God i remember watching this in the morning during the summer holidays in the 70s!.Do anyone else remember?.also on the telly were the Whirleybirds and Daktari.The memories.
Now this is the theme exactly as I remember when I was 5. back in '66. The distinctive whistle at the begining and no lyrics. Thank you for the memories.
I haven't seen this in 41 years. Memory is a strange thing isn't it? I dunno why, but I'm sitting here with tears rolling down my cheeks. Much appreciated post - took me right back to primary school, making electro boomerangs from rulers, and chewing 'Oxygum' [which the teacher made us put in the bin] such happy days. Thanks a lot!
Mick Sydney God! What a bunch of soppy devils, you lot are! Fantastic, beautiful animation, though! That modern CGI stuff they churn out now, is bloody horrible, ..I think. I mean: You can see the love that went into this opening sequence. Awesome! but it don't make me cry. I hope you're all dried up, with tissues; etc..
+Mrvad001 i know what you mean mate,i found this clip a couple of years ago by accident and i was whisked back about 40+ years,it was incredible. nostalgia rocks !!! possibly because new stuff is shit or theres to much choice nowadays
Now you are four years older in the blink of an eye! Be sure to travel to Europe as soon as possible and anywhere else you want. I'm 59 already and haven't been to England yet 💔🤔
Yeah man, me too! I used to watch him on WPHL 17 (Philadelphia) and hearing this again for the first time in years, I got a bit teary eyed in that Memory Lane kind of way. These shows might be crude in their art in today's world of animation, but each frame was a labor of love and we kids loved every second of it. This clip brings back memories of some really great days all those decades ago. So sad that we have to grow old.....
In between there were advertisements for Hot Wheels and Brigantine Castle. It seemed SO AWESOME. More recently, I learned a lot of junkies worked at "The Castle", then eventually, it got struck by Italian Lightning....
I agree with you 100%. I'm 59 and grew up in Wilmington Delaware. Check out Johnny Quest. Do you remember Wee Willie Webber, Captain Noah and Larry Ferreira (sp?, he played an organ)? Lately I've been enjoying the old game shows Concentration, What's My Line and To Tell the Truth.
I loved this as a kid, Ultraman, Johnny Socko, Kimba the White Lion. It's a shame what happened to Saturday morning cartoons. So many good ones! Thank you for sharing!!!!
@@davidwright4495 Yes!!! I went to some comic conventions with my brother a long time ago and got DVDs . What fun times as a kid , watching and playing!
born in 59,this was one of my favourite shows,when I read the comments here I feel a happiness that only 40-50 yr old children could possibly comprehend,long live the past!!
Flippin'Marine Boy almost killed me when I was a buck. I ate some chewing gum and jumped in the deep end of the pool--that's how much I used to jock this cartoon.
My all-time FAVORITE cartoon! They used to show this on Channel 20 (Washington DC) weekdays after school, as part of this lineup (check this out): "Marine Boy", "Speed Racer", "Ultra Man", and "Johnny Sokko & His Flying Robot". It was like a ghost town in my neighborhood for those two hours - everyone was inside, watching those shows! The best dream I ever had when I was a kid was the time I dreamt I was Marine Boy, and flew to school with my propeller shoes! Great show - not seen in years!
I used to watch this in Iran over 30 years ago!!! I was at school with loads of kids from the USA, I was a Brit kid but I loved the show. I never forgot it but never saw it when I got back to the UK. Thanx for the memory.
I remember this, I was only five. I can even remember thinking that amongst all the poor Saturday Morning fare offered by the CBC, this was by far the best. I reminded my little brother often.
When i first listened to in back in the mid 1960's as a 7-8 year old boy it sounded alot longer and different than I listened to it today in 2022. Seems like its shorter and higher pitched.
Thanks to this show I nearly drowned as a kid. Marine boy would put a piece of what looked like PK chewing gum under his tongue which seemed to give him the power to breathe under water. So I bought some PK chewing gum and when my dad took me swimming I put a bit in my mouth and jumped into the deep end, unable to swim. Thankfully my dad saw me, and got me out of the water. I was a very impressionable kid with a vivid imagination. Or maybe just a stupid kid!
I heard that this cartoon was banned in the UK for exactly that reason. Kids in the US also used to be seriously injured or killed jumping out of windows with bedsheets, trying to imitate Superman.
