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I heard the name Teela first time in the He-man cartoon series back in 1983. She was there captain of the eternian guard. Indeed a great series of cartoons and too a great cartoon character. I cannot think of a present day female cartton character who equals Teela.
Yet, I took a looked through the net and it seems that it is actually a real name too.
One place claimed that Teela was english after the bird teal.
A bird of blue-green colour. (I think they must be refereing to the Blue-winged teal whose latin name is Anas discors. For those who do not know what kind of bird a teal is it is a duck. Ther is probably a picture somewhere on the net)
Another site claimed Teela to be short for Telerienne should be a Scottish name meaning "The last of the kind".
The word must hold some meaning in connection to the hindu beliefs too since I stumbled upon the following name of sacred place for hindus in India: Dhruva Teela
What indeed the real meaning of the name Teela is I dare not say, but to me it will always hold a fragrance of Eternia.
If interested in learning more of the great He-man (and She-Ra) series fail not to visit the impressive site of Busta Toons:
http://www.btinternet.com/~jamric/index.html
Selwyn
Yet, I took a looked through the net and it seems that it is actually a real name too.
One place claimed that Teela was english after the bird teal.
A bird of blue-green colour. (I think they must be refereing to the Blue-winged teal whose latin name is Anas discors. For those who do not know what kind of bird a teal is it is a duck. Ther is probably a picture somewhere on the net)
Another site claimed Teela to be short for Telerienne should be a Scottish name meaning "The last of the kind".
The word must hold some meaning in connection to the hindu beliefs too since I stumbled upon the following name of sacred place for hindus in India: Dhruva Teela
What indeed the real meaning of the name Teela is I dare not say, but to me it will always hold a fragrance of Eternia.
If interested in learning more of the great He-man (and She-Ra) series fail not to visit the impressive site of Busta Toons:
http://www.btinternet.com/~jamric/index.html
Selwyn
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What was he called?
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Teela as a name goes back a good thirty years before 1983. It was the name of Gunga the Elephant Boy's, well, ELEPHANT on "The Buster Brown Show", which ran Saturday mornings under that name from about 1951-54.
EVERY kid watched this show, mainly for the antics of Froggy the Gremlin, a mischievous rubber frog that appeared in a puff of smoke with a "Hiya, Kids, Hiya, Hiya!" when the host, Smilin Ed McConnell, said "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" Too cool.
EVERY kid watched this show, mainly for the antics of Froggy the Gremlin, a mischievous rubber frog that appeared in a puff of smoke with a "Hiya, Kids, Hiya, Hiya!" when the host, Smilin Ed McConnell, said "Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy!" Too cool.
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Froggy Roolz!
I just did a 'net search on Andy Devine and Froggy, and you remembered the early beginnings of that show all right:
http://www.tvparty.com/lostandy.html
No wonder that show is a cult thing today. I hadn't realized it was Froggy who instigated the Protest Movement of the '60s. ;)
-- Nanaea
I just did a 'net search on Andy Devine and Froggy, and you remembered the early beginnings of that show all right:
http://www.tvparty.com/lostandy.html
No wonder that show is a cult thing today. I hadn't realized it was Froggy who instigated the Protest Movement of the '60s. ;)
-- Nanaea
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