Exponential Informational Campaign?

T Campbell · Post by **T Campbell** » Tue May 08, 2001 2:47 am

I read those... "It's a small, small, very small, even smaller world." Heehee.

Wish · Post by **Wish** » Tue May 08, 2001 7:07 am

I've got the videos!!! I've got Multiplication Rock and Science Rock. Man! What a great series! Threeeeeeee is the magic number... Everything related to American cartoons was better in the 70s and 80s (although there are one or two series out right now that I really like). I saw someone mention the Letter People earlier.. That one kinda scared me. Mr. Teeth was really really frightening. Heck, the whole thing was kinda intimidating. Even so, none of it's scariness keeps the themesong from being stuck in my head as soon as I think of it. Anyone out there remember an old drawing show for kids that had a space theme? I've forgotten the name of it, but I remember being taught the basics of perspective by a guy drawing endless futuristic skylines out of basic shapes. How about Pinwheel? Was anyone out there lucky enough to have cable back in the day?-Wish
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Raiden · Post by **Raiden** » Tue May 08, 2001 7:11 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by wish:
I've got the videos!!! I've got Multiplication Rock and Science Rock. Man! What a great series! Threeeeeeee is the magic number... Everything related to American cartoons was better in the 70s and 80s (although there are one or two series out right now that I really like). I saw someone mention the Letter People earlier.. That one kinda scared me. Mr. Teeth was really really frightening. Heck, the whole thing was kinda intimidating. Even so, none of it's scariness keeps the themesong from being stuck in my head as soon as I think of it. Anyone out there remember an old drawing show for kids that had a space theme? I've forgotten the name of it, but I remember being taught the basics of perspective by a guy drawing endless futuristic skylines out of basic shapes. How about Pinwheel? Was anyone out there lucky enough to have cable back in the day?-Wish
A B C D, follow me.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I think you mean Secret City, but I only saw it once so I could be wrong.

Tom the Fanboy · Post by **Tom the Fanboy** » Tue May 08, 2001 8:10 am

321 Contact, now there's a show I don't hear about. I remember 3 or 4 seasons of that. from way back when they did the main show out of a greenhouse, then they moved to a basement and got a kid named Paco.My second fave part of Square One (other than Mathnet) was Mathman. The little Pacman rip off with the football helmet guy. I loved the Glitch. I remember a few where the announcer was doing his introduction "This is the Glitch, he will eat you if..." and the Glitch promptly flew across the screen and ate mathman then wandered away doing his cool mumble. However, there is one musical bit from Square One that stuck with me more than any of the other songs. The Probability song (Ghost of a Chance) where the guy is in the haunted house.
"Walked into a hallway filled with rattlesnakes...."
"Only five are real, 45 are fakes!"I learned one of my favorite gimmicks from an episode of Mathnet. A guy had a book called "How To Hide Pigeons" and it had a pigeon shaped hole in the pages.Regretfully I'm not to young to remember Electric Company. I just didn't watch it. I think there was something else on the blessed cable channels. Like City of Gold.------------------
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Wish · Post by **Wish** » Tue May 08, 2001 9:03 am

Man! I used to TAPE Square One! I sure wish I still had some of those episodes... Tom, I remember the song you're talking about! The pizza delivery guy in the haunted house was hillarious! The one my brothers and I used to sing was the tune about hamburgers and sequential numbers done by the Fat Boys. Good stuff! The Electric Company and 3-2-1 Contact was another favorite. We have a tape of the Bloodhound Gang even to this day (Whenever there's trouble, we're there on the double, we're the Bloodhound Gang!) I could go on all day about old PBS shows that I loved and still miss.. Anyone here remember The Great Space Coaster?Another one that we used to watch religiously was 'Where in the World is Carmen Sandigeo?' which I always thought of as the most innovative and creative game show of our time. Certainly more intellectually advanced than 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'-Wish
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Bevan · Post by **Bevan** » Tue May 08, 2001 9:11 am

I remember the Probability Song. It stuck in my head for years, along with the Weird Al song on Square One (it was about patterns). Square One produced some pretty catch songs.Incognito Misquito was another character from my past. I always foudn him pretty funny, but Inspector Mantis was more clever. I was always disappointed that there was only one Inspector Mantis book.

