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Saturday Morning Cartoons.

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Fell into the web worm hole and ended up spending have the morning surfing through retro-sites. Did  you watch any of these shows on Saturday mornings? Some of them are specific to the East Coast but most were available nationwide. The Banana Splits (the theme song has a few "theories" about it coming from Bob Marley's Buffalo Soldier) The Tom and Jerry, Grape Ape Show Anything by Rankin and Bass Underdog Harlem Globetrotters Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids Speed Buggy Land of the Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs SuperFriends School House Rock (which I have on tape - all of them!!) Soul Train Creature Double Feature (WSBK from Boston) Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (all things Kroft) JabberJaw The Scooby Doo/Dynamutt Hour The Krofft Supershow (Electra Woman and Dynagirl, The Lost Saucer) Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels Kukla, Fran and Ollie (I had a Kukla marionette) I can't be the only person who remembers the segments between Saturday morning cartoons in the 70s where this character in massive cowboy boots talked about healthy snack ideas - I hanker for a hunk of cheese!!

Do you remember Gnip – Gnop?

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Pronounced "ga-nip ga-nop". Ping Pong spelled backwards. It's a game where each side had three balls and had to get their balls to the other side by pressing levers until all six were on the other side to win. Having a childhood flashback and was wondering if anyone else played it? I had a conversation with a friend about it, but he didn't even know what pickup sticks where so I reached a dead end there.  After spelling it wrong on a search engine I finally found it at the feeling retro site. Think I have to go to eBay and get one now. Parker Brothers 1971 - here I come

The Wildlife Outside My Window

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A bit rainy today, but the creek is always full of activity - there's a heron nestled in the long grass - what long slender legs they have. It's amazing to see them fly it's like a mini-airplane.Some extremely white mallard ducks swimming around looking for food. And of course the nutria. Saw the papa nutria out in the parking lot the other day, he was grunting about eating grass roots and searching for flower blubs. it's true they've got bright orange teeth!! it's like a mouth full of Cheetos. I swear he looked up and gave me this "you looking at me" glance.

Emmett Otter and The Synapses Misfire

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At work looking out the window of my office and I see 2 otters playing in the creek. My mind goes right here.... Emmet Otter and his Ma are dirt-poor, but very happy and good singers. Christmas is around the corner, both of them want to get something special for each other and the talent show prize is $50! So, Ma gets a song ready, and Emmet forms a jug-band with his friends. But the Riverbottom Gang, a bunch of rich kids with killer electric band equipment are going to be tough competition. They decide to compete in the Frog Town Hollow Talent Contest in order to win money, but Ma will have to hock Emmet's tool chest to buy a costume, and Emmet will have to put a whole in Emmet's washtub for his band! Kermit the Frog hosts this classic Muppet musical Christmas tale, based on the book by Russell and Lillian Hoban, with original songs from master tune-smith Paul Williams I love random thoughts.

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I love love this site. Where else you can end up surfing around the site finding taglines like "No Good without Evil. No Love without Hate. No Innocence without Lust. I am Darkness" from the 1985 movie "Legend" all when you started out looking for the name of the kid in SlingBlade.