[Loki]

Let's get this show on the road. I've been doing this in a weeklong schedule, but most people have their opinions and votes in from the get go. So those early worms don't get bored, I'm going to start the next round of discussions.


Live Action:


Today's Special - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Today%27s_Special
vs.
Blue's Clues - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%27s_Clues


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Cartoon Showdown:


Flinstones - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinstones
vs.
Dora the Explorer- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dora_the_Explorer


Superfriends - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfriends
vs.
Battle of the Planets - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_planets


Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster%27s_Home
vs.
Danger Mouse - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DangerMouse


DuckTales - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_tales
vs.
Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_Hogan%27s_Rock_%27N%27_Wrestling



Voting will take place on or around February 27th.

[Lucky]

Well this one's easy for me. Flintstones over Dora, duh. Ducktales over Hogan, for sure. Foster's over Danger Mouse. And Superfriends might have been lame but I've never heard of Battle of the Planets. At least Superfriends gave me heroes as a kid, even if they were lame.

And I have no clue what Today's Special is. And I never watched Blue's Clues. So I go to my apathy tiebreaker. Either show have a hot chick? Because if that dork from Blue's is the best we got I think I may be abstaining.

Wait, Today's Special was that weird Department store show? Uh, ok...

[williamssl]

Blue's Clues vs. Today's Special
I hope this is a squash, but I don't know how many folks have kiddos who watched Blue's Clues such that you the voter are familiar with it. Blue's Clues is awesome. There are very few pure/true "little kid's shows" that my kiddo watched years ago that I actually watched with him from time to time, and this is one of them. Vote Blue!

Flinstones vs. Dora teh Explorer
Tough break for Dora. It's another one that falls in the above mentioned category. But it's going against the Flinstones, and even I can't be convinced to vote for Dora over Flinstones.

Superfriends vs. Battle of the Planets
Superfriends hands down. This was first on when I was a kid and was the highlight of Saturday mornings. And I've posted that parody site several times which still makes me laugh so hard I cry when I read it. Will repost if needed.

[Loki]

Foster and DM got lucky. Ordinarily they would've gotten smoked. F'r instance, they each came within a hair's breadth of being obliterated by Voltron.

This way one of them (I'm guessing Foster) advances.

[williamssl]

luckylopez said:

And I have no clue what Today's Special is. And I never watched Blue's Clues. So I go to my apathy tiebreaker. Either show have a hot chick? Because if that dork from Blue's is the best we got I think I may be abstaining.

Jansen "I'm the brother of Hayden, a.k.a. the cheerleader on Heroes" Panettiere plays Periwinkle on Blue's Clues.

And They Might Be Giants did some of the music on Blue's Clues.

[The Canadian Content]

Today's Special vs. Blue's Clues - I've only seen a few episodes of Blue's Clues, and I hated it. I have vaguely fond memories of Today's Special, though, so I guess that's where my vote goes.

Flinstones vs. Dora the Explorer - Fuck Dora. Fuck her and her stupid fucking monkey and her stupid fucking singing fucking map and her stupid fucking show.

Superfriends vs. Battle of the Planets - I'm in Lucky's camp on this one. I have no idea what Battle of the planets is, but the pic from Wikipedia makes it look like a cross between G-Force and Speed Racer.


Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends vs. Danger Mouse - Danger Mouse is cool. Imaginary friends are not.

DuckTales vs. Hulk Hogan's Rock 'n Wrestling - I loved both these shows, but Duck Tales was the least interesting of that batch of Disney cartoons to me (Gummi Bears, Tale Spin), so I'm going with Hogan.

[Lucky]

The brother of a hot chick who's probably too young for me to call a hot chick? I dunno. That's pretty weak motivation.

[Loki]

psychofish said:

Superfriends vs. Battle of the Planets - I'm in Lucky's camp on this one. I have no idea what Battle of the planets is, but the pic from Wikipedia makes it look like a cross between G-Force and Speed Racer.

GForce was Battle of The Planets. Battle of the Panets was the Japanese show Gatchaman edited to make it kid friendly and dubbed into English. G Force was the same show, except they kept most of the Japanese story intact when they dubbed it.


FYI for later: Voltron underwent the same treatment. The Japanese version of Voltron is much more violent.

[The Canadian Content]

That's probably why they look so similar then.

[salmonjunkie]

DuckTales was awesome. Hogan's was fun but stupid.
DangerMouse was awesome. Foster's is fun, but not as good as the great DM
Superfriends was tardtastic. Battle of the Planets, never saw.
Flintstones was a classic. Dora is whatever.

