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openanimated series possibly 70s/80s
there was an animated vhs series I owned as a child that I've been trying to find. The only things I remember were the opening/ending credits. It was storybook characters coming out of a book, gliding on a rainbow I think and the end credits were them riding back into the book and the book closes. The only episode I remember was the alice in wonderland episode. It's not My Fairy Tales or Grimm Fairy Tale Classics. It's the only series I cannot find anywhere. Sorry for the vagueness but if anyone can help me find it, I'd truly be grateful
Edited by Rossi42openTouch of Blue in the Stars Western Animation
This cartoon was shown on Cartoon Network at 5 am (British time). It follows the adventures of three kids (1 boy, 2 girls) and their pet bird as they have adventures the length and breadth of European history (e.g. Romans, Greeks, Black Death, WW 1). This was shown around 27 years ago.
openPlease Prove I'm Not Crazy And Prove This Show Existed
I remember watching this show when I was little, it was some sort of spinoff to Blue's Clues, and it had Blue as the main character, only she was a live action puppet and could talk, and she lived in a house with a bunch of other characters. I don't remember most of the episodes, just a bit where Blue met Cinderella, one of the characters singing Happy Birthday everyday because it's someone's birthday everyday, and a Christmas special where Blue uses a candle to help either Steve or Joe, I can't remember which one, find their way to her house in the dark snow storm. I asked my parents about it when the show crossed my mind, and they claimed to not remember it, so I kind of just want to be assured that I didn't imagine this whole show.
openKid on a tricycle
Trying to remember name of a kids tv show from around 2005. It had a kid riding around on tricycle with large letters on ground, there was piano music with kid singing words like "i'm getting stronger everyday..." it was either CG or claymotion. any ideas? thanks..
Edited by DickHillopenTime traveling story Literature
So it was a book (possibly a series of short stories?) where there was a story about a time machine. The guy is coming back to see his machine (the machine needed to be repaired) but sees himself coming out the machine and panics and shoots him. He then jumps inside the machine and takes off. It is essentially a time loop. He reflects on his relationship with his dad and talks with the AI voice and they look through his memories. If he steps out he'll get shot by past him and die. Finally he accepts his fate and forgives his dad and steps out. It turns out he didn't die from the shot. It's sci-fi obv.
openAnime with nonlinear/circular time Anime
In the early 1990s, I caught most of an animé movie on TV. It involved what were either aliens or robots, possibly made of stone (they were large and definitely grey or beige) that looked sort of like the ones in Laputa: Castle in the Sky but it definitely wasn’t that film. At some point in the film, these creatures (?) talk to the protagonist about time being circular, or at least not linear, and the way they talked in the dubbed version of the film that I saw had them using sentences with verbs of multiple tenses stuck together, sort of like “we were-will be x.” I think the film was made in the late 1970s or in the 1980s.
Does this ring any bells with anyone? I have had no luck tracing this online.
open80's creepy puppet show on ABC Australia Live Action TV
I am looking for a puppet show that aired in the 80s on Australian TV, most likely on ABC.This was possibly a one episode special, since the both times I saw it were years apart and it was the same each time.
Basically it was a very creepy puppet show that consisted of a series of stand alone vignettes against a black background. I don't think there was any dialogue. It was broadcast during the daytime, but seemed to have a bit of adult content like nudity and violence. I am not sure, but it may have been European in origin.
Some of the individual scenes that I remember:
- A man inside of a floating box, in a sitting position so that his legs are sticking out of the front. Then his head turns around to reveal a woman's face, another pair of legs comes out of the bottom of the box and then his own legs fall off to reveal a pair of breasts.
- Some guys in a boat in the ocean, and they get covered by green goo.
