The Highlander cartoon gave me sleeping issues when I was a kid... Staying up late every night waiting for it to come on. (parents mistakenly kept a tv in my room)
Ah, the USA Cartoon Express. It had a lot of my favorite cartoons on it at various times. Pac-Man, He-Man, She-Ra, TMNT, and lots of others. They had cartoons spanning over a decade. Not all of them were good ones, but a lot were. One of the things that impressed me most about it, in general, was the fact they had the characters from the cartoons animated into their commercial bumps. I really missed it when it was gone.
USA ought to revive the Cartoon Express..though impossible since we have Cartoon Network & Boomerang SciFi Channel-back when they showed good programming B.S(Before Sharknado LOL) speaking of GI Joe,that Street Fighter cartoon USA showed kind of was a cross between that and Mission Impossible(even though they based it off of the JCVD movie)
Wait, why did they replace the music in the end credits with the music from DIC's G.I. Joe series? Did USA run both the Sunbow and DIC series in one package?
To me, "Operation Dumbo Drop" is a pretty shoddy, and rubbishy Vietnam War film. Quoth Janet Maslin of the New York Times: "The model for this is a lot closer to 'McHale's Navy'...then it is to 'Platoon'.
+Matthew Moran It's a kids movie about dropping an elephant out of an airplane. Why would you even go into the theater expecting something close to "Platoon"?
80sCommercialVault Because "Platoon" was a better depiction of life, during the Vietnam war. The problem with "Operation Dumbo Drop" is that the Vietnam war is not the kind of war that can be toned down for children, like WWII, or WWI. It was much more visceral, and psychologically scarring than WWII, and WWI, plus it also had a much longer length than both wars combined. So, believe me, if you want a more realistic depiction of 'Nam, watch movies like "Platoon", "Full Metal Jacket", "Apocalypse Now", "The Deer Hunter", and "Born On The Fourth Of July". Or, if you want to dive into movies about the effects that 'Nam had, watch "First Blood", and "Jacob's Ladder".
+Matthew Moran While I agree with some of what you're saying, maybe you shouldn't be looking for an accurate depiction of Vietnam in a children's film. I wouldn't criticize M*A*S*H for being an inaccurate portrayal of the Korean war. Also, Vietnam was more psychologically scarring than WWI? Tell that to this guy: ruclips.net/video/S7Jll9_EiyA/видео.html
These are from July 1995 since the premiere date of "Operation: Dumbo Drop" is Friday, 7/28/95.
I miss Alpha Bits cereal. They don’t make them anymore, let alone as marshmallows.
20 years ago.... 20 YEARS AGOOOOOOOOOOOOO :*(
Good cartoons, and prizes in the cereal man how I miss the 80s and early 90s.
Really glad the kid avoided that danger in the G.I Joe PSA. The guy on the phone didn't even have eye sockets lol.
I was turning 4 in July of '95 😊 nostalgia at its best
The Highlander cartoon gave me sleeping issues when I was a kid... Staying up late every night waiting for it to come on. (parents mistakenly kept a tv in my room)
Ah, the USA Cartoon Express. It had a lot of my favorite cartoons on it at various times. Pac-Man, He-Man, She-Ra, TMNT, and lots of others. They had cartoons spanning over a decade. Not all of them were good ones, but a lot were. One of the things that impressed me most about it, in general, was the fact they had the characters from the cartoons animated into their commercial bumps. I really missed it when it was gone.
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Now that you mention it, I do remember them showing the Snorks a lot. Its pretty cool that they saved the show like that.
Well whaddya know? These adequately take me back to my childhood! 😃
I had that Scruff comic, spoilers, all the situations resolve favorably and everyone lives happily ever after.
Wow. Those USA cameos. Boy, that takes me back big time.
U don't see Looney Tunes stuff anymore. Good times
Even if I lived in Malaysia then, we had those kind of cartoons and ads on TV. So I feel like I can relate to many North-Americans.
Simpler times.....
Wow, didn't know USA re-broadcast G.I.Joe in the 90's? Admittedly I didn't wtahc alot of USA anyway so I guess I missed it.
USA ought to revive the Cartoon Express..though impossible since we have Cartoon Network & Boomerang
SciFi Channel-back when they showed good programming B.S(Before Sharknado LOL)
speaking of GI Joe,that Street Fighter cartoon USA showed kind of was a cross between that and Mission Impossible(even though they based it off of the JCVD movie)
Wait, why did they replace the music in the end credits with the music from DIC's G.I. Joe series? Did USA run both the Sunbow and DIC series in one package?
To me, "Operation Dumbo Drop" is a pretty shoddy, and rubbishy Vietnam War film. Quoth Janet Maslin of the New York Times: "The model for this is a lot closer to 'McHale's Navy'...then it is to 'Platoon'.
+Matthew Moran It's a kids movie about dropping an elephant out of an airplane. Why would you even go into the theater expecting something close to "Platoon"?
80sCommercialVault
Because "Platoon" was a better depiction of life, during the Vietnam war. The problem with "Operation Dumbo Drop" is that the Vietnam war is not the kind of war that can be toned down for children, like WWII, or WWI. It was much more visceral, and psychologically scarring than WWII, and WWI, plus it also had a much longer length than both wars combined. So, believe me, if you want a more realistic depiction of 'Nam, watch movies like "Platoon", "Full Metal Jacket", "Apocalypse Now", "The Deer Hunter", and "Born On The Fourth Of July". Or, if you want to dive into movies about the effects that 'Nam had, watch "First Blood", and "Jacob's Ladder".
+Matthew Moran While I agree with some of what you're saying, maybe you shouldn't be looking for an accurate depiction of Vietnam in a children's film. I wouldn't criticize M*A*S*H for being an inaccurate portrayal of the Korean war.
Also, Vietnam was more psychologically scarring than WWI? Tell that to this guy: ruclips.net/video/S7Jll9_EiyA/видео.html
80sCommercialVault
Well..at least M*A*S*H didn't rely on only slapstick for it's humor.
Well, 'Nam did last longer than WWI.
I wonder what happened to Washington Alvarado?
Ike Barinholtz?