Originally Posted By RangerPooh Did anyone notice that there were no Disney (or otheriwse) Saturday morning cartoons/shows on ABC this weeknd. Not even in the afternoon like they did last weekend. What happened to ABC? Just a few years ago the morning was full of shows like: Doug, Recess, Pepper Ann, Science Court (Squiggle-Vision), the Weekenders, etc. Just surfing the channels for cartoons to watch with my daughter left me depressed as there were none on (Pokemon doesn't count!).
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I noticed that as well, RangerPooh. Saturday mornings used to be kid TV time. Now there are lots of leftovers from the Disney Channel on ABC. Isn't it enough that the Disney Channel is nothing but endless reruns of That's So Raven and Boy Meets World? Bring back the Toons!
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I'm hating myself for feeling like this, but it seems like Disney is just using ABC for self promotion of thier own personally made lousy shows. I use to think Doug, Pepper Ann and Recess, granted were toon Disney, were very cute and educationally entertaining. Blackie Pueblo check out my short films at: <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Kinda like how CBS is leftover from Nick Jr., and NBC is borrowing stuff from Discovery Channel Kids... Ah, for the days of Saturday morning cartoons of the 80s and 90s.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA *sigh* Remember the 'Bugs Bunny / Roadrunner Hour'? And 'Scooby Doo' - 'Speed Buggy' - 'Josie and the Pussycats' - 'Grape Ape' 'Wacky Races' And then 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' on Sunday. *sigh*
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo Has anyone noticed the cartoons they do show are violent flash in the pan toon's from Japan? Blackie Pueblo
Originally Posted By RangerPooh It's sad that kids today don't get the decent cartoon that so many of us grew up with. As a child of the 80s there was nothing better than waking up at 6am for the cartoons. My brother and I would watch them til noon. Now a days I don't think there are any on. Or they are over by 9. I saw plenty of news and ballgames but that was it. I have noticed that CBS and NBC are borrowing shows from Discovery kids and Nick jr. Heck ABC didn't even show a single Disney channel show this weekend! For those of you who have Boomerang you can see some of the classic shows but not it too doesn't have the same selection as it did a year ago. Thank goodness for DVDs of our favorite shows.
Originally Posted By basil fan It really is amzing. Who ever thought a day would come when there were no cartoons on Saturday morning? I'm glad I'm a grown-up! Beyond Experiment 626 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/stitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/stitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs But then again... back in the 70s and 80s, we really didn't have Toon Disney or Cartoon Network or Boomerang or Nickelodeon (well, we did). Speaking of Cartoon Network, it's interesting that they've jettisoned all the classic cartoons except for the afternoon airings of Tom & Jerry and Scooby-Doo. At least Adult Swim makes up for that.
Originally Posted By RangerPooh 5BR- While I love Scooby Doo I miss watching Rockey and Bullwinkle, as well as all the Hanna Barbera cartoons that they had been airing from the 70s and 80s. Basically all the shows that at one time would have aired on USA Cartoon Express on Sunday mornings. Now that's a schedule that hasn't existed in about a decade!!!
Originally Posted By basil fan I've got a yen to see the old Harlem Globetrotters cartoon again. I keep hoping Cartoon Network will show it. Complete Guide to Disney's Mickey Mouse Shorts <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/shorts.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/shorts.html</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Man... USA's Cartoon Express... wow, now THAT I DO remember! Even the promos for the USA Kids Club. USA's Cartoon Express was like a pre-cursor to Cartoon Network; they aired all the classic HB cartoons from the 50-70s, and even obscure ones like Roman Holiday. They even showed the cartoons from the 80s like Smurfs, Dragon's Lair and Pac-Man. What was cool was that they even had a 'cartoon express' train (commercials) where the kids were hanging out with the cartoon characters. Then sometime in the 90s they changed their format and only showed Street Fighter and Ninja Turtles. Remember when TBS and TNT also had cartoons?
Originally Posted By RangerPooh FBR- my brother and I eagerly awaited for 6 o'clock M-F when USA would have a one hour block of cartoons. Usu. Huckleberry hound, but hey it was good. As for TBS, wasn't it called TBS Funhouse? As a west coaster it began airing for me at noon (well 12:05) and usually played Tom and Jerry, the Jetsons, the Flintsones, and occassionally Scooby Doo. But what we waited for was the Brady Bunch at 1:30 folled by Saved by the Bell or Gilligans Island. Oh those were the days. BTW, Has anyone noticed that there are no cartons on the basic stations anymore in the afternoon? We had the Disney Afternoon to race home to, now kids have what, Dr. Phil?
