Potsworth & Co. (intro and outro - UK)

Cartoon credits from the 90's.

[@jokerfleckcast3196]

The outro theme goes hard!

[@thisisnix]

ohh man, this was one of my fave cartoons as a kid - i remember thinking it was so cool to be able to meet your friends and hang out in dreamland. And didn't that nightmare prince have a nagging mother who used to call him on the phone (up his sleeve or something) Awww.. i still have fond memories. thanks uploader - i love it.

[@Ian16545]

In fact, it's a shame there was never something like, I don't know, maybe a 4-part finale where Potsworth and the kids have to finally contend with her in the flesh.

[@2chickenbone]

I used to watch this on CBBC, that outro music was absolutey amazing havent heard it in aaages!

[@IJustDontGiveASam]

After almost 20 years of looking for this show!!! Thank you google and youtube lol...#childhood

[@mets2128]

Samuel Oliver, Jr. 30 years actually

[@misterelom]

I remember this show. Over here in the US it was called 'Midnight Patrol' and the intro theme wasn't that much different from this one. I used to love the outro theme, which was exactly the same as the UK version here. Brings back memories.

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

When it was shown over here in the UK on the BBC in the early 90s, they didn't like the Midnight Patrol name as they thought it might inspire kids to go out in gangs late at night- true story!

[@PaveMentman]

The intro & outro-tunes simply oozes the sound of the the 80's-90's switching part (from Michael Jackson to Sega Mega Drive to me). Hard to top that even today.

[@MITOGEN]

Agreed, this was one of the better cartoons of the 90's.

[@MITOGEN]

It sure is a magnificent saxophone beat.

[@Cartoonking3rd]

Can't someone host a show that shows classic cartoons that we havent seen for a long time? But one old cartoon made a come back and thats Batfink.

[@avidviewer67]

Having noticed that Keiko rides a flying skateboard in the Dream Zone, I'd say that she went to see Back to the Future: Part II and, as I'm sure many other youngsters did, left the movie theatre wishing she had a hoverboard! That's my theory, anyway... :-)

[@ericoxner9666]

Love this really cool outro .Who ever on the saxophone is really really good.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Lenny Pickett is my guess!

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

@@ClassicTVMan1981X was he on some of Bowie's 80s albums too?

[@Hulk2k6]

Had it not been for that dark break and lyrics about the nightmare prince, this would have been the sugariest cartoon theme of 1990!

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

We call this series Midnight Patrol; here (in the U.S.), it first aired September 9, 1990 as part of The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.

[@Cartoonking3rd]

I wished the BBC can bring this back, i mean years ago it used to be on the BBC.

[@SuperTed19021]

So do I. Wish they would bring back "Barney the Dog" and "SuperTed" as well.

[@brandonreina4219]

@@SuperTed19021 DreamWorks Animation (previously known as Classic Media) now has the rights to the cartoon since they are owned by NBCUniversal which they aired their cartoon on Boomerang (or Universal Kids) in the United States because they plastered the Hanna-Barbera Productions Logo with the BBC Worldwide/NBCUniversal Television Distribution Logo combo on current prints of the short lived series Potsworth and all related characters are trademarks of and copyrighted by Classic Media, Inc., A Division of NBCUniversal. ©1990 Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc./BBC. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing, LLC.

[@afc85]

Haha used to love this. Used to have it on VHS tape. Didn't understand how it worked and how sometimes there were more episodes 🤣

[@boru25]

It's about 20 years since this came out. Are'nt we glad that we where a part of 90's cartoons?

[@MikkoSandt]

When I was a kid, I made a card with all the characters in it. I then put the card under my pillow when I went to bed, hoping that I could that way deliver it to the Dream Zone kids. Thanks for the upload! It only took me twenty years to track down the name of this series.

[@dwsh1]

I was 22 yo when this dropt. Was a fan. Never viewed this on CN; I didn't get CN until late 1996. If there's anyone who was older than I when this dropt, whether a fan ot, PLEASE COMMENT!

[@joeywomer]

Ah, the 90's. My decade.

[@Gasoline85]

The Nightmare Prince always reminded of The Joker. (Perhaps because he was voiced by the same actor, here in Denmark).

[@Marmalade000000]

Holy shit!! The credits music is a song in itself!!

[@djonshore]

Ah 1990, this was the era when Children's BBC were cautious on what to call kids shows, especially if they were imports from the US. Take Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as a good example, which was renamed as Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles in the UK as the BBC felt that Ninja was inappropriate for the UK kids. I was 9 years old when this was aired and do remember it very well shown on CBBC 1 in its day around 4.10pm, I think it was a Tuesday, but I could be wrong as it is 20 years now, lol!

