Video Power - S01E01 - Yes We Have No Tomatoes

[@Wardner213]

Most channels would have edited out the commercials. Thank you for leaving them. I came here for nostalgia dammit!

[@spider-ham7140]

Definitely better with the commercials left in

[@bc2champ]

Just adds to the nostalgic value!

[@garettnelson1]

The intro and color schemes of Video Power is truly nostalgic. The 90's hit different and ' YES WE HAVE NO TOMATOES '

[@BTNH_NiNJA]

Broooo this is legit one of my first ever memories watching TV as a kid at early hrs in the am in Auckland, NZ in the 90’s 🤩🙌🏽

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Same here. I would have never guessed that a kid somewhere else in the world was jamming to this early in the morning like me. Id didn't realize this played outside of America. And judging by your username, you were also a bone thugs n harmony kid. I lost my mind when I heard Thuggish Ruggish Bone. They were my favorite piece of hip hop ever since, till this day. I am glad to know about you Brother.

[@BTNH_NiNJA]

@@WaldoBagelTopper Yea a lot of us kids that grew up in the early-mid 90's in New Zealand would remember this which may have been the beginning of our gaming addictions 😂😂 And yeah BONE THUGS are my all-time fav and am grateful to see them perform live a few times as I will again next year 🙌🏽 Like-wise bro 👊🏽

[@downhome7500]

Shit, yeah!

[@Teddy-ev1zo]

That tomatoe guy sounds like daxter from jak and daxter!😮😮😮😮

[@rohin8616]

Man this show brings back memories for me in the early 90's waking up in the morning to get ready for middle school.

[@dmace81]

80s and early 90s were epic.

[@SolidMikeChannel]

Uh, it's was totally radical, and at times, excellent and gnarly.

[@shawnswint1521]

So True. The Year 2000 aka The New Millennium SUCKS!!!

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

Those times sucked! I was always grounded

[@The_Husband_of_Jane_Lane]

Out of the Power Team, I'm only familiar with Max Force and Mr. Big from "NARC" and Tyrone from "Arch Rivals" because I played the arcade versions of "NARC" and "Arch Rivals" on Midway Arcade Treasures 2 11 years ago.

[@fireheartis1]

Man I miss this show!! One of my favorites to watch back then. It got me into video games at the time.

[@onithedemonslayer3142]

I loved this show so much as a kid i was glued to the t.v. the whole show i didn't move lol.

[@tuxedomark]

In the Power Team cartoons, you can actually hear a lot of the same music that had been used on Kidd Video (1984-1986).

[@jasonelliott7977]

Probably the same production company.

[@dvox8289]

I loved this show when i was a kid here in new zealand

[@unnamedchannel1237]

Only timber catching it a couple of times as a kid but when I did I loved it .

[@Godlike_Virus]

I used to love this show as a kid, I even recorded my own sort of quasi-version of the show in my bedroom one time. XD

[@chino852456]

it would be so epic to have a tv program like this again

[@christopherhodges5722]

People keep claiming that all the episodes of Video Power have been uploaded to the internet, but that is impossible, because I have yet to see the episode where my letter was read on the air and I won a copy of Total Recall for NES (which I never got).

[@RetroToons]

That was season 2, these are all season 1 episodes.

[@christopherhodges5722]

Figures. Damn.

[@nirv]

Maybe that show or that part of it wasn't ever aired? If you were on the show and then went home and saw it actually aired on TV, then you're right.

[@nirv]

Link the video please.

[@ChescoYT]

Damn, but that's a funny fucking story tho! :D

[@Wis_Dom]

You are officially AWESOME for posting this! The commercials make it so much better! I remember every freaking commercial. Although our channel was called Fox 30 instead of Fox 29.

[@Musicradio77Network]

This came off of a TV station in Minneapolis, MA which was KITN-TV which was a Fox affiliate. In NYC, WWOR-TV (channel 9) aired this show including the season 1 episodes. The show would later became a game show element in season 2.

[@joshfraley8019]

Wis Dom My channel was Fox 28 in Columbus.

[@Godlike_Virus]

Fox Kids 36 here in Georgia. Back when morning/afternoon cartoons on the local channels were still a thing. Good times, good memories at least.

