…I was sucked into the world of the Transformers and the story of their battle for Earth. Premiering in 1984, the syndicated Sunbow Productions series was intentionally created in order…

…of the latter seasons. The change in story direction was mirrored by the look of the show as well. Backgrounds in the initial season were often simple. The sky was…

…bad when the music is exciting. One of these pieces, the Danger Mouse opening theme, is quite good, providing a much-needed injection of energy into the show when it is…

…marriage. The girl’s ghastly parents, the Everglots, are aristocrats; but they are in fact financially near ruin. Desperate to regain some measure of wealth for themselves, they have agreed to…

…they must go against the evil Emperor Ming, but to pose a credible threat to Ming they must somehow unite Mongo’s many peoples in the spirit of revolution. The Sweatbox…

…in space. The “origin” of the characters was never dealt with to a large degree in any of the episodes themselves, but the opening for the show describes the premise….

…Troubles; meeting the Devil in The Magicks Of Megas-Tu; a return to the amusement planet in Once Upon A Planet; the return of Harry Mudd in Mudd’s Passion; the ship’s…

…the boy’s destiny. They have evidently escaped some sort of attack, but their foe is still with them. In a nod to Superman, the boy’s escape is made, the intent…

…slimmer alternatives. Contrary to the usual BCI standards, there was no insert included in my copy, but the contents (except for the Bonus Episode) are listed on the back of…

…that appear elsewhere on the set. There are no songs; instead, these episodes largely consist of the “Side Show” segments from The Archie Comedy Hour, though there are still the…

…take great satisfaction with the resurgence of interest in his shows in the 1980s, so that by the time he died in 1989 he knew that he had been assured…

…a great sequel in many ways to It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, not only for the tie-in with the eponymous pumpkinmeister, but for the emphasis on Sally’s feelings about…

…the specials done in Schulz’s lifetime. It aired as the first hour-long Peanuts special since 1988’s It’s the Girl in the Red Truck, Charlie Brown. This special, as always, is…

…the animation, but they felt that the company was not being as original as they had been in the past with some of their classics. With Robin Hood, the company…

…Tano as Anakin’s padawan. Epic Battles (2:44) talks about the inspiration for the battles featured in the movie, most notably the vertical battle in the invasion of the monastery. The…