How regularly did you watch the original series back when it was new?

*CyberCubed* · 01-26-2011, 10:34 PM

Since I was about 4, I used to watch the series any chance I could get. I think I didn't start till Season 3, but of course the show was rerun to death so I wound up seeing everything before many times.

Likewise the series held my interest the whole way. Since I started, I watched all the way through Season 10 regularly and was saddened when it was canceled.

From there I went straight to Next Mutation right after, so I technically never, "stopped" till the franchise took a hiatus till the 4kids series started, (which I also watched regularly.)

John Pannozzi · 01-26-2011, 10:41 PM

When I was a wee lad, I don't think I actually watched the show on TV much. I mostly rented the VHS tapes. I do remember watching a few of the season 9 episodes on CBS when they premiered (and thinking it was odd that Shredder wasn't in them, despite still being mentioned in the opening theme song) and watching a rerun or two on USA.

*Cowabunga Carl* · 01-26-2011, 11:58 PM

I watched it for years. I got the figure/vhs pre hey watch this show when it comes out pack. I watched it when it came on everday, me and my friends would tape them and watch it over and over. Back then when I was little it was the greatest thing in the world.

*CyberCubed* · 01-27-2011, 12:16 AM

I seem to remember the series airing 4 times a day at one point.

Wasn't it like two eps in the morning around 7-8, and another at 6-7pm?

I remember having to leave for school in the morning and being upset I couldn't finish watching the episode that was airing, and this is on a weekday.

*Eiko* · 01-27-2011, 01:47 AM

I use to watch it all the time when it was on. I use to rush home from school
just to watch it. Then they moved it to the morning cartoon show before School. Lucky my mum let me watch it was like that till it was cancelled. then NM came and i thought that show was just awful.

Abnormal Freak · 01-27-2011, 02:34 AM

I grew up on TMNT. Born '86, I probably started watching the show around age two or three. I remember when my mom bought me an April O'Neil toy—'cos I absolutely loved the character (and not for her chest)—and some kid yanked it out of a bag sitting in my mom's cart when we were on our way to the car and ran off with it. :\ Pretty distressing.

Getting into TMNT was helped by my older brother, who's six years older and was of course a fan of the toys and cartoon from the very start (and was also really big into Transformers and had a ton of the toys), and my mom had bought for my older brothers an NES, so we had the first NES game and of course the arcade port when that came out.

So yeah, I watched the show every day it was on. I remember being bummed when no new episodes were being made, but super excited when the "red sky" episodes began airing. However, I think I may not have liked it very much, so didn't follow it—that or some other cartoon like Batman was on at the same time, and that took precedence.

*AT-Man* · 01-27-2011, 08:07 AM

I only watched the few episodes I had on VHS and were dubbed in Finnish. Some friend had also fes episodes taped from satellite channels which were in English, I was so mad when I saw just the first episode of the Incredible Shrinking Turtles and never saw the rest.

Sword Slicin' Leo · 01-27-2011, 09:20 AM

one word: Regiously

**Venom** · 01-27-2011, 09:48 AM

I watched every time I could. Very VERY few times did I miss an episode. When the European Vacation eps aired on USA I was supposed to go my grandma's. Needless to say, she had to wait until the following weekend to see me!

Then when USA's Cartoon Express aired Turtles in the morning I watched them, and turned it up REAL LOUD so I could hear it in the shower.

2K3, not so much...the most eps I caught was when it was on Cartoon Network. I tried staying up are waking up to watch it but I had an overnight job and would just crash around 6-7AM.

*CyberCubed* · 01-27-2011, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Venom

2K3, not so much...the most eps I caught was when it was on Cartoon Network. I tried staying up are waking up to watch it but I had an overnight job and would just crash around 6-7AM.

Did you watch all the 2k3 eps later on though, or did you never watch the series properly?

*gobo* · 01-27-2011, 10:45 AM

Everyday I knew it would be on, I watched it unless life got in the way... like being kidnapped or inexplicably stranded in an alternate dimension.

*Andrew NDB* · 01-27-2011, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LeonardoFan1982

one word: Regiously

But it's not.

I too remember the two episodes in the morning, two episodes in the afternoon thing and I'm pretty sure that's how I'd watch it.

*gobo* · 01-27-2011, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I too remember the two episodes in the morning, two episodes in the afternoon thing and I'm pretty sure that's how I'd watch it.

Never happened in my neck of the swamp... probably a good thing tho.

*Candy Kappa* · 01-27-2011, 11:11 AM

TMNT aired on cable in Norway, so I never got the opportunity to see it while it was airing, except for one time I was in Denmark. But it was that a super Irma episode.

There was a couple of VHS at the local rental store

*Powder* · 01-27-2011, 11:17 AM

If It was on, I was in front of the TV. USA, CBS, etc, I knew where it'd be & I'd be damned if I was gonna miss it. Repeats included.

Rise1184 · 01-27-2011, 11:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Since I was about 4, I used to watch the series any chance I could get. I think I didn't start till Season 3, but of course the show was rerun to death so I wound up seeing everything before many times.

Likewise the series held my interest the whole way. Since I started, I watched all the way through Season 10 regularly and was saddened when it was canceled.

From there I went straight to Next Mutation right after, so I technically never, "stopped" till the franchise took a hiatus till the 4kids series started, (which I also watched regularly.)

Just the "Original Series", every morning I can, when I was about 4 or so.

*plastroncafe* · 01-27-2011, 12:57 PM

New episodes every Saturday, and the Syndication stuff weekday afternoons.

