Quote: Kenneth @ March 13 2013, 3:42 PM GMTDo what? To an undiscerning child, Happy Days was great, at least until Richie left and the Fonz became a soppy father-figure to Chachi (spelling?). But Tom Bosley was always boss - the real star of the show and the main reason for watching.
Celebrity trash gossip mags have not been kind to Erin Moran of late.
I wasn't undiscerning as a child. It was shit.
I grew up with the Flintstones (as some of you expected) and I loved it for what it was. A good funny cartoon like Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Mr Jinx. Not really seen them much since then but I think they fulfilled their purpose.
Quote: Chappers @ March 13 2013, 9:12 PM GMTA good funny cartoon like Yogi Bear
Sad the way it ended though...
The Flintstones wasn't bad in the beginning, for a blatant rip off of The Honeymooners.
Quote: David Bussell @ March 13 2013, 9:26 PM GMTSad the way it ended though...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2RNCRLCE7U
Mercy killing really, he was a total douche.
Quote: Chappers @ March 13 2013, 9:12 PM GMTI grew up with the Flintstones (as some of you expected) and I loved it for what it was. A good funny cartoon like Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Mr Jinx. Not really seen them much since then but I think they fulfilled their purpose.
And Snagglepuss of course...
I read somewhere that Wacky Races was only popular in the UK, don't know how true that is.
Quote: Tim Azure @ March 13 2013, 11:07 PM GMTI read somewhere that Wacky Races was only popular in the UK, don't know how true that is.
If that was the case I don't think they'd have made "Dastardley and Muttley" or "Perils of Penelope Pitstop."
Quote: Chappers @ March 13 2013, 11:16 PM GMTIf that was the case I don't think they'd have made "Dastardley and Muttley" or "Perils of Penelope Pitstop."
Dastardly and Muttley was set during the First World War, so obviously it had a British perspective. Ditto with Pitstop. Everyone wants to write for the Brits, maybe?
Jumped the megalodon surely?
I forget the source, but my favourite review of the The Flintstones Movie was a simple, three word piece of advice:
"Yabba dabba don't".
Quote: Tim Azure @ March 14 2013, 3:03 PM GMTDastardly and Muttley was set during the First World War, so obviously it had a British perspective. Ditto with Pitstop. Everyone wants to write for the Brits, maybe?
Was it really set during WWI? Sure the planes are old, but why have a British cad and his American dog chase after an American pigeon during the war? I thought the Wacky Races was just a knock-off of The Great Race (Dastardly as Jack Lemmon's cad villain and Muttley as sidekick), while the D & M spin-off was a knock-off of Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (Dastardly as Terry-Thomas' cad villain). And Penelope Pitstop was American through and through, based (at least titularly) on The Perils of Pauline. And of course, Dastardly was also Gargamel in The Smurfs, who weren't remotely British by the time they went from Peyo to Hanna Barbera.
Quote: Kenneth @ March 14 2013, 6:05 PM GMTSure the planes are old, but why have a British cad and his American dog chase after an American pigeon during the war?
American? Just seemed like a doggy accent to me.
Pigeons were used during the War, weren't they?
Quote: Tim Azure @ March 14 2013, 3:03 PM GMTDastardly and Muttley was set during the First World War, so obviously it had a British perspective.
The Yanks did turn up eventually you know.
Happy 60th birthday.
Betty is gorgeous.
The Great Gazoo was the turning point.