The 1980's definitely had their fill of cheese, but this series was legitimately good. For those that call it a Conan knockoff, note that this came out several years -before- the Conan movie.
It was essentially a mash-up of Conan-esque characters from Robert E. Howard's books in a post-apocalyptic setting. The most hilarious part has to be Thundarr's pathological hatred of wizards and his 'Princess' Ariel (Sorceress) companion.
Like a lot of these morning adventure gems (I'd include the late 1970's Filmation Rotoscoping efforts like Tarzan and Buck Rogers) this one never made it to DVD, so your only legitimate source is to catch it on something like the Boomerang network. It's too bad this one only made it through a year and a half of production.
PS. 'Lords of Light' makes an excellent drinking game. He has several signature phrases repeated throughout all the episodes but this is one is repeated multiple times in each 20ish minute episode.
It was essentially a mash-up of Conan-esque characters from Robert E. Howard's books in a post-apocalyptic setting. The most hilarious part has to be Thundarr's pathological hatred of wizards and his 'Princess' Ariel (Sorceress) companion.
Like a lot of these morning adventure gems (I'd include the late 1970's Filmation Rotoscoping efforts like Tarzan and Buck Rogers) this one never made it to DVD, so your only legitimate source is to catch it on something like the Boomerang network. It's too bad this one only made it through a year and a half of production.
PS. 'Lords of Light' makes an excellent drinking game. He has several signature phrases repeated throughout all the episodes but this is one is repeated multiple times in each 20ish minute episode.
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