Name that 80s cartoon

June 28, 2005 2:44 PM

OldTVShowFilter: A group of real-life young kids are playing in a garage band when they get sucked into their televison and become cartoons. They spend their time in cartoon land trying to get back out.

I have only the haziest childhood recollections of this show, so some of my description may be off. It's from the 80s, and was contemporaneous with both Land of the Lost and Thundercats, as I recall. Can anyone help me out?

posted by nyterrant to Grab Bag (10 answers total)

Best answer: Kidd Video. Recently mentioned here; it's too bad the archive is down at the moment.
posted by Galvatron at 2:50 PM on June 28, 2005

Best answer: Kidd Video, starring Robbie Rist (aka "Cousin Oliver" from the Brady Bunch).
More info on the Kidd Video fan site.
posted by waxpancake at 2:52 PM on June 28, 2005

Damn, beat me to it.
posted by waxpancake at 2:52 PM on June 28, 2005

Response by poster: Wow, Kidd Video indeed.

I praise your samurai-like AskMeFi skills, Galvatron and waxpancake.
posted by nyterrant at 2:53 PM on June 28, 2005

The entire pilot episode in (gah!) RealVideo format is available for download, along with many other of the show's ending videos.
posted by waxpancake at 2:55 PM on June 28, 2005

Agh... I was so excited to answer this one. Kidd was my very first crush.
posted by stefnet at 3:39 PM on June 28, 2005

Sounds a little like one of the episodes within John Landis' Twilight Zone movie (1983). Anybody know the Simpsons connection to that episode?
posted by stupidsexyFlanders at 4:27 PM on June 28, 2005

Funny, I always think of it as Steven Spielberg's Twilight Zone movie (1983).
posted by jjg at 5:41 PM on June 28, 2005

For years I wasn't sure if this show actually happened or if I just made it up. Thanks AskMe!
posted by Eamon at 6:57 PM on June 28, 2005

Contemporaneous with "Land Of The Lost?" I thought LoTL was a 70s gig...?
posted by davidmsc at 7:34 PM on June 28, 2005