Do you remember…

[fernweh]

I have literally never met anyone who remembers this, even my brother who I watched it with but I KNOW it existed.


There was a show on MTV in the 90s- I don’t remember what it was called but it was a cartoon. The buy had a giant head because there was an alien growing in it.

Does anyone remember this show/know what it was called?

Also a movie I used to watch all the time but no one outside my immediate family has heard of.
Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveler which was literally about a kid that traveled the world by jumping into postage stamps.

Do you have anything you remember vividly but you haven’t encountered anyone else that does?

[heyyounotyouyou]

The Head?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Head_(1994_TV_series)

[fernweh]

Oct 31, 2024 14:30:20 GMT -5 heyyounotyouyou said:

The Head?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Head_(1994_TV_series)

Yes! That would have been a logical name to think of lol.

[rosiebear]

Oct 31, 2024 14:32:35 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Oct 31, 2024 14:30:20 GMT -5 heyyounotyouyou said:

The Head?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Head_(1994_TV_series)

Yes! That would have been a logical name to think of lol.

Years ago I was killing myself trying to remember the name of a book about these ghosts who went to school. Turns out the name of the book is Ghosts Who Went to School.

[wise_rita]

You want to talk obscure MTV shows?

In the early 00s there was a cheerleading show called Camp Jim which was amazing, and there's very little about it online. The day I meet someone who remembers it, much less loved it and would totally watch it today, will be the day I meet my soulmate.

[bunnies]

Oct 31, 2024 14:32:35 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Oct 31, 2024 14:30:20 GMT -5 heyyounotyouyou said:

The Head?

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Head_(1994_TV_series)

Yes! That would have been a logical name to think of lol.

I remember this show!

[litskispeciality]

Oct 31, 2024 15:05:22 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

You want to talk obscure MTV shows?

In the early 00s there was a cheerleading show called Camp Jim which was amazing, and there's very little about it online. The day I meet someone who remembers it, much less loved it and would totally watch it today, will be the day I meet my soulmate.

Was Jim the cheer coach on at least one episode of "Made" where the young lady wanted to become a cheerleader, but didn't really seem in to it? He was VERY enthusiastic, even for a cheerleader. If it was the same person I didn't know he went on to get his own show, and I'm sad I didn't watch it because he was amazing. I think he was the guy who would yell "MAAARY" really loud and kind of annoying. I somehow never forgot that.

I lived close enough to where that student/potential cheerleader lived that I got to ask another student from the high school about the show being filmed at the school. Apparently the cheerleader actually wanted to run track, but MTV said "everyone makes track" so to speak, so pick something else that has a more dramatic conclusion.

I also remember "The Head" show...it was SO weird, lol. Was it separate from Aeleon (sp?) Flux?

Does anyone remember the MTV reality show where female college students pledged a sorority? I was so pumped when one of my best friends admitted to liking that show when we came back from summer break. I think it was only 1 or 2 seasons.

Finally, I LOVED MTV's "Undressed" but it was so hit or miss when you could see it, very late at night. Such bad acting, but so good, lol. My ex also liked it and we used to talk about it, I think in one of those weird "so you like terrible TV too?"

I can't remember what I need to do tonight, but remember all of this TV stuff. Good job haha.

[tennisgal]

litskispeciality, as I was reading through the thread, I was going to comment and ask if anyone remembered Sorority Life? LOL. I *think* they might have had one about frats too, but I could be making that up

[sonrisa]

Willo the Wisp.

Blue Peter (someone might remember that one)

And Jim’ll Fix It. Obviously I had no idea how awful he was at the time.

[mommyatty]

In the early 90s there was this teen Canadian (I think it was Canadian) soap opera on after school. I swear, one of the actors was Eric Close before he was on Without a Trace. It was based around two sisters, one who was super sweet and innocent but was dating Eric Close, who rode a motorcycle and lived in an apartment over her parents’ garage. The other was the “bad girl” who was really snotty and wore really bright/dark lipstick. No one else on the planet except my BFF knows what I’m talking about.

