Saturday Morning Kid Shows you used to watch?

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

Me:

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
Wonderama with Bob McAllister
H.R. Puffenstuff (?sp?)

I don't even remember what happened on 'Wonderama'. Just that I HAD to watch it. I remember the picture tube on our old TV took a while to get going.

HEY HEY HEY!

[CelticWinter]

1. I remember those too

and scooby doo, josie and the pussycats, johnny quest, banana splits... cant remember the other :)

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

2. I remember Johnny Quest and Banana Splits as being a weekday,

come home from school thing, like Speed Racer and Ultraman.

Yeah I liked Scooby too, even if it always had the same plot, where there was both a "scam" ghost and a REAL ghost.

[Pystoff]

3. I was a Warner Bros. fan

Most of the Hannah Barbara stuff made me wanna yak. Fat Albert was annoying and redundant after awhile.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

7. Hey Hey Hey! Smokin' ain't cool!

[Pystoff]

32. Sure it is

Just depends what you intend on lighting up hehehehe.

[liberalitch]

Monsters are SUCH INteresting peeeople!!!!

[Pystoff]

36. Hahaha

Sweet figures there....and scaryass monster at the bottom yeesh LOL.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

42. Never send a monster to do an evil scientist's work.

Was that the cartoon where they were chasing bugs in slo-mo at the end? "Come back, lit-tle rab-bit...." I wish I knew the name of the monster and evil scientist, and that cartoon.

Are the WB greats compiled on DVD?

[yellowdogintexas]

47. yes. How 's the wife, and the doggies.???nt

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

50. They're doing great! Thanks for asking!

[liberalitch]

51. I have no idea..... but I will say that it was quite a jab at the...

complacent nature of 1938 american society as dictators came to power in europe.... Remember there was an America First Committee

[Kazak]

4. Na, na, na, gonna have a good time!!

Of course it was all about the Loony Toons. Then later I remember the Ghostbusters and Dungeons & Dragons.

[redwitch]

5. before your time....

beany and cecil,
sally starr (phila area only, I think)
sky king,
billy bang bang and his brother butch (really. I'm not kidding!)

beany and cecil was my absolute favorite!

[stlsaxman]

21. heard about the Beanie and Cecil Movie?

Mike Keneally is doing the soundtrack...

and that is ALL i know about it.

[yellowdogintexas]

48. DAMN can't believe that. That could be fun.

or a mess, depending. I'm just sayin'

[redwitch]

59. count me in!

I was definitely Cecil's biggest fan!

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

6. Fat Albert and Pufnstuf

Also remember the Osmonds and Jackson 5 shows. Watched Kukla, Fran and Ollie in the afternoons.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. One bad apple don't spoil the whole bunch o' girls!

I remember the Osmond/Jackson 5 shows. My sister used to have Osmond albums when we were kids. That was before she got into Steely Dan and the Grateful Dead. Her "Tiger Beat" phase.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

13. I was desperately in love with Donny

But loved Jay and Merrill before that. I had a little yellow record player and spent countless hours on my bedroom floor listening to their albums and singing along. Ah, the memories.

[yellowdogintexas]

34. Depose. I am older than you and I remember when Kukla, Fran

and Ollie went off the air.
Were you lucky enough to get reruns of KFO??? I loved that little show. It was on TV when I was like 6, 7, 8 or so. middle 1950's.

just wonderin' or were you doing some time traveling?

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

41. Maybe they were reruns

I was born in 1962 and don't BELIEVE I've done any time traveling. I do remember watching it, though! I remember hating Kukla!

[yellowdogintexas]

45. but didn't you just love Ollie the Dragon? I did. NT

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

56. Yes, I did love Ollie!

[nine23]

8. Pee Wee's Playhouse.

Only I was in my late twenties, and we were still, um..."up" from the night before.

[peekaloo]

14. same here.

;-)

usually while sharing a bowl of non-cornflakes.

[DemGirl7]

38. I used to just love Pee Wee's Playhouse

I watched it like every week, and I even used to collect the toys.