You had a vivid imagination. I'm an artist who surprises even my own self with the ideas that come out of my head. I was heavily influenced in life by these cartoons and that oxygen gum used to fascinate me.
Ah, another WPHL Memory Lane man like me! So great to see that, while we and others like us have never met, that we are STILL among the living and able to share our memories on RUclips. ' The 'Tube is the closest thing to a time machine that exists in this world, and until the real thing comes along, this will be the place for us to re-unite and re-live those old days. So live long and prosper, my fellow WPHL viewer, and the best to you and all you know and love! Mosh it up! \m/
I remember watching this in NYC on Channel 11 in the late 60s. I was a total addict for this show, never missed it. I watched on a b&w set, so it wasn't until the advent of youtube that I realized he wore orange scuba gear; I assumed it was green!
I love all these old retro cartoons. Life was so more carefree there was time to dream and have fun. You could find romance every where there was true innocence. Anyone down to watch Family Affair or the Courtship of Eddie's Father? Hmu
What a great cartoon! My brother and I used to watch this when we got home from school. I remember making a tin foil over cardboard boomerang like Marine Boys' and throwing it around the backyard. Also pretended my Chicklets was "aqua gum!" Thanks for the memories!
I loved this show. I remember having to go into hospital to have my tonsils out and all I cared about was whether it would be finished in time so I didn't miss it. They lied to me and I did Cry Cry
Thanks for posting this! Marine Boy was the first TV show that I really have fond memories of. This was my favorite and it stayed with me my entire life. I think I hadn't seen it since I was maybe 6 or 7 years old, yet, nearly 40 years later, I could still sing the tune. Marine Boy was my lifelong hero and I dreamed of being Marine Boy. Marine Boy, Kimba the White Lion, The Amazing Three, the 8th Man, Gigantor all rocked! Made nearly all American cartoons seem really lame.
neptina, the mermaid.....splasher, the dolphin...marine boy and his oxegen gum and his electric boomerang.....god, i loved these cartoons as a kid....thx so much for posting...
Milliososis, you just about summed up my TV viewing. I'd add in Thunderbirds to my list. The high-light of a visit to the local park was to climb the slide, turnaround at the top step and slide down on my back pretending to be Virgil Tracy. I'm now 51 and have eyebrows just like my hero! Thanks for uploading, Maxmixer.
Ol' Wee Willie Webber from Channel 17! I never thought I'd hear that name again. I left PA in 77. I still remember Wee Willie and Dr. Shock. Amen, they were great days...
Believe it or not..... this was the beginning of Manga cartoons!!! Used to watch this in my tank top and flared jeans..... thought it was SO COOL back then. xxxx
Marine Boy was my first love. I can remember sobbing my heart out every time it ended. Just found this link and the tune has brought tears to my eyes. Life was so simple and happy back then!
Loved this as a kid!!! what memories.... this, along with Space Giants, Johnny Socko, Ultraman and the original Spiderman cartoon, made me one happy kid.
I used to watch this and Speed Racer back to back. Then watch Johnny Quest. It has been so long since I saw this show, I almost thought I imagined it. :) I love the internet!!!
There were two episodes of this show that scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. One was about these carnivorous flowers on an island that sometimes was above the water, and sometimes under the water. The other was about a computer that could squish furniture with its "mind".
Loved this cartoon as a kid. I think I watched it on the old WNEW Channel 5 in New York City, the old Metromedia station. "It's Marine Boy, Brave and Free! Fighting evil 'neath the sea. He is a boy, a very special boy Powered by propeller shoes, flying Sub ahoy! Whooshing through the water on a friendly dolphin's back Racing to the rescue of victims of attack. In a flash, he'll foil the foe With a quick boomerang throw! Loyal friend of the sea to the end Is our Marine Boy."
Lockemeister The theme-song lyrics refer to "propeller shoes" but in dialog Marine Boy refers to his "jet boots". Which is closer to the to the meaning of the original Japanese words?
Early 1970's childrens tv Saturday morning...Marine Boy, Flipper, the Wurleybirds, the flashing blade, Ali Bongo's cartoon Carnival, champion the wonder horse etc on the crappy 20" black and white tv with rotary channel control and indoor arial...those were the days!!
