I don't remember a ton about this cartoon but I do remember enjoying it as a kid.

@bennie82 Same here man.

I remeber that I didn't like that Bert's nose was always bent lol.

i used to watch that show JUST because of the Main and ESPECIALLY because of the Closing Theme......wonder if that closing-theme could have made it to the charts....sounds very "80-hit-ish" (yes i know it's from the 80s .....

just luv this show, good theme song too!

awesome i just barely remember this show thank you retrojunk for bringing back the memories.

I don't remember much about of this show, but I remember that I used to love it.

great show.. the christmas episode is the best

My friend and i had a conversation about how cartoons from our generation had alot of "left wing" messages in them.... i think the environmental issue here is a great example.

I always wanted to play the game Cyril Sneer plays in the Into to the Raccoons - and I found a Flash mock-up on this site!

http://theadventuresofauck.blogspot.com/2009/10/raccoons.html

This show is great.

i remember this show. i hope that this show would be releced on dvd.

I adore this programme. The theme tune was and still is so poignant. I got an mp3 version of it hah

Wow, I forgot about this show! This was a great one. What kind of animal was the bad guy??? I could not figure that out...

It's great to see Teletoon Retro here in Canada still playing them, main reason I switched to digital cable I currently have nearly every episode now on dvd since my dvd recorder is hooked up to the digital box only one thing I hate....they skipped over a couple episodes and keep skipping them so either they don't have them or they are not watchable when CBC sold it to them and they bid on it. But at least one of the missing episodes is on the dvds they released here in Canada so I am only missing the one from the whole series of 60 episodes. Might have to download it from Youtube convert it to a NTSC DVD file and burn it to a DVD. If anyone is interested in a nearly complete set maybe we could do a trade. Thanks

im canadian and i've watched all the old great cartoons but this was so bad in my opinion, i was too happy i guess iunno?

my cousin was one of the animators for the show!!!!!!!!!

My favorite childhood cartoon I use to watch on the Disney Channel. Disney Channel back then was great but not anymore in this generation.

You can buy DVD's direct from CBC at http://www.cbcshop.ca/CBC/shopping/searchresult.aspx?lang=en-CA or wherever else you might like. Doesn't seem like they have put much effort into re-releasing the series so tracking down some of the old VHS tapes is a must for now.

This show was so typically Canadian in every conceivable way and I loved it to bits. Still do. Weirdest thing was I met a British guy in his early 20's in Hongkong last year and he was a big fan too!

couldnt remember the name of this show for the longest time! i remember watching it, and what the characters looked like, but couldnt remember the name!, thank you retrojunk!

does anyone know where you can get this show on vhs or dvd?

Ha Great show. Lol I remember some funny jokes from this show. I'm Canadian and I'm proud of it.

I'm not Canadian but I watched some episodes on YouTube. Pretty good stuff. I think Ralph is my fave.

None of my friends remember this show :/ I loved it though.

this show Rocked!!!!!

I'm not Canadian myself, but I have a special place in my heart for Canada and the groundbreaking animation that has come out of that great country.

And this show is just one shining example.

Shirohikari. http://theraccoons.ru/images/video.php

Visit the link above.

Ahhhhh! I used to watch this on the Disney Channel. The thing I remember most about it was the closing credits. I loved that song. Somebody should upload it if they've got it. I need to see an episode of this again so I can decide if I want to buy it on DVD...

I fondly remember watching the series when it ran on Showtime. But, oh, how I wish I could see the Christmas special again, at least some other Christmas, if not this year.

I enjoyed this show. It was one of my all-time favorites.

Charle_hector as it says in the cast list it's Cyril Sneer.

BIG NEWS: The Raccoons will be airing in the UK again on Boomerang (Avaliable on Digital Satelite and Digital Cable platforms) from September 4th.

I had racoons on ice on VHS thats how old skool this is, loved it.

Holy crap! I actually remember this show! I used to watch it sometimes on the Disney Channel.

