Two of my favorite failed Cartoons were Macron 1, a Giant Robot Anime, and Dragon Warrior, with art by Akira Toriyama. Both were produced by Saban entertainment who was so cheap, that cassettes of said Anime with only 2 episodes were in EP 6 hour mode quality, with the cassettes having very little tape. Macron one was the only giant robot anime I really liked, aside from G Gundam, and Dragon Warrior was canceled because Akira Toryiama sued Saban due to leaving him out of the credits.
Zorro, Channel Umptee-3 and Lionhearts are show I personally watched. Channel Umptee-3 was called "Kukkokooteevee" here and since kukko means rooster I thought Ogden was a rooster not an ostrich 😅😂
I remember the whole lot in this video, also, The New Adventures of Zorro, first aired in 1981, and not a single one of the iterations of the series from '81 into the '90s took place in Spain, They all took place in California when it was still a colony of Spain, In fact even the live action t.v show and the movies all took place in Spanish colonial California.
@@TheReviewStudios Pirates was killed because the Corpos wanted to kiddify their cartoons. It's the same reason SWAT Kats was canceled. I don't think that's why Silver Surfer got axed, but I'm genuinely not sure where they were trying to go with it.
@@marhawkman303 It was more the cost and the fact that the show wouldn't make a return on the investment in time to be considered profitable because of how high the cost was. Half a million isn't chump change even today, but back in the 90s, that would be more appropriate for a well loved live action series, not an animated show.
I still occasionally swear in the language that show had. Great stuff. Me and my friends absolutely loved it. And Tim Curry was his usual brilliant self as his diabolical little sh!t of a character.
Same, but I could never find it on even if I channel surfed every station on Saturday morning. I would have watched the heck out of it. But in hind sight, I probably should have looked it up on TV guide or such.
Born in 81, I remember exactly when and where I saw Pirates of Dark water as a kid, in the mountains of BC whilst on holiday. Lore and animation gripped me immediately, which I can’t say for any other show in this period. This is precisely what needs to be rebooted on a streaming network.
They would either ruin it with politics, or most people would expect it to be ruined and not watch it causing it to be cancelled again anyway. For example look at Transformers One. Everyone says it's good. Not enough people watched it because Hasbro sucks! And I myself will never watch it for that same reason. I don't care how good it is. If they made a Pirates of Dark Water remake/reboot/or straight up continuation from where it left off, I'd avoid it like the plague simply because Warner Brothers owns it and they can all go to Hell!
FINALLY!!! Dark Water!! I adored this one! I literally went out to the store to buy a video tape to tape the premiere of that show. Props to The Review.
Pirates of Dark Water is such an amazing oddity, it was one of the most ambitious and costly to make cartoons of its time.....by the same studio known for producing the cheapest shows possible and now a days is more remembered for its beat em up on the SNES than its awesome TV series
So many people want Pirates of Dark Water to come back. Please somebody take the opportunity. This show created so many core memories for my childhood play.
By the time the 90s hit, I was past the heyday of my cartoon watching days, though I definitely found a few that I enjoyed. Pirates of Dark Water was one such show. I loved every minute of it, and was always on the lookout for any times that reruns would air. It is one that I would still sit down and rewatch today, and would love to see it brought back.
Pirates of Dark Water is still worth re-watching even this many years later. While I don't have that much faith in modern show-business reviving anything, this is one series I wish would at least have gotten the 2-3 more seasons it needed for the main plot to be resolved.
Silver Surfer and Pirates of Dark Water were great. I remember ads for the Pirates show and seeing the toys, but only watched the show on blu-ray a few years ago. It was awesome- great characters, dark themes, great animation! Brock Peters and Jodi Benson doing voices? You can't go wrong.
Pirates of Dark Water was my favorite and underappreciated. The fact that they only found 2 of the treasures and then cut the series off at a cliffhanger, was totally bogus.
Dark Water was pretty darn good and it's right up there with Spiral Zone in the "Animated series I really wish had lasted until their ending". I do wish the creators of those shows would have at least published novels or comics to finish the stories off.
Pirates of Dark Water!!! I remember being mesmerized by the characters and art in that show. The off-beats was another one that stuck in my mind without ever remembering what was.
@@TheReviewStudios Explain how "Kablam" failed, slapdick. I don't think you understand what the word means, nor what actually constitutes a failure, in television.
@@amicooke1790 unless it's also later on in the video it seemed like they were just talking about the origins of the off beats which then didn't last as its own show
I watched like 5 episodes of the Pirates of dark water when it first debuted and spent years trying to find it again and wondering what happened to it.