+Milliososis Oh man, so glad to see I'm not growing old alone here! In the mid 70's I used to get a show called Wee Willie Webber after school on a now-gone UHF station called WPHL 17 (Philadelphia) and it had Marine Boy, Speed Racer, King Kong and it went on from 3 until 6 and it would always end with Ultraman. Johnny Sokko and Space Giants. We had rotary channel control AND a rotary antenna too-we lived in New Jersey but got ALL of the New York stations as well as the UHF stations as clear as a bell. Another fave channel of mine was WKBS 48, that had Creature Double Feature on Saturday. How I miss those days...
+Kain Nosgoth Hi Kain, wow, thousands of miles across the Atlantic here in the Uk and we were watching similar stuff to you. We only had 3 channels...BBC1, BBC2 and ITV...in the whole of the UK serving 55,000,000 people. Remember getting up at 6pm and waiting for the programmes to start with the test card still on (don't see them anymore).
Milliososis We only had the New York stations at that time, they were 5, 7, 9 and 11 and then there were Philadelphia stations 3 and 6, and a New Jersey station called 9. Then there were UHF stations where everything was mixed, any type of show. As well, we went off the air at midnight in America and went back on the air around 5 in the morning. Pre-cable TV was great!
+Milliososis OMG! I remember all the excitement when we were the first on our street to have bbc2! Now you need a computer to track all the programs available. Makes you wonder if "progress" is all it's cracked up to be!
babtist58 And look at it now-you have to pay to watch TV, when back in the day TV was free and all you had to worry about was the electric bill. There was more than one reason why pre-cable TV was the best..
Hey-Yeah! Remember this gem when they first broadcast it in Los Angeles in '66--that's when my family got our first color t.v. And this was the first thing we saw when we plugged it in! Talk about first impressions...!
I used to watch on an old black and white "portable" TV (that weighed about as much as 50 laptops!) and always assumed his suit was green. This will take some getting used to. :-D
Not seen this since it was first broadcast. All those years ago ! Marine Boy and his "oxygum" . Wasn't there a dolphin called Splasher ? I also recall lyrics to the theme tune:
It's Marine Boy, brave and free Fighting evil, 'neath the sea He is a boy, a very special boy Powered by propeller shoes, flying subs ahoy! Whoosing through the water on a friendly dolphin's back Racing to the rescue of victims of attack In a flash he'll foil the foe With a quick boomerang throw! Loyal friend of the sea to the end Is our Marine Boy I'm 23 so obviously didn't grow up with it, but my dad did and we watched it all the time once he found his videos in the attic haha
Growing up in Venice Beach, I learned to surf as a kid with my siblings; this was our show! I recall how he would eat a stick of gum or something to get underwater oxygen. Ha! Very cool!
I remember 'Marine Boy' very well infact the only animated show that really stands out from my childhood, along with the great's like 'White Horses' 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Grasshopper Island' and all those other classic school summer holiday series. Happy and Innocent days.
damn!! I remember this, was browsing and bam here it was, this along with Kimba, the lion, super friends, Gumby, and the other 60s cartoons, ah to be young again :)
Ah, those were the days..... Never saw this in colour before as we didnt have a colour TV until 1973, by then marine Boy had finished airing. the Flashing Blade, Robinson Crusoe, Belle and Sebastian, all in glorious black and white. !
God i remember watching this in the morning during the summer holidays in the 70s!.Do anyone else remember?.also on the telly were the Whirleybirds and Daktari.The memories.
And the Banana Splits, Robinson Crusoe, Double Deckers!
Now this is the theme exactly as I remember when I was 5. back in '66. The distinctive whistle at the begining and no lyrics. Thank you for the memories.
I loved the lyrics🥰
Jaque Cousteau had this played at his funeral. Nice.
I haven't seen this in 41 years. Memory is a strange thing isn't it? I dunno why, but I'm sitting here with tears rolling down my cheeks. Much appreciated post - took me right back to primary school, making electro boomerangs from rulers, and chewing 'Oxygum' [which the teacher made us put in the bin] such happy days. Thanks a lot!
You must be in England. I hope you check out Ultra Man.💔
That brought tears to my eyes and I'm 56
Mrvad001 Ditto at 52 :-)
me too, funny thing, nostalgia
Me to mate 54 ,,,time goes quick hay
Mick Sydney God! What a bunch of soppy devils, you lot are!
Fantastic, beautiful animation, though! That modern CGI stuff they churn out now, is bloody horrible, ..I think. I mean: You can see the love that went into this opening sequence. Awesome! but it don't make me cry. I hope you're all dried up, with tissues; etc..
