Hands down the best cartoon series of all time ! I was able to purchase the complete series of the Racoons , and to this day will watch some of the Racoons to bring back a better happier time .Every Sunday night when I was younger the Racoons would be on .Thank you Kevin for creating "The Racoons"
Wow! Gosh - now you've got me blushing! Thank you! I'm interested in hearing about who is watching - are you watching alongside kids by chance? What are your thoughts on the remastering?
@@TheOfficialRaccoons Thank you so much for responding I feel honored to get your attention , I would of been around 14 or 15 when I was introduced to the Racoons, thought there was always something magical about it . Then all of my kids grew up with the Racoons and , now we still watch it from time to time to bring back some great memories . The remastering looks amazing , making all the colors so vibrant , thank you again Kevin for bringing so many wonderful memories into our home .
I'm 47. This popped up and core memory unlocked. Now I need to find this and something called Shirt Tales? Tails?? I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.
Thank you for posting this 80's gem. I forgot about it. Watching it now at 44 years old, as grandma and just losing my mom it has given me comfort. Thank you.
My late father was still watching Merry Melodies and Bugs Bunny cartoons even in his 60’s and 70’s! Despite being a bit of a hard ass he appreciated a simpler time. It was one of the few times he’d let his guard down. Always thought it was fitting considering my love of everything animated despite my age. I still watch cartoons. It brings me peace as well despite being in my 50’s. Lol
Hi Cristin, I’m sorry to hear about your Mom. Not an easy time especially at this time of year. Do you get a chance to share episodes with your grandchildren? What do they think of the characters and stories? Please take care - stay in touch. Warm wishes, Kevin🎶🎶❤️
The very first special that helped kick-start the Raccoons and for the audience to get to know them thank you for bringing this gem back to modern audiences Mr. Gillis!
Thank you for your very kind comments Mr. Trainmaster! I appreciate it! Can you please tell me - are you watching with kids by chance? I'd love to hear their thoughts too!
Thank you so much, that brought back so many memories. One of the few shows mom put on and my brother and I never moved, and more to that, didn't fight. 😂
Hi Cory, Haha! My Mom also had special tricks to keep us all in line. One was to give us a hockey stick and kick us out the door (!) 😅 Thank you for your kind words and sharing your memory! Made my day! 🦝🦝❤️🎶🎶&🎄🎄
Hi Peter, @petersantulli2337, Thank you for your very kind message. I hope you are having a happy Holiday! Best wishes for a wonderful and healthy New Year! 🦝🦝🎶🎶🎄 Kevin
Still can't get over how beautiful these remasters are, love how the colors look here! Also, I know this question has probably been asked a lot but is there any chances that these remasters can be released in the show's original 4:3 aspect ratio, possibly on a DVD or Blu-ray release of some kind?
Hi @CrazyGmod21 - Thank you for your kind message! We plan to release them in 4:3 in Bluray in Germany next year as well as in 4K on our RUclips Channel soon. Take care, Kevin
Oh, awesome! I didn't know there were specials before the series. Also, a gorgeous (if cut to another aspect ratio...) remaster! My The Raccoons VHS tapes were never this clear _when new_ , much less now...
VHS has only 240 lines of resolution. If it were SVHS, probably a lot higher. Also, the VHS tape could only be in interlaced, not progressive unless it was de-interlaced on a modern TV which degrades the resolution even further. Other things like chroma sampling had a much lower signal to noise ratio than DVD at around 42dB, compared to 70dB for DVD.
@@michaellandon1960 Yeah, VHS is generally a bad format, I just remember having at least one The Raccoons tape that seemed marginally-defective, never _quite_ tracking properly compared to most of the other VHSes we had. Still watched it, though!
Hi @watermelon-tw8cm - You are correct. It was the very first Raccoons show. We evolved a number of things over the specials to where we ended up in the series. Eventually, we moved on without Ranger Dan and his family. We did keep Schaeffer and Broo though (!) Thank you for your note - we appreciate hearing from you! 🙏 Kevin
So was this the very first Racoons episode? I remember watching it on BBC TV as a kid maybe 32 ish years ago? One of my all time favourites. Thank you!
