System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
A VHS tape with the ORIGINAL airings of the first Nicktoons. The first episodes of Doug, Rugrats, and Ren & Stimpy, with promos for them and everything. And to boot, it ran past the Nicktoons and I've got an episode of Salute Your Shorts on as well. I actually remember the day we taped it, thinking back now.
Ah, the memories of days when Nickelodeon was actually good. Not like the crap they air today. In fact, if they had an old-school Nick channel (WHY DON"T THEY?), I'd probably watch it all day. It pains me to think of what my kids someday will be watching as opposed to what I watched as a kid.
Ah, the memories of days when Nickelodeon was actually good. Not like the crap they air today. In fact, if they had an old-school Nick channel (WHY DON"T THEY?), I'd probably watch it all day. It pains me to think of what my kids someday will be watching as opposed to what I watched as a kid.
That is an awesome find, do you think you could make a copy and mail it to retro junk?
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
AWESOME! Awww the days of Salute Your Shorts, Hey Dude!, Are You Afraid of the Dark, Ren and Stimpy, Clarissa, Pete and Pete, shall I continue? HA! Anyhow I can't even imagine how drastic my life would turn if a channel existed!
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
Quite possibly...but I'd have to make COMPLETELY sure it is the first ones though, not my mistake. One of the commercials hails "Rugrats...a brand new Nicktoon", and I think we taped these because they were brand new. But I believe we taped them in 1992, not 1991, which is when I think they first really came out. I need to do soem research.
The Doug episode has him and Mr. Dink catching Chester the fish.
The Rugrats episode is when Tommy is entered in the beauty pageant.
The Ren and Stimpy episode is the classic with the happy helmet and the introduction of the Happy Happy Joy Joy song :D
Anyone know if these really are the first, or will I have to research on my own?
The Doug episode has him and Mr. Dink catching Chester the fish.
The Rugrats episode is when Tommy is entered in the beauty pageant.
The Ren and Stimpy episode is the classic with the happy helmet and the introduction of the Happy Happy Joy Joy song :D
Anyone know if these really are the first, or will I have to research on my own?
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
Argh, just did some research on a rugrats episode guide, and it turns out that at least that Rugrats episode is episode number 5 (not including the unaired pilot). Hmm...maybe that "new Nicktoon" thing just means "new episode". But oh well. Nice to own anyways. Little bit of history.
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
The Chester the Fish one seems to be a pretty early one, at least in my mind.
kryptoknightmare
122 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
I also wish there was an old school Nick channel...I was at a couple of websites that profile all the old shows...That Nick channel Noggin occasionally played old school awesome Nick shows like Salute Your Shorts, Clarissa Explains It All, and the Adventures of Pete and Pete, but now they're a full-on hip preteen channel...(Hilary Duff-ish type stuff). I wish I'd taken advantage of it while they were on.
Here are those websites, if you care (I think I might have even got them off of this board lol)
http://www.freewebs.com/oldnickelodeonshows/
http://johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/
Here are those websites, if you care (I think I might have even got them off of this board lol)
http://www.freewebs.com/oldnickelodeonshows/
http://johnnorrisbrown.com/classic-nick/
Derrick
580 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
"Doug's Big Catch" where he caught Chester was the 9th episode of Doug and aired in October of 1991.
"Little Miss Lovely" was indeed the 5th episode of Rugrats and aired in Sept of 1991.
"Stimpy's Invention" was the 6th episode of R&S and aired in Feb of 1992.
If you got the original recordings, then you got them in 1991-1992. They may not be the very first episodes but if you recorded these early episodes in the original airdates with commericals and everything, damn thats pretty sweet.
"Little Miss Lovely" was indeed the 5th episode of Rugrats and aired in Sept of 1991.
"Stimpy's Invention" was the 6th episode of R&S and aired in Feb of 1992.
If you got the original recordings, then you got them in 1991-1992. They may not be the very first episodes but if you recorded these early episodes in the original airdates with commericals and everything, damn thats pretty sweet.
kryptoknightmare
Noggin occasionally played old school awesome Nick shows like Salute Your Shorts, Clarissa Explains It All, and the Adventures of Pete and Pete
Oldschool Nick was Maya the Bee, Mysterious Cities of Gold, the Noozles... Salute Your Shorts was middleschool Nick :P
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
As far as I can remember:
The first episode of dough that aired was the one with the school dance
The first rugrats was tommy's first birthday
As for ren and stimpy, I'm not quite sure...it could have been the one where they are in the pound but for some reason it seems to have slipped my mind. I loved that show the most.
The first episode of dough that aired was the one with the school dance
The first rugrats was tommy's first birthday
As for ren and stimpy, I'm not quite sure...it could have been the one where they are in the pound but for some reason it seems to have slipped my mind. I loved that show the most.
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
Cool find! I loved Are U Afaid of the Dark, The secert Life of Alex Mack, and many more!
System
79987 Posts
19 years, 9 months ago
I remember ne abd ny friend anticipating the first episode of rugrats. All the commercials were dope too.