Lovie Unsmith posted:

Anyone remember this guy?

Z-Magic posted:

Does anybody in the UK remember those puzzle books where you were given a few options on what the solution was and you had to turn to the page no. given? The pages were about A4 size with big-rear end pictures on and your companion was a monkey. There was one set in a fairground where on one page you had to solve a puzzle because the monkey was on a roller-coaster that led into a big vat of acid.

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madlilnerd posted:

I don't remember which song it was, but I swear he did one with the best line ever: "Respect to the man in the ice cream van". Indeed Scooter, respect that Mr Whippy.

Son Conan posted:

The talk about Animorphs earlier (which I sadly never got into, despite the awesome covers) reminded me of this series (which I absolutely LOVED):



Each book was a collection of mini-mysteries, with Mr. Boddy always being killed in the last story (only to explain how he survived in the introduction of the next book). Most of the mysteries dealt with which one of the guests managed to get away with Boddy's latest treasure (all while trying to kill each other), usually through process of elimination, such as deducing each character by what weapon they have or their own unique personality quirks (Col. Mustard always challenged people to duels, Mrs. Peacock was extremely prim & proper, etc.). Heck, one of my favorite things to do was to get out our family's CLUE game and act out each story to aid in figuring the mystery out.

I can still remember how bummed I was when they stopped producing them (there were 18 books total, and I still have them on my bookshelf).

madlilnerd posted:

I don't remember which song it was, but I swear he did one with the best line ever: "Respect to the man in the ice cream van". Indeed Scooter, respect that Mr Whippy.

Slavik posted:

I seemed to end up with a pack of Yikes pencils every year and always disliked that they used to snap so drat easy. They wrote very smoothly thoughly.

Couple of Childrens game shows, UK ones though I think the US had their own versions:

Fun House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDLkbjfgSeU
I think it was one of the better childrens game shows for prizes, and the rounds always looked a lot of fun involving bungess, gunge, collecting and throwing messy things around on inflatables (though the go kart were so drat slow) And I didn't know anyone who didn't want to go in the Fun House at the end for all the prizes. Better than Christmas!

Just look at that Mullet! Good ol Pat Sharp (UK host)

Run the Risk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKbds_MkTY8&feature=relmfu
Another messy game show, lots of weird rounds, lots of gunge, running around and banter from the hosts (note Shane Richie from Eastenders fame). Always had a different and quirky final round making the teams dress up and complete an obstacle course or something. Used to be shown as part of Going Live!/Live & Kicking when Saturday mornings were filled with one long show. 3-4 hours of kickass childrens TV.


Finders Keepers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=137iNha13Bs
Nothing like a game show where you just trashed the place looking for clues and prizes, I always wondered if anyone if the crowd got wacked with flying debris and felt sorry for whoever had to clean up the place.

The Saddest Rhino posted:

I'm in kuala lumpur. Sup fellow ASEAN.

I was quite young at the time but has anyone seek a particular book that was all about how to get good grades and be a totally cool person? It was probably one of the most 90s thing I could recall but I can't seem to find it online anywhere.

El Estrago Bonito posted:

The single most important demoscene video ever made:
http://youtu.be/XtCW-axRJV8

All done by hand in MSDOS, this predates Quake by about a year.

devious pudding posted:

How has this thread got to 17 pages and mention UK game shows without this:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Maze

Yoshi Jjang posted:

I had this when I was in 5th grade. Which one of you stole it?

Dominoes posted:

It was clearly used to create a sentient robot in the 16th century as a product of a failed time-travel quest to prevent the invention of coathangers, who helps root out future Hitler and his legion of mechanized nazi dinosaurs from his palace in Big Ben.

Dominoes posted:

A friend gave me this game in middle school (~1999) because his computer was "too new to run it".

thedouche posted:

I'm still pissed that The Adventures of Pete and Pete season 3 never got a DVD release. Watching the first 2 season, the show is better than I remember it being (and it was probably my favorite when it originally aired).

DrBouvenstein posted:

But there's no Artie in season 3, so what's the point?

"Farewell, my Little Viking" was one of the saddest episodes of TV for 12 year-old me.

Pete and Pete wikipedia entry posted:

The 2011 Los Angeles reunion was billed by the Cinefamily as the "KrebStar Film Festival," a reference to the shows own brand. Additionally many products from the show were available, including Krebex, Kreb Scout Cookies, a KrebStore 24, and Krebgate Toothpaste. Staff members handed out "performance-enhanced" Orange Lazarus.

RagnarokAngel posted:

Whoa guys this ones just a bit too wacky for me

VoilaIntruder posted:

Losing Artie was definitely a blow to my childhood self, but I think the way they handled his exit was clever and appropriately bittersweet. You see, Pete was growing into a young man that could handle his own conflicts, so he didn't need Artie anymore and


Most of the cast and crew have had a couple of reunions over the past few months. The Blowholes even reunited to perform the classics. AV Club article (with videos).


Dammit, an Orange Lazarus would really hit the spot right about now.

I've met Toby Huss (Artie) when he was doing improv at a small theater a few years ago and he really is as amazing to be around as you would imagine. He's pretty much a kindly ball of human dynamism and jokes. I've run into famous folk before, but meeting him was the only time I really, really had to fight the urge not to geek out and quote his own words back at him. "Soon you will be like Cheese, boy: melty, melty, melty!"

thedouche posted:

Did you at least use the word "pipe"?

Sombrerotron posted:

State of the Art is the better exemplar of '90s camp, though.

Incidentally, considering that Second Reality came out in 1993, it predates Quake by close to three years.

Derringer posted:

I didn't see anyone post this but this took a good chunk of my young life up
Pirates of Dark Water
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_5F1zYQF5M
Ren is like a manly Link.

Dominoes posted:

It was clearly used to create a sentient robot in the 16th century as a product of a failed time-travel quest to prevent the invention of coathangers, who helps root out future Hitler and his legion of mechanized nazi dinosaurs from his palace in Big Ben.

thedouche posted:

I'm still pissed that The Adventures of Pete and Pete season 3 never got a DVD release. Watching the first 2 season, the show is better than I remember it being (and it was probably my favorite when it originally aired).

Deacon of Delicious posted:

This is just like the '90s: been there, done that. Or something to that effect.

Blood Magnet posted:

Please help me remember the name of this show, here are bullet points:

• Very late '80s early '90s possibly PBS
• It taught you how to draw fantasy/sci-fi stuff
• There was a huge piece of paper and the host would draw all these tiny flying machines and and whimsical floating tree things.
• All the drawings were black marker only

Name that show.

Nurse posted:

This gem..



Carmageddon!

Still own it luckily enough

Masonic Youth posted:

The Secret City Adventures and later Imagination Station, with "Commander" Mark Kistler.

Taught me everything I know