The Dick Tracy Show!

Someone mentioned the old Dick Tracy cartoon in the previous thread, so I figured, why not?

The Dick Tracy Show premiered in the 1960s. I never heard of the series until 1990, when FOX dusted it off for an afternoon run to cash in on the Dick Tracy movie hype.

Longtime readers know of my obsession with that film, which extended to the toys and this cartoon. Tracy himself mostly had a Crypt Keeper sort of role in the show — the actual crime-fighting was left to a ragtag bunch of wacky coppers.

That led to some problems, because the good guys — Joe Jitsu and Go-Go Gomez, in particular — were thought to be racist caricatures by 1990s standards, and seem to be in even worse taste today. (As I recall, viewer complaints led FOX to only air the episodes starring Hemlock Holmes, who skirted the worst of the criticisms in light of the fact that he was a literal police dog.)

Controversy aside, I loved the villains on this series. They were split into duos, so you’d get to see two in each episode. (My fave team included Pruneface and Itchy, of course.)

Enjoy!

(Or watch it for a minute and give up. Your call.)

Tonight’s survey:

Back in 1990, I was all alone in my love for the Dick Tracy universe. As kids, we all had those few things that we were hopelessly fascinated with even if none of our friends were.

So, name something you grew up loving that *none* of your friends were into. Did you try to keep it a secret, or were you proud of your quirk?