thinglets: Running back to the Homestar in the Sky

I'm guessing most people remember their first "run" in with homestarrunner, and though I found the stuff infectious for a long time, I really haven't checked back for a while. I guess I can't call web animation nostalgic, but a relatively new episode of Teen Girl Squad reminded me of the absurdity and hilarity of the shorts.

If you haven't been back there in a while, take a look and remember the glory of Trogdor, Fluffy Puff Marshmallows, and Strong Bad Email. If you've never gone there, Trogdor will burn your thatched-roof cottage.

Apologies for the less-than-stellar quality of the embed, but HSR.com has yet to provide an easy embed option.

thinglets: The Kingdom of Could Be You

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The first episode of this PSA, between-Saturday-morning-cartoon, episodic from 1972. I still remember the theme song from this years later. There's no way I remember the original air date as it must have run for several years, but I was just happy when I didn't have to watch "In the News" sponsored by Kellog's.

I think this was on sometime after Speed Buggy and before the The Krofft Supershow... ah, it brings me back to a happy place.

thinglets: the cat came back

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Many Canadians are all too familiar with this classic cartoon from the National Film Board, but for the benefit of the unitiated, I submit for your perusal, The Cat Came Back. If you just can't quite appreciate the storyline, you'll probably find the music quite infectious. It's sometimes years between seeing this short for me and I usually smile a nostalgic smile every time. Hope you enjoy it.

thinglets: when no other cartoons were on...

Remember the cartoons you used to watch just because they were the only ones on. Sometimes running over a lunch hour as you were scarfing down a bowl of Hamburger Helper or at 6:30am before any real programming came on, these cheap ass cartoons were the saving grace of 70's kids who couldn't stand watching test patterns... where I grew up anyway.
 
The Mighty Hercules... "Iron in his thighs."

 
Rocket Robin Hood... "Band of Brothers marching together."

 
Kum Kum... this made for some bad acid trip lunches.

 
Hammy Hamster... wow! I just wanna chill to late night Hammy, Maddy and GP.

thinglets: My First Exposure to Anime

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When I was too young to remember anything but the theme song, or even know where the cartoon came from, Prince Planet was my first exposure to anime. I cannot say that I continued to love the style for its own sake, but what I did love was Battle of the Planets which was the Americanized version of Gatchaman... just some retro kitsch for your weekend.