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Which Children's Shows Scared You When You Were Young?

Started by hooplala, January 08, 2009, 07:28:30 PM

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hooplala

January 08, 2009, 07:28:30 PM Last Edit: January 09, 2009, 01:02:43 PM by BAWHEED
I was mortified by HR Pufnstuf at a young age, and was also frightened by two Canadian kids shows, Read All About It and Readalong.  It sounds like I was afraid of reading, but that's not the case... both shows were creepy.  Read All About It was supposed to be a mystery show for kids, so it was probably intentional in that case, but Readalong was not meant to be frightening, but it was for me anyway.  I think it was the puppets... whoever made those puppets was full of evil.

Which kid's shows frightened you when you were young?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Pariah

#1
January 08, 2009, 07:30:26 PM
Yo Gabba Gabba still frightens me
Play safe! Ski only in a clockwise direction! Let's all have fun together!

AFK

#2
January 08, 2009, 07:41:57 PM
To continue on the creepy Canadian kid show theme:

Circle Square
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Pariah

#3
January 08, 2009, 07:43:36 PM
The way Mr.Rogers talked scared me so much
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hooplala

#4
January 08, 2009, 07:46:31 PM
Quote from: Cpl. What's-His-Name? on January 08, 2009, 07:41:57 PM
To continue on the creepy Canadian kid show theme:

Circle Square

Oh jesus, you got Circle Square?  That WAS fucking creepy...


Come gather,
come gather,
come gather, and let your light shine...
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

AFK

#5
January 08, 2009, 07:52:14 PM
Quote from: BAWHEED on January 08, 2009, 07:46:31 PM
Quote from: Cpl. What's-His-Name? on January 08, 2009, 07:41:57 PM
To continue on the creepy Canadian kid show theme:

Circle Square

Oh jesus, you got Circle Square?  That WAS fucking creepy...


Come gather,
come gather,
come gather, and let your light shine...

Yep.  When my parents didn't want to take us to church they just had us watch Circle Square and Jerry Falwell to make up for it.

The Friendly Giant was a little creepy too.  Just because he seemed a little too friendly. 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

hooplala

#6
January 08, 2009, 07:54:28 PM
I suspect strongly that he was drunk.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

fomenter

#7
January 08, 2009, 08:19:19 PM Last Edit: January 08, 2009, 08:33:22 PM by Fomenter
i just googled the shows mentioned, memory lane in this thread, i remember the intro to both "read all about it" and "circle square"
but i don't remember the shows so i probably didn't watch them much, the green giant i remembered very well and could quote the words to the intro before they said them, weird because i haven't thought about that show since i was a kid :? i wonder what else is stuck in my brain from so many years ago??.

the one that scared/freaked me out as a kid was the maharishi from the "hilarious house of Frightenstein" 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-08OyPwwFR8&feature=related

intro to  "hilarious house of Frightenstein"  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZKybIIyvG4 with Vincent price

and the most awesome part = "the professor" back when things were not dumbed down for kids http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wzSKEruj70
"So she says to me, do you wanna be a BAD boy? And I say YEAH baby YEAH! Surf's up space ponies! I'm makin' gravy... Without the lumps. HAAA-ha-ha-ha!"


hmroogp

hooplala

#8
January 08, 2009, 08:34:18 PM
Ahhh yes, the Hilarious House of Frightenstein... it was bonechilling... I'm surprised it wasn't the Librarian who frightened you...

Also, The Secret Railroad was a little off.
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Eater of Clowns

#9
January 08, 2009, 08:38:28 PM
Not show, movie:  The Neverending Story

And why?  G'mork:

Quote from: Pippa Twiddleton on December 22, 2012, 01:06:36 AM
EoC, you are the bane of my existence.

Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 07, 2014, 01:18:23 AM
EoC doesn't make creepy.

EoC makes creepy worse.

Quote
the afflicted persons get hold of and consume carrots even in socially quite unacceptable situations.

AFK

#10
January 08, 2009, 08:39:33 PM
Didn't scare me, but boy did that one scare the hell out of my little brother.  He cried for hours after that one.  Then again, he also cried during The Incredibly Journey so he may have been overly emotional. 
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P3nT4gR4m

#11
January 08, 2009, 08:39:33 PM
the changes

I was about 5 and I can't even remember what the fuck it was about, it just freaked the complete shit out of me.

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Mangrove

#12
January 08, 2009, 08:45:03 PM
The Incredible Hulk.

I actually loved the show until it induced an almighty nightmare.
What makes it so? Making it so is what makes it so.

hooplala

#13
January 08, 2009, 08:45:49 PM
Was it the LSD episode that did it?
"Soon all of us will have special names" — Professor Brian O'Blivion

"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Mangrove

#14
January 08, 2009, 08:47:29 PM
Quote from: BAWHEED on January 08, 2009, 08:45:49 PM
Was it the LSD episode that did it?

No, the episode where some guy decides to 'hunt' the Hulk with a crossbow.

The dream I had following had NOTHING to do with the content of the show, but my parents always blamed the show for that nightmare.
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