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starshaped [Edit] [Delete] 65 replies 15:25 September 7th, 2011

was there something that you would watch on video on a nearly daily basis? I remember my little bro watching the Disney version of Robin Hood every day when he was approx 3/4 until the video was actually worn out.

My daughter is currently obsessed with a Sesame Street DVD I bought her (so, yes, my own fault), and now I constantly have the featured songs going round and round and round in my head.

We didn't have a VCR when I was really small, so I guess my repetitive viewing would be more recent and linked with E4 and Friends or maybe my ability to never tire of Waynes World.

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The Fox & The Hound/The Lion King

The latter is probably the stock answer for anyone born in the early 90's (and probably later).

aactv | 7 Sep '11, 15:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I was scared by The Lion King :-(
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @aactv | 23 Oct '12, 10:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
I used to watch weird stuff like Alive and Misery all the time

I watched Dirty Dancing a lot too.

But when I was really little probably The Little Mermaid, Return to Oz and Labyrinth.

Scout | 7 Sep '11, 15:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'd put Return to Oz
  
  up there with Alive and Misery, all those heads and the wheelers . . . .
  
  starshaped @Scout | 7 Sep '11, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Antelope this'd this
  - yeah, it's pretty fucked up
    
    Scout @starshaped | 7 Sep '11, 15:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Watched it for the first time in years recently
      
      and it's a surprisingly good, underrated film
      
      Antelope @Scout | 23 Oct '12, 09:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Return to Oz is still one of my favourite films ever
    
    As is Labyrinth.
    
    ChintzyLacroix @starshaped | 23 Oct '12, 09:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
- We're the same person, I'm sure of it.
  
  ChintzyLacroix @Scout | 23 Oct '12, 09:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
Police Academy 5

No, really.

Steve13105895 | 7 Sep '11, 15:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
- not every day or anything
  
  but pretty much every time I was off school unwell i'd watch the gene wilder version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Could still sing you "The Candyman Can" without need for prompts.
  
  colon_closed_bracket | 7 Sep '11, 15:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I used to love this
    
    but I had to fast foward through "cheer-up Charlie" so dull.
    
    Just be glad you're you x
    
    starshaped @colon_closed_bracket | 7 Sep '11, 15:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - i used to do the exact same!
      
      my sister used to fast forward through the boat trip bit (she found it too scary - fair enough really)
      
      colon_closed_bracket @starshaped | 7 Sep '11, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - I did look away
        
        at the chicken head bit
        
        starshaped @colon_closed_bracket | 7 Sep '11, 16:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Thomas the Tank Engine.
  Obvs.
  
  chickenbones | 7 Sep '11, 15:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The man with two brains
  
  and Blackadder
  
  Songs_about_ducking | 7 Sep '11, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - oh I think I was The Man with Two Brains a lot
    
    And Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
    
    Scout @Songs_about_ducking | 7 Sep '11, 15:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Brave Little Toaster
  
  worthLEEEEEEEESSSSSSS
  
  Parsefone | 7 Sep '11, 15:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
  
  I can still recite all the cartoons in it word for word I think. Also Short Circuit 2, Twins, Three Men and a Baby, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Top Gun.
  
  brokenchairs | 7 Sep '11, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Beethoven's 2nd
  
  Antpocalypsenow | 7 Sep '11, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ghostbusters, recorded off Channel 4
  
  I remember the adverts too. There was a Hoola Hoops advert with Betty Boop singing 'HULA HOOPS, HULA HULA HULA HULA HULA HOOPS' and then the wolf said 'WATCH THAT HOOP DON'T HULA'.
  
