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Colonel K

Colonel K has written 351 posts for 80sNostalgia.com

Willo The Wisp

Willo The Wisp is a strange ghost-like creature who with each episode tells a story about the characters in Doyley Wood. Mavis Cruet is a fat (sorry, big boned) pathetic fairy. Arthur is a caterpillar who isn’t the brightest in the world, but somehow does see to have a little more up top than the […]

What-A-Mess

If I was to say to you “Price Amir of Kinjan”, what image would that conjure up in your mind? If I was to tell you that Prince Amir of Kinjan is not a dark-skinned rich royal but a scruffy Afghan hound puppy, would you believe me? Well, I’m afraid you’re gonna have to believe […]

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home

Wait Till Your Father Gets Home is probably one of the lesser-known Hanna-Barbera productions (unless you remember it of course). Meet the Boyle family who live at 35 Elm Street. Harry Boyle is the father of the family, who struggles his way though life supporting his family with a “why was I put on this […]

Wacky Races

Picture the scene… My friends have just got over my obsession with The Hair Bear Bunch, when after several pints down the pub I calmly ask the question: Does anybody remember Wacky Races… Does any anyone remember who were the contestants? Everyone groaned, and another obsession had been born. So, me, being me, I go […]

Ulysses 31

It is the thirty-first century. Ulysses killed the giant Cyclopse when he rescued the children and his son, Telemachus. But the ancient gods of Olympus are angry and threaten a terrible revenge. Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. If I have learnt one thing in this life, and that is not to annoy the Gods. […]

Thundercats

Thundercats, or as some call it, Thunderpants, or Thunderthighs. It was the traditional fight between good and evil. The good guys (or cats) being the Thudercats, and the bad guys being Mumm-ra, and his band of pathetic mutants. The Thundercats home planet, Thundera (original name eh?) was destroyed and a selection of the breed escaped […]

The Tripods

How could I possibly forget The Tripods. I remember watching it every Saturday evening just before dinner. I had a friend at school at the time who was rather lanky, who I nicknamed Tripod, yet up until now I had forgotten about this classic of the 80s. Thanks to the guys (and gals) at Blackstar, […]

Terrahawks

Terrahawks stay on this web page. This is an emergency! I’m ten-thirty (standing by), and my description of the program is ready for ten-fifty (launch). The only thing that can stop me now is a eleven-thirty (Diet Coke break). Sorry, couldn’t resist! Come on, own up. Who when they were younger looked at their watch […]

Telebugs

The story goes something like this. There’s this video arcade, where kids go in, but never come out. Mr. McStarch, a television station owner wants to find out what’s going on. But through the wonders of modern technology, we already know what goes on. Baron Bullybyte has designed and built a huge evil supercomputer called […]

Super Gran

There are far too many superheros in the world. And what I want to know is where are then when I’m stuck on the hard shoulder of the M20 in the pouring rain with a flat tyre! Well, there’s another one to add to the collection. In a not-so-quiet town called Chisleton lives another. This […]

Super Ted

This is a story about an ordinary teddy-bear. When he was made, they found something wrong with him, and threw him away like a piece of rubbish into an old dark storeroom. Then from outer-space, a spotty man bought him back to life with his cosmic dust. He took him to a magic cloud where […]

Starcom

In one corner we have the evil Shadow Force, under the command of Emperor Dark. In the other corner we have the good guys, Starcom. Ding, ding, round one! It’s your traditional fight between good and evil. Pretty much like any other cartoon of it’s type, but this one stood out from the rest for […]

Spitting Image

Political cookery 101 – Take a pinch of the news, add some rubber puppets, add the truth as the average Joe Bloggs saw it, and there we have it. Spitting Image. How Spitting Image went on for as long as it did God only knows. While the news was trying to be diplomatic about sensitive […]

Speed Racer

Speed Racer is a teenager who drives a special sports car, the Mach 5, in races throughout the world. The Mach 5, designed by his father, a retired professional racer, contains features that enable Speed to drive over any terrain and through any obstacles. Speed has to use them often, since he frequently meets unscrupulous […]

Space Sentinels

Here we go, more superheroes. It does make you wonder why the world is in the state it is in now when we supposedly have so many superheroes. And have you noticed that each one reckons that he/she (mustn’t be sexist now) is the most powerful. Anyway, here we have the Space Sentinels. Many centuries […]

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