1987? - DuckTales (1987) Discussion

[–] Kris_AB 16 years ago

Me too, at least that's when I remember it airing up in Canada, in the very early `90s. I definitely didn't see it in 1987 when I was 5. Checked a couple episode guide links though and yep, IMDB has it right, show premiered in 1987.

Looking to get the rest of this series for my little cousins to finish off their collection, but it's getting really annoying how often Disney is abandoning these shows on DVD. I guess they're not selling well enough after the first volume or two ? I still want Gargoyles Season 2 Volume 2 for myself. I bought 'em Volume 1 of Ducktales and Rescue Rangers years ago and I think their mom's filled in the rest of the volumes since then, with probably only one volume of Duck Tales remaining if Disney does another one (I guess the Lamp movie too, unless they include it in the fourth set, although I see it's also an exclusive DVD on its own at the Disney Movie Club).

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[–] Mr-Awesome 16 years ago

Well I used to remember it playing on Disney Channel in the 90's. You know back when Disney Channel had actual content and variety not the same damn "tween" show they have for all their shows.

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[–] ZeoRangerFive 16 years ago

God I feel old! I was 3 years old when this show started and remember watching it all the time. I even remember seeing the movie in the theater during it's theatrical run in 1990.

Introduce them to Punchy McGee and Fisty O'Flannagin!

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[–] phil56201 15 years ago

Definitely was 87. I was 8 when the show premiered and followed the show until the end. The last new episode was aired in 90, but the show stayed on the air a couple year in reruns on the Disney afternoon.

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[–] calishreveguy 15 years ago

Yeah I probably didn't start watching DT until the disney aftertoon block was firmly established. I think they were the first to do those awesome primetime 2 hour cartoon blocks that kids could watch that dominated the 90s, man I miss those. I was about 6 when it started along with of course DuckTales, Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers, and TaleSpin. My most fond memory was during a summer in the early 90s I came across the end of part 4 of DT's Time Is Money. They even had a preview of the next episode following the classic line "to be continued..." and my mind absolutely exploded. I had only seen regular episodes of DT so multi-parters seemed so epic to me at the time. Unfortunately I didn't get to see conclusion the following day because my mom took my sister and I to the pool while it was going to be on. I loved going to the pool but the whole time I couldn't help but think about what I had seen and what I was missing. I never got a chance to see it until the DVDs finally came out. Seriously, that stuck with me on and off all those years. And man was it a pleasure to finally see the whole story to that little piece of my childhood.

Dr. Peter Venkman: NOBODY steps on a church in my town.

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[–] CountOroku01 15 years ago

It is from the 80's; but by then cartoons for TV begun to have higher standards; the Disney cartoons from back then and Thundercats, gave revolution to animation; that is why they look ahead of its time.

Most current cartoons seem to have lost the quality DuckTales had; for me; Disney was starting to lose the quality on TV toons since 1996. Honeslty, Phineas and Pherb are garbage compared to DuckTales.

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[–] calishreveguy 15 years ago

Yeah the high quality cartoons started around the time DuckTales and kept going all throughout the 90s. I was very fortunate to have been born when I did because I believe cartoons reached their highest peak between 1985-1999. Sure during the last decade there were some great animation. It was mainly from Bruce Timm and company, but it was no where near the amount of classics from the previous years. I think the problem started with too many channels showing cartoons and with the releasing of entire series from past cartoons coming out on DVD that studios decided not to put as much effort in their material. Well hopefully now that we have a brand new decade that things will start to change. Kids need their quality Saturday morning cartoons and not the dumb teen bopper crap thats been coming out these days. And would somebody please end Power Rangers already, it stopped being good years ago.

Dr. Peter Venkman: NOBODY steps on a church in my town.

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[–] Lizzy_B 13 years ago

No it started in the 80's.
You can tell.

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[–] DanitaMarie 12 years ago

1987.... what a great year it was! :)

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[–] discostu2214 12 years ago

I think they aired re-runs on the disney channel all the wait into the late 90s from what I recall.

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[–] jootsyfruit 10 years ago

It most definitely debuted in 1987 and was very popular during 1987-89. I remember in September 1987 we moved to a different city and, dumb kid that I was, thought Duck Tales wasn't new but just didn't get played in my former town's channel system. I didn't realize it was new everywhere that fall. Haha

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