Monday, February 15, 2016

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 (even ABC 5 in my country) 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.

Monday, January 18, 2016

The fear of the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo

During the late 1990's & the mid 2000's, the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo scared me as a kid whenever the VHS tapes were played. Here's my reaction.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Remember Shark Tale?

I far as I can remember, Shark Tale is the first computer animated film to be made in an animation studio in Southern California rather than to be made in New York like Blue Sky Studios or in Northern California such as Pixar & PDI/DreamWorks. I watched the movie in the car after someone buying a pirated VCD of that movie & later on, I buy the original VCD of that movie which I wanted to watch the full credits uncut. I sadly didn't watch the movie in theaters back when it was released in 2004 here. As of today, they're lots of animation studios in Los Angeles County, California that made computer animated films that were completed such as Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Imageworks & more. I hope animation studios in Los Angeles County, California can make computer animated films famous in the future.

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

The Philippine movie listings for August 22, 1999 Sunday

I do know that the movie Tarzan (1999 film) was already released in Philippine movie theaters as of August 21, 1999 Saturday at 9 pm PHT but what about other Summer movies?, I'll find out on Friday.

Monday, June 22, 2015

The JumpStart Preschool mini-game that I remember



One mini-game that I like in JumpStart Preschool (1999 version) is the cooking game with Pierre Polar Bear & like it as a kid.

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

I watched Madagascar 10 years ago!



My dad & I watched Madagascar together in a movie theater 10 years ago & the movie was released in the United States 10 years ago. This movie is made by PDI/DreamWorks (formerly known as Pacific Data Images), the same studio that made Antz & Shrek for DreamWorks. This movie is how I like to move it, move it!

Thursday, June 11, 2015

Another Throwback Thursday



I remember these JumpStart games as a kid when I was 4 to 5 years old in Sulucan, Bocaue, Bulacan when there's no internet access available. The computer games that I & my sister Rita playing were JumpStart Preschool (1999 version) & JumpStart Numbers. I played JumpStart Numbers alone when I was upstairs in my old house. As of December 31, 2005 Saturday in the US, Knowledge Adventure have released more & more JumpStart games which was the #1 children's edutainment software in the United States after Reader Rabbit.

Saturday, May 23, 2015

It's a musical commercial!



I know that commercial is from 1988 which is a year before Mel Blanc died. The slogan "The good time, great taste of McDonald's" was used from April 11, 1988 Monday – May 10, 1990 Thursday, it was still used in November 9, 1989 Friday.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

I watch old McDonald's commercials on the net













I first watched the old McDonald's commercials from the 1980's on RetroJunk & YouTube when I was 11 to 12 years old. Those commercials were aired on American television before September 10, 1989 Sunday. 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.

Monday, May 18, 2015

The first computer animated movie not made by Pixar that I remembered



Before Shrek & Madagascar, there was Antz. Antz was released in Philippine theaters in 1998 before August 22, Sunday at 8 am the following year. I watched that movie on HBO when I was 4 years old & the ant characters have four legs instead of two legs for the ant characters in A Bug's Life. Both that movie & The Ant Bully have ant characters have four legs. The movie was made by Pacific Data Images (now known as PDI/DreamWorks) for DreamWorks which is responsible for making animated TV commercials & Visual effects for live-action movies. As of August 21, 1999 Saturday at 5 pm Pacific, Pacific Data Images were busy production for their second computer animated film for DreamWorks "Shrek", I hope Asian Americans really work at PDI for the production of Shrek back in 1999.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Big Thinkers are Big Sinkers!



Humongous Entertainment only released two games of the Big Thinkers series as of June 12, 1998 Friday in the US which the third one “Big Thinkers 2nd Grade” was completed but never released. My sister played that game when she & I were kids in my old house in Sulucan, Bocaue, Bulacan when there's no internet access.

Friday, February 6, 2015

The Cartoon Network shows that I truely miss

When I was 8 years old, Cartoon Network started to air new episodes of every original show like Dexter's Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls & Samurai Jack but three Cartoon Network original shows never continue with new episodes nor renew for another season as of November 3, 2003 Monday at 6 pm PHT.

1. Courage the Cowardly Dog
I first watched him on The What a Cartoon! Show before August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 am PHT. Later, he would get his own show after 1999. The plot evolves a dog named Courage who is rescued by Muriel who lives in the middle of Nowhere with is husband, Eustace Bagge. But when creepy stuff happens in Nowhere, it's up to Courage to save his new home. Whenever Courage sees something scary, he screams a lot which it irritates me in my opinion. Many people said that this is the scariest Cartoon Network original show to date. I refuse watch that show in the mid 2000's on TV after school.