+Mrvad001 i know what you mean mate,i found this clip a couple of years ago by accident and i was whisked back about 40+ years,it was incredible. nostalgia rocks !!! possibly because new stuff is shit or theres to much choice nowadays
I’m only 17, but my mom used to have me watch all the old shows like this and I still love em
Now you are four years older in the blink of an eye! Be sure to travel to Europe as soon as possible and anywhere else you want. I'm 59 already and haven't been to England yet 💔🤔
i did the same with my kids and they where the only shows that all of them would be absolutely transfixed by whilst they where on.
Love marine boy as a kid would still watch it now I'm 58
Yeah man, me too!
I used to watch him on WPHL 17 (Philadelphia) and hearing this again for the first time in years, I got a bit teary eyed in that Memory Lane kind of way. These shows might be crude in their art in today's world of animation, but each frame was a labor of love and we kids loved every second of it. This clip brings back memories of some really great days all those decades ago. So sad that we have to grow old.....
I watched this on 'Wee Wooly weber colorful cartoon club" in Philly back in the 70's!!! MT Airy! Man, how things have changed!
Me too. I watched this when I was little kid.
In between there were advertisements for Hot Wheels and Brigantine Castle. It seemed SO AWESOME. More recently, I learned a lot of junkies worked at "The Castle", then eventually, it got struck by Italian Lightning....
@@2NDCBT YO!!!! Me, too, Devil Dog!!! Channel 17 - Wee Willie Weber!!
I agree with you 100%. I'm 59 and grew up in Wilmington Delaware. Check out Johnny Quest. Do you remember Wee Willie Webber, Captain Noah and Larry Ferreira (sp?, he played an organ)? Lately I've been enjoying the old game shows Concentration, What's My Line and To Tell the Truth.
Now THIS was the Marine Boy opening theme that i remember dearly. LOVE this show so much back then as a kid.
I loved this as a kid, Ultraman, Johnny Socko, Kimba the White Lion. It's a shame what happened to Saturday morning cartoons. So many good ones! Thank you for sharing!!!!
I remember those shows. And don't forget Space Giants and Astro boy.
👍 Ultraman
Same here. I loved these shows. Do you remember Space Giants? And Astroboy
@@davidwright4495 Yes!!! I went to some comic conventions with my brother a long time ago and got DVDs . What fun times as a kid , watching and playing!
Wow. Am 53 and this brings back so many happy memories. Cutting edge animation for its day as well.
Thumbs up to whoever wrote this beautiful melody!
born in 59,this was one of my favourite shows,when I read the comments here I feel a happiness that only 40-50 yr old children could possibly comprehend,long live the past!!
Flippin'Marine Boy almost killed me when I was a buck. I ate some chewing gum and jumped in the deep end of the pool--that's how much I used to jock this cartoon.
Loads of memories! I used to live for this show every week. Fantastic!
My all-time FAVORITE cartoon! They used to show this on Channel 20 (Washington DC) weekdays after school, as part of this lineup (check this out): "Marine Boy", "Speed Racer", "Ultra Man", and "Johnny Sokko & His Flying Robot". It was like a ghost town in my neighborhood for those two hours - everyone was inside, watching those shows! The best dream I ever had when I was a kid was the time I dreamt I was Marine Boy, and flew to school with my propeller shoes! Great show - not seen in years!
Suddenly I'm 4 years old again and I loved this series in Black & White. Thanks for posting
That big red spidery crab thing !!! I need some 'oxygum' pronto!
I used to watch this in Iran over 30 years ago!!! I was at school with loads of kids from the USA, I was a Brit kid but I loved the show. I never forgot it but never saw it when I got back to the UK. Thanx for the memory.
Born in 64, but the same goes for me. This tune has stayed with me all those years and I've come-over all nostalgic like never before.
It was a dream to be a kid in the 60s, what fantastic t.v. programmes we had! so much choice..
I remember this, I was only five. I can even remember thinking that amongst all the poor Saturday Morning fare offered by the CBC, this was by far the best. I reminded my little brother often.
When i first listened to in back in the mid 1960's as a 7-8 year old boy it sounded alot longer and different than I listened to it today in 2022. Seems like its shorter and higher pitched.
