# For Dopers who were kids in the 70s/early 80s: your Saturday morning dreamteam? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 10, 2008, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876 "2008-09-10T00:36:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Momofgirls](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/momofgirls/32/21798_2.png) [@Momofgirls](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Momofgirls)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/101 "2008-09-11T04:54:57Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > You’re thinking of _Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines_, not _Laff-A-Lympics_. I knew Laff-A-Lympics wasn’t the right show, but I thought it was Wacky Races. But I think Dastardly and Muttley and Penelope Pitstop also had their own show. All those shows kind of run together in my mind, these 30-something years later. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/102 "2008-09-11T05:04:22Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > I loved the Wacky Races. I had a crush on Penelope. She had her own spinoff, **The Perils of Penelope Pitstop**. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 10:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/103 "2008-09-11T10:00:59Z")
> [@Momofgirls](#): > > I knew Laff-A-Lympics wasn’t the right show, but I thought it was Wacky Races. But I think Dastardly and Muttley and Penelope Pitstop also had their own show. All those shows kind of run together in my mind, these 30-something years later. 🙂 Yeup, this is true. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/104 "2008-09-11T11:43:34Z")
I also loved any super-heros. Among them **Super-President** , which wins the award for weirdist super-hero concept. **The Galaxy Trio** , a kind of low-rent mix of Space Ghost and the Fantastic Four. **Tangent** , I hope you haven’t mentioned these yet, I do so want to not invalidate you. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/105 "2008-09-11T12:22:28Z")
Cable started carrying _Star Blazers_, _Battle Of The Planets_, & _Robotech._ > [@](#): > > Why did Anime beat American Animation? Well, Anime had cute schoolgirls piloting giant robots & wielding world-cleaving daiclaves. > America had a bunny. And a mouse. > > No contest. I liked _Land Of The Lost_, though. Better written. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/106 "2008-09-11T12:59:30Z")
> [@Momofgirls](#): > > I knew Laff-A-Lympics wasn’t the right show, but I thought it was Wacky Races. But I think Dastardly and Muttley and Penelope Pitstop also had their own show. All those shows kind of run together in my mind, these 30-something years later. 🙂 Now I understand your confusion. Penelope Pitstop did have her own spinoff show, as did Dastardly and Muttley. You may have thought about Laff-A-Lympics because the lead villian and his dog (The Dread Baron and Mumbly) bore an unmistakeable similarity to Dastardly and Muttley. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/107 "2008-09-11T14:31:14Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > Now I understand your confusion. Penelope Pitstop did have her own spinoff show, as did Dastardly and Muttley. > > You may have thought about Laff-A-Lympics because the lead villian and his dog (The Dread Baron and Mumbly) bore an unmistakeable similarity to Dastardly and Muttley. I thought Wacky Races was just a video game, but it was a show: [Wacky Races - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacky_Races) ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/108 "2008-09-11T15:59:21Z")
Many of mine were already mentioned, but I have to give a shout out to [Hilarious House of Frightenstein](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frightenstein). I was creeped out and entertained at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Icerigger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icerigger/32/432_2.png) [@Icerigger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icerigger)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/109 "2008-09-11T16:03:05Z")
I have very dim memories of a cartoon about a group of people in an Airship being chased about by some villianous element. Does anyone remember anything like this? This is from the 60’s as an airplane nut I was overcome by Sky Hawks, nothing but stories and adventures featuring airplanes and flying. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/110 "2008-09-11T16:42:18Z")
_Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show_–#1 always and forever! _Wacky Races_–I actually used to keep track of who won the races! _Dastardly and Muttley_ _Banana Splits_–I loooooved me some **Arabian Knights**!!! Plus, it’s currently being rerun on the Boomerang channel! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/111 "2008-09-11T19:38:41Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > \*…_Banana Splits_–I loooooved me some **Arabian Knights**!!! Plus, it’s currently being rerun on the Boomerang channel! _“Size of a rhinoserous!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/112 "2008-09-11T20:00:39Z")
> [@Dante](#): > > Many of mine were already mentioned, but I have to give a shout out to [Hilarious House of Frightenstein](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frightenstein). I was creeped out and entertained at the same time. Oh my God!! I completely forgot that ever existed. Suddenly it all comes rushing back to me - the wolfman DJ, the ugly witch cook, the Frankenstein monster that never animated, Super-hippie. AHHH! the horror! The horror! ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/113 "2008-09-11T21:47:01Z")
Rocky and Bulwinkle and Friends usually came on first where I lived. Most of the other shows I watched have been named. The morning usually ended on a high note with THe Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show. Some others: Garfield and Friends (might have been early 90s) Go-Bots Tranformers Grape Ape Alivin and the Chipmunks Heathcliff The Real Ghostbusters ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/114 "2008-09-11T21:52:21Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > You may have thought about Laff-A-Lympics because the lead villian and his dog (The Dread Baron and Mumbly) bore an unmistakeable similarity to Dastardly and Muttley. This was for legal reasons, as Heather-Quigley Productions co-owned the rights to Dastardly and Muttley, so Hanna-Barbera had to create similar, but legally different, characters. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/115 "2008-09-11T22:33:37Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > I have very dim memories of a cartoon about a group of people in an Airship being chased about by some villianous element. Does anyone remember anything like this? Sounds like the _Around the World in 79 Days_ segments from _Cattanooga Cats_. And no, I never actually watched the show. I just happened to have read about it one day, and I caught a glimpse of the show on _Boomerang_ last year. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/116 "2008-09-11T22:42:16Z")
> [@SmellMyWort](#): > > The Real Ghostbusters That one was from the late 1980s. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/117 "2008-09-11T23:05:59Z")
> [@BMalion](#): > > **Tangent** , I hope you haven’t mentioned these yet, I do so want to not invalidate you. Nope, you’re good. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2008, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/118 "2008-09-11T23:16:59Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > **Far out space nuts** I remember the first time I saw that and I couldn’t understand why Gilligan was in space. (I was very young) And **The Lost Saucer** blew my mind. Gomer Pyle had become an android flying a spaceship. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/119 "2008-09-12T01:15:51Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > That one was from the late 1980s. There was a live-action “Ghost Busters” in the 1970’s, before the movie came out. I seem to be the only one that remembers it, but the Internet has confirmed it existed: [The Ghost Busters - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Busters) I can still remember the tune and parts of the theme song. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876/120 "2008-09-12T01:35:26Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > There was a live-action “Ghost Busters” in the 1970’s, before the movie came out. I seem to be the only one that remembers it, but the Internet has confirmed it existed: [The Ghost Busters - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Busters) > > I can still remember the tune and parts of the theme song. I remember it, it had the pair from F-Troop and a gorilla that was a guy in a gorilla suit. I think it was by the same people that did the Far out Space Nuts, they were just recycling hasbeens from the 60s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-dopers-who-were-kids-in-the-70s-early-80s-your-saturday-morning-dreamteam/462876.md?page=7)