Collection Spotlight: 80s Cartoons on DVD and Blu-ray! (1980s)

[@AJR-go1it]

I wasn’t allowed to watch Beavis and Butt-Head when I was a kid. So earlier this year I went out & bought the complete collection box set.

[@hpproductions5352]

Great video Heath! Here's some more: Visionaries, Mask, The Littles, Gobots, Dungeons & Dragons, The Smurfs, Hanna-Barbera in the 80s, DuckTales, Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers, Gummie Bears, Talespin, Dark Wing Duck, Heathcliff, The Snorks, The Get Along Gang, etc

[@FilmCollectorArchive]

I agree with your point about re-connecting with your childhood. I am a nostalgic person by nature. It is a part of who I am. To go back and enjoy cartoons or movies from my childhood is a regular occurrence for me. The big TV shows for me are Thundercats, TMNT, Rocky & Bullwinkle, and Batman: The Animated Series. I also absolutely love Transformers, Speed Racer, Dennis the Menace, Heathcliff, and so many others. The other point that I want to make is that I own the "Old School" sets of Sesame Street, and I love watching Care Bears, and others like that. Does it make sense for a 34-year-old man to watch those titles? Maybe not. But it works for me.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I think it makes total sense for anyone of any age to watch something that makes them happy. I have the first Sesame Street old school set and I love it. I need to get the other volumes. My philosophy is love what you love and don't ever compromise. When we retain our child-like innocence, we look at the world in a brighter, more optimistic way. being connected to our inner child fuels our imaginations, our creativity, and reinforces our moral compass. Thanks for the great comment, David.

[@FilmCollectorArchive]

Cereal At Midnight I wholeheartedly agree. I look forward to watching more content from you! I just subscribed today. :)

[@justmason7672]

Dave Care Bears was still on when I was in high school first thing in the morning so everyone watched it before school getting. Strangely enough nobody was teased about watching it as we all did. You were teased if you "dissed it".

[@CerealAtMidnight]

David, thanks for the sub and welcome to the channel! I really am glad you're here!

[@Wyld13kard47]

My favorite cartoon boxed set is Dungeons and Dragons.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I meant to talk about that in this video but I missed it. I have the Mill Creek version of the complete series, and i love it. That cartoon had some great writing. Plus, it had Peter Cullen in it! Great pick!

[@toaddawet]

That's what I came to the comments to ask about. Saturday morning staple! 😀

[@popretro1]

Fellow 80s child here (born in '76), & your asides about growing up in a highly conservative, religious family are fascinating. I appreciate your willingness to share those stories; it's important first-hand history of growing up in that era! It's equally fascinating to me, personally, because I grew up in a conservative, patriotic, Reagan-loving family...but without the religion. "If you want to be religious," my dad told my sister and I, "go ahead. Just don't push your views onto others, and don't let them push theirs onto you." We never once went to church or owned a Bible, and not once in junior high was I ever told I couldn't watch USA Up All Night or play Double Dragon. A neighbor around the same age was from a Jehovah Witness family, and 8-year-old Me couldn't wrap my head around how a kid wasn't allowed to celebrate birthdays, holidays, pop culture and heroes. All the neighbor kids played together & rode bikes together, but when it came time to celebrate something, he had to go home. He didn't even need to be called home by his parents; he KNEW that when the He-Man figures and Atari games came out, he couldn't stay. My point, I think, is that it's interesting just how much our lives can have in common (love of pop culture, 80s cartoons & toys, conservative upbringing), yet still lived through such different childhoods. Thanks again for sharing. I think this is the second time I've watched this video. Cool to note how He-Man/She-ra/Voltron have all had re-releases since you recorded this. You're right - it's hard to believe these particular cartoons were out of print as long as they were.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Very interesting stuff, and thanks for sharing something so personal. And yes, isn’t it cool that so many of these shows mentioned have been re-released? We’ve covered most of them and are trying to keep the spirit alive!

[@ltr180]

I'm obsessed with this channel! I live Street Sharks, Toxic Crusaders, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! 80s toons are the best! I could go on and on, lol!

[@afterwit3620]

Blackstar, Thundarr The Barbarian, and Danger Mouse. I want to include The Herculoids, but they were from the 60s and were only reruns in the 80s. Love the channel!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

You're saying you have those? If you have Blackstarr, hold on to them, as that show is long out of print and valuable.

