what's a TV show you watched as a kid that you're pretty sure you hallucinated

@Taweret I do appreciate that some Wikipedia editor was like “I know what your main question regarding this talking ape rock star spy show is going to be: what cars did the apes drive”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot_Link%2C_Secret_Chimp

@funkula @Taweret I remember Louie Anderson had a cartoon too, I thought that one was pretty good at the time

@Taweret the “Where’s Herb” Butger King contest commercial where Herb will give you a million dollars if you point him out at Burger King

You get a 99 cent Whopper if you tell the cashier “I’m not Herb”

Q: What do you say if your name is Herb?
A: I’m not the Herb you’re looking for

@Taweret
Oh god nobody has mentioned this one and it's a fucking doozy

A show where the protagonist would go into a laser tag arena and shoot a pillar and then be transported to space to fight to save the galaxy.

No, really.

Even at the time it felt goddamn surreal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon_(TV_series)

@coriander @Taweret it was awful, but my least favorite "comedian cashes in for a cartoon" had to be Bobby's World, because a) Howie Mandel is so insufferable and b) I felt obligated to watch it because the time slot was something very girly on ABC and turning off the TV on Saturday morning was not an option

@wulfric @Taweret I'll see you and raise you Automan.

@weirdofhermiston @Taweret that one I didn't get to see, but I believe it was actually pulling from his standup about growing up, which was quite good, so I believe it

@Taweret @Mrfunkedude it was still on in reruns when I was a little kid and I never quite knew what to make of it, like, "I guess this was made for someone but I don't think it was me"

@srol @Taweret I freaking loved that show. Can’t tell you why. Or literally anything about it other than his little dance and triangle solo.

@funkula @Taweret When I was a kid I had these edutainment games where Howie Mandel voiced this bear and you'd go around and like solve math puzzles and stuff and for ages that was my only exposure to him in any capacity

So when he started hosting Deal or No Deal I was SUPER confused because he wasn't putting on an absolutely ridiculous voice and I was like "That's gotta be a different guy"

Honestly those games have way more "pretty sure I hallucinated that" energy than any show I remember watching

@ItsTheManOnTheMoon @Taweret @Mrfunkedude i SEEM to recall it was put on by a religious group?

@Taweret Battle of the Planets, though it was someone else's hallucination

@funkula @Taweret Look at this they don't even have Wikipedia articles

@funkula @Taweret I remember some random cheap shows like that Peter Pan adventures and the pirates of dark water. I also have several local PBS shows in my memory because they aired those during the day for decades.

@Taweret Diver Dan

@weirdofhermiston @Taweret pirates of dark water actually had some quite good Don Bluth animation iirc

@srol @Taweret
Peewees playhouse was originally a risque comedy act mocking how incredibly adult a lot of kids shows were if you just give them some innuendo.

Then they gave Rubens a lot of money and said make it now for kids.

Everyone remembers this one but what a strange origin story!

@ItsTheManOnTheMoon @Taweret @Mrfunkedude huh I am wrong, go figure.

must have been followed or preceded by a similar show that did bible stuff for kids

@Taweret
[giancarlo esposito straightening tie dot jpeg]

Your first memory of Jason Alexander is as the creepy guy from Pretty Woman

My first memory of Jason Alexander is him singing and dancing about the McDLT

We are not the same

@liferstate @Taweret What if Starlight Express but Bronx Zoo