# Name that television cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** cartoons-animation\ **Created:** [April 25, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549 "2026-04-25T14:42:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/1 "2026-04-25T14:42:45Z")
I was watching Otherworlds TV on Roku this morning and this blast from the past occurred. The cartoons were about 3 1/2 minutes long and in color, and there were about 100 of them in total. A single story consisted of 10 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/2 "2026-04-25T15:15:15Z")
Clue #A: Syndicated cartoon. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/3 "2026-04-25T15:16:54Z")
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/4 "2026-04-25T15:18:27Z")
Beyond the fact that it was a syndicated cartoon…no. This one ran for about a year, and was in color. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/5 "2026-04-25T15:28:03Z")
Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse? Underdog? Grape Ape? Speed Buggy? Hong Kong Phooey? A lot of possibilities based on the description. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/6 "2026-04-25T15:29:45Z")
I don’t think any of them are possibilities based on the description in the OP and the clues given afterward. Another clew for yew: 1960-1961. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/7 "2026-04-25T15:32:32Z")
Mr. Magoo? ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/8 "2026-04-25T15:34:41Z")
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/9 "2026-04-25T15:35:42Z")
The cartoons were about 3 1/2 minutes long and in color, and there were about 100 of them in total. A single story consisted of 10 episodes. It ran for a year from 1960 to 1961. It was in color. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/10 "2026-04-25T15:40:36Z")
King Leonardo was an NBC cartoon, and didn’t consist of ten 31/2 minute segments making up each story. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/11 "2026-04-25T15:41:53Z")
Yeah, I was just trying to remember by year. Tom Terrific had episodes, but only five to a story, and I’m thinking he was earlier than 1960. I’ll keep thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/12 "2026-04-25T15:43:16Z")
Courageous Cat and Mr Magoo (the TV series) come very close to all of those criteria. As much as I am a cartoon afficionado, you are clearly looking for something more obscure. I concede. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/13 "2026-04-25T15:44:30Z")
Was it shown on Garfield Goose? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/14 "2026-04-25T15:48:24Z")
Neither one of those featured 10-part continued stories, or ran for just one year, I don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/15 "2026-04-25T15:49:01Z")
Not that I know of. Mine had 10 10-part stories for a total of 100 episodes. ---
**Author:** ![Thumper668](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thumper668/32/20803_2.png) [@Thumper668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thumper668)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/16 "2026-04-25T15:53:16Z")
Mr. Magoo (the TV series) had 130 episodes and ran from 1960-61. Courageous Cat had 92 episodes and ran from 1960-62. I watched them both in syndication as a child, but have no idea if they were serialized. ---
**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:** [April 25, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/17 "2026-04-25T15:54:11Z")
Hmm, Tintin ran for too long, though the era is about right. This is tough! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/18 "2026-04-25T15:56:32Z")
I Googled it, and probably found it. I don’t remember ever seeing it or hearing about it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/19 "2026-04-25T15:57:14Z")
Very obscure Wiki clue…unless you understand the language. “In Japan, it was dubbed into Japanese and broadcast on Fuji Television from May 15, 1962 to January 3, 1963 under the name “探偵スカット”.” 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2026, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-television-cartoon/1029549/20 "2026-04-25T15:58:44Z")
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