[napi21]

9. I'm not sure I have the courage to tell you what I watched every Sat. AM!

Hmmmmm...

Hopalong Cassidy
The Lone Ranger
Rin-Tin-Tin
Lassie
Zorro
Captain Video
Fury
The Cisco Kid



Oh hell, my brain's tired. I don't remember them all.

[49jim]

28. I watched those too..

in the 50's....you're showing your age.

[yellowdogintexas]

40. those were the good ones!!

Soupy Sales
Sergeant Preston

Who remembers the show about the Foreign Legion soldier and the little boy ...it had Buster Crabbe in it?

Also: Robin Hood with Richard Greene and Sir Lancelot, both British imports.

Oh Yeah Ramar of the Jungle!!!!!! although I think it was on in the evenings sometimes.

Andy Devine.."Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy"

Rootie Kazootie
Howdy Doody
Winkie Dink
Jerry Mahoney and Knucklehead Smith

and add me to the list of Warner Brothers cartoon worshippers.

[napi21]

49. Hey! Glad to see I'm not the only Elder here!

Yea, I remember Plunk your magic twanger, Groggie, and Howdy Dootie was the first show I remember seeing on TV. there was only one chanel...Dumont. I watched that when I came homw from school in first grade.

Ya know, they don't have any reruns of Howdy Dooty, but sometimes I do see a rerun of Zorro, Sky King, and the Lone Ranger. They look sooo fake now, huh?

[flamingyouth]

11. Hong Kong Phooey

In retrospect, really politically incorrect, but I loved it as a little kid.

[ixion]

18. that's the one I was going to mention

[SlavesandBulldozers]

12. Dungeons and Dragons

great cartoon.

Spider-Man, another great cartoon.
Smurfs.

[Chovexani]

15. I'm an 80s child

We had some awesome cartoons back then even if they were 30 minute toy ads.

I loved Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Captain N, Thundercats, He-Man and She-Ra, and of course Transformers. But my absolute favorite was Jem. I was freaking obsessed with that show, had all the dolls, etc. To this day I can hum all the songs. I blame it for sowing the seeds of my anime fixation.

I've also fallen in love with it all over again thanks to the DVDs. Those sets were put together with more love than a lot of live action shows. The last few episodes are still in limbo though, because of a rights issue...hopefully Sony Wonder (who got them when Rhino dropped the ball) will release the rest soon. I want clear copies of the Stingers eps!

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

16. Re your sig: I've noticed there are 'In Living Color' DVD's now!

I must have!

[Chovexani]

20. I have them!

Even though a skit here and there has been cut out, I give them two snaps up.

[RubyDuby in GA]

75. Jem...Jem is excitement...ooo-ooo-ooo-ooo

Jem...Jem is adventure.
glamour and glitter....fashion and fame....Jem is my name. Jem!


Okay, I know that's not all of it, but I totally rocked out to that cartoon too.

[RummyTheDummy]

17. Land of the Lost

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

23. Actually I had a crush on that little girl back then. Now I'm remembering

THAT show.

[stlsaxman]

19. The Impossibles, Space Ghost...

Bugs Bunny Show-

"Overture, Curtain- Lights-
This is it- the night of nights!
No more rehearsing or nursing of parts-
we know every part by heart!
Overture, Curtain- Lights-
this is it- we'll hit the heights!
and oh what heights we'll hit-
On with the show- this is it!"

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

26. Loved that theme music, and the buck and wing vaudeville dance.

[peace frog]

22. Step right up and show your age...

Sky King

The "old" Lassie with Tommy Rettig

My Friend Flicka

Sargeant Preston of the Yukon

Fury

Any and all of the old Warner Bros cartoons: That big dumb dog Willoughby ("Which way did he go, George? Which way did he go?"), Foghorn Leghorn, of course Bugs, Daffy, Elmer Fudd, Porky Pig

Soupy Sales

I couldn't stand Woody Woodpecker

All the old Hanna Barbera cartoons: Huckleberry Hound, Quickdraw McGraw, Yogi Bear and Boo Boo, and of course The Flintstones

Yikes, I'd better stop there, LOL...

