80s Classic! Run With Us!... (The Raccoons)

Member Name: norton501

Product:	The Raccoons
Date:	11/08/09 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Its the Raccoons.... (advantage enough)

Disadvantages: Can be hard to get hold of now as its not on TV anymore in the UK

Anyone born in the 1980s or late 1970s will remember saturday mornings getting up early and watching the Raccoons on TV. This canadian cartoon was broadcast from 1985 to 1992. It had a very 1980s New Wave Soundtrack "Run with us" that most people will remember.

I went hunting for the raccoons recently and was able to buy a Raccoons tshirt from ebay (lots of people commented on it as I obviously sparked some childhood memories! ) and get hold of the series again.

There are lots of things that just aren't as magical when you grow up. Either the magic was real or I haven't grown up yet. Either is feasible, but on the whole I think the magic we saw with this programme in the 1980s is actually real.

The story is about the inhabitants of the Evergreen forest. Bert Raccoon, his friends Ralph and Melissa and Scheaffer the Dog, Cyril Sneer and his son Cedric, the pigs, Mr K-Nox the oil tycoon,... Each episode is around 25 minutes long and in all there were 60 episodes made and 4 tv specials.

In each episode there was normally some threat to the forest (logging) or some adventure gone wrong or someone up to something and it was up to Bert and his friends (Ralph and Melissa are newspaper journalists) to uncover the wrongdoings and save the forest.

I would recommend this to anyone under the age of 40 who may remember this. The theme tune is just awesome and it is the most feel good cartoon I can think of. It leaves you with a warm fuzzy feeling.

Summary: The magic is real!