Here's a very geeky discussion topic for us to enjoy on the internet.

TF and I just enjoyed a Family Guy Vol. 2 marathon within a week or two of Simpsons season 3....so now I'm left to grapple.


Discuss.





(except you, Digsy!!)

I had to vote for the simpsons....but my next choice would have to be the tick......

I had to rep for the Family Guy. So very funny.

The Simpsons are king. I enjoy all of the others, too, except The Tick and Capital Critters (I've never seen those). What's up with leaving King of the Hill off the list? That's probably my second favorite, behind the Simpsons.

I don't really like our options here, but I went with South Park. I used to watch The Simpsons a lot when I was little, but never do anymore. I still enjoy, but I just don't really watch it. I'd opt for South Park if it were up to any of these choices.

CRAP! I knew I forgot one. I probably forgot it because I've only enjoyed it nominally. I never thought it was really funny.

I can't believe that you remembered to include Capital Critters but forgot to put The Critic on the list.

My real favorite would be the X-Men cartoon from the early-to-late 90s. I voted for "The Tick" since it's the only one of those that I watch. I have enjoyed "Futurama" and "Family Guy" when I've caught them in the past. "South Park" is hilarious.

You left out Teamo Supremo...

OOOH! Good call. I know for a fact that YaDaDaDa left that out only through senility or something because that is a secret favorite of his.

I have to admit I'm quite fond of Governor Kevin myself.

I was thinking more of the prime-time type, which is why I left off this and Teamo Supremo. The X-Men cartoon is pretty good. As a kid, I'd set my VCR for each episode, so I found I have the whole first season. I watched it a few weeks back...it wasn't quite as good as I remembered.

D'oh! I forgot The Critic as well...It deserves to be on there however.


After thinking about it, my vote goes to the Simpsons for the sheer number of hours of enjoyment it has provided. It was a sad feeling a few hours ago when I realized I was enjoying the last un-seen episode of Family Guy. It is probably funnier than the Simpsons, but there just isn't enough of it. So my vote goes to the Simpsons.

Aqua Teen Hunger Force/Sealab 2021

YES!!!! great fucking show.......adult swim is absolutely fabulous. however, my favorite adult swim show is home movies. sexy sadie and i enjoy the episode about franz kafka.....

Gotta go with the obvious choice. The Simpsons may be the best show ever, not just cartoon.

Perhaps, right behind Mr. Belvedere.

yeah, thats my fav. too. i was quite dissappointed that it wasn't included.

Cartoon Network is showing the never-before-seen episode of the Family Guy that was not allowed to air when the show was on Fox. It's coming on Sunday night at 11 and I am excited.

My vote went to "The Simpsons."
I love "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", "SeaLab 2021", and "Home Movies."
I am looking forward to the never-before-seen "Family Guy."
I also love the "Powerpuff Girls." A lot.

I voted South Park, Simpsons are great, but somehow I got turned off to them throughout the years. I think the best ever was Ren and Stimpy nothing compares to that cartoon. The rest of list I honestly have never watched, not much of a tv guy i guess.

simpsons...no question. king of the hill would definitely be #2. i did love capital critters, so it may roll in third. i enjoy southpark, but have never watched it avidly. now that i think about it, i think i've only seen 3 or 4 episodes.

also, not enough of you are making fun of digsy for not liking the simpsons.

I absolutely hated that show when I was growing up. I thought it was disgusting and annoying, mostly annoying.

It is a hilarious, yet irreverent, thing to be seen. Perhaps the best Family Guy I have ever laid my eyes on.

I do too. Bubbles is too cute. I love the "Meet the Beat-alls" episode.

The Aqua Teen Hunger Force Volume 1 DVD "drops" November 18.

This has nothing to do with cartoons, but on the subject of upcoming DVDs, the Ben Stiller Show DVD comes out on Dec. 2. Every episode that aired, one that didn't, commentaries, extra sketches, etc. Can't wait.

i wouldnt go that far, RD. the show was somewhat annoying and disgusting. sounds like someones got a rather large amount of pentup aggression towards Ren and Stimpy. personally, i preferred "roundhouse" out of the SNICK lineup.

