Post subject: [2012-01-24] "Underdog: Complete Collector's Edition" DVD 9-disc set (Shout! Factory)
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2011 12:54 pm
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When I was a kid (5 years old) Underdog was my favorite cartoon. I would take my chewable vitamins thinking they were the same energy pills Underdog would take.
Wikipedia: For many years starting with NBC's last run in the mid-1970s, all references to Underdog swallowing his super energy pill were censored, most likely out of fear that kids would see real medication that looked like the Underdog pills (red with a white "U") and swallow them. Two instances that did not actually show Underdog swallowing the pills remained in the show. In one, he drops pills into water supplies; in the other, his ring is damaged and he explains that it is where he keeps the pill – but the part where he actually swallows it was still deleted.
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Post subject: [2012-01-24] "Underdog: Complete Collector's Edition" DVD 9-disc set (Shout! Factory)
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:22 am
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JohnG wrote:
When I was a kid (5 years old) Underdog was my favorite cartoon. I would take my chewable vitamins thinking they were the same energy pills Underdog would take.
Wikipedia: For many years starting with NBC's last run in the mid-1970s, all references to Underdog swallowing his super energy pill were censored, most likely out of fear that kids would see real medication that looked like the Underdog pills (red with a white "U") and swallow them. Two instances that did not actually show Underdog swallowing the pills remained in the show. In one, he drops pills into water supplies; in the other, his ring is damaged and he explains that it is where he keeps the pill – but the part where he actually swallows it was still deleted.
Our days were much better days. We never thought of the pill as anything but what Underdog took to get his powers. Of course, being 46 now, we realize that he took drugs to get his strength. Back then, it was all innocent fun...
Post subject: [2012-01-24] "Underdog: Complete Collector's Edition" DVD 9-disc set (Shout! Factory)
Posted: Wed Dec 26, 2012 6:54 pm
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My best friend got me this for Christmas. When she gave it to me last night I did a Klondike Kat routine for her and she immediately regretted getting me the gift!
Can't wait to watch-it has been many, many years since I've see these cartoons! Don't know if I'll be watching all 9 DVDs any time soon, but I'll start lightly.
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