[@tarunr9875]

Thank you my good friend. Because of your wonderful video I was able to recall all the amazing shows that I watched as a kid back in the 90s and early 00s.

[@Morpheus112]

My new fav channel.Kid of the 80's here.

[@marvelmite1]

I've got the 30th anniversary box set of he-man that has the complete original series, complete 2000s series and a handful of episodes from new adventures

[@BrianAwesome]

The Federation is gone. Cereal at Midnight's beard is everywhere !!!

[@jojst1]

As an 80's kid, I of course love all of those, but major props for Robotech. 😎 Thanks for making this vid. 👍

[@brianpbillingsley3687]

You're right. Jim IS outrageous! Jim is her name! No one else is the same! 🤣🤣🤣

[@tlbelknap]

Great collection and content. I was able to indulge in all of the cartoons and children programs of the mid 1970 all through the 1980s to the 1990s and more. When I was a kid before cable tv, Saturday morning was the best day of the week. Amazing time, great cartoons plus all the themed toys. I even remember a rubik's cube cartoon. Peace.

[@sadiecattv1902]

I have some this cartoon TV show too on DVDs I was kid of 80s still love them

[@allupinhere9107]

This was the time when you wanted to be a hero as these cartoons showed you what good vs evil was. Saturday’s was something you looked forward to as a kid to wake up and have your morning fun. Today, something I think kids would benefit from and need.

[@kylemassey4060]

Holy shit dude, sounds like you grew up the same way I did. I wasn't allowed to watch most cartoons, and when I grew up, I got into them harder than I ever would have as a kid.

[@kylemassey4060]

I remember we made a family event of burning all my and my sister's Pokemon merch (posters, toys, cards, and game) in a bonfire, to make sure Satan had no foothold in our house.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Ugh. Sorry, Kyle. That's terrible!

[@OriginalMegamanX]

I know it's not a cartoon but back in the 80's I loved Airwolf. Imagine a 5 year old kid in his tighty whites standing in front of the tv losing his mind with excitement when the theme song started and everything started getting blown up........... I was that 5 year old kid. Lol

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Airwolf is great. It's on Blu-ray from Mill Creek and looks great in HD. RIP, Jan Michael Vincent.

[@manofmainstreet1503]

I just got the Fraggle Rock animated series, 80s cartoons is my longest running collection of physical media.

[@gwendilynncrow4129]

This channel is great. I enjoy your videos :) keep up the awesomeness.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Thank you!

[@OriginalMegamanX]

Also, Silver Hawks was an awesome 80's cartoon as well. I'm currently trying to pick up all these old 80's and 90's cartoons for my kids. They will know good cartoons. So far I've picked up G.I. Joe, almost all of the Looney Toons, Thunder Cats, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren & Stempy, Jim Hinson's The Story Teller including the Greek Tales. I'm fixing to pick up He Man, Transformers, and Silver Hawks. God we had great tv. These poor kids now got robbed.

[@26snoopy82]

In the 80’s there was also silver hawk, Galaxy Ranger, my little pony, adventure of Gummi Bears, the new adventures of Winnie the Pooh, chip n Dale rescue rangers, Muppet Baby’s, Duck tales, the smurfs, inspector gadget, the Care Bears, Dino riders, Denver the last dinosaur, the adventure of Zelda, there are more but they are the ones I can think of except the ones you have.

[@davidalbee5039]

I feel ya Bro. I missed so much television/film.. 😆 we never had that book, but yeah..

[@runabout76]

I also grew up in a conservative religious home and many things were off limits also. He-Man was allowed despite it's sorcery themes because my mom liked that they had the moral at the end and that there was always something to learn. It's still my favourite of all the ones you showed. Love your channel!

[@BBoglin]

They need to release a Muppet Babies complete series DVD.

[@_The_Worst_]

I'm gonna add some of these to my collection as well...👌🏼💯✔ Some of these cartoon shows I need to see, and some I did see...👍🏼 I was born in October of 1986, so sometimes I had reruns of these shows and sometimes I didn't...💁‍♂️

[@dastractionwolfkagmi2937]

Favorite video so far! Late to the party but accepting your invitation to the party. I actually just got into DVD collecting seriously and have some stuff on order. I made a video about it, mentioned you and James Rolfe. Have not uploaded it anywhere yet because I want to make sure I know what I want to do with it first. But just wanted to say thanks for the videos and creating a community for this hobby. I think film collecting is sorely in need of better communities. Gaming has a lot, film collecting feels pretty limited.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Thanks for the kind words, and best of luck with your channel!

