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I was thinking it might be fun to get a couple people together online and watch a Saturday Morning Cartoon together.

I’ll set a date and time and set up a room where we can all watch the same thing and chat. There are some really cool tools out there and seem to be very easy to use.

We can have an online Saturday Morning Cartoon Party!

What do you think? Interested?

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If I was still dating, I could learn so much from this video. What about you?

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Happy Valentines Day!

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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: Yo Yogi!

Yep, not your parents’ Yogi Bear, this one was updated just for your generation, because you know, it’s just what the world needed. Yogi didn’t live in Yellowstone Park he lived in Yellowstone Mall. He hung out with security guard Officer Smith and solved crimes with all his other friends, kid versions of Snaggletooth, Huckleberry Hound, Cindy Bear and Boo Boo. The show featured 3D sequences where you would watch with your official Yo Yogi 3D glasses found in Rice Krispies and other Kelloggs’ cereals.

When I watch this I cringe, even as a kid. I don’t know if any of you out there were fans, but I’m sorry–this should not have existed. Half the original voice actors were dead and I bet you the only reason people worked on this was to avoid unemployment.

As good as Hanna-Barbera in the early days, they were just as bad in the later days. Did you watch Yo Yogi? Did you even know about the original Yogi cartoon?

Thanks again Benjamin for the links!

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I’m sure a lot of you do not remember these toys. My brother and I were the only ones we knew that had these little guys.

Released in 1987, they were just little hard plastic bodies with squishy little abdomens. They were separated into 2 armies, blue and orange (coincidentally, I had the orange). They had little interchangeable guns, walkie talkies and other weapons.

They were the kind of toy that you would watch the commercial and be so excited to get 100 of them. When you go to the store and your Mom says you can only get a 3 pack, it kinda ruins all the fun…

Did you have any Army Ants?

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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: Galaxy Rangers

I didn’t watch this show too often when I was younger, but I do remember that the animation was amazing. Watching again, I can see that my memory wasn’t far off.

This show was animated by TMS, the same studio that brought us other great shows like Mighty Orbots and Bionic Six. Released in 1986, this series ran for only one season but it consisted of 65 episodes. It follows, you guessed it, the Galaxy Rangers. They are an elite force of bionic space cowboys, each with specific abilities.

The series might seem a little weird at first, but it has a series long story arc and “revolutionary computer-generated” graphics.

I’ve only watched a few, but they are all on Hulu right now for free! Check ‘em out:

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Who’s that on the swing? That’s right! Jaleel White before he was Urkel!

I still don’t wanna grow up, you?

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