The Man, The Cartoon, The Cereal: The Story of the Mr. T Cartoon (aka Mister T)
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Mister T is an American animated series that aired on NBC on Saturday morning from 1983 to 1985, featuring the popular actor Mr. T and produced by Ruby-Spears Enterprises.
The cartoon stars Mr. T as a coach to a gymnastics team (with a specific emphasis on members Jeff, Woody, Robin, and Kim), travelling the world while becoming involved in and solving various mysteries similar to the Scooby-Doo franchise.
But Mr. T, the man, was also Mr. T the brand. There was Mr. T cereal, Mr. T action figures, dolls, Colorforms, storybooks and his appearances in movies like Rocky III and DC Cab and his starring role on the A Team.
Mr. T was everywhere.
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Mr. T is a national treasure. He might pity fools, but he cares a lot about kids and tried to be a positive influence to promote health, fitness, and just being a darn good person.
And unlike Hulk Hogan and Stallone he was all natural and no hypocrite
I agree, he is a national treasure.
Exactly!
100% agree!!!👍👍👍👍
And as we found out in his WWE Hall of Fame Induction, he REALLY loves his mother.
Mr. T's message was a lot deeper and revolutionary than most people realized.
That's why he always "Pity The Fools."
😄👍
There's a supercut of his live-action messages from the cartoon and they RULE! Some of his messages feel like they could have been written this year!
It's honestly the biggest tragedy of him, that so many people really miss the depth of his message. It took me hearing the interview where he talked about his name and image to really appreciate him, and now that I do, I spread that information as much as I can because honestly he had a lot of important things to say.
People didn't WANT to see it...they never do.
Positivity doesn't sell,
Negativity does.
If you go back in history, you'd see ALOT of people with positive messages that people chose to ignore in favor of making a joke of or pointing negative stuff outta these people with positive messages.
From Mr.T to Michael Jackson...
It's really sad and when the end comes, we'll reflect on it before being sent to our final destination.....
Man should be canonized - total fucking hero
Worked on a Snickers commercial with Mr. T. I spent a few days in a helicopter with him. It was awesome. He is absolutely the most lovely guy. At one point he said: “I might be gettin’ old but I can still say “I pity the fool!””, and the two of us sitting in the back of the helicopter quietly went nuts. To date one of the absolute highlights of my career. The biggest issue with him was he stopped and chatted with everyone before he got to the set.
In the '80s, our superheroes were real. A magic time. Mr T is the rare childhood idol that remains untarnished.
_Mr T_ cereal was just t-shaped _Cap'n Crunch_ - that weird moment you realize that sugared corn meal cereal is interchangeable & effectively "kid feed".
Truth! LOL
That’s very true. Out of all our childhood idols/role models, Mr. T definitely remains untarnished. All of the positive messages that he spoke about were all things he really believed in and stood for. That’s a very rare thing and he was an even rarer person. His fame never went to his head and he always remained extremely respectful to everyone. He was definitely a good man.
And then they repurposed it with more letters for a Tiny Toon Adventures cereal in the 90's. Come to think of it, ALL of Quaker's cereals were basically just Cap'n Crunch in different shapes.
@@mightyfilm I think Ralston made a Donkey Kong cereal that was basically Cap'n Crunch in barrel shapes.
@@jessragan6714 That would be from a different company, so it would be like or similar to another brand's cereals, not repurposing the same basic recipe like Quaker does. Of course, since Quaker only focuses on the Cap'N Crunch brand they tend to just make variants under that brand. They still repurpose the basic recipe for Cap'n Crunch and Crunchberry, but give them different limited time flavors.
Mr. T is awesome, and he was a huge part of 80s pop culture. He's a good man, who does good by his fellow man.
Met this legend in New Orleans. He was an absolute gentlemen. definitely one of the best days of my life
Mr. T is utterly unassailable. I dont think in 40 years I've ever heard ONE ILL WORD ever spoken about the man. He was a hero to all the kids back then, was all about good messages and being an upstanding person.