[@HeavyMetal95]

Voltron and Robotech are the introduction to anime in the 1980s because in Japan Voltron is also known as Beast King Golion and in Japan Robotech macross saga is also known as Super Dimension Fortress Macross as an anime fan

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I have the first volume of Beast King Golion, but I waited too long to get the second two volumes and one of them went out of print.

[@MaxRager80]

The early years of The Simpsons :)

[@M3LTUP]

Keep collecting those DVDs and BRs. I can see DVDs going away in a few years. And BR shortly after. Once that happens all that stuff you have will be instant gold to collectors. Same as vinyl records.

[@colehamelsfan1]

Dude I can admit I loved me some JEM.

[@Summer21.]

colehamelsfan1 Me too. I've been a fan ever since Jem was broadcast over here in England on cable television, when I was about 3, or 4 years old. Daryl. 😊😃👍🏻👋🏻

[@michaelgraham9066]

Just came across this channel and I love it keep up the great work

[@johnm.withersiv4352]

Mighty Max needs to be on DVD too. That was a great cartoon.

[@Warrrkotka]

Nice video. It's not only good because I can cheer everytime I'm seeing the title I love but also because there are some cartoons I wasn't awere of and I need to check them so it's a win win situation. That's what I like about your videos - if I know topic I can compare our views, if not I would learn something new. And it's crazy how many cartoons you couldn't watch. I only drank tea but man it went quickly :D Also that TMNT van set looks so neat, maybe not practical but still.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

LOL to you drinking tea when I said I couldn't watch something. Thanks for the kind comment, PC! Th TMNT set is really great and I am glad to have it, especially since now I can just admire it and not have to worry about it tipping over or rolling off a shelf or a table.

[@SidBarnhoorn]

I watched so many of those cartoons growing up, in the Netherlands. Love em! I haven't got many on dvd though, only the Transformers series / collection. Might take a look at which are on dvd / available now. I remember loving so many of those cartoons like Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, GI Joe, Thundercats, Inspector Gadget and many many more... good times, good memories!

[@eliruizjr4432]

No Thundarr the barbarian? Oh my. Haha. Great video! 😊

[@CerealAtMidnight]

In the years since this video, not only have I added Thundarr the Barbarian on Blu, I've interviewed Mark Evanier, who helped create the show and named Thundarr! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWLOYoaOeLyLj6s

[@eliruizjr4432]

@CerealAtMidnight Sweet! 👍 Going to watch that video now. Thanks!

[@rehabdrive5469]

Great video. Growing up in the 80s, we were allowed to watch all the cartoons, movies & listen to all the music. Not bragging, I had friends who weren't allowed those freedoms in their homes. Some weren't even allowed to watch Mtv or any cable channels, in some instances. So, I definitely feel for anyone who wasn't allowed to partake in those types of entertainment. With that said, my real point is that i appreciate your not bad mouthing or insulting people from back then who chose to raise their children that way. They were just doing what they felt/thought was right in those times. I see/hear a lot of people nowadays bad mouthing that sort of parenting, etc. Sure, it might seem strange in retrospect, but there are parenting methods today i would consider far worse. So, I appreciate you not taking that road, and instead making light of it. It was certainly a different time! Lol. Anyway, 👍👍

[@michaelwardle7633]

Count Duckula is top tier cartoons

[@sonofacheron]

Only the theme song

[@sephiroth3776]

I got lucky with Voltron. I was looking for the entire series for awhile. Everyone volume was going for $50 - $60 except volume 6, I believe. That one was going for around $600 by itself. I managed to find someone on ebay selling all 8 volumes with the first 5 in the collector's tins, brand new, never opened for $300 total. I bought that thing so fast and I'm so glad I did. And yeah, that TMNT van would be much more awesome if the lid actually stayed on and the discs were stored better, but I still love having it anyway.

[@phantomofphoenix]

Aww man ..how could you forget ?... Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos from 1986 , with Chuck himself lending his voice to the 80's action Cartoon !!! out on WARNER V O D DVD !!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Well, I didn't forget it because I don't have it. This was a collection spotlight of 80s cartoons that I own on DVD because I'd gotten many requests from people asking me to show my 80s toons collection. Karate Kommandos isn't in my collection....YET!

