Back in the day
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Topic: Back in the day
Posted By: arohanui
Subject: Back in the day
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 2:40pm
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Emeldee's post about Fraggle Rock reminded me of all the things we loved about the 80s and 90s.. and probably the 70s for some of you.
So instead of highjacking that post I thought I'd start a new one - what's your fave things, tv programmes, movies from back in the day? Here's a few of mine: http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/192-danger-mouse/ - Danger Mouse http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/7-saved-by-the-bell/ - Saved by the Bell http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/583-rainbow-brite/ - Rainbow Brite http://www.retrojunk.com/details_tvshows/21-alvin-and-the-chipmunks/ - The Chipmunks Slap bands (they were banned at my school!) and friendship bracelets Those fluro and black plastic sunglasses Pacman |
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 2:45pm
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I remember watching Saved by the bell. I use to love it!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 3:29pm
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Chatter rings! Elastics, knuckle bones. Those cigarette lollies. Tamagotchi toys. Those baby dummy toys on a rope around your neck - were a fad, and pretty stupid!
Those little babies you got in a packet from the supermarket and the nappy changed colour - to pink or blue. Fake tattoos. Marbles @ lunchtime break. Cops and robbers (a game), bullrush. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 3:54pm
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OMG im a 70s kid...
i loved vision on...a british show the big blue marble I watched the boy in a bubble every holidays - well it seemed it was on every holidays (john travolta) Flared jeans that got stuck in bike chain constantly Rainbow striped t shirts and shirred top dresses with skirts that came to the floor and platform type jandels...yep total 70s kid whose clothes were sent from USA mainly so always ahead of fashion in sth auckland!!! LMAO!!! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 4:21pm
I miss all the old cartoons. I don't like any of the new ones. They are boring hehe.. they should bring back the flinstones, jetsons and the old looney tunes etc. They were awesome! 
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Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 4:30pm
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Terry and the gunrunners Teabags Smurfs
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Posted By: thunderwolves
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 4:38pm
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 4:44pm
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He-Man, She-ra, Original transformers..
Atari!!! Bubble Skirts and Ra Ra skirts when they first came in!!! Barbie and the Rockers (Beat the crap out of Bratz....) Peaches and Cream Barbie Cabage Patch Kids (First time round..) Mine was Cecily. My Child (My sister had one of these... I didnt) Alf (That alien thing).... E.T. I could go on forever!!!! 2cent lollies!!! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:06pm
| bombshell- I remember Vision On....I loved the little ferretty thing that used to go all over the place. And I was fascinated by the way they wrote Vision On then turned it riund to get some creature |
Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:23pm
Oh my gosh yes, Magic Diaper Babies! |
meow wrote:Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:54pm
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yay for mention of the oldies but goodies!! DH and I were commenting last night how terrible cartoons are now - and whether we would want our child to watch that rubbish!
I remember my My Child doll - have it in a box somewhere. Punky Brewster was another great cartoon too ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: ellabellame
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 6:56pm
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well i was born in '86 so i don't remember much from then but i do remember loving chatter rings and knuckle bones. ------------- |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:39pm
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The cartoons! What about, Chip-Chip-Chip-Chip-And-Dale, Rescue Rangers!! ------------- |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:42pm
I was just about to ask if you guys had Punky Brewster here! I remember going to Warringah Mall with my Mum to go clothes shopping and getting a tracksuit with Punk Brewster on the front. I was sooooo in love with it. I must have been 6 or 7 coz I was only 8 when we came back to NZ. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 7:42pm
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Oh and (this is more early 90's) - jelly shoes! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 8:00pm
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Duran Duran *sigh* I fulfilled my lifes wish when I saw them in concert a few years back. Even flashed John Taylor... ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 9:47pm
ha forgot about the rescue rangers - how could I? And never forget the smurfs! ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
Luke (09.11.2007) Amy (01.04.2009) |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:02pm
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For me my fav cartoon was Tomfoolery http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomfoolery - wiki link
The funny thing is that I seem to be almost the only person I know who remembers it - the fish in the bowl walking around on stilts, the works of Edward Lear. -------------  
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:04pm
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Hmm, it must have been on a few years later than it was made, as I wasn't even born till the end of 73!
What about Gem! Gem, is truely outrageous, truely, truely truely outragouse - Gem! And beanie and Cecil - Help Cecil, helo - I'm coming Beanie Boy! -------------
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Posted By: pepsi
Date Posted: 10 April 2007 at 10:31pm
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yes, Gem was awesome! There are so many 80's tv shows I loved including the young ones, sapphire and steel and many other brit shows..(obviously I have always watched way too much tv)...
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 3:26am
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Snorks! Loved that cartoon. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 8:15am
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I loved Jem too, my sis and I had the dolls and they had the coooooolest outfits!
