In a commenting frenzy on Dive's site yesterday, the subject of HR Pufnstuf came up. Enough people were clueless about the show, and it was suggested that I post about it to clear things up. The thing is, it has been written about plenty--entire sites are devoted to the show.
In doing some poking around, I found other shows from the 60s and early 70s, however, that reminded me of the glorious days of Saturday morning cartoons. In the days when kids only had a few TV channels to choose from and didn't spend hours and hours every day in front of the tube, Saturday mornings were special. Saturday mornings were devoted to cartoons that were not seen any other day.
You would sleep in just a little, and then, with blanket in hand, drag yourself to your favorite spot in front of the TV. You would switch it on with the knob and turn the dial to ABC or NBC of CBS, and you would settle into the orange shag carpet with your bowl of Fruit Loops and a luke warm glass of Tang for a few hours of comic celluloid bliss. Whiz, Bang, Bop. I was just a little kid when my older sister brought a friend home from college, some guy who slept on the couch in the room where I would be watching my cartoons in the morning. Bright and early, 7:30 am or so, I sneeked in and plopped myself down in front of the TV as usual. Didn't matter to me. It was MY time.
Here are some of my favorites:
In doing some poking around, I found other shows from the 60s and early 70s, however, that reminded me of the glorious days of Saturday morning cartoons. In the days when kids only had a few TV channels to choose from and didn't spend hours and hours every day in front of the tube, Saturday mornings were special. Saturday mornings were devoted to cartoons that were not seen any other day.
You would sleep in just a little, and then, with blanket in hand, drag yourself to your favorite spot in front of the TV. You would switch it on with the knob and turn the dial to ABC or NBC of CBS, and you would settle into the orange shag carpet with your bowl of Fruit Loops and a luke warm glass of Tang for a few hours of comic celluloid bliss. Whiz, Bang, Bop. I was just a little kid when my older sister brought a friend home from college, some guy who slept on the couch in the room where I would be watching my cartoons in the morning. Bright and early, 7:30 am or so, I sneeked in and plopped myself down in front of the TV as usual. Didn't matter to me. It was MY time.
Here are some of my favorites:
Super Chicken: Here is the theme song that I will be singing for the rest of the day.
And here is a site devoted to the show--Dave's Unofficial Super Chicken Home Page
George of the Jungle. Here is the song.
The Ant and the Aardvark. Agian, the theme song.
Secret Squirrel and Morocco Mole. What a squirrel--the theme song.
Are there some I have missed? What did you watch on those magic Saturday mornings?
The theme songs are all featured on Mike Classic Cartoon Themes, along with a CD of 93 themes.
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Well there was Tiswas and all that slapstick loud stuff which i kind of liked but turned the volume down.. Heckle and Jeckle when i was very young, oh and a bit later, The Partridge Family as i was IN LOVE with David Cassidy. No, not a crush or a phase, he was mine. lol! That Sat. morning routine was a religion. Went through a phase of going to another girl's house to watch, who was like-minded, though hers was a mere crush of course. Only thing was, her brother was gorgeous and my mind was split so i had to return home to devote all to David eventually. Then i would pop off to the shops to buy a new item of clothing if i was lucky, like a pink fluffy 'bunny jacket'.
Some of these were off the air by the time I was a kid, but great memories. And I don't need to click the links. I'm singing "George of the Jungle" right now.
"Shag carpet" doesn't help the cleansing quotient, though. Hee hee.
I don't remember having seen any of those, Robyn.
My childhood days were mostly radio, but when we did finally get a little nine inch black and white TV, I remember the joy of Tom and Jerry.
They don't seem to show it any more (well they probably do on satellite or cable but I refuse to waste my money on those).
I was "grown up" by the time Lynn's programmes came on.
Sassy, the George of the Jungle movie almost ruined the magic for me. But it all came back when I heard the song. And the drums
Dive, I watched Tom and Jerry on a local channel out of Chicago. It was on after school.
Up and at 'em, Atom Ant! That's the mantra for today.
I loved some British things like Rentaghost and The Ghosts of Motley Hall and the children's gameshows Crackerjack and Runaround. Oh and cartoon Dangermouse but I think they were more after school shows. On Saturday mornings I was a big fan of Swap Shop and Tiswas.
Good times!
I miss the Smurfs. I really liked the Smurfs. The Smurfs are scary, but I really liked them.
Loved George of the Jungle!
And lucky you, I never ate Froot Loops and Tang. My mother would have had a heart attack.
And, for some unknown reason, I loathed the Smurfs.
Their mission was simple: Catch Yankee Doodle Pigeon, who was a carrier pigeon used to deliver secret documents or something or other (if anyone actually knows who they were being delivered to, please let me know).
la lala la
tra la la
la lala la
one banana,
two banana,
three banana...
Lots of fun for everyone!
Oh and someone DID sing the banana song omg let me out of here...
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Too MUCH!
And would you BOTH please STOP IT! Lynn...hate to inform you...David Cassidy AND Bobby Sherman were and ARE both MINE!!!! Muuuuuaaahahahahahahaha!
Carry on...Lynn's already had her WICKID BLUE...how appropriate Swan DIVE LADY...AAAAAAAAACK! GOOD ONE HUH? LOLOL! I'm breaking into another BD bottle of Ca Cab!
Au Revoir my DP Family!
;) xo
PS: You did GOOD ROBYN! ;)
Like your guest map very much. Dive why are you in Manchester? Silly you...
Shag Carpet