I think that's part of why his character as Clubber Lang in Rocky 3 worked so well, it really caught your attention seeing him act like that in such a deplorable way.
😄👍
He 1ØØ% belongs to a very exclusive pantheon (although he probably wouldn't prefer that wording).
@@favoritemustard3542 Mr. T would pity the fool that put him on a pantheon 😂😂😂
The one time I saw him got mad was when he went on Howard Stern when Stern had his show on the E channel. Howard said he heard a rumor that Mr. T arrived to an event in a limo and that the kids were so excited to see him, they rushed forward and pulled open the door to reveal Mr. T getting a blow job from one or two women. Mr. T got pissed and denied it, and I believe him, but that story stuck with me because it was so funny and stupid.
Mr. T wasn't the villain in Rocky 3.. Mickey was.. Mr. T was a man trying to get his title shot that he deserved. He was the number one contender for that belt and Mickey was save Rocky form that epic beating he end up getting in there first fight.. but T wasn't never the villain... he even pitty poor Rocky for what he had to do to him... he was not acting deplorable, he was a man feed up with the injustice of Rocky running form him, he knew Rocky could beat him and that title was his...
Mr. T is someone to look up to, never beat a woman in a elevator or got busted with drugs or any of that. My friend got to meet him in the Shriners hospital when he was getting surgery, Mr T was there cheering up the kids, total hero.
Exactly!
He did a Drug PSA in ‘85, and has proved that he practices what he preaches.💪🏾
My dad did some landscaping work for him back in the mid-80s. Said he was a super nice down to earth guy. He would stop by several times during the day while he was working to just check in and chat or bring him lunch/drinks.
Everyone loves Mr. T.
Pity the fool who don't.
Mr. T is the only guy who doesnt look stupid when he wears those golden chains.
Yes
It helps that he looks like he could break you in half like a toothpick while wearing them.
He doesn't wear them anymore... he felt guilty being draped in gold after seeing the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and the poverty that resulted from it.
@@jessragan6714 honestly, thats just another point for him. But me personaly - seeing him without the chains makes me think he is in "casual" mode or something. With the chains is "buissness mode on" lmao. Does it make sense?
@@alexforce9 It's less elaborate, so I can see what you mean by a more casual look. He cultivated a distinctive image over decades, then he suddenly altered it. I can understand why it would be a bit of a shock.
All Mr. T had to say was “I pity the fool who gets married” and I wouldn’t have flushed my life down the toilet. I’m not mad. Just demonstrating how much pull Mr. T has in my world.
"Dozer same...but dog!"
Dan's mastery of speech is audio joy!
Advanture!
Mr. T came to my middle school to motivationally speak to the student body, however only certain classes were able to attend. I, of course, was in a class that was not chosen. I overheard some kids talking about it on the bus afterwards, but I never believed them; it sounded pretty unlikely. It wasn’t until the yearbook was published later that year and I saw the photos of him high-fiving the more fortunate students that I realized that he did indeed come to the school to pump the kids up and set them on the right path. I’m still pretty upset about missing that assembly.
Couldn't the whole school fit in the gymnasium?
@@jC-kc4si It was actually held in our auditorium, but honestly that's probably the practical reason they did it that way (my middle school had like 2,200 students lol), and Mr. T was likely only booked for one speech. I just have shit luck!
Mr. T was legit, my family knows him and some of his family. Tough, but really kind and never hurt anyone unless it was necessary. Really positive man.
I didn't grow up with the cartoon,but Mr. T's message still stands the test of time. He's always been a great role model and we need more people like Mr. T.
Growing up with a deadbeat dad and a stepfather that was very physical in his admonishments, having Mr T and Optimus Prime to look up to as I was growing up were a big help, they proved that not all men were scary, distant and violent brutes.
Hopefully it got better as you got older
bro I wanna give you a hug
@@ReverendMeat51 I'm not a "bro" bab, but thank you anyway. It is a sign of strong moral conviction, compassion and being at ease with yourself that you would type such a thing. You keep safe.
