Gents, the vintage telly thread was/is great. It brought back some good memories of when television was fun, unpretentious, and not so political or 'ripped from the headlines' driven as it is today. There has always been plenty of bad television. So don't think I am giving all programmes over 40 years old some kind of break.
I was thinking the other day there should be a thread about vintage cartoons and animated shows. Now I realise most people's historical perspective starts on the day they were born. So if you whippersnappers cannot handle this, read no further. I am setting the date at 1975 or earlier. I was hard pressed to include such things as Looney Tunes or Merry Melodies at first because they were cinematic shorts intended as fillers and extras at the cinema houses of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. And it stands to reason. No telly back in those days. At least not commonly til the mid 50s or later in the Sates. I thought it may have stung the senses of cinema purists. However, many of those cartoons and animations would be lost to memory if not for airing on television. So I am going to include the cinematic shorts, and series television cartoons. No feature length movies please. I would think something like anime would be fine as long it was a series, or continuing mini or serial series or similar. From what little I have watched I gather the Japanese would sometimes pick up a storyline or series after a few years hiatus. Okay, here we go.
My first pick for a series has to be Jonny Quest. And yes, that is Jonny without an 'h'. This show came out one year after I was born. I think it was 1964 and it was a prime time series. Much like the Flintsones had been. I was able to watch it on reruns Saturday mornings. The original series, mostly called "Classic Jonny Quest" by us fans was only 26 episodes. It lasted one full season. And has had a bit of a cult following ever since with those of us who grew up with it. What red blooded American boy did not want to hang out with Hadji and Jonny and shoot rifles, fly air and space craft, fight monsters and robots, and cover the globe in every kind of water craft imaginable? Want to fight Komodo dragons? It was in there. Want to stave off an Egyptian mummy's vengeful awakening for violating his tomb? It was in there. All the characters were great. Race Bannon was the resident 'odd jobs' and general all round tough guy. Doctor Benton Quest was the brainiac, stabilising influence on the whole bunch. Jonny and Hadji were the two coolest cats on the planet. And bad guys. Did we have bad guys. Ex Nazis, megalomaniacs determined to take over the world, syndicated crime gangsters, smugglers, you name it. Jonny and Hadji took on all comers.
So there is my entry as all time favourite. I should also mention all the old cinematic shorts were must sees at my house as well.
Cheers Todd
I was thinking the other day there should be a thread about vintage cartoons and animated shows. Now I realise most people's historical perspective starts on the day they were born. So if you whippersnappers cannot handle this, read no further. I am setting the date at 1975 or earlier. I was hard pressed to include such things as Looney Tunes or Merry Melodies at first because they were cinematic shorts intended as fillers and extras at the cinema houses of the 30s, 40s, and 50s. And it stands to reason. No telly back in those days. At least not commonly til the mid 50s or later in the Sates. I thought it may have stung the senses of cinema purists. However, many of those cartoons and animations would be lost to memory if not for airing on television. So I am going to include the cinematic shorts, and series television cartoons. No feature length movies please. I would think something like anime would be fine as long it was a series, or continuing mini or serial series or similar. From what little I have watched I gather the Japanese would sometimes pick up a storyline or series after a few years hiatus. Okay, here we go.
My first pick for a series has to be Jonny Quest. And yes, that is Jonny without an 'h'. This show came out one year after I was born. I think it was 1964 and it was a prime time series. Much like the Flintsones had been. I was able to watch it on reruns Saturday mornings. The original series, mostly called "Classic Jonny Quest" by us fans was only 26 episodes. It lasted one full season. And has had a bit of a cult following ever since with those of us who grew up with it. What red blooded American boy did not want to hang out with Hadji and Jonny and shoot rifles, fly air and space craft, fight monsters and robots, and cover the globe in every kind of water craft imaginable? Want to fight Komodo dragons? It was in there. Want to stave off an Egyptian mummy's vengeful awakening for violating his tomb? It was in there. All the characters were great. Race Bannon was the resident 'odd jobs' and general all round tough guy. Doctor Benton Quest was the brainiac, stabilising influence on the whole bunch. Jonny and Hadji were the two coolest cats on the planet. And bad guys. Did we have bad guys. Ex Nazis, megalomaniacs determined to take over the world, syndicated crime gangsters, smugglers, you name it. Jonny and Hadji took on all comers.
So there is my entry as all time favourite. I should also mention all the old cinematic shorts were must sees at my house as well.
Cheers Todd
