![]() Joe and Jem), I can honestly say that the best way to describe this cartoon is “bipolar”. Produced by Marvel/Sunbow (the production company Hasbro employed to make all their shows, like Transformers, G.I. And imagine my surprise upon learning that the Ponies of the 80s were a bunch of bloodthirsty thrill-seekers. As it turns out, the very first cartoon was a 1984 pilot/TV special starring Sandy Duncan and Tony Randall, titled “Rescue at Midnight Castle”. However, since what I remembered was the original-original My Little Pony, but a non-canonical sequel series or something, I decided to look up an episode guide on Wikipedia and start from the very beginning. Or, at the very least, it was a show marketed toward preschool-aged girls and absolutely no one else. And about a minute and a half of that was enough to cement my memories as being well-preserved. The first thing I learned is that the Pony cartoon I actually remember, the one where the equines walked on two legs, played soccer, baked cookies and wrote in diaries, was actually the second TV series called My Little Pony Tales. ![]() But since I try not to resort strictly to my 20+ year-old memories for perspective, I figured I’d exploit the power of YouTube to see if they were as brain damaging as I remembered. ![]() Memories of the insipid Pony cartoons of my youth were the biggest hurdle in giving the new series a try, as I vividly recalled them as being the animated equivalent of mindless, saccharine baby talk. Listen to the latest episode of the AIPT Television podcast!
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