Saturday Morning Cartoons

[Ed Mironiuk]

Let me go on record by saying Thundarr The Barbarian was one of the best saturday morning cartoons EVAH! He was the Proto-He-man. Sun swords, Jack Kirby designs, post apocalyptic destruction, busty sorceresses and a Chewbacca'esque sidekick.

Lords of Light!

[jonny.illuminati]

always liked the busty chick! quite the rack.... but ever notice they didn't bounce when she was riding the horse thing? probably store bought... silicone... (not that i mind that)

[Amelia G]

I did not watch many Saturday morning cartoons, because I wasn't generally allowed to watch TV and, more importantly, they were, you know, in the morning. But, when I did, I loved the Super Friends and always hoped to recreate that in real life.

[Bikerpunk]

kids in the 70s watched "Battle of the Planets", which was Gatchaman re-edited to take out the excessive violence, death and the fact that the 2nd main villain was a pansexual transvestite.

Who worshipped a giant floating vagina type thing with eyes.

[Mr Karl]

thundar was good, so was G-force and superfriends and scooby doo and that dungeons and dragons cartoon and then years later there was the new adventures of mighty mouse

so many.........

[Black Spiral Dancer]

So many to mention, my favourites were Ullyses 31, Jase and the Wheeled Warriors, Fang-Face (for obious reasons) and Battle of the Planets.

[Bikerpunk]

G-Force was a do-over of Battle of the Planets.

[Rockwulf]

The Batman is a great current Sat. cartoon

[TheKin]

Let me go on record by saying Thundarr The Barbarian was one of the best saturday morning cartoons EVAH! He was the Proto-He-man. Sun swords, Jack Kirby designs, post apocalyptic destruction, busty sorceresses and a Chewbacca'esque sidekick.

I think we made fun of this one back in the day. I mean...Ookla the Mock? Just asks to be joked about.

[Ed Mironiuk]

kids in the 70s watched "Battle of the Planets", which was Gatchaman re-edited to take out the excessive violence, death and the fact that the 2nd main villain was a pansexual transvestite.

Who worshipped a giant floating vagina type thing with eyes.

I still have my Battle of the Planets lunchbox, I'm suprised it still doesn't smell like balogna sandwiches and milk.

[Ed Mironiuk]

thundar was good, so was G-force and superfriends and scooby doo and that dungeons and dragons cartoon and then years later there was the new adventures of mighty mouse

so many.........

Dungeons and Dragons was a classic. It was made by the same studio that did Spiderman and his Amazing Friends. Plus it had the voices of Willie Ames, Donnie Most, and Adam Rich. How can you beat that.
Also LOVED Bakshi's Mighty Mouse.

[Ed Mironiuk]

I think we made fun of this one back in the day. I mean...Ookla the Mock? Just asks to be joked about.

Oh it was definitely tongue in cheek. What cartoon character today refers to his female sidekick as "woman" or a little girl as "street wench"?

[Ed Mironiuk]

So many to mention, my favourites were Ullyses 31, Jase and the Wheeled Warriors, Fang-Face (for obious reasons) and Battle of the Planets.

oooh, I never heard of Ullyses 31, do tell!

[Ed Mironiuk]

I did not watch many Saturday morning cartoons, because I wasn't generally allowed to watch TV and, more importantly, they were, you know, in the morning. But, when I did, I loved the Super Friends and always hoped to recreate that in real life.

That's funny because when I was 7 I wanted to do a stage play in my backyard based on the Superfriends. I think it was because of the Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island episodes where always doing their own plays.

[TheKin]

Fangface rocked. As far as old school Anime I was very into Space Battleship Yamato. Can I hear a shout out for the Wave Motion gun? The Superfriends were also a lot of fun. You mention some live action shows as well. I was a big fan of the old Kroft Bros. shows, I mean, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl? Sapphic imagery anyone?

[jonny.illuminati]

must not forget .... Starblazers... or perhaps that was after school.... (strangely enough, i learned to speak italian when i lived in italy by watching cartoons and anime... such classics as Lupen and Jenny Tennis, Captain Harlock.... )

[Ed Mironiuk]

Fangface rocked. As far as old school Anime I was very into Space Battleship Yamato. Can I hear a shout out for the Wave Motion gun? The Superfriends were also a lot of fun. You mention some live action shows as well. I was a big fan of the old Kroft Bros. shows, I mean, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl? Sapphic imagery anyone?

I just picked up a bootleg of Electra Woman and Dyna Girl a couple weeks ago. If you include those two you must include Isis and Shazam.

[TheKin]

I just picked up a bootleg of Electra Woman and Dyna Girl a couple weeks ago. If you include those two you must include Isis and Shazam.

OMG! Where did you pick that up!?! And yes, tru'nuff Isis and Shazam rocked. Bigfoot and Wildboy also.

[Ed Mironiuk]

OMG! Where did you pick that up!?! And yes, tru'nuff Isis and Shazam rocked. Bigfoot and Wildboy also.

The Chiller Theatre horror convention in NJ had bootlegs of all that stuff (except for Bigfoot and Wildboy but you can get an episode of that on the Kroft Superstar dvd collection). I also picked up a box set of Herculoids. SCORE!
Did you ever see the live action Legends of the Superfriends and the Roast?

[TheKin]

Nope, but I loved the Herculoids. That's so sweet.

[Ed Mironiuk]

Nope, but I loved the Herculoids. That's so sweet.

it's on youtube. You will not be disappointed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5Zoiq2sBFc

[Bacchus88]

as far as I can remember the 80s cartoons..
I believe GI joe was afternoons...
Snorks
Ghostbusters
Disney's Adventures of the Gummy Bears

early 90s I really like Beetlejuice
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Now I would stay up on sat. night around 95 or so to catch Anime on cartoon network or USA just to have them....

[Ed Mironiuk]

as far as I can remember the 80s cartoons..
I believe GI joe was afternoons...
Snorks
Ghostbusters
Disney's Adventures of the Gummy Bears

early 90s I really like Beetlejuice
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Now I would stay up on sat. night around 95 or so to catch Anime on cartoon network or USA just to have them....

Beetlejuice was great. I gotta go see if they've released it on dvd yet.

[VoltaireBlue]

the only cartoons I was really interested in as a kid were looney tunes and merrie melodies.... was never interested in the others.... mostly watched afternoon/early evening tv.....

[Mr Karl]

wasn't shazam a real life show?........yeah it was

[Black Spiral Dancer]

oooh, I never heard of Ullyses 31, do tell!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131190/

[mystoo]

[Ed Mironiuk]

wasn't shazam a real life show?........yeah it was

But it did have a little teenie tiny itsy bitsy bit of animation in it when he talked to "The Elders".

[J. Babington]

I never really got the whole Saturday morning cartoons, i mean to me they all sucked, but i did watch a lot of anime with my older sister around lunch time...

[bohoki]

i really liked a show called "galaxy high"

and "the real ghostbusters"



later when i was olderer i enjoyed the MIB cartoon


loved the dungeons and dragons cartoon of course i alwyas had a theory that they died on that roller coaster and there was no way back

[Lilly]

I never had one I really liked, for a good long time I was terrified of Thomas the Tank Engine and friends. We lived right by a railway track as in people on the train could see into our backyard. I used to hear the whistles at night and think the trains were angry. Kindof like other little kids and thunderstorms I guess.

[Lady Alias]

All the 90s morning/noon cartoons on FOX. Mmmm, thank goodness for the TDIS channel.