[emilyinchile]

Oct 31, 2024 16:57:24 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Willo the Wisp.

Blue Peter (someone might remember that one)

And Jim’ll Fix It. Obviously I had no idea how awful he was at the time.

This is super well known in the UK. Apparently it's the longest-running children's program in the world!

[joy]

There are a few books that I read as a kid (80s) that I cannot remember the names of and wish that I could. I feel like no one will know them.

One was about a kid who wanted new shows. He walked around all say, his shoes got muddy and ruined and he comes home to new shoes. I think they are green or orange?

Another was about fairies and flowers. Each fairy was paired with a flower.

There are more. But these two bug me the most.

EDIT - oh my, I may have found the shoe one. Dirty Feet by Steven Kroll.

[heyyounotyouyou]

Oct 31, 2024 21:17:14 GMT -5 joy said:

There are a few books that I read as a kid (80s) that I cannot remember the names of and wish that I could. I feel like no one will know them.

One was about a kid who wanted new shows. He walked around all say, his shoes got muddy and ruined and he comes home to new shoes. I think they are green or orange?

Another was about fairies and flowers. Each fairy was paired with a flower.

There are more. But these two bug me the most.

EDIT - oh my, I may have found the shoe one. Dirty Feet by Steven Kroll.

This was me with the book Barney the Beagle though I think it was published in the 70s. Pre internet, any city I’d be in with a used bookstore I would look for it. Then eBay happened and I was able to find/buy a very expensive, old children’s book lol. 

[So_Fetch]

Oct 31, 2024 20:32:01 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

In the early 90s there was this teen Canadian (I think it was Canadian) soap opera on after school. I swear, one of the actors was Eric Close before he was on Without a Trace. It was based around two sisters, one who was super sweet and innocent but was dating Eric Close, who rode a motorcycle and lived in an apartment over her parents’ garage. The other was the “bad girl” who was really snotty and wore really bright/dark lipstick. No one else on the planet except my BFF knows what I’m talking about.

This reminds me of Fifteen, which had Ryan Reynolds.

[sandandsea]

Oct 31, 2024 21:17:14 GMT -5 joy said:

There are a few books that I read as a kid (80s) that I cannot remember the names of and wish that I could. I feel like no one will know them.

One was about a kid who wanted new shows. He walked around all say, his shoes got muddy and ruined and he comes home to new shoes. I think they are green or orange?

Another was about fairies and flowers. Each fairy was paired with a flower.

There are more. But these two bug me the most.

EDIT - oh my, I may have found the shoe one. Dirty Feet by Steven Kroll.

Rose petal place were dolls (maybe fairies) paired with flowers from a movie from the early 80s. I loved the dolls and played with them all the time at my grandmas house.

[sonrisa]

Oct 31, 2024 20:50:27 GMT -5 emilyinchile said:

Oct 31, 2024 16:57:24 GMT -5 sonrisa said:

Willo the Wisp.

Blue Peter (someone might remember that one)

And Jim’ll Fix It. Obviously I had no idea how awful he was at the time.

This is super well known in the UK. Apparently it's the longest-running children's program in the world!

yes - all three were British shows . Blue Peter and Jim’ll fix it were pretty well know. But not among the people I see these days 

[joy]

Oct 31, 2024 23:02:12 GMT -5 sandandsea said:

Oct 31, 2024 21:17:14 GMT -5 joy said:

There are a few books that I read as a kid (80s) that I cannot remember the names of and wish that I could. I feel like no one will know them.

One was about a kid who wanted new shows. He walked around all say, his shoes got muddy and ruined and he comes home to new shoes. I think they are green or orange?

Another was about fairies and flowers. Each fairy was paired with a flower.

There are more. But these two bug me the most.

EDIT - oh my, I may have found the shoe one. Dirty Feet by Steven Kroll.

Rose petal place were dolls (maybe fairies) paired with flowers from a movie from the early 80s. I loved the dolls and played with them all the time at my grandmas house.

Possibly! I am reading about them now and they are familiar but maybe not quite right. I feel like I am conflating parts of different stories.