[@Omegajunior2658]

I remember this 1990 British-American cartoon programme. I used to watch it when I was a child. It was shown on the BBC as a part of their children's block CBBC and TCC known as The Children's Channel (now defunct) years ago. It was produced by Hanna-Barbera in conjunction with Sleepy Kids PLC (then Entertainment Rights and now known as DreamWorks Classics after its 2012 purchase of Entertainment Rights) and is known outside the US as Potsworth & Co. In the United Kingdom, the BBC felt that the suggestion of children being awake after midnight was inappropriate (which is reflected in the theme song's lyrics in the British broadcast); thus the name was changed. Universal, a division of NBC Universal currently owns the rights of this cartoon after its 2016 purchase of DreamWorks Animation. I think it is one of few Hanna-Barbera cartoons which is not currently distributed by Warner Bros. despite the Hanna-Barbera library being owned by Warner Bros.

[@VBaskin2010]

The Midnight Patrol Was Part Of The Funtastic World Of Hanna-Barbera In 1990.

[@FinallyImIn1]

I really enjoy the part of the song with the Nightmare Prince. It just sets the tone for how a villain should be introduced to the screen.

[@kogurerocks]

FinallyImIn1 that part freaks me the hell out.

[@Hulk2k6]

@@kogurerocks They need it that song without it would just be pure saccharine the whole way through! That bridge gives it darkness, bite and menace!

[@houseofoddity]

Just reminds me of getting home from school and having Tv and snacks before I went off adventuring as a boy. Such great memories! Thanks for posting this great nostalgia!

[@TheMJKnight]

On an additional note: if Bucky O'Hare can get a DVD release years after it went off the air, I see no reason why this can't get a release as well.

[@HeartOfPureDarkness]

Loved this cartoon :) Outside of the US it was known as Potsworth and Co- it is known in the US as Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dreamzone but the UK and other countries changed the name because they didn't want to encourage children to stay up late/after midnight- well thats hpw they interpreted the show anyway :)

[@traeyboy529]

I believe the show was originally renamed in the UK by the BBC due to the fact they believed the answer you have provided was the reason

[@tevez101]

Ahh memories.....

[@TheMJKnight]

Oh man! That brought back some fond memories. I adored that ending theme when I first heard it. For me, 90s shows had some of the best scores and soundtracks. That saxophone is just so fun to listen to. If shows and movies of today could take cues from this and others like it and apply it to today, you'll get something special. That's my take on it

[@domwoodhouse2383]

Love this show when I was very young. Love the end credits music so much!

[@piotrsegal9528]

This intro song is so fucking charming. And the outro, with this saxophone...

[@jnadle1]

I think Ernie Watts was on sax.

[@TimPoultney]

I couldn't even remember who the voice cast was, but hearing the opening theme for even a SECOND and I could only hear Rob Paulsen.

[@andrewbarton2590]

Voicing Potsworth was Clive Revill, star of shows like Columbo.

[@luiz4200]

In Brazil, we called it "Patrulha Noturna" (Midnight Patrol). Do you remember that episode where the Nightmare Prince's mother demoted him to janitor and hired another villain? What was the other villain's name?

[@enigma19833]

Christopher Nolan totally stole from this when making Inception!!!!!

[@cryptographics2635]

+enigma19833 He stole it from a Duck Tales comic. 100% serious... www.cinemablend.com/new/Inception-May-Seem-Original-But-Uncle-Scrooge-Did-It-First-19957.html

[@DanBoccia]

@thisisnixofficial Yeah, the phone was up his sleeve, and his mother always seemed to call at inappropriate times. Nobody could understand half of what she was saying, but nobody really cared either. Exactly the same case with The General on Dastardly and Muttley.

[@xxsha77xx]

omg i used to love this lol

[@DaveJonesproductions]

I used to watch this on the childrens channel back in the early 90's, back when being a kid was fun. A very underrated cartoon

[@Hulk2k6]

Ah, This theme just makes me feel little again. I loved this show to death when I was 6. CBBC really rocked during the early 90s. Then again TV and Life in general was much better around 1990! The last time BBC1 played this was during early mornings in 2004. Not like all this over-repeated shit they have now. Potsworth & Co was definitely a standout among the samey Hannah-Barbera shows. And the voice actors went on to some degree of stardom when they got older.

