# What Was Your Favourite Cartoons As A Child? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 12, 2011, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107 "2011-04-12T16:37:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/61 "2011-04-27T00:23:30Z")
50’s - early 60’s kid speaking. I loved these then and still do: - Warner Brothers - Rocky & Bullwinkle, Peabody & Sherman, Dudley Do-Right, Fractured Fairy Tales, etc - Popeye (old Fleischer Studio only) I also loved these, which don’t hold up as well for older moi: - Mighty Mouse - Tennessee Tuxedo - Underdog - King Leonardo (especially The Hunter. To this day I quote from the following exchange: Hunter, to King Leonardo: “…That’s a joke, Son.” King Leo, irritated: “Don’t call me ‘Son!’ Don’t you know I’m KING?” Hunter, unfazed: “Why, I call everybody “Son”, Sire. That’s a joke, Son.”) I never much cared for Disney, just never did anything for me. Except for the occasional Donald Duck tantrum. HATED Hanna-Barbera from Day One. Huckleberry Hound is the first one I remember, unless Ruff & Reddy were also HB. Even as an idiot child I thought they were cheap and inferior. I never paid much attention to animated Beany & Cecil, but my wife has fond memories of the original puppet version. . ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/62 "2011-04-27T03:28:16Z")
The original Mighty Mouse. Also the Harvey 1950s Popeye (in color) (interestingly, now I find I like the earliest B/W Popeye cartoons more). ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/63 "2011-04-27T10:17:59Z")
Sixty two posts, and I’m the only one to mention **[Mighty Max](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Max_(TV_series))**, my all time favorite. You all are missing out, look at the voice acting cast! Rob Paulsen, Richard Moll, Tony Jay, and Tim Curry! Between this, TMNT, and Ghostbusters, the other cartoons couldn’t compete. When I was going through middle school I really liked the after school cartoons too, especially the superhero ones like Spider-Man, Batman, and X-Men. The only thing I can say for certain is that the cartoons nowadays are awful. Saturday morning is now fun like a funeral. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/64 "2011-04-27T13:14:23Z")
All the Jay Ward cartoons, beginning with _Crusader Rabbit_. The extremely old stuff local stations ran–like the slightly risque _Betty Boop_! Disney cartoons weren’t so funny–except for _Chip & Dale_! _Roadrunner & Coyote_. In my second childhood, I got into _Animaniacs_. Now, I never miss _Samurai Jack_! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/65 "2011-04-27T14:05:43Z")
Tom & Jerry and Road Runner, except that I rooted for the coyote. Johnny Quest Some of the stuff they showed on Looney Tunes that didn’t feature main characters, like the one where the guy finds a singing frog in the foundation of a building. ---
**Author:** ![Clawdio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@Clawdio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clawdio)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/66 "2011-04-27T20:25:43Z")
> [@Jules\_Andre](#): > > Sixty two posts, and I’m the only one to mention **[Mighty Max](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Max_(TV_series))**, my all time favorite. You all are missing out, look at the voice acting cast! Rob Paulsen, Richard Moll, Tony Jay, and Tim Curry! I came here to mention Mighty Max. I don’t know why it seems so few people know about this awesome cartoon. When i was really young i remember watching those Disney Holiday specials over and over (but the only details i remember is that the valentines day one featured a section that was set to “Don’t go breakin my heart” by Elton John & Kiki Dee) Also remember a cartoon movie with dragons where they had to eat limestone to be able to breath fire and fly (i think) that i had on VHS tape and watched repeatedly. Also, does anyone remember the multipart series that kicked off Ducktails with the _Valley of the Golden Sun_ story arc. To my young mind that was some epic stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/67 "2011-04-27T20:37:46Z")
Darn, I missed\* Ducktails\*. Apparently based on the Unca Scrooge comic books–which were great favorites at our house! “Fish heads & rice again!” ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/68 "2011-04-27T23:43:10Z")
Born in '74 and it is all about ‘Dangermouse’. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/69 "2011-04-28T11:16:33Z")
Top Cat. ---
**Author:** ![johnn34](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@johnn34](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnn34)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/70 "2012-03-30T12:03:40Z")
Speed racer was my favorite cartoon when I was kid. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/71 "2012-03-30T16:20:43Z")
> [@johnn34](#): > > Speed racer was my favorite cartoon when I was kid. With Zombie Spridel & Zombie Chim-Chim, no doubt. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/72 "2012-03-30T16:25:03Z")
Back in the '50s: Bugs Bunny, still my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/73 "2012-03-30T16:29:11Z")
It might be a bit cliched, but to me, in the early 70s, Warner Brothers\* cartoons were the only ones that mattered. I truly loved them. All the others, from The Flintstones, to the Jetsons, to Scooby Doo and all the rest, I watched pretty much because they were the only thing on television. \*Actually, Underdog was terrific also. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/74 "2012-03-30T17:45:15Z")
I always loved [Space Ghost](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Ghost). The _original_ Space Ghost, that is…not the Cartoon Network talk show host. And am I the only person who has a fond (or indeed any) memory of [Samson and Goliath](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samson_%26_Goliath?)? ---
**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:** [March 30, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/75 "2012-03-30T20:23:51Z")
The “laugh and a half, hour and a half” WB cartoons every Saturday morning. Scooby Doo (including the New Scooby Doo Movies) and most of the rest of the H-B stable. Woody Woodpecker and the rest of the Walter Lantz stable. Some Disney shorts (e.g.: Chip & Dale; Goofy). Peanuts specials. Fat Albert. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/76 "2012-03-30T20:29:47Z")
Superfriends Looney Tunes Scooby-Doo Speed Buggy Underdog ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/77 "2012-03-30T22:02:06Z")
So I am the only one that liked _Star Blazers_? Say it isn’t so! That show sparked my interest in science fiction. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/78 "2012-03-30T22:10:35Z")
Not having read the thread… [_Skyhawks_](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyhawks), of course! 😃 Yeah, I was plane-crazy back then, too. I also liked [_Hot Wheels_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063912/), ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/79 "2012-03-30T23:37:54Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > So I am the only one that liked _Star Blazers_? Say it isn’t so! That show sparked my interest in science fiction. These guys liked it. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MR33bWmGSY0/hqdefault.jpg "marcy playground - wave motion gun Live") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR33bWmGSY0) ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107/80 "2012-03-31T00:05:11Z")
No one’s going to recognize any of mine. My faves were: Recess Pepper-Ann The Weekenders Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Hercules: The Animated Series Science Court Bump in the Night and my absolute favorite, ReBoot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-your-favourite-cartoons-as-a-child/578107.md?page=5)