[@phantomofphoenix]

as ASH from Evil Dead II would say '' Groovy !!, thanks for responding back !, signed , the Phantom in Phoenix Az

[@X7393]

Seriously people who don’t understand or remember those classic cartoons I feel sorry for you.. I remember The Smurfs, Heman Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe A real American Hero, The Snorks, Thundercats, Kidd Video, The Flintstones, Garfield, Pac-Man , PolePostion, FraggleRock, and plus those other cartoon series! These I hope will be remembered and then remastered for future reference to blu-Ray!

[@kbbynum3093]

Awesome video! I couldn't watch a lot of stuff as a child either. I would love to see a collection spotlight of your superhero//comic book animated series collection

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I will definitely be doing a superhero cartoon collection spotlight down the road. It will be BIG. Can't put a date on it, but I definitely have plans for that.

[@kbbynum3093]

Cereal At Midnight great! Can't wait

[@thecollectordude9956]

It's so wierd that a show like Thundercats got parents nervous every thing I learned about being a good and honest I learned from Thundercats and He-man. They taught me evil was something to be fought and innocents was to be protected

[@TheCaptainkirk64]

Galaxy Rangers.......my favorite!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Oh yeah! That's another one I need to add to my collection.

[@venomoverlord7016]

my fav TV cartoon growing up was prob the 90's X men - the way they did Apocalpyse is just masterfull the acting the voice and wow - shame they never did a movie of Apocalpyse propper

[@goldcherry103]

Your 80s collection rocks!!!

[@DennisTamayo]

Disney should release the complete series DVD box set of Muppet Babies, not the reboot one.

[@ginnycreel2976]

Great video, plenty of action adventure cartoons. I was surprised that you didn't talk about the Disney cartoons of the era, Ducktales, Wuzzles, and the Gummi Bears.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

AGH! Ginny, I should have included Ducktales because I have all the released volumes. I actually don't have Wuzzles or Gummi Bears in my collection, but I want to add them. I'll have to do a Disney spotlight in the future.

[@captainvideo3165]

Great video, as a child of the 50’s and 60’s (yes, I’m older than dirt), it was all about the cartoons. My favorite was on Friday night, in prime time no less, Jonny Quest. It only ran for one season but what a great show. The 80’s was Filmation, but Hanna-Barberra owned the 60’s. Take care.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Hanna-Barbera absolutely owned the sixties (and the seventies) and Jonny Quest is fantastic! Have you heard the news that Warner Brothers will be restoring the original Jonny Quest series for Blu-ray next year?

[@captainvideo3165]

Cereal At Midnight Just take my money!

[@jimmymelendez1836]

In my home, I got to see cartoons like He-Man and Thundercats. Edit: Bravestarr came out in 1987.

[@RTCinga]

Remember so many of these

[@flazzberry]

GI Joe is Known as Action Force in the UK. The big 12" GI Joe figures in the US were known as Action Man in the UK.

[@johnm.withersiv4352]

I'm glad I could snag a thinner Thundercats, He-Man, and She-ra collections. I want Biker Mice From Mars complete series on DVD. I'd also like She-Ra and the Princesses of Powers last two seasons (from Netflix) on DVD to complete that set. My favorite Ninja Turtles is the 2003 show pre-Nickelodeon. I like that one more than the original show.

[@digitalq9702]

80s cartoons are Awsome

[@perryfan49]

I have an old recorded tape with several episodes of Rambo on it. I would like to get those. I really need Chuck Norris's Karate Komandos in order to complete my Norris filmography!!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I just picked up the last two volumes a couple of days ago. The new movie (Last Blood) reminded me that I needed to finish the run, and I don’t know how much longer they’ll be in print. They seem to be getting harder to find. I need to get Karate Kommandos too!

[@perryfan49]

By the way what were your thoughts on Last Blood? I don't want him to be killed.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I don’t want him to be killed either. He’s America’s hero! I can’t remember though, doesn’t the character die in the original Morrell novel? I think he does.

[@perryfan49]

I'm not sure. I do know this, if he was to die it should have just been in First Blood. They filmed it. They chose to veer from that particular ending because they didn't want to send a message that way because the soldiers just came home. I hope they do it justice! Rambo 08' ended perfectly!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Agree 100 percent agree.

[@galacticfederationambassad4063]

G.I Joe is known as Action Force outside of America. Nice Walken imitation.

