Posted by happyandfree at 7:53 am (PDT) on Wed August 12, 2009
I watched the majority of these. Cartoons today just don't do it. Kids now have no idea what a real cartoon was. These were all funny not violent or stupied like now!
Posted by MAGICTOUCH1225 at 1:23 pm (PDT) on Sat August 22, 2009
Who could forget the Flintstones (from the opening Theme, to the closing) they were a take off on the Great Honeymooners? Most of the cartoons had well defined characters. You knew who the good guys were, who the bad guys were, who was funny, who was a smart alex, who was just plain smart etc. Each cartoon had a story line. Almost all of the cartoons had a Great Theme Song too, just like the T.V. shows of the day.Todays cartoons lack these things. Today a cartoon is on T.V. to sell products, not for enjoyment. What a shame. These past few generarations are missing so much. Whatever happened to Saturday morning cartoons. Starting at 6:30 or so with Davey and Goliath, then maybe Gumby, then into all the other cartoons. We really were lucky.
Posted by Duff at 2:59 pm (PDT) on Sat August 22, 2009
Right on!
Speaking of smart alecks reminds me of a great definition I heard a while back...
Smart-ass: Someone who can sit on an ice cream cone and tell you what flavor it is.
Posted by gntl4u at 10:44 am (PDT) on Sun August 23, 2009
Does anyone remember Howdie doodie and uncle bob?
Razzle Dazzle
Posted by Duff at 11:10 am (PDT) on Sun August 23, 2009
Sure, but Howdy was a puppet, not a cartoon. Look in the TV/Radio gallery.
Posted by turbo18100 at 6:59 am (PDT) on Sat September 5, 2009
I loved Saturday mornings and getting up early to watch, starting out with Davey and Goliath! I don't see Rin Tin Tin on this list though.
Posted by Duff at 9:55 am (PDT) on Sat September 5, 2009
I don't recall a cartoon version of Rin Tin Tin; he's over in the TV/Radio gallery.
Posted by joemike at 12:58 pm (PST) on Mon January 18, 2010
as to howdy ,it was buffalo bob,there was some scuutle but about him and Princes summerfallwinterspring.clarabell the clown was played by capin kangeroo.
Posted by joemike at 1:01 pm (PST) on Mon January 18, 2010
early woody woodpecker woody had teeth
Posted by chalkie at 1:21 pm (PDT) on Wed March 31, 2010
clarabell the clown was played by lew anderson. the captain (kangaroo) was played by bob keeshan. and the cartoon topcat was a spinoff of sgt. bilko. and the original howdy puppet is in the smithstonian!!!
Posted by Duff at 1:47 pm (PDT) on Wed March 31, 2010
Yes, Lew Anderson played Clarabell the clown, but only after Bob Keeshan (later to be Captain Kangaroo) and Robert "Nick" Nicholson had done so.
Posted by Gary Pillsbury at 8:39 am (PDT) on Sat May 1, 2010
I used to watch Davey and Goliath on Sunday mornings as well as Saturday. This show was not a cartoon at all. It was clay animation. Just like Gumby was. You would move the clay figure to where you needed it,then you would snap a picture of it,and keep doing that.
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Speaking of smart alecks reminds me of a great definition I heard a while back...
Smart-ass: Someone who can sit on an ice cream cone and tell you what flavor it is.
Razzle Dazzle
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