Yeah, it's gonna have like 18 episodes or something. I'm stoked!

shake is the man!

I have to vote for te Simpson's!!! But I laugh my ass off at the Family Guy!

remember when we were talking on the phone like 2 nights ago and i said something to the affect of "they should put aqua teen out on dvd" and you were all "yeah." ???

you were withholding information, you bastard.


oh and helene wanted me to tell you she put your playboy magazine under her mattress for good luck.

Man...do you remember the theme song to the Ben Stiller Show???? it was PRICELESS. i can't wait either.

Uhhh... I think it was more like 2 weeks ago, before I found out the information doing some research for my halloween costume that no one appreciated.

Tell Helene that Playboy better not be soiled... well... it better not be more soiled than when I gave it to her.

I couldn't stand it man. That show really got on my nerves. Roundhouse was good, but I liked Doug and Clarissa better.

i dont think doug was on snick. i liked roundhouse, and clarissa [a part of an episode is on constant rewind in my head, like a song, and has been for years], and kind of liked are you afraid of the dark, sometimes. i also (gasp) liked all that. "french lessons with pierre" killed me. now that mother fucker keenan is on snl! and hes doing the same damn bill cosby impression that he did back in the day...

however, although not a member of snick, pete and pete REMAINS the best show ever on nickelodeon and holds up today [i smell a poll].

Pete and Pete, Doug, and Clarissa......yes.........clarissa not so much, but I liked watching her right when i hit puberty.....Doug, that song will forever be stuck in my head......

I really really loved the first season or two of All That. The lemonade stand, vital information, good burger, ask ashley...I have no idea why I thought it was all funny. Of course, I now know why I had no friends in 6th grade...

And Kenan on SNL? That's just ridiculous. I swear, Danny Tamberelli better not be next....

Was the episode too liberal for Fox? Hah.

And what about Beavis and Butthead? Freudian humor at its best and you had to love their music reviews. Albums actually sold better at the time if Beavis and Butthead gave them a favorable rating (and sometimes if they got trashed by the show in a few instances).

J

(Edited by somethingman at 11:28 pm on Nov. 6, 2003)

For some reason, I remember watching an episode of Doug on Halloween night one Friday or Saturday in my youth, but it may have just been a special thing. I think I have since associated it with snick. So, you're probably right. I liked Double Dare, Finders Keepers, and, hell, I even liked Rugrats. Legends of the Hidden Temple ruled, but Nick Arcade always annoyed me, even though I watched it religiously. I liked GUTS, but I couldn't stand the announcers voice, so I never watched it. I forget her name, but I expect someone to come forward with it. Mo? I loved Hey Dude and Salute Your Shorts. I watched them whenever they were on, regardless of how many times I had seen the episode.

This reminds me, I want to see an episode of Charles In Charge, damn it. Where are the reruns? I also want to see the 80's show with Sandy Duncan and the guy from Teen Wolf 2. I even want to see My Two Dads and the show with the girl whose dad lived in the crystal ball.

(Edited by richarddawson at 2:12 am on Nov. 7, 2003)

I do believe that Doug was on Snick.

one of my friends at U of Mich. know a kid with a piece of the krag. apparently he took it to parties with him, as a conversation piece or something.

also, i remember thinking that alex mac was hot - secret life or not.

factoids:

--sandy duncan has a glass eye. didn't she do wheat thins commericals?
--the girl from my two dads attended the same school as me (before she did that show). and my one dad played drums on that theme song.

Last I checked, they were showing CIC on Nick At Night.

Does anyone else remember Don't Just Sit There?

Yes, Double Dare and Finders Keepers were two of my favorites.

I also loved My Two Dads...so much.

Out of this World was probably my favorite show at that time. It was great.

I also found Rin and Stimpy annoying and disgusting.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 11:12 am on Nov. 7, 2003)

Was wondering if any of you have seen This or heard about it?

Alex Mac was so hot at the time. She may still be.

Jason Bateman was the guy on Teen Wolf II. And, yeah, Sandy Duncan does have a glass eye. I just wish I could remember the name of that fucking show. The last time I saw it was on a major network affiliate in Hawaii about 7 or 8 years ago.

The girl on My Two Dads was on Step By Step, right?