Swap out "deadbeat" for "child molester" and you described my childhood as well. I've worked hard to overcome the mental and emotional fuckery that kind of upbringing causes, and I sincerely hope you've been able to do so as well.
@@Dargonhuman oh my word!.. what you have been through is terrible... what you have done for yourself takes strength, resilience and supreme courage.
I have BPD thanks to my childhood, but I work on it every day, I work on myself.
Stay strong, stay safe and proud.
This cartoon was also the voice acting debut of Phil Lamarr (He was the voice of Woody.)
yeah I know he was in the background in that Pulp Fiction segment at 10:29
I so wish Mr T would make a comeback. I know he's in his late 60s or early 70s now and probably looking to retire, but wouldn't you rather your kids listen to him than have any knowledge of what Kanye West is doing?
I totally forgot there was a dog with a mohawk.
Also the detail that he named himself "Mister" so nobody would call him "boy" is so badass. What a boss.
One of my favorite facts about him is that as he worked as a bodyguard he had business cards and written on them was the line; "Other than God, there is no greater protector than I."
No doubt, God has business cards that say the same thing about Mr T.
Allah?
Mr.T is genuinely one of the nicest and most real people to ever be in the public. When I lived Chicago I was able to meet him at a couple of conventions, and he took the time to actually have a conversation with you.
Mr. T is larger than life. Very humble person.
My mom made us eat Mister T cereal before my brother and I had tests. We thought it made us smart and strong. And dammit maybe it was the sugar high since it was captain crunch just with Ts. It fricken worked every time!!
❤
I pity the fool that doesn't subscribe to Toy Galaxy and smash that bell.
Samesies
One of my earliest memories is sitting alone in our trailer and eating Mr T cereal!
I owned some Mr. T toy jewelry, which contained a couple of necklaces and Rings. I used them as part of my costume when I played King Herod in a Church Nativity play when I was a kid.
Mr. T was and still is amazing! Super iconic! The 80s will never die.
I've been a huge Mr. T fan since I saw Rocky III in the theater. The concept of Mr. T and, a team of acrobats never quite made sense to me but, I loved Mr. T, so I watched religiously. I met him at a comic book convention in 1993 and he autographed the Galoob action figure of him I had owned for about a decade. Great guy!
Mr. T was the coolest man in the 80's.
He really wasn't. He was a terrible stereotype.
Excuse me? Ric Flair would like a word
@@trejohnson4760 Ah, that tired old stereotype of the denim vest wearing, feathered earring having, mohawk sporting, tough guy do-gooder. If you've seen it once, you've seen it exactly once.
@@singaporesammy the tired old stereotype of the overly tough black guy. Wearing lots of gold didn't help either. I don't expect you to understand.
Mr T was flipping legit. Always felt like the world started treating him as a joke when he could have been a real role model for generations. There should really be a biopic about him too.
Netflix should do that yesterday
I agree with you. But when you reach the level of upward motion he had, people are going to turn on you and kick you back down it’s just the way the public works. They love you and then they love to hate you.
I think MR T settled it o his true level after a while. And even now. People don’t need MR T everywhere, all the time. But we like knowing he’s out there. Showing up from time to time.
OK, but who plays Mr. T other than Mr.T?
It's impossible to convey what a phenomenon Mr. T was to someone who didn't grow up in the midst of his hype. Also, I just lost my mind when I saw Steve Gerber as a writer on G.I. Joe and now I find out he was behind the Mr. T animated series too? Truly a legend of writing.
I personally enjoyed his other show, T.N.T. Where Mr. T plays an ex-con who was wrongly convicted. After his lawyer gets him released, he then teams up with her to help others. Classic television.
When was this series released? I've never heard of it.
@@brandonpage7087 In syndication around '88, he was paired with some blonde
T and T
One of my favorite episodes of Diff'rent Strokes was the one where Mr. T guest stars. A classic.
Lumping in of Swamp Thing, a DC character, in with the Marvel characters mentioned aside, pretty good retrospective this week.
Still have my Mr.T action figure..