When I clicked on the video, I did my normal pause, go to the chapter list, and use that to first check Internet Archives, then RUclips if any left. That way I could relax and watch the video without pausing it every few minutes. When I was doing that, none of these by title I remember watching. However, as I was watching the video afterwards, that certainly changed. Jungle Cubs, All Dogs Go To Heaven The Series, and Pirates of Dark Water had me going, wait, I know that show now. So yeah, those ones I remember watching while watching the video. As for finding them, most I could find for Channel Umtee-3 was clips, and Salt's Lighthouse couldn't find anything, but the rest, I at least found some if not all of the episodes, so that's cool. Thank you, enjoyed your video.
The Jungle Cubs was fine for what it was. The 90s was a notorious time for cartoon studios to kiddify already popular cartoon characters. Warner Bros. with Tiny Toons, Hanna-Barbara with A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Flintstone Kids (this was actually 86), and Yogi Bear and Friends. The Jungle Cub characters maintained the personalities from 1967 movie, with the exception of Kaa who was more indicative of his book character in that he was an ally of Mowgli, and very supportive in the book, and not a minor deceptive antagonist as portrayed in the movie . While everyone was friends and the stories were light and simple, I do remember that one of the episodes was based on a story from the book in which Mowgli and the group go looking for "man treasure" as they called it.
The episode with the red dogs was also from the original book. While I did enjoy it as a kid, looking back it bugs me that they were all buddies, including Shere Khan. In the Disnay movie, (which the show clearly played off more than the books), most of the animals didn't seem to like each other that much, (except for Bagheera and the wolves), and they were all terrified of Khan. So having them be friends all watching each other's backs seemed increasingly weird to me, though I know it was the easiest way to write plots for them all.
I actually enjoyed the Silver Surfer animated series when it originally aired, so much so that I recently re-watched it on Disney+. It needs a proper return to continue or finish off its storylines and plot threads. Also, much like almost everybody else here, I was definitely a fan of Pirates Of Dark Water back in the day! I've even rented the Genesis game, too!
#1 I forgot this show, until I saw that opening and went "I FORGOT!" 2: Yep, saw a few. #3: A couple episodes, but that's about it. 4: it looks familiar, but I dont recall. 5: Yep. Saturday Mornings on ThisTV. This, Spider Riders, Anne of Green Gables, and Wizard of Oz were every saturday. Oh, also had Trolls and Sabrina. 6: Saw on Fox Kids 7: Aww... I miss this one. 8- Don't recall this one. 9: Another no. BUT THE NEXT ONE! 10: Was my jam! Loved this show as a kid.
Two of my favorite failed Cartoons were Macron 1, a Giant Robot Anime, and Dragon Warrior, with art by Akira Toriyama. Both were produced by Saban entertainment who was so cheap, that cassettes of said Anime with only 2 episodes were in EP 6 hour mode quality, with the cassettes having very little tape. Macron one was the only giant robot anime I really liked, aside from G Gundam, and Dragon Warrior was canceled because Akira Toryiama sued Saban due to leaving him out of the credits.
As a kid I LOVED Pirates of Dark Water and was so upset when they cancelled. Then when Toonheads made that joke about showing the ending I got all excited for nothing. Even as an adult I think about that toonhead prank and scowl thinking about it. Wished they were at least allowed to quick finish it or something. Of course even streaming shows will just get cancelled with no ending. It makes no sense that streaming shows don't get an ending because you don't have to worry about time slots.
@@TheReviewStudios the exact title of the copy I watched is, "Fox Kids - King of the Hill meets Silver Surfer" Not sure how you feel about links on your page lol @theinsanemonkeyboy Thank you soooo much for making me aware of that; the Silver Surfer's reaction is f-ng priceless! edit: holy crap, there's more than one. Life is a little less shitty, tonight.
Pirates of Dark Water is the only one I watched. Didn’t even really know the rest even existed. Honestly, one of the huge disappointments with a show like Pirates of Dark Water ending prematurely is the fact that it was a story intended to have a clear beginning, middle, and end. But it ended up like a 50 chapter “book” left unfinished at chapter 12. Might be worth bringing back on a streaming service, if for nothing more but to finish the story.
I have lots of good memories about this cartoons. I wanted a second season so bad and still waiting. Pirates of Dark Water needs a final season or ending.
I was in my late teens and early 20s when these were aired, so I only know the names of most of these through my nieces and nephews, except I am old enough to have watched The Pirates of Dark Water. The others I have zero memory of at all.
Off beats was one of my favorites, but so was kablam and sheep in the big city. Those shows played a keyrole in my humor and personality. Dark waters so, sad it didn't last long. I knew something was up when Kmart had the toys on clearance back in the day😂. Silver surfer, though, really taught me to think and see life differently. I'm sure the failure of the show could lead back to the lack of action at times and constant introspection from the surfer. That wasn't extreme enough in the 90's. Fun fact I own a silver surfer shirt from 98 to commemorate the show.
