Raise your hand if you remember the 1980’s cartoon Silverhawks. Even though it wasn’t the longest running series in history, it still occupies a special place in my heart. As a young kid, I wanted to be able to sprout metal wings and fly. Amateur psychologists can make of that what they will.
For those unfamiliar with Silverhawks first hit TV screens in 1986, and developed by Rankin/Bass as a “space” equivalent of the mega-hit ThunderCats. The series focused on a small band of space police called… SilverHawks. The SilverHawks were a group of part bionic, part human heroes fighting crime and the evil forces of space crime boss MonStar and a whole bunch of far out crazy creatures and bad guys.
Both good guys and bad guys had some kick ass weapons. There was evil Melodica (or something similarly Melody related) that played a keyboard/guitar that would fire projectile music, and the country and western good guy Colonel Bluegrass who was the SilverHawks pilot and sonic guitar playing lord of rock.
Just in case parents questioned it’s educational value, each episode featured a ‘space’ fact.
SilverHawks has a kick ass theme tune that may get stuck in your head for days… or decades as in my case.