  That and Childrens TV favourites, with Super Ted, Will Quack, James the Cat, and Firman Sam.
  
  moousee | 7 Sep '11, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I liked Firman Sam too
    
    and his pine engine
    
    Scout @moousee | 7 Sep '11, 15:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    minicab_adi this'd this
    - wut?
      
      moousee @Scout | 7 Sep '11, 15:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
- We didn't have a VCR until I was about 10
  
  My parents were rewarded for their stinginess by avoiding anything like this
  
  Lucien | 7 Sep '11, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - we didn't have a TV til I was 3 or 4
    
    and this was donated out of pity by the grandparents. It was a small black and white with bunny ears and a dial (I think my Mum still uses it). We then got their second hand bigger colour TV when I was about 10. We used to make my bro hold the bunny ears and stand on a chair to get good enough signal to watch the Cosby Show.
    
    starshaped @Lucien | 7 Sep '11, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- No
  
  Balonz | 7 Sep '11, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  thewarn this'd this
- Star Wars (not that weird)...
  
  ...and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (I was a VERY serious child).
  
  My oldest sister used to watch either Dirty Dancing or Grease every single day after school. As a result I know both of them verbatim.
  
  pentargo | 7 Sep '11, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- bless
  
  starshaped @poosie | 7 Sep '11, 16:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Jurassic Park
  
  The Lion King
  The Simpsons I Taped
  The Simpsons: Crime & Punishment Compilation
  Power Rangers I had taped
  South Park Vol 1 2 & 3
  
  Yesiamaduck | 7 Sep '11, 15:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The sound of music
  
  I was going to be a singing nun :'(
  
  There was one summer holiday when I made my poor grandmother, who looked after me during the hols whilst my parents worked, sit through it every day, sometimes twice.
  
  my sister was like this with Curly Sue and drop dead fred, but she has MUCH better taste than me.
  
  PickledOeuf | 7 Sep '11, 15:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I watched the Disney Robin Hood over and over when I was a nipper!
  
  also, Alice in Wonderland recorded off the tv by my neighbour who somehow recorded the adverts IN FAST FORWARD so I didn't have to race through them. That was amazing.
  
  Pirated copy of Aladdin.
  
  The Cat From Outer Space
  
  shucks | 7 Sep '11, 16:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - the Cat from Outer Space was brilliant
    
    can you still whistle the music from Robin Hood?
    
    starshaped @shucks | 7 Sep '11, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Indeed! He looked like our old cat as well. :(
      
      Used to watch The Richest Cat In The World as well. When they wanted the cat to speak it did these really weird exagerated yawns.
      
      Probably in the back of my mind...can't remember the last time I watched it tbh.
      
      shucks @starshaped | 7 Sep '11, 17:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Damon Hill - The Fight For Victory
  
  Every saturday night of 1997.
  
  Vernon_Kernel | 7 Sep '11, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  prof-kitsch this'd this
- Fireman sam film
  
  Independence Day
  Men In Black
  
  Fuck I was such a cool kid.
  
  still_here | 7 Sep '11, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I had the entire series of Stoppit and Tidyup
  
  watched this to death. See also : Superted, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Bangers and Mash.
  
  dan_thw | 7 Sep '11, 17:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Used to do this alot
  
  - European World Cup Winners VHS
  - Aladdin
  - Beetle Bailey
  - Forever Blue(some chelsea video)
  
  prof-kitsch | 7 Sep '11, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I had 'Forever Blue'
    
    Great video. I also had some 'Chelsea's greatest games' video, but I'd only ever watch the Blackburn 3-4 Chelsea match where Flo got the winner after coming off the bench.
    
    coolerthantv @prof-kitsch | 7 Sep '11, 20:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i used to watch disney's fantasia over and over again.
  
  in particular, the scene with the flowers. i used to rewind it over and over and over again. fucking weird.
  
  ghostpony | 7 Sep '11, 19:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The Garfield Christmas Special
  
  knew all the words to it and used to watch it with my mate and say every line in time with it until my mum had a bit of a nervous breakdown one day.
  
  legz_akimbo | 7 Sep '11, 20:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Lion King
  
  Space Jam when that came out.
  
  I also used to make my Dad get up at 5am every morning to watch a programme called Kissyfur the bear with me. Pretty sure nobody I've ever met has even heard of it but I fucking loved it. Great theme tune too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19WpqO0sbk0
  
  coolerthantv | 7 Sep '11, 20:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Such an ageist thread.
  
