![]() 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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