One other thing I'd like to point out: The reason this is all a dying breed is not the stop of the cartoons on Saturdays. As someone noted, you could go to Netflix. The reason is in how they were presented. It was not only the day of the week but the "mortar" between. Things like the September premier nights which featured a half-hour to hour show telling the kids what to expect that year. The variety show formats that often had material between hosted episodes, and then glorious things like commercials for toys, cereal, and Bill Cosby pitching Jell-O pudding. Some really notable "motar" included: Time for Timer Schoolhouse Rock! Few kids of the 70s would have trouble with conjunctions after that...
I think Disney XD still does a "Saturday morning cartoon block" with some first run shows...
Honestly, I never watched tons of Sat. morning cartoons - usually playing, etc. then...
What "corrupted" me, though, was the "after school fare" on the independent networks back then - used to love Battle of the Planets - then, one day, "watching" one of those 70s TVs that took forever to warm up a picture tube but gave sound from minute one, and hearing the name "Zordar" from BotP, I said "leave this channel, it's my bird show", mom left the room, brother was somewhat complaining that he didn't get the call, I pulled TV rights, and up came Starblazers. Once I realized it was an episodic show instead of the "one off" stuff, I was hooked and that was definitely it for Sat. morning fare for me - except to humor my brother till he was a pre-teen and outgrew it himself...
Starblazers and Robotech were my favorite favorite shows back then. Transformers a close second because, well, I love giant robots. Was in "high school" and the Military for the "golden age" of American afterschool programming - X-Men, Animated Adventures of Batman & Superman, etc.
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Oh, gods, H. R. Pufnstuf - that's still the one I pull out to show folks who think Yo Gabba Gabba! is the weirdest show that's ever been on TV.
(Except that I'm pretty sure that Sid and Marty actually were Puffin' Stuff while making that show, whereas YGG! is the brainchild of a straight-edge Mormon who's never even had coffee.)
Oh, gods, H. R. Pufnstuf - that's still the one I pull out to show folks who think Yo Gabba Gabba! is the weirdest show that's ever been on TV.
(Except that I'm pretty sure that Sid and Marty actually were Puffin' Stuff while making that show, whereas YGG! is the brainchild of a straight-edge Mormon who's never even had coffee.)
There's been a lot of chatter in the years since that HRP is full of subtle 60s/70s drug & pot culture references. Subtle enough that it is still argued over today.
I for one hope to one day find Kling & Klang figurines or plushies, just for the kicks. (Along with Banana Splits plushies).
I think Disney XD still does a "Saturday morning cartoon block" with some first run shows...
Honestly, I never watched tons of Sat. morning cartoons - usually playing, etc. then...
What "corrupted" me, though, was the "after school fare" on the independent networks back then - used to love Battle of the Planets - then, one day, "watching" one of those 70s TVs that took forever to warm up a picture tube but gave sound from minute one, and hearing the name "Zordar" from BotP, I said "leave this channel, it's my bird show", mom left the room, brother was somewhat complaining that he didn't get the call, I pulled TV rights, and up came Starblazers. Once I realized it was an episodic show instead of the "one off" stuff, I was hooked and that was definitely it for Sat. morning fare for me - except to humor my brother till he was a pre-teen and outgrew it himself...
Starblazers and Robotech were my favorite favorite shows back then. Transformers a close second because, well, I love giant robots. Was in "high school" and the Military for the "golden age" of American afterschool programming - X-Men, Animated Adventures of Batman & Superman, etc.
Yes, The Indy channels, before and after school are where I learned my love of anime that continues to this day:
Kimba
Johnny Sokko and Giant Robot
The Amazing 3
Marine Boy
Prince Planet
Speed Racer
Gigantor
Star Blazers
Battle of the Plants
Robotech
Ultraman
I LOVED "Amazing 3" the most back then, rolling around in the "Big Wheel" Would love to see that again some day. Only found a very few Eps and pieces online.
