Richards Favorite Videos

I used to watch this on occasion and even then thought it was a little odd.
Every episode starts with the tale of how SuperTed came to life: He was a teddy bear found to be defective in the toy factory where he was made, and then disposed of into a storeroom in the basement. A Spotty man found him there and brought him to life with his “cosmic dust”. He was later taken to Mother Nature and given magical powers that enabled him to fight evil. This evil invariably takes the form of Texas Pete (An evil cowboy) and his gang; Bulk (an overweight, bumbling fool) and Skeleton (an undead cowardly skeleton with pink slippers). Texas Pete’s plots are generally aimed at advancing his own wealth, ruling the world and the power or the destruction of SuperTed, his nemesis.

SuperTed’s powers are activated by his “secret magic word”, which (as the name suggests) remains a secret. SuperTed whispers it every time he or someone else is in peril and he transforms into a Superman-like red suit with rockets built in to the boots. These allow him to fly. In one episode, Bulk overhears the secret magic word and also whispers it, briefly acquiring identical powers to SuperTed. However, he subsequently forgets the word.

The episodes take place all over the world (but quite often in Wales) and even in space (SuperTed is the owner of his own space station). He also has a tree house in an unspecified jungle.

SuperTed has many similarities to Captain Marvel. Like Captain Marvel, SuperTed gets his powers from saying a word. SuperTed’s costume is very similar to that of Captain Marvel. SuperTed was given his powers by a being known as Mother Nature, much like how Captain Marvel’s powers were given by the wizard Shazam.

Waynehead was a Saturday morning cartoon produced by American actor Damon Wayans and ran on Kids’ WB for the 1996-97 season. It is about a young child from a poor background with a clubfoot and was based on Wayans’ childhood in urban New York City. Actors cast in the show include Gary Coleman, Orlando Brown and Marlon Wayans. Waynehead lasted for only one season due to poor ratings. From 1997-2000, reruns aired on the Cartoon Network.

Hammerman is a Saturday morning cartoon produced by DiC Entertainment, which aired for one season (1991 - 1992) on ABC.

The program featured pop rapper MC Hammer as a youth center worker named Stanley Burrell (Hammer’s real name). Burell owns a pair of magical dancing shoes (which were alive and could speak), which when worn cause Burell to transform into the superhero Hammerman. He frequently gets advice from his “Gramps”, who was a former owner of the shoes and was known as Soulman. While in the guise of Hammerman, Burrell was dressed in MC Hammer’s signature purple parachute pants and myriad golden chains. The show was hosted by the real MC Hammer who also sang the show’s theme song, telling about the origin of Hammerman. Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Gramps (real name unrevealed) was the superhero Soulman, but as he grew older, he grew weaker and was forced to retire. Gramps and his granddaughter Jodie traveled to find the next new superhero. Their search was over when they met Stanley and when he put on the shoes. Thirteen episodes of the program were produced.

I never watched this when it was on the air. but I like the feel of it now.

Darkseid shows off the “Mind Probe” for Darkseid, who decides to use it on Wonder Woman.

Huey obtains mind control powers and goes for the natural target.

Quack Pack was a cartoon that debuted in September 1996 as a part of the Disney Afternoon weekday afternoon programming block. It lasted for one season that comprised 39 episodes.

Called the “Real” Ghostbusters so as not to be confused with the Filmmation Ghostbusters franchise.

Eek and Annabelle go for a picnic in the park, Elmo enters a race and Sharky stays at home watching Platinum wrestle on TV.

Featuring some While E Coyote type shenanigans and some decent parodies of American Gladiators (Patriotic Warriors) and of course the title being a parody of Chariots of Fire.