Another cartoon I loved was 'Shirt T-T-T-Tales!' ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 8:30am
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wow this is bringing back memories.
i had a diaper baby mine looked a little like tommy pickles from rugrats my sister had a whole heap of them, the munchbunch were my all time favs, goober and the ghost chasers, josey and the pussycats, gem and the holograms, the wuzzles, rainbow brite, punky bruster, sooty and sweep, that one with the kids who sung songs adn dressed up, captain planet omg i could go on forever lol. i was addicted to my chatterrings until my dad threw them out cause they were driving him up the wall lol, ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 3:09pm
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Oh yeah didn't the Young Ones just ROCK?!? I thought they were just soooo funny. ...but there were crap cartoons then, too... TMNT! Lordy I can't believe they're back again. So sad! And Spongebob is as good as The Flinstones ever were! ------------- Andie |
Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 3:21pm
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The other day I saw an ad for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 3:36pm
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I liked the wombles
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 11 April 2007 at 7:30pm
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I liked
Gem Rainbow Sooty and Sweep The Snorks Smurfs Rainbow Brite Captain Planet Mickey Mouse club ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 4:49pm
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Ahem...some of you may remember these shows...they were def my faves:
Family Ties Eight is Enough Bionic Woman I also loved: Leg Warmers Elastics Friendship Books  ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 8:10pm
Kung foo shoes were the in thing when I was at primary.   I just treasured them hehehe. Gosh all the programmes mentioned bring back memories lol. I still I have my original Cabbage Patch dool that both my girls have enjoyed. I also often sit down and play knuckle bones with my girls hehe. They just love it!!!------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 8:29pm
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I LOVED friendship books, they rocked.
Anyone remember count homoginesed? I lvoed that, also Beano comics and Oh Girl magazines ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 12 April 2007 at 9:03pm
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Elastics!!! ------------- |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 7:21am
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HONG KONG FUI he was another of my faves to, oh and magilla gorilla lol
I loved TMNT when they first came out. Also NKOTB ahhhhhhhhhhhhh dreamy (well they were back then) MC Hammer pants were the in thing when I was at primary LOL and I shamefully ahd a pair  and I ahd the Simpsons tape the one with all the songs like 'do the bart man' hehe.
family ties, whos the boss, full house. I never owned leg warmers but then again I was only little in the 80s I started school in 88, I had a friendship book, I kept losing it though and so I had a few hehe. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: arohanui
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 10:13am
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Oh I loved Full House!
Slouch socks - they were awesome. And friendship bracelets |
Posted By: Leish
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 11:39am
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"A" pair is ok Monique... I had several pairs of MC hammer pants with matching tops and everything. I thought I was so cool. My cousins still tease me about it
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 1:25pm
i only had one pair honest, I never thought Id have to see them again till I worked at KFC when I was pregs with Haleigh and the uniform is MC Hammer pants shape 
yeah slouch socks, friendship bracelts, what about jelly shoes (or was it jsut a queenstown thing?) I had a few pairs of them in 3rd form I think it was lol, we also all used to walk around with bubble solution around our necks (lame eh lol) but i had a serious bubble addiction as a teen ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 2:04pm
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Monique, I loved Jelly shoes. Had several pairs in different colours!
What about Danger Mouse, Gummi Bears and I don't know if anybody will remember a NZ kids show called Wooly valley. They were wooden clothes pegs with one of the main characters being a peg with a bit of sheep skin called Agnes! Or how about Bazil Brush.......haha boom boom! I managed to find the whole first series of Fraggle Rock on DVD the other day. I must have looked stupid because I was so excited! Argh! Flashback to form 1 dance and a bubble skirt! eek! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 2:06pm
ooooh  and Lambchop with the song that never ended!
Darn it, now I have that song in my head! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 8:07pm
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Woolly Valley (derek the sheep?) and Lambchop!!! ANDDDDDDDDDDD Monkey Magic!! It was on sunday arvos, a ja[anese programme with monley humans and reeeeaaaal bad dubbing - lips NEVER matched what they said! lol!! AND "The love boat, soon will be making another run" I loved Gopher on that and was soooo Jealous of the captains daughter. And the cartoon movie of Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe was great, as was Astrix and Cleopatra. *sigh* ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 9:23pm
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lol at lamb chops.
haleigh loves basil brush but shes only seen the new ones not the old ones OMG I got excited when i saw the fraggle rock dvd in the warehouse on ym bday but df told me iw asnt allwoed it cause it was over $30  ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 9:30pm
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Monique, we picked up fraggle rock for $29.95 so officially it is under $30, and it has 24 episodes so well worth it. I have watched most of them already. I forgot how much I loved them!
Yay for someone remembering Woolly valley and Derek the sheep. hehehe. Makes me feel like maybe I am not so old. Told my 6 yr old nephew after he had eaten a blue lollie that his tongue looked like a smurf not long ago. He looked at me like i was crazy. He had no idea what a smurf was.
Darn it, now that stupid lampchop song is back...... {clears throat}....this is the song that never ends..... ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: my2angels
Date Posted: 13 April 2007 at 9:58pm
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god this all brings back memories!
I have started skipping in the ad breaks for exercise, I struggle to do 100 skips but back when i was a young girl i used to do it for fun all day every day!!!! |