The 70's were practically ruled by 4 production studios: Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (with WB connections), and Sid & Marty Krofft, the last making live-action that felt cartoonish.
I've known most every Saturday morning show named so far (you've named most every H-B cartoon) as well as:
That's a lot! And its just the 70s, not counting the previously named H-B cartoons. Hope I didn't duplicate much.
hey, the 1960ies were even better as when I was a small kid, they didn't even bother trying to 'educate' - it was just ridiculous explosions and action (which I loved as a kid):
In my childhhod Hanna Barbera was running stuff across the 3 big networks (CBS.NBC,ABC) on Saturday mornings like:
Kind of sad that's all going away to be replaced by infomercials and the like.
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I grew up on 70's - 80's Saturday morning cartoons. And also enjoyed after-school stuff as well in the 80's - 90's.
It's a shame really. Part of it is the literal explosion of how more "Children's" entertainment is available now, as well as, broadcast regs (in the US anyways) to make children's entertainment more education-friendly. Not a bad thing, per say, but it did put a crimp on what broadcast TV could air as well.
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Thundarr was my fave. Few other tv shows got cancelled because they were TOO popular.... (Yeah allegedly it got canceled because the execs decided they didn't need any more episodes, and that people would happily watch the ones they made indefinitely)
...the execs decided they didn't need any more episodes, and that people would happily watch the ones they made indefinitely)
It was kind of odd how cartoon shows would make 13 to 26 episodes and then run them year after year after year. Or if you were lucky, they'd make a handful more and intersperse them with the old stuff.
I would wait in front of the TV watching the snow until the programming came on and I would watch endless cartoons from 6:00 am to 12:00 then I would watch old Three Stooges or Flash Gordon movies. The cartoons were Space Ghost, Roger Ramjet, Underdog, Flinstones etc. etc. ...
I would wait in front of the TV watching the snow until the programming came on ...
and depending on how far back you're talking, your broadcast day would start with 15 minutes to half an hour of TV test patterns following that snow. Unless the channel started at 4:30am with farm reports which would put any kid (and a few farmers) back to sleep. During that test pattern, you'd likely be aligning your TV's "rabbit ears" to best pick up your first station's signal. Unless, like our dad, your parent finally broke down and acquired a roof/attic antenna with an electric dial control for better clarity.
Our Saturday Mornings showings would end in one of three ways, all regional:
1. "Monty's Rascals" would take over. It was a bit like the Bozo show WGN in Chicago used to have, with kids packing the TV studio for games, skits, prizes and a bunch of old fun shorts like the Little Rascals (Our Gang), Laurel & Hardy, or old cartoons. It was hosted by Monty, a regional TV & radio presence, and assisted by his goofball sidekick, the loveable fix-it man, Mr. Doohickey.
2. One of the TV stations starting at noon would host Shock Theater, which showed old monster and gothic horror movies like Bride of Dracula. We kept trying to get the parents to let us stay and get freaked out, to varying degrees of success.
3. "Wrasslin'" I had little interest in this. Why an incredibly intelligent man like my father would watch the obviously fake antics of Ric Flair "The Nature Boy" and all his kind is beyond me. Even as a 7-year old, I knew it was ridiculously fake. But anytime the show was broadcast from the regional auditorium, my dad would confiscate the TV, and we'd be forced to watch... or do chores. Some choice. :rolleyes:
I never watched cartoons when I was a kid, I played Halo instead.
Pft, kids today.
Seems like almost everyone here is from the 70s though, little mention of the 80s stuff.
Challenge Of The Superfriends
Transformers
GI Joe
The REAL Ghostbusters (JMS FTW)
TMNT
Beetlejuice (Had a friend who came over for that cause his mom wouldn't let him watch it)
ReBoot (This was for kids???)
Seems like almost everyone here is from the 70s though, little mention of the 80s stuff.
Challenge Of The Superfriends
Transformers
GI Joe
The REAL Ghostbusters (JMS FTW)
TMNT
Beetlejuice (Had a friend who came over for that cause his mom wouldn't let him watch it)
ReBoot (This was for kids???)
