# Help me remember this '70s(?) cartoon.

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**Created:** [November 4, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848 "2012-11-04T13:38:09Z")\
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**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:** [November 4, 2012, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848/1 "2012-11-04T13:38:09Z")

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At least, I think it was the '70s since I was so young when I watched it. It was superheros living together but it wasn’t superhero-y, it was funny. There was a baby who flung his bottle and a crazy one, Birdman I think, but not the Birdman from a more recent cartoon. This one was a cuckoo bird man. He used to say, “Coo Coo! Coo Coo”

There may have been one or two others. Does this ring a bell with anyone?

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848/2 "2012-11-04T13:41:51Z")

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> **[The Mighty Heroes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mighty_Heroes)**
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> The Mighty Heroes is a Saturday morning animated television series created by Ralph Bakshi for the Terrytoons company. The original show debuted on CBS, on October 29, 1966, and ran for one season with 21 episodes.
> The stories took place in Good Haven, a fictitious city that was continually beset by various supervillains. When trouble occurred, the city launched a massive fireworks display to summon a quintet of high-flying superheroes into action—Strong Man, Rope Man, Tornado Man, Cuckoo Man a...

I loved this and still have a copy on VHS…though nothing to play it on. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848/3 "2012-11-04T13:47:18Z")

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[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/72rYHuWidSM/hqdefault.jpg "The Mighty Heroes - theme") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rYHuWidSM)

Oh man, the memories. Dig that hyper-intense classic Ralph Bakshi artistry on the intro, and the propulsive music!

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**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:** [November 4, 2012, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848/4 "2012-11-04T13:48:17Z")

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That was fast!

Only one season in '66? I must have seen it on reruns.

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**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848/5 "2012-11-04T13:53:10Z")

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Yes, it would have been early to mid 70s that I saw it, syndicated on Dallas TV.

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**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:** [November 4, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848/6 "2012-11-04T16:47:55Z")

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Holy cow! I remember that, too, though I probably haven’t thought about it in 30 years.

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**Post date:** [November 4, 2012, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-remember-this-70s-cartoon/639848/7 "2012-11-04T22:56:30Z")

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rYHuWidSM&sns=em](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rYHuWidSM&sns=em)
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> Oh man, the memories.

Well now. They may have over-emphasised the American iconography there a tad.