[@channelzero2252]

Two things. One: They made an "adults only" movie version of The Banana Splits! Why? Two: I was going to tell you about the awesome "Astro Boy" releases but then I remembered that the show flopped in America in it's remade from (1982 and 2004). Trust me, I can tell you which DVD's are the best to get. The answer may surprise you.

[@kunider9714]

Full confession, i don't hate the Jem movie. It has nothing to do with the cartoon, but i still like it. Even my friend who loves the cartoon and always quote it to me likes the movie

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I haven't seen it. If I find it for cheap enough, I'll grab it and check it out. I don't think it's on any of the streaming sites.

[@tjschuessler257]

I like it too. Sadly it had like zero support from Hasbro and tanked at the theaters, so the Jem property is likely dead for the foreseeable future. I do encourage Cereal At Midnight to give it a try with an open mind. It has a lot of heart and some great pop music.

[@MovieMad1]

Love Thundercats and he man

[@ardeepbains8416]

I loved The Visionaries and The Centurians.

[@andrerone8208]

The first thing I'm going to say is I have been a big fan of the Transformers I received the Transformers 25th anniversary box set for Christmas back 10 years ago I also have the Transformers in the single box sets that you have just shown and as well I also have the Transformers the Movie on DVD as well not to mention the ThunderCats seasons 1 & 2 I have yet to get seasons 3 and 4 to complete my collection I also have He-Man Masters of the Universe in my collection on DVD it's the best of the DVD set and also g.i. Joe in the red box set series as well not to mention the complete first season in its entirety but after the other two I saw it I could have liked it but not that much I prefer the original but I grew up on those as well watch them after school and watch them on Saturday morning as well great times wonderful memories.

[@kazuma-kh5tx]

I actually pull a stack of cartoons out and watch saturday morning cartoons with my kids

[@X7393]

Or waking up to those Saturday morning cartoons !

[@stuartfullbrook881]

Great video again buddy, GI joe was called Action force in the UK. I used to watch all these and have most of them on dvd, cant believe you have Jayce and the wheeled warriors and you don’t have Ulysses!!!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

We never really got Ulysses in the US. I looked it up on Wikipedia and it looks like it was syndicated in the US for a single year and then it was gone. If a local TV station didn't pick it up (I don't think any of mine did), there was no chance of anyone ever seeing it here. The UK has had it on SEVEN channels over the years. Until a couple of months ago, I hadn't even HEARD of Ulysses 31. But now that I have, I really want to get my hands on an import DVD of the show because it looks awesome and the opening thing is incredible.

[@galacticfederationambassad4063]

wowzers so much dust!

[@digitalq9702]

I wanna get jem and the holograms I love that cartoon

[@igorstravinsky]

Dude, where are the visionaries, the centurions etc to name but a few? Love the channel btw.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Don't have either show, but we're accepting donations! ;)

[@Murdersville]

Brought back some fond memories of watching telly in the 80s. Did you ever watch Battle of the Planets? Great fun show. I thought you were going to say "stay safe" at the end! ;)

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I have vague memories of watching a few episodes of Battle of the Planets in the late 90s, but I have recently gone back and starting watching Gatchaman on Blu-ray, which was the 1972 show that they used to make Battle of the Planets. It's so fantastic.

[@j.anderson4254]

Awesome video. Sorry you missed so many great cartoons growing up. For me it started at 5:30 am before school and 3:30 pm right after school. 80's cartoons were the best. Here's one for you Turbo TEEN came on USA, check it out. You can find episodes here on KZbin. Damn I forgot Teen Wolf had a cartoon.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Turbo Teen is the show where the kid turns into a car and then people can ride in him, right? That was weeeeeeiiird. LOL.

[@j.anderson4254]

Cereal At Midnight lol yeah exactly. He'd get hot and turn into a car and when he'd get cold and turn back into a regular guy. Classic 80's lol!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I didn't remember that it happened when he got hot! So he's a teenager who turns into a red sportscar when he gets hot?! If that's not a metaphor, I don't know what is.

[@j.anderson4254]

Cereal At Midnight lol. He was traveling one night and a storm forced him off the road where he crashed into a laboratory conducting top secret government experiments. He landed in the path of a molecular transfer ray where he and his car became one.... Lol! I probably liked the intro more than the show itself, but as a kid it was super cool to see.

