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?
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!
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:
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: Dino-Riders
“…ripped a hole in the fabric of time…”
Ha! I wonder how many times I heard that phrase in 80′s cartoons? This show is obviously based on a toyline, but what a toyline! How can you go wrong action figures that ride vehicles attached to dinosaurs that shoots lasers to fight aliens?!
In this show, as soon as the good guys land on the planet they make friends with all the dinosaurs and the bad guys brainwash their dinosaurs–how typical! If I landed on an alien planet filled with Dinosaurs, I would be too worried about getting eaten, but I guess that’s just me…
This show is filled with every voice actor you are familiar with, the animation isn’t bad and the story is laughable. An interesting side note: this might be one of the first times that the dinosaurs are animated not to be “tail draggers”.
Why is it taking so long to clone Dinosaurs?! I want to do some Dino-riding instead of my car for my daily commute! I mean, c’mon, a T-rex has to be street-safe right?
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: Pandamonium
This is definitely one of the strangest and rarest cartoons featured here or anywhere for that matter. The first minute of the intro is spent just describing the backstory. They left out that the Panda’s names were Chesty, Timothy, and sadly Algernon. They could all combine into one panada-thingy called Poppapanda. Like I said really weird.
If I saw this when I was a kid, I don’t remember it at all. My friend reminded me of it when we were in high school and ever since then I can’t forget it even if I tried!
Do you remember Panadamonium?
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: A Pup Named Scooby Doo
This show was fun. It was a cartoonier take on Scooby, complete with great cartoon takes, wacky jokes, and really weird monsters. I also watched this show because it was more like Bugs Bunny and less like Scooby Doo.
Did you watch this as a kid? Did you like it?
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: Wuzzles
Created by Michael Eisner, this was the shortest run for a Disney show and actually the first one they did (even though it premiered the same day as Gummi Bears).
This show is hard to watch, but the animation is amazing. For how bad everything else is, the animation is that much better. I’m guessing since it was their first show, they really put a lot of time in training the overseas studio or something, because wow these move great. Strong poses, great spacing and timing, and drawn to be super solid.
I remember liking this as a kid until I laid my little eyes on Gummi Bears. What about you? Are you a Gummi Bear or a Wuzzle?
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: Emmet Otter’s Jugband Christmas
I guess it’s not animated, but muppets will always be a part of my saturday mornings. This one hour special aired on HBO in 1977 and then again in 1980. The dream team of Jim Henson and Paul Williams together again for this amazing special. Kermit narrates the story of little Emmit Otter and his entrance in the Frogtown Hollow talent show.
Here’s just one of the great songs:
This is great if you can find the DVD, you won’t be disappointed. We used to watch this over and over again until it was really blurry. Do you remember this? Did you sing along just now while you were watching?
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: A Claymation Christmas Celebration
This primetime special aired December 21st 1987. My entire family (being big California Rasins fans) were glued to the set that night. I still remember going into school the next day and talking about it.
Here’s my favorite 2 sequences of the special:
I gotta say that the bell sequence totally holds up. Did you ever see this when it aired? What was your favorite part? Have you even heard of this before?
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: Land of the Lost
It might not be animated, but it is an essential addition to Saturday mornings! This is it too, the one and only original classic*! Banjos! Dinosaurs! Aliens! Life Vests! Everything you need to make a completely unforgettable show! Do you know all the words to this theme? Did you wish that you could live with Holly too?
*There are other versions of this too, make sure to avoid the nineties version!
If you like high budget campy movies, you might enjoy the Will Ferrell movie, I did!
