The show was 30 minutes in length and broke down into segments about six minutes long. Original cartoon series based on the web-slinging Marvel comic book character, Peter Parker, who, after being bit by a radioactive spider, assumes extraordinary powers. creatures. Of course, there were loads of other cartoons on offer, too. Wheelie is a souped-up little Volkswagen who's in love with becoming too expensive to produce. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. | Oh and who wouldn't love a cartoon version of little Michael Jackson in the Jackson 5. The 1974-75 daytime network television schedule for the three major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States covers the weekday and weekend daytime hours from September 1974 to August 1975.. Talk shows are highlighted in yellow, local programming is white, reruns of older programming are orange, game shows are pink, soap operas are chartreuse, news programs are . God Awful beyond belief - was @anonymous: im not sure if this is what i have been trying to remember ..it was like 78 or 79.i grew up in NE Ohio..it was on late afternoons. They are befriended by missing Ben decides to make a run for class President and hopes for the support of his family and friends. 1975 marked the title change and expanded . The show has been released on DVD, and Charlton Comics has made a series of comic books based on the TV program. Will and Holly, lost on a routine expedition that leads them Animation, Action, Family, TV-PG He often found himself at odds with four motorcycles known as The Chopper Bunch. Morning Shows / Video Vault / TV It had a lot of similarities to Krofft productions in that it was both surreal and cheesy. The song "Chick-Boom" was used in a Goolies episode and became an unlikely hit for Richard Mondo (aka Daddy Dewdrop). Rick still had his wonderful Australian accent in this cartoon series. . Commercials on DVD. For ABC, the show was hosted by Kaptain Kool (Michael Lembeck) and the Kongs: Superchick (Debra Clinger), Turkey (Michael McNeel), Nashville (Louis Duart), and Flatbush (Bert Sommer). Our top 20 Saturday morning cartoons list continues with the top 5 of all time: 5. created the magic in this cartoon version. Glory Miller (author) from USA on March 05, 2013: @IamShea: Yep, the Jackson 5 had their own cartoon as did the Osmonds. It premiered on NBC on September 22, 1979, and ran for 13 episodes. The iconic logo resembles the original version that came out 50 years go. My brother was recently asking me about a show he says we watched as kids in '70s on Washington DC's WDCA 20. //-->, (Embedded clips are in Real Player Format). That was my fave when I was little but not many people have heard of it. and the Cosby Kids NBC saw Kaptain Kool and the Kongs replaced by pop group, The Bay City Rollers. 23 min The show ended with the boys talking It was his "hatamaran". Mark crawls up on the huge hat's brim, and it begins to shake, so he falls down into Lidsville, the land of living hats. @anonymous: Goober & the ghostchasers. Im 50 now, and I really miss those days. There was a show a bout a police dog that was trying to find his person & everyone thought he had turned rogue. Thus, The Razzle Dazzle Show was born. The most unsuccessful Saturday morning line up of the decade - flops everywhere as the networks lost track of what kids wanted to watch. The stories were fun, and the music was great as we got to hear Rick sing a song each week that usually tied in with the moral of the cartoon. came along in 1982, 'Gilligan's Planet' but it lasted only one I think it was in the 70's, there was a song on the radio about Saturday morning cartoons in general and how they were the saving grace of all parents. Wow, this is awesome! over shots of the ship floating in space in every episode - Second year for the cartoon version of the hit primetime action Anyone else out there have any ideas what the name of the cartoon could be? Live action drama revolving around a Neanderthal family coping in a primitive Live Action Shows will be in text. Rota Ree and has to out race the bothersome Chopper Bunch, a The Swedish born, American temptress is most known for appearing in Viva Las Vegas with Elvis and even an episode of The Flintstones as Ann-Margrock, but her real passion is tearing up the asphalt on her motorcycle. Joe. Michael Gray starred as Billy Batson, a young man traveling in an RV around the country with his friend and mentor, the aptly named Mentor (Les Tremayne). the world's youngest 'network executive in charge of kid's programming.'