[@carlitomontana1100]

Hi Heath. Love the content on your channel. I'm a huge 80s cartoon freak. I have everything you have. There some are other great 80s cartoon series that deserve honorable mentions like The Bionic Six, The Spiral Zone, Tranzor Z, The Filmation Tarzan/Lone Ranger/Zorro adventure hour, The Centurians, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, and the Ruby Spears Superman animated series. It's unfortunate some of these don't have an official DVD release. I highly suggest you go ahead and purchase the Thundarr the Barbarian set. I know you'll enjoy it. 80s child for life plus new subscriber!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Awesome! Thanks for commenting and subscribing, Carlito! Those are all great cartoons you mentioned, and it's a shame some of them haven't been released yet, and maybe never will. I'm probably going to end up getting that Thundarr set, I was just hoping they would re-release it as a pressed DVD. It's not looking like that will happen, though, so I might as well.

[@deansamos7372]

You got me immediately with Heman!!!! I know the movie is bad to the rest of the world but i loved it!!!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

It’s a bad adaptation of the cartoon, but it’s a great Dolph Lundgren flick!

[@deansamos7372]

@@CerealAtMidnight Yea without a doubt!!! I agree. No Battlecat, Orko , Panthor, Prince Adam, Beastman was the only villain of Skeletor from the cartoon but still too see it on the big screen was def awesome and an easy guilty pleasure!!! Im surprised Thundercats was never done!!!

[@horrorfandad7782]

I was a BIG fan of He-man back when I was a kid in the 80s. 💪

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I really love He-Man. There's been some great stuff in recent years. Art books, a show encyclopedia, the mini comics, an episode guide, and the DC Comics.

[@Konsker]

love the dvds in the video

[@Kamandi1971]

i just bought that best of he man on ebay thank you for reminding me about this filmation great

[@CerealAtMidnight]

You're welcome, man! I hope you enjoy that set. It's really great.

[@michaelbritt3137]

Great video! Really enjoyed it! Alvin and the Chipmunks was great as well as Spider-Man and his amazing friends. Did you watch Smurfs as kid? Wait....... drink lol jk

[@matthewfloyd4878]

I'm so glad Mill Creek Entertainment and Shout Factory have been keeping some of these shows in print. My only beef with them is that I use Plex and add all the movies and tv shows I own as mkv files, but the metadata on either company's DVDs make it very time consuming to split into separate episodes. Does anybody else use Plex and run into the same problem?

[@richardtasker8336]

That was a wonderful walk down memory lane, thankfully I didn't have the restrictive parents (I still recall watching The Shining with my Mum before school when I was like 6/7 years old!) and got to see a bunch of these growing up (FYI: G.I. Joe in the UK was Action Force)... Again love your passion and your impressions ( ;-) ) Keep up the good work my man! ps. Oh and this is just my sense of humour but every time you said art card I kept hearing in my head Art Carney, what can I say I'm a strange fruit! :)

[@CerealAtMidnight]

From this day forward, art cards will be known as Art Carney!

[@AquilaLorelei]

Beetlejuice. That is all. Also The Addams Family animated series. What about the Disney stuff? TaleSpin, Gummi Bears, Duck Tales, Darkwing Duck, Muppet Babies?

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I watched all that stuff! The Disney Afternoon was a huuuuuuuuuuge part of my childhood. I plan to do a Disney Afternoon video at some point.

[@shawnmckeegan]

I don't know if somebody already posted this. But your mom is "probably" not crazy. The nude scene with the baroness, was most likely from the 1981 movie Heavy Metal. The very R-rated cartoon, the animation could easily be mistaken for GI Joe. Especially if you're not really paying attention. My mom made a similar mistake, turning heavy metal on, thinking it was a regular kids cartoon, then leaving me in the room to watch it. I learned a lot that day.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

It wasn’t heavy metal, it was G.I. Joe one afternoon after school. I had been watching it every day and she happened to look up from the other room and thought she saw naked Baroness. We never had any cable channels that would have showed heavy metal and I wouldn’t have been interested. I was a big joe fan (still am)!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Just to be clear, I do dig Heavy Metal. I have it on Blu-ray. But there was no way that would have been on in our house at 4 in the afternoon on a school day on broadcast television.