2. Sheep in the Big City
I sadly didn't watch the pilot episode from 2000, but I watched the entire show on TV. The show was the last original show to premiere on Cartoon Network in my country months before it becomes a 24 hour channel in 2001. The shows evolves a sheep named well, Sheep, who leaves the farm & moves to a new life in the big city. Unfortunately, the Secret Military Organization, commanded by General Specific, wants to use Sheep in its new sheep-powered ray gun (with a sheep-shaped hole in it). So now Sheep is on the lam(b) from General Specific, who is assisted by sidekick Private Public, the Angry Scientist (who in the show, the characters sometimes wrongly refer to as the Mad Scientist), a bunch of other military types, and, last but not least, by the Plot Device. I remember that show as a kid because the animation reminds me of Sesame Street which one of the animated segments were done by the show's creator, Mo Willems. Unlike Courage the Cowardly Dog, I still watched that show in the mid 2000's on TV after school.

3. Grim & Evil
First of all, I watched both pilots. The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy "Meet The Reaper" & Evil Con Carne. Second, I watched Grim & Evil & it watch great, I think. Billy & Mandy is a segment about two neighborhood kids who force the Grim Reaper to be their best friend forever after defeating the Messenger of Death in a game of Limbo, while Evil Con Carne is segment about the disembodied brain of an evil genius who wants to take over the world that was transplanted into a moronic circus bear. One episode that I like about the show is Trouble With Skarrina & I recommend it. Later, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy becomes a show of its' own which I remember watching it & Evil Con Carne becomes a show of its' own which I didn't watching on Cartoon Network in my country because 1. The show is short-lived & 2. I watched The All New Popeye Show & other American cartoons before November 12, 1989 Sunday on Cartoon Network. Well, I watched reruns of Grim & Evil after November 3, 2003 Monday at 6 pm PHT after school on TV.

Cartoon Network fans wish that they want bring the shows back with new episodes but it's too late now except for Courage the Cowardly Dog. I'll never forget these shows on Cartoon Network. Next year however, Warner Home Video would release those three shows on DVD in a NTSC format with the exceptions of the first 2 seasons of Courage the Cowardly Dog. I just want to relive my childhood memories back I should avoid watching current preschool shows again from 2002 to today.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

It's Throwback Thursday!

Back in 1996, Filipino kids watched Ghost Fighter every Wednesday night at 6:30 pm on IBC 13 where it still ran until September 15, 1998. In the US however, the show is still called YuYu Hakusho & it only released 2 movies on VHS either English dubbed or subtitled as of between September 15, 1998 Wednesday at 4 am Pacific & August 21, 1999 Saturday at 5 pm Pacific. I've watched the English dubbed of YuYu Hakusho on Animax back in 2007 on TV when I was in Quezon City, Philippines & I enjoyed it really. It's even better than Ghost Fighter because it's still YuYu Hakusho.

Monday, January 19, 2015

Those were my Power Ranger days

The Power Rangers shows that I watched on Cartoon Network's Toonami in my childhood were Wild Force, Ninja Storm, Dino Thunder, S.P.D. & Mystic Force. I do like the Zord battles because the Megazord transformation sentences were awesome, but I sadly don't watch the first 9 seasons of Power Rangers from Mighty Morphin to Time Force on TV in original English language. Oh well.

Saturday, January 17, 2015

That Super Electromagnetic Machine cannot be destroyed

I should know as of August 22, 1999 Sunday in the Philippines, Voltes V wasn’t destroyed completely at the end of the last episode & the Voltes team didn’t end up dying, even for Steve. The show itself aired 31 episodes in total & released two movies including "The Liberation" which is a compilation of the last five episodes so far. Voltes V is owned by Toei Company & Telesuccess Productions.

Monday, December 22, 2014

The Cartoon Network shows that I truely miss

When I was 7 years old, Cartoon Network started to air new episodes of every original show like Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo & The Powerpuff Girls but three Cartoon Network original shows never continue with new episodes nor renew for another season as of February 13, 2002 Wednesday at 10:26 am PHT.

1. Cow and Chicken
I watched that show on Cartoon Network all the time because I know that their names are ironically Cow & Chicken. I watched the first 36 episodes during the Checkerboard era when it first aired & I watched the last 16 episodes during the Powerhouse era when it first aired while airing reruns of the first 36 episodes. The looks of Cow and Chicken reminds the Cartoon Network fans of Rigby & Mordecai from Regular Show which I don't watch that show on TV since April 2, 2012 Monday when I was 17 years old. I still watched that show in the mid 2000's on TV after school.