[notreal]

Oct 31, 2024 22:57:00 GMT -5 So_Fetch said:

Oct 31, 2024 20:32:01 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

In the early 90s there was this teen Canadian (I think it was Canadian) soap opera on after school. I swear, one of the actors was Eric Close before he was on Without a Trace. It was based around two sisters, one who was super sweet and innocent but was dating Eric Close, who rode a motorcycle and lived in an apartment over her parents’ garage. The other was the “bad girl” who was really snotty and wore really bright/dark lipstick. No one else on the planet except my BFF knows what I’m talking about.

This reminds me of Fifteen, which had Ryan Reynolds.

Which inspired the US's version called Swan's Crossing with a baby Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mira Sorvino.

[abs]

Oct 31, 2024 22:57:00 GMT -5 So_Fetch said:

Oct 31, 2024 20:32:01 GMT -5 mommyatty said:

In the early 90s there was this teen Canadian (I think it was Canadian) soap opera on after school. I swear, one of the actors was Eric Close before he was on Without a Trace. It was based around two sisters, one who was super sweet and innocent but was dating Eric Close, who rode a motorcycle and lived in an apartment over her parents’ garage. The other was the “bad girl” who was really snotty and wore really bright/dark lipstick. No one else on the planet except my BFF knows what I’m talking about.

This reminds me of Fifteen, which had Ryan Reynolds.

That’s immediately what I thought of. I loved that show and all the Nickelodeon ones of that time.

[litskispeciality]

Nov 1, 2024 7:53:36 GMT -5 notreal said:

Oct 31, 2024 22:57:00 GMT -5 So_Fetch said:

This reminds me of Fifteen, which had Ryan Reynolds.

Which inspired the US's version called Swan's Crossing with a baby Sarah Michelle Gellar and Mira Sorvino.

Beat me to it! I LOVED both shows. ETA didn't know Mira Sorvino was on there too. I'm pretty sure Fifteen is streaming on Amazon Prime, or Tubi, Freeve etc. one of those you can download a free app and log in with an email.

Unrelated, I appreciate Mira Sorvino so much more now. DH and I watched Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (Hulu at the time?) a few months ago and it's SO MUCH better as an adult, although so many in appropriate parts now too. I also loved Mira in S1 of Shining Vale (Starz.) I haven't seen S2 but might check my library's DVD catalog when I have enough time to sit down and watch.

[donutsmakemegonuts]

Oct 31, 2024 15:51:25 GMT -5 tennisgal said:

litskispeciality , as I was reading through the thread, I was going to comment and ask if anyone remembered Sorority Life? LOL. I *think* they might have had one about frats too, but I could be making that up

OMG, for some reason this show came to my mind recently so I went down a rabbit hole and found the episodes online.  Sooo 2000s lol. I think they did have a fraternity one but it maybe only had one season.

[donutsmakemegonuts]

I also just remembered MTVs show Rich Girls, with Tommy Hilfiger's daughter in the early 2000's lol.

[ellipses84]

I watched The Head and The Stamp movie. I was pretty obsessed with both and I think the movie was Canadian. I spend a few years in Canada growing up, and also lived a lot of other places so I have a lot of things most people in the US, aside from my siblings, haven’t heard of, like The Polka Dot Door.

Did you ever watch Rad? A kids bmx bike movie. I think it was filmed in Canada but my husband who grew up in the US loved it too and we watched it with our kids a couple years ago.

I think I missed Fifteen but I did watch Ryan Reynolds in the first season of Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place, his US big break. A terrible show name that they shortened later?

Do you remember the show The Heights? It had that Jamie guy who I think guest starred on maybe 90210 or Melrose and the Intro was his song, “How Do You Talk To An Angel?” which charted and was on MTV a lot. It had potential to be good but it was cancelled.

[litskispeciality]

Nov 1, 2024 11:04:10 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

I watched The Head and The Stamp movie. I was pretty obsessed with both and I think the movie was Canadian. I spend a few years in Canada growing up, and also lived a lot of other places so I have a lot of things most people in the US, aside from my siblings, haven’t heard of, like The Polka Dot Door.