Oh yeah I remember the cereal,the cartoon and the movie DC Cabs.
🙏thank you Mr.T for teaching me to respect your mom.
I read Mr. T's autobiography last year. It was published in 1984. It's a fantastic read. I wish he would write five more.
I would trade a handful of Star Wars action figures for one MR T action figure with my friends. Oh and not only did I eat the cereal but I had a Mr T cake for my birthday that year, sucka!
As a kid, I enjoyed this cartoon AND ate the cereal. As a teenager, I remember being on a European study tour in the 90s, and "El Senor T" was on TV in Spain one day. I follow the guy on Twitter, and he is a God-fearing awesome person. Thanks for covering this!!
Great video. I loved the cartoon & the cereal. This one just holds a special place in my heart because of exactly what you said, Mr. T was the real life example. Also to answer your request, I have never modeled myself after anybody, but I kid you not, there's a guy that does business with us, that dresses exactly like a 20s+ white Mr. T. The chains, earrings, cutoff sleeves, mohawk & beard, the whole deal. I have never teased him & won't, but other customers do sometimes laugh after he leaves. There's absolutely no doubt who he models himself after. Not to be left unsaid, he is one of our best paying customers. I pity da fool that insults him instead of taking his money.
Based
Would love to see a picture of this guy, lol.
@@brandonpage7087 Man, I wish I had seen this message. The guy literally just left the office. I tried to see if he had a Facebook page. I asked & he doesn't do social media.
Mr. T definitely will always be respected.
Remember when he did those 1-800-COLLECT commercials that were banking on nostalgia for him? It's been so long since those were made that, if you showed them to a young kid now, you'd have to explain what collect calls even were. To survive as an instantly recognizable figure so long that nostalgia for you becomes nostalgic takes some doing.
The Mr. T cartoon, just another reason the 80's was the last great decade of kids cartoons.
90s were. Gargoyles man
@@ReverendMeat51 Gargoyles, X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman... Yea, the 80s and 90s were a great time to be a cartoon loving kid.
@@ReverendMeat51 Not even close. Gargoyles was a secodary cartoon at best. Even Silverhawks was better than Gargoyles. The best thing out of the 90's was the Batman animated series
The 80s were the GOLDEN Age of Saturday Morning TV!
I remember the Mr. T cereal so well. It tasted like the Donkey Kong cereal. If the cereal came back, I'd buy it en masse.
I vividly remember this I remember watching mr. T on NBC on Saturday morning eating either Mr T cereal or the Smurfs cereal.. really great times! Wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world it was a great time to be a kid!
"I pity the fool!" is still the gold standard of catchphrases..."And you can take that to the bank!"
I'd buy that for a dollar!
Happy that "DC Cab" made an appearance (an underrated movie), but no "Be Somebody (Or Be Someone's Fool)"? I used to put that VHS tape on the TV while working at a video store in the mid-90s, always good for some laughs by the customers.
It is, of course, on RUclips so if you haven't seen it I highly recommend it.
If you’ve never tasted Mr. T cereal, well it’s just Cap’n Crunch in a different shape.
Cap'n Crunch or even King Vitamin
Things Mr T pities:
☑️ fools
☑️ Apollo Creed
☑️ Rocky Balboa
🔲 Toy Galaxy
Mr T, one of my favorite 80s personality. He's also my avatar at work
We need to thank M. T for inspiring Mike Tyson Mysteries.
Truly a lasting legacy.
That’s a crossover that should’ve happened .
@@wolfprime
I wonder if it still could.
I begged my mom for that very same Michael Jackson red leather jacket with the zippers when I was in second grade. She didn't buy it for me and said that it was too expensive for a kid's jacket that I wouldn't think is cool anymore within a year's time. Was she right? Yes. Do I still think about that jacket all the time? Also yes.