Never sat channel umptee3, But I can recognize the genius Rob Paulsen when I hear him Never saw Silver surfer when it aired, but caught it much later. It was great. Only one of these I watched while airing was Pirates of Dark water, It was an amazing gem, And truly sad it never got a proper ending.,
i miss kerblammo and pirates, i still have a copy of pirates i archived for when i get some kids of my own to share with. wish i had known umpteen was lost as a buddy i lost contact with recorded a set on some vhs when he couldnt find a place that sold any.
Pirates of Dark Water is one of the most popular short lived cartoons! Too bad they never revived the cartoon, it deserves a reboot. I also remember Jungle Cubs on ABC’s One Saturday Morning. I only remember All Dogs go to heaven TV series in a Kids WB promo that aired before the block, The Lionhearts would’ve been good if it came years earlier, since the WB homage cartoons like Animaniacs ended at the point.
There's a few you missed from the 80s & 90s like Billy The Cat, Sharky & George, Bots Master, Cybersix, My Pet Monster, C.O.P.S., Widget The World Watcher, The Smoggies, Rupert The Bear, Neds Newt, Shadow Raiders, Insektorz & Sonic Underground.
Salts lighthouse was shown in Portugal in RTP1 Channel in dub form , but the story was heavily modified and locations swapped with portuguese ones , and centered around fishing
While I never watched Pirates of Dark Water, I’ve known it’s existed for years and have been meaning to watch it Also: never saw the cartoon but saw a youtube vid of a promo where Hank Hill chats with Silver Surfer
Two cartoon series that needs a continuation to finish the story; Pirates of Dark Water, and the Saturday morning Sonic the Hedgehog show that was left on a cliffhanger.
I do remember a scant few of them, like I know Don Bluth had his work scattered all over for years since Dragon's Lair and Space Ace were on Saturday Supercade. I know during the 90s, Marvel and HB were jockeying for position with what they had. I feel for HB, what they had before that with Sky Commanders and the 80s Jonny Quest revival hit them hard. Jonny Quest could've stayed but Sky Commanders was better made as a oneshot. You also have to consider that video game adaptations added to Pirates having an advantage on those two. For the Marvel side of things, they were trying to revive their superhero block they once had in the 60s. I see what they were doing with what they had, it was a gambit since X-Men and Spider-Man were doing so well during that time. F4, Iron Man, Silver Surfer just didn't have that same spark that those two series had. Disney was simply copying what was out there already since their Disney Afternoon block was ruling the weekday schedule. Sadly, you can only do the 'Kid' thing for so long that it wore itself out. HB showed that off through Yo! Yogi, A Pup Named Scooby Doo and the Flintstone Kids. MWS had some interesting shows after TMNT took off but they fizzled out afterwards, they tried their best though. Nickelodeon was in a class of its own with what they had going on. I'd say a lot on this list here weren't considered failures, they fizzled out mostly cause they made Saturday (and even Sunday) mornings into its own Royal Rumble. If there weren't so many revivals going on, they possibly would've lasted longer.
The only one of these TV shows that I actually watched was Disney's Jungle Cubs. The others, I've either just seen clips of, or have heard of\seen listed in a TV guide listing. Another TV show that premiered in 1998 & ran for 2 seasons with 52 episodes was Histeria! I didn't actually get to see Histeria! until earlier this year when MeTV Toons started showing it for an hour on Saturday mornings.
Aside from Pirates of Dark Water, the only others on that list that I recall (but even then that's just VERY vaguely) is Zorro and Silver Surfer. Pirates I really enjoyed, and was disappointed that it failed so.
So mad about Pirates of Dark Water, even as a kid. Still can't imagine why it's never been redone, or even continued in comic format. But no, no resolution for Dark Water...tragedy.
Im still convinced that Pirates of Dark Water is what killed Cartoon Network's Cartoon Friday Nights. I remember they said they were going to air the never-before seen ending to PoDW one Friday, but it turned out to just be a huge fakeout. That was also the last new Cartoon Friday i remember seeing, which to me meant that the backlash over this was big enough to can the whole program.
i remember watching pirates of dark water on usa network. but the bad side they only aired half of the series. we didn't get the rest of the series until cartoon network picked it up & started to air it.
It's interesting how shows that ran for a little time influenced me like Dark water and Bucky o hare. I remember cartoon network advertised they were having a whole day of dark water I think they said every episode. i assumed as a kid I would see how it ended I was super disappointed.
I loved Pirates of Dark Water. Never heard of any of the others, but I was well over the age of the target audience, not that that ever stopped me from watching or enjoying a show.