Did you ever watch Rad? A kids bmx bike movie. I think it was filmed in Canada but my husband who grew up in the US loved it too and we watched it with our kids a couple years ago.

I think I missed Fifteen but I did watch Ryan Reynolds in the first season of Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place, his US big break. A terrible show name that they shortened later?

Do you remember the show The Heights? It had that Jamie guy who I think guest starred on maybe 90210 or Melrose and the Intro was his song, “How Do You Talk To An Angel?” which charted and was on MTV a lot. It had potential to be good but it was cancelled.

I don't remember "The Heights" in real time, but I listen to the 9021OMG podcast and they're almost through the Jaime Walters/Ray Pruit era. They keep referencing The Heights and how it was a great, although short lived show. I can't remember which came first, but sadly it does seem like Jamie Walter character on 90210 really hurt his career, which is stoopid and sad. I can't even imagine how much worse it would have been in the days of social media either because people don't research anything so they'd think the actor is doing the bad stuff the character on a fictional show is doing. 

I watched the 90210 reboot (I'm a big fan and a glutton for punishment, lol) and JW said he left acting and became a fire fighter. I hope it works out for him because he seems like a great dude in real life.

Anyway getting off track here but TW below if you didn't watch 90210

SPOILER: Click to show

Jamie Walters played a character on 90210 for 2 seasons (the college years) called Ray Pruit (with 1 'T' because that's all his mama could afford). He was a good looking construction worker "from the wrong side of the tracks" ::eye roll::. He met and dated rich Donna Martin (Tori Spelling) for a while. Over the course of their relationship he had some emotional and physical abuse to Donna, to the point it ended up in court when he beat up her new boyfriend later in the show. There's also a famous scene where he pushed her down the stairs and Donna lied about it at the hospital. He also tried to pressure her in to sex, even though her character was saving her virginity for marriage. Apparently 90210 fans in real life couldn't separate that this was a fictional character and fictional show. They'd go to Jamie's bands shows with signs "Leave Donna alone!" and really basically boycotted him for being an abusive man. I was a little too young in real time, but remember seeing him play in a charity hockey game and he seemed so nice. I honestly can't understand how people couldn't separate real life and a show, at least to this degree. Anyway, it seems like 90210 really tried to turn his character around, but the damage was done.

[ellipses84]

[mention]litskispeciality [/mention] Ah, I vaguely remember the show stuff but not the IRL stuff. I was pretty young too but I had older siblings who watched it all so I did too. I don’t know if there was any or much differentiation in his character in the heights so people probably associated it with an abuser too and boycotted it.

[expectantsteelerfan]

Nov 1, 2024 11:58:58 GMT -5 litskispeciality said:

Nov 1, 2024 11:04:10 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

I watched The Head and The Stamp movie. I was pretty obsessed with both and I think the movie was Canadian. I spend a few years in Canada growing up, and also lived a lot of other places so I have a lot of things most people in the US, aside from my siblings, haven’t heard of, like The Polka Dot Door.

Did you ever watch Rad? A kids bmx bike movie. I think it was filmed in Canada but my husband who grew up in the US loved it too and we watched it with our kids a couple years ago.

I think I missed Fifteen but I did watch Ryan Reynolds in the first season of Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place, his US big break. A terrible show name that they shortened later?

Do you remember the show The Heights? It had that Jamie guy who I think guest starred on maybe 90210 or Melrose and the Intro was his song, “How Do You Talk To An Angel?” which charted and was on MTV a lot. It had potential to be good but it was cancelled.

I don't remember "The Heights" in real time, but I listen to the 9021OMG podcast and they're almost through the Jaime Walters/Ray Pruit era. They keep referencing The Heights and how it was a great, although short lived show. I can't remember which came first, but sadly it does seem like Jamie Walter character on 90210 really hurt his career, which is stoopid and sad. I can't even imagine how much worse it would have been in the days of social media either because people don't research anything so they'd think the actor is doing the bad stuff the character on a fictional show is doing. 

