Saturday Morning Cartoons

[fylthevoyd]

I remember looking forward to getting up early every saturday morning to watch hours of cartoons.....I mean the old classics ....not that crap my kids had to watch as kids.

Aside from the given...the Looney Tunes Classics....which thanx to the cartoon network are still around.

The Beanie and Cecil Hour....who remembers this one ?

The Tennessee Tuxedo Show (Don Adams was the voice of Tennessee)

Tudor the Turtle and Mr. Wizard

Underdog (Wally Cox was the voice of Underdog)..and his "Lois Lane" equivient..Pure Polly Purebred.......there was also a sub series with Underdog called.....Go-Go Gorphers...

The Rocky and Bullwinkle show.....which had a list of extras..like Grimm's Fractured Fairy Tales.......Sherman and Peabody

There are so many that I vaguely remember but can't remmber which shows they were a part of...like Snaggle Puss...which I think wa part of the Pink Panther Show

and of course can't forget about ...Jonny Quest

[MadDagger]

Man I remember all them cartoons these bring back some good memories you have to
be in your mid forties but I don't remember The Beanie and Cecil Hour.Anyways take it easy.

[fylthevoyd]

Man I remember all them cartoons these bring back some good memories you have to
be in your mid forties but I don't remember The Beanie and Cecil Hour.Anyways take it easy.
Beanie and Cecil....were drawn puppets...Cecil was a sea-monster type dinosaur(friendly):) and Beanie was a little boy with a prop on top of his beanie cap

Damn I forgot one of my favorites....Quick Draw McDraw and his side kick Boba-louie

[Skip]

Casper, the friendly ghost! See, ghosts don't need to be scary and it's ok to believe in things that most people can't see and science can't prove. Good anti-brainwashing!

Rocky & his Fiends, I mean Friends! I liked Boris & Natasha. They were cool European Goth! LOL!

How about Yogi Bear? He claimed to be "smarter than the average bear". Yeah right! ;)

Here's a good one: Diver Dan! What was his friends name? Finver? And what was the Barracuda's name? Sorta like Finding Nemo, but very retro! Oh it wasn't a cartoon though, more like string puppets.

Shari Lewis & Lamb Chops, also not cartoons, but definately good fare. :)

[Dylanchick0113]

Snaggle Puss was the best,,,, and wally gator,, the hippo hurricane holler and well everything hana barbera,,,, I cant even let my daughter watch some of the cartoons that are on now,,omg its disgusting how violent theyve gotten

[Dylanchick0113]

OMG and anyone else remember the Mon Chi Chi;s or the Snorkels????? Anyone???

[Gyva02]

lol snorks, not snorkels hee hee, ya the weird guys under the water with a tube coming outta their head. he had a Octopus kinda dof pet thing... I cant rememebr the antagonist of that show though who was the bad guy?

thinking hard for saturday cartoons now hummm:
ghostbusters
of course Scooby doo!!!!
gi joe?
TRANSFORMERS!!!!!
Go-Bots
charlie brown
Garfield and odie
captian planet
M.A.S.K
She-ra
My little pony
thundercats
tom and jerry
!!!!LAND OF THE LOST!!! I liked that one I dunno why
JEM (female rockers!!!)
Punky brewster
Gumby
Fat albert
GUMMI BEARS!!!!!
smurfs
alf
chipmunks
pop eye..

I'm sure theres more lol



Mike..

[Dylanchick0113]

Omg i was addicted to the thundercats,,,lol,,,,,That was an awesome cartoon,,,

[denimstar]

I think these 4 show hosts were out of Philly Sally Star, Pixan, Gene London & Happy the Clown. I was way to old for Romper Room. My favorite cartoons were Winky Dink an Felix the Cat.

[themnax]

how far back ya want me to go? i'm not sure if saturday morning enshrinement of animation itself goes back as far as i do. but i remember captain sacto having rocky and bullwinkle and also something i've never seen or heard of anywhere else since, which considering how i felt about it is probably just as well, called crusader rabbit.

at any rate i do remember yogi and bobo being new. i actualy remember hanna-barbara being a major upgrade over loony toons and disney, which i seem to recall was just about all there was before hanna-barbara came along. then i remember the era when they were first being surpassed and starting to fall by the wayside.

when japan and canada picked up the gauntlet and started giving us the even better, or mostly so. we still never get the best of the best from either here in the u.s. cause of certain cultural hangups the u.s. has

there was some kind of super dog or wonder dog or something like that. along with augi-doggi and doggi daddy. this was before the super dog with the shoe, that was kind of both his security blanket and the 'secret of his super powers'.

top cat was one of my favorite of the late hanna-barbara/early nelvana transition era.

well into the dic/nelvana era there was dynosaucers.

there was something sheman and the masters of the universe replaced that was way better of them. it may have been called dark star. but there's a campy live action skiffy short by that name too so that might not have been it.

come to think of it, when i was little saturday morning i tended to sleep in so that may be why i don't remember much about the ones in the 50s except that one on captain sacto that i kind of hated.

oh good lord, gumby, i'd forgotten that till i saw it mentioned here. pioneering claymation by understatement of noncomplexity. i actualy liked that one a lot.