Hi @DunkDrives, Thank you for your very thoughtful note! Yes, it was the very first episode. We produced 3 more specials, “The Raccoons On Ice”, “The Raccoons and The Lost Star”, and “The Raccoons Let’s Dance”. Then we started the series. I hope you are enjoying the restoration and remastering to 4K. Thanks again - stay in touch! Kevin 🦝🎶❤️
Thank you so much for this channel Kevin! I have S1 and S2 in PAL DVD, and the 3 disc Cdn compilation - wonderful to see all the episodes here in great quality! I also have the LPs for Lake Freeze, Let's Dance and Lisa's Evergreen Nights LP.. would be great to see those re-released in some form. Thank you again!
Hi Nikki, Thanks for your interest and your comment. We have released some episodes on our RUclips site - more to come. Take care - Happy New Year! Kevin 🦝🦝❤️🎶🎶&🌲🎄
Cyril and Cedrick Sneer are aardvarks, but so is Arthur Read from the book and series “Arthur”. No resemblance. the pink naked skin didn’t throw me, but the long limp elephant-like nose was impossible to ignore. I recall watching this as a young adult, being distracted from the story-line, thinking “What are those creatures.”
I saw this as a kid back then we had lazer vision it was a large disc you can play on a player which the dvds today are smaller versions them large old fashioned discs
Awesome to see this again after so many years. But why is the music so echoey? (Everything else sounds fine.) It sounds like there's two of the same music recordings playing at the same time with one slightly delayed over the other and it sounds distracting. Hopefully there will be a fix eventually.
Hi @LandronArtifacts, You were right. There were a couple of tracks left open that caused the echo. A corrected version has been uploaded. Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Very much appreciated! Best wishes for a safe and Happy New Year! Kevin
I wondered is anybody watching this know this isn't the first Christmas special for the raccoons. The raccoons was originally a Christmas movie that was a Canadian take on Star Wars and it was so popular that they rushed to make it a series Almost nobody remembers the raccoons first episode which was a Christmas movie it came out long before the series and was significantly different the series evolved changing dramatically where it was such a rush to originally make the first season
Bonjour @TheZeek011, Merçi pour votre message. Depending on where you live, I believe it is available in French on CRAVE in Quebec. I hope you enjoy the remastered 4K version. Merçi - voeux chaleureux, Kevin
Hi Michael, We have restored and remastered the original 4:3 aspect ratio and will be uploading them soon. Please let me know what you think. Take care, Kevin
Hi Bill, Thanks for your comment. It was the very first Special from The Raccoons. We produced it in 1980. It is all the original voices. The animation probably looks very different as we went back to the original art and 35 mm film elements and restored and remastered it to 4K. Hope you enjoy the “new” version! Thanks - take care, Kevin
Hi Theofficalraccoons my name is George can I’m be your friend? And I’m like your special episode that remaster in 4k thanks for upload this maybe be my best friend ever!
@@TheOfficialRaccoons It is incomplete, there is something missing between the outside sequence with the kids picking up the tree and the tree getting decorated. There is supposed to be a scene where cyril and cedric are seen with the trees they cut down. its present on vhs. Is it possible the film elements were missing?
Hi Mark, Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will take a look. It is possible that it was edited for time by the original network. Take care - much appreciated, Kevin
Ah, the comically-cartoonish caricatured antagonists of the 80's... "I'M POLLUTING THE EARTH, BECAUSE I'M *EVIL*! DEATH TO THE FORESTS! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!" I'm kind of surprised to see just one guy running around cutting down trees. Someone like that would, realistically, hire a squad of lumberjacks to do the work for him - and faster, too! Well, unless he's so tight with a penny he can't bring himself to pay employee's wages. I guess that's possible... Then again, doing all the work himself would be agonizingly slow, and far less profitable than if he had a well-oiled organization doing it for him. Then again, as the cartoon shows us, he's pretty efficient for just one guy. From a purely enterprising perspective, the work he puts in is kind of admirable. Ah, ignore me - I'm just some guy over-analyzing and critiquing a kids' show.
