# PLEASE help ID this cartoon **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 10, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562 "2003-07-10T21:49:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/1 "2003-07-10T21:49:49Z")
A guy I work with asked me if I remembered this cartoon; Although I consider myself an unqualified expert on most obscure cartoons, I have to admit I am stumped on this one. It apparently involves an alien that makes a caveman go back and forth in time. the alien is very “stick-figure”-ish and the caveman is bigger and carries a club while dressed in stereotypical animal skin garb. Also, they are both drawn to be white or light colored against a mostly grey background. Sorry, I don’t have more info to go on, but if anyone can remember this one, ytou guys can. Chris W ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/2 "2003-07-10T22:11:01Z")
Nickelodeon’s Prometheus and Bob. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2003, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/3 "2003-07-10T22:31:54Z")
**Prometheus and Bob** was about an alien, Prometheus, who was trying to teach this caveman, Bob, how to use things like fire and stuff. He recorded all his lessons on a camera and things usually turn out bad. What we have is the film from these lessons. It was also done in clay animation. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/4 "2003-07-11T14:01:43Z")
Although _Prometheus and Bob_ (from the _Kablam!_ TV show) was about a caveman and an alien, they were not white or light-colored. (Although your friend could be misremembering.) Prometheus was purple, and Bob was skin-colored. And don’t forget the monkey, who seemed to be smarter that Prometheus _and_ Bob combined. ---
**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/5 "2003-07-11T17:00:25Z")
…I miss _Kablam!_…::sigh:: ---
**Author:** ![Trigonal\_Planar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/0ea827/32.png) [@Trigonal\_Planar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trigonal_Planar)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/6 "2003-07-11T19:17:44Z")
Just thought I’d ring in as another **Kablam!** freak. I loved it. ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/7 "2003-07-12T20:39:49Z")
Sorry, my friend says that it is definitely NOT Prometheus and Bob, he remembers that from Nickelodeon. This was definitely an actual 2-d drawn cartoon, and it came out in the late 60’s or early 70’s. It was probably not the subject of an entire 1/2 hour show, but rather a featured short as part of a greater anthology(a la Go Go Gophers on Tennessee Tuxedo and his Friends). Finally, my friend also recalled that the alien in question also had a “bubble-helmet”. Thanx again Chris W ---
**Author:** ![riserius1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7ab992/32.png) [@riserius1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/riserius1)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2003, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-id-this-cartoon/187562/8 "2003-07-16T01:37:42Z")
This just in: The guy I’m trying to ID this cartoon for said the alien reminded him of the old cartoon, “Jot” Okay, I’m also bumping my own thread, sorry. Chris W