[@Musicradio77Network]

This show was also aired on WWOR-TV (channel 9) back in 1990 when it was during the weekday morning cartoon block. This is the season 1 episodes featuring the "Power Team" as an animated segment. The show would finally ended up being a game show until season 2.

[@Video-Games-Are-Fun]

i am in brooklyn, ny. yes i had channel 9 wwor and i think i saw this just once

[@Murderface666]

1-900-HOT-HINTS $1.65 a min. Minimum wage at that time was $3.80. And I remember having a crush on the Small Wonder girl when I was a kid lol

[@johnprudent3216]

O my Lord! I remember those Tiger hand-held games! 90's tech! lol

[@starstarstar4643]

Tiger handhelds is 80s tech

[@cattysplat]

Terrible wastes of money they were. Even child imagination can't cover up pocket calculator graphics.

[@XSpellBinder]

The 90s also have some stronger commercials on anti-drugs. You do not upset your grandma, after all she love you more then you love you.

[@evenmorebetter]

"We already have Captain N at home" The Captain N at home:

[@Wesmoen]

No joke, I constantly confuse these two shows. Because both have video games characters in it.

[@susanfit47]

The Power Team was separated into its own show for reruns in the later 90s on the USA Network, with a different theme song and a different title (Acclaim Masters), reconfigured to removed the Johnny Arcade bits from Video Power, likely because the live-action footage giving hints and advertising for games several years old would be too dated for reruns.

[@stillgaming]

Thanks for putting all these up. These are basically my entire collection I acquired and put up around the internet. I didn't even get to watch these as a kid as my area only syndicated the game show season. I know it's not all the episodes, plus apparently more cartoons aired on the USA network, but it wasn't long ago that the only video we had on The Power Team on the entire internet was that 30 second clip where they avoided a rocket. We've come a long way. Now we just need to find someone else that recorded the rest on VHS. Thanks again

[@Melvinshermen]

Lee is Still Gaming wow

[@gyronrogers8643]

I remember back in elementary school how many timesI was nearly late to school watching this which made me record this show on VCR and watched after school, I loved this show

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Same! I can't count how many times I missed the bus over this shit lmao. You know how many parents must've complained about this show! 😂😂

[@Neodestro]

i remember see this show 4pm every day

[@scotshabalam2432]

The commercials are the best part! Wow... Things have changed. Also I saw a kid smoking crack.

[@JohnnyDouchbag-nr5yf]

I saw a kick flapjacking baby!

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

Watching stuff like this and Parker Lewis Can't Lose make me feel like I opened a bubble in the universe and went and crawled inside of it where time doesn't exist. Then I pop the bubble and resume life.

[@Theshark15z]

Weird how the second season changed this program completely into a game show! Instead of a cartoon segments, you had contestants competing over games such as Batman, Ninja Gaiden, Robocop 1, etc. If they made all the way they had a chance to win top of the line game consoles such as Turbo Graphics 16, 3DO, Genesis, SNES or accessories.

[@joshfraley8019]

You are the best youtuber to upload classic action cartoons for older kids!

[@jimjamthejammer4929]

This used to come on weekday mornings at 6:30 on the old WXON TV 20 Detroit in late 90-91. It was the only reason for a 13 year old me to get up that early!

[@MrSamer83]

I loved Video Power, thanks so much for uploading. This bring back a lot of memories, I miss the 90s!!!

[@crosslash01]

Big Foot, king of the monster trucks. Truer words have never been said.

[@puccaperson]

Great job adding the commerical breaks as well. They just bring back the memories back when commerical breaks were awsome seeing it for video games,new movies Anything.

[@KaneRobot]

Just a word of advice for all the people that came here for the hot Revenge of Shinobi tips: you don't actually have to hit the buttons. Just change it to 00 and leave it selected for like 10 seconds and it'll switch to infinite.

[@ramiroezequielnoriega2599]

Acclaim™ Video Power™ With these video game tips You can be a Great gamer

[@ultrasinful]

I remember watching the first episode....I was like "HEY WTF HAPPENED TO MY USUAL CARTOON?!" Then I realized how awesome this show was when it was about VIDEO GAMES!