I remember watching pirates of Darkwater, unfortunately it wasn't on regular TV for some reason and I only got to see it once or twice on at the after school playcenter.
I found The Pirates Of Dark Water compelling. I loved it. When it disappeared I wondered what happened to it but it's a shame it wasn't viable from a monetary stand point.
Do You remember watching any of these?
@@TheReviewStudios I at least saw the off-beats when I was a kid but completely forgot till this vid!
Two of my favorite failed Cartoons were Macron 1, a Giant Robot Anime, and Dragon Warrior, with art by Akira Toriyama. Both were produced by Saban entertainment who was so cheap, that cassettes of said Anime with only 2 episodes were in EP 6 hour mode quality, with the cassettes having very little tape. Macron one was the only giant robot anime I really liked, aside from G Gundam, and Dragon Warrior was canceled because Akira Toryiama sued Saban due to leaving him out of the credits.
Zorro, Channel Umptee-3 and Lionhearts are show I personally watched. Channel Umptee-3 was called "Kukkokooteevee" here and since kukko means rooster I thought Ogden was a rooster not an ostrich 😅😂
I remember the whole lot in this video, also, The New Adventures of Zorro, first aired in 1981, and not a single one of the iterations of the series from '81 into the '90s took place in Spain, They all took place in California when it was still a colony of Spain, In fact even the live action t.v show and the movies all took place in Spanish colonial California.
@FieraMyst Yeah, there was so many errors about Zorro here that it made my head spin 😵💫
It hurts to see Pirates of Dark Water called a failed cartoon. That was a gem of a show, and I still have figures from it on my shelf.
That's pretty much series title at this point. Pirates ruled! Thanks for watching and for commenting too!
@@TheReviewStudios Pirates was killed because the Corpos wanted to kiddify their cartoons. It's the same reason SWAT Kats was canceled.
I don't think that's why Silver Surfer got axed, but I'm genuinely not sure where they were trying to go with it.
@@marhawkman303 It was more the cost and the fact that the show wouldn't make a return on the investment in time to be considered profitable because of how high the cost was. Half a million isn't chump change even today, but back in the 90s, that would be more appropriate for a well loved live action series, not an animated show.
@@jgkitarel or is that just what the corpos used as the public excuse?
Loved that show
Everyone from my generation is still super bitter that Pirates of Dark Water didn't get more seasons
100% I knew so many ppl who watched it, it was a good show
There’s something I wouldn’t mind a live action adaptation of.
@@dallasshumaker6148 as long as they stick to the source material or don’t ruin it.
I still occasionally swear in the language that show had. Great stuff. Me and my friends absolutely loved it. And Tim Curry was his usual brilliant self as his diabolical little sh!t of a character.
@michaeldougherty6036 Noy Ji'tat!
Toonami used to play Pirates of Dark Water and thundercats back to back and the next hour would be ReBoot/DBZ! What a great time!
I dont remember dark water, but I remember Thundercats and swat kats. What an awesome time.
@@travisatchison8429 yeah Toonami used to be good :/
Loved The Pirates of Dark Water!! Was one of my favorites as a kid.
Mine as well I was lucky enough to get the dvd collection.
Same I hate it ended on the cliffhanger.
Pirates of Dark water was ahead of its time.
How they haven't made it into a movie yet is beyond me, it's world building and character designs were phenomenal
Same, but I could never find it on even if I channel surfed every station on Saturday morning. I would have watched the heck out of it. But in hind sight, I probably should have looked it up on TV guide or such.
Born in 81, I remember exactly when and where I saw Pirates of Dark water as a kid, in the mountains of BC whilst on holiday. Lore and animation gripped me immediately, which I can’t say for any other show in this period. This is precisely what needs to be rebooted on a streaming network.
Would've been great if Pirates of Dark Water is given an X-Men 97-style revival, then all of us can continue their adventures from there.
That would be awesome!
In this age or remakes and reboots, it could be possible. We just need a way to let the higher ups know were interested.
They would either ruin it with politics, or most people would expect it to be ruined and not watch it causing it to be cancelled again anyway.
For example look at Transformers One. Everyone says it's good. Not enough people watched it because Hasbro sucks! And I myself will never watch it for that same reason. I don't care how good it is.
If they made a Pirates of Dark Water remake/reboot/or straight up continuation from where it left off, I'd avoid it like the plague simply because Warner Brothers owns it and they can all go to Hell!
Yep@@jonathanprince707
Or if we could at least Serenity it, ya know?? This idea needs to spread.
FINALLY!!! Dark Water!! I adored this one! I literally went out to the store to buy a video tape to tape the premiere of that show. Props to The Review.
