In 1984 I was 23 and i was so having sex and stuff.
St. Germain, you spell it however you want but I can almost guarantee that when they see “Toon Town”, more people will think “Roger Rabbit” than “nashville”.
You can still watch cartoons when you’re a sexy grownup. I watch Batman nowdays, and TMNT isn’t bad. I can watch The Emperor’s New School, but it’s sort of preachy.
some shows I remember watching, not because they were necessarily good, were Meatballs and Spaghetti and **Pryor’s Place **(Richard Pryor’s show). I also liked most of what’s already been mentioned–especially Land of the Lost, and I was particularly fond of a cartoon called **Blackstar **(about a guy named John Blackstar who got sucked into a black hole. Or something). When we got our first VCR I was thrilled at the prospect of taping that show when we had to visit relatives on the weekend.
I did! But I first saw him on One Day at a Time when I was a kid playing Julie’s husband Max, and I remember exclaiming to my mom “Hey! It’s Captain Kool!”
See my post #46. I loved Elektra Woman & Dyna Girl!
**Smurfs
Looney Tunes
Underdog
Snorks
Danger Mouse
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Herculoids
Mightor (caveman superhero with an enchanted club)
Space Ghost…
and many others!
Basically, any cartoon with comic book superheroes, I was going to watch. There were various incarnations of “Superman/Batman Action Hour” in the mid and late 1960s that I enjoyed.
I was disappointed in the Super Friends because it wasn’t violent enough! It just seemed kind of lame to me, even though I did enjoy seeing my favorite comic book characters in cartoon form. The on-screen adventures lacked the excitement of the actual comics!
I must admit, thinking about these old cartoons reminds me that my odd sexual fetish (“superheroines-in-peril”) was activated at a very early age. I felt certain “stirrings” whenever any attractively-drawn female was present in these cartoons, which became much more insistent as they were KOed or put into peril/bondage of any sort. Paraphilias are weird!
Check out post #9 in this thread. I listed Kidd Video among others. Remember the little fairie/pixie girl on the Flipside who got superpowers when she sneezed? Here’s the intro song–probably the best part of the show!
(singing) “…from my video, to my radio.”
I mentioned Godzilla, Godzuki, and Dyna-Girl in posts #31 and #9.
Dude, I feel totally invisible. I need validation.
RECOGNIZE ME! :o
Josie and the Pussycats
Magilla Gorilla (and all of his friends)
Little Rascals-- not a cartoon but if people can mention Land of the Lost and Isis and Shazam! Also, I know they were originally called Our Gang but when I saw them on TV, they were The Little Rascals.
The Archies
Underdog
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse
Oh, how could I have forgotten this? Catch the pigeon! Catch the pigeon! Grab him, jab him, nab him, stab him-- catch that pigeon now!!!
Those were all short episodes randomly run during the show, Saturday Supercade. I don’t remember if Space Ace was part of that, or if it was its own series. Pac-Man had his own series (As I recall, they created a supervillian called “The Ghostmaster” to give it more plot).
I remember a show called Turbo Teen involving a high school kid who got fused with his car and would turn into the car whenever he encountered something hot, turning human again when he encountered something cold.
I also fondly remember Galaxy High and Captain N: The Game Master, but I think those may fall under “late '80s.”
Dungeons and Dragons
Looney Tunes
Galaxy High
Punky Brewster (I had all the discerning taste one would expect of an eight year old)
Muppet Babies
Schoolhouse Rock
There was also some program that would come on where they would show half-hour animated adaptations of kids/YA books. CBS Storybook Special or something along those lines. I friggin’ loved that show. It lead me to the books of Jane Yolen, Clare Bell, and Bruce Coville. I’ve probably forgotten more than a few others, but those are the writers that stand out. ABC had a similar show hosted by a very annoying cat, but I never liked the stories they chose as much.
I rarely started at early. I usually tuned in after 7:30 or so. I watched quite a few shows but the one constant through the years were the various incarnations of the old Warner Brothers cartoons that aired either on ABC or CBS.
What time did Soul Train usually come on? I lived in some very white bread cities growing up so I never had the experience of seeing the animated train logo and hearing the opening strains of TSOF and knowing my Saturday cartoon watching had come to another end. For me, the ending signal was when college football or basketball games came on around 11.
Sigmund the sea monster
Far out space nuts
nuff said.
The Sid and Marty Kroft shows were all somehow brilliantly horrible. A few years ago, I recorded a marathon of them on Nickelodeon and ended up watching them on a Thanksgiving night with my brother, sister-in-law, and mom. Stupefied with turkey and stuffing, we must have watched for three hours including eps of Puff N Stuff, Lidsville, Land of the Lost, Sigmund, and for some reason, the Brady Kids at the Hollywood Bowl, when a song sequence from the Bugaloos sent us all into a giggle fit that nearly killed us all. Good times!
I loved the Wacky Races.
Don’t forget Pole Position.
Or do, if you like. It sucked.
It was actually called The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan. The detective in question was never specifically identified as Charlie Chan, though that was clearly who it was intended to be.
You’re thinking of Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines, not Laff-A-Lympics.
Sounds like Kid Power, which was based on the Wee Pals comic strip.