Shirt Tales

I used to watch this cartoon religiously and only recently remembered that I did so. Everyone has their favorite that they remember of course, mine was Bogey the Orangutan that always did the Humphrey Bogart impressions (shweethaaaht!!!) A group of helpful little animals that lived in a tree/secret hideout in a park. They would help kids in trouble, rescue when necessary and all on the down lo as to not give away their secret identities as the Shirt T-T-Tales. They all had different colored t-shirts that would all be identically colored when on a mission. But the shirts would always blink with an emotion for what they were talking about. Like if Pammy the panda was scared she would gasp and her shirt would blink OH-NO!!! or something like that. Mr Dinkle was the grounds keeper, park ranger or something that was always suspected there was something odd about the little critters in that tree but could never prove anything. It was a great show. I wish it was still on for my kids to watch now, much more appropriate than some other cartoons that are on these days.

Unfortunately, there is not much I remember of this cartoon. I had the lunchbox and it served me well. I talk to my friends about the cartoon, and they seem to only remember their favorite character. Mine was the raccoon, but I don't really remember anyone else. However, this doesn't mean that I didn't care about the show because I did have the lunchbox. I find it unfortunately fitting that this show, along with the many others (Pac-man, kidd video, the smurfs, real ghostbusters,et al) that I am forgetting, represent my quietly fading childhood.

This is one of the greatest show of the 1980s. In my mind, I think a cartoon studio should look at this nostalgic series and have a new version of the series air for the 21st century generation. I don't care what anybody says. This show is a very interesting series. It's not for babies, it's for everyone. I hope it comes back. If He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and other show get revived. I think it's only fair.

Truly an entertaining series. Cutting-edge in its day (with its pop-culture savvy humor, it might be considered a forerunner to THE SIMPSONS, and Nancy Cartwright has voiced characters on both!) and with very cute and colorful animal characters (Rick Raccoon was my buddy). My parents bought the action figures for me and I played with them all the time; poor Digger's pointed mole nose suffered serious erosion! But the T-shirts were what "sold" the show for me; I didn't like "naked" animals as a kid and always preferred them to be wearing hats, ties and/or shoes at the least (and to be bipedal, of course).

A shining star in its era, and well worth treasuring and celebrating. Shirts off!

I love shirt tales but I think you should make it free so other kids can watch it.