Fred Wolf Debuts 28 years ago today

[Autbot_Benz]

Today is 12/28/2015 and back on this day in 1987 The Fred Wolf Show debuted the first 5 episodes to help Playmates sell the toys.

not the biggest fred wolf fan but hey happy 28th birthday FW Turtles.

[CyberCubed]

Without this cartoon it makes you wonder if TMNT would have ever went on past the first 11 or so Mirage comics and would be some forgotten indie obscurity from the mid 80's.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Without this cartoon it makes you wonder if TMNT would have ever went on past the first 11 or so Mirage comics and would be some forgotten indie obscurity from the mid 80's.

Nothing to wonder about; that would absolutely have happened.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Without this cartoon it makes you wonder if TMNT would have ever went on past the first 11 or so Mirage comics and would be some forgotten indie obscurity from the mid 80's.

Yep.

I guess Eastman and Laird can consider themselves lucky to get a cartoon deal out of an obscure comic book series.

[Ninturtle]

Not really a fan of the show outside of the first season, but I'm really greatful that the show made turtles popular and because of that we get better versions like the 1990 movie, 2k3 show, 2012 show, and IDW comic.

[IndigoErth]

Happy b-day original series. Sure, you were goofy and silly (and still cool in your own ways), but you cemented the boys into popular culture so that we still have them today (for better or for worse at times) and life would certainly be more dull without them all these years.

[Powder]

Oh word? Fitting that I'd receive a FW storyboard in the mail today, then!

Happy birthday, OT turtles.

[inaheap]

Happy B-Day. I loved this show. Of course I was just about to turn five this day in 1987.

[TigerClaw]

That's cool! I hope they plan something for it when it reaches it's 30th anniversary.

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Without this cartoon it makes you wonder if TMNT would have ever went on past the first 11 or so Mirage comics and would be some forgotten indie obscurity from the mid 80's.

That's debatable, some indie comics have really long runs.

[JakeSully]

I was 6 years old when this aired and dug the mini-series as i became an instant Ninja Turtles fan.

[raph27]

Weird. I just watched those five episodes last night.

[Leo656]

Glad it exists because it made TMNT a franchise that is potentially "evergreen", no pun intended.

However I have little to no enthusiasm left for the show itself anymore, since it remains the ONLY version of TMNT most people know of or care about and frankly I find that tragic, disturbing and unfair. More and more, I catch myself stopping just short of saying I wish it never existed. I know that means we wouldn't have had other, better things, but it's hard to remember sometimes, when all anyone seems to care about is pizza jokes and "Cowabunga".

So yeah, it's a "Handshake, not hug" kind of "Happy Birthday" greeting.

[CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Glad it exists because it made TMNT a franchise that is potentially "evergreen", no pun intended.

However I have little to no enthusiasm left for the show itself anymore, since it remains the ONLY version of TMNT most people know of or care about and frankly I find that tragic, disturbing and unfair. More and more, I catch myself stopping just short of saying I wish it never existed. I know that means we wouldn't have had other, better things, but it's hard to remember sometimes, when all anyone seems to care about is pizza jokes and "Cowabunga".

So yeah, it's a "Handshake, not hug" kind of "Happy Birthday" greeting.

More like having a really REALLY sh!tty parent who you send a Mother's/Father's Day card to 'cause, without them, you wouldn't exist. But except for that, they can suck it.

[Ninturtle]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Glad it exists because it made TMNT a franchise that is potentially "evergreen", no pun intended.

However I have little to no enthusiasm left for the show itself anymore, since it remains the ONLY version of TMNT most people know of or care about and frankly I find that tragic, disturbing and unfair. More and more, I catch myself stopping just short of saying I wish it never existed. I know that means we wouldn't have had other, better things, but it's hard to remember sometimes, when all anyone seems to care about is pizza jokes and "Cowabunga".

So yeah, it's a "Handshake, not hug" kind of "Happy Birthday" greeting.

I also hate the people that sh*t on other versions, like the 2003 show , because it's not like the " original version of the turtles from their childhood". They didn't even grow up with the original version , just a show that was for the most part a giant toy commercial.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

Originally Posted by Ninturtle

I also hate the people that sh*t on other versions, like the 2003 show , because it's not like the " original version of the turtles from their childhood". They didn't even grow up with the original version , just a show that was for the most part a giant toy commercial.

The funny is that very very many of these toys never made it to the 1987 TV series or Archie Comics (thankfully).

I don't think the 2003 TV series is the most bashed TMNT version, especially not since more people have learned about Mirage-Image Comics.

Some years ago, the most bashed TMNT version was the second and third films and Next Mutation. Now it's the 2014 film.

[ABrown]

In December of 1987, it would still be another couple of years before I would even learn of the existence of anything called "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". Until sometime in 1988, Transformers was definitely still the king of my world.

[RaphaelsIsolation]

Originally Posted by neatoman

That's debatable, some indie comics have really long runs.

Yeah I agree.

I do think if there was no cartoon/toys as they kinda went together..

The comics would of slowed down around 20ish issues.. or something. Maybe 30s? It would of slowed down at some point. Maybe they get through volume 1?

Who knows. I personally think sales would of slumped around the 25-30 mark and it would of fizzled out and it would be that cool thing in the 80s that some people remember but no one cares much about.

[Wesley]

Happy birthday, OT. I'm not a big fan of the cartoon (it's not as good as I remembered it), but I loved watching it as a kid in the 90s. I think the best seasons were one, two, seven, eight and ten. At least it introduced the Ninja Turtles to me and paved the way for a much better tmnt show (2003) nearly a decade later.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Glad it exists because it made TMNT a franchise that is potentially "evergreen", no pun intended.

However I have little to no enthusiasm left for the show itself anymore, since it remains the ONLY version of TMNT most people know of or care about and frankly I find that tragic, disturbing and unfair. More and more, I catch myself stopping just short of saying I wish it never existed. I know that means we wouldn't have had other, better things, but it's hard to remember sometimes, when all anyone seems to care about is pizza jokes and "Cowabunga".

So yeah, it's a "Handshake, not hug" kind of "Happy Birthday" greeting.

Just shows how lazy people are to do some research on things and just watch what's slapped in front of their faces.