Childhood Favorites

Varda · 11-09-2001, 02:11 PM

who were you favorite characters from books, movies, tv, etc as a child? if this has been started, let me know... but i did a search and found none....

for me....

media personalities:

carebears (i made my mom and dad watch it every time i thought they weren't CARING enough... hehehe... they soon learned to be caring alright

)

rainbow bright

he-man and she-ra

strawberry shortcake

muppets!!! i still LOVE muppets!!!

mr wizard (on nickelodeon)... and pretty much anything on nick

and i still watch cartoons btw...

thundercats!!!

transformers

gem and the holygrams ooo so '80's eeeek

annnnnd teenage mutant ninja turtles!!! heros in a half shell! turtle power!!! (i still remember the theme song.... such a dork am i)

oh not to mention the Hobbit and RotK animations!!

books:

this is also on the literature section.....

poohbear, dr seuss, when the sun rose, the book about the bunny that ran away and got lost and his mom was always there for him, ummm and others i am probaby forgetting

oh and i played with barbies (i know, it's bad) and even liked NKOTB (oooo the shame) but i'm beyond that now.....

***gdl96*** · 11-09-2001, 02:48 PM

Ninja Turtles!! Oh gosh, they were the best.

I dont remember much of that 80s stuff though...a few of them ring a bell.

I liked Dr. Seuss, and any books about dinosaurs or bugs!

ryan · 11-09-2001, 05:55 PM

Thunder cats are awsome.. Did anyone else watch Gi-Joe when it was around?

Renille · 11-09-2001, 06:06 PM

No...I was a Sesame Street/ Mr. Rogers kid. (I do remember liking Care Bears, too, though.) I never really liked Barbies...I played "Little House on the Prarie" with my next door neighbor instead.

fireworks19 · 11-10-2001, 12:54 AM

I still play with Barbies! Only with my little sisters, of course!

I loved Strawberry Shortcake and CareBears...Rainbow Bright too...My little Ponies! I still have one of my little figurines...I used to have a bunch...

Does anyone remember that Raggedy Anne and Andy show? That was cool.

And you gotta love the Ninja Turtles. I always watched the 'guy stuff' like that and X-men and Batman and Superman...wow...I still do that...

ryan · 11-10-2001, 12:59 AM

Teenage mutant ninja turtles reminds me of that one show that was on a few years ago.. biker mice from mars! yeah!

Darkhalcyon · 11-10-2001, 05:55 PM

I remember all those!!!! I LOVED my little ponies...and ninja turtles. And did anyone ever wwatch Gummy Bears? itwas a disney cartoon....and Unico!!!! i can't find unico anywhere, or The Last Unicorn. Has anyone ever heard of them??

I still watch them now and again when i'm nostalgic. Eighties cartoons rock! *hee*

***anduin*** · 11-10-2001, 07:07 PM

Scooby Doo and Bugs were my favorite cartoons as a little kid. In junior high I would ignore pleas to hang out with my friends and fly home to watch Battle of the Planets. I also watched the original Batman series (not the cartoon), Land of the Lost, UltraMan, Fat Albert, ABC Afterschool Special (talk about cheesy!), The New Zoo Revew, Zoom, Shazam!, Hong Kong Phooey, All-Star Laff-Olympics (I am not sure why I watched this one, I remember not really liking it.)

Probably one of my all time favorite TV shows ever (I still like it and have many episodes on VHS) is Battlestar Galactica. Man! I love this show! Anyone else brave enough to admit it?

I never played with Barbi, but I did have Evel Knievel and his stunt cycle. Now that was a cool toy!

Oh and Match Box cars and a pile of dirt could occupy me for hours.

***gdl96*** · 11-10-2001, 07:51 PM

Anyone watch Animaniacs? That is even more fun to watch now cuz so many jokes were over my head when I was little. Even more so with Pinky and the Brain.

