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teddogI found a bunch of Raccoons MP3s today. Oh man, that brings me back...
The Raccoons was an Canadian animated series that used to air on CBC back in the 1980s, although I've been told it ran on NBC in the US. It started with a cute Christmas Special in 1980 that introduced the core set of characters. There was second special, "Raccoons on Ice", in 1981, themed after hockey - hey, it's a Canadian cartoon! 1983 brought a very strange special "The Raccoons and the Lost Star", which, as I understand it, was set in some sort of alternate universe. The last special, "Let's Dance" was released to video (yep, an early DTV release long before Disney caught on to it) and was mostly a clip show set to the music from the first three specials.
The actual series started in 1985 and ran until 1991. It's not GOOD television by any means (although its was a kids' show that didn't really talk down to kids until the later seasons), but its video comfort food to people like me who grew up on the series.
The thing that most stood out from the series was a scene in the episode "The Intruders". There's one part in the episode were the characters come across an underground waterfall. The location used to appear in many dreams of mine and I never could recall where the place was from until I saw a rerun of the episode. One of the "OMGWTF?" moments of my life. If I ever write the great Canadian novel, it's going to have an underground waterfall.
Late last year, 9 episodes were released on DVD and it seems that recently 9 more were released. The specials and episodes from season 1 are STILL not out yet. There's only 60 episodes and with 18 already out, I suppose that it's only a matter of time.
It's a shame that it still doesn't air on Canadian television. The last time I saw anything Raccoons related on TV was on Prisoners of Gravity, oddly enough: in one episode you can see The Raccoons playing on a montior behind Rick. I can't figure that one out, as The Raccoons was a CBC program and Prisoners of Gravity is a TVOntario program. It may have been the French version of The Raccoons, which I think aired on TFO (French TVO), but there's no audio from The Raccoons episode on PoG, so I can't tell.
The Raccoons was an Canadian animated series that used to air on CBC back in the 1980s, although I've been told it ran on NBC in the US. It started with a cute Christmas Special in 1980 that introduced the core set of characters. There was second special, "Raccoons on Ice", in 1981, themed after hockey - hey, it's a Canadian cartoon! 1983 brought a very strange special "The Raccoons and the Lost Star", which, as I understand it, was set in some sort of alternate universe. The last special, "Let's Dance" was released to video (yep, an early DTV release long before Disney caught on to it) and was mostly a clip show set to the music from the first three specials.
The actual series started in 1985 and ran until 1991. It's not GOOD television by any means (although its was a kids' show that didn't really talk down to kids until the later seasons), but its video comfort food to people like me who grew up on the series.
The thing that most stood out from the series was a scene in the episode "The Intruders". There's one part in the episode were the characters come across an underground waterfall. The location used to appear in many dreams of mine and I never could recall where the place was from until I saw a rerun of the episode. One of the "OMGWTF?" moments of my life. If I ever write the great Canadian novel, it's going to have an underground waterfall.
Late last year, 9 episodes were released on DVD and it seems that recently 9 more were released. The specials and episodes from season 1 are STILL not out yet. There's only 60 episodes and with 18 already out, I suppose that it's only a matter of time.
It's a shame that it still doesn't air on Canadian television. The last time I saw anything Raccoons related on TV was on Prisoners of Gravity, oddly enough: in one episode you can see The Raccoons playing on a montior behind Rick. I can't figure that one out, as The Raccoons was a CBC program and Prisoners of Gravity is a TVOntario program. It may have been the French version of The Raccoons, which I think aired on TFO (French TVO), but there's no audio from The Raccoons episode on PoG, so I can't tell.
