TV Thread

[Cotton]

It was super memorable for Gen X and millennial kids—groovy funk beat, animation, and that escalating countdown made it stick.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

Didja hate Captain Kangaroo too, commie?

Did not watch. I remember what he looked like, but that's about it. Didn't he have some gay little dolls he talked to like Mr Rogers?

 

[Cotton]

Speaking of 70s/80s cartoons, we had the best cartoons back in our day. I mean The Jetsons, Fat Albert, He-Man, Flintstones, Thundercats, etc. There were a bunch more but those were off the top of my head.

 

[Cotton]

gay little dolls

 

[Cotton]

I never watched Captain Kangaroo either.

 

[Cotton]

Then, even after the typical Tom and Jerry cartoons we had Looney Tunes and Animaniacs a little later. And I bet those would still be funny to watch now.

 

[bbgun]

I never watched Captain Kangaroo either.

we need to revive HUAC

 

[Cotton]

we need to revive HUAC

Holy fuck you're old. I had to look up what that shit was. And, now that I have... fuck you.

 

[bbgun]

Holy fuck you're old. I had to look up what that shit was. And, now that I have... fuck you.

I'm reporting your insolence to Senator McCarthy.

 

[boozeman]

 

[boozeman]

I never knew Kinison had a show.

 

[Cujo]

I never knew Kinison had a show.

How am I just now finding out about this?

 

[boozeman]

How am I just now finding out about this?

I know, right?

I feel cheated.

 

[Cujo]

I know, right?

I feel cheated.

I would’ve learned to program a vcr for this.

 

[boozeman]

I would’ve learned to program a vcr for this.

You never learned how to program a VCR?

 

[Genghis Khan]

It doesn't seem like we missed much.

 

[Cujo]

You never learned how to program a VCR?

I may have a couple of times but it wasn’t without reading the instructions

 

[Cotton]

It doesn't seem like we missed much.

Good god, don't let SBK hear you say that. He might go all Taylor Hicks defensive on your ass.

 

[NoDak]

It doesn't seem like we missed much.

Kinison was... ok. Overrated. His material was ok, but the screaming and yelling schtick became annoying pretty quickly.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Kinison was... ok. Overrated. His material was ok, but the screaming and yelling schtick became annoying pretty quickly.

His first special was an all timer. Extremely funny. But he really never did anything else that was any good.