I watched the 90210 reboot (I'm a big fan and a glutton for punishment, lol) and JW said he left acting and became a fire fighter. I hope it works out for him because he seems like a great dude in real life.

Anyway getting off track here but TW below if you didn't watch 90210

SPOILER: Click to show

Jamie Walters played a character on 90210 for 2 seasons (the college years) called Ray Pruit (with 1 'T' because that's all his mama could afford). He was a good looking construction worker "from the wrong side of the tracks" ::eye roll::. He met and dated rich Donna Martin (Tori Spelling) for a while. Over the course of their relationship he had some emotional and physical abuse to Donna, to the point it ended up in court when he beat up her new boyfriend later in the show. There's also a famous scene where he pushed her down the stairs and Donna lied about it at the hospital. He also tried to pressure her in to sex, even though her character was saving her virginity for marriage. Apparently 90210 fans in real life couldn't separate that this was a fictional character and fictional show. They'd go to Jamie's bands shows with signs "Leave Donna alone!" and really basically boycotted him for being an abusive man. I was a little too young in real time, but remember seeing him play in a charity hockey game and he seemed so nice. I honestly can't understand how people couldn't separate real life and a show, at least to this degree. Anyway, it seems like 90210 really tried to turn his character around, but the damage was done.

I was an avid 90210 watcher, and if asked before this post, I would have been pretty confident that there was some shady/abusive stuff that Jamie Walters did in real life (not to Tori Spelling, but a real life girlfriend) to earn his reputation.  But I have no details and could also now totally believe it was just because I was hearing about what was happening to him because of the show.  

[killercupcake]

Nov 1, 2024 11:04:10 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

I watched The Head and The Stamp movie. I was pretty obsessed with both and I think the movie was Canadian. I spend a few years in Canada growing up, and also lived a lot of other places so I have a lot of things most people in the US, aside from my siblings, haven’t heard of, like The Polka Dot Door.

Did you ever watch Rad? A kids bmx bike movie. I think it was filmed in Canada but my husband who grew up in the US loved it too and we watched it with our kids a couple years ago.

I think I missed Fifteen but I did watch Ryan Reynolds in the first season of Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place, his US big break. A terrible show name that they shortened later?

Do you remember the show The Heights? It had that Jamie guy who I think guest starred on maybe 90210 or Melrose and the Intro was his song, “How Do You Talk To An Angel?” which charted and was on MTV a lot. It had potential to be good but it was cancelled.

My husband still has the Rad VHS and will not get rid of it. 

[Jalapeñomel]

I have fond memories of the Canadian teen dramas like Ready or Not, Chris Cross, and DeGrassi Jr High.

[dontlook]

Nov 1, 2024 14:59:56 GMT -5 killercupcake said:

Nov 1, 2024 11:04:10 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

I watched The Head and The Stamp movie. I was pretty obsessed with both and I think the movie was Canadian. I spend a few years in Canada growing up, and also lived a lot of other places so I have a lot of things most people in the US, aside from my siblings, haven’t heard of, like The Polka Dot Door.

Did you ever watch Rad? A kids bmx bike movie. I think it was filmed in Canada but my husband who grew up in the US loved it too and we watched it with our kids a couple years ago.

I think I missed Fifteen but I did watch Ryan Reynolds in the first season of Two Guys, A Girl and A Pizza Place, his US big break. A terrible show name that they shortened later?

Do you remember the show The Heights? It had that Jamie guy who I think guest starred on maybe 90210 or Melrose and the Intro was his song, “How Do You Talk To An Angel?” which charted and was on MTV a lot. It had potential to be good but it was cancelled.

My husband still has the Rad VHS and will not get rid of it. 

I bought my then bf now H the Rad dvd off eBay when we were dating. He raved about how amazing it was. We still have it lol.

[tennisgal]

MH loves Rad as well!

Another obscure show that he loves that I have not ever been able to find old episodes/DVDs of was called Hang Time. It was about a high school basketball team that had one girl, Julie, on the boys team. Dick Butkus was in the show, maybe the basketball coach?