Originally Posted By hightp When I was a kid, back in the olden days of the 1970's, when we only had 7 channels to choose from, only UHF channels would show cartoons on weekdays. They usually started about 2PM and would go on to about 5. They started out with the typical Bugs Bunny, then went to the Japanese animation like Marine Boy and Speed Racer (nothing like that was on Saturday Morning Cartoons). Starting at 5 they would show hour long adventure shows like Tarzan (with Ron Ely) or I Spy. Funny, from my youth, the weekday shows all had hosts with 'peanut gallery's' and the like. You don't really see that these days, but I think Nick comes close.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <*sigh* Remember the 'Bugs Bunny / Roadrunner Hour'? And 'Scooby Doo' - 'Speed Buggy' - 'Josie and the Pussycats' - 'Grape Ape' 'Wacky Races' And then 'Rocky and Bullwinkle' on Sunday. *sigh*< I got sad just reading this post -- toss in Secret Squirrel / Magilla Gorilla / Yogi Bear / Huckleberry Hound...etc etc etc......
Originally Posted By Jafar30 Then let me add Superfriends, Challenge of the Superfriends. The Amazing Chan and Clan. Goober and the Ghost Chasers. Jabberjaw. He-Man Transformers Hong Kong Phooey Banana Splits and many many more.
Originally Posted By Jafar30 And if you're feeling nostalgic here's some classic cartoon themes: <a href="http://melaman2.com/cartoons/i" target="_blank">http://melaman2.com/cartoons/i</a> ndex2.html
Originally Posted By Jafar30 Try this instead: <a href="http://melaman2.com/cartoons/index2.html" target="_blank">http://melaman2.com/cartoons/i ndex2.html</a>
Originally Posted By SteveC I love the carotons BEFORE the seventies _ TINY TOON, SMURF< CARE BEAR< the 80s kids can have them. I went to a website, APM music, and to a link CINEMUSIC and they had the old music from YOGI BEAR, FATHER KNOWS BEST, early MY THREE SONS, MY LKITTLE MARGIE,GUMBY,by 1940s (WWII and after) MARCH OF TIME music director Jack Shaindlin. It's that music that the Nickelodeon/TNN animated phenononmon, John Kricfalusi's REN AND STIMPY would use (been discussing this with someone with on another saidee and in personal e-mail! Titles like FUN ON ICE--which closed some Yogui's I have like the famous HOME SWEET JELLYSTONE about the ranger moving to inherit a rich estate and BEARFACE BEAR about the ranger testing Yogi to see if the bear won't have to go to the St louis Zoo (Golly gee, what would Boo Boo think of this0 by impesonating a POLAR BEAR s suit..and ASININE used in some GUMBY's. (Others who cpomsoed such "camp" boomer-era canned music included Bill Loose and Irving Friedman, both of whom reported to have done Colbumia TV show themes like DENNIS THE MENACE). These were iN "Capitol Prod.Music". Of course the very LOOK of Yogi was parodies in those "Cartoon network" and ADULT SWIM website Spumco YOGI shorts (REN AND STIMPY not being the ONLY show to use its own "gross" pair of characters look--isney with SCHNOOKUMS, BRANDY & MR.WHISKERS, Cartoon Network w/COW AND HICKEN, even Nick itself with CATDOG,etc.have ALL appropriated this..one false step and "appropriated" would have come off like a Jimmy Durante-ism.Speaking of him, remember Hanna-barbera's eartly dog character, DOGGIE DADDY, or Rankin-Bass, FROSTY THE SNOWMAN? UMBRIAAAGO! TOo bad Jimmy wasn't used in any Disney films, or Frank Nelson (Jack Benny show) or Sheldon Leonard, (IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, DANNY THOMAS,etc.)--disctinctive vocalizaitons BEING such a hallmark of the Disney legacy! When I was a kid we had both puppet shows/live-kids (SHERIFF JOHN here in LA) and live shows - I still ssowon over Dawn Wells (Mary Ann) in GILLIGAN and Eve Plumb, Flo Henderson and Mo McCormick (BRADY BUNCH), and Kathy Garver (FAMIL AFFIAR) and Sally FIELD (GIDGET). That's all for now! SC
