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Not really a show but all the Bionicle animated shit I loved back then. Pretty sure they haven't aged well at all.
The Worst Shows You Used to Watch When You Were a Kid - I.E. Childhood shows that make you cringe in retrospect.
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Knight Rider.
USA had it on reruns when I was 13-14ish, and even then I knew it was a dumb show. I hid upstairs and watched it on the little 14" tv we had in my parents room because I both didn't want my parents to laugh at me for watching it, and was also addicted to seeing what happened next.
USA had it on reruns when I was 13-14ish, and even then I knew it was a dumb show. I hid upstairs and watched it on the little 14" tv we had in my parents room because I both didn't want my parents to laugh at me for watching it, and was also addicted to seeing what happened next.
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Mega Babies. Never watched it religiously but for some reason kiddo me didn't always change the channel when it came on. That show was absolutely repulsive.
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The Daily Show. Not Trevor Noah, I'm not that young.
The show at the time seemed really funny and smart. Now it just represents a time in my life where I wasn't as funny or as smart as I thought.
The show at the time seemed really funny and smart. Now it just represents a time in my life where I wasn't as funny or as smart as I thought.
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Superbook (both series) and Flying Lighthouse were made for the Christian Broadcasting Network and where I lived at the time were shown before the Saturday morning cartoon block started.
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I can't believe I forgot about these, but when I was young I used to love watching Dumbo's Circus and Adventures in Wonderland. Both were live action educational shows for preschool and kindergarten crowd, and I loved them at that age. Adventures in Wonderland was my favorite of the two since it actually had stories in it's episodes, while Dumbo's Circus was just a half hour of rhymes, knock-knock jokes, and other simple things. I feel embarrassed I liked this shit even if I was 4.
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Excuse me Superbook was amazing
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I'm probably one of the few people who thought Small Wonder was good.
What A Dummy however...
It's a show about a wooden dummy that comes to life after being locked in a truck for 50 years. The intro is nightmare inducing. They were probably hoping for the same success as ALF. But it has none of the charm. Just a few familiar faces on a show that is unwatchable. What A Dummy is so awful I dare you to get through one episiode. Sober.
Yes, that's a young Stephen Dorff playing an excruciating 1990 teen stereotype. He probably wishes he could wipe this trash from his memory. Kaye Ballard regretted doing this show. Joshua Rudoy (that creepy Billy Mahoney apparition from Flatliners) is also in this. Looks like it's the last credit he had too. I remember his face well from Amazing Stories, Harry and the Hendersons and Beauty and the Beast (the live action TV show with Linda Hamilton). Wonder if this show torpedoed his short career.
I didn't know there was a live action version with a horrifying CGI Woody.
That show could get dark. The episode with the puppy mill comes to mind. And the one where the girl can't locate proof of endangered owls fast enough to save the forest from being logged to oblivion. Gorillas Will Be Missed was pretty sad too.
I just can't watch that show anymore. I think back when The Hub was around they put it on. Or maybe I saw it on Boomerang or something. But it was a few years ago and after the puppy mill episode I was done. Can't watch it anymore. Just too depressing.
A lot of the darker episodes I saw at that time I didn't see in the 90s. I'm guessing they weren't put into rotation quite as often. I don't remember seeing an AIDS episode. But back when Captain Planet was on we were in full AIDS panic mode. If you got AIDS in the 90s you were a dead man walking and your entire life was ruined as soon as people found out. It was a very serious issue. I can see why they might want to use Captain Planet to educate children as age appropriately as possible. Especially since many people legit thought AIDS could be spread by shaking hands or sneezing on someone.
There was a comic that used be posted on buses and trains in the 90s. I guess it wasn't meant for kids but of course they are gonna read it. I know I did. There may have been an animated commercial too. Two people forget to use a condom and wake up the next morning screaming "What about AIDS?". The background of the comic was like pink or orange or something so it would stand out.
What A Dummy however...
It's a show about a wooden dummy that comes to life after being locked in a truck for 50 years. The intro is nightmare inducing. They were probably hoping for the same success as ALF. But it has none of the charm. Just a few familiar faces on a show that is unwatchable. What A Dummy is so awful I dare you to get through one episiode. Sober.
Yes, that's a young Stephen Dorff playing an excruciating 1990 teen stereotype. He probably wishes he could wipe this trash from his memory. Kaye Ballard regretted doing this show. Joshua Rudoy (that creepy Billy Mahoney apparition from Flatliners) is also in this. Looks like it's the last credit he had too. I remember his face well from Amazing Stories, Harry and the Hendersons and Beauty and the Beast (the live action TV show with Linda Hamilton). Wonder if this show torpedoed his short career.
I didn't know there was a live action version with a horrifying CGI Woody.