I remember the show "Don't Just Sit There", but I don't remember anything about it.

Keith, thanks for the Charles in Charge info.

And, Out of This World, yep, that was it.

(Edited by richarddawson at 12:20 pm on Nov. 7, 2003)

I always liked Perfect Strangers.
And Pete & Pete was my favorite Nickelodeon show.
Iggy Pop was on Pete & Pete.
Iggy Pop was on David Letterman the other night with Sum 41.
Whatever.

I just checked the schedule and apparently Charles In Charge no longer comes on Nick At Night. Sorry dude.

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1775

may the cartoon Doug be forever ruined for you all.

god damn it

That was pretty funny, but I don't think it tainted my perception of Doug. Still entertaining, though.

and that mother fucker kel is on the parkers, a spinoff of moesha. i wonder if he still loves orange soda.

i loved all the classics as well. salute your shorts, hey dude, clarissa (but not as much), are you afraid? (some of those really were scary), all that (tlc theme song!), etc. and i did enjoy ren and stimpy, even though i thought it was gross (i.e. the hairball manufacturing episode). doug was good (i always get the song he sang videotaped about patty stuck in my head), but not as good as rocko's modern life. or ah! real monsters. i hated guts but still watched it. you can't do that on television was also the shit.

danaburger

thanks cody

oh god I used to watch all of those my top three Rocko's Modern Life, All that, and are U afraid?!

I loved Rocko; but I always hated it when All That would come on, because I couldn't stand most of that show and my sister loved it. Are You Afraid of The Dark? was good, but I rarely watched it.

I think my favorite episode of Salute Your Shorts was the Halloween episode with Zeke the Plumber. I loved special seasonal episodes of my favorite shows.

(Edited by richarddawson at 6:42 pm on Nov. 7, 2003)

fanfiction is scary enough as it is . . . but saturday morning cartoons? that's just wrong.

i like home movies.

i was reminiscing about all these shows with my friends the other day.

did anyone else make forts with couch cushions to play Global Guts and Legends of the Hidden Temple?

oh, and yeah, RD, her name was mo. i didnt hate her voice when i used to watch it, but i saw it recently and had to turn it.

(Edited by rachel at 12:42 pm on Nov. 8, 2003)

yes, i found it quite humourous, and actually quite a good characterization of Judy.

mine was the one when sponge was on the radio contest (a giraffes tongue is black).
or the one when buttnick had a crush on dina and wrote a poem about her mole.
or the first one when pinskey arrived with the salami. (i had to change "came" with "arrived" for carl)
or the one when they made ug look like he had chicken pox.
or the legend of sarah madre when they had to do the dance moves to find the buried treasure.

i hated legends of the hidden temple and guts (especially global). if we want to talk game shows, lets talk double dare.

the worst show ever on nickelodeon (nick jr.): eurekas castle.

david the gnome was the best cartoon after doug and ren & stimpy. i tolerated rocko.

i also hated "the big help," even though the theme song was good. it took over an entire weekend of perfectly good programming. i remember when "wet, wild, and crazy kids" was taken over by "the big help" and they had to like, shovel trash and stuff... that was the worst. you could so tell that omar was not feeling it.

(Edited by stopforme at 2:24 pm on Nov. 8, 2003)

I love you.

As far as your favorite episodes of Salute Your Shorts, thank you for reminding me of those. Pinskey's first episode was definitely in my top 5.

(Edited by richarddawson at 5:56 pm on Nov. 8, 2003)

does anyone remember a double-dare rip off show called fun house? i think gitano jeans were their consolation prize of choice.

Anyone remember Nickelodeon's "Finders Keepers"? Or better yet, the show that used a rebuilt Finder's Keepers set, "Legend of the Hidden Temple"? And what was that show where kids played video games?

Will

yes, yes, and nick arcade.

has What Would You Do been discussed?

I avoided bringing it up, only because I didn't want to sound cliche, but since you mentioned it... I watched that show a lot.

(Edited by richarddawson at 3:42 am on Nov. 10, 2003)

oops, this was sexy sadie

(Edited by damon at 9:53 am on Nov. 11, 2003)

It comes on Nick GAS now.