# Old shows and Cartoons that no one remembers but you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873 "2008-11-29T02:34:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/181 "2008-12-03T18:57:56Z")
I’m sure it’s not at all obscure to people my age or older, but I’ve always wondered why [Heckle and Jeckle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxSb5mrnGM) cartoons never showed up on TVs later than some point in the mid-80s. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/182 "2008-12-03T19:13:39Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I’m sure it’s not at all obscure to people my age or older, but I’ve always wondered why [Heckle and Jeckle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxSb5mrnGM) cartoons never showed up on TVs later than some point in the mid-80s. Wikipedia says that’s when all Terrytoon TV rights were bought by USA Network. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/183 "2008-12-03T20:03:33Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > One that I remember, which nobody else does, was about a guy who was a cartoonist, who lived in a loft apartment. Muppet-type (I don’t think they were actual Jim Henson Muppets, but some kind of knock-off) creatures would occassionally come and visit him. A staple of the show was that he’d go and visit two muppets who lived in a basement. He always talked to them through the window, and never went inside. I remember a cartoon segment about the basement muppets (who were brothers) and all you saw of them was their eyes. > > The one thing about the show which sticks in my mind, was that one day, the host leaned over his drawing board, looked straight at the camera and said, “You know, \ haven’t seen their parents faces. Their parents locked them in the basement when they were little, and they only open the door to throw food down to \. All \ ever see of their parents is their ankles.” > > Anyone have the foggiest idea of what show this might have been? It would have aired in the early 1970s. I’m bumping this because it sounds totally creepy to me. Anybody else remember this program? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/184 "2008-12-03T20:16:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > _Love, American Style_ I’d mentioned this several times before here and no one ever picked up on it which really surprised me. I was just young enough for it to seem _scandalous_, that and being forbidden to watch it. It would be entertaining to see it in reruns sometime, although it likely would be far more cheesy and less naughty than it seemed way back then. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/185 "2008-12-03T20:22:13Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I’m sure it’s not at all obscure to people my age or older, but I’ve always wondered why [Heckle and Jeckle](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpxSb5mrnGM) cartoons never showed up on TVs later than some point in the mid-80s. > [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Wikipedia says that’s when all Terrytoon TV rights were bought by USA Network. That explains why I haven’t seen any Possible Possum cartoons either. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/186 "2008-12-03T20:22:46Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I’m bumping this because it sounds totally creepy to me. Anybody else remember this program? Sounds a “Gigglesnort Hotel” ripoff. Perhaps this was the syndicated version? ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/187 "2008-12-03T20:31:05Z")
> [@want2know](#): > > One of the great things about growing up in NYC was that we had more kid-show hosts than just about anyone. I fondly remember such personalities as: > > Sandy Becker (remember Norton Nork, Hambone, and K. Lastima? Not to mention that creepy dummy he used to perform Johnny Cymbal’s _Mr. Bassman_ with? He and Soupy Sales were the Channel 5 contingent, the rest were Channel 11. I think WNEw must have paid better, since their shows had better writing, higher budgets, and weren’t just frames around cartoons. > [@](#): > > Officer Joe Bolton > Captain Jack McCarthy (“eight bells and all is well!”) He showed Popeye, right? > [@](#): > > Chuck McCann on _Just For Fun_–used to dress as Dick Tracy and Little Orphan Annie About the only one of these guys who had a career. He was on **The First Family** album, and did commercials. > [@](#): > > Claude Kirshner and Clowny (“Hey there, skinny-bones!”) He dressed up as a ringmaster, right? I forget what he showed. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/188 "2008-12-03T20:40:17Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > About the only one of these guys who had a career. He was on **The First Family** album, and did commercials. He’s still working, doing a lot of [voice work](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_McCann) and appearing in commercials. He actually had a segment in _The Aristocrats_, doing a non-blue version of the joke to an animated scene. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/189 "2008-12-03T20:43:36Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I was just young enough for it to seem _scandalous_, that and being forbidden to watch it. It would be entertaining to see it in reruns sometime, although it likely would be far more cheesy and less naughty than it seemed way back then. I watched a few episodes of _Love, American Style_ at the Museum of the Moving Image about a decade ago. Imagine _Three’s Company_ with new characters every week. Not many people know that _Happy Days_ originated as a _Love, American Style_ segment … . ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/190 "2008-12-03T20:45:10Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Sounds a “Gigglesnort Hotel” ripoff. Perhaps this was the syndicated version? It might be “Gigglesnort Hotel.” In looking at it on the web, I certainly recall seeing the show, but I don’t know if it was that particular show that had the scene I described. ---
