Someday we will find NEW Cities of Gold

[Colin YNWA]

Well blow me down who'd o' thunk it. it would appear that we'll be getting new Mysterious Cities of Gold, what 30 years after the originals. How cool is that!

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/05/29/mysterious-cities-of-gold-cartoon-sequel-is-actually-happening/

[Professor Bear]

This has been happening for a while now, but actual footage is new - and largely indistinguishable from the original bar some added shading.  If nothing else I look forward to the elitist anime twats eulogising that the Japanese voice track is better.

[JamesC]

Was it just me and my mates that thought this was the most boring cartoon ever then*? I'm genuinely surprised to find that this is so fondly remembered.



*Closely followed by the never ending 'Willy Fog' but neither of which were as boring as live action series 'Heidi' or 'Tom Tyler - The Boy Who Lost His Laugh'. These made me feel more sorry for foreign children than the Etheopian famine.

[Dark Jimbo]

I adored the theme tune, but remember exactly nothing about the actual programme.

[JOE SOAP]

Maybe now we'll get Troy 31, the prequel to Ulysses 31.

[Frank]

Maybe now we'll get Troy 31, the prequel to Ulysses 31.

I enjoyed the Aeneid 31 live action spin-off- the one with the flying bikes and super powered kiddies. I thought the actress playing Dildo was miscast, though.

[James Stacey]

The problem with Cities of Gold was it started off well then went all batshit crazy. Would like to see some more though. From what I remember it kinda ended on a note which left itself wide open.

[Frank]

The "wah!?" school of exclamatory voice acting was the feature of the show that me and my brother most enjoyed and imitated. And The Kid Who Always Got Picked On At School had a noggin shaped almost exactly like those of the Olmecs, so that epithet supplemented his tormentors' catalogue of taunts.

The DiC style of animation, used on shows like Ulysses 31 too, still looks great; so I'm relieved the Producers of the new series haven't tried to reboot it as something grim and gritty that would appeal to the (assumed) sensibilities of the adults who enjoyed the show as kids. Shunting kids' programming off to the digital ghetto and slashing their purchasing power means the only way I'll get to see this is if I buy the DVD, though.

Aureate ornithopter aside, my abiding memory of the show is of Philip Schofield and Gordon the Gopher spoiling the intro by miming along to the theme tune. Of course in those days Phil's job was just to crack up with laughter at the antics of his cute-but-dumb TV partner, while his frustrated female audience fingered themselves and dreamt of being married to him. He's moved on now, obviously.

[I, Cosh]

Cities of Gold is exactly like MacGyver. It was on when I was a kid, I feel I know it because it comes up in that kind of pub conversation but I have no recollection of ever seeing it.

[Dark Jimbo]

...while his frustrated female audience fingered themselves and dreamt of being married to him.

...a female audience of between 4 and 8 years old, so I find this unlikely.

[Beaky Smoochies]

Well blow me down who'd o' thunk it. it would appear that we'll be getting new Mysterious Cities of Gold, what 30 years after the originals. How cool is that!
http://www.comicsbeat.com/2012/05/29/mysterious-cities-of-gold-cartoon-sequel-is-actually-happening/

BLASPHEMY! HERESY! FIRE UP THE STAKE! THIS OUTRAGE WILL NOT STAND!

... at least on the bright side, they're not remaking Ulysees 31 - the single greatest cartoon show in the history of the universe, and I'll accept no dissenting opinions on the matter - if that ever happens, Smoochies H.Q. prepares for total war...

[Frank]

...while his frustrated female audience fingered themselves and dreamt of being married to him.

...a female audience of between 4 and 8 years old, so I find this unlikely.

Let's de-rail this motherfucker by dropping a concrete block of pedantry from the overpass...

I must have been about 12 or 13 years old when Ulysses 31 and Cities of Gold aired in the UK and everyone I know still turned on the telly when they got in from school. Unless you're arguing that all the viewers old enough to have discovered the pleasures of flicking the bean were working themselves into a lather over Dramarama on CITV, or stroking themselves senseless at the sight of Richard Whiteley's latest badge and blazer combination, I can't see what the point you're making might be.

4-8 years might be the viewer demographic of modern day CBeebies, but back in the day everyone watched the same channels. Kiddie shows like Bertha would start off CBBC around half three; give way to stuff like Scooby Doo and Dungeons and Dragons, that everyone enjoyed, around Four-ish; then boring shit like Newsround and Blue Peter would give my Mum an opportunity to get some food inside me before me and my Dad ran through to watch Magic Roundabout, Willo-the-Wisp or even Masterteam. Then Neighbours came along and changed everything.

All the girls in my year thought Phil Schofield was as lush as Morten Harket, Rob Lowe or Patrick Swayze; I don't think they were basing their opinions solely on his appearances in Smash Hits, Just 17, Blue Jeans and Patches.

[Professor Bear]

Don't forget the dreadful Johnny Briggs, BK, which I remember having to sit through until CoG came on.  Fuck, how I hated it.

[Frank]

Don't forget the dreadful Johnny Briggs, BK, which I remember having to sit through until CoG came on.  Fuck, how I hated it.

ACow's point, that (as a kid) all  telly must be watched, seems like the most profound expression of an essential truth I've read in a long time.

I remember being really confused by the fact that the titlular character shared his name with the actor who played Mike Baldwin in Corrie. Both shows were set in Northern England; was one show supposed to be a prequel or serve as an origin for an actor in the other? Then how did he become a cockney?

The Corrie actor's subsequent sex boasts have only complicated my enjoyment of the kids show further. Imagine Mike Baldwin hammering away at a middle aged Corrie groupie to the tune of the kids show. Frightening, but curiously jaunty.

[Professor Bear]

I would be surprised if the Cosmobells blog hasn't done that mash-up already.