Thank You!!!
I was in my 20s watching pirates of dark water. It was a solid fantasy setting, good characters, and a solid villain
I have so many memories of watching Pirates of Dark Water while my dad made us breakfast before school. Glad you finally got around to covering it!
That sounds like an awesome memory. Sorry it took so long, we threw it in a "1998" video but oh well.
Privates of dark wark deserve better reboot needs to happen
@@josuefret1499 it needs the ending we never got.
@invaderhorizongreen8168 it sure does great cartoon for it time deserve better
I loved that show.
Pirates of Dark Water is such an amazing oddity, it was one of the most ambitious and costly to make cartoons of its time.....by the same studio known for producing the cheapest shows possible and now a days is more remembered for its beat em up on the SNES than its awesome TV series
So many people want Pirates of Dark Water to come back. Please somebody take the opportunity. This show created so many core memories for my childhood play.
Ya I just it did not hold up well I tried to watch it again and was like man I remember this different like B.A.D bureau of alien detection
Pirates of Dark Water was so much fun. ❤
It's definitely a beloved classic
Yeah we got the toys when my siblings and I were children.
True shame it got canceled when it did.
Pirates of Dark Water was dope and well animated with a solid storyline.
By the time the 90s hit, I was past the heyday of my cartoon watching days, though I definitely found a few that I enjoyed. Pirates of Dark Water was one such show. I loved every minute of it, and was always on the lookout for any times that reruns would air. It is one that I would still sit down and rewatch today, and would love to see it brought back.
Pirates of Dark Water is still worth re-watching even this many years later. While I don't have that much faith in modern show-business reviving anything, this is one series I wish would at least have gotten the 2-3 more seasons it needed for the main plot to be resolved.
Pirates of the Dark Water was ahead of its time! If it had come juust a few years later, it would’ve been huge
The theme songs of all these shows are like a time machine. Most i havent thought about, but man hear them takes me back.
My Mother loved the Silver Surfer cartoon. She was royally MAD when it was removed from the lineup on Fox.
Silver Surfer and Pirates of Dark Water were great. I remember ads for the Pirates show and seeing the toys, but only watched the show on blu-ray a few years ago. It was awesome- great characters, dark themes, great animation! Brock Peters and Jodi Benson doing voices? You can't go wrong.
Pirates of Dark Water was my favorite and underappreciated. The fact that they only found 2 of the treasures and then cut the series off at a cliffhanger, was totally bogus.
Total BS
Pirates of Dark Water was so good! It makes me happy to hear others still remember it!
Dark Water was pretty darn good and it's right up there with Spiral Zone in the "Animated series I really wish had lasted until their ending". I do wish the creators of those shows would have at least published novels or comics to finish the stories off.
Pirates of Dark Water!!! I remember being mesmerized by the characters and art in that show. The off-beats was another one that stuck in my mind without ever remembering what was.
Hitting me hard with Kablam! Nostalgia bomb. I ain't mad tho.
So many great shows.
we had to work Kablam in there somewhere
Odd for the hack making these videos to call "Kablam!" a failure when it ran for four seasons.
@@TheReviewStudios Explain how "Kablam" failed, slapdick. I don't think you understand what the word means, nor what actually constitutes a failure, in television.
@@amicooke1790 unless it's also later on in the video it seemed like they were just talking about the origins of the off beats which then didn't last as its own show
I'm 42 and i occasionally say "Noy Jitat", when something annoys me.
"I live by the sword, I'll steer by the sword, as well"
Dark Water is the one I watched. It sucks that the series was cut short.
Pirates of Dark Water is - total love
For Zorro, there was a hero action hour in the 80s, of Zorro, Lone Ranger, and Tarzan. 2 of them played each Saturday morning.
Silver Surfer and Pirates of Darkwater, this is a banger of a video. I'm so glad to finally see it lol You kept your word good Sir!
I'm ashamed of people sleeping on this heavily underrated channel. This should be a much larger channel.
Couldn't agree more 👏 thanks for sticking with us
I even own the pirates of dark water video game. 😂
Awesome!!
They came out on DVD, so I had to get it.
The SNES game is an underrated geme. IT WAS AMAZING!
Pirates of Darkwater being cancelled like that means that beating the video game is the closest you'll ever get to "closure" for the story.
There was a video game?!
You have an understated yet funny and clever dialogue sometimes. The one about resident evil and SimCity was really funny.
A lot of people don't catch on to all of it. I think you need a similar sense of humor. Thanks for watching.
I remember watching some of these shows. A few I found on reruns.
man im so freaking happy i found this channel a few years ago. HOpe you keep this series going til you're out of content and don't change it!
