remembering the 90's..now through tv shows...

the whole cartoon facebook picture got me thinking about my favorite cartoons as a kid. (and also remembering my my favorite 90's movies was fun, so i thought why not tv shows too?) i wish i could randomly catch some of them on tv some days. also, the last little while i've wondered to myself, gosh, there's just no commercials for kids toys on tv anymore...it probably has something to do with the fact that i don't watch the disney channel or YTV or nickelodeon or any of those other kids channels...yes that would be it... ha..the odd time i do watch something on those channels, i'm reminded that, yes, kids toy commercials do still exist.
moving along...

the smoggies-man did i love this show!! the little suntots spent their time protecting their island from the smoggies. i guess i was about protecting the environment even as a kid ;)

bobby's world-another one that i loved. i always used to do the impression of the mom, "don'tcha know?" also, me and dylan passed (and i kind of stopped and stared) howie mandel in toronto about 2 weeks ago (he was the voice if you didn't know, and the host of 'deal or no deal')

today's special-it was about a mannequin that came to life when someone said "hocus pocus alimagocus"-and he had a magic hat too. good times.

oh pingu. i wasn't a total fan of this show, but i still watch it came on the odd time.

rugrats-i totally had no idea this show aired until 2004?!

hey arnold! i don't really remember this one, but i know i always watched it...

recess-this one ran later in the 90's than i thought, but nonetheless, remember watching it saturday mornings in bed.

any of these ring a bell? i know some are canadian so they may not be familiar to all of you. but anyways, i had forgotten about so many of these!

remembering the 90's (through movies)...

i was reading a discussion on 20 something bloggers the other day and it made me think about movies i loved as a kid. but not typical disney movies, or ones like say, the baby-sitters club. these movies are all a little quirky and maybe you haven't even heard of a couple of them. lets see...

1) drop dead fred (1991)

an imaginary friend comes back to hang out with a young girl, but she's now much older than when they used to hang out. it's hilarious. it's totally hiding in my parents house somewhere and i need to find it so i can watch it ASAP. i remember a few christmas' ago, my mom scoured the city to find me a copy and she did.

2) death becomes her (1992)

another odd/hilarious/weird movie. it was on tv about a month ago and i had to stop channel surfing to watch it.

3) don't tell mom the babysitter's dead (1991)

i think most people will remember this movie. movies were so good and cheesy back then.

4) the sandlot (1993)

not sure why i loved this movie, but i did. i remember thinking the boy in the bottom left corner with the white shirt was so cute. 

5) mermaids (1990)

i remember often watching this movie with my mom. whenever it came to end part where the girls sang and danced to "if you wanna be happy", me and my mom would get up and dance around the family room too.

6) boxing helena (1993)

this movie is really weird and not very well made. and i definitely didn't watch it when i was a kid, like the rest. i think i was in high school. i don't even know why i like this movie. this (creepy) man keeps this woman in his house because he loves her and eventually amputates her arms and legs so she can't get away (he's a doctor).

clearly i have a thing for movies from the 90's. although the latest movie was 1993 and i would have only been 6, so i likely watched these towards the mid to late 90's. good times..

do you remember any of these movies? do you have any 'not-so-normal' favorite movies from when you were a kid?