[liberalitch]

24. HR puff n stuff

..... Anything warner bros..... Wilely Coyote still makes me hysterical

[mac56]

25. Shari Lewis

Pip the Piper
Fireball XL-5
The Beatles cartoon
Beany and Cecil
and who else remembers Cool McCool?

[JimmyJazz]

27. Puff 'n Stuff for sure!

:D

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

35. Do you think Sid and Marty Kroft were into some serious, Cheech and Chong

style hallucinogenic activities?

[WCGreen]

64. EVen with out drugs that stuff was weird

HR Puff n Stuff
Who's you freinds when things get rough


Also, double decker london bus....

And the Beatles cartoon

Cause they had a live clip of And Your Bird Can Sing at the end....

[Ready4Change]

29. Johny Quest.

Unlike todays unrealistic "military" animated shows, people would DIE on Johny Quest. Screaming, throw your arms in front of your face as the speed boat slams down and smashes away your evil little minion life DIE.

I think it was in the 80's that I noticed that these cartoons like GI-Joe, with guys firing guns and explosives etc... that no one, and I mean NO ONE would die. There'd be a gigantic explosion and the big bad guy would crawl out and get hauled off to jail.

If you're going to have guns, make them realistic so when Bobby plays soldier he'll know he shouldn't be pointing the thing at his squadmates, at least.

:eyes:

[Felix Mala]

70. The best thing about JQ, it's still great today!!!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. You're youngsters, all of you!

How about

Tom Terrific ("When there is trouble, I'm there on the double...")
Winky Dink ("Winky Dink and you, Winky Dink and me...")
Mighty Mouse ("Here I come to save the day--that means that Mighty Mouse is on the way")
Sky King ("Out of the blue of the Western sky comes Sky King...")
Fury ("the story of a horse and the boy who loved him")
Leonardo Lion ("king of Bongo Congo")
Andy's Gang ("I've got a gang, you've got a gang, everybody's gotta have a gang...")
Circus Boy

All classics of the 1950s!

[yellowdogintexas]

44. How could I have forgotten Mighty Mouse !!!!!!!

Tom Terrific was on Captain Kangaroo I think.

[peace frog]

46. Circus Boy, how could I forget!

That was a young (future Monkee) Micky Dolenz (nee Braddock) in the role of Corky. Thanks for the memories!

[MN ChimpH8R]

65. I remember King Leonardo!

Coolest thing about the show was Odie Cologne, the skunk Prime Minister who (I later found out) sounded just like Ronald Colman.

Mighty Mouse is another ur-memory. I must have been two or three.

[peace frog]

72. OMG it's all coming back...

... Biggie Rat and Itchy Brother... YIKES, I'm too old! LOL

[MN ChimpH8R]

74. Now listen here, this is Biggie talkin', see.. nt

[ignatius 2]

31. Jon Nagey Learn to Draw..I personally couldn't and still can't draw

worth a shit, but I sure enjoyed pretending along with Jon.

[XemaSab]

33. 80's! wooooo!

Don't remember which shows were saturday morning and which were after school entirely...

Thundercats, Voltron, Transformers, Smurfs, Scooby Doo...

Good times.

[RubyDuby in GA]

76. Volton was the bomb!

Lions - not cars! :)

[benny05]

37. Guess I'm older than some of you

Archie
The Jetsons
Flintstones
Scooby-Doo (not one of my favs)
Fat Albert
Fran & Ollie

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

61. Fran & Ollie?

Where the hell is Kukla?

[benny05]

66. Thanks, I couldn't think how to spell Kukla n/t

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

69. A series that would never make it today...

Cultured and enlightening. And nary a ninja turtle in sight.

[I Know How To Do it]

39. Johnny Socko and his Flying Robot! Gigantor. Fireball XL5

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. The Shmoo!!!