2. I Am Weasel
I first watched him on Cow and Chicken as a third segment of the show. Later, he would get his own show after Cow and Chicken becomes its' solo show. Believe it or not, it was the first Cartoon Network original spin-off ever. When Cow and Chicken ended, I watched 27 episodes created for I Am Weasel which I remember watching it. Like Cow and Chicken, I still watched that show in the mid 2000's on TV after school.

3. Mike, Lu & Og
I watched those three for the first time as a pilot episode which is the last Cartoon Network short to air one week before the Powerhouse rebrand in 1999. It later become a show that I watch every time on TV. I do like Mike because her belly's exposed & her legs were thick lined. I do know that show takes place on an island where nobody goes. Like Cow and Chicken & I Am Weasel, I still watched that show in the mid 2000's on TV after school.

Cartoon Network fans wish that they want bring the shows back with new episodes but it's too late now. I'll never forget these shows on Cartoon Network. Next year however, Warner Home Video would release those three shows on DVD in a NTSC format. I just want to relive my early childhood memories back I should avoid watching current Christian animated shows again from 1999 to today.

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

I remember that episode of The All New Popeye Show on Cartoon Network as a kid

I always watched one of those episodes of The All New Popeye Show on Cartoon Network so I didn't miss a single scene. This cartoon is produced by Hanna-Barbera in 1978 because Mel Blanc is still alive.


Saturday, November 8, 2014

Thank God! I've watched these shows in my early childhood

I remember watching both Superbook & The Flying House on GMA 7 & later ZOE-TV 11 from 1995 to August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 AM PHT. As of August 22, 1999 Sunday at 8 AM PHT & today, I don't like everything Christian related. Not even in the US & Asia. Christian kids shows like Colby's Clubhouse, Kids Club, Psalty The Bible Show, Quigley's Village & more. & I don't like EWTN & TBN either

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

The first Cartoon Network pilot that I watched in the Powerhouse era



Back in 1999, I watched the first Cartoon Network short aside from Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo & Cow and Chicken was Kenny and the Chimp: Diseasy Does It! or Chimp -n- Pox. It was premiered in the Philippines on August 29, Sunday when Cartoon Network is still 15 hours on cable. The short is made by Tom Warburton, which I know him as the creator of Codename: Kids Next Door which I remember watching it on Cartoon Network in the 2000's.

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

The first Dexter's Lab movie that I just watched

I watched that movie a lot on Cartoon Network because I love Dee Dee more than Dexter before the 23rd episode of Dexter's Laboratory Season 5.

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Retro Pilipinas: Voltes V | Chodenji Machine Voltes V | GMA 70's , ...

Retro Pilipinas: Voltes V | Chodenji Machine Voltes V | GMA 70's , ...: Voltes V is "the mother of all mecha anime" in the Philippines. Voltes V is a Japanese animation (anime) television series first a...

Many Filipinos watched Voltes V on television in the 1980's aired on various television networks in the Philippines such as PTV, ABS-CBN & RPN, it only aired 31 episodes due to reruns. However, the episodes that are not aired on Philippine television were episodes 27-30. Between 1989 & 1999, Voltes V begins airing on IBC & later GMA with a Tagalog dub. As of August 21, 1999 Saturday, all the episodes of Voltes V are dubbed in Tagalog when already aired on GMA every Friday night at 7:30 pm after Lupin the 3rd.

Wednesday, July 2, 2014

The Tagalog dub of Voltes V started airing on GMA 7 15 years ago!


When I was 4 years old, I watch Voltes V every Friday night at 7:30 pm on GMA 7 since July 2, 1999. Now it's getting even worse, the Voltes V episodes that I remember watching every Friday night on GMA 7 between January & June of that year is Tagalog dubbed. That's 1 month, 7 weeks & 51 days before the Powerhouse rebrand of Cartoon Network although it was still 15 hours on cable that year until July of 2001. I prefer the original English dub of Voltes V than that plane crash of a dub. Like I said in the previous post, it's a total mess for me.

It's YuYu Hakusho, not Ghost Fighter!

When I was 4 years old, I watch Ghost Fighter every weeknight at 7 pm on GMA 7 since March 1, 1999. Between that date & August 6 of that year, all the episodes are dubbed in Tagalog right before Lupin the 3rd stole its' thunder on the Monday, Wednesday & Friday slot while Flame of Recca is on the Tuesday & Thursday slot as of August 22, Sunday of that year. I don't like that I watched that show briefly on IBC 13 when I was 3 years old, it was also dubbed in Tagalog. I should rather watch the English dub of YuYu Hakusho on the internet than watching on GMA 7 as Ghost Fighter, it's a total mess for me.