Never watched Today's Special or Blue's Clues.

[Krydor]

Blues Clues (with Steve and not his gay hispanic half brother Joe)

Flintstones

Don't care, because both were dreadful. A clash of mediocrity. G Force was the nickname for special ed students and Superfriends could easily have been used in the same way.

Foster, because it is one of the funniest shows on television. Not just animated, but television as a whole.

Ducktales. Scrooge McDuck rules, as does the theme song. That show helped put good kids animation back on the map, washing away the horror brought about in the 70's.

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luckylopez said:

The brother of a hot chick who's probably too young for me to call a hot chick? I dunno. That's pretty weak motivation.

She's 17. Wait a year.

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williamssl said:

luckylopez said:

And I have no clue what Today's Special is. And I never watched Blue's Clues. So I go to my apathy tiebreaker. Either show have a hot chick? Because if that dork from Blue's is the best we got I think I may be abstaining.

Jansen "I'm the brother of Hayden, a.k.a. the cheerleader on Heroes" Panettiere plays Periwinkle on Blue's Clues.

And They Might Be Giants did some of the music on Blue's Clues.

CURSES to you for trying to play to my TMBG love on this one! That fact makes it closer for me, but I'm still gonna have to go with Today's Special. One of my all-time favorite shows I can never remember the name of until somebody mentions it.

[Krydor]

Well, um, yeah that explains quite a bit then...

[Deleted]

The human dude in the pic is actually a mannequin who comes alive once the store is closed.

And there's a mouse in a dress.

[williamssl]

When he comes alive does he look the same? Does he still look like he has a nutsack for a nose?

EDIT: Whoops - misread Gator's post. Thought he was talking about the mannequin. Who looks like he has a nutsack for a nose. On an escalator.

[Lucky]

That is just such an insanely creepy image. I mean, I remember it now for sure. But dear God that's creepy. The mannequin man, the creepy puppet guy, and a giant rat in a dress? Dear Christ.

I can't even remember anything about it except those characters. And my belief that the mannequin guy is a spaz, but that could just be a safe guess as much as real memory. But dear God, how could you forget those characters? Its like suddenly having a revelation of repressed memories of your creepy uncle Moose making you sit on his lap.

Its creepy enough to make me voting for Blue's Clues on the grounds of it starring the sibling of an underage hottie seem less creepy.

[The Jewish Cunthead]

salmonjunkie said:

DuckTales was awesome. Hogan's was fun but stupid.
DangerMouse was awesome. Foster's is fun, but not as good as the great DM
Superfriends was tardtastic. Battle of the Planets, never saw.
Flintstones was a classic. Dora is whatever.

Never watched Today's Special or Blue's Clues.

Quoted for absolute truth.

[Krydor]

Based on the HKP stunning upset, I predect the following will win:

Hogan
Dangermouse
Battle of the Planets
Dora
Today's Special

See that there? The worst picks possible. I swear, that if you people have issues deciding which is better, Foster or Dangermouse and prefer Dangermouse, then check into rehab. Seriously, because only a crackhead would consider that Dangermouse is in any way better than Fosters.

[Loki]

Is anyone surprised that Solly is voting for Duck Tales?

Most of us watched that show and got a kick out of the adventures that went on. We enjoyed the adventures of Huey, Duey, Louie and cheered when Launchpad made an entrance. Solly, though, was awestruck when he first saw the show. Scrooge McDuck? The scene of Scrooge swimming around in the vault of money excited little Solly to no end and blazed itself across Solly's little brain. Down came his bedroom poster of the 86 Mets and up went the poster of Scrooge, surrounded by his piles and piles of money. Scrooge McDuck - Solly's new HERO!

To this day, Solly has a book of Scrooge quotes that he lives his life by. Forget "The Art of War" or "The Book of Five Rings". Scrooge and his money vault are the only inspiration anyone needs!

[DevSop]

Hey Scrooge had one of the best work ethics ever, "Work Smarter, Not Harder." The eps when he was gold digging in wherever with the duck chick, quality masterpieces. The flying island of Atlantis when they had to tip the scale balance in his favor. The Fountain of Youth. The launch of the Robot Duck thing. Just quality all around.

[Batman]

krydor said:

I swear, that if you people have issues deciding which is better, Foster or Dangermouse and prefer Dangermouse, then check into rehab. Seriously, because only a crackhead would consider that Dangermouse is in any way better than Fosters.

Shush, Penfold.