Thanks to this show I nearly drowned as a kid. Marine boy would put a piece of what looked like PK chewing gum under his tongue which seemed to give him the power to breathe under water. So I bought some PK chewing gum and when my dad took me swimming I put a bit in my mouth and jumped into the deep end, unable to swim. Thankfully my dad saw me, and got me out of the water. I was a very impressionable kid with a vivid imagination. Or maybe just a stupid kid!
I heard that this cartoon was banned in the UK for exactly that reason. Kids in the US also used to be seriously injured or killed jumping out of windows with bedsheets, trying to imitate Superman.
you were not stupid...the producers should have thought about that premise...
You had a vivid imagination. I'm an artist who surprises even my own self with the ideas that come out of my head. I was heavily influenced in life by these cartoons and that oxygen gum used to fascinate me.
wildenfree1.....o-oh, yeah...!
At least you didn't douse yourself in gas and light yourself on fire thinking you'd be the human torch from the fantastic 4!
This is why the internet is a fantastic medium. I never would have thought I could see this again.
Thanks for taking me way back.
Ah, another WPHL Memory Lane man like me!
So great to see that, while we and others like us have never met, that we are STILL among the living and able to share our memories on RUclips. '
The 'Tube is the closest thing to a time machine that exists in this world, and until the real thing comes along, this will be the place for us to re-unite and re-live those old days. So live long and prosper, my fellow WPHL viewer, and the best to you and all you know and love! Mosh it up! \m/
Im almost 45, and I remebered my childhood...Im very very happy because I believied not see this again!!!!, thanks for share.
God! What memories! Havn't seen this one since I was little. Now I'm about 55 yrs.
My dad is in the 50's now his happy when i found back this marineboy cartoon n his now refreshing of his child hood
Childhood days relived watching this in the afternoons.
omg i love you tube - bringing back very happy childhood memories!!
thank you so very much
Chris.
I'd forgotten how much I looked forward to this on Saturday mornings. I'm getting old
Loved this back then, wish it was repeated now for my kids to watch. Great memories of innocent times. Where did I leave my oxygum?
I remember watching this in NYC on Channel 11 in the late 60s. I was a total addict for this show, never missed it. I watched on a b&w set, so it wasn't until the advent of youtube that I realized he wore orange scuba gear; I assumed it was green!
I love all these old retro cartoons. Life was so more carefree there was time to dream and have fun. You could find romance every where there was true innocence. Anyone down to watch Family Affair or the Courtship of Eddie's Father? Hmu
I'm right with you.
The classics take me back, bring back the 70s cartoons.
My dad use to watch this.. he was born on 1960, it means he was only 6 yrs old at these times, he's 50 now.. :D
I used to watch this as a kid! It was really great seeing this! I can't believe it was preserved! What wonderful memories!
My dad introduced me to this show, and I loved this opening.
What a great cartoon! My brother and I used to watch this when we got home from school. I remember making a tin foil over cardboard boomerang like Marine Boys' and throwing it around the backyard. Also pretended my Chicklets was "aqua gum!" Thanks for the memories!
Oh my God! I used to watch this when I was a boy! Now I've just realised it was Japanese! Great days!
I laughed my arse off too, on discovering it was Japanese. Wonderful memories!
My younger brother absolutely LOVED this open! Especially with the Japanese children's chorale humming during the open!
OMG!!! I cannot believe I found this!! what a great bunch of childhood memories!!!
this is the best program that i had seen in my hole life..........i was a kid.....now a am 47 years old and i am sea biologist.............
I loved this show. I remember having to go into hospital to have my tonsils out and all I cared about was whether it would be finished in time so I didn't miss it.
They lied to me and I did Cry Cry
I remember this cartoon series on television while living in Panama. Fantastic cartoon.
what a fab time i loved my childhood such happy days chopper bikes and space dust thank you
Thanks for posting this! Marine Boy was the first TV show that I really have fond memories of. This was my favorite and it stayed with me my entire life. I think I hadn't seen it since I was maybe 6 or 7 years old, yet, nearly 40 years later, I could still sing the tune.
Marine Boy was my lifelong hero and I dreamed of being Marine Boy.
Marine Boy, Kimba the White Lion, The Amazing Three, the 8th Man, Gigantor all rocked! Made nearly all American cartoons seem really lame.