**Author:** ![melodyharmonius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/melodyharmonius/32/21310_2.png) [@melodyharmonius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melodyharmonius)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/191 "2008-12-03T20:53:30Z")
> [@Pochacco](#): > > [Starzinger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starzinger) aka Spaceketeers? _Falls on the floor in shock_ That’s amazing and exactly right. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/192 "2008-12-03T20:58:53Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > He showed Popeye, right? Good memory–Capt. Jack did show Popeye cartoons. He was also the MC for the annual NY St. Patrick’s Day Parade. > [@](#): > > He dressed up as a ringmaster, right? I forget what he showed. Right on Claude Kirshner, too. He actually had several shows; he hosted a horror movie program on Saturday mornings, had a weekday show called _The Scrub Club_, and, IIRC, his main cartoon fare was _Crusader Rabbit_. And speaking of rabbits, how about: _“Sheriff… BING-BING-BINNNNG…Ricochet Rabbit!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/193 "2008-12-03T21:01:22Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > It might be “Gigglesnort Hotel.” In looking at it on the web, I certainly recall seeing the show, but I don’t know if it was that particular show that had the scene I described. Gigglesnort had Dirty Dragon in the basement; Dirty was responsibile for the hotel’s heat and would frequently talk with BJ, who (IIRC) fed him coal. Someone mentioned that BJ and Dirty Dragon were exclusive to the Chicago area and the synciated version had neither, which is why I think the show you remember could be that. ---
**Author:** ![want2know](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/50afbb/32.png) [@want2know](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2know)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/194 "2008-12-03T21:05:12Z")
God, I love this thread! Every time I post, I remember something else a few minutes later! **Klondike Cat** : _“I’ll make mincemeat outta that mouse!”_ _“Savoir-faire is evreewhere!”_ ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/195 "2008-12-03T21:06:02Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I’m not sure - I can’t recognize it from that description. I’ll have to research it more when I’m not at work. > > Also, does anyone remember the cartoon series [The Mighty Heroes](http://www.toonopedia.com/mighty_h.htm)? StarForce They had one year to go to someplace and get back to save the earth. If they don’t in just one year mother earth will dissappear! They ended with the count down of how many days left they had to save the earth. The show I know, that nobody else knows is **SWAN’S CROSSINGS** Sarah Michelle Geller, Mira Sorvino, one of those Sweet Valley twins. Greatest show ever. ---
**Author:** ![Jolly\_Roger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/91b2a8/32.png) [@Jolly\_Roger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jolly_Roger)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/196 "2008-12-03T21:22:13Z")
> [@sciurophobic](#): > > That explains why I haven’t seen any Possible Possum cartoons either. Vaguely I think I remember that. Did he used to say “Its possible, its possible” all of the time? **Want2Know** , I remember Klondike Kat. Surprisingly my wife does too. She sometime will do the “Saviour Faire is everywheeeeere” thing. I used to love The Mighty Heroes as a kid. “Go, Coo-Coo man, go!” **Zebra** , I guess I’m geeky enough to remember most of the lines to the StarBlazers theme. _Fighting with the Gamilons We won’t stop until we’ve won Then we’ll return and when we arrive We’ll keep peace alive with our Star Blazers!_ ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/197 "2008-12-03T21:32:20Z")
> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > She sometime will do the “Saviour Faire is everywheeeeere” thing. Hehe…I still do that all the time too, in my very best fake French Canadian accent… “Savoir Faire eez eeeeverywheeeere!” ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/198 "2008-12-03T22:25:24Z")
I thought of a couple more that I don’t think have been mentioned yet: Wally Gator and Secret Squirrel! ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2008, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873/199 "2008-12-03T22:56:00Z")
> [@melodyharmonius](#): > > I also loved Boston-based 70s tv - like The Uncle Gus show The Uncle Gus show was broadcast from the studios of WMUR-TV Channel 9, Manchester NH. I ought to know. I was on it once. I also remember Marlo and the MMM, I was kinda sad it didn’t last long. ---
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> [@Jolly\_Roger](#): > > I remember that show. IIRC it starred the guy that was Khan’s main henchman in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. > > I barely remember Lucan, **Jayjay** …but I may be remembering [Bigfoot and Wildboy.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NNb1pgQlQo) I dare you to watch that without link without laughing. Very poor wiki > **[Bigfoot and Wildboy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot_and_Wildboy)** > > Bigfoot and Wildboy is a live action children's television series on ABC. It began in 1977 as a part of The Krofft Supershow on Saturday mornings. Each episode was 15 minutes long, with cliffhanger endings resolved the following week. It became its own series in 1979 with twelve 30-minute episodes. There were a total of 28 episodes produced. > The series was heavily influenced by the two-part Bigfoot episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man, from the super-powered Bigfoot character to "bionic" sou... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-shows-and-cartoons-that-no-one-remembers-but-you/474873.md?page=11)