TV question

[abka]

Denis and I were talking about cartoon shows we watched as kids (Smurfs, Gummi Bears, Voltron, He-Man, She-Ra, Muppet Babies, GI Joe, Jem, etc) and I was thinking about the afternoon lineup that used to be on when I was like in fifth or six grade. It was Ducktails, Rescue Rangers, and then a third one I can't remember the name of. It was bears on an island who would fly around in planes, there was the big bear that reminded me of the bear from Jungle Book (who I remember as the slightly irresponsible, sort of drunk single dad type of character), the kid bear named Chip/Kip?, the anal female boss bear, and I think they had a friend that was a slightly Rastafarian orangutan (sp?). The theme music had some sort of carribean beat to it. It's starting to really irritate me that I can't remember the name. Please help. (Obviously it's past my bedtime.)

Comments

[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

Tail Spin!

[fatwetdog.livejournal.com]

oooh!! I loved that show!

Baloo (the dad bear) & Louie (The orangutan) were right out of Jungle Book! (Except dropped into a world where animals wear clothes & fly planes) and the big corporate guy who may or may not have been evil was Sher Kahn (sp.. buh?) the tiger! and Kit the little kid bear was ever so cool.

OMG, I totally loved Tail Spin.

[grumph.livejournal.com]

:)

Cartoons make me happy.

When I'm president, can I declare National Sit on Your Ass and Watch Cartoons Day?

[coffman.livejournal.com]

Tail Spin was awesome. I used to love the Pirate's air ship - it was a huge blimp and planes would fly up and dock at it. How bizarre. I was a definite fan of Ducktails too. I remember they came out with a new series in that same vein, called Darkwing Duck, and I remember watching the premiere episode which they made a big deal of, but I never liked it nearly as much as Ducktails or Tail Spin.

[abka.livejournal.com]

I agree Ducktails was the best and Darkwing Duck was only sort of medicore. They also came out with another cartoon, Goof Troop that wasn't so great. This link (http://www.fact-index.com/t/th/the_disney_afternoon.html) talks about the Disney afternoon.

[darhoratio.livejournal.com]

Don Carnage was the best! And the pirate air ship was totally cool. I wanted one. Okay okay, I still do. ; )

[coffman.livejournal.com]

And the pirate air ship was totally cool. I wanted one. Okay okay, I still do. ; )

I think that the airship in Tail Spin inspired my minor obsession with the dirigible Macon from the 1930's, whose home was Hangar 1 in Moffet Field in Mountain View, CA, very close to where I grew up and live now. The Hangar is a landmark in the area, visible from quite a distance, and I've been lucky enough to have had access to the NASA base at Moffett, where I was able to walk around the hangar. It's absolutely gigantic, and was built to house a single zeppelin, which filled it. This blimp, the aforementioned Macon, was almost 800 feet long, and had a crew of 100. The part that tied in with the air ship in Tail Spin was that the Macon even had five smaller airplanes that docked within it - it was a floating aircraft carrier of sorts. An absolutely crazy and enormous vessel.

There's an interesting and excellent history of the ship here (http://history.acusd.edu/gen/USPics/moffett/60th.html).

[toran.livejournal.com]

Tail Spin is even better watching it now, not because it's a good show for adults (it's still passable) but because you can clearly see that somewhere, sometime, a man said to a higher up in Disney; "We should take Baloo and Shere Khan and Louie. Then we should stick them in a 30s pulp-action setting with Air Pirates. It'll be awesome!"

And the Disney manage BOUGHT INTO IT.

The Vembrians were stupid though. Don Carnage rocked my world.

[mrsjadephoenix.livejournal.com]

we like tha moon! (http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/)
it is up in the sky
it's up there very high
but not as high
as maybe digibles or zeppelins

;-)

(warning: speakers are required for the link)