[@WA4AndyShaw]

This is the better theme tune. Better than the US version. I loved this show back in the day

[@tevez101]

gotta love that outro theme - big tune - memories

[@DanBoccia]

@RoofTopBoozers No my friend, you are not insane. It was just a long forgotten cartoon that only lasted 13 episodes and never got popular in the US (even though the voice recording sessions were done in the US). It was more popular in the UK and maybe Canada because those countries produced comics and action figures respectively. Good luck trying to find them on ebay though. They are all truly rare.

[@DanBoccia]

@anxresi I never actually noticed that until you mentioned it. It doesn't make any sense to me because Keiko's not actually wearing a dress. She wears a blue sweatshirt with a yellow trim on the bottom and her signature pink heart on the front, white sweat pants, pink socks, and pink sneakers. So, it doesn't make any sense for her to wear bloomers over her pants. Really weird, huh? Maybe she was in a hurry and got dressed the wrong way that morning LOL.

[@BelatedCommiseration]

Oh yeah! You know I was looking at the nightmare prince and was actually thinking he looked a bit pants but I completely forgot about the whole phone thing! That was hilarious! Don't know if it would stand up to me watching it now but it just goes to show the power the eighties had...even relatively low tier cartoons like this that don't get remembered as much have brilliant theme songs!

[@michymac]

@RoofTopBoozers i actually thought i was gone mad and i imagined this show coz so many people hadnt heard of it and thought i just made it up,,so then i began to think maybe i did just imagine this great show and i created a masterpice haha,,damn it its real haha,,glad i found it tho,,great memories

[@Hulk2k6]

@djonshore Nah, You're right. It was on at roughly that time on Tuesdays. I would watch it without fail. And that was so typically ball-less of our country to change the name of TMNT just over the unease of the word 'ninja'. No wonder the rest of the world laughs at us!

[@25FADIII]

Do you, or do you know anybody who has the episodes The Dozer Walks Among Us, Dozer Quest, and Rosie's Extra Sweet Day to upload on KZbin? If you do, if anyone you know does, and if I watch those remaining 3 episodes once they're uploaded on KZbin, I will have at that point completed all 13 episodes of the whole entire Midnight Patrol series.

[@Hulk2k6]

@anxresi LOL. Keiko and Rosie's knickers are on show but I don't think people cared too tough back then! Same case with the Chipettes in the chipmunk adventure!

[@generalloonatic85]

@anxresi You must be a tweeny... I apologise. But I liked my adventures. I still do... and I always wanted to be one of them... I never wanted to be a sponge.

[@RocketeerRaccoon]

@boru25 There's this one and the the American version which is really the same cartoon but it comes under the name "Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone"

[@boru25]

Just saw it! It was never seen in the UK n Irish showing of the cartoon. I wonder why they changed it for us?

[@Hulk2k6]

@DanBoccia Or maybe they're going with the whole "Oh, she's Japanese, let her flash her drawers!" thing or maybe she's eccentric in dress sense or just like you said dressed in a hurry!

[@MITOGEN]

@thisisnixofficial @thisisnixofficial  Yeah his mother used to always be on his case :) Glad you enjoyed it. When you think about it, it is quite a good way to get kids to go to bed early, them possibly thinking that they may end up in the Dream Zone. Perhaps Hollywood could revive it and do a real life movie version of it.

[@VBaskin2010]

In The US We Called This Show Midnight Patrol Adventures In The Dream Zone.

[@Hulk2k6]

@anxresi Hey Arnold = Brilliant Recess = Brilliant Spongebob = Overrated.

[@SuperShadow]

0:57

[@anthonyosullivan268]

I must have seen this a handful of times as I remember but just barely.

[@DomSpens]

@RoofTopBoozers same with me, my mates thought I was making it up, especially when I spent hours looking for stuff like, dreamteam or dream club, or nightmare something or other etc, etc. finally found it though after searching for hours!

[@steveknudsen3448]

I still love watching this cartoon and Keiko with the flying hoverboard.

[@Wright805]

Yeah, Keiko was cool.

[@pagrant]

loved the theme tune potsworth and company

[@DomSpens]

@RoofTopBoozers Same with me especially when I spent hours looking for different variations on dream team, dream club, nightmare....etc. etc. etc. finally found it though, how sad am I!

[@RocketeerRaccoon]

@boru25 Not sure why the title of the show differs to be honest. =p

[@RocketeerRaccoon]

Comparing this and the US Intro, this one sounds a lot better.

[@gregkiteos1936]

80s kids TV show themes are so dope.

