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[–] doingless@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I'm 50 and I have no idea who captain planet is. When and where was that a thing? Did you need to have cable? Because like 5% of my friends had cable. I've still never paid for it.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Captain Planet? He's a hero, he's going to take pollution down to zero. https://youtu.be/OiYjTb3opAA?si=-wXp-JTkWkhAGELC

[–] doingless@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I watched a little bit of that and I've definitely never seen it before. I'll ask again, where and when was that a thing?

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] doingless@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I was a teenager in the 90s and lived on all of the cartoons. I've got nothing. Maybe only on cable or something?

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Hmm well TBS created it, but it used to come on sat mornings on regular broadcast (NBC) where I was.

It was voiced by tons of well known names, ran for 6 seasons, had a horrible live action movie made with Don Cheadle. Idk I personally didn't watch it, but it came on after something I did watch. The only thing I can really remember about it, is it's theme song...

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

"Teenager"? If you're 50, you're 15 years too old for Captain Planet, fam.

[–] _dev_null@lemmy.zxcvn.xyz 1 points 9 months ago

September 15, 1990 - May 11, 1996.

Wikipedia is your friend.

[–] d00ery@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I watched the cartoon in the UK as a child, I don't remember how old I was.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Planet_and_the_Planeteers

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

It was an early '90s cartoon, and yes, you needed cable to watch it.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 2 points 9 months ago

Not in the UK. I don't know why but on the 4 channels I had I still managed to watch it.

[–] doingless@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

That explains it. Nobody I knew had cable money then.

[–] HelluvaKick@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It comes on Boomerang, so idk maybe watch an episode of jabberjaw like when you were a kid and stick around to catch some Captain Planet

[–] doingless@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Cool but I don't have boomerang

[–] TheRagingGeek@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Pretty sure in the late 80's early 90's it was on Fox kids broadcast tv