=^^=
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[denimstar]

ahhhhhhhhh claymation = Davey and Goliath
I rarely watched toons but remember a few. Touche Turtle, Top Cat, Clutch Cargo. I guess I remember some of these because of my younger bro. Speed Racer & Kimba.

[fylthevoyd]

gawd I had forgotten about Davey and Goliath....my younger brothers watched it...I never was a big religion fan...so the appeal for that show just wasn't there.

[Dylanchick0113]

Gumby,,,

[Dylanchick0113]

Omg Does anuyone else remember when the jackson five was a cartoon??? O ya and nobody said fat Albert ???

[Meagain]

I remember Crusader Rabbit, he sucked.

Hanna Barbera actually made some superior cartoons when they worked for MGM, then they cheapened out with Tom Cat, Ruff n Ready, et al. The animation was really 2nd rate in those shows.

I think Rocky and Bullwinkle used to get into trouble for being too political. The movie released awhile ago was really good, I thought. (Watch me pull a rabbit outa my hat.)

Beanie and Cecil was a Bob Clamp..ette Cartoooonnnn! He did some B. Bunny cartoons for Warner Bros. originally. Apparently B&S was started by him as a local puppet show.
http://www.toonopedia.com/beany.htm

Let's go into the old WayBack Machine as ah....Mr. Peabody the dog would do with what's his face the kid.

How bout ...
WB's Merry Melodies with Bosco?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes_&_Merrie_Melodies_filmography

Tom Terrific and Manfred the Wonder Dog with Crabby Appleton by TerryTone?
This was a weekly five part cartoon on Capt. Kangaroo
http://www.toonopedia.com/terrific.htm

Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse?
Krazy was in love with Ignatz, Ignatz would throw bricks at Krazy.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/sh/animation/kkat_2

Felix the Cat (the non talking and Magic Bag versions)?
Felix was the first image ever broadcast by TV (actually narrowcast) in 1928.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_the_Cat

1940's Popeye the Sailor by Fleischer Studios...superior, timeless...then Famous studos ruined him.

[erzebet1961]

Anyone remember The Hilarious Adventures of Count Frightenstein...Billy Vann was in it

[bustramp]

I remember Beanie and Cecil, do you remember Coco the clown out of the inkwell? And Snuffy Smith?

[bustramp]

How about Space Angel?

[Meagain]

Wow! I forgot about Koko the Clown...Another great Max Fleischer cartoon!

http://www.answers.com/topic/koko-the-clown

[Flight From Ashiya]

Great cartoons mentioned!!!.

I remember Saturday morning T.V.(& other time schedules) for:

'Secret Squirrel' 'Astronut' 'Marine Boy' 'Dick Tracy cartoon'

'The Banana Splits' 'The Impossibles' 'Sesame Street' .

[supertramp]

Did anyone mention Adam Ant, Hillbilly Bears, Droopy, Dudley Do Right ,or Speedy Gonzalez.

[September82]

I loved muppet babies.

[themnax]

I remember Crusader Rabbit, he sucked.

Hanna Barbera actually made some superior cartoons when they worked for MGM, then they cheapened out with Tom Cat, Ruff n Ready, et al. The animation was really 2nd rate in those shows.

I think Rocky and Bullwinkle used to get into trouble for being too political. The movie released awhile ago was really good, I thought. (Watch me pull a rabbit outa my hat.)

Beanie and Cecil was a Bob Clamp..ette Cartoooonnnn! He did some B. Bunny cartoons for Warner Bros. originally. Apparently B&S was started by him as a local puppet show.
http://www.toonopedia.com/beany.htm

Let's go into the old WayBack Machine as ah....Mr. Peabody the dog would do with what's his face the kid.

