attn cam clarke that's not how you pronounce fealty

[pauraque_bk]

Darkwing Duck pilot episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Why yes, I was born in the early 80s. Which made me the right age to appreciate the Disney Renaissance, or at least the first half of it. Of course I remember the movies, but the cartoons of the same era made more of a mark. My mom never limited my TV watching, so that's where I'd be after school every day.

You notice looking back how much they cheaped out on the animation (today this would probably all be CGI...), but the voice acting is still lovely to hear. I figured out very early that cartoons constantly reused the same voice actors, like good old Jim Cummings, whose voice you hear everywhere as soon as you become aware that he exists, and similarly Cam Clarke, who also does a lot of video game acting, including some prominent voices in WoW. I love these people. Cartoons don't work without awesome actors who commit to utter nonsense and make the ridiculous sublime.

What I hate about TV is not (usually) the shows, but the brain-deadening tendency to sit for hours and watch things you don't really give a crap about, or just change channels. Maybe if I hadn't been allowed to do that I would have grown up to... cure cancer. I dunno. Something.

On another note, do you think the unknown force that transported Rainbow Brite to the Colorless World is the same unknown force that compels Sam Beckett to change history for the better?

Comments

[arclevel.livejournal.com]

Huh. I followed your Wikipedia links at the top and spent a few moments reminiscing about Disney movies, then looked at the cartoon list and ... I'm confused. I remember Duck Tales. I really liked Duck Tales, apparently at about 9 and 10. I can still sing the theme song ("Duck Tales! Whoo-oo! Dada-dada-Dah-da-da-da-Dah-da-da-da Duck Tales!") And Tale Spin. I know I liked Tale Spin, though I don't remember it as well, and looking at the time slot it was in, I'd have been fighting with Dad over TV rights a lot. But... apparently, the whole time, Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers was shown between the two. I have no memory of the Rescue Rangers. At all. How is this possible?

[pauraque]

I'm not sure! I remember that it existed. I can't say I recall any more detail than that, though surely I watched it too. I can't even come up with a vague memory of a single plotline or joke, which I can for all the others. Maybe it was the runt of the litter? :)

[son-of-darkness.livejournal.com]

The only, ONLY thing I remember from Chip & Dale's Rescue Rangers is when they were trying to rebuild a plane and the female rescue ranger says "We'll have it looking ship-shape in no time". To which the painfully obviously reply was "Ship-shaped? don't you mean plane-shaped?"

And that is ALL I remember of that show. o_0

[pauraque]

Oooh yeah there was a girl on that show. She was a blonde mouse I think. Creates plausible deniability and all...

[arclevel.livejournal.com]

... Nope. Don't remember it. Weird.

And, btw, thanks for the trip down memory lane. And lack-of-memory lane. ;-)

[tekalynn.livejournal.com]

I remember how absolutely astounding The Little Mermaid was when it came out. As an anime fan, I wasn't a stranger to what can be done in animation, but I had given up on Disney. My mother and I had the same reaction of "Oh, they've gone back to the OLD style!" and feeling absolutely ecstatic.

It didn't last, but it was a nice run while we had it.