When Wagon Wheels Were Bigger

If grown adults wanted to throw balloons full of gunge at kids in the 80s, all they had to do was create a flimsy gameshow and invite Cheryl Baker on every other week.

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In the heart of Transylvania, in the vampire hall of fame, yeah? There's not a vampire zanier than Duckula. It's a show we said we'd never cover, but does it live up to its nostalgic reputation?

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Gary Coleman plays an angel with a magic frisbee halo, and occasionally fights a demon called Hornswoggle. It's enough to make anyone say "whatchoo talkin' 'bout?"

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In their animated spin-off, Laverne & Shirley were free to do all the things the characters naturally wanted to do without budget constraints, such as joining the army, going into space, and taking orders from a talking pig.

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Over 300 Dodge Chargers were destroyed during the making of the Dukes of Hazzard tv show. The same amount were destroyed during the making of the animated series, but that was merely a coincidence.

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Hank the Cowboy was a pretty innovative cut-out animation show introduced by a ventriloquist whose act was made for the radio.

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If the Smurfs were medieval dogs, they would be the Biskitts. But why would anybody want that? It doesn't matter, it happened anyway.

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The Krankies were a comedy act about a naughty schoolboy played by a tiny woman and a man who may or may not be the schoolboy's father despite also being the tiny woman's husband. It's all perfectly fine, don't worry about it.

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Bruce Forsyth hosts the "reverse gameshow" where contestants start with prizes and slowly have them taken away despite their best efforts to keep them, like a metaphor for becoming middle-aged.

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The Real Ghostbusters was the perfect toy line for those 3am drawing board ideas nobody else wanted. A binman who turned into a fly? Sure! An old lady with a hidden crocodilian jaw? Why not? If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, it's probably a toy from GHOSTBUSTERS!

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