Captain Planet? lol

Toys?
Matchbox car, dinosaur toys, train set, ninja turtle figures, and of course, the original Nintendo Entertainment System. I passed that along to my cousin so I still get to play Super Mario Bros 3 occassionaly. That's one of the best games!

samwise of the shire · 11-10-2001, 11:22 PM

I LOVED watching the Little Mermaid (it was my favorite movie)and I still LOVE the songs I liked Beauty and the Beast,but Little mermaid was the BESTEST. "Where The Wild Things Are" was a favorite book that my Grandma used to read me over the phone, "Jumanji", and Dr Seuss.
Eric was my first teddy bear and I still have him he was named after Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid, my turtle Hannah awaits me in Heaven

, and Amy my big floppy easter bunny is still a favorite toy to sleep with

.
But I lived in my own imaginary world kind of and sometimes I find myself talking to characters in LOTR even today, so I used my imagination more than anything and loved telling people about it.
The childlike
SAM

Varda · 11-11-2001, 12:45 AM

"where the wild things are" was too scary for me as a little girll... and animaniacs rule! i still watch a lot of cartoons btw... they are still my favorite thing on tv.... rugrats, power puff girls, dexter's lab, courage the cowardly dog, hey arnold, the angry beavers.... ummm oh and of course classics like looney tunes and stuff..... ooooh and i was big on charlie brown... i always rented the tapes at the video store

ryan · 11-11-2001, 01:40 AM

California. Its the cheese.

***gdl96*** · 11-11-2001, 04:45 PM

Spongebob is the best cartoon right now. I love watching it.

fireworks19 · 11-12-2001, 12:23 AM

I supposedly watched The Last Unicorn when I was little. My mom brings up at the most inopertune times how I cried when something died on it....I dont' really remember it, though...

Animaniacs is one of the coolest shows. Pinky and the Brain, too....

SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS is SO COOL. My dad hates it though, which makes it even more fun to watch!

Anybody watch Invader Zim on Nickelodeon? I like that, though no one else in the world seems to think its funny...

ryan · 11-12-2001, 01:55 AM

There was some article in a magazine about sponge bob square pants. Turns out, most of the people watching it are adults, like 60% of its viewers are in their 20s and up (iirc, the most are 40+). Its a strange show, but i like it.

***anduin*** · 11-12-2001, 05:46 AM

Historically, cartoons were not made for children, but for adults. Even nursery rhymes weren't written for children.

Varda · 11-21-2001, 01:42 AM

also dr. seuss wrote for adults, and i believe i heard somewhere that winnie the pooh was originally made for adults... everyone laughs at me for watching cartoons now though. practically the only thing i ever watch is cartoons and whatever else my roommates are watching (like one of them likes buffy a lot..)... maybe i'd watch them less if i found other non-cartoon shows? but i highly doubt it...

oh oh.. and also i like claymation... wallace and grommit as well as chicken run are good.... the latter even more so since i am vegan

poppy · 11-21-2001, 08:13 AM

Hay you"ve all mentioned great cartoon which appeal to the kid in us all but no one so far as mentioned the simpsons

fireworks19 · 11-21-2001, 12:12 PM

I like the Simpsons. Its funny.

Laurelyn · 02-21-2002, 05:11 PM

I loved the Last Unicorn when I was little. And I played with Barbies, too. Then I tortured Barbies for a while after that . . . hung them and the like. And I loved Pokemon, too. In the third grade, I got up at 6:30 am every day just to watch that. Pikachu was so cute . . .
This was a very elabotate (not) bump.

11-09-2001, 02:11 PM	#1
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	Childhood Favorites who were you favorite characters from books, movies, tv, etc as a child? if this has been started, let me know... but i did a search and found none.... for me.... media personalities: carebears (i made my mom and dad watch it every time i thought they weren't CARING enough... hehehe... they soon learned to be caring alright ) rainbow bright he-man and she-ra strawberry shortcake muppets!!! i still LOVE muppets!!! mr wizard (on nickelodeon)... and pretty much anything on nick and i still watch cartoons btw... thundercats!!! transformers gem and the holygrams ooo so '80's eeeek annnnnd teenage mutant ninja turtles!!! heros in a half shell! turtle power!!! (i still remember the theme song.... such a dork am i) oh not to mention the Hobbit and RotK animations!! books: this is also on the literature section..... poohbear, dr seuss, when the sun rose, the book about the bunny that ran away and got lost and his mom was always there for him, ummm and others i am probaby forgetting oh and i played with barbies (i know, it's bad) and even liked NKOTB (oooo the shame) but i'm beyond that now..... __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace Last edited by Varda : 11-09-2001 at 02:16 PM.

