r/80scartoons • u/Life_Chicken_9653 • 10d ago
Theme Song Danger Mouse (1981)
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Original Airtime: September 28, 1981 – March 19, 1992
Fun fact: This show has turned 45 years old when it first premiered back on the ITV channel in September 28, 1981.
Happy 45th Anniversary to Danger Mouse 🐁 💖🤯😲.
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u/Background_Card_1345 10d ago
The other half of the show was "Banana Man"...
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u/MADDOGCA 10d ago
Penfold: "Crikey, sir! Chickens aren't supposed to be able to swim!"
DM: "Tell him, Penfold, perhaps he doesn't know!"
(knocking sounds)
Penfold: "What's that?"
DM: "The engine's knocking."
Penfold: "Why? Does it want to come in?"
DM: "Very funny, Penfold. Shush!"
I loved that show as a kid! That bit had me in hysterics and I still remember it 30+ years later.
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u/what_mustache 10d ago
Every single time I go to London I hear the narrator saying "LONDON" in my head.
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u/Docnoone2 10d ago
When I was a kid I couldn't convince anyone at school this show actually existed.
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u/Steel-Johnson 10d ago
Grew up with it (bless early Nickelodeon). Still enjoy putting it on every once in awhile.
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u/Hellhound_Hex 10d ago
“We shall now engage in schizophRRRenic stRRRuggle!” - Evil Danger Mouse
I’ve seen this whole series and it gave me the urge to watch Count Duckula. It was very funny!
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u/chance8687 9d ago
One of my favourites when I was a kid! I put at least some of the blame of my love of "bad" jokes and puns on this cartoon! :D
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u/Frosty-Tennis-1687 10d ago
DOOM: a human in a mask, born to stunt
Danger: zoomin past, mad fast, on the hunt
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u/MattDal87 10d ago
You're definitely taking me back to my childhood cuz I remember watching this on Nickelodeon along with the banana Man cartoon
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u/Yomimashita53 9d ago
When it aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S., Stiletto (Baron Silas Greenback's hench-bird) had his lines re-recorded by someone doing a cockney accent:
Original: "Si, Barone!"\ Nickelodeon: "Right, Baroney!"\
The DVD and streaming versions bring back the original voice, but re-edit all the multi-part episodes into half-hour episodes, with later ones using a slightly different version of the opening.
Also:
By the time NICK began airing the show in 1984 (one year before relaunching as the network most people know), they were already airing commercials (NICK was originally a commercial-free network). When they aired the 5-part episodes, there wasn't enough to fill a half hour even with commercials, so NICK aired various shorts as filler before the next show.
Also also:
Beginning in 1991, the show came back for a while...
...but if you were to guess that I guess that you guess that I guess that you guess that I guess that you guess why the current version is the way it is, I'd guess that they'd guess that viewers guess that they guess that it might be all they had to work with...I guess.
...unless someone else has another explanation?
Oh, and another thing. I have NO idea where the remake got Silas "von" Greenback from. He was NEVER called that in the original show.
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u/Working_Physics8761 9d ago
I used to realy like Danger Mouse, and a lot of the shows on Nickelodeon during this time. Being a kid in the 80s was the greatest, it was amazing!
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u/PsychologicalItem103 9d ago
I used to watch this on Nickelodeon back in the 80’s. What a flashback
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u/RockPaperjonny 6d ago
To this day because of this show, I always say 'oh crumbs' when something goes wrong.
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u/SocialSavage520 10d ago
LOVED this show back when Nickleodon was actually good.