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Post by Tim on Jan 26, 2018 18:28:40 GMT -5
Not surprised. It's a very obscure show.
Guess it never made it across the pond.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Nov 28, 2019 14:27:08 GMT -5
This week I've managed to catch full episodes on YouTube of old '80s cartoons Pole Position and M.A.S.K. also. Both centred around hi-tech vehicles which were used to fight crime that either show had to solve each week of course. I'd not seen Pole Position originally which only ran for one season when it first aired about 2 teenage kids and their younger sister who worked for their uncle Zachary whom raised them having lost their parents young other than a pet monkey hybrid called Kuma they had but I do like the setup they have been a travelling stunt show in secret so people don't know what they really do otherwise. With both shows, there's a similar theme between the two in what they do except M.A.S.K. which I did see originally and actually had a VHS of two season 1 episodes as a kid has a team whom I consider the Justice League but with cars having the leader Matt Trakker either Bruce Wayne or Oliver Queen that people know about including the military and government and how M.A.S.K. only fought one criminal organisation usually called VENOM obviously. Even though the same agents we're used throughout what I liked about the show is if you'd never seen it you could jump into any episode and find out who each person was and what they specialised in each time they were introduced subsequent. Anyone thinking of catching either of these can do so here then. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lKsC3xolgg&list=PLySo2SlSHPSNpVClQkYp8lSnETa5s8oW3&app=desktopAnd. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CqemAT4iwI&list=PLIb5EO10co6Y56cEN3xDXLwvMDn6HMPow&app=desktop
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Post by Tim on Nov 28, 2019 18:02:16 GMT -5
Never heard of either of these shows.
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Post by Katie on Nov 28, 2019 18:23:36 GMT -5
I haven't heard of those. But so happy you enjoyed them.
That reminds me this year is Scooby Doo's 50th anniversary. They have remasted some of the older seasons. And released a set with 50 of the best episodes across five decades.
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Post by Tim on Nov 28, 2019 18:27:29 GMT -5
Scooby Doo is 50 now!
ZOINKS!!
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Nov 28, 2019 18:35:28 GMT -5
M.A.S.K. and Pole Position aren't as well known as other popular ones like He-Man, GI-Joe, She-Ra, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Thundercats but they still had followings back in the day.
M.A.S.K. was actually a toy line with a comic book tie in before a cartoon series which the television show was adapted from the same as some of the programmes above were also.
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Post by BettyNewbie on Nov 28, 2019 19:24:50 GMT -5
Watched this video a few week ago. Very interesting:
A multitude of factors sent Saturday Morning Cartoons downhill after the 80s. Not only did cable networks (ie. Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network) steal their audience, but so did video games. Increased censorship also put a stranglehold on what shows could do (limits that, of course, didn't exist on the cable competitors).
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Post by Tim on Nov 28, 2019 19:35:14 GMT -5
Yeah, that's pretty much what happened. When Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network came alone, without the censorship of the mainstream networks, the audience defected.
And those channels showed cartoons all the time, not just one morning. So kids could watch anytime.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Nov 29, 2019 4:12:52 GMT -5
Plus with online streaming and subscription sites like Netflix and Amazon Prime children can view cartoons 24/7 without televisions and even outside the house on different devices.
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Post by Dark Avenger on Nov 29, 2019 21:23:49 GMT -5
I miss these, although in Australia these were popular in the weekdays, and I always caught these before school. Especially how I got into shows like Scooby-Doo, Flinstones, and Rugrats in the 90s.
I think they still have Saturday Morning cartoons here, but I haven't watched in a long time to know for sure.
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Post by Tim on Nov 30, 2019 0:35:07 GMT -5
Ah yes, Scooby Doo and Flintstones. I watched them both.
Of course, the original Flintstones aired in Prime Time, not Saturday mornings.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Nov 30, 2019 5:21:13 GMT -5
I remember the Flinstones very well and did watch that myself including Scooby-Doo.
Britain has their own cartoon channels from CITV, CBBC, C Beebies for younger kids, Tiny Pop for that also, and Pop for big kids which show cartoons 7 days a week with one channel doing that 24/7 that my mum thinks ridiculous when kids are in bed and I have to tell her that's not always the case.
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Post by Squad 51 on Nov 30, 2019 12:18:15 GMT -5
Yeah, so do I. I mean "Flintstones" and other older cartoons. They were so cool back then.
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Post by Tim on Nov 30, 2019 12:21:48 GMT -5
Britain has their own cartoon channels from CITV, CBBC, C Beebies for younger kids, Tiny Pop for that also, and Pop for big kids which show cartoons 7 days a week with one channel doing that 24/7 that my mum thinks ridiculous when kids are in bed and I have to tell her that's not always the case.
Never heard of those. Guess they never made it over here.
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Post by Melinda Halliwell on Nov 30, 2019 12:51:36 GMT -5
C Beebies and CBBC are owned by the BBC. CITV is owned by ITV channel and Tiny Pop and Pop are by Sony company.
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