, but what about their 1980's versions? GO ahead and leave a few comments, see if anyone agrees with you :) Oh, and if one of these happened to be your favorite? Don't forget to go and vote for them in either the Best Of 1981 and Best Of 1982 Polls :)

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Fan Page: Casper & The Angels

This is a cartoon that, in my opinion, suffered from TMIS (Too Many Ideas Syndrome). Let's count them, shall we? We have:

A vintage cartoon character who is a
Ghost, but
A rebel who doesn't conform to stereotypes and has a
Best buddy older mentor who
Accepts the alternate lifestyle of his little buddy and they're
Guardian Angels for
Two female police officers in
A male-dominated sexist society in
Outer-Space of
The far-off future of 2179 where they
Fight crime and
Solve mysteries

Pretty simple, right? And I won't even include my own personal theory that Casper is the ghost of Batman (I have PROOF!)

Please feel free to leave your memories, stories, fun facts and whatever you want to say about Casper and The Angels in the comments below. And don't forget to go and vote for this show in our Best of 1980 Poll if you feel that this show is deserving :)