Comments on: Hong Kong Phooey

By: James Schee

James Schee — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 23:51:21 +0000

I liked HKP as a kid a lot. My favorites though were Smurfs, Gummi Bears, Dungeons & Dragons, 80s Superman animated series, Captain N, Galaxy High and Kidd Video!

By: Michael May

Michael May — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:57:23 +0000

Thanks for posting this! I’ve got a bootleg DVD that someone made by recording episodes off of Boomerang or something. It’ll be nice to get a high-quality version where you can actually choose which episode you want to watch.

I loved this show as a kid (my first lunchbox was a Hong Kong Phooey one) and it’s still fun to watch them as an adult, though I agree that it’s all just formulaic silliness.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:51:23 +0000

Wow, you’re right — thanks to you both for the reminders. I miss Captain Caveman myself.

By: Dan Coyle

Dan Coyle — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 14:11:54 +0000

“Is everyone in this city an idiot?”

You could say that about the entire Hanna-Barbera oveure. Fred Flintstone and George Jetson make Homer Simpson look like George Plimpton.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 00:30:04 +0000

Well, yeah. Everyone in that city is an idiot. Couple that with the fact that HKP probably has the best PR team ever pitching for him, and you’ve got hours of mindless entertainment. Man, I used to watch HKP with Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan, mostly because they were on right before my all-time fave, Underdog. I think Jabberjaws was sandwiched in there somewhere too. Then you had like two hours of playtime outside before Space Ghost and the Herculoids. *Sigh* I miss Saturday morning cartoons.