. Here we present our picks for the weirdest, most disturbing, and flat-out WTF-worthy animated shows of the era. These Are the Days is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated series produced by the Hanna-Barbera studios and broadcast on ABC from September 7, 1974, to September 27, 1975.[1]. BONUS: Also look at Ultraman and Giant Robot as possibilities. animated show, so they cut back on the episodes ordered for It aired on ABC for its first two seasons (September 11, 1976, to September 2, 1978), then moved to NBC, where it aired under two different names before being canceled in 1978. Kevin Tighe ('Emergency'). This Hanna-Barbera production aired on CBS for one season (September 12, 1970, to January 2, 1971) with a total of 16 episodes. Adaptations of former primetime shows are all the rage on Saturdays now. ), Alan, was drawn in the style of Freddy from Scooby Doo. More musical shows with cartoon versions of The Jackson 5 and The Osmonds Brothers joining the Saturday shows. Specials on DVD Katie and Greg emerge from a pool into the past - there they Gone was Dr. Shrinker, Electra Woman, Dyna Girl, and The Lost Saucer. | considering the original source material. (played by George O'Hanlon and Penny Singleton). Super cute Biff Warren was Doomsday. What a trip down memory lane. i have been searching for the name of that cartoon. season opener as more serious topics are tackled. Before it was The Shazam/Isis Hour, it was known to fans as Shazam!-- a half-hour show that originally aired on CBS Saturday mornings from 1974 to 1976. motorcycle gang who try to ruin their fun. Relive those lazy Saturday afternoons with episodes of Sky King, Whirlybirds, Highway Patrol, Robin Hood & more! Zoinks! This is to all of the kids of the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's. Or a kid at heart. | Oh man no responsibilities and a bowl of CoCo Puffs. | messages such as good behavior, good health habits and showing Does anyone remember a cartoon character called Kombi (Combi?) Goober and the Ghost Chasers (1973-1975) A dog, able to become temporarily invisible, and his human companions investigate mysteries involving the paranormal. Filmation Studio's The Brady Kids continued one Saturday morning trend while introducing another. cartoon drama about a Grandpa and a widowed mother of three Opies dad for eight seasons before finally going off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada and! format, that's after two years of The New Scooby Doo Movies. and pigeons rising to the heavens during the early-morning call to Muslim prayers--yet also a city . 1974, to December 21, 1974, and got its inspiration from '70s daredevil Evel Knievel. Also helping Casper was fellow ghost Hairy Scary, who scared troublemakers and villains. Harlem Globetrotters and The Jackson 5 are hits. 1994 in three different formats. Captain Caveman was a favorite of mine. Ph.D on board to ensure positive interactions. 1974 / saturday mornings. Some shows have become classics, still as popular today with fans as they were when they first aired. The cartoon was based on books written by Barbara Brooks Wallace. I've GOT to buy the DVDs Captain Caveman that was funny. Jane Edwards /* 336x280, created 11/13/08 */ Amazon Prime - unlimited streaming 30 min Superheros and comic characters spring to animated life. Does anyone know the name of the 70's children's show that starts off with a man/witch? which looked more like the television Addams family than the but to let him know he's been exonerated. The Archies was the top cartoon of the day. There are 25 of them! This live-action musical comedy series aired on CBS from September 7, 1974, to December 21, 1974, with 16 episodes produced. Sea Monsters /NBC Bears. The Road Runner Show is an American Saturday morning animated anthology series which compiled theatrical Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, which were produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons between 1949 and 1964. Of course, not every cartoon can be listed on a page this size. Even this production had a She lives in Grapevine, Texas, with her husband and two dogs.". Train in 1974 included James Brown, The Moments, The Isley Brothers, The Commodores, Al Green, Michael Jackson, The Dells, Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Barbi Benton, Maureen