[@TheMikeijay]

Such a Badass outro!! That Sax has some serious grove! Reminds me so much of the theme from Bruce's Price is Right!!! 90s rocked! Was really confused when I went to America as a kid and it was called Midnight Patrol!! Blew my mind!!

[@ninjastah]

Michael Bay's Potsworth & Company in 3D

[@generalloonatic85]

My kids (when I have them that is) are going to grow up on shows like this - from the 80s and 90s. Not the rubbish they have on nowadays. Gummi Bears, Potsworth, Care bears... I'd still watch them now I'm in my 20s if they were on.

[@spacered]

I remember this when i was 6 we Move to England, Manchester I watch that show in BBC was First Time, and Also I grow up watching Again at Summer Times in early 90's.

[@DomSpens]

This has been driving me nuts trying to remember the name of this and thus find it online, my mates and I spent a couple of hours watching a load of 70's 80's 90's kids tv theme songs and I could remember this show but not the name of it, noone else knew what I was on about but now I've found it ha ha! how sad am I!

[@SuperTed19021]

I sooooo remember this. It was quite good actually. Miles better than "The Dream Stone".

[@Wright805]

I agree but wouldn't it be cool to have a crossover? Like a comic or something?

[@sdkelmaruecan2907]

Just dreamt of that intro (gotta love the irony) and I had to check the intro... after 30 years, didnt forget the face of the villain!

[@danielwilliamson6180]

Classic cartoon.

[@Generations1st]

Man.................................................................This takes me back...............................Another part of my childhood restored.

[@TechnoHajikelist]

Doesn’t anything think they would be on Jellystone?

[@Hulk2k6]

@Sener Well, Rosie's (The Redhead) voice actress, Elisabeth Harnois grew up to be hot. So there's nothing wrong with that!

[@MITOGEN]

Haha thanks :)

[@gamerbear84]

Portsworth and Captain Zed were such thematically fitting shows to wake up to on weekend mornings.

[@luiz4200]

Thank you. You know? The first time I watched the episode, I thought they'd let the Nightmare Janitor into the plan and he'd willingly help since it meant he'd be the Nightmare Prince again. Were you expecting something like that as well?

[@boru25]

Theres 2 versions?

[@Hulk2k6]

Boomerang, pull your finger out and put this on even if only for a month!

[@Mammalmage]

Nothings changed, just the name.

[@GlueBubb1e]

I always thought this would be a really good premise for a movie.

[@MITOGEN]

Agreed 100% :)

[@danielwilliamson6180]

The actor who provided Postsworth's voice was actor Clive Revill whom provided the voice of The Emperor in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.

[@Hulk2k6]

+Daniel Williamson Yep, the guy's got a shit ton of credits under his belt and is still alive at the ripe old age of 85!

[@sezanimate]

I don't remember a single episode of this cartoon, but I vaguely remember this intro. Now that I've learned PC Britain forced the series to be renamed because of concerns that children would actually stay up at midnight (!!!), I checked out the original "Midnight Patrol" theme and it sounds much better. Its title card was even animated, unlike this one.

[@traeyboy529]

It is sort of still animated for the British version but very loosely.

[@VBaskin2010]

MITOGEN You're So Funnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnntastic!

[@pinball2k6]

Always wanted (and still do) a floating snowboard.

[@Sener]

@Hulk2k6 aha didnt know that gotta go look it up

[@HeyLaserLips]

I used to love this cartoon, but I always wondered... Anyone know why in the UK we got a completely new theme tune and name to this cartoon?

[@traeyboy529]

According to many sources, the BBC decided to change the title etc. due to believing that children would end up being awake after midnight (which is very strange and ironic since the BBC usually aired after 12am back in those days while their closedowns were a thing (I wasn't alive while they had them), they odd thing indeed.)

[@mrtheoneandonly83]

@generalloonatic85 me too!!

[@Raichu84]

OMG WHAT MEMORYS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@Cartoonking3rd]

Bubba Bone Breaker.

[@Sener]

I LOVED this show even though I'm a kid of the 90s. I had a huge crush on the redhead and the asian girl :)

[@yawkyeadea-amponsah4114]

You Mean Rosie and Keiko

[@stephwright7549]

me and my sister loved this show

[@justinwhatshisname]

Those kids know Inception!!!!

[@ninjastah]

SAXAMAPHONE ME GUSTA!

[@Dinosaurprince]

Little Nemo rip off.

[@NIKIMBO]

GREAT SOUNDTRACK!

[@chiccosanchez]

legendary stuff

[@MrIrrepressible]

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