That show could get dark. The episode with the puppy mill comes to mind. And the one where the girl can't locate proof of endangered owls fast enough to save the forest from being logged to oblivion. Gorillas Will Be Missed was pretty sad too.
I just can't watch that show anymore. I think back when The Hub was around they put it on. Or maybe I saw it on Boomerang or something. But it was a few years ago and after the puppy mill episode I was done. Can't watch it anymore. Just too depressing.
A lot of the darker episodes I saw at that time I didn't see in the 90s. I'm guessing they weren't put into rotation quite as often. I don't remember seeing an AIDS episode. But back when Captain Planet was on we were in full AIDS panic mode. If you got AIDS in the 90s you were a dead man walking and your entire life was ruined as soon as people found out. It was a very serious issue. I can see why they might want to use Captain Planet to educate children as age appropriately as possible. Especially since many people legit thought AIDS could be spread by shaking hands or sneezing on someone.
There was a comic that used be posted on buses and trains in the 90s. I guess it wasn't meant for kids but of course they are gonna read it. I know I did. There may have been an animated commercial too. Two people forget to use a condom and wake up the next morning screaming "What about AIDS?". The background of the comic was like pink or orange or something so it would stand out.
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I remember getting into a little bit of trouble because at our school the teachers gave a talk about AIDS so we were more aware. I don't think there's anything wrong with that and they were being informative. But they told us that it originally came from monkeys and I asked "who has been having sex with monkeys?" It was actually a genuine question but I think they thought I was being facetious. Though I didn't really get in trouble because the teachers realised I didn't have a sense of humour and was just being ineptly serious. (tbc clear, by monkeys they were meaning Chimpanzees and Gorillas, I think).
Anyway, I didn't watch much in the way of kids shows when I was little, at least that I remember. I recall a show called Northern Exposure which I enjoyed though I can only really remember a few things like having a crush on a pilot lady named Maggie and an old guy who was ridiculously tough. Having just searched up an image though, I suspect if I watched it now it would be the most execrable self-involved moralizing show I could imagine. It had stuff about sex in it though which was very interesting to me when I was 9 or 10.
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Sliders, after the professor was killed off. Show became absolutely unwatchable. Kept watching anyway.
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Yeah saying the acting didn't hold up is the understatement of the century. Speaking of shows where the acting didn't hold up, Are You Afraid of the Dark and Goosebumps. I know people have nostalgia for all three of these shows, I do too, but watching through the eyes of an adult there is a lot of cringe there.
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'Oggy and the Cockroaches'
some crappy tom & jerry knockoff
some crappy tom & jerry knockoff
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There was a live action Alice in wonderland
I also watched Under the Umbrella Tree and the live action Winnie the Pooh
I also watched Under the Umbrella Tree and the live action Winnie the Pooh
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There was a Power Rangers knock off series that aired on the USA Network called "Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills" and it was as bad as it sounds. Being a dumb kid I watched it, and it wasn't even so bad it's good. It was just bad.
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Sometimes when I was a kid, I watched TV shows that I knew were crap because I was bored, or because the show preceded or proceeded a program that I did like. Shows like this include Small Wonder and Webster.
The only show I can think of that I actually liked as a kid and dislike now is the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. My God, is it formulaic and dumb. I loved the comic books, both the Mirage one and the Archie one. I loved the toys. At least the first season in 1987 was well animated by Toei, but after that they outsourced it to bottom of the barrel studios in God knows where. I think I just liked the concept and the characters and just kept watching hoping it would get better. When it moved to Saturday morning, my local affiliate kept interrupting the show for sportsball games and I just gave up.
People of my generation have an irrational attachment to that show. The 2003 reboot was the TMNT show I had always wanted as a kid and I wish I had grown up with that one.
The only show I can think of that I actually liked as a kid and dislike now is the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. My God, is it formulaic and dumb. I loved the comic books, both the Mirage one and the Archie one. I loved the toys. At least the first season in 1987 was well animated by Toei, but after that they outsourced it to bottom of the barrel studios in God knows where. I think I just liked the concept and the characters and just kept watching hoping it would get better. When it moved to Saturday morning, my local affiliate kept interrupting the show for sportsball games and I just gave up.
People of my generation have an irrational attachment to that show. The 2003 reboot was the TMNT show I had always wanted as a kid and I wish I had grown up with that one.
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Full House. That show didn't hold up at all.
Eerie Indiana was a cool show in the first season, but the second season replaced the likeable child actors and would qualify for this thread.
Eerie Indiana was a cool show in the first season, but the second season replaced the likeable child actors and would qualify for this thread.
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I thought it ran for a few seasons. But IMDB says one. Was there a spinoff or TV movie?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101088/
I actually never got around to watching it.