you gotta love them YouTube streams.

these past few days, while taking a break from programming, PDF-devouring, and emailing, i take a trip down to memory lane at http://www.youtube.com. This time, it has taken me to cicra 1966 - Year of the Marvel (TV) cartoons.

I was a hell-lot-of-fun watching these shows (lifted directly from comics, I should think), when I was  kid — as in — COOL FUN. Now … well, they’re still good for
a few laughs because compared to today’s cartoons (all of which seem to have the aching tendency to go for darker, brooding, and sombre characters and environments), they now come off as hilarious (if not silly or ridiculous in certain situations).

Besides, as the lyrics (to the shows’ theme songs below) would demonstrate, it’s really a product of a bygone era. Here come the songs of yesteryear:

Hulk (1966)

    Doc Bruce Banner,
    Belted by gamma rays,
    Turned into the Hulk.
    Ain’t he unglamo-rays!
    Wreckin’ the town
    With the power of a bull,
    Ain’t no monster clown
    Who is that lovable?
    It’s ever lovin’ Hulk! HULK!! HULK!!"

Captain America  (1966)

    When Captain America throws his mighty shield,
    All those who chose oppose his shield must yield.

    If he’s lead to a fight and a duel is due,
    Then the red and white and the blue’ll come through.

    When Captain America throws his mighty shield.

Iron Man  (1966)

    Tony Stark
    Makes you feel
    He’s a cool exec
    With a heart of steel.
    As Iron Man,
    All jets ablaze,
    He fights and smite’n
    With repulsor rays!
    A blaze of power!
    Iron Man!
    Amazing armor!
    Iron Man!

The Mighty Thor  (1966)

    Cross the Rainbow Bridge of Asgard,
    Where the booming heavens roar,
    You’ll behold in breathless wonder
    The God Of Thunder, Mighty Thor!

Sub-Mariner (1966)

    Stronger than a whale
    He can swim anywhere
    He can breathe under water
    and go flying through the air
    The Noble Sub Mariner
    Prince of the deep
    So, beware you deadly demons
    Lord Namor of Atlantis,
    is the Prince of the Deep.

Spiderman (1967)

    Spiderman, Spiderman,
    Does whatever a spider can
    Spins a web, any size,
    Catches thieves just like flies
    Look Out!
    Here comes the Spiderman.

    Is he strong?
    Listen bud,
    He’s got radioactive blood.
    Can he swing from a thread
    Take a look overhead
    Hey, there
    There goes the Spiderman.

    In the chill of night
    At the scene of a crime
    Like a streak of light
    He arrives just in time.

    Spiderman, Spiderman
    Friendly neighborhood Spiderman
    Wealth and fame
    He’s ingnored
    Action is his reward.

    To him, life is a great big bang up
    Whenever there’s a hang up
    You’ll find the Spider man.

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For some strange reason, I can still hear Thor’s music in my head — In fact, it was my LSS (Last song syndrome) these past three days, hahaha.