In this list, we will explore shows that you might have watched as a child and have since forgotten about. 

1. Oswald 

Oswald was centered around a character named (you guessed it!) Oswald, a blue octopus who never went anywhere without his trademark tiny bowler hat. In the show, he explored his hometown, Big City, with his pet hotdog dog, (and no, I don’t mean a dachshund, she was literally a hotdog) Weenie. Other characters that joined Oswald’s daily adventures were Henry the penguin, and Daisy the daisy. 

2. Jack’s Big Music Show 

Jack’s Big Music Show was about a puppet named Jack, and his two other puppet friends, Mary and Mel the Dog. I don’t remember much about this show, but from what I do recall, there was a lot of accordion-playing, and a bunch of different musical guests. Five-year-old me’s favorite part of the show was actually the credits—not because I hated the show, but because Mel the dog would pop up, run around, and disappear from the screen repeatedly while the credits rolled. To me, that was peak entertainment. 

3. Wonder Pets! 

There was always an animal in trouble on this show. Wonder Pets followed three classroom pets—a hamster named Winnie, a turtle named Tuck, and a duckling named Ming-Ming—on their adventures to rescue animals. If you were anything like me as a child, you would always get a feeling of immense concern after hearing the Wonder Pets’ phone ring, and then being informed that an animal was lost, trapped, or hurt. Because of this show, many people subconsciously note that “The phone, the phone is ringing!” whenever their phone goes off. Winnie also really liked celery for some reason. 

4. Oobi 

If you did not grow up terrified every time the Oobi theme song hit, did you even have a childhood? For those unaware, Oobi was a show that followed a child (I guess that’s what he is?) who also happens to be a hand. Infact, all the show’s main characters are hands. I found the whole concept of hands with googly eyes being rather unsettling and remember being afraid that Oobi would appear out of nowhere and start chasing me through my house. Good times. 

5. Jungle Junction 

Jungle Junction was a show that aired on Disney Junior, and featured animals with wheels instead of legs. Unlike with Oobi, where I was freaked out at the idea of hands having eyeballs, I found the concept of half-animal, half-motor-vehicle creatures to be perfectly acceptable. Perhaps the best part about the show, is that many of the animals had British accents. I mean come on, can it really get any better than watching a pig-scooter and a bunny-car zoom around the jungle, communicating with their lovely accents? I think not. 

6. Miss Sunny’s Spider Patch Friends 

This is one of those shows that seems like a dream and feels like it never happened. The show was about a spider named Miss Sunny and her adopted children, which included a dragonfly, a beetle, and a really energetic bedbug. I can’t remember much from the show, but I will never forget that there was a giant gray spider with this creepy human-like face. For some reason, he was grumpy all the time and always brought his frustration out on others. It was probably because he was so ugly. 

7. Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! 

Wubbzy was a small, energetic, and yellow creature with a long swirly tail, that he would bounce on like a spring. His two best friends were Widget, a pink bunny who was a skilled mechanic, and Walden, who was some sort of purple, ambiguous animal, and also happened to be the town’s resident nerd. The only storyline I remember from the show was that one time, Widget was so sad that she actually turned blue. Beyoncé also made an appearance on the show at one point in time. 

8. Max and Ruby 

Even at three years old, I always questioned why it seemed that Ruby and Max—two small bunny-children—lived alone in their house without any guardians. The closest thing they had to a responsible adult was their grandma, who was still a little ways away from their house. The lack of parental figures meant that Ruby, the older of the two, was left to be the “responsible” one, which, if it were up to me, I would never allow to happen. She was honestly kind of a jerk half the time, and constantly criticized her little brother who just wanted to have a good time. Just let the kid make his mud cakes!!! 

9. Word World 

At this point, I am not sure what is more obscure—a show about animals with wheels, or a show centered around animals with words for bodies. Regardless of the answer, I never questioned the concept of Word World, and instead would sit back and take in the new vocabulary and grammar that the show taught. Is there really a better way of learning words than learning from the words themselves? 

10. Pinky Dinky Doo 

Pinky Dinky Doo was an icon with a big vocabulary, incorporating words such as “dilemma” and “exasperating” into her everyday life. She was also far more of a city kid than Oswald the Octopus would ever be, because she didn’t just live in Big City—she lived in Great Big City. Every episode, Pinky had to solve a problem, and in order to do so, she would make up a story in her “storybox,” which was essentially just a cardboard box that Pinky, her brother, and her blue hamster would sit in while she spewed some made-up nonsense. However, I must admit the “storybox” song was a bop. Another key part of the show was that once Pinky was about to figure out a solution, her head would inflate like a balloon, which meant that she finally achieved her goal of “thinking big.” 

There are, of course, way more shows that made up our childhoods, but these were just some of the many that I believed were noteworthy.