Haha! No worries- analyze away! Btw, he does have a cohort of aardvarks in the mill. And you are correct, Cyril Sneer is a tightwad (!) Thanks for writing! Best wishes, Kevin
Great cartoon until they made it a dream, which made no sense that the raccoons were still homeless even though they didn't use their home as a Christmas tree.
Yeah, it's a cop-out. Was never much into the "separate worlds" approach they had with having the animals doing things separate from the humans, but that's my opinion.
Hands down the best cartoon series of all time ! I was able to purchase the complete series of the Racoons , and to this day will watch some of the Racoons to bring back a better happier time .Every Sunday night when I was younger the Racoons would be on .Thank you Kevin for creating "The Racoons"
Wow! Gosh - now you've got me blushing! Thank you! I'm interested in hearing about who is watching - are you watching alongside kids by chance? What are your thoughts on the remastering?
@@TheOfficialRaccoons Thank you so much for responding I feel honored to get your attention , I would of been around 14 or 15 when I was introduced to the Racoons, thought there was always something magical about it . Then all of my kids grew up with the Racoons and , now we still watch it from time to time to bring back some great memories . The remastering looks amazing , making all the colors so vibrant , thank you again Kevin for bringing so many wonderful memories into our home .
I'm 47. This popped up and core memory unlocked. Now I need to find this and something called Shirt Tales? Tails?? I don't know, but I'm gonna find out.
@@jamesroseii "Shirt Tales" is the name of a 1980's Hanna Barberra show about animals who fight crime if that is what you are looking for.
Trees=Money....that what he said. But however ecodisaster after ecodisaster...they discover they can't breath money....
Thank you for posting this 80's gem. I forgot about it. Watching it now at 44 years old, as grandma and just losing my mom it has given me comfort. Thank you.
My late father was still watching Merry Melodies and Bugs Bunny cartoons even in his 60’s and 70’s! Despite being a bit of a hard ass he appreciated a simpler time. It was one of the few times he’d let his guard down. Always thought it was fitting considering my love of everything animated despite my age. I still watch cartoons. It brings me peace as well despite being in my 50’s. Lol
Hi Cristin,
I’m sorry to hear about your Mom. Not an easy time especially at this time of year.
Do you get a chance to share episodes with your grandchildren? What do they think of the characters and stories?
Please take care - stay in touch.
Warm wishes,
Kevin🎶🎶❤️
I haven’t seen this is at least 40 years!!! Holy crap!! Thank you so much!
Loved this show as a little kid. It was what shaped my views as a Canadian
Hi @learrus, Wow! Thank you for sharing this! Are there any young ones watching with you?
Warm wishes for a safe and healthy New Year! 👏👏❤️
Kevin
4:50 "I'm Cyril Sneer! A lumber profiteer! Whenever I'm near, trees disappear!"
This is a Christmas Special unlike anything ever created-and is now more than ever; more relevant for Earth!
The very first special that helped kick-start the Raccoons and for the audience to get to know them thank you for bringing this gem back to modern audiences Mr. Gillis!
Thank you for your very kind comments Mr. Trainmaster! I appreciate it! Can you please tell me - are you watching with kids by chance? I'd love to hear their thoughts too!
@@TheOfficialRaccoons I'm afraid not but I am telling people about your works P.S. it's Alexander Seib who made the comment
@@TheOfficialRaccoonsI just showed this special to my 8 year old and her 5 year old friend-they enjoyed it right into the Ice special too!
@@DrClawandMadCat83 Excellent!!
Thank you for sharing this! I’m glad to hear they liked it. 🙏 have they seen any of the series episodes?
Take care - best wishes,
Kevin
Thank you for posting! I'd sing "you can run with us" for my parents all the time.
