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Captain Kangaroo had a couple of cartoons that I vaguely and fondly remember. Tom Terrific and his mighty dog, Manfred! And wasn’t there another one, with a western theme or something?
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Had to jog my memory a bit. “Rodeo Jim”? No–Lariat Sam!
Everyone knows Rocky & Bullwinkle; George of the Jungle is fondly remembered (and newly DVD’d), but where’s the love for Jay Ward’s Hoppity Hooper?
I remember an old Hanna-Barbera cartoon serias “Ruff & Reddy” (dog and cat). The Beagles (doggy rock stars!). Astro Boy. Roger Ramjet.
Hmm, OK here’s an odd one: in the early mornings before the Saturday morning cartoon-fest really got rolling, this… I guess you could call it a music video! … came on. Same thing each time, video showing miniskirted dancer(s?) song = Space a Go Go!
This is the <something> that I told you about,
[or perhaps Here is the <somthing> that I told you about]
[edit: <something> might be “place”]
…
Space Space a Go-Go! Space Space a Go-Go!
ok that’s a little thin on the ground. Whaddaya want, I haven’t been a 2nd grader in quite some time!
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I remember New Zoo Revue. Henrietta Hippo, Freddie the Frog, and I cannot remember the owl’s name right now.
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Charlie the Owl.
It’s the New Zoo Revue
Coming right at you!
[QUOTE=Lunar Saltlick]
Was *Rocky and Bullwinkle * a cartoon hour that also included… a very bright dog named Mr. Peabody, and a kid named Sherman? Or do I have that backward? .
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You might be feeling confused because it is Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman. I have the first two seasons on DVD, and am working through the third on Netflix. The very first show has the their origin story, which I had never seen before.
Besides the bits already mentioned, in the middle of the show Bullwinkle starred in Mr. Know it all and Bullwinkle’s Poetry corner. There was also a Rocky and Bullwinkle record which I owned as a kid, with a song by Rocky called “I was Born to be Airborne.”
Ward also did George of the Jungle, which I understand has been revived.
[QUOTE=shamrock227]
Unfortunately, I seem to be the only one that remembers The Magic Garden. Carol, Paula, Sherlock the Squirrel, the chuckle patch, and the story box. Anyone? 
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Nope - you’re not the only one. Those two stoner broads were my FAVORITE when I was a kid! 
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This one’s pretty obscure: it was a Terrytoons cartoon, and it depicted a little Frenchman artist type, with a beret, moustache and a paint palette. He’d paint pictures which magically came to life, and say to himself, “Ah, Gaston, you have done it again!”
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WOW! That just jarred SOMETHING in my memory banks, but I can’t place it. It was part of a bigger show, yes? It wasn’t something stand-alone from what I remember…
Anyone remember Rod Rocket? I’m fuzzy on the details, but remember that it came out before Johnny Quest.
Not a cartoon, really - and come to think of it, I’m not even sure it was meant to be a kid’s show - but Soupy Sales was one of my favorites as a kid. I think the puppet-lion’s name was Pookie or something like that.
I remember laughing and laughing, and my mother looking at me with an “uh-oh” look on her face. I think she was worried I was getting the adult humor. I wasn’t, it was that damn lion that would crack me up every time. 
Anyone know if it’s on DVD??
[QUOTE=LilGypsyGirl]
WOW! That just jarred SOMETHING in my memory banks, but I can’t place it. It was part of a bigger show, yes? It wasn’t something stand-alone from what I remember…
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Good God - why didn’t I do a search using “Gaston” and “terrytoons”? His name was “Gaston le Crayon” and here’s a youtube of him:
But I don’t remember what it might have been part of. This animation is reminiscent of Deputy Dawg - could he have been on in the mornings with Captain Kangaroo or something?
I remember this cartoon about these robots that transmogrified into cars, planes and stuff and I can’t for the life of me remember the name.
Ah yes, 'twas Go-Bots!
[QUOTE=jali]
Does anyone remember Wonderama? There was another show that I think was a spin off of that show or at least had the same host. I recall a kids show with the set made up like a board game and the contestents moved around as the game pieces. There were physical hazards occasionally that somehow remind me of the game “mousetrap”. Am I imagining this?
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Wonderama was a long-running kid’s TV show out WNEW Channel 5 of New York City. Host was originally Sonny Fox, and later Bob McAllister. I don’t recall the game clearly, but it may have been part of the show at one point.