11-09-2001, 05:55 PM	#3
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	Thunder cats are awsome.. Did anyone else watch Gi-Joe when it was around? __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

11-09-2001, 06:06 PM	#4
Renille Elven Lady of Speed-posting Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the cheese state Posts: 988	No...I was a Sesame Street/ Mr. Rogers kid. (I do remember liking Care Bears, too, though.) I never really liked Barbies...I played "Little House on the Prarie" with my next door neighbor instead. __________________ Oh the thinks you can think! Think and wonder and dream...far and wide as you dare! When your thinks have run dry, in the blink of an eye, there's another world there... (from Seussical the Musical. Listen to it...watch it...really.)

11-10-2001, 12:54 AM	#5
fireworks19 Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 156	I still play with Barbies! Only with my little sisters, of course! I loved Strawberry Shortcake and CareBears...Rainbow Bright too...My little Ponies! I still have one of my little figurines...I used to have a bunch... Does anyone remember that Raggedy Anne and Andy show? That was cool. And you gotta love the Ninja Turtles. I always watched the 'guy stuff' like that and X-men and Batman and Superman...wow...I still do that... __________________ Just Watch the Fireworks Just Meet Fireworks =)

11-10-2001, 12:59 AM	#6
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	Teenage mutant ninja turtles reminds me of that one show that was on a few years ago.. biker mice from mars! yeah! __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

11-09-2001, 02:48 PM	#2
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	Ninja Turtles!! Oh gosh, they were the best. I dont remember much of that 80s stuff though...a few of them ring a bell. I liked Dr. Seuss, and any books about dinosaurs or bugs!

11-10-2001, 05:55 PM	#7
Darkhalcyon Elven Warrior Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: a boring little town not too far from manhattan Posts: 140	I remember all those!!!! I LOVED my little ponies...and ninja turtles. And did anyone ever wwatch Gummy Bears? itwas a disney cartoon....and Unico!!!! i can't find unico anywhere, or The Last Unicorn. Has anyone ever heard of them?? I still watch them now and again when i'm nostalgic. Eighties cartoons rock! hee __________________ Absolute power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard, be evil.

11-10-2001, 07:07 PM	#8
*anduin* Entwife Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: louisville Posts: 3,718	Scooby Doo and Bugs were my favorite cartoons as a little kid. In junior high I would ignore pleas to hang out with my friends and fly home to watch Battle of the Planets. I also watched the original Batman series (not the cartoon), Land of the Lost, UltraMan, Fat Albert, ABC Afterschool Special (talk about cheesy!), The New Zoo Revew, Zoom, Shazam!, Hong Kong Phooey, All-Star Laff-Olympics (I am not sure why I watched this one, I remember not really liking it.) Probably one of my all time favorite TV shows ever (I still like it and have many episodes on VHS) is Battlestar Galactica. Man! I love this show! Anyone else brave enough to admit it? I never played with Barbi, but I did have Evel Knievel and his stunt cycle. Now that was a cool toy! Oh and Match Box cars and a pile of dirt could occupy me for hours.

11-10-2001, 07:51 PM	#9
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	Anyone watch Animaniacs? That is even more fun to watch now cuz so many jokes were over my head when I was little. Even more so with Pinky and the Brain. Captain Planet? lol Toys? Matchbox car, dinosaur toys, train set, ninja turtle figures, and of course, the original Nintendo Entertainment System. I passed that along to my cousin so I still get to play Super Mario Bros 3 occassionaly. That's one of the best games!

11-10-2001, 11:22 PM	#10
samwise of the shire Radically Tolkienited Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: If home is where the heart is, and my heart is in heaven...that should answer your question. <+>< Posts: 967	I LOVED watching the Little Mermaid (it was my favorite movie)and I still LOVE the songs I liked Beauty and the Beast,but Little mermaid was the BESTEST. "Where The Wild Things Are" was a favorite book that my Grandma used to read me over the phone, "Jumanji", and Dr Seuss. Eric was my first teddy bear and I still have him he was named after Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid, my turtle Hannah awaits me in Heaven , and Amy my big floppy easter bunny is still a favorite toy to sleep with . But I lived in my own imaginary world kind of and sometimes I find myself talking to characters in LOTR even today, so I used my imagination more than anything and loved telling people about it. The childlike SAM __________________ Jesus is my all in all <><+<><+<><+<><+<><+<><+ People who are so concerned with escapism do have a name...we call them jailers. ~J.R.R Tolkien Radically Saved, Totally Tolkienited GOD... BLESS... AMERICA...