- A man goes to sleep, then his head detaches from his body revealing a caterpillar's body that comes wriggling out and starts dancing in the air until the head comes off
- A man running on a treadmill, which causes a swing to move faster and faster until the man sitting on it flies off.
openShow name Live Action TV
It was this drama action live show - might've aired on nick, maybe toon - but the show involved a guy being able to see the future. Not the far ahead future but a couple minutes or seconds in the future. There was a scene where two guys were locked in the trunk of a car without much air. An that guy has to save em. I remember faintly the beginning of the series had to do with that guy getting into a fight, defending this little Guy, then cops or someone took him in a took him to this place. Might've been an academy or something. Pretty sure this series runs 1 hour long. Much obliged!
openSprite Movie series with Yoshi and Kirby [SOLVED] Web Original
There was this old sprite movie series on You Tube from like 2007-2008-ish involving Kirby and Yoshi living together. There was this one episode where they get robbed by a Bandit named BG Bandit. There were also two recurring characters called the Super Soccer Bros(?) who taught Yoshi and Kirby special moves like the Bros. Moves in Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga. The sprites used looked like they were from Game Boy Advance games.
Edited by PKLpikachuopenChildren's Educational Vhs Tape Film
It was live action and it had a woman and a female monster like character which was basically some one in a suit. I wanna say that the monster spoke gibberish and it was high pitched. I also wanna say she taught ABC's on this particular tape.
Edited by EnrikiopenSome familiar stereotype
I often think of a stereotypical "robot" character type that runs around and repeats "I AM A ROBOT! I AM A ROBOT!". Are there any shows that you can think of with it, or was it only my imagination?
openbad guy with snakes Film
This is gonna sound REALLY vague but maybe someone can help. I remember my dad was watching some old black and white movie on tv and I watched with him but only saw 2 scenes. One was of a bald guy in a dark alley who my dad said was a bad guy. After that it went to a commercial. When it came back it showed this guy in a classroom(?) who had a pet snake (maybe 2 snakes I forget) resting on this arm. I asked my dad who he was and he said he was the Big Bad. I might have watched more but all I remember is this tiny fragment. Any takers?
openStrange Horror Movie Film
There were these two guys, and in this one part, a cobra was sliding down the stairs, following the contours of the staircase as it did so. Then when it got to the bottom, it sprang up and bit one of the guys on the neck. The other one fought it off, and then the snake went back up the stairs the same way it came down.
And in another part, they went into a fancy-looking office with a very large bay window. Then a giant eyeball appeared outside the window. One of the guys looked freaked out at it, but the other didn't notice.
openPlease help me find a series
the series had to be filmed in the mid to late nineties. It revolved around a white male cop and a female cop that was native American. Several members of the cast were native Americans. The setting was similar to Alaska however when I look for the shows filmed in Alaska I can't find it. In our country the show was called "Na sever" which would be roughly translated "Due North" or "Northbound". It Was the type of show where you follow the two cops, their work and the people in the community. Thank You.
resolved diary scene? Film
There was a scene in a movie that I saw in the 2000s, a flashback with voiceover, maybe someone reading a diary entry? And the narrating voiceover was the voice of the writer. It showed her as a teen sitting in a classroom; she and this other girl are stealing glances at each other, and in the voiceover she reminisces that Other Girl had beautiful hands. Then it shows her and Other Girl (or maybe it was a different girl?) holding hands in front of her parents, who are yelling because they don't approve of homosexuality.
I thought it was from The Reader, but that can't be right. So maybe it was from another German movie?
openLooking for a game... Videogame
I'm looking for a game, pretty sure it was Final Fantasy (Like 80% sure). All I remember is right after you name your characters one of them betrays you, that beats the garbage out of your, that part took place in like a castle. I don't remember much more about the game but it was the 2d Final Fantasy style and I think it had 16-bit graphics. Please help.
openSome Kidz Bop-esque cover? Music
I remember hearing some time ago a cover of some song. Sadly I don't know the original song's title, but I recognized the melody. It was sung by a chorus of kids and the lyrics were "Kids are special" over and over for most of the song.
I remember reading this rather weird kids book way back in 2005/06. It's about this boy who apparently is very special and has to be returned to his long lost parents. Some weird creatures have to help him get back as there are a lot of 'forces' [I don't know exactly who] who are trying to kill him. Now this next part I remember really well : So there's this quiet old lady knitting something by a fish pool. You know she's evil when she silently stabs one of the fish with her needle. I really hope it's part of the same book. Oh, and at the end, the boy instantly recognizes his parents and runs so quickly towards them, his feet barely touch the ground. I, as a kid, had tried running in such a manner because of this.
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