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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 16, 2021 9:36:27 GMT -5
Today, in 1981, the second Raccoons special aired on CBC, according to a Facebook page on Ottawa animation (Wiki says it was 12/20/81, however). Well either way, we're close enough.
Sophia Tutu makes her debut, as do the bears.
EDIT: A search on Newspapers.com has it on the 20th.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 16, 2021 11:04:50 GMT -5
All of the specials are fun, but I’m mainly hyped for the Lost Star anniversary. That was a fever dream, it was so batshit.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 16, 2021 12:45:27 GMT -5
All of the specials are fun, but I’m mainly hyped for the Lost Star anniversary. That was a fever dream, it was so batshit. Oh yeah. And it was my first Raccoons special, so it has special meaning to me. (I was also near the end of living in our original house, so....) |
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Post by horsemen4ever on Dec 16, 2021 16:13:46 GMT -5
This is my favorite special, the songs are just the best of the special. I got to love that Islander promotion. You think a Canadian cartoon promote a Canadian team, just shows how popular they were in the early 80's, the heart of the dynasty.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 20, 2021 7:57:14 GMT -5
Today is officially the 40th for On Ice! As it premiered on 12/20/81 in Canada. (think it came stateside a month or so later...at least it did in the NYC market...)
Here's to the show that showed us some things are bigger than chocolate pudding.
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Post by schma on Dec 21, 2021 7:24:42 GMT -5
I remember watching when it was a full cartoon. I didn't realize there were specials but then I was born in 83 so I guess that makes sense. I wonder if CBC Gem has it. I've been meaning to check it out.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 21, 2021 13:58:36 GMT -5
I remember watching when it was a full cartoon. I didn't realize there were specials but then I was born in 83 so I guess that makes sense. I wonder if CBC Gem has it. I've been meaning to check it out. Kind of like how I thought Lost Star was the pilot, as it were, for the series. It was the first time I saw The Raccoons at all. Only when I watched reruns on The Disney Channel did I learn of the first two specials, and the clipshow special. |
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 21, 2021 14:11:12 GMT -5
I remember watching when it was a full cartoon. I didn't realize there were specials but then I was born in 83 so I guess that makes sense. I wonder if CBC Gem has it. I've been meaning to check it out. Kind of like how I thought Lost Star was the pilot, as it were, for the series. It was the first time I saw The Raccoons at all. Only when I watched reruns on The Disney Channel did I learn of the first two specials, and the clipshow special. To tell the truth, I think the Evergreen Grand Prix episode was the first one I saw, either that or the one where Cyril got a surprise birthday which I think was the regular series pilot. Disney Channel aired “Let’s Dance” at some point and I saw that before I saw the older specials, making me extra curious why Cyril had gone full international terrorist all of a sudden. |
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 21, 2021 14:22:53 GMT -5
Kind of like how I thought Lost Star was the pilot, as it were, for the series. It was the first time I saw The Raccoons at all. Only when I watched reruns on The Disney Channel did I learn of the first two specials, and the clipshow special. To tell the truth, I think the Evergreen Grand Prix episode was the first one I saw, either that or the one where Cyril got a surprise birthday which I think was the regular series pilot. Disney Channel aired “Let’s Dance” at some point and I saw that before I saw the older specials, making me extra curious why Cyril had gone full international terrorist all of a sudden. First full episode I saw was The Chips Are Down! (the one I consider the veiled drug addiction episode...) By the time I was watching, LS seemed to be the only special TDC still aired, though apparently a showing of Let's Dance! showed up when I wasn't paying attention, and i didn't record it. While I did see all the specials by the time I saw LD!, there was one thing I first saw there before actually seeing it in the actual show: the animation sequence to Fallin', Fallin'. Because TDC (and actually, the local airing when I first watched it) only used the two-part format of Lost Star, which cut out a lot from the show. Including Fallin'. |
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