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This is very vague but I have one. I used to play this computer game at school. Probably mid-90's. All I remember about it is you had to click the arrows to go through what I think was a mansion. You might have been a robot and you might have been looking for lost pieces of yourself. I was either looking for lost pieces of myself or I was looking for pieces to further me into the mansion. I can't remember what its called.
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Two shows: 1) Animated cartoon, pretty sure it was only a Saturday morning type deal. Some kids were in an alternate dimension, and for some reason I remember music playing a (big?) role in this dimension. I also seem to remember some chubby blond kid with glasses that had spiky hair and a mullet. This would have been mid 1980s. 2) Live action show about two groups fighting each other in fancy space ships, shooting lasers at each other. You could buy their "ships" which also functioned as guns and you should shoot the TV screen with some sort of laser and kill the bad guys (think Duck Hunt). This was probably late 1980s. edit: 'Kidd Video', and 'Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'. Thanks, people! Helicity fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2011 around 12:24 |
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Cemetry Gator posted:It was like the muppets, but with a worse acid trip. HR Pufnstuf, or one of the other Sid and Marty Krofft works. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063907/
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Helicity posted:Two shows: Kidd video: http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_...h?v=lq64MJKwElw
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There was a book I got from the library when I was but a lad that was pretty loving weird. It had this kid, who loved video-games or something, maybe books, living on his aunt and uncle (maybe parents) farm. They raised chickens, so all they ate was chickens. Later, it turns out that the chickens were actually like space-aliens or something and they wanted to some vaguely evil stuff. There was one line from it that always stuck with me, because I remember it being really clever at the time to me. They were talking about how much this family eats chicken, and it said "They'd eat chicken à la king, chicken à la queen, and chicken à la singer formerly known as Prince". I can't stop thinking about that book, and it's the strangest thing. [e]: One more that I just remembered. It was this platformer on an early windows, maybe 95, maybe 3.0, something around there. Early. Anyways, it had this kid who was terrified of everything, and there were five levels you could choose from, each representing one of his fears. You'd have to find these spooky ghosts, but they'd turn out to just be regular people. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? Arrhythmia fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2011 around 00:40 |
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Opera Bitch posted:Back in the late 80s or early 90s there were a whole bunch of teen/preteen aimed short horror anthology books that were published by Scholastic, I think. If I remember correctly I think there was an image of a crypt keeper like character on each one, and there were several different ones published that included stories like "The Hook," "The Dead Hand," etc. I cannot think of their titles for the life of me and I wanted to find them. Are you thinking of the Goosebumps series? I loved those as a kid.
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Opera Bitch posted:Back in the late 80s or early 90s there were a whole bunch of teen/preteen aimed short horror anthology books that were published by Scholastic, I think. If I remember correctly I think there was an image of a crypt keeper like character on each one, and there were several different ones published that included stories like "The Hook," "The Dead Hand," etc. I cannot think of their titles for the life of me and I wanted to find them. Or possibly the Bruce Coville's Book of Monsters/Book of Ghosts/Book of Nightmares/Book of Magic series? Some good stuff in there. The covers don't exactly match what you're describing, though? 
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Helicity posted:2) Live action show about two groups fighting each other in fancy space ships, shooting lasers at each other. You could buy their "ships" which also functioned as guns and you should shoot the TV screen with some sort of laser and kill the bad guys (think Duck Hunt). This was probably late 1980s. Sounds like Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future.
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Someone already provided a source that linked me to what I was looking for, thanks though.
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Also, I just remember a game I played in the computer labs of Middle school in the late 90s. It was a very pixelated game that tried to teach you about simple machines. So you basically had to travel inside this cave and collect diamonds and gems in your cart, but you had to do so by putting a pulley and using fulcrums and or wheels and gears, things like that and punching in numbers corresponding to weight and things. If you were successful, then your cart rode up the ramp and back out. Anyone else play this? chazburgr fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2011 around 00:49 |
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Nckdictator posted:Are You Afraid of the Dark episode Tale of the Hatchling? YES! That's the part I remember about the creepy school and the bell noise. Aw man that is just great, thank you. The part about Brit/Aus kids and the mosquitoes in the car must have been from something else and I just combined them over time. Though i still remember a group of foreign kids and an evil plot involving bad bugs from a show nick. Another one I remember is an episode from an old sci fi tv show. What I remember is that it was an old show, 50s or 60s, in black and white. I've looked at both Twilight Zone and Outer Limits as those are the big two of the old sci fi shows, and I can't seem to find the episode I remember. The scene that stayed with me was about two bright white aliens on a road stopping a car. They glowed white and confronted a group of men. That's about all I remember cause the aliens scared the crap out of me. I only watched for a bit before I had to look away and I would kill to know what the aliens really looked like to scare me as much as they did. The only reason I remembered that scene was because I kept telling myself to forget the aliens, which of course made them stick with me for years.
