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| 30812 | Weird cartoons | You guys all know Total Television, the creators of Tennessee Tuxedo and Underdog.<div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">When you go back to 1959/1960 TTV aired a very unique cartoon called "King Leonardo and his Short Subjects", later renamed, "The King and Odie Show". While only mildly popular at the time this cartoon had one of the most unusual plots:</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">Biggie Rat, the master criminal, wants to overthrow King Leonardo and take over the royal throne as "King of Beasts". But Biggie Rat knows that the other animals of the kingdom will never accept a rat as their ruler so Biggie Rat convinces the king's stupid brother, Itchy, that he's a more fit ruler than Leonardo and with his help Itchy will be the next King of Beasts. But Biggie knows that Itchy is so dumb he can never rule without his help.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;">So Itchy will become Biggie's "stooge", a puppet king with Biggie behind the scenes pulling all the strings. Biggie will be the real power behind the throne while the rest of the animal kingdom will be none the wiser with Itchy playing the fool for Biggie the Master.</div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">WOW! Is that a cartoon plot <span style="font-style: italic;">or what?</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-style: normal;">I never really got into "The King and Odie Show", but there was one fascinating character: <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Mr. Mad</span>.</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">See if you agree with me:</span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br></span></div> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oxqQ8tuWsH0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> | eddstarr | Apr 06, 2016 |  |
| 30811 | Your avatar. | Going old school. My previous avatar was an updated one of Stupendous Man, my current is the one I had on RJ for all those years. | vkimo | Apr 06, 2016 | |
| 30810 | Do you "fit in"? | Stay Tuned.<div><br></div><div>I'm searching for an East German film that Bill Cayton and Fred Ladd turned into a time travel series. I last saw it in 1965 but I can't remember what it was called.</div><div><br></div><div>If it's online, I'll find it!</div><div><br></div><div>Edd</div> | eddstarr | Apr 06, 2016 | |
| 30809 | What song are you listening to? | Did you guys know that Casey Kasem, American Top 40, was a fan of the Carpenters? He tried not to play favorites with any group but I could tell when he really liked a band's music.<div><br></div><div>Now here's another of Casey's favorites, Todd Rundgren.</div><div><br></div><div>Ol' Todd Rundgren's been around as long as I have - he's practically family! </div><div>Here's Todd singing a song I remember from my high school years, "I Saw The Light". </div><div><br></div> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fXq81-cGJr4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> | eddstarr | Apr 06, 2016 | |
| 30808 | Do you "fit in"? | Who would have thought that Russia could have produced something as creative as these animations? Creative enough to be used (in altered form) to entertain even American kids. <img src="http://www.retro-daze.org/images/smilies/p12.gif"> | Vaporman87 | Apr 06, 2016 | |
| 30807 | Do you "fit in"? | Like many from my generation the real story of black america has never fully been told. My experiences were not bleak at all. My neighborhood and the people who lived there were an amazingly worldly bunch. The US Navy drew to me people from all over America as well as countries around the world. <div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Wherever the US has a Navy Base on the globe, locals follow back to my hometown to live the american dream. While my neighborhood was all black by law, just go a few miles in any direction and I could meet kids from every continent. </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">The UK influence never waned in the Norfolk area. Many grandparents of my school friends still had a slight British accent and many a "playdate" ended up with us kids taking afternoon tea. Food from Asia, India and Europe were standard fare in my hometown. Some of the most popular dishes when i was a kid were German in origin. </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Like I said many times over at Retro Junk, many of you would be welcomed as my friends iif I could take you back with me in my time machine. Only the absence of electronics would take some getting used to. </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">After 30 minutes you wouldn't notice all the black faces surrounding you because you would only see the faces of your new friends.</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Now - why did I post that clip, (awful editing due to fragments of episodes out of sequence), of "Mr. E from Tau Ceti"? Like other cartoons i saw as a kid, "Mr. E from Tau Ceti" was a mash up of older Soviet animation with video clips from the Hayden Planetarium to create a television show that was interesting and educational. There were several animated series that were bits of Russian animation spliced together with domestic clips. </div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div>Two men, <span style="font-weight: bold;">William Cayton </span>and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fred Ladd</span> used obscure Russian and East German cartoons and combined them with home grown animated clips - and the results were quite interesting. These two men used their connections in Europe and the US Air Force/NASA to create TV shows an entire generation of kids would never forget. Who has time for skin color issues when you've got toons to watch?</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">Racial segregation disappears when you're on a journey to the moon!!!</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div> <iframe width="420" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/c1DBLLDsz8c" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> | eddstarr | Apr 06, 2016 | |
| 30806 | What song are you listening to? | Carpenters - Superstar | Mr Magic | Apr 06, 2016 | |
| 30805 | The Sports Thread | Nothing wrong with a good old fashioned riot. | Jrs1991 | Apr 05, 2016 | |
| 30804 | The Sports Thread | I hate unnecessary fan base riots. | Mr Magic | Apr 05, 2016 | |
| 30803 | The Sports Thread | <blockquote rel="thecrow174"><b>thecrow174 wrote :</b><br><i> <font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">I was hoping Villanova fans would celebrate in a mature way.</span></font><div style="font-family: Arial, Verdana; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br></div><div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333px;"><a href="http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Villanova-Security-Students-Donohue-374507541.html">http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Villanova-Security-Students-Donohue-374507541.html</a></span></font></div> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Hell will freeze over before a fan base acts maturely over a sporting event. | Rick Ace Rhodes | Apr 05, 2016 | |