:bounce:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

52. Sky King, Fury, Shari Lewis and Lambchop, King Leonardo & The

Tennessee Tuxedo Show, Mark Wilson's Magical Land Of Alakazam (with magician's assistant Nani Darnell who was hot, hot, hot) to name just a few.

[TroubleMan]

53. Star Blazers, Spiderman & His Amazing Friends, Transformers, Herculoids,

Thundarr The Barbarian
Space Ghost
Superfriends
Dungeons & Dragons
Tranzor Z
Thundercats
Masters Of The Universe
Voltron (the cat one and the vehicle one)

Also, I'd try to get up early to watch the Iron Man cartoons (they were from the 60's, but in the late 70's/early 80's one station still showed them)....you know the one where the theme song went:

"Tony Stark makes ya' feel, he's the cool exec with a heart of steel"

[ChoralScholar]

54. Pac-Man!!!

All I remember is he would eat a magic pellet and say:

"P-P-P-P-PAC POWER!!!!!"

[cmf]

55. I loved Fat Albert!

My favorite saturday morning show when I was little was Captain Kangaroo. When I stayed at my grandmothers with my cousins, they always made me watch Super Friends, and I grew to like it (even though I preferred "baby" cartoons). I also loved Captain Caveman.

[Love Bug]

77. I met Bob Keeshan "Captian Kangaroo" at a book signing once

A few years ago I visited my local Barnes and Noble and guess who what there signing his book: Bob Keeshan! All of us baby boomers were standing around all agog basking in the aura of the Captain!

What a sweet man he was. He always pushed to improve children's TV programming.

[Clintmax]

57. Shazam!, Isis, Ark II, Space Academy, Jason Of Star Command

Tarzan, Lord Of The Apes
Land Of The Lost

My favorite of ALL of these was Shazam! Seeing Billy yell Shazam and then turn into Captain Marvel and fly off was so exciting to me! Ark II was another favorite.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

58. Muppet Babies

[Dora]

60. Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

[Tracyjo]

62. The beginning of Waldo Kitty was cool

I remember Wonderama.

[MN ChimpH8R]

63. First cartoon I remember is Beany & Cecil

I loved anything Warner Bros. (especially Bugs and Wile E.) and didn't care much for Hanna-Barbera except for the Flintstones. The animation looked so cheesy after prolonged exposure to Bugs, Daffy & Co. Adored all the old Popeye cartoons but hated the cheap early 1960s versions.

Loved Rocky and Bullwinkle (still do) and all the other Jay Ward cartoons because they were so smart. For some reason I also liked Herman & Katnip even though they were the sickest, most sadistic cat/mouse cartoons ever made - think Itchy and Scratchy squared.

I guess a lot of this stuff was on local kids TV shows after school, but on Saturday mornings it was always Bugs and company.

And though not animated, the Three Stooges and Laurel & Hardy were dear to my heart.

[Rising Phoenix]

67. Saved by the Bell

[Shell Beau]

68. Smurfs, Looney Tunes, Saved by the Bell,

The Littles, Jabber Jaws, Alvin and the Chipmunks, etc. I could go on forever.

[Clintmax]

73. In the early 80's, Loony Toons was on for entire hour...

every Saturday morning! I loved to sit, eat my Cap'n Crunch and watch Bugs and the gang and laugh my ass off!

[WeRQ4U]

71. Shirttails, Trollkins, Superfriends, Fat Albert, Bugs Bunny, Muppet Babies

Saved by the Bell, Smurfs, Spaceghost, Captain "N" the Gamemaster, Ghostbusters, Hanna-Barbera, etc. I could go on and on and on.

[TX-RAT]

78. Our Gang

Lone Ranger
Roy Rogers

[Taverner]

79. All Sid and Marty Krofft shows

HR Pufnstuf, Dr Shrinker, Sigmund the Sea Monster...et al

[NaturalHigh]

80. Superfriends...

of course. Oh, and I was pretty big on Space Academy too.