There is a brand new cool version about to be released by Sadie C. Grace from Nova Scotia. It’s very unique. Hope you like it!
Thanks,
Kevin 👏👏❤️
Oh my, I'd completely forgot about this cartoon. Thank you for the memories.
My memories are all in VHS quality...so this is excellent.
Thanks - much appreciated! Love your line about memories! That may explain some goof-ups here 🙄
Take care,
Kevin
The last time I ever saw the Racoons cartoon was back in the 80's and 90's back then!
Every guy needs a Melissa :-)
i so love the racoons happy memories, nelvana quality animation
Wow! I haven't seen this in years. Brings back good childhood memories as an 80's kid.
One of the best cartoon series of my childhood. God, this brings back so many good memories.
Very nostalgic for me. Especially RACCOONS ON ICE. with my little sister growing up. Very special
Thank you so much, that brought back so many memories. One of the few shows mom put on and my brother and I never moved, and more to that, didn't fight. 😂
Hi Cory,
Haha! My Mom also had special tricks to keep us all in line. One was to give us a hockey stick and kick us out the door (!) 😅
Thank you for your kind words and sharing your memory! Made my day! 🦝🦝❤️🎶🎶&🎄🎄
Glad I found this. How nostalgic. Especially since I was an 80's kid when I watched this last.
So love this!! Haven’t seen it in ages. Thank you!
Hi Peter, @petersantulli2337, Thank you for your very kind message. I hope you are having a happy Holiday!
Best wishes for a wonderful and healthy New Year! 🦝🦝🎶🎶🎄
Kevin
Still can't get over how beautiful these remasters are, love how the colors look here! Also, I know this question has probably been asked a lot but is there any chances that these remasters can be released in the show's original 4:3 aspect ratio, possibly on a DVD or Blu-ray release of some kind?
Hi @CrazyGmod21 - Thank you for your kind message! We plan to release them in 4:3 in Bluray in Germany next year as well as in 4K on our RUclips Channel soon. Take care, Kevin
A Christmas Carol for Earth! 🌎 🎄
Thanks for the great memories😂
Oh, awesome! I didn't know there were specials before the series. Also, a gorgeous (if cut to another aspect ratio...) remaster! My The Raccoons VHS tapes were never this clear _when new_ , much less now...
VHS has only 240 lines of resolution. If it were SVHS, probably a lot higher. Also, the VHS tape could only be in interlaced, not progressive unless it was de-interlaced on a modern TV which degrades the resolution even further. Other things like chroma sampling had a much lower signal to noise ratio than DVD at around 42dB, compared to 70dB for DVD.
@@michaellandon1960 Yeah, VHS is generally a bad format, I just remember having at least one The Raccoons tape that seemed marginally-defective, never _quite_ tracking properly compared to most of the other VHSes we had. Still watched it, though!
The only time when the Raccoons met Ranger Dan, Tommy and Julie.
Also, I really like Cyril Sneer's old design, he looked more sinister.
Hi @watermelon-tw8cm - You are correct. It was the very first Raccoons show. We evolved a number of things over the specials to where we ended up in the series. Eventually, we moved on without Ranger Dan and his family. We did keep Schaeffer and Broo though (!)
Thank you for your note - we appreciate hearing from you! 🙏 Kevin
Yay, I love this one! All the specials were memorable.
Thank you! Much appreciated! ❤️
I remember watching this the night it was first shown,cbc Christmas time rocked
So was this the very first Racoons episode? I remember watching it on BBC TV as a kid maybe 32 ish years ago? One of my all time favourites. Thank you!
Hi @DunkDrives, Thank you for your very thoughtful note! Yes, it was the very first episode. We produced 3 more specials, “The Raccoons On Ice”, “The Raccoons and The Lost Star”, and “The Raccoons Let’s Dance”. Then we started the series.
I hope you are enjoying the restoration and remastering to 4K.
Thanks again - stay in touch!
Kevin 🦝🎶❤️
This is amazing. Thank you.