Well apart from the indtroduction of Broo that is, who did appear for real after Schaeffer awoke from his dream.

Jake 1079 like I said in my previous post, Lost Star had no real connection to the TV series, which began in 1985 after the specials like you said.

Ive watched downloads of the raccoons specials at this link (unofficial raccoons homepage.com) I think the TV series came after the 4 specials,and the lost stars came after christmas raccoons and raccoons of ice but lost stars didnt make much sence,like how can Bert Ralph Melissa Cyril Cedric and Sophia exist on earth and that other planet at the same time.the only way you could explain that is if it was a parallel universe instead of another planet otherwise they would be better off having a new cast of charactors.but it appeared that in the end Schaeffer was just dreaming but it would have made more sense to be in a parallel universe,great show really miss it.

Well Schaffer was first introduced in The Christmas Raccoons, along with Tommy, Julie, Forest Ranger Dan, Bert, Ralph, Mellisa, Cyril and Cedric, the special that came before Raccoons On Ice. Also The Raccoons and the Lost Star has no timeline connection to the TV Show, and takes place in it's own little timeline away from the series, though of course it has the same characters as the TV show. The forth special Let's Dance is a complation of songs that were used in the previous 3 specials

He certanly was Professor Cold Heart, but only in the DIC Care Bears series and that dosen't include the two specials which came before the show was made by DIC.

Well Bert's nose was bent from day one (either born with it, or he had an accident?) Anyway Bert wasen't the only Raccoon with a bent nose, Bentley Raccoon and his parents George and Nicole Raccoon also have bent noses.

All I can remember of this show was why the hell that one racoons node was bent so weird. It bugged me as a kid...

Here let me clear up a few things about The Raccoons.

Firstily to answer Prince of Myths an aardvark is an small mammal that's native to Africa (though it's often confused for being a South American anteater, due to various similarities).
Next Willy Fog: there were 3 pigs, not 2.
Next BetaEtaPi: Cyril didn't have a nephew, he had a son named Cedric.
And to correct gunder01 and cpowers it wasen't Alannah Myles that sung the theme song. It was Lisa Lougheed (who in later episodes of the show played Lisa Raccoon who became Bert's love interest).

Indeed this was a great show, so great in fact that the BBC aired it for about a decade and a half in the UK. It started on the 5.35pm time slot (I was surprised buy this but it is true), but it's more famousily know for being on at 8.35am on a Saturday morning before shows like Going Live and Live and Kicking. (This was in the UK by the way to those US and Canadian fans out there).

Indeed Len Carlson (Bert's voice actor) will be sadily missed, but i'm sure he would want us all to continue watching AND loving the show.

I used to LOVE watching this on a sturday morning!
However, how many of you have ever seen a pink/purple aardvark?

Another fantastic Canadian show. CBC should get their act together and start putting out DVDs. Somebody needs to upload the closing credits, just for the music. I'm sure it was by somebody like Alannah Myles or whatever, but it's never my head...

"You can RUN WITH US!
We've got everything you need;
You can RUN WITH US!
We are free..."

Aaah.

Sadly, the voice of Bert Raccoon Died this year.

This show is definitely one of canada's best. at times, i can barely say it with a straight face, but this honestly was a great canadian show.

this a pretty awesome intro

I don't know why but the music always made me scared that something really bad was going to happen to everyone. Great show!

"Cyrial Sneer is an Aardvark?"

I was suprised too, I first thought he was like a pink version of The Great Gonzo.

I REMEMBER THIS ONE! I used to watch this on The Disney Channel when it was a Pay-channel.

Cyrial Sneer is an aardvark??

I used to watch this show, yet I don't really remember it at all...

It must have been good if it was from Canada though. I swear, Canada makes the best tv shows.

I know i might be going out on a limb here, but doesn't Bert remind anyone else of Geddy Lee?

I hardly remember this show,not much to say,well I did watch it when I lived in Canada.