atomius
Roger Ramjet is an American 1965 animation series of short length episodes about a heroic man and his assistants known as the eagles (after, presumably, the American national emblem the bald eagle). The good people in the series are the Americans, who fight the bad villains such as the solenoid robots. The theme tune, with the notes of 'yankee doodle went to town', explains the simplistic manner in which Roger faces the enemy, his usage of 'proton pills', which give him superhuman strength a bit like the magic potion in asterix. The show is quite entertaining. It has a very American feel to it, but it is still quite amusing to watch.
bcolquho
The above is part of the Roger Ramjet theme song. Roger Ramjet was a buffoon, a clown, an idiot, and a fool. In short, he was a do- gooder. His groupies were four awe-struck kids named Yank,Doodle, Dan, and Dee. RR was a member of the American Eagle Squadron. His strength came from his proton energy pill whichgave him the power of twenty atom bombs for twenty seconds. Iused to watch it when I was a kid New Hampshire. My favorite RR episode was the Christmas one where RR was hypnotized by an evil magician and made to think that he was a little kid. GaryOwens of Laugh In was the voice of Roger Ramjet. He was alsothe voice of Space Ghost. Both are good classic cartoons.
acswecker
Animaniacs is in my opinion the best cartoon ever made, but Roger Ramjet comes right behind it. The animation is not smooth and continuous like most cartoons; it is stop-action animation that makes it seem like the animators weren't any good. But it was done that way on purpose. This form of animation adds a lot to the cartoon's humor. All the characters are well done and have good voices. I love the way some of the dialogue and narrative just come up as words on the screen (and sometimes some misspellings done on purpose). You should definitely check out the DVDs. Roger Ramjet should be every kid's hero.
JDono
Roger Ramjet, he's our man/Hero of our nation/For his adventures please stay tuned/To this same TV station...Or something like that. It's been a while since I've heard the theme song, but it was sung to the tune of Yankee Doodle.Roger Ramjet wasn't exactly a high-budget cartoon show. In fact, there's probably less actual *movement* in this show than any other cartoon ever made (with the possible exception of Clutch Cargo), so every episode looks as if it cost about 75 cents to produce. Still, it was a funny cartoon in the Dudley Do-Right vein--well-meaning but ineffectual hero bumbles his way to saving the day.I used to work with a guy who was constantly quoting Ramjet's boss: "Ramjet, you always cease to amaze me."Great Ramjet trivia: There was a classic Cold War villain named Noodles Romanoff.
