Obscure cartoons of the past

[AerostarMonk]

Thanks a lot, Ccook, I almost went the rest of my life without remembering that show. If only there were a way to bury Genghis and Khannie, Pompeii Pete and Power Pooch forever.

[Mr. Marshmallow]

Bump in the night was a fantastically awesome show, I loved it. They had it on ABC and aired it along the likes of Super Human Samurai Syber Squad, Tales from the Crypt keeper, and SATam Sonic the hedgehog. The show also had a super strict robot named Destructo and a Closet monster made out of clothes.

I still have some episodes of it taped, my favorite was "Made in Japan" where Squishington (the blue blob) got a really cute, tiny, robot from a cereal box and it had a heart on its chest. Only every time he turned around or took his eye off the bot, it changed into a super buff scary looking robot that freaked him out.

I actually don't recall the Halloween episode at all but I DO recall their Christmas special "Twas the Night before Bumpy" (which I own on tape still), Mr. Bumpy was traveling around the world to find Santa's sleigh so he could have all the toys for himself. Sorry about mixing up the "Tex" names, Tinstar is the right one.

Bone Chillers I truly loved because it was a comedic horror show that was not aimed to be scary as Goosebumps yet had WAY COOLER monsters and costumes then Goosebumps. Frankenturkey was definitely one of the best, I also loved the first episode with the haunted sketchpad that brought things to life.

Another good one was the episode with Mr. Stump, the plant monster gardener and the buggy lunch lady who grew maggots inside of people through her food. Mad Jack is actually one of the more recent toons that I remember vividly, see when I recall a show I recall EVERYTHING that was on.

Fox at that time was airing Oggy and the cockroaches, Spy Dogs, Godzilla: the series, and the short lived Mr. Potato head show around the same time as Mad Jack. Mad Jack was a much more adult toon, it was similar to Ren and Stimpy where the humor was so weird and yet so smart it worked on many levels.

The dialog was especially genius. I remember this line especially:

"I am your conscience"

"My con what? I'm not good with new words"

"How can you leave that poor soul back there?"

"Well it's very simple really I simply walked out and left, and now i am going back to my ship where I'll turn my crews skulls into attractive candle holders and"

"But he was your friend"

"Fre, fre, I'm sorry, these new words are really throwing me"

[jekylljuice]

I'm curious - does anybody else here remember a Hanna-Barbera cartoon called Monster Tails? I haven't seen a trace of it since the early 90s, but I have fairly vivid memories of this show nonetheless and would positively leap at the opportunity to see it again. I believe that it was originally broadcast as a segment on the early morning variety programme, Wake, Rattle and Roll, alongside Fender Bender 500 (a recycled version of the Wacky Races), but I seem to remember it also being shown independently at one point in the UK. There seems to be very little information available about it online, and I've yet to see anybody post so much a tiny clip from this show over on You Tube. Plus, I'm guessing a DVD release some time in the future would be totally out of the question.

To maybe jog your memories a little, Monster Tails followed the misadventures of a group of domesticated animals who resided in a Transylvanian mansion with Igor's son, Igor Jr, whilst their owners - each a renowned horror icon - were off in Hollywood making movies. Each pet shared in some of the characteristics and monstrous abilities of their masters. Dr. Veenie is obviously my favourite, since he was Dr. Jekyll's dog (and he constantly had to contend with his own psychotic alter ego, Mr. Snyde), and there was also Franken-Mutt, faithful undead companion to Frankenstein's monster (though what very little information there is online seems to be divided as to whether his name was Franken-Mutt or Franken-Hound), Elsa, the Bride of Frankenstein's animal counterpart (who actually consisted of a parrot's brain transplanted into a dog's body, so I'm honestly not certain which species she should be classified as), Catula, Dracula's vampire kitty, high-strung mummified canine Mumfrey, and finally Angel, who was voiced by our own Candi Milo, a phantasmal goldfish belonging to the Creature from the Black Lagoon.

I've no doubt whatsoever that if I ever do get to see it again, it'll inevitably turn out to be one of those shows that isn't nearly as good as I remember it being, but then I really don't care either way. In theory the basic concept will always be awesome, and much of the stuff about who each of the animals was modelled upon went completely over my head at that age, and it's only with hindsight that I've been able to piece most things together. On top of which, I believe that the Veenie-Snyde dynamic was my very first introduction to the spell-binding world of Jekyll and Hyde - I owe it to this cartoon to give it my time if I ever come across it again.

[Subzeroace]

Stickin' Around was awesome, as was Bump in the Night. I remember that even after YTV stoped showing BitN they would still show the X-mas special XD I remember decorating the tree while watching it XD

[Ccook50]

This past weekend I rediscovered an obscure favorite of mine. Boomerang is running The Cattanooga Cats (ABC, 1969-71) weekends, and within it is a feature that is run twice per show, Motor Mouse & Auto Cat. Think Tom & Jerry with Formula One engines. Motor Mouse is a cycle-riding rodent that lives in the Spin-Your-Wheels garage, where it's Auto Cat's job to get rid of him.

The Cattanooga Cats was pretty banal outside of Motor Mouse.

[AerostarMonk]

Not so much obscure as frequently passed over, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. The animated series inspired by the hilarious seventies B movie spoof was a laugh and a half. Picking up not too long after the original film, the show dispalyed the trademark humor that made the movies famous and jokes that would make the Zuckers and Abraham and the SNL writers green with envy. It was a real fun watch in both my early childhood, my preteen years, and on up to my actual teens. Fox seemed to break out every few years when they wanted to fill some space.

[montitech]

The cartoon was much better than the movie, (attack of the killer tomato)

while in contrast Toxic avenger was a better B movie than cartoon.

but yet Ed Grimley (Martin Short) was great in both skit comedy and in cartoons.

Monty

Originally Posted by AerostarMonk

Not so much obscure as frequently passed over, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. The animated series inspired by the hilarious seventies B movie spoof was a laugh and a half. Picking up not too long after the original film, the show dispalyed the trademark humor that made the movies famous and jokes that would make the Zuckers and Abraham and the SNL writers green with envy. It was a real fun watch in both my early childhood, my preteen years, and on up to my actual teens. Fox seemed to break out every few years when they wanted to fill some space.