[@shawnmckeegan]

@@CerealAtMidnight I dig, my theory was that your mom happened see a scene from Heavy Metal at a different time. Maybe on prime-time premium cable. I've even heard unsubstantiated rumors that certain Christian parent groups, used to show scenes from heavy metal to Moms. Scaring them into thinking this was being marketed to their children. Then later when your mom saw you watching GI Joe, she assumed it was the same program. You're probably right, your mom's just crazy. It couldn't have been easy for our parents, we were the first generation where the TV had to help raise us. I made my dad take me to see He-Man and She-Ra movie. And I think it affected him worse than Vietnam.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

It’s true, they were all doing their best. It bugs me, but I understand why it happened. When you really are trying to protect the people you love, it can go too far. Now, when you’re making money off of that sort of thing, that’s when it gets suspicious. And I can’t speak for Heavy Metal being shown to Christian groups, but showing clips of music or movies out of context was absolutely a thing that happened in churches to bolster outrage.

[@crazytexan7532]

Question...Gerry Anderson supermarionation....do you collect? I used to have Joe 90 and absolutely love Anderson's work.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I don't, but not for lack of interest. It's something I think I'd enjoy.

[@Tony-1971]

How about Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors, Ulysses 31, and Battle Of The Planets. I think BOTP counts, as it ended in the 80's.

[@kate4508]

I feel the same about The Six Million Dollar Man/Bionic Woman Series Sure it's Cheesey but it's sooo fun

[@funghoul9124]

you should do a video on what you WERE allowed to watch.....cause idk what else there was

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I watched Transformers, Voltron, Ducktales, Heathcliff, Inspector Gadget, Muppet Babies, Super Friends, Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends, Pound Puppies, Danger Mouse, Flintstone Kids, Kissyfur, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Dinosaucers, Denver the Last Dinosaur, Fraggle Rock (the animated series), ALF, Captain N: The Gamemaster, plus all the classics like Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera.

[@kellomellow2791]

I would love to see your entire animated show collection, All era. Animated shows are all I collect, that might change in the future but not now. P.s. I just bought invader zim the complete series and super six. Totally random combination but can’t wait for them to arrive.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Awesome, Kelly! I'll definitely be highlighting more of my animation collection in the coming weeks and months. The next one will be a superhero cartoon spotlight. Then maybe we can do 90s cartoons or something. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@kellomellow2791]

Cereal At Midnight awesome I can’t wait👍

[@kingdude1999]

I have the Mill Creek full season 1 & 2 of He-man and the Masters of the Universe. I also have GI Joe The Complete First Series & Transformers - The Complete Series Collection

[@MOTU1978cl]

Nice collection. Thumbs up.

[@shawnc8878]

I like 80's cartoons great video thank you:) Do you have any 70's cartoons?

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I do! I’ll be doing a seventies and a nineties video at some point.

[@roberthamilton4429]

Hey Heath, I do enjoy the 80s cartoons but I am very curious about cartoons from the 1930-50's especially studios like Fleischer, Early Disney, Walter Lantz, and characters like Bosko, Oswald the rabbit, Felix the cat ect...I also have heard of a company called Thunderbean who finds and restores these early cartoons. Do you have any of this stuff? -Shawn

[@CerealAtMidnight]

I don’t have anything from Thunderbean, but I do have some old cartoons on DVD, including a Mill Creek collection of 200 classic shorts from those years. I have and love the Fleischer Superman shorts, too. Warner Archive just announcedthat they’ll be bringing the early Popeye cartoons to Blu-ray soon, and I’m very interested in those.

[@chriswhite8717]

Great video. New sub. I remember the turmoil in the toy box book. In fact, the author spoke at our church. Luckily my parents thought he was as much of an idiot as I did.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Kudos to your parents for being great and thinking for themselves!

[@retrotelevision1]

Have you ever checked out any 1960's Hanna Barbera cartoons such as Atom Ant, Secret Squirrel, Peter Potamus, The Herculoids, Frankenstein Jr. etc? These are all great cartoons.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Yes, I grew up with a lot of those, but I don’t own any of them yet, unfortunately.

[@chaslinux]

The Grape Ape!

[@matthewfloyd4878]

Sadly, some of them appear to have been lost with time. Jana of the Jungle was a personal favorite and bootleg VHS transfers seem to be the only way to watch it. I would gladly buy a licensed Made on Demand (MOD), if it would help bring it back.

[@80sdreamwave32]

Hey I have ghostbusters firehouse dvd and hemen dvds nice love this vidoe

[@peety675]

Hi Heath great video. I am in Australia and did you know that Challenge of The Gobots was called Challenge Of The Machine Men in Australia. I wonder why they changed the name?

