Monday, February 22, 2016

Those were my days

I remember watching animated TV shows in English on every Local networks in the Philippines like ABS-CBN, ABC, GMA & RPN & I watched every animated show in English on UHF networks like Studio 23 & Q. That's between August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 am PHT & February 13, 2008 at 10:25 am PHT when I was 4 to 12 years old at that time, I already watched Christian animated shows on ZOE-TV between April 19, 1998 Sunday & August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 am PHT. It been 8 years since I watched TV when it was not Christian related. I was in Sulucan, Bocaue, Bulacan back then & I was moved to Quezon City in 2007. The shows that I watched on every Local networks in the Philippines were Superman: The Animated Series, The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, Codename: Kids Next Door, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, SpongeBob SquarePants, Rainbow Fish, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast, Pokémon, The New Woody Woodpecker Show, Dragon Tales & more. I also watched shows on UHF networks like Batman Beyond, Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai X, Justice League, Franklin, X-Men Evolution, Poochini, Voltron: The Third Dimension & The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius. Holy Week is what my parents enjoy between 1995 & 1999 when I was from a baby to a Preschooler when they watch Holy Week specials on TV. During the late 1990's before August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 am PHT, my parents buy pirated VHSs & VCDs of some animated movies when we're not in a movie theater in every mall like SM & Robinsons. The problem is that the end credits were cut off when every movie is over. After that, my parents buy original VCDs of animated movies like Toy Story 2, Shrek 2, Madagascar, Over the Hedge, Chicken Little & Monsters Inc. Between 1999 & 2002, I watched Sesame Street on GMA during Seasons 30 to 32 every Weekday morning which I enjoyed the animated segments than the street scenes involving the Muppet characters which were not really animated characters. I refuse to watch CGI & Stop-motion movies between the late 1990's & the early 2000's until October of 2005, although I watched Robots & Madagascar in a movie theater in SM already before October in 2005. From 2006 onward, I enjoyed Computer animated movies & TV shows such as Bee Movie, Cars (film), Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa, Pet Alien, Open Season (2006 film), Meet the Robinsons, Over the Hedge (film), The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Kung Fu Panda, Space Chimps & more. As far as I can know, there are 3 Computer animated movies released in Philippines as of August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 am PHT which is Toy Story, Antz & A Bug's Life. Before & After August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 am PHT, I watched movie trailers of upcoming animated movies on IBC which I sadly didn't go a movie theater in every mall like SM & Robinsons when the movie's released. From 2002 to 2005, I lost my chance on watching Disney Channel when Home Cable removed it. Nickelodeon was also removed from the cable lineup until 2003, few months before the Post-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons first aired on Cartoon Network in my country. In 2000, I watched Popeye and Son on RPN 9 before I watched The All New Popeye Show on Cartoon Network a few years later. As a kid, the shows that I have to mute the volume are Codename: Kids Next Door & Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends but I decide it to watch with volume after October of 2005. I avoid watching Tagalog dubbed anime & cartoons before & after August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 am PHT because Tagalog is not my favorite language as of today. I should enjoy reliving those memories.

Great America commercials (1980's)

As of July 10, 1989 Monday, the Looney Tunes costume characters were on every Six Flags parks like Six Flags Great America, formerly Marriott's Great America. Here are the commercials.



Monday, February 15, 2016

1990's Coca-Cola commercials

From July 10, 1989 Monday to today in the United States, people still drink Coca-Cola in its' original formula instead of New Coke from 1985. The 1990's commercials were featured on a show called "World's Wildest Commercials".


1990's Coca-Cola Polar Bears commercials

The Coca-Cola Polar Bears campaign started in 1993 & it continues in 2000's & 2010's in the United States. Here are the commercials.


Note: The commercials are done in computer animation.

1990's McDonald's commercials for children

I first saw those commercials on RetroJunk when I was 11 to 12 years old. I didn't know that Grimace, Hamburglar & Birdie the Early Bird can talk in every commercial. Speaking of Birdie, she's voiced by Russi Taylor which I know her as the current voice of Minnie Mouse.


Popeye the Quaker Man

A year after the cancellation of Popeye and Son on CBS, Popeye appears in a series of commercials promoting Instant Quaker Oatmeal in 1989. In these commercials, Popeye eats Instant Quaker Oatmeal instead of spinach. Maurice LaMarche voices Popeye here.

Friday, February 5, 2016

Looney Tunes in Asia in the 90's

As of August 22, 1999 Sunday, the Post-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons on TV networks throughout Asia in the 1990's years before it aired on Cartoon Network in 2003. Also, Looney Tunes characters like Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck appeared in TV commercials in Asia like Mirinda for example:

However, the Pre-1948 Warner Bros. cartoons were aired not only on TV networks throughout Asia in the 1990's but on Cartoon Network throughout Asia starting in 1997. I watched The Bugs & Daffy Show as a kid on Cartoon Network during the late 1990's & the early 2000's before I watch The Looney Tunes Show in 2003.