Thank you! 🙏
Thank you so much for this channel Kevin! I have S1 and S2 in PAL DVD, and the 3 disc Cdn compilation - wonderful to see all the episodes here in great quality! I also have the LPs for Lake Freeze, Let's Dance and Lisa's Evergreen Nights LP.. would be great to see those re-released in some form. Thank you again!
The nostalgia is rising!
And so is the “moon”!
Take care - and thanks!
Kevin
I wish they'd show this episode more often..along with the series 🇨🇦 i remember it 😊
Hi Nikki,
Thanks for your interest and your comment. We have released some episodes on our RUclips site - more to come.
Take care - Happy New Year!
Kevin
🦝🦝❤️🎶🎶&🌲🎄
Wow. What an awesome remaster. Thanks!
Merry Christmas 🇨🇦❤️🎄
Amazing thank you!!
Hi @Ferngully2024, Thank you for your thoughtful message! Much appreciated!
I hope you are keeping well!
Best wishes,
Kevin 🦝🎶🎶🎄❤️
THIS IS AWESOME ❤❤❤❤
Thank you! Much appreciated! ❤️
Superb remaster. It's made my day.
Thank you Richard! Very much appreciated!
Best wishes for a safe and Happy New Year!
Kevin
I can see why I’d forgotten about this.
I was watching this in Croatia early 90'.
I ain't seen that cartoon in over 30 years since then!
It's that time of the year again. Happy Holidays, everyone ⛄🎄❄
Same to you Matthew! Thanks for sharing!
Kevin 🦝🦝❤️🎶🎶&🌲🎄
Cyril and Cedrick Sneer are aardvarks, but so is Arthur Read from the book and series “Arthur”. No resemblance. the pink naked skin didn’t throw me, but the long limp elephant-like nose was impossible to ignore. I recall watching this as a young adult, being distracted from the story-line, thinking “What are those creatures.”
Core memory unlocked
Hi @Phil-D83,
Thank you for sharing this. I hope you are enjoying a relaxing holiday time.
Best wishes for a safe and Happy New Year!
🦝🦝❤️🎶🎶&🌲🎄
Kevin
Hope to see the show on MeTV Toons in the future.
Maybe next year to celebrate the franchise's 45th anniversary?
Thanks! We’ll look into it! 🙏
@TheOfficialRaccoons You're welcome :)
Would be exciting to see the show join shows like Inspector Gadget, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Yogi Bear, and more
It was all a dream?? What a bizarre ending!
I still have a raccoon’s puzzle I was just working on 😊
Wow! That is a keepsake! Which one?
Take care,
Kevin
this is great but it is cropped out of the original 4:3, you can see with the VHS rip uploads on Archive that they cut out parts of the frame.
I saw this as a kid back then we had lazer vision it was a large disc you can play on a player which the dvds today are smaller versions them large old fashioned discs
And this is why I don’t watch lamestream tv. I don’t have too thanks to people who post these classics!
Awesome to see this again after so many years. But why is the music so echoey? (Everything else sounds fine.) It sounds like there's two of the same music recordings playing at the same time with one slightly delayed over the other and it sounds distracting. Hopefully there will be a fix eventually.
Hi @LandronArtifacts - thanks for reaching out. We’ll have a look and see what’s going on.
Thank you - much appreciated! 🙏🎶
@@TheOfficialRaccoons You can notice it very easy especially with the end credits song. Very odd.
Hi @LandronArtifacts,
You were right. There were a couple of tracks left open that caused the echo. A corrected version has been uploaded.
Thank you for bringing this to our attention! Very much appreciated!
Best wishes for a safe and Happy New Year!
Kevin
Holy crap i forgot about this cartoon.
Canadian cartoons 😊
It'sa bit illogical- you don't plant seedlings in snow. But it's a great memory, and great message
But it's Christmas snow. 😂
2:37...you can't unsee him now.