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There's this English show I remember watching in the early 1990s, but whenever I describe it to someone to see if they remember it they react like I hallucinated it. It involved some kind of evil woman after a set of magic spoons, and whenever she got hold of them the protagonist would throw something to her to make her drop them. It may have involved some kind of dimension jumping. I remember fancy looking sets.
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AngryCaterpillar posted:There's this English show I remember watching in the early 1990s, but whenever I describe it to someone to see if they remember it they react like I hallucinated it. It involved some kind of evil woman after a set of magic spoons, and whenever she got hold of them the protagonist would throw something to her to make her drop them. It may have involved some kind of dimension jumping. I remember fancy looking sets. Sounds very much like one of the T-Bag series to me - specifically the fifth season as per the episode guide here. Zaroff fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2011 around 01:14 |
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Zaroff posted:Sounds very much like one of the T-Bag series to me - specifically the fifth season as per the episode guide here. Cool, thanks, I'm not psychotic!
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A show I'm trying to identify: I remember there was a gameshow where the contestants were couples. I only ever caught one episode. The host would ask some personal questions and one spouse was supposed to guess what their spouse would have answered. I only remember one question where the couple was asked how often they had sex and the response that all the contestants could choose was either "sex every night" or "when the time's just right". I remember that one of the couples on this episode was black, and the husband's answer was "when the time's just right". (weird detail to remember) There was also another question about showering behaviour or annoyances where it was revealed that one of the husbands would sing in the shower about "washing his willy". There may have also been a segment where the husbands are paraded in front of a wall with holes and a bunch ladies (including the wife) stick their butts through and the husband has to grab and identify his wife. (though this last part could be false memory). It had an 80s or early 90s feel to it.
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Opera Bitch posted:Back in the late 80s or early 90s there were a whole bunch of teen/preteen aimed short horror anthology books that were published by Scholastic, I think. If I remember correctly I think there was an image of a crypt keeper like character on each one, and there were several different ones published that included stories like "The Hook," "The Dead Hand," etc. I cannot think of their titles for the life of me and I wanted to find them. Probably R.L Stines, Goosebumps - I used to read these when I was a kid. http://images.wikia.com/goosebumps/images/0/0c/Gnd.jpg edit, Nvermind.. wrong series.. TheBigOne fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2011 around 01:50 |
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ZeroBeat posted:YES! That's the part I remember about the creepy school and the bell noise. Aw man that is just great, thank you. You're welcome, yesterday oddly enough I decided to randomly look up old episodes of that show to see how it is looking back. Ugh, as a kid it scared the hell out of me. The other show your looking for might be one of these. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Theatre http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales_of_Tomorrow Nckdictator fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2011 around 01:50 |
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Preach posted:A show I'm trying to identify:
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What's the name of this song and what band recorded it? Probably some 70s-80s prog rock band. Sorry for the very short clip, but that's all I could find. The song is instrumental and the main theme is mostly lead guitar. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkekMivzXcY#t=165s It was the theme for a Swedish kids show about a school in my town where they had an animal care program. That song sometimes gets stuck in my head, even if it was more than 25 years ago I saw it. e: the guy in the loud shirt is a teacher at that school and also designed all of ABBAs outfits.
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I've been trying to find an mtv commercial bumper from '94-'95, used to see it when watching Beavis & Butthead and videos. It was animated and an old (bald?) guy with a hook nose would usually be snoring away. Sometimes it would be clips from his life which sucked, and he'd sigh and say "This too shall pass" then sleep again. Google gets me nothing but the Ok Go song these days.
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I've been searching for a segment from an after school type show for ages. I was reasonably certain it was Reading Rainbow and Levar Burton was showcasing a group of mummers preparing for a parade. Now I'm not so certain after all, since every search I've tried with Reading Rainbow, Levar, etc. has come up with nothing. Anyway, the segment is hilarious, and the final high point is "the sardine dance" filmed at the parade. If anybody knows what I'm talking about and/or can find a vid of the sardine dance, I would be eternally grateful.
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GWBBQ posted:You're thinking of The Newlywed Game and completely imagining the last part. Thanks! That last part did seem weirdly out of place...
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slowdave posted:I don't unfortunately remember much of it because I was around 5 or 6. Could've been Windows as I think my dad had just gotten 95 back when I played it. It was really simplistic and I think it had some edutainment aspects. And yeah, it's a side scrolling platformer. I remember it also had some cutscenes. Was it Fatty Bear? 
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Teek posted:Live action mid to late 80s U.S. kids show. I want to say it was on Nickelodeon but I haven't been able to find anything matching it on their shows list. I only remember a small part of the show, but I believe it had adult hosts and had different segments. One segment was a game portion that involved movement on lit squares on the ground? I seem to also remember one of the prizes was a mini-Donkey Kong arcade cabinet: Was there some goofy special effects involved whenever someone lost? 'Cause that sounds a little like The Video Game.