Ahem...
I'm late '90s early 2000s and I used to love cartoons, so...
Seems like almost everyone here is from the 70s though, little mention of the 80s stuff.
The REAL Ghostbusters (JMS FTW)
Beetlejuice (Had a friend who came over for that cause his mom wouldn't let him watch it)
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (up to 1 1/2 hours)
Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
Justice League/Superfriends/etc.
The Batman
Pink Panther
Assorted Hanna-Barbera cartoons (Flintstones, Pebbles & Bam Bam, Underdog, Speed Buggy, Grape Ape, Secret Squirrel, The Jetsons, Hong Kong Phooey, Space Ghost, etc.)
Woody Woodpecker (and friends)
Merrie Melodies
Danger Mouse
Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
Thundarr the Barbarian
Tarzan Lord of the Jungle
Jonny Quest
And no doubt many others I'm forgetting at the moment.
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Time for Timer
Schoolhouse Rock! Few kids of the 70s would have trouble with conjunctions after that...
Honestly, I never watched tons of Sat. morning cartoons - usually playing, etc. then...
What "corrupted" me, though, was the "after school fare" on the independent networks back then - used to love Battle of the Planets - then, one day, "watching" one of those 70s TVs that took forever to warm up a picture tube but gave sound from minute one, and hearing the name "Zordar" from BotP, I said "leave this channel, it's my bird show", mom left the room, brother was somewhat complaining that he didn't get the call, I pulled TV rights, and up came Starblazers. Once I realized it was an episodic show instead of the "one off" stuff, I was hooked and that was definitely it for Sat. morning fare for me - except to humor my brother till he was a pre-teen and outgrew it himself...
Starblazers and Robotech were my favorite favorite shows back then. Transformers a close second because, well, I love giant robots. Was in "high school" and the Military for the "golden age" of American afterschool programming - X-Men, Animated Adventures of Batman & Superman, etc.
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(Except that I'm pretty sure that Sid and Marty actually were Puffin' Stuff while making that show, whereas YGG! is the brainchild of a straight-edge Mormon who's never even had coffee.)
I wasnt so keen when they went onto filmed shows like round the twist etc as animations were so much better in my view.
Still waiting to be able to use forum titles
There's been a lot of chatter in the years since that HRP is full of subtle 60s/70s drug & pot culture references. Subtle enough that it is still argued over today.
I for one hope to one day find Kling & Klang figurines or plushies, just for the kicks. (Along with Banana Splits plushies).
Hmm...Kling & Klang...I'm thinking Klingon mash-up?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fALC5EZCXn0
I am old enough to have watched a few episodes of Johnny Quest before that got shoved off.
This is a sad event to live through.
It's cute that I have gotten my 3 yr old to watch Bob the Builder and stuff on Saturdays ... but it's just not the same.
Yes, The Indy channels, before and after school are where I learned my love of anime that continues to this day:
Kimba
Johnny Sokko and Giant Robot
The Amazing 3
Marine Boy
Prince Planet
Speed Racer
Gigantor
Star Blazers
Battle of the Plants
Robotech
Ultraman
I LOVED "Amazing 3" the most back then, rolling around in the "Big Wheel" Would love to see that again some day. Only found a very few Eps and pieces online.
Did you mean Bionic Six? Yep, I remember that and Pole Position. Both had catchy theme songs.
Speaking of catchy Saturday morning tunes, I've posted it in months past but the best one for me was The Galaxy Rangers.
zomg - The Galaxy Rangers! I started buying the DvDs before they hit Hulu. Man, THAT was a fun show.
my fav was Fat albert and the cosby kids
good times dead before thier times how sad kids today miss the fun we had back in the day
Bugs Bunny and RoadRunner
3 stooges
Flash Gordon (original B&W)
Lone Ranger
The Cisco Kid
...it all started to go downhill when ABC 'retired' kid rock (not the singer).