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Weird, Peety! Yeah, I wonder why they changed the name. Is Gobots some really dirty Aussie slang or something? :)

[@kazuma-kh5tx]

I have the boxsets for m.a.s.k, jem,30th anniversary set for he man, gi joe+movie on blu ray,thunder cats, scooby doo (mystery machine set), teenage mutant ninja turtles(turtle van set), flinstone kids,captain planet, batman beyond limited edition set, batman the animated series complete series and preoder for the blu ray set, pup named scooby doo,animaniacs,pinky and the brain, transformers,captain n the game master, ;egend of zelda, super mario bros super show, super mario bros 3, sonic the hedghog satam and weekday, jayce and the wheeled warriors, gobots,looney tunes golden collection and blu ray collections,king arthur and the knights of justice, skeleton warriors, wildcats, bobbys world, super human samurai syber squad, power rangers,inspector gadget, spideman 1994, xmen 1990s, where in the world is carmen sandiego,incredible hulk 1990s, tiny toon adventures, garfield and friends, peanuts holiday specials, garfield holiday specials,gummi bears,ducktales,tale spin, gargoyles, darkwing duck. Yes please review more. Its great to find fellow cartoon lovers. I was an eighties baby and and a 90s kid. We are blessed to have experienced the wonderful world of animation from 1970 to 2005.

[@BlaineHuffmancom]

I put tape over the insides of my BCI Eclipse discs. The company was nice and sent me replacement discs when I got them. Sad they went out of business.

[@CerealAtMidnight]

That's a good idea. Also good to hear that BCI Eclipse was aware of the issue and sent you replacement discs. They were a great label and put out some really fantastic releases.

[@wahfulprints9524]

Transformers is actually my favorite show, even as an adult. Have you looked in to the 3 follow up cartoons only aired in Japan? Shout factory also released them stateside, and if you love the original show they're pretty fun to watch

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Yeah, I need to grab those Japanese Tformers shows before something happens and they go out of print. They're not even very expensive, I just need to make the purchase. I also have two-thirds of the early 2000s shows, Armada, Energon, and I need to grab Cybertron on DVD for the trifecta.

[@777JonT]

Hey Heath! (I apologize if I misspelled it). I know I'm really late getting to the video but did you ever end up getting the more recent releases of the He-Man and She-Ra shows on DVD? They each include the entire shows and I believe the movies as well. Great channel! Thank you for the solid content!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Hey! Yes, you spelled it correctly, and you better believe I bought the new complete series repackaged versions! Those re-releases didn't exist at the time of the video you're commenting on, but I made a dedicated video just to the re-release of He-Man, She-Ra, and Voltron. Here's a link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2Kqd3-XhLurrLM

[@wheeljack0]

Thanks for the advice on the He-Man stuff. G.I.Joe was Action Force in the U.K. & Europe.

[@djcrimmy]

the heman set i have has all the diffrent versions and came in a castle grey skull shaped box

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Is that the one with the bonus CD and the best of the New Adventures? I wanted to get that set just for the extra stuff, but I missed out.

[@djcrimmy]

@@CerealAtMidnight yes it has the bonus disc and everything

[@X7393]

I have the entire series of The Legend Of Zelda tv Series on dvd, have to find more of those 80’s cartoons unfortunately on dvd 📀 😮

[@cyberdrone180]

Wow! Great collection of 80's shows. Watched most of those back in the day and now have a good few on DVD. Except Teen Wolf Animated Series. Didn't even know that existed! G.I. Joe here in the United Kingdom was called Action Force for the cartoon and 3.75 inch figures. the Big 12 inch G.I. Joe was called Action Man. So you kinda got it right. ;) Other shows I watched and have on disc are the complete Ulysses 31, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Dungeons & Dragons. And I would love to get Battle of the Planets, Danger Mouse, Count Duckula, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Droids and Ewoks. The list could go on. Anyway great content. Will be watching more Subbed!

[@CerealAtMidnight]

Thanks for the sub, CyberDrone! I loved Danger Mouse when I was a kid, and Cout Duckula too! I need to grab those on disc. Also, I've been watching Gatchaman, which was the original series that they used to made Battle of the Planets, and it is just amazing!

[@cyberdrone180]

Gatchaman is on my list to find and watch. Don't think it was released on disc here in the UK. Battle of the Planets was. but now long deleted I believe. Should have picked it up when it was released. I have seen some of the other US dubs for it, like G-Force and Eagle Riders.