The Littl' Bits

This was my favorite cartoon when I was little. I'm surprised to see that it began airing in 1990, because to me, I group this show with the best of the great old 80s cartoons - this show HAD to have been on at some time in the late 80s. In those glorious days before school began, I can remember many mornings lying on my stomach in front of the TV with my coloring book, watching The Littl' Bits on Nick Jr.

Most of my memories of the show have probably been garbled over the years. The show itself was a lot like The Smurfs, The Snorks, or other 80s cartoons, involving little forest creatures no bigger than your thumb. The Littl' Bits were little people who lived in mushrooms, trees, and the like.

It's been so long since I've seen the show that I don't even remember too much of it. I recall a few episodes - one in which the kids found a horse, and a two-parter that kept us 5-year-olds on the edge of our seats, about the kids running away to go to the beach. I also remember a lot about Lillabit (I believe that's her name), who had that awesome flying squirrel! She was an orphan and lived with the village doctor who was always sleeping. In one episode her parents came back to get her, but the village like rejected them, but Lillabit stood up for them...or so the memory plays in my mind. I really don't know how accurate it is. Then there was Williebit, the boy, and he had a little sister. There was another boy who was kinda bratty and annoying. He was the mayor's son (?). And like every 80s cartoon, there was a wise old character, aptly named Elderbit.

I have no idea how accurate or badly tainted these memories are, but this is a show that has a special place in my memory like so many other 80s cartoons. If Nick brought back this show, along with their other great old shows like Hey Dude and Salute Your Shorts, I'd be in nostalgia heaven.

I also remember episodes of this show elderbit and willabit often argue with one another because each has an affection for lillabit. there was actually an episode that i found quite ironic in which one of the boys harms a squirrel for attempting to eat from their picnic basket. the show aired for just 26 episodes on nick jr. the theme song goes: Come join the fun, were the littl' bits.

they're all around, our littl' bits.

and you can be sure there's lessons to be learned come watch the littl' bits and do it while you can they're full of love, our littl' bits.

sometimes I wish I was a littl' bit cause with a little bit of love the world could be a better place for you and me.

For nearly six years now, I have been catching he-double toothpicks from my friends because I would always tell them that my favorite show growing up was "The Littl' Bits on Nickelodeon. The problem was not that the show was bad, but that they did not believe that it ever existed. I now have proof that my favorite show was not a figment of my imagination (though it would have been a lucrative psychotic episode) and that it was, in fact, quite awesome. I am 20 years old, and I still catch myself at times (often in the middle of lectures or classes) singing the theme song. Thank you for giving me proof! I can now, quite maturely, stick out my tongue at those friends. Well, they are actually not friends of mine any longer due to their constant badgering about the "figment". This show was my first taste of anime, and has led to a lifelong love affair with the genre. Also, the characters were much more developed than those on other shows. I watch some of the cartoons aired for children these days, and do not find it surprising that kids are so messed up. (Have you ever actually watched Ren & Stimpy, Catdog, Rocko's Modern Life, etc. ?) No wonder people are crazy. Shows these days are not the end of society, but it's within walking distance, in my opinion. Bring back Lillabit!!!