Raiden · Post by **Raiden** » Tue May 08, 2001 10:31 am

The irony here, is that while all of us have fond memories of this stuff, the aveage kid that age wouldn't watch it if you made them....
Inspector Mantis was a great book, I always hoped somebody would write another one....---I HAVE two of the three Incognito Mosquito books.

Maccabee · Post by **Maccabee** » Tue May 08, 2001 10:59 am

Ahh, The Great Space Coaster... There was a GSC thread on the old board... how's that for nested nostalgia?Remember when Sesame Street was actually good?------------------
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Doublespeak · Post by **Doublespeak** » Tue May 08, 2001 11:31 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by FrustratedPilot:
One of my ultimate pipe dreams is a cable channel that reruns old (non-Disney, non-Warner, non-Hanna Barbera) cartoons and educational shows 24/7. I would call it "Misspent Youth TV" <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.g ... OTE>One of my TV related dreams is an entire channel devoted to Anime. There would even be late night Hentai. A less realistic part of the dream would be to have Wednesday night American Anime on the channel, showcasing new episodes of good cancelled shows. "The Tick," "The Critic," "Duckman," "Batman Beyond," etc. (repeats work too I guess).

Ebijin · Post by **Ebijin** » Wed May 09, 2001 2:23 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Doublespeak:
 One of my TV related dreams is an entire channel devoted to Anime. There would even be late night Hentai. A less realistic part of the dream would be to have Wednesday night American Anime on the channel, showcasing new episodes of good cancelled shows. "The Tick," "The Critic," "Duckman," "Batman Beyond," etc. (repeats work too I guess).<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Man, you've just described Comedy Central. At least, they used to do that, from about two until four in the morning, if my memory isn't misleading me. This was, however, before they started doing interesting shows of their own. Or popular. Depends on how you define it, I guess.Before the Daily Show and the Upright Citizens Brigade, in any case.~f <A HREF="http://www.spacemoose.com" TARGET=_blank>www.spacemoose.com</A> <A HREF="http://www.stoolfairy.com" TARGET=_blank>www.stoolfairy.com</A>
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Nicolas Juzda · Post by **Nicolas Juzda** » Sat May 12, 2001 12:27 am

Man, I missed the Square One thread? &^%$!"Probability, don't you mess with me...""The story you're about to see is a fib..."Wait a second, "a fib"? FIB? Could Kate Monday and Frank whatever have been FIB agents? Is Agent Jones keeping a calculator on him at all times, ready to be wipped out? Are the omnipresent FIB suits really a sort of light blue shade?*insert ominous music*Nicolas

Gwalla · Post by **Gwalla** » Sun May 13, 2001 12:54 am

I used to love Three Investigators. Now, I can hardly remember them.Bellairs wrote a couple of series. I haven't read the "House with a Clock in its Walls" series (I think it's a trilogy), but I've read another series he did featuring a kid and his cranky professor friend. I have a copy of "The Trolley to Yesterday", but the best is probably "The Eyes of the Killer Robot" which, despite its corny title, is really really creepy.------------------
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Blondlot · Post by **Blondlot** » Sun May 13, 2001 1:36 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by gwalla:
I used to love Three Investigators. Now, I can hardly remember them.Bellairs wrote a couple of series. I haven't read the "House with a Clock in its Walls" series (I think it's a trilogy), but I've read another series he did featuring a kid and his cranky professor friend. I have a copy of "The Trolley to Yesterday", but the best is probably "The Eyes of the Killer Robot" which, despite its corny title, is really really creepy.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yeah. I think the prof had to buy some kind of magic sword cane from a pawn shop and attack the robot with it. The robot was a metal golem and had a human heart to bring it to life, right? Wasn