[@Musicradio77Network]

That was the "Power Team" as a cartoon segment, and it lasted for the rest of the first season. The second season later became a game show.

[@kurosknightwarrior9138]

Me in Video Power, good old days!

[@bboymac84]

Kuros KnightWarrior miss this show!

[@kaoxes]

The best part were the old commercials.

[@tommy2159]

"Cliff's [Bill Cosby's] prescription for rest and relaxation makes a whole new man out of him!" (24:58) If only they knew.

[@ru8enV]

When he pulled out the 90's style sports bottle with the attached straw I lost it. I Nostalgia'd hard to my childhood.

[@MotownWes]

I’d like to know who thought enough to record this on VHS in Minneapolis in 1990 and kept it this long?

[@Ishitonyou666]

25:42 that’s the kid from IT tv movie 😅

[@bazsuperbi]

24:40. 😅 A very appropriate commercial break. "And if they say no, offer them money".

[@JoshuanKnode]

This show is so 90s it's almost like a parody of a 90s show made by somebody who didn't live through the 90s

[@Ninjamohawk]

Ha Fox 29, this is the actual broadcast I watched in 1990 here in St Paul.

[@Musicradio77Network]

+Ninjamohawk In NYC, WWOR-TV (channel 9) ran this one every weekday morning back around 1990.

[@TeamWickedOpinion]

Thanks for uploading these, they bring back so many memories.VIDEO POWER..YYEEAAHHH THAT'S RIGHT!

[@MrKenvader]

The dude from narc should have just unload his rocket launcher all over their asses just like in the narc video game!!!'

[@wingedfameangel7030]

My best childhood cartoon...Gosh i so woshed to own the TV games advertised on this cartoon...

[@notkimpine]

AVGN BROUGHT ME HERE.

[@DaryckReese300]

Mario Mario is Going To Be Disappointed Without His Tomato Sauce, For His Pizzas.

[@freddyvidz]

Acclaim’s own cartoon show

[@Powerman33]

25 years ago 1-900 Hot Hints. Present Day Gamefaqs.com

[@RS-mu3ci]

With inflation: $3.17 a minute. Only 7 or 8 years later and Gamefaqs came out. There were many other sites in the 94-96 time that replaced expensive 900 numbers. I feel bad having my parents paying for something so trivial.

[@downsouth420]

The Shinobi trick was wrong. You don't mash A, B, and C. All you do is put the count to 00 and leave it alone. It'll change to infinity automatically.

[@TylerMcWilliam]

Thanks for correcting that I was about to say the same thing

[@newartmov]

This is awesome! So happy to find this again.

[@BonnevilleSlugger]

The best part about this for me is, living in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area at the time, I watched this very broadcast when it originally aired.

[@shadowa4-690]

you are the f****ng man for this!!!

[@maliknawaz5120]

I WISHED THAT NOWADAYS VIDEO POWER SHOULD'VE BEEN AİRED SO THAT IT WOULD'VE BEEN AWESOME, RADICALLY COOL.

[@yaywhewclips242]

That "Small Wonder" promo was so long. Whatta cheesy show. But, those schlocky 1980's I really miss it.

[@mollifien]

Who said time machine does not exist? It's called youtube.. :)

[@MegaArcon]

*starts slow clap* That...was beautiful....

[@joshfraley8019]

Johnny Arcade sounds like a wrestler's name to me. No wonder the real Johnny Arcade was the coolest teenager on TV!

[@jasonelliott7977]

You’re thinking of Johnny Ace.

[@KenMabie]

i used to watch this on Fox 29 (Philly) every morning it came on after Kenneth Copeland (a jesus freak) i would wake up to watch this (i think it came on at 6:30) and eat breakfast, then i would get showered and dressed for school then off to school. . i was 12 when this came on in 1990

[@CaptainGinyu]

the early 90s may have been TOO rad

[@hustlernmuscular5430]

Anybody else remember watching shit while getting ready for school? 😆. I somewhat do. Good times.

[@simonmarshall19]

This used to be on KTLA5 when I was a kid

[@BigRAC83]

simon marshall KTLA5 in Los Angeles? You are wrong sir. It was on KCOP13.

[@simonmarshall19]

On the west Coast Pacific Time it was.