Lynn · 01-27-2011, 01:33 PM

I watch it faithfully each time it was on.

cryan · 01-27-2011, 02:23 PM

I never got in to the figures but I watch the cartoon regularly.When it was picked by CBS 1990,I watched it every saturday morning.What really started it(I know this is going to sound strange)was Mona Lisa.I was hoping she would show up agian.Alas,she never did.I missed a few episodes when the Clarence Thomas hearing were going on.That ticked me off.

*MrPliggins* · 01-27-2011, 05:46 PM

I watched all the time. Recorded them on vhs so I could watch them when I wanted.It's no wonder I still remember many episode names today, even after it's been so long since I've watched it.

01-26-2011, 10:34 PM	#1
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,831	How regularly did you watch the original series back when it was new? Since I was about 4, I used to watch the series any chance I could get. I think I didn't start till Season 3, but of course the show was rerun to death so I wound up seeing everything before many times. Likewise the series held my interest the whole way. Since I started, I watched all the way through Season 10 regularly and was saddened when it was canceled. From there I went straight to Next Mutation right after, so I technically never, "stopped" till the franchise took a hiatus till the 4kids series started, (which I also watched regularly.)

01-27-2011, 01:47 AM	#5
Eiko Aussie and Proud Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Foot HQ Australia Posts: 1,816	I use to watch it all the time when it was on. I use to rush home from school just to watch it. Then they moved it to the morning cartoon show before School. Lucky my mum let me watch it was like that till it was cancelled. then NM came and i thought that show was just awful. __________________

01-27-2011, 08:07 AM	#7
AT-Man I SEEN IT Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: FIN Posts: 2,206	I only watched the few episodes I had on VHS and were dubbed in Finnish. Some friend had also fes episodes taped from satellite channels which were in English, I was so mad when I saw just the first episode of the Incredible Shrinking Turtles and never saw the rest. __________________ Through the Golden Door

01-27-2011, 09:20 AM	#8
Sword Slicin' Leo Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: 11th & Bleeker Posts: 763	one word: Regiously __________________ https://www.facebook.com/NinjaTurtle...rs?ref=tn_tnmn

01-27-2011, 09:48 AM	#9
Venom Space Knight Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 3,637	I watched every time I could. Very VERY few times did I miss an episode. When the European Vacation eps aired on USA I was supposed to go my grandma's. Needless to say, she had to wait until the following weekend to see me! Then when USA's Cartoon Express aired Turtles in the morning I watched them, and turned it up REAL LOUD so I could hear it in the shower. 2K3, not so much...the most eps I caught was when it was on Cartoon Network. I tried staying up are waking up to watch it but I had an overnight job and would just crash around 6-7AM. __________________

01-26-2011, 11:58 PM	#3
Cowabunga Carl Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 2,384	I watched it for years. I got the figure/vhs pre hey watch this show when it comes out pack. I watched it when it came on everday, me and my friends would tape them and watch it over and over. Back then when I was little it was the greatest thing in the world.

01-27-2011, 12:16 AM	#4
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,831	I seem to remember the series airing 4 times a day at one point. Wasn't it like two eps in the morning around 7-8, and another at 6-7pm? I remember having to leave for school in the morning and being upset I couldn't finish watching the episode that was airing, and this is on a weekday.

01-27-2011, 02:34 AM	#6
Abnormal Freak Stone Warrior Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: MN Posts: 779	I grew up on TMNT. Born '86, I probably started watching the show around age two or three. I remember when my mom bought me an April O'Neil toy—'cos I absolutely loved the character (and not for her chest)—and some kid yanked it out of a bag sitting in my mom's cart when we were on our way to the car and ran off with it. :\ Pretty distressing. Getting into TMNT was helped by my older brother, who's six years older and was of course a fan of the toys and cartoon from the very start (and was also really big into Transformers and had a ton of the toys), and my mom had bought for my older brothers an NES, so we had the first NES game and of course the arcade port when that came out. So yeah, I watched the show every day it was on. I remember being bummed when no new episodes were being made, but super excited when the "red sky" episodes began airing. However, I think I may not have liked it very much, so didn't follow it—that or some other cartoon like Batman was on at the same time, and that took precedence.

01-27-2011, 10:45 AM	#11
gobo Wacky Action Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: on Earth Posts: 12,784	Everyday I knew it would be on, I watched it unless life got in the way... like being kidnapped or inexplicably stranded in an alternate dimension. __________________ Live and let live... or go to hell.

01-27-2011, 11:11 AM	#14
Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	TMNT aired on cable in Norway, so I never got the opportunity to see it while it was airing, except for one time I was in Denmark. But it was that a super Irma episode. There was a couple of VHS at the local rental store __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

01-27-2011, 11:17 AM	#15
Powder 40 Years of TMNT Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Shell-Ri-La Posts: 26,945	If It was on, I was in front of the TV. USA, CBS, etc, I knew where it'd be & I'd be damned if I was gonna miss it. Repeats included.

01-27-2011, 01:33 PM	#18
Lynn Hench Mutant Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Iowa Posts: 269	I watch it faithfully each time it was on.

01-27-2011, 02:23 PM	#19
cryan Stone Warrior Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Athens,AL Posts: 743	I never got in to the figures but I watch the cartoon regularly.When it was picked by CBS 1990,I watched it every saturday morning.What really started it(I know this is going to sound strange)was Mona Lisa.I was hoping she would show up agian.Alas,she never did.I missed a few episodes when the Clarence Thomas hearing were going on.That ticked me off.

01-27-2011, 05:46 PM	#20
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	I watched all the time. Recorded them on vhs so I could watch them when I wanted.It's no wonder I still remember many episode names today, even after it's been so long since I've watched it.