I was 5 when I wached Marine Boy in Puerto Rico (1969)...goods memories...Thanks dear for posting
This was a Fantastic Series. I didn't realise it was made in 1966. An excellent post
neptina, the mermaid.....splasher, the dolphin...marine boy and his oxegen gum and his electric boomerang.....god, i loved these cartoons as a kid....thx so much for posting...
its a very beautiful coulorful show and the theme song is touching
These are the true cartoons,ohhh memories, bring them back!...
Classics...
I wouldn't mind seeing these episodes repeated. Remember this as a kid and was one of my favourite shows.
Milliososis, you just about summed up my TV viewing. I'd add in Thunderbirds to my list. The high-light of a visit to the local park was to climb the slide, turnaround at the top step and slide down on my back pretending to be Virgil Tracy. I'm now 51 and have eyebrows just like my hero! Thanks for uploading, Maxmixer.
Kevin Potter. Ha HA hA Snap! (I'm now 54!!)
WOW!!! I use to ran home from school to watch this and Speed Racer,Ultaman and Astroboy...Thanks for the FLASH-BACK...
Remember this from the six weeks summer school holidays in the 70s on the verge of crying.😭😭
I watched this cartoon religiously ... great memories.
OMG. Suddenly I'm 5 years old again. I LOVED Marine Boy.
Ol' Wee Willie Webber from Channel 17! I never thought I'd hear that name again. I left PA in 77. I still remember Wee Willie and Dr. Shock. Amen, they were great days...
Thats a blast from the past. Philly childhood
I had nearly forgotten about the Flashing Blade!.God the memories!!.
Underwater Boomerang
Believe it or not..... this was the beginning of Manga cartoons!!! Used to watch this in my tank top and flared jeans..... thought it was SO COOL back then. xxxx
We where so lucky to have these great programs
Marine Boy was my first love. I can remember sobbing my heart out every time it ended. Just found this link and the tune has brought tears to my eyes. Life was so simple and happy back then!
Loved this as a kid!!! what memories.... this, along with Space Giants, Johnny Socko, Ultraman and the original Spiderman cartoon, made me one happy kid.
what a great memory jerker, brilliant theme music, thanks.
I used to watch this and Speed Racer back to back. Then watch Johnny Quest. It has been so long since I saw this show, I almost thought I imagined it. :) I love the internet!!!
Oh boy I remember Marine Boy!! I'm old!!
+francine wilson You and me too, dearie. ;-)
There were two episodes of this show that scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. One was about these carnivorous flowers on an island that sometimes was above the water, and sometimes under the water. The other was about a computer that could squish furniture with its "mind".
Fantastic series. So many memories.
Wow! This brings back some of my earliest memories!!!! I'm 44 now!
Loved this cartoon as a kid. I think I watched it on the old WNEW Channel 5 in New York City, the old Metromedia station.
"It's Marine Boy,
Brave and Free!
Fighting evil 'neath the sea.
He is a boy, a very special boy
Powered by propeller shoes, flying Sub ahoy!
Whooshing through the water on a friendly dolphin's back
Racing to the rescue of victims of attack.
In a flash, he'll foil the foe
With a quick boomerang throw!
Loyal friend of the sea to the end
Is our Marine Boy."
Cool!
Lockemeister The theme-song lyrics refer to "propeller shoes" but in dialog Marine Boy refers to his "jet boots". Which is closer to the to the meaning of the original Japanese words?
Used to pretend Dentyne was oxy-gum for breathing underwater.
me to but ,, big charlie chewing gum lol ,, Micheal Australia
+spookym123 Oh dude, you're awesome!
+spookym123 Testify!
OK I guess I should confess-I used to try to make my own boomerangs like the one Marine Boy had but I never got it right, lol
I thought it was wrigley's spearmint!
Done right, this would make a great live-action TV show or feature film IMO.
watched this, gigantor, kimba and speed racer..never missed an episode..brings back great memories.
Early 1970's childrens tv Saturday morning...Marine Boy, Flipper, the Wurleybirds, the flashing blade, Ali Bongo's cartoon Carnival, champion the wonder horse etc on the crappy 20" black and white tv with rotary channel control and indoor arial...those were the days!!
+Milliososis Oh man, so glad to see I'm not growing old alone here! In the mid 70's I used to get a show called Wee Willie Webber after school on a now-gone UHF station called WPHL 17 (Philadelphia) and it had Marine Boy, Speed Racer, King Kong and it went on from 3 until 6 and it would always end with Ultraman. Johnny Sokko and Space Giants.