11-11-2001, 12:45 AM	#11
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	"where the wild things are" was too scary for me as a little girll... and animaniacs rule! i still watch a lot of cartoons btw... they are still my favorite thing on tv.... rugrats, power puff girls, dexter's lab, courage the cowardly dog, hey arnold, the angry beavers.... ummm oh and of course classics like looney tunes and stuff..... ooooh and i was big on charlie brown... i always rented the tapes at the video store __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace

11-11-2001, 01:40 AM	#12
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	California. Its the cheese. __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

11-11-2001, 04:45 PM	#13
*gdl96* the greg the admin Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: NJ Posts: 2,101	Spongebob is the best cartoon right now. I love watching it.

11-12-2001, 12:23 AM	#14
fireworks19 Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 156	I supposedly watched The Last Unicorn when I was little. My mom brings up at the most inopertune times how I cried when something died on it....I dont' really remember it, though... Animaniacs is one of the coolest shows. Pinky and the Brain, too.... SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS is SO COOL. My dad hates it though, which makes it even more fun to watch! Anybody watch Invader Zim on Nickelodeon? I like that, though no one else in the world seems to think its funny... __________________ Just Watch the Fireworks Just Meet Fireworks =)

11-12-2001, 01:55 AM	#15
ryan t2t relic Join Date: Sep 1999 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 531	There was some article in a magazine about sponge bob square pants. Turns out, most of the people watching it are adults, like 60% of its viewers are in their 20s and up (iirc, the most are 40+). Its a strange show, but i like it. __________________ "And the Lord spoke, "Send me your money, Empty thine wallets into my pockets my pockets, the pockets of Ryan, Ryan, he who will deliver the money unto me. Then you will truley be happy." And the people followed, and all was well." --Ryan 62:33

11-12-2001, 05:46 AM	#16
*anduin* Entwife Join Date: Oct 1999 Location: louisville Posts: 3,718	Historically, cartoons were not made for children, but for adults. Even nursery rhymes weren't written for children.

11-21-2001, 01:42 AM	#17
Varda Elven Warrior Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Carmel Valley, CA Posts: 146	also dr. seuss wrote for adults, and i believe i heard somewhere that winnie the pooh was originally made for adults... everyone laughs at me for watching cartoons now though. practically the only thing i ever watch is cartoons and whatever else my roommates are watching (like one of them likes buffy a lot..)... maybe i'd watch them less if i found other non-cartoon shows? but i highly doubt it... oh oh.. and also i like claymation... wallace and grommit as well as chicken run are good.... the latter even more so since i am vegan __________________ "Life's a journey, not a destination." --Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Arwen's daddy MySpace

11-21-2001, 08:13 AM	#18
poppy Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: uk Posts: 37	Hay you"ve all mentioned great cartoon which appeal to the kid in us all but no one so far as mentioned the simpsons

11-21-2001, 12:12 PM	#19
fireworks19 Elven Warrior Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Indiana Posts: 156	I like the Simpsons. Its funny. __________________ Just Watch the Fireworks Just Meet Fireworks =)

02-21-2002, 05:11 PM	#20
Laurelyn Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Valinor, right next to Telperion . . . what did you expect, Michigan? Posts: 1,315	I loved the Last Unicorn when I was little. And I played with Barbies, too. Then I tortured Barbies for a while after that . . . hung them and the like. And I loved Pokemon, too. In the third grade, I got up at 6:30 am every day just to watch that. Pikachu was so cute . . . This was a very elabotate (not) bump. __________________ The Third Age of Entmoot has begun. Angel of music, guide and guardian! Grant to me your glory! The country I eat and spend the day in is by no means the country I sleep and dream in. Define patriotism. Hold the boat, you spastic monkey! ~ Elenka

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