  We didn't get a VCR until I was 12 or maybe 13. Even then it wasn't like it was a common thing.
  
  It was upstairs in the living room so I couldn't watch stuff over and over anyway.
  
  TheoGB | 7 Sep '11, 20:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Robin Hood (the Disney one)
  
  Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (Kevin Costner one)
  Aladdin
  The Three Musketeers
  Power Rangers (TV show)
  Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
  Beethoven's 2nd
  
  poptimusgrime | 7 Sep '11, 22:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I used to watch Batman and Robin
    
    AND Batman Forever all the time. AND ENJOY IT #fuckdah8rz
    
    HOOK 'N AW
    
    poptimusgrime @poptimusgrime | 7 Sep '11, 22:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Roland Rat video
  
  The Frog Princess every Friday
  Annie & Oliver on a daily basis
  
  MissBass | 7 Sep '11, 23:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- they didnt have video when I was a kid
  
  but it seemed that everyday a tom and jerry show was on the tv.
  
  Happy days
  
  creakyknees | 7 Sep '11, 23:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - this
    
    as they weren't invented.
    first one in our house was one i rented as a student that we had over the holidays
    
    hibster @creakyknees | 23 Oct '12, 08:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- an episode of 'the really wild show' that was about dinosaurs
  
  it climaxed with them flying in a microlite for some reason
  
  on the same tape - 'snoopy come home' reaaaally long film about snoopy's efforts to return home, including a bizzare trippy bit in the middle that seemed to go on forever
  
  Wasted_Opportunity | 7 Sep '11, 23:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Home Alone 1,2 and 3
  
  used to watch them all through the year. i still love them i do.
  
  iamwiggy | 8 Sep '11, 00:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Terminator 2
  
  japes | 23 Oct '12, 09:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I think I was on hard drugs as a kid
  
  because no one- literally nobody I've ever met- remembers the cartoons I used to watch every day.
  Pelswick, that was my favourite; it was about a disabled lad. Second was Fat Dog Mendoza, about a dog in a sombrero that went around solving crimes or something.
  Were these actually on? I need answers.
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ | 23 Oct '12, 09:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - for the record, this would've been about 10/11 years ago
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 23 Oct '12, 09:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - let me google that for you...
      
      colon_closed_bracket @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 23 Oct '12, 10:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- My Mum said that I used to want her to play
  
  The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids every time I got in the car.
  
  ChintzyLacroix | 23 Oct '12, 09:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Action Force: Sink the Montana
  
  Duck Tales the Movie: Treasures of the Lost Lamp (this still holds up)
  
  jogger | 23 Oct '12, 10:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'm really sorry for what I'm about to say
    
    I read that as foreskin.
    
    ChintzyLacroix @jogger | 23 Oct '12, 10:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Action Foreskin: Sink Hann*abandonreply*
      
      colon_closed_bracket @ChintzyLacroix | 23 Oct '12, 10:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Not really.
  
  Nothing sticks out in my mind anyway. I was too busy cutting all the hair off my barbies anyway.
  
  meowington | 23 Oct '12, 10:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- we couldn't afford a VCR and our TV was broken for three years
  
  I did tape stuff off the radio and listen to it a lot, though. I think I played 'Earth Song' the most.
  
  incandenza_ | 23 Oct '12, 10:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I used to watch Disney's Robin Hood over and over again as well, it was on the same tape as Disney's Jungle Book. Double feature!
  
  Also:
  
  Beverly Hills Cop I & II
  Had Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi taped off the telly from christmas but for some reason we never had A New Hope.
  
  hanshotfirst | 23 Oct '12, 12:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Recess all the time before/after school.
  
  Aaron | 23 Oct '12, 12:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Pink Panther
  
  the cartoons, all bummed off the TV onto a VHS tape, bits missing and adverts the lot. I'd love to see that now.
  
  steinbolt | 23 Oct '12, 12:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Hook
  
  Mighty ducks
  Home Alone
  
  msmonipenni | 23 Oct '12, 12:41 | X | ^ This | Reply

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