We had rotary channel control AND a rotary antenna too-we lived in New Jersey but got ALL of the New York stations as well as the UHF stations as clear as a bell. Another fave channel of mine was WKBS 48, that had Creature Double Feature on Saturday. How I miss those days...
+Kain Nosgoth Hi Kain, wow, thousands of miles across the Atlantic here in the Uk and we were watching similar stuff to you. We only had 3 channels...BBC1, BBC2 and ITV...in the whole of the UK serving 55,000,000 people. Remember getting up at 6pm and waiting for the programmes to start with the test card still on (don't see them anymore).
Milliososis We only had the New York stations at that time, they were 5, 7, 9 and 11 and then there were Philadelphia stations 3 and 6, and a New Jersey station called 9.
Then there were UHF stations where everything was mixed, any type of show. As well, we went off the air at midnight in America and went back on the air around 5 in the morning. Pre-cable TV was great!
+Milliososis OMG! I remember all the excitement when we were the first on our street to have bbc2! Now you need a computer to track all the programs available. Makes you wonder if "progress" is all it's cracked up to be!
babtist58 And look at it now-you have to pay to watch TV, when back in the day TV was free and all you had to worry about was the electric bill. There was more than one reason why pre-cable TV was the best..
Brilliant. Brought back memories i had forgotten. Im 53..
AWWW.....such happy & warming memories of childhood.....I LOVE IT :)
It's so good to see this again! When I was a kid I was totally in love with Marine Boy...
marine boy brinks back great times as a child
I loved this programme! I was only 2 at the time, but still have very vivid memories of it. Thanks for posting this :)
Hey-Yeah! Remember this gem when they first broadcast it in Los Angeles in '66--that's when my family got our first color t.v. And this was the first thing we saw when we plugged it in! Talk about first impressions...!
I loved this series in the 1970's thanks for posting
Wow! Thanks for the memories! I always wanted the boomerang!
I was born in Washington DC in the early 1970's. I remember this and the Banana Splits as some of my first memories of television.
Can’t believe I managed to remember this even tho I’ve only ever seen the show once when I was pretty young
I used to watch on an old black and white "portable" TV (that weighed about as much as 50 laptops!) and always assumed his suit was green. This will take some getting used to. :-D
Used to tell people about this but no-one remembered it!
Not seen this since it was first broadcast. All those years ago ! Marine Boy and his "oxygum" . Wasn't there a dolphin called Splasher ? I also recall lyrics to the theme tune:
Aqua Gum
It's Marine Boy, brave and free
Fighting evil, 'neath the sea
He is a boy, a very special boy
Powered by propeller shoes, flying subs ahoy!
Whoosing through the water on a friendly dolphin's back
Racing to the rescue of victims of attack
In a flash he'll foil the foe
With a quick boomerang throw!
Loyal friend of the sea to the end
Is our Marine Boy
I'm 23 so obviously didn't grow up with it, but my dad did and we watched it all the time once he found his videos in the attic haha
This Show and the various Jacques Cousteau Specials made me want to be a Marine Biologist for YEARS. Sadly I was unable to learn Franch.
This for me,when I was a lttle boy,was the best show on tv.
This became my favorite show when we first got cable in 1969.
I was in primary one when this was on loved it hearing the theme i had a lump in my throat haven’t heard since i was 5 and i’m now 60
Wow, Does that bring back memories...thanks for sharing....
Growing up in Venice Beach, I learned to surf as a kid with my siblings; this was our show! I recall how he would eat a stick of gum or something to get underwater oxygen. Ha! Very cool!
I remember 'Marine Boy' very well infact the only animated show that really stands out from my childhood, along with the great's like 'White Horses' 'Robinson Crusoe', 'Grasshopper Island' and all those other classic school summer holiday series. Happy and Innocent days.
damn!! I remember this, was browsing and bam here it was, this along with Kimba, the lion, super friends, Gumby, and the other 60s cartoons, ah to be young again :)
Ah, those were the days..... Never saw this in colour before as we didnt have a colour TV until 1973, by then marine Boy had finished airing.
the Flashing Blade, Robinson Crusoe, Belle and Sebastian, all in glorious black and white. !
God !! How I loved Marine boy!!! Ahhhh...happy days!
Bravo to whoever wrote this melody!!!
Wow, that brought back some memories! Thank you for uploading!
used to love this so i bought the whole 6 cds of it, it used to be on in the mornings during summer holidays with robinson crusoe