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I would really like to know if anyone remembers a chocolate-covered Payday bar available in the late 80s/early 90s, and if possible can anyone provide any proof of this in advertising material?
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Isra the Great posted:HR Pufnstuf, or one of the other Sid and Marty Krofft works. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063907/ Oh the memories! I loved that show!
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Wandle Cax posted:I would really like to know if anyone remembers a chocolate-covered Payday bar available in the late 80s/early 90s, and if possible can anyone provide any proof of this in advertising material? At least the wrapper: http://www.mikescandywrappers.com/paydaychoc1005.html
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Wandle Cax posted:I would really like to know if anyone remembers a chocolate-covered Payday bar available in the late 80s/early 90s, and if possible can anyone provide any proof of this in advertising material? The chocolate covered Payday is still available, but harder to find. http://www.candywarehouse.com/avala...m_source=nextag
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PopeScotttheOnly posted:The chocolate covered Payday is still available, but harder to find. http://www.candywarehouse.com/avala...m_source=nextag Thanks, but i'm talking specifically about the earlier 80s/ early 90s incarnation of the bar, not the more recent version.
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Oh man, three things. First, there was a show, and I think it was all puppets. Late 90's? I feel like it takes place in a sort of.. lofty thing, that has a glass garage door? Outside I seem to remember a tunnel or hole in the wall of the property, and there may or may not have been a bird of sorts involved. Secondly, another probably mid-late 90's. There were some adults, and probably more puppets, and I think they were in a tree house? It's not under the umbrella tree. They would go out on the balcony and there was some vines and stuff. Last! A book. It didn't have a dust cover on it, but I remember it being red. It was about a sort of nerdy boy, and a pretty girl that he had to tutor or the other way around. I think they went up into the attic, and she started having..visions? I don't really know, she'd go back and forth, and at the end she was a witch and ended up getting burned alive.
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La Croux posted:Oh man, three things. Fraggle Rock?
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I remember catching the endings of two episodes of a some horror/science fiction anthology show. One of them had an extremely greedy old man collecting debts on all the people he knows, and challenging their kids to find the papers in his intentionally-scary house. I think he goes to Hell in the end? The other episode finishes with a guy in the wild west who floats for some reason. Another man has set up a room so that a bladed fan on the ceiling will kill the guy when he lifts off. Does anyone remember this series? It might have been on FOX or SciFi.
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I have a puppet related mystery movie of my own. When I was young we owned the VHS to a puppet movie (looked like Jim Henson style Muppets) where there was a sick/dying puppet or something, and these kids wound up on this mystery island lost. It somehow involved sneaking into a giant's (he was a puppet too) house to get an elixir or some kind of device.
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Who here finds themselves randomly saying "Over here Herc!" in a high pitched voice?
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Adding to the Jim Henson theme of the above post.. Back in like 1994/95 I remember watching these videos made by the Jim Henson company. It was some show with I think a wolf puppet hosting and I seem to recall it teaching basic art and/or shapes/colors. Anyone know what I'm talking about? I distintictly remember the Jim Henson logo for some reason. Nckdictator fucked around with this message at Aug 2, 2011 around 04:14 |
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lil mortimer posted:There's also this other thing where some teenage kid a fat woman wrestler who spins him around her head in a wrestling ring. I can't remember anything else about it. From recollection, she looked a bit like Divine from the John Waters movies. Al's not a teenager and it's not "over her head" but Married With Children? (3:23) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0WdLQTG2yQ Sorry it's in German
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What was that educational series about some post-apocalyptic future where some kids had to save the world using the dewey-decimal system? Used to show it in my schools library when I was in elementary school.
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Wandle Cax posted:I would really like to know if anyone remembers a chocolate-covered Payday bar available in the late 80s/early 90s, and if possible can anyone provide any proof of this in advertising material? I do remember them, but no advertising material. Stephen King's 1990 uncut The Stand has one of the lead characters eating them constantly.
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I still don't know if I dreamt this or not. 80's, I believe...two kids, younger than teenagers, they had some sot of necklace or amulet that glowed, they were in a forest, and it did SOMETHING. I don't know if it transported them to a different time, or froze time, or what, but that's all I can remember. La Croux, I keep thinking of pieces of those shows, too. But I can't remember the name of it. Was there a train on the loft one, that would bring the adults things?
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Ok, something from Sesame Street, in the early 90's. One of those musical segments that didn't have a storyline or anything, just music and various visuals. This one was very much like Koyaanisqatsi, and I know Phillip Glass composed music for Sesame Street. The visuals were things like clouds moving across the sky, satellites flying across the sky, city streets, that sort of thing. Some people on a Muppet forum discuss something very similar here. I did see Koyaanisqatsi several years back, and it seemed very familiar--but it was not the Sesame Street bit. I would love to find this, it has been on my mind for ages. In return, have a blast from the past with The Geometry of Circles.
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