How bout ...
WB's Merry Melodies with Bosco?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looney_Tunes_&_Merrie_Melodies_filmography

Tom Terrific and Manfred the Wonder Dog with Crabby Appleton by TerryTone?
This was a weekly five part cartoon on Capt. Kangaroo
http://www.toonopedia.com/terrific.htm

Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse?
Krazy was in love with Ignatz, Ignatz would throw bricks at Krazy.
http://www.americaslibrary.gov/cgi-bin/page.cgi/sh/animation/kkat_2

Felix the Cat (the non talking and Magic Bag versions)?
Felix was the first image ever broadcast by TV (actually narrowcast) in 1928.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_the_Cat

1940's Popeye the Sailor by Fleischer Studios...superior, timeless...then Famous studos ruined him.


eee gads, someone else who actualy remembers crusader rabbit and how badly it sucked!!!

captain sacto ...

that was mid 50s! we were living in sacramento and had this sears silvertone black and white all metal that lasted forever untill we wore all the metal off the contacts on the tuner!

i didn't much care for rockey and bulwinkle either with all their streotypical crap. even if they did titter on the verge of satyrizing themselves with it.

i actualy liked top cat. and the idea of the jetsons though i was waaay dissappointed they didn't so much more with it's creative potential.

yogi and flintstones of course have since became cult classics. but augie doggie and some of the other's like that were really pioneering work for their time.

most of those really old ones i don't care for because of their attitudes, typical of the 50s, that i didn't think much of either, like early looney toons.

i DO remember the origeonal popeye.

some of those you mentioned were cross overs from the sunday funnies in the newspaper. and i remember seeing them there.

i didn't much love captain kangaroo either, though i certainly remembet felix the cat.

the name ruff and ready doesn't ring any bells, but might if you refreshed my memory.

but i remember cucla, fran and ollie. not a cartoon but cucla and ollie being like an american punch and judy only cucla i think it was was a dragon, and fran was their human m.c. sort of.

i even remember somehow seeing one eppisode of bill sear's in the park. also paw pets. i don't know how that's possible. i'm guessing that one episode had been taped and it was replayed on something else. but i was too young at the time to understand the details of anything like that.

to be perfectly honest, before hanna barbara i didn't really like what cartoons there were all that much.

they were all kissing the ass of the politics of the mccarthy era, mostly because they really didn't have any other choice if they wanted to be on,
and that really sucked more then anything as far as i was concerned and still am.

it was h-b that really started breaking that mold and things started getting better after that even if, as you say, the pioneers themselves didn't really lead for all that long.

there was disney of course, who managed somehow to go through the motions of kissing the maccarthyism ass and yet still get away occasionaly with slipping something else a little more interesting.

i guess because he managed to become such an institution that even the politicians were hesitant to mess with him too much. something like that.

=^^=
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[augidog]

i guess you could say i remember augie doggy & doggy daddy ;)

"no fly swatter can harm him, no fly paper can hold him, no insecticide can stop him". (http://www.toonopedia.com/fearless.htm)

what about "jonny quest (http://www.classicjq.com/)?" anyone mention him?

i didn't see any mention of "clutch cargo" either. remember they were cartoons with real mouths? it was so freaky, but one of my favorites.

"Mr. Gillette's Synchro-Vox system was used in Clutch Cargo to combine live-action human lips with animated drawings." (http://www.toontracker.com/clutchcargo/cargo.htm)

wow, this toontracker (http://www.toontracker.com/links/toonlink.htm) linkpage rocks!

[eveninmadness]

Yogi- scooby- Warner bros (bugs, etc), smurfs, etc.

When cartoons were good, and art was involved.

Im sorry. but frame by frame jcheap, dramatic, violent and sexual japanese animation isnt the type of show id like to expose my hypothetical six year old to.

Even japanese animated cartoons for those 5+ years old contain characters with big bouncing breasts and miniskirts.


Where did talent and class go?

[Michaela]

My favorite Saturday morning cartoon was "Mighty Mouse". Mighty Mouse was a little heroic mouse who could fly; he wore a cape, and had a big "M" emblazened on his chest. The deal was, one of his friends would somehow become involved in some dilemma with a "bad guy" that was life-threatening. Across town sat Mighty Mouse, and he would miraculously become aware of the dire straits his friend was in, and he would come to their rescue and save them. Once he realized the mission that lay before him, he'd jump into his windowsill or something of that nature, and wail,
"Here I come to save the daaaay!!"
Then a chorus would sing, "That means that Mighty Mouse is on the way!"
Then he'd jump into the air and fly to the location of the one who was in distress - once he took flight, he'd continue singing, "Here I come to save the daaaay!", etc. Then, he'd land; take care of the bad guy lickety-split, and soothe his friend. I used to love that show! Kind of unreal stuff, but it did deliver a moral message in every show nonetheless. And, my friends today tell me that I'll always stand up for the underdog! Mere coincidence?

Good thread; made me nostalgic...oh, to be a child again.....

