Richards Favorite Videos

Oh that stuffy teacher/librarian type lady. She just didn’t get how cool Gak was! I had tons.

What 80s child can forget Hey Dude, it was on Nickelodeon in the late 80s, when kids programming was still worth watching. Every episode had its own pre-trailer before the intro, as seen here. This episode was “take me to your leader”.

Adventures of the Little Koala is an anime series of Japanese/Korean origin that aired on Nickelodeon dubbed in English from 1987 to 1993. In Japan, the show aired in late 1984 and early 1985 on TV Tokyo under the title Koala Boy Kokki. It also aired in Greece, Italy, France and other countries, but its biggest success by far was in the United States on Nickelodeon. Production of the English and French versions of the series was done by Canadian studio Cinar Films. The storyline revolved around Roobear Koala and his friends in a utopian village.

Based on the children’s book by German Author Waldemar Bonsels, Maya the Bee first aired as a cartoon in 1975 in Japan and West Germany. Maya would sometimes get into trouble. others in the cast include her brother Willi, Grimelda, Flip the Grasshopper and Ms. Cassandra. It began airing in the U.S on Nickelodeon for 2 years from 1990-1992.

This was the first Are you Afraid of the Dark I saw. I was in my parents room watching their tv and felt like I was staying up super late. I loved the show for awhile but as the endings to the tales got more and more tame and happy, I got bored with it.

Maddog Hoek and Killer Katdoogen wrestle Lump and Loaf.

I used to blast this on cassette. Comedy like this just doesn’t exist in todays children programming. From the flying Stimpy crocodiles, to the tree lobsters - it was quite a world.