Saturday Day Morning Cartoons and Other Things

RCMerchant · June 13, 2018, 09:03:35 PM

In 1970, they had a show out of Kalamazoo called Channel 3 Clubhouse. It had some lady with puppets and s**t, with a live kid audiance. Anyway they had this cartoon on it- RUFF AND REDDY. I still can recite the lyrics.

http://youtu.be/ohGIZhGOlWg

retrorussell · June 14, 2018, 05:41:40 AM

There was another thread where we mentioned cartoons we grew up with. So I'll repost:
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF BATMAN (1977)
My sisters and I watched the hell out of this one. Adam West and Burt Ward voiced Batman and Robin! Lou Scheimer himself voiced Bat-Mite and other characters.
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I watched plenty of TARZAN, LORD OF THE JUNGLE (1976), also by Filmation and with the great voice of Bob Ridgely as Tarzan!
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And we watched plenty of THE PLASTIC MAN COMEDY ADVENTURE SHOW (1979):
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And during commercial breaks for CBS cartoons we got this:
IN THE NEWS
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Plenty of great bumpers during Saturday morning cartoons:
ABC's "After these messages, we'll be riiight back":
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CBS's Video-gamey/spacey bumpers:
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And Casey Kasem did the NBC bumpers-- nothing fancy:
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Svengoolie 3 · June 14, 2018, 07:50:11 AM

SPPPAAAA-AAAACE GGGHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSTTTTTT!!!!!!

http://youtu.be/7FRW2bOqvzI

BIIIIIRRRRRDDD MMMAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!!

http://youtu.be/H2m45TLVKRs

Johnny Quest in all it's racist stereotypical politically incorrect glory.

http://youtu.be/SIhEpjnaNlo

RCMerchant · June 14, 2018, 11:06:59 AM

Bird Man was dumb as f**k!

I loved Johnny Quest.

I remember IN THE NEWS. It showed when the helicopter was airlifting people off the embassy in Saigon! When I was watching Scooby Doo!

retrorussell · June 18, 2018, 02:05:35 AM

I remember some cartoons in the late 70s/early 80s with plot devices that made me certain the creators were on something illegal!
MIGHYMAN and YUKK-- a portion of the PLASTIC MAN COMEDY ADVENTURE SHOW where a guy could turn tiny and super strong, and he had a giant dog sidekick with a face so ugly it could incapacitate the bad guys, so he had a tiny doghouse over it. WTF??
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THE NEW SCHMOO-- why did they bring the Li'l Abner character into modern times (late 70s anyway) and make him a stretchy superhero??
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SHIRT TALES-- a bunch of zoo animals have t-shirts on that say what they're thinking. Their shirts should have said HANNAH BARBERA ARE HIGH!!!!
RUBIK, THE AMAZING CUBE-- They turned the classic puzzle into a f***ing friendly alien thing?? My brain is officially soup now.
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And taking popular shows or young actors and giving them their own cartoon show NEVER works. Laverne and Shirley, Mork and Mindy, The Partridge Family, The Gary Coleman Show, Punky Brewster.. egad.

Svengoolie 3 · June 18, 2018, 07:50:57 AM

Quote from: RCMerchant on June 14, 2018, 11:06:59 AM
Bird Man was dumb as f**k!

I loved Johnny Quest.

I remember IN THE NEWS. It showed when the helicopter was airlifting people off the embassy in Saigon! When I was watching Scooby Doo!

If you loved johnny quest show you should check out "tom the dancing bug billy dare" comics.

Svengoolie 3 · June 18, 2018, 07:56:45 AM

HappyGilmore · June 19, 2018, 05:50:50 PM

Pinky & The Brain.
http://youtu.be/qzZmU0aGmcc

Thundercats
http://youtu.be/HcGNqrAtsgg

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
http://youtu.be/rS-qFdw-v_o

retrorussell · June 29, 2018, 02:51:55 PM

I used to love this compilation show over the weekends:
USA CARTOON EXPRESS
It had a few oddball ones I didn't get to see BITD.
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lester1/2jr · June 29, 2018, 06:26:39 PM

The best saturday morning cartoons when I watched were

1. dungeons and Dragons

2. Gummi Bears

3. Photon

The Burgomaster · July 05, 2018, 06:13:32 PM

Kids today will never know the joy of spending Saturday mornings watching Charles Nelson Reilly and Ruth Buzzi . . . sigh . . .

RCMerchant · July 09, 2018, 07:04:17 PM

Quote from: The Burgomaster on July 05, 2018, 06:13:32 PM
Kids today will never know the joy of spending Saturday mornings watching Charles Nelson Reilly and Ruth Buzzi . . . sigh . . .

And if you watched the uhf channels- the 3 Stooges, the Little Rascals, and old Woody Woodpecker cartoons!

retrorussell · July 11, 2018, 02:28:10 AM

This was a huge hit at the time-- the Chipmunks revived and updated to the 80s!
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THE ALL NEW POPEYE HOUR (1978) had DINKY DOG on with Popeye cartoons. I definitely remember the show.
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Star Wars finally got its own cartoon-- er, cartoons!
EWOKS AND DROIDS ADVENTURE HOUR (1985-86)
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I mentioned somewhere about making popular shows into really bad cartoons-- here's some examples:
THE FONZ AND THE HAPPY DAYS GANG (1980)
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LAVERNE & SHIRLEY JOIN THE ARMY
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And then they broght Casper back.. as a space police assistant??? WTF?!
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RCMerchant · July 11, 2018, 08:25:29 AM

Saturday morning in the 80's usually found me fishing or drinking.

I did a lot of both back then.

I do remember the Mighty Heros! From 196something- with Tornado Man! Rope Man! And Diaper Man!
One of the most insipid cartoons of all time.

http://youtu.be/72rYHuWidSM

HappyGilmore · July 13, 2018, 07:35:00 PM

I'm 34. I'm of the last generation to have some semblance of Saturday morning cartoons on the major networks (ABC, CBS, mostly, and if you consider Fox or the WB major). Around the time of the early/mid 90s, we had cable channels like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network that had almost all cartoons and kids programming so the main networks started cancelling them. Also, ABC aired Looney Tunes, but at like noon when no kids really wanted to keep watching tv because they wanted to go out to play.

Freakazoid! Produced by Steven Spielberg.
http://youtu.be/JZmw3jzX1t0

Spider-Man (1994-98)
http://youtu.be/DZGN9fZvQhc

Gummi Bears
http://youtu.be/2HCjQbKowUo