Doublespeak · Post by **Doublespeak** » Sun May 13, 2001 7:16 am

Yeah I loved Nickelodeon around that time. "You Can't do That on Television" was the show that was on when I first got, and turned on cable for the first time.I also loved that sci-fi cartoon show with the sun that sank into the ocean, and the guy who had a armwrist that shot a razor disk or something. It drives me nuts that I can not never remember the name. what was it? That show, plus the cartoon Star Trek kicked ass. [This message has been edited by Doublespeak (edited 05-13-2001).]

Wish · Post by **Wish** » Sun May 13, 2001 8:15 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Doublespeak:
I also loved that sci-fi cartoon show with the sun that sank into the ocean, and the guy who had a armwrist that shot a razor disk or something. It drives me nuts that I can not never remember the name. what was it? That show, plus the cartoon Star Trek kicked ass. [This message has been edited by Doublespeak (edited 05-13-2001).]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Do you mean Sparticus, 'Speak? Little rolly armidillos and underground cities? Great show, that.Vallie... you are so speaking my language. My Little Ponies was the bomb diggity! I loved She-Ra but we weren't allowed to watch it or He-Man. (They're both Satanic, y'know. :rolleyes <IMG SRC="http://www.keenspace.com/forums/smile.gif"> How about Lady Lovely Locks or that crazy Ewoks cartoon? Whew... 80's cartoons were messed up but still very fun.-Wish
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Doublespeak · Post by **Doublespeak** » Mon May 14, 2001 7:29 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tom the Fanboy:
 We sooooo need to find a website on this show. My memories must be justified!!!<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>Your wish is my command. <A HREF="http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/classicnick/" TARGET=_blank>http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/classicnick/</A>
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Tom the Fanboy · Post by **Tom the Fanboy** » Mon May 14, 2001 10:39 am

OK, I just wanna say that I caan't type thank you enough.I've been wanting this kinda stuff all my life man.Its so great to see that the show actually existed and it wasn't just a hallucination from when I ODed on asthma meds.Now if I can just find Twice Upon a Time I'll be set.------------------
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Tom the Fanboy · Post by **Tom the Fanboy** » Mon May 14, 2001 11:37 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by wish:
 Do you mean Sparticus, 'Speak? Little rolly armidillos and underground cities? Great show, that.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>*totally freaks out and jumps up and down until he passes out*
*wakes up*OK! I was waiting for some Nick-raised kids! Viva la Cable!I have searched far and wide for people who remember Sparticus. It's the only show from my childhood that I couldn't find someone to remember with me! OMG! This is so cool! The pirates and the hover craft and the two kids and the princess and the yellow armadillo-ey guys and the weird songs. I remember two songs from that show. One from the armadillo things and another from the Pirates. I still remember the tune to the Pirate song but the only words I remember are "Yo ho HO! Yo ho HO!" I so need that on MP3..........I think there were two seasons of that show on Nick. One where they had to save their sun (which they had a weird name for, like David or Alex) and another where they had to find a block for this shrine because in the previours season they'd used the original block to save the sun.We sooooo need to find a website on this show. My memories must be justified!!!------------------
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Tom the Fanboy · Post by **Tom the Fanboy** » Mon May 14, 2001 11:42 am

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Tom the Fanboy:
 I remember two songs from that show. One from the armadillo things and another from the Pirates. I still remember the tune to the Pirate song but the only words I remember are "Yo ho HO! Yo ho HO!" I so need that on MP3..........
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>I thought it might be handy to explain what I remembered of the Pirate song better to help y'alls memories. I know the rythm and the rhyme and that's it. dum dum da da da dum dum da-ding
*notes go lower*
dum dum da da da dum dum da-ding
*notes go lower*
dum dum da da da dum dum da-ding
*notes go back up*
Yo ho HO!
Yo ho HO!
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