That's the plan! Thanks for sticking with us
I watched like 5 episodes of the Pirates of dark water when it first debuted and spent years trying to find it again and wondering what happened to it.
I still need more Pirates of dark water!
When I clicked on the video, I did my normal pause, go to the chapter list, and use that to first check Internet Archives, then RUclips if any left. That way I could relax and watch the video without pausing it every few minutes. When I was doing that, none of these by title I remember watching. However, as I was watching the video afterwards, that certainly changed. Jungle Cubs, All Dogs Go To Heaven The Series, and Pirates of Dark Water had me going, wait, I know that show now. So yeah, those ones I remember watching while watching the video. As for finding them, most I could find for Channel Umtee-3 was clips, and Salt's Lighthouse couldn't find anything, but the rest, I at least found some if not all of the episodes, so that's cool. Thank you, enjoyed your video.
As always, great comments. It's amazing how little things in these cartoons can trigger the memories long buried.
I'm 40 and I would still watch pirates of dark water that show was great
The Jungle Cubs was fine for what it was. The 90s was a notorious time for cartoon studios to kiddify already popular cartoon characters. Warner Bros. with Tiny Toons, Hanna-Barbara with A Pup Named Scooby Doo, Flintstone Kids (this was actually 86), and Yogi Bear and Friends. The Jungle Cub characters maintained the personalities from 1967 movie, with the exception of Kaa who was more indicative of his book character in that he was an ally of Mowgli, and very supportive in the book, and not a minor deceptive antagonist as portrayed in the movie . While everyone was friends and the stories were light and simple, I do remember that one of the episodes was based on a story from the book in which Mowgli and the group go looking for "man treasure" as they called it.
The episode with the red dogs was also from the original book. While I did enjoy it as a kid, looking back it bugs me that they were all buddies, including Shere Khan. In the Disnay movie, (which the show clearly played off more than the books), most of the animals didn't seem to like each other that much, (except for Bagheera and the wolves), and they were all terrified of Khan. So having them be friends all watching each other's backs seemed increasingly weird to me, though I know it was the easiest way to write plots for them all.
I actually enjoyed the Silver Surfer animated series when it originally aired, so much so that I recently re-watched it on Disney+. It needs a proper return to continue or finish off its storylines and plot threads.
Also, much like almost everybody else here, I was definitely a fan of Pirates Of Dark Water back in the day! I've even rented the Genesis game, too!
#1 I forgot this show, until I saw that opening and went "I FORGOT!"
2: Yep, saw a few.
#3: A couple episodes, but that's about it.
4: it looks familiar, but I dont recall.
5: Yep. Saturday Mornings on ThisTV. This, Spider Riders, Anne of Green Gables, and Wizard of Oz were every saturday. Oh, also had Trolls and Sabrina.
6: Saw on Fox Kids
7: Aww... I miss this one.
8- Don't recall this one.
9: Another no. BUT THE NEXT ONE!
10: Was my jam! Loved this show as a kid.
I loved Pirates of Dark Water. Had the ship, and all but three figures. Played with them all the time and watched the show as much as Thunder cats.
I definitely remember The Offbeats and Jungle Cubs. I think I caught Jungle Cubs on Toon Disney. Thanks for another great video!
There were one or two episodes of jungle cubs on broadcast but then everything moved to cable
I remember Jungle Cubs, but I never heard of the Off beats having their own show. I just remembered seeing it on Kablam.
Pirates of Dark Water would make a great reboot ( Animation ) . The show had such a wild world that left a lot of potential.
Two of my favorite failed Cartoons were Macron 1, a Giant Robot Anime, and Dragon Warrior, with art by Akira Toriyama. Both were produced by Saban entertainment who was so cheap, that cassettes of said Anime with only 2 episodes were in EP 6 hour mode quality, with the cassettes having very little tape. Macron one was the only giant robot anime I really liked, aside from G Gundam, and Dragon Warrior was canceled because Akira Toryiama sued Saban due to leaving him out of the credits.
Clicked this strictly for PODW. I absolutely loved that show when i was a kid.
As a kid I LOVED Pirates of Dark Water and was so upset when they cancelled. Then when Toonheads made that joke about showing the ending I got all excited for nothing. Even as an adult I think about that toonhead prank and scowl thinking about it. Wished they were at least allowed to quick finish it or something. Of course even streaming shows will just get cancelled with no ending. It makes no sense that streaming shows don't get an ending because you don't have to worry about time slots.
I remember Silver Surfer doing a crossover of sorts with Hank Hill. King of the Hill took over Fox Kids and Hank sold Silver Surfer propane. 😂L😂
This is the second time someone has said something about that and I have never seen it. I really need to find it. Thanks monkeyboy
@TheReviewStudios it's on RUclips it was just a bumper.
