O.M.F.G.

I had forgotten about Vegetable Soup...and more importantly about Outerscope I/II, quite possibly the creepiest puppet thing EVAR.

And I remember being traumatized by the creature called Hategut. Now my nightmares have a name. Thanks, Mike.
WizarDru | Email | 10.23.08 - 5:31 am | #

I'm with you, WizarDru, this show was pure nightmare fuel for me as a kid.

I can't recall when it aired around here (Boston), but it had basically no other cartoon competition, probably Sunday morning, or Saturday's before the network cartoon blocks started up. I had a compulsion to watch virtually any cartoon show, no matter how bad. This show wasn't actively bad, but damn it creeped me out.

The cartoon style was creepy, those puppet-y things were creepy... this post counts as a Halloween post in my book.
william hartwell | Email | 10.23.08 - 6:18 am | #

I'd love to see some Vegetable Soup on the shiny DVD. Outerscope and Nigel the Snake were my faves.
De | Email | Homepage | 10.23.08 - 6:21 am | #

Man, drugs were so much better in the 70s.
The Mutt | Email | 10.23.08 - 7:10 am | #

I actually liked this Watchman trailer better than the first one. It still uses the same music (from the soundtrack of "Batman & Robin", ironically), and the song fits the movie perfectly, IMO. The extra shots give a teensy bit more of a glimpse than we had before and serves better as a teaser trailer.

What I'm more impressed with is the new "Watchmen" poster that's out. It has a different image and an actual tagline. This was my problem with the original poster/trailer - everyone hailed it as a masterpiece before anyone saw much of anything. What everyone needs to remember is the reason "The Dark Knight" became successful was not only repeat business, but a familiarity with the characters. Does the average Joe know who the "Watchmen" are? It's been years since I read it myself.

The marketing needs to change and stop focusing on the fanboys/fangirls and try to get your average movie-goer interested, otherwise it'll end up being a "cult film" and no studio will want to take a risk like this again.
Jo | Email | 10.23.08 - 8:13 am | #

man I forgot how much I couldn't stand this animator's style. And what was that part of the program with Woody I think, that did recipes or something? The character was voiced by Bette Midler IIRC, and her voice was shrill and loud and matched this cartoon style perfectly.
joecab | Email | 10.23.08 - 8:19 am | #

'70s children's television was just one big contact high.
philip G. Smith | 10.23.08 - 8:38 am | #

and I say that as someone who currently watches "Yo Gabba Gabba" with my kid.
philip | 10.23.08 - 8:39 am | #

The seventies were terrible.
HydrogenGuy | Email | 10.23.08 - 10:06 am | #

As a reader of your site I feel obligated to point out any and all appreciations of Swamp Thing. I believe it's the 9th picture down.

http://hooveraardvark.livejourna...com/ 187217.html
Michael | 10.23.08 - 10:37 am | #

Man, how many epileptic seizures were caused by that intro?
Kurt Onstad | Email | Homepage | 10.23.08 - 11:30 am | #

One minute PLUS, just for the opening credits? God, that's lazy TV making.
Ron Hogan | Email | Homepage | 10.23.08 - 3:47 pm | #

I can only imagine a Saturday morning in 1971: Some dude who looks like a young Chester Williams sits at the kitchen table packing his pipe while, in the adjoining living room, a topless woman he calls "mama" lolls semi-conscious on a nearby hideous couch and three dirty kids wrestle around on the floor in front of the TV. And the guy looks over at the kids and says: "Hey, you guys, be quiet! Dad's show is comin' on!"
Mike McGee | Email | 10.23.08 - 4:49 pm | #

OMG...if that Vegetable Soup song doesn't leave my head soon i may be required to dress in my dad's bell bottoms and pull some big ass medalion out of the bottom drawer THEN go on a killing spree...how come the 70s are always better my head than they ever were in reality?
Kal | Email | Homepage | 10.25.08 - 2:23 am | #