  Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 804 Registered: 10-2003 |
Does anybody remember Hercules on CKLW-TV, circa 1964-65? Check it out! http://www.detroitkidshow.com/ hercules.htm | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1714 Registered: 12-2005 |
Thanks for that, Ed. I was a huge fan back in the 60s. My son stumbled on the later 70s re-edited versions on our cable system's free-on-demand menu. They wrote a new theme that mut of been very current at the time, but nothing like the original. Now when I watch those old cartoons I start craving coney islands for some reason. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 805 Registered: 10-2003 |
Johnny Nash (I Can See Clearly Now) recorded the original Hercules theme, arguably the greatest TV cartoon theme ever. I grew up with the Hercules cartoons, but whenever I see one today I think of SNL's Ambifuously Gay Duo. And what was up with the lyrics in the original? "Softness in his eyes. iron in his thighs???" | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 366 Registered: 02-2007 |
Ed, thanks for the memory jog. I had almost forgot about Hercules. Just barely remember watching him. Along the same lines, do you remember a show that used live animals, like hamsters? They would put them in like model airplanes and boats and of course dubbed in voices. I absolutely loved that show when I was a kid. MAybe they were short segments on like Poopdeck paul or Hercules. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 806 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sstashmoo, That was "Tales of the Riverbank," which aired on Hercules. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 367 Registered: 02-2007 |
Ed, Thanks.. Any chance of any of that old video surviving? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 807 Registered: 10-2003 |
If you're talking about Tales of the Riverbank, there are episodes on the web. All of the CKLW Hercules shows are now landfill. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 1296 Registered: 01-2006 |
Ed, thank you very much for that link, specifically, and thank you very much, generally, for being such a great resource in matters like this one. I have very warm memories of going to my grandmother's house, after school, and curling up on her bedroom chair to watch cartoons (I was a faithful devotee of Jerry Booth's Fun House, with Clyde uh-huhhing) and-- when they showed "monster movies"-- The Big Show on channel 7. My Snack Of Choice-- didn't all of us have one?-- was Cinnamon Crisp. I am wondering if you might have any links, or other fun stuff, about two of my other favorites, "Gigantor" (The Space-Age Robot!!) and "Supercar." (I am guardedly proud to say that I actually remember much of the theme song from "Supercar," but it would be a kick to hear it again.) Thanks, again, for being you and for being here. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3175 Registered: 12-2005 |
Ravine: Supercar | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 809 Registered: 10-2003 |
Ravine, Here's a link to the official Gigantor web site. http://www.gigantor.org/ The complete Supercar is on DVD and available at Amazon for 22 bucks! And if you order it thru my Amazon store, http://www.detroitkidshow.com/ Sagebrush_Shortys_General_Stor e.htm, I get a small cut. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3176 Registered: 12-2005 |
Fireball XL5 | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3177 Registered: 12-2005 |
Tales of the Riverbank | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 370 Registered: 02-2007 |
Jimaz, Thanks for posting that link, actually googled it earlier. It was amazing seeing those again. Another character I remember from back then and I can't recall exactly where at on TV was "Crazy Gugenheimer" or something like that? Was that a Detroit thing Ed? | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 810 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sstashmoo, That was from Jackie Gleason's American Scene Magazine. Frank Fontaine played Crazy Gugegnheim in Gleason's Joe the Bartender sketches. | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 372 Registered: 02-2007 |
Ed, thats impressive. I had forgotten about Jackie Gleason's show as well. This thread sure brings back some great memories. | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 3178 Registered: 12-2005 |
Hey, there's a whole lot more on youtube than what few I've posted! Ed_golick is the expert though. Thanks, Ed!  | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 1715 Registered: 12-2005 |
XL5--wow, that brings back memories. I watched that faithfully. Back then we used to go to my aunt and uncle's house in Union Lake from our house at 7 mile/Evergreen, and went up telegraph rd to (I guess) northwester hwy. all civilization ended at about 10 mile along telegraph then. I used to think that the congregation Sharey Zedek synagogue was the launch pad for the XL5 rocketship! |