@@TheReviewStudios the exact title of the copy I watched is, "Fox Kids - King of the Hill meets Silver Surfer" Not sure how you feel about links on your page lol @theinsanemonkeyboy Thank you soooo much for making me aware of that; the Silver Surfer's reaction is f-ng priceless!
edit: holy crap, there's more than one. Life is a little less shitty, tonight.
These were all "after my time".
Wow, I'm that old now
😢
Pirates of dark water was highly underrated
I have Pirates of Dark Water backed-up on three drives lol just like Brisco County Jr. Feels weird that I don't recognize any of the others.
Pirates of Dark Water is the only one I watched. Didn’t even really know the rest even existed. Honestly, one of the huge disappointments with a show like Pirates of Dark Water ending prematurely is the fact that it was a story intended to have a clear beginning, middle, and end. But it ended up like a 50 chapter “book” left unfinished at chapter 12. Might be worth bringing back on a streaming service, if for nothing more but to finish the story.
I bought the DVD set to show my kids. They loved it!
Awesome!
I still remember my first encounter with King of the Hill was a crossover ad Hank did with the Silver Surfer… what a time to be alive
I have lots of good memories about this cartoons. I wanted a second season so bad and still waiting. Pirates of Dark Water needs a final season or ending.
I consider Sonic Underground a failed cartoon because it only had 1 season. One more video and it'll probably be featured: Failed cartoons of 1999
Good one thank you we'll have to feature that for 1999.
I was in my late teens and early 20s when these were aired, so I only know the names of most of these through my nieces and nephews, except I am old enough to have watched The Pirates of Dark Water. The others I have zero memory of at all.
Off beats was one of my favorites, but so was kablam and sheep in the big city. Those shows played a keyrole in my humor and personality. Dark waters so, sad it didn't last long. I knew something was up when Kmart had the toys on clearance back in the day😂.
Silver surfer, though, really taught me to think and see life differently. I'm sure the failure of the show could lead back to the lack of action at times and constant introspection from the surfer. That wasn't extreme enough in the 90's. Fun fact I own a silver surfer shirt from 98 to commemorate the show.
Never sat channel umptee3, But I can recognize the genius Rob Paulsen when I hear him
Never saw Silver surfer when it aired, but caught it much later. It was great.
Only one of these I watched while airing was Pirates of Dark water, It was an amazing gem, And truly sad it never got a proper ending.,
A+ video!
LOVE IT! Very intriguing shows!
Glad you enjoyed it!
i miss kerblammo and pirates, i still have a copy of pirates i archived for when i get some kids of my own to share with.
wish i had known umpteen was lost as a buddy i lost contact with recorded a set on some vhs when he couldnt find a place that sold any.
Pirates of Dark Water is one of the most popular short lived cartoons! Too bad they never revived the cartoon, it deserves a reboot. I also remember Jungle Cubs on ABC’s One Saturday Morning. I only remember All Dogs go to heaven TV series in a Kids WB promo that aired before the block, The Lionhearts would’ve been good if it came years earlier, since the WB homage cartoons like Animaniacs ended at the point.
The Off-Beats, Silver Surfer, and The Pirates of Dark Water are still my shows.
There's a few you missed from the 80s & 90s like Billy The Cat, Sharky & George, Bots Master, Cybersix, My Pet Monster, C.O.P.S., Widget The World Watcher, The Smoggies, Rupert The Bear, Neds Newt, Shadow Raiders, Insektorz & Sonic Underground.
The one I liked that no one seems to remember was Swat Kats.
SWAT Kats was great!
I am an 80's kid and a 90's teen. I honestly don't remember many of these at all. Either I totally forgot them or never heard of them to begin with.
The cartoons mentioned in this video I remember seeing are:
Gadget Boy and Heather
All Dogs go to Heaven
Pirates of Dark Water
Silver Surfer
I like Silver Surfer and it should never been canceled in the first place. 😀👍
I remember all of these having watched them growing up except new zorro, channel umtee, and Salts Lighthouse never saw these three.
Salts lighthouse was shown in Portugal in RTP1 Channel in dub form , but the story was heavily modified and locations swapped with portuguese ones , and centered around fishing
While I never watched Pirates of Dark Water, I’ve known it’s existed for years and have been meaning to watch it
Also: never saw the cartoon but saw a youtube vid of a promo where Hank Hill chats with Silver Surfer
I need to find that NOW! 😆 king of the hill reboot in the works now.
I love Pirates of Dark Water, deserves a blu ray release, really wish it got a proper ending.
Yeah! It definitely was the ATLA before Avatar.
Pirates of Dark Water was awesome.