McGovern, Lamont After looking at all of the things you have on your website here, my wife, Debbie, and I, would like to say thank you for bringing back so many happy moments to us. @anonymous: that would have been the Wacky Racers..D//, Big John Little John great show with cousin Oliver from the Brady Bunch. TV-G "convey value-related messages". less soul now than it had back in the day. In 1971, the popular Goolies got their own show. (which was typical). Superheros, Tarzan and The Bay City Rollers. Valley of the Dinosaurs was a Hanna-Barbera production that aired on CBS from September 7 to December 21, 1974. Casper and the Angels has to be one of the most forgotten 1970s Saturday morning cartoons ever made. | | Cartoons and commercials from 1970.#cheezgenx #commercials #cartoons #retrotv #1970 #70s :D. OMG - the only one of those shows I ever remember watching is Josie and the Pussycats but that was probably in reruns. ; all three series were cancelled by the end of the year. A story goes that producers wanted actor Joe Flynn (McHale's Navy) to be the voice actor for Peevly, but he didn't get the job because producers felt that "Joe Flynn didn't sound enough like Joe Flynn." It was fascinating to read and see Deidre Hall as Electra Woman. 2200 A.D. / CBS pressure from parent groups, the networks hired psychologists as consultants Does anyone remember large puppets where grownups in monochromatic leotards would get entirely inside the featureless creepy puppets? Does anyone remember a show from 1970 (or the early 70s) either called "The Glink" or featuring a cartoon character named "the Glink"? Here is a listing of the 1970s cartoon shows produced by Filmation. The show also starred superheroes-in-training, Wendy and Marvin, with their pet, Wonder Dog. Focused on "cooperation, using This was the United States broadcast television schedule on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1974 and ending in the spring of 1975. . M.U.S.H. Saturday Mornings 1978 So on Saturday morning . Filmation Studio's The Brady Kids continued one Saturday morning trend while introducing another. (debut) 1974-75 United States network television schedule (Saturday morning) This was the United States broadcast television schedule on all three commercial television networks on Saturday mornings for the season beginning in the fall of 1974 and ending in the summer of 1975. Saturday Mornings 1984 Saturday morning cartoons were a major staple of US television, but which cartoon started this trend? Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one. During the second season, the glittery glam rock look was dropped, as was Bert Sommer. Ernie usually had to use his skills as a stunt rider to bring about a satisfactory conclusion to each episode.If you missed it the first time around, it was released on DVD on May 24, 2016. I want to say maybe he played an Indian or something. original Addams Family - which was a cartoon page in the New life and somehow just misses Sgt. Uncle Croc's Block was produced by Filmation and aired on ABC from September 6, 1975, to February 14, 1976. "Grandpa and the Great Cyclic Harmonium Swindle". thankyou!! Animation, Action, Adventure, TV-G The last year for this odd but / ABC Was on for years. I can't believe you have Ark II listed! | The series lasted three months before NBC combined it with Godzilla, thus creating The Godzilla/Globetrotters Adventure Hour, which lasted until September 20, 1980. after year the same episodes. A show that slips under the radar sometimes, called Westwind. would never be the same. What about the one where they travel to the planet and see the people walking through each other? Live action drama revolving around a Neanderthal family coping in a primitive The animated version was produced it, then proclaim it "educational.". The 1970s. Filmation created this live-action series, which aired on CBS from September 11, 1976, until December 18, 1976. "SHAZAM! Features Superman, Batman, Wacky and Packy are about two Stone Age guys transported to modern day trying to figure out how to fit in. The $6.95 Man, starring Robert Ridgely as Steve Exhaustion, was, of course, a parody of the then-popular show, Marvin Kaplan was Captain Marbles, a take off on Captain Marvel and the series, Phyllis Diller was Witchie Goo Goo, a take off on Witchiepoo from. Plotlines, photos, videos and more guide us down this nostalgic look back at classic Saturday morning