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Played a few episodes of Rocko's Modern Life for my progeny last weekend after they asked to watch the stuff I did at their age. Nailed the theme song first time despite not having heard it since it originally aired.

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Played a few episodes of Rocko's Modern Life for my progeny last weekend after they asked to watch the stuff I did at their age. Nailed the theme song first time despite not having heard it since it originally aired.

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Maniac1978@reddit

HOW DAAAAAARE YOUUUU?
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DerBrownofTak@reddit

I just have to know: does anyone remember an original version of the theme song before the B-52s? My siblings are saying I'm experiencing some sort of Mandela Effect, but i don't think so.
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Rise-O-Matic@reddit

Yes, it was the season 1 version, and I always felt it was superior to the B-52 version.
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Maniac1978@reddit

My kids think the same. I do not agree.
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Maniac1978@reddit

First season was the non B-52’s theme song season.
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KinderEggLaunderer@reddit

Yes, I remember it vividly. There was a high pitch squeal, and a base voice with an aussie accent. It played during the first several episodes.
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DerBrownofTak@reddit

Thos is why I love reddit. Someone finds the source material I'm too dumb to find!
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mrnoonan81@reddit

Was it the same song, only played on an organ or something similar?
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DerBrownofTak@reddit

Its the same song, just a digeridoo, Australian accents, and voices sent though a synthesizer.
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mrnoonan81@reddit

I think we're thinking of the same one. https://youtu.be/_HmEGRVUcR0?si=lRZDV4Pwpbl7E1Rb
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DerBrownofTak@reddit

YES!
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Captain3leg-s@reddit

This is the only one I remember
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Deathclown333@reddit

There were for sure two versions, the original and the B-52s one, no Mandela Effect here.
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DerBrownofTak@reddit

Thank you!
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shawn615@reddit

It definitely was the singer for the B-52s saying “Rocko’s modern life”. Was there a different version?
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DerBrownofTak@reddit

That's the thing! I remember a version on that really leaned into the Australian roots of Rocko, it had a digeridoo beginning, and rocko say "Heh, heh, good as new!" But apparently I'm the only person who has this memory! I'm certain it was around when Nickelodeon was doing "The Big Help" campaign.
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Klutzy_Word_6812@reddit

From IMDB Kate Pierson and Fred Schneider, of the band the B52's, perform vocals for the second season opening theme. And I definitely remember season 1 more than 2. You’re not crazy. It was different and I distinctly remember the didgeridoo and wanting to learn how to play one.
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DerBrownofTak@reddit

Thank you!
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Adrasteia-One@reddit

This is easily one of my favorite shows from the 90s. It was so delightfully weird and funny. The Christmas episode is a must watch for me every holiday season.
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dreadpiratemyk@reddit

Heifer's grandpa had one of my favorite lines ever - "did you even taste it, you walrus?"
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ProcessBlack@reddit

"Ooh baby. Ooh baby. Ooh baby..."
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jugdeesh@reddit

Mrs Bighead!?! 1- 900 number phone sex references were definitely appropriate for a kid show, right?
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Dimplefrom-YA@reddit

The only thing i remember from this show was rocko getting the flu. and he goes to see a doctor, whose name is dr.bendova... rocko fills out a shit load of papers, just to see the doctor. and the dr is shady AF. When i think about that... I realize how adult the show really is.
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_shaftpunk@reddit

The main thing that stuck with my was the turtle being pushed on a swing and repeating, “I’m nauseous” every time.
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circusgeek@reddit

Even today, when doing laundry, I will say: Laundry day is a very dangerous day.
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SteveEcks@reddit

The episode where Dingo, Rocko's childhood bully, comes to apologize. And when we meet The Bigheads' son. Loved those episodes.
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neon_farts@reddit

Holy shit. Thank you for unlocking that for me. I can hear the voice with the timing and inflection
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SteveEcks@reddit

I love that Nickelodeon had pop artists do the theme songs. All That - TLC Rocko's Modern Life - B-52s Coolio did Keenan and Kel's show There were more, I just can't remember.
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originalbrowncoat@reddit

Ok show of hands, who else remember Heifer’s NSFW encounter with the milking machine?
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HopelessMagic@reddit

Rocko's worked at a sex phone line. "Oh baby oh baby oh"
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DouglasBubletrousers@reddit

Mrs Bighead??
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QuaidLudes@reddit

The frog neighbors have a sex kink for throwing plates in the air and breaking them with their tongue.
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QuaidLudes@reddit

The ongoing gag joke where he accidentally sexually assaults a female hippo. “Hooow daaare you!”
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shawn615@reddit

Also “writing his name in the snow” when they charged for the bathroom at the ski lodge
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monkeetoes82@reddit

Also, the unnamed board game that they play where they are holding paddles and the game board has a monkey with its ass sticking out.
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shawn615@reddit

🙋
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CraigGrade@reddit

NEVER. NEVER. NEVER. NEVER.
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BullCityCoordinators@reddit

What did they think about the show?
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Sudden_Airport_7469@reddit

The B-52’s did the original theme song. I really liked that show.
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h0nkyJ@reddit

Nick had some great pulls, Katie Pierson of the B52s was also on Pete and Pete, along with Michael Stipe. The director of Shiny Happy People directed quite a few episodes of the show. Pretty cool!
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Sudden_Airport_7469@reddit

Iggy Pop was also on Pete and Pete.
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FoppyRETURNS@reddit

What young adult life was like before computers.
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RadioWavesHello@reddit

Spunkyyyy
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bascule@reddit

The Rocko theme song was made by the B-52s! While I’m here, the Rugrats theme song was by Devo.
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Aximi1l@reddit

There's a Rocko movie on Netflix. The gang comes back from space to deal with the current modern life. Also an Invader Zim movie to try.
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cepukon@reddit

Did you like it?
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onamonapizza@reddit

Spunkyyyy! Spunkyyy!!
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goldenscales@reddit

Such a fantastic show except more I have the recycling song stuck in my head 😆
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tootleloo@reddit

I just looked this up and I don’t remember anything but the OG theme song.
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Devious_Bastard@reddit

https://i.redd.it/p6j43ofeyclg1.gif
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KinderEggLaunderer@reddit

![gif](giphy|xT1Ra4vFIRRr9Pf54s|downsized)
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Temporary-Warning883@reddit

90s cartoons just hit different
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ButterscotchAware402@reddit

If I had a nickel for every time I say "I'm nauseous, I'm nauseous" I'd have quite a lot of nickles 🐢
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KinderEggLaunderer@reddit

This was one of my all time favorites!! The art style, the crudeness, I loved it. From start to finish this show was solid.
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Baelgul@reddit

I’d be enough I was literally just explaining the show legends of the hidden Temple to my six-year-old because she found this little beauty https://preview.redd.it/cggyssbf8dlg1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c9968ea727e9b16462635d99dd95aae2efd0764
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DollaStoreKardashian@reddit

SO?!?!? How did it hold up??!?
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prince_walnut@reddit

"You are an idiot."
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Swimming_Sink277@reddit

*SPUNKY!* *SPUNKY!*
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Holmes221bBSt@reddit

This show is a hyperbolic masterpiece of adult life and I never realized Rockos pain till I became one
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_--_Osiris_--_@reddit

That was a hoot!
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tdktn0@reddit

Turn the page, wash your hands. Turn the page, wash your hands...
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Forsaken_Marzipan536@reddit

This and Doug were my fav nick toons!
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AmbushK@reddit

Brings back memories, makes me remember the additional line up of another great Ahh! Real Monsters.
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