Ahhh, memories
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Now shaddup about the queues, it's a BUG
hey, the 1960ies were even better as when I was a small kid, they didn't even bother trying to 'educate' - it was just ridiculous explosions and action (which I loved as a kid):
In my childhhod Hanna Barbera was running stuff across the 3 big networks (CBS.NBC,ABC) on Saturday mornings like:
Space Ghost (link)
The Herculoids (link)
Mightor (link)
Young Samson (link)
Birdman (link)
The Fantastic Four (link) <--- And Hanna Barbera actually did some direct comic book to cartoon episodes from Marvel Comics back in the day.
^^^
Yep, zero educational value; but fun when I was a kid.
Kind of sad that's all going away to be replaced by infomercials and the like.
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I grew up on 70's - 80's Saturday morning cartoons. And also enjoyed after-school stuff as well in the 80's - 90's.
It's a shame really. Part of it is the literal explosion of how more "Children's" entertainment is available now, as well as, broadcast regs (in the US anyways) to make children's entertainment more education-friendly. Not a bad thing, per say, but it did put a crimp on what broadcast TV could air as well.
Thank you for the time...
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It was kind of odd how cartoon shows would make 13 to 26 episodes and then run them year after year after year. Or if you were lucky, they'd make a handful more and intersperse them with the old stuff.
and depending on how far back you're talking, your broadcast day would start with 15 minutes to half an hour of TV test patterns following that snow. Unless the channel started at 4:30am with farm reports which would put any kid (and a few farmers) back to sleep. During that test pattern, you'd likely be aligning your TV's "rabbit ears" to best pick up your first station's signal. Unless, like our dad, your parent finally broke down and acquired a roof/attic antenna with an electric dial control for better clarity.
Our Saturday Mornings showings would end in one of three ways, all regional:
1. "Monty's Rascals" would take over. It was a bit like the Bozo show WGN in Chicago used to have, with kids packing the TV studio for games, skits, prizes and a bunch of old fun shorts like the Little Rascals (Our Gang), Laurel & Hardy, or old cartoons. It was hosted by Monty, a regional TV & radio presence, and assisted by his goofball sidekick, the loveable fix-it man, Mr. Doohickey.
2. One of the TV stations starting at noon would host Shock Theater, which showed old monster and gothic horror movies like Bride of Dracula. We kept trying to get the parents to let us stay and get freaked out, to varying degrees of success.
3. "Wrasslin'" I had little interest in this. Why an incredibly intelligent man like my father would watch the obviously fake antics of Ric Flair "The Nature Boy" and all his kind is beyond me. Even as a 7-year old, I knew it was ridiculously fake. But anytime the show was broadcast from the regional auditorium, my dad would confiscate the TV, and we'd be forced to watch... or do chores. Some choice. :rolleyes:
Pft, kids today.
Seems like almost everyone here is from the 70s though, little mention of the 80s stuff.
Challenge Of The Superfriends
Transformers
GI Joe
The REAL Ghostbusters (JMS FTW)
TMNT
Beetlejuice (Had a friend who came over for that cause his mom wouldn't let him watch it)
ReBoot (This was for kids???)
Ahem...
I'm late '90s early 2000s and I used to love cartoons, so...
Trials of Blood and Fire
Moving On Parts 1-3 - Part 4
In Cold Blood
Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (up to 1 1/2 hours)
Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
Justice League/Superfriends/etc.
The Batman
Pink Panther
Assorted Hanna-Barbera cartoons (Flintstones, Pebbles & Bam Bam, Underdog, Speed Buggy, Grape Ape, Secret Squirrel, The Jetsons, Hong Kong Phooey, Space Ghost, etc.)
Woody Woodpecker (and friends)
Merrie Melodies
Danger Mouse
Rocky & Bullwinkle Show
Thundarr the Barbarian
Tarzan Lord of the Jungle
Jonny Quest
And no doubt many others I'm forgetting at the moment.
In the 80's we both played video games and watched the tie-in cartoons.
EDIT - From Youtube - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN1LC2s4P-w