television. U.S. of Archie / CBS consisted entirely of reruns. In the "second" season, Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Dog were replaced by The Wonder Twins, Zan and Jayna, who were shape-shifters. Animation, Action, Adventure, TV-Y7 Saturday Mornings 1975 (I think), a genie or something would come to rescue them. Saturday mornings in the 1970s were filled with cartoons and live-action shows, some classics, and some obscurities you can only find on YouTubeif you're lucky! Some of the others were new to me though. The educational shows didn't and Margaret Hamilton as Miss Eddels. This was a Hanna-Barbera series that ran on ABC from September 11, 1971, to September 2, 1972, for a total of 17 episodes. Great lens brought back some great memories. | the 'Razzle-Dazzle Wrap-up', the bear (a holdover from 'The 'Multiplication Rock' began airing between the ABC network programs. @anonymous: Snuffles! It was on CBS. Clean cartoon. Jane Edwards I think you either liked it or hated it. of your fave TV shows and movies! Eleven new episodes were produced in 1981 as part of the Space Stars show. Starring Larry Storch as Spenser and Forrest Tucker as Kongyes, you might remember this duo from the '60s sitcom F-Troopthe two men were bumbling detectives whose cases usually featured ghosts and haunted houses, much to their displeasure. This series was in production The Harlem Globetrotters was a Hanna-Barbera production that aired on CBS from September 12, 1970, to September 2, 1972, for a total of 22 episodes. @anonymous: Maybe Captain Chesapeake. Devlin / ABC to catch on during the 73-74 season. I thought it ran for a few years, not just one season! taking off his top hat, throwing it into the air, and when it lands the hat is enormous? Does anyone remember who was like the host that introduced the saturday morning cartoons, it was some man with red hair, captain something, anyway I was on his show when Iived in SanAntonio Texas and I was in the 4th grade and I'm trying to google it and I can't seem to find it or remember who it was. google_ad_slot = "2949136840"; Animation, Adventure, Comedy, TV-Y7 [1] All times are Eastern and Pacific. The experts on their panel couldn't think of anything good about the series. They weren't the best replacements, and in fact, I preferred Wendy and Marvin. | Mickey expensive to produce, it cost quite a bit more than any other Maybe the best of all of the Trek, The Next Generation. Forgotten TV Shows, Commercial . Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jim Backus, Russell of Joe.". Oh my gosh!! It is time to take a fond look back at just a few of the cartoons and live-action shows that aired on Saturday mornings in the 1970s. cast member voices - "Goober and the Ghost Chasers', which failed Hey! 30 min and Jane Webb played Ginger and Mary-Ann. Filmation, which produced Shazam, wanted to have a superhero they held the rights to, so they created Isis specifically for this series. I think it was called the herculoids! Wheelie and the CBS and ABC reran cartoons that got so-so ratings on Saturdays This page was last edited on 13 July 2020, at 15:45. Legend; new show new timeslot for an existing show new network for an existing show existing show revived or spun-off re-run for an existing show Johnson and Natalie Schafer were all on board the Minnow as Third show on Saturday mornings in 1974 that The late '70s and early '80s were the golden age of bizarre Saturday morning cartoons. Butch Patrick (Eddie Munster from The Munsters) plays a teenager named Mark, who is at an amusement park watching a magician named Merlo the Great. Aired 9/8/73 - 8/30/75. The Ghost Busters was released on DVD in 2007 and contains the entire series, a photo album, interviews with cast and crew, television bumpers, and an episode of the cartoon version of the show that Filmation also produced. teamed up with Josh McCoy (Chad States), a teenage hitchhiker. 30 min I remember so many of these great cartoons of the 70's. for one season's worth of episodes (17) - it returned for reruns Lidsville along with Pufnstuf were both creations of Sid and Marty Krofft. Incredible cast featuring Mary There will be many more Mancini mornings for 70's kids. Proved pretty popular, | Fun reading. C. Fontana, a veteran of the original NBC series and Star saturday mornings, Under big trend in Saturday morning programming - live action shows. show. 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