Submitted by Stephanie P, spaceball:

Looking back, I realize that many of my favorite cartoon characters were all voiced by one person: Dom Deluise. He became a part of many people’s childhoods, and had the ability to make you smile again and again through his many characters. He’s gone now, but wont be forgotten any time soon.

My personal favorite DeLuise performance was as Don Giovanni in Mel Brooks’ Robin Hood: Men in Tights. I fought the urge to post a scene from that very movie, but I lost. And not just because the guy who played Lord John Marbury in The West Wing is in it, too. Here it is:

“Suck what?”

Submitted by Hannah O, bully.

Recess was a show that I woke up every Saturday morning to watch. There were those awful days when I only caught the last two minutes of a show and was quite grumpy afterwards. I remember watching the Gus episode, “New Kid,” and being able to sorta relate to it. It’s hard to describe how great this show was. As a kid, I always wished my school’s fifteen-minute recess was as awesome as T.J. and the gang’s.

Submitted by J Alexander, who knows what each letter of ROYGBIV stands for.

Who says it takes more than flashy colors to capture someone’s attention? I mean, that’s all Rainbow Brite was really about, yeah? Colors? Everything had a name relating to color, and, like, the plot was all about stealing and/or restoring color. And somehow that transformed into a billion dollar industry! For all of her success, Ms. Brite doesn’t seem to have done all that much work. Only 3 two-part specials and 8 regular episodes were made. But again: Billion dollar industry. Thanks to the toys and licensing. And, I suppose, a strong presence in pop culture that, to this very day, is referenced by shows like Talk Soup and Robot Chicken.

I remember watching this show on days when I stayed home “sick” from school (and just about everything else that was on Nickelodeon’s Nick Jr.). If I’m honest, though, I don’t remember anything specific about it. Other than, you know, there were gnomes. And according to the laugh-tastic theme song “trolls and wizards and fairy kings, birds that talk and fish that sing.” Wow. The show, which originally aired in Spain, was based on a series of children’s books. For the American version of the show, Tom Bosley voiced David’s character and Christopher Plummer provided narration.

Submitted by Alan T, who claims he’s no dummy.

What haven’t these guys done? Star in a public service advertisement? Check. Have a line of toys modeled after them? Check. Be drawn into cartoon characters? Check. Have a band named after them? Check. These human-like robots have had more success in life than I have! It’s almost creepy that overgrown dolls made to test the impact of car accidents on human bodies became as popular as they did. But stranger things have happened, right?