A Brief History of Rocky and Bullwinkle
Rocky and Bullwinkle had several forms: The Rocky Show (15 minutes, syndicated daytime), Rocky and His Friends (30 Minutes, syndicated daytime), and The Bullwinkle Show(30 minutes, originally prime time NBC, then syndicated). There were several sub-features during the run:
[ul]
[li]Fractured Fairy Tales[/li][li]Peabody’s Improbably History[/li][li]Bullwinkle’s Corner[/li][li]Aesop and Son (replaced Fractured Fairy Tales on the death of its narrator, Edward Everett Horton)[/li][li]Mr. Know-it-All (Started with The Bullwinkle Show)[/li][li]Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties (started with The Bullwinkle Show)[/li][/ul] The average half hour show consisted of one Rocky and Bullwinkle adventure (with a cliffhanger), one each of the two cartoons running at the time, Bullwinkle’s Corner/Mr. Know-it-all, and a the next R&B adventure to finish up (with a cliffhanger). When The Bullwinkle Show went prime time, it was decided to create two new features to replace the older ones (though I do think Peabody appeared in it, too).
After The Bullwinkle Show went off prime time, the show was syndicated on a Mix and Match basis, so all cartoons appeared on it as well as under other titles (The IMDB entry is very incorrect, since it’s discussing the syndicated version, not the prime time one). The show was actually part of the NBC Sunday schedule into the 1980s, though it was shown at 12:30 pm and was usually preempted by local affiliates.
The most obscure Jay Ward cartoon show was Hoppity Hooper. It was set up like the R&B shows, but reran the second string cartoons to fill out the half hour. Hooper was a frog, who involved in adventures with his con man “uncle” (Hoppity thought he was, but that was established in the first episode as just another con) Waldo Wigglesworth and his sidekick Filmore the Bear (who was always blowing “charge” on his bugle). IIRC, the episodes had a cliffhanger, but it was resolved in the second episode of each show, allowing it to be shown in any order.
To fill it out, Ward did George of the Jungle, which also had cartoons of “Tom Slick” and “Super-Chicken” (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it, Fred.) These were all self-contained.
Prior to Rocky, Ward was involved in Crusader Rabbit, but was only co-producer and did not own the show.
That’s not quite right. Crusader had Ward’s fingerpruints all over it, as you can see by comparing it to his later Rocky and Bullwinkle
As for ownership:
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Wow, New Zoo Revue. I had a crush on Emmy-Jo she was a hottie.
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Yes indeed. I just barely dimly remember that show, the frog stands out for some reason. I was 7 when the show went off the air.
I used to watch a show called Ghost Busters too, it was a live action show years before the Murray/Akroyd movie came out. My friends used to think I was crazy, but now there are YouTube clips to prove it.
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I used to watch a show called Ghost Busters too, it was a live action show years before the Murray/Akroyd movie came out.
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There was also a cartoon based on it at (around) the same time as the movie-based one (from Filmation), which is why the one with Slimer was called The Real Ghostbusters.
Bah. The real ghostbusters were Spencer, Tracy, and Kong.
If anyone cares, after the “New Zoo Revue” went off the air, Doug Momary and Emmy Jo Peden got married. They’ve been living in Las Vegas, where they produce a lot of TV commercials.
[QUOTE=CalMeacham]
That’s not quite right. Crusader had Ward’s fingerpruints all over it.
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The very article you quoted starts out with the line “CRUSADER RABBIT originated in the mind of Alex Anderson.” Not Jay Ward.
The article also says numerous times that Ward and Anderson were a partnership. Ward was strongly involved, but my point stands: as far as ownership was concerned, he was only co-producer (at best) of the show and did not own Crusader Rabbit outright.
[QUOTE=astorian]
If anyone cares, after the “New Zoo Revue” went off the air, Doug Momary and Emmy Jo Peden got married. They’ve been living in Las Vegas, where they produce a lot of TV commercials.
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I’ll never forget this episode! That must have freaked out a lot of parents.
I vaguely remember a cartoon from the 80’s (I think) called Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Anyone ever hear of it or know where I can find it?
But you said that Ward was only the co-producer. That article (especially my quoted part) shows that his involvem,ent goes way beyond that.
[QUOTE=Slypork]
I’ll never forget this episode! That must have freaked out a lot of parents.
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LOL, my parents weren’t up at 6 AM to be freaked out.
[QUOTE=Slypork]
I’ll never forget this episode!
I vaguely remember a cartoon from the 80’s (I think) called Cadillacs and Dinosaurs. Anyone ever hear of it or know where I can find it?
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From the 90’s. More info can be found here