Two cartoon series that needs a continuation to finish the story; Pirates of Dark Water, and the Saturday morning Sonic the Hedgehog show that was left on a cliffhanger.
OMG THE OFF BEATS!!! I sung the intro and I haven't thought of this cartoon in ages. Unlocked a core memory
Awesome!!
Thanks for playing Pirates of Dark Water.
I do remember a scant few of them, like I know Don Bluth had his work scattered all over for years since Dragon's Lair and Space Ace were on Saturday Supercade. I know during the 90s, Marvel and HB were jockeying for position with what they had. I feel for HB, what they had before that with Sky Commanders and the 80s Jonny Quest revival hit them hard. Jonny Quest could've stayed but Sky Commanders was better made as a oneshot. You also have to consider that video game adaptations added to Pirates having an advantage on those two. For the Marvel side of things, they were trying to revive their superhero block they once had in the 60s. I see what they were doing with what they had, it was a gambit since X-Men and Spider-Man were doing so well during that time. F4, Iron Man, Silver Surfer just didn't have that same spark that those two series had. Disney was simply copying what was out there already since their Disney Afternoon block was ruling the weekday schedule. Sadly, you can only do the 'Kid' thing for so long that it wore itself out. HB showed that off through Yo! Yogi, A Pup Named Scooby Doo and the Flintstone Kids. MWS had some interesting shows after TMNT took off but they fizzled out afterwards, they tried their best though. Nickelodeon was in a class of its own with what they had going on.
I'd say a lot on this list here weren't considered failures, they fizzled out mostly cause they made Saturday (and even Sunday) mornings into its own Royal Rumble. If there weren't so many revivals going on, they possibly would've lasted longer.
The only one of these TV shows that I actually watched was Disney's Jungle Cubs.
The others, I've either just seen clips of, or have heard of\seen listed in a TV guide listing.
Another TV show that premiered in 1998 & ran for 2 seasons with 52 episodes was Histeria!
I didn't actually get to see Histeria! until earlier this year when MeTV Toons started showing it for an hour on Saturday mornings.
Aside from Pirates of Dark Water, the only others on that list that I recall (but even then that's just VERY vaguely) is Zorro and Silver Surfer. Pirates I really enjoyed, and was disappointed that it failed so.
Sea of Thieves style game for Dark Water is a dream of mine for a few years now
So mad about Pirates of Dark Water, even as a kid. Still can't imagine why it's never been redone, or even continued in comic format. But no, no resolution for Dark Water...tragedy.
Wow the Dark Water thumb nail brought back memories I didn't even know I had!
Im still convinced that Pirates of Dark Water is what killed Cartoon Network's Cartoon Friday Nights. I remember they said they were going to air the never-before seen ending to PoDW one Friday, but it turned out to just be a huge fakeout. That was also the last new Cartoon Friday i remember seeing, which to me meant that the backlash over this was big enough to can the whole program.
Pirates of Dark Water really deserves a continuation. It would be great to at least see a conclusion to the story
not only do I REMEMBER Pirates of Dark Water, I quite literally CRIED when the series just freaking ENDED. So glad I'm not alone in loving it!
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Love the Silver Surfer cartoon and I had the figures from Dark Water.
i remember watching pirates of dark water on usa network. but the bad side they only aired half of the series. we didn't get the rest of the series until cartoon network picked it up & started to air it.
Gadget Boy was so odd. It could've been great but never lived up to the fun of the original.
I had totally forgotten Channel Umptee-3!
'voiced by Burt Reynolds' mustache' had me in stitches! lol
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oh wow, i totally forgot about umptee 3 until now. i remember watching it and the snail lol
Wow, I’ve been trying to remember Channel Untee 3 for a long time.
I actually loved the off beats it was a cool concept for a cartoon and one of the few shorts i enjoyed on kablam
It's interesting how shows that ran for a little time influenced me like Dark water and Bucky o hare. I remember cartoon network advertised they were having a whole day of dark water I think they said every episode. i assumed as a kid I would see how it ended I was super disappointed.
Same here. Darkwater ending like that just felt wrong, it felt like the good guys lost and the world was consumed by the titular Dark water...
SAME!
Dark Waters was really strange. I tried to watch party of an episode. Kablaam was awesome and still weird. It's even on RUclips.
I definitely wanted more of the Off-beats.
I loved Pirates of Dark Water. Never heard of any of the others, but I was well over the age of the target audience, not that that ever stopped me from watching or enjoying a show.
I remember watching pirates of Darkwater, unfortunately it wasn't on regular TV for some reason and I only got to see it once or twice on at the after school playcenter.
I found The Pirates Of Dark Water compelling. I loved it. When it disappeared I wondered what happened to it but it's a shame it wasn't viable from a monetary stand point.