Hot topic. . .I mean Hotnit:

Yeah. I used to watch Gem and the Holograms all the 
time. In fact, I've got the origin story on video 
still. . .
Do you remember Foofer? The Pawpaws? The Gilligan's 
Island Cartoon? (By the way, he did get off the island. 
Ever see the Gilligan in Hawaii movie? I don't remember 
the plot, but it's out there.)
Ah, the memories. My Little Ponies, Carebears, 
HanaBarbara was the big name in Saturday morining 
cartoons. . .

Jim Lazar:

My opinion of Shampoo the cat? She's Siamese! Look at 
her! She's got magenta points (ears, feet, tail)! She 
just lacks a mask! She a Siamese, I tell you! Who ever 
started calling her "white"? Hardly!
<two men in white coats appear and grab an arm each>
Hey! Where are you guys taking me? I'm just stating my 
opinion! HELP! I'M BEING OPRESSED!!!!!!

How I Was Introduced to Ranma 1/2:

I was at my friend's house and she made me watch the 
first movie. And when I say "made", I mean "made". At 
that time, I was anti-anime. All I had ever seen of it 
was crummy garage anime both drawn and dubbed badly. 
After the movie, I sat around and watched her play the 
Super NES fighting game.
I came away with very mild impressions of the 
characters. I remembered them by key things. This is 
who I remembered:

Ranma--"Well, he's the main character, so of course I 
remember him. He turns into a girl and he's scared of 
cats."

That girl with the mallet

That guy who runs around screaming, "Pig-tailed Girl!"

The guy that turns into the panda

The guy that turns into the pig

That girl with the purple hair that says, "Hai-yah!" 
all the time and turns into a cat

The little old guy that likes underwear

That guy with the really pretty long black hair--"Wow! 
She's got pretty hair!"
"That's a guy."
"That's a GUY?! Well. . .he's got pretty hair."

The guy who shouted, "PICKLES!"

The girl with the elephant

That was my very first impression of Ranma 1/2. Years 
(honestly, years) later, I decided it wasn't so bad, 
and quickly fell in love. It was funny how much of the 
opening chase scene I remembered when I watched the 
first movie again for the first time. ^_^ "Oh, no! 
Without my shop curtain, I can't open the resaurant! 
Hey! Come back here!" "What are you doing, you stupid 
wench?!" "Ugh. Mackeral jerky." "What are you doing 
with your bike up here?!"

Okay. I'm done. I promise. ^_^

--Becky-chan, itsumo usuwarai o susu ^_^