[@VitalikNerdChannel]

30 years tv review and cartoon video games!

[@AYCHMENG]

This reaks of 90s u love it

[@haroldgrant6490]

video power and the power team damn i miss them days when the BMX bikes was still hot and you couldn't wait for school to be over so you be outside with everybody unlike today where most kids like being inside stuck around their parents

[@ryublueblanka]

this was totally awesome! thanks dude!

[@derekkinman7492]

My first sega genesis video game I got good at is sonic the cause I got all 6 of the chaos emeralds and passing 6 zones before defeating dr.robotnik at the final zone. That show video power was before g4tv and nick arcade & after starcade

[@yank3970]

thanks for sharing RetroToons

[@hexkwondo]

I used to think the host was the coolest guy ever when I was a kid

[@Arrowdance]

+Hexkwondo CreepyPasta So did I. lol

[@brianjackson3885]

Hexkwondo till 96 came and i got in high school lol

[@collectingmythoughts991]

He has a hilariously over-sized light switch in his house-automatically makes him the coolest guy ever.

[@daverhodus]

You were right.

[@dumisanitsotetsi2272]

I used wonder who his parents were.

[@collectingmythoughts991]

Instead of at least trying to air this show, Captain N and The Super Mario Brothers Super Show, G4 in it's dying days gave us Cops reruns.

[@jimjamthejammer4929]

I miss the old G4TV, I still have some tapes from 2004 just before the merger with tech TV. Shame what happened afterwards.

[@brillopad6901]

I never even heard of this show back then

[@CrazyHomelessWeirdo]

I cannot believe this show is not a classic you know with those brilliantly written lines dialogue that seems to be some of the best ever written in the history of television and the characters and they are so beautifully animated I'm thinking Disney who this is truly a masterpiece of cartoon television

[@curiositykilledthecat5118]

wow 1-900 numbers, i feel old!

[@djwho75]

Some episodes of video power were broadcasted in perú..

[@non-descriptinfluence3112]

cesar ardiles l es gut life en Perú

[@Alamyst2011]

Fox 29 was life as a kid

[@joshjohnson3442]

Awesome that you kept the ads in!

[@ryuhayabusa6776]

Great seeing this! Thanks.

[@RAvila53]

The host came out in Brotherhood, the showtime TV series, as Pete. Looks like he aged bad

[@victorkenarsy3024]

Holy shit, look at that sports bottle

[@inlovewith90sboys72]

@ 26:48 dang Johnny Arcade's slick

[@MannyDer]

Ha, in Columbus we had the Fox 28 kids club, so close

[@berniesaurrex977]

Video power edge: Breathe oxygen, Remember, oxygen is good

[@Dundreary]

Was that Beau Weaver at the very start saying "Weekdays at 7!"? Oh nevermind. It sure is him.

[@MrSamer83]

Bez Imeni Yes it is, He’s still around doing promos for multiple stations across the US!!! I love Beau!!!

[@klabnif5735]

the power team eeds to be a game

[@marcov1516]

I'm going to call 1900 hot hints lol

[@apitterson17]

Grandma was serious😂

[@prestongreer2245]

That's Uncle Phil's Mother on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

[@coldskyclouds7188]

oh i get it, so captain n was a real person who is transported to a video game and power team is video game people who are transported to real life

[@WaldoBagelTopper]

And just so you all know, those Tiger Wristwatch games sucked shit lmao

[@RetroToons]

Sure!

[@jsoo67]

Alf, The Cosby Show, Small Wonder with a cameo of Punky Brewster. Then those anti drug psa's. Yep I member.

[@badmoonrising3861]

Thanks for this.

[@Konsker]

love the show

[@susanfit47]

I see that NES console on Video Power.

[@edgardoamado7008]

Sooooo good !

[@shawnswint1521]

I Like to Think That Kwirk Was a Precursor to Sonic The Hedgehog!!!

[@AthlonMDK]

thnx much appreciated, will you upload also other episodes?

[@MirokuMG]

@25:13 Oh wow Alf haha

[@brianm5563]

Guy reminds me of Corey Haim - has similar behavior.

[@allright]

"MAKE AMERICA THE 80'S AGAIN"

[@jeffreekoch9298]

Close enuff. Early 90s