"Unanimous" 😆
I wondered is anybody watching this know this isn't the first Christmas special for the raccoons. The raccoons was originally a Christmas movie that was a Canadian take on Star Wars and it was so popular that they rushed to make it a series Almost nobody remembers the raccoons first episode which was a Christmas movie it came out long before the series and was significantly different the series evolved changing dramatically where it was such a rush to originally make the first season
When is the 4K release coming out?
12:08-12:10 He Shouted Say Speed Up This Isn’t A Garden Party!
I have this on VHS but in French, les ratons laveurs.
Bonjour @TheZeek011,
Merçi pour votre message. Depending on where you live, I believe it is available in French on CRAVE in Quebec.
I hope you enjoy the remastered 4K version.
Merçi - voeux chaleureux,
Kevin
How did we let Cyril Sneer win?
I still think it’s weird that the Sneers are ant eaters
How about uncropped 4:3?
Yeah, the cropping is a bit much but it's fine.
When are you going to release the full episodes
Hi Tommonty, Thanks for reaching out! Very soon!
Hanna-barbara has the best cartoons besides dungeons and dragons
Why couldn't you keep the original aspect ratio?
Hi Michael,
We have restored and remastered the original 4:3 aspect ratio and will be uploading them soon.
Please let me know what you think.
Take care,
Kevin
💜💜💜💜💜💜
You gotta be effin kidding me.
When is this from? Doesn't sound like the original voices..
Hi Bill,
Thanks for your comment. It was the very first Special from The Raccoons. We produced it in 1980. It is all the original voices. The animation probably looks very different as we went back to the original art and 35 mm film elements and restored and remastered it to 4K.
Hope you enjoy the “new” version!
Thanks - take care,
Kevin
Hi Theofficalraccoons my name is George can I’m be your friend? And I’m like your special episode that remaster in 4k thanks for upload this maybe be my best friend ever!
And Awesome Mr. Gillis thanks for the 4k upload you my best friend kind channel
Looks familiar with having no true memory of it
Is there anything cut out? 'Cuz it was almost a minute longer.
Hi - shouldn’t be.
@@TheOfficialRaccoons It is incomplete, there is something missing between the outside sequence with the kids picking up the tree and the tree getting decorated. There is supposed to be a scene where cyril and cedric are seen with the trees they cut down. its present on vhs. Is it possible the film elements were missing?
Hi Mark,
Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will take a look. It is possible that it was edited for time by the original network.
Take care - much appreciated,
Kevin
8:36
WTF, Rita Coolidge did a cartoon?
Ah, the comically-cartoonish caricatured antagonists of the 80's... "I'M POLLUTING THE EARTH, BECAUSE I'M *EVIL*! DEATH TO THE FORESTS! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!"
I'm kind of surprised to see just one guy running around cutting down trees. Someone like that would, realistically, hire a squad of lumberjacks to do the work for him - and faster, too! Well, unless he's so tight with a penny he can't bring himself to pay employee's wages. I guess that's possible... Then again, doing all the work himself would be agonizingly slow, and far less profitable than if he had a well-oiled organization doing it for him. Then again, as the cartoon shows us, he's pretty efficient for just one guy. From a purely enterprising perspective, the work he puts in is kind of admirable.
Ah, ignore me - I'm just some guy over-analyzing and critiquing a kids' show.
Haha! No worries- analyze away! Btw, he does have a cohort of aardvarks in the mill. And you are correct, Cyril Sneer is a tightwad (!)
Thanks for writing!
Best wishes,
Kevin
@@TheOfficialRaccoons Thanks for the shoutout!
Retro Canada
3:07
Great cartoon until they made it a dream, which made no sense that the raccoons were still homeless even though they didn't use their home as a Christmas tree.
Yeah, it's a cop-out. Was never much into the "separate worlds" approach they had with having the animals doing things separate from the humans, but that's my opinion.
Trump should watch this.
21:58
10:19
10:10
The villian looks and acts like trump lol
What a bunch of hippy crap.
Hey the Raccoons creator can you ask MeTV Toons to confirm the Raccoons? 🦝🦝🦝🐶
8:51
8:59