You start to hear the sounds of the morning, the wind rustling the leaves, the chirping of the birds and that’s when you realize what day it is–Saturday! Cartoons! All week long you’ve been starved of cartoons, and now it is your time to feast! You throw off the covers, shove your feet in your slippers and sprint downstairs!
Grab that big bowl of C-3POs, adjust the antennae and plop down on the floor for your weekly dose of animated fun!
This week: Q-Bert
Why was the snake like a greaser? Where is Q-Burg? How come there are so many Q’s in this show?
A show that probably shouldn’t be thought too far head in. 🙂
This was actually part of a hour-long program that CBS aired called “Saturday Supercade”. The show lasted from 1983 to 1985 and contained cartoons based on the following, Q*bert, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Frogger, Space Ace, Kangaroo and Pitfall!
Yep! There’s a Saturday Supercade post coming your way!
Gary Greenfield and I did the first development on Q*Bert. Taking our “cue” from the game itself, we came up with a 4-dimensional version of the Roar Runner and Coyote, a series of surreal gags based on the ever changing orientation of the characters.
We took it to the producer, who literally tossed it into the trash unread, then told us what he wanted to do.
And that’s how the showed ended up looking like a Happy Days knock-off.
Wow! Interesting! Man, your original idea sounded amazing!
Thanks for clearing that up. I always wondered the origins of this show.