Sincere Regards, Michaela
__________________________________________________ _________
"They will never make a perfect heart until they make one that
can't be broken." .......The Wizard, "The Wizard of Oz"

[augidog]

well, thanks for that, Michaela, now i can't get Andy Kaufman outta my mind :p

[Michaela]

Right on, augidog! ;) You're almost my age ... did you like Mighty Mouse, too?

[maryjanegirl_2005]

The muppet babies & the little mermaid.

[johnnybravo]

What about Felix the Cat and Deputy Dawg? Dag nabbit!

[i_need_a_miracle]

I miss Lambchops!

[*°GhOsT°LyRiC°*]

they just have crap now, i loved smurfs, jem and the hollograms, rainbow brite, strawberry shortcake, care bears, they made new ones, but they suck!

[lifelovefun]

dam - i remember when cartoons actually used to be hand drawn! and those hanna barbara logos after the show was over lol. fucking yogi bear and the original transformers! that was the fucking 80s!!! i never really thought about how much time actually went by

[Lady of the Freaks]

all the warner bros. stuff...bugs bunny and friends.

[Spirit Wynd]

Yeah man, the old cartoons were the best. Just recently, I bought the entire series of the cartoon Dungeons and Dragons, but my other favorites were, Thundercats, Galtar and the Magic Lance, Thundarr the Barbarian, Legion of the Super heros, Tom and Jerry, Heckle and Jeckle, Voltron, and many more I can't remember at the moment... I miss them much... LOL.

[Bonkai]

Street Sharks
Johnny Quest
Rebot
Transformers: Beast Wars
Mighty Max
Sonic
Ren and Stimpy

[Spirit Wynd]

Yeah, Ren and Stimpy were funny, Bevis and Butthead too... but if you want a wierd cartoon, then try Eon Flux.

[DontScorchIt!]

Beast wars
Bobbys world
Life with Louis
Garfield and friends
X-men
Big bad beatlborgs...the list could go on and on

[xexon]

Super Chicken. George of the Jungle. Pink Panther.

I always found Porky Pig good for a laugh.


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[pepper67]

Casper the friendly ghost (cartoon), Tom and Jerry, and Recess.

[stinkfoot]

Oh geez... this takes me back... let me TRY to remember the typical Saturday morning line-up...
Rocky and Bullwinkle
The Bugs Bunny- Road Runner hour- twice
Valley of the Dinosaurs
Johnny Quest
Shazaam
Isis

About that time lunch was ready, the tube was killed. I ate then was sent outside for the afternoon. That gave dad a chance to take in some wrestling and doze off during the Red Sox game.

[wyldwynd]

Magilla Gorilla

Mr.Magoo

Speed Racer

[Rock Hard]

Holy crap...I'll jot down a few we had here in Australia:

Wackey Races
Penelope Pittstop & The Anthill Mob
Grape Ape
The Laugh Olympics
Jabber Jaw
Josie and the Pussycats
SpaceGhost
The Herculoids
Birdman
Hong Kong Phooey
Inch High Private Eye
The Hair Bear Bunch
The Devilins

[i_was_in_shroom_land]

Rockos Modern Life
Stressed Eric
Duck Tales
Goof Troop
ANIMANIACS
tiny toons
looney tunes
bugs bunny and tweety show
ren and stimpy
felix the cat
inspector gadget
the pink panther

( i dunno i'm not as old as some of you... but these are my old school cartoons. lol.. and i haven't watched TV in over half a year lol. so idunno if some of these are still on...)

lots more, but i forget.

[inkblob]

The old Tom and Jerry cartoons produced by Fred Quimby were the bomb! I remember getting up early to watch Underdog. Sometimes the Go-Go-Gophers were on Underdog. My wife bought me the DVD set of Underdog for Christmas. LOVE IT! Next, I would like to get The Bullwinkle Show on DVD. So many great secondary cartoons like George of the Jungle, The Way Back Machine with Sherman and Peabody, Aesop's Fables.

Does anyone remember Captain Kangaroo and the Magic Drawing Board? I loved that thing. They also had a great cartoon called Tom Terrific. He had a funnel for a hat and a his side kick was his wonderdog, Manfred.

The Hannah-Barbera characters!!! Quickdraw McGraw and Babalouie, Huckleberry Hound, and my favorite...Snagglepuss..."Exit! Stage right, even!"

How many remember the old Hal Seeger cartoons? Milton the Monster and Fearless Fly?

Can't leave out Woody Woodpecker, Droopy, Barney Bear and Mighty Mouse.

You can find just about every cartoon on www.bcdb.com (http://www.bcdb.com). I hope that's allowed...it is relevant.