Damn, this was so much fun to watch!! Much, much respect and love for the one and only, legendary, Mr.T! When I was a kid, I was a fan of everything that he was a part of. I loved Rocky 3, DC Cab, the Mr.T cartoon and especially, The A Team! At 48 years old, I'm very happy to have the Galoob 12" Mr.T (non-talking) and the 6" A Team figures as part of my action figures collection. I also own the first season of the cartoon on DVD. Thank you for the awesome memories and lessons learned, Mr.T..."I pity the fool!" By the way, Dan, I was also a huge Michael Jackson fan that also mastered the moonwalk...only with socks on. 😎
I haven't watched your video yet, but I wanted to give unbiased info. I was a small child when on friday night they announced the next morning would air a Mr T animated show. I was so excited I had a hard time sleeping with visions of BA Baracus mowing down bad guys in technicolour filing my 7 year old mind. W\My confusion and their betrayal was complete when then next day I watched He man with Mr T's head lifting cars while children did cartwheels around him only to be summed up with a morality tale. The live action segment only served to demonstrate how ridiculous the animated hulked out creature with his name was and further killed any interest I would have in the show. Top that off with a yellow box selling corn in the shape of Ts with no marshmallows or chocolate or anything and the betrayal was complete. Mr T's only redeeming quality was its bangin theme song punctuated with early 80s disco remnants and a Solid Gold esthetique that plucked the emotional strings of my 7 year old heart.
OK Now I watch the video.
As an 80's time traveler, I must say that Mr T was everywhere!
Mr. T: "I pity the fool who don't LIKE, SHARE, and SUBSCRIBE to Toy Galaxy."
Unlike all the others who commented the "I pity" themselves, you quoted Mr. T, as if he said it himself. Well done!
Dude co-headlined the very first Wrestlemania. He was so huge back then.
I regularly ate the Mr. T cereal back then, it was about the only licensed one (along with Ghostbusters cereal) that wasn't completely god awful...
I remember liking it and the Nintendo Double box of cereal!
Me too! It was one of the first Cereals I got to try. I ate a lot of Rainbow Brite too.:)
Remember when Mr. T made a special appearance on Alvin and the Chipmunks cartoon? I miss the 80's. 🥲
I remember
Oh yeah - he referred to the Chipmunks as "The C Team!" Loved it!
"You can't eat those fries"
"You can't eat those fries! Without catsup!"
@@jessragan6714 I was waiting to see if someone could finish it. Lol
Mister. T is an amazing 80's cartoon show and one day the Mister. T cereal will come back. 😀👍
Clubber Lang forever! He would have whooped Drago’s ass!
Love the toon. Loved the cereal. Love the Man!
Season 1 Episode 4 of Silver Spoons was the funniest episode of the series. Guest Star of course, Mr. T. Worth a watch.
I am not going to front, I get kind of emo how well crafted these videos are. Truly takes me back to my childhood and, despite thinking I knew it all about these classic gems, always manage to learn something new and mind-blowing. To quote Kev Smith, "You are doing the Lord's work."
Bravo. 🙌🏿
In 92 or 93 when the Mr T and the T Force comic came out I met him at Mardi Gras in New Orleans driving around in a car handing them out, not in a parade just in the street, and I got him to sign mine. I don’t know what ever happened to it or if it even made it out of New Orleans
The absolute best, hopefully nobody finds out that book “12 rules for life (an antidote to chaos) “ is basically everything Mr.T ever told us to do.
I loved cereal growing up still do but I remember MR.T cereal and it was one of my favorites I loved the A team so much
If you weren't around during the Mr. T era, then you will likely not understand the impact he had on kids like me back then. He was the closest person we had that looked and acted like a real life superhero.
I looked up to Mr T as a kid and loved this cartoon. Thank you for the content.
This episode is particularly warm and uplifting. Thanks Dan & Producer Greg!
Yep. These were the Days.. What a great time to be a kid. I'm blessed to have grown up during that time..
Mr. T is awesome. I was so sad to hear he had cancer years back, but I'm glad he beat it. I'm glad when anyone beats cancer, but I was especially happy that he did.
Later he also had a syndicated live action show called T and T. His characters had sort of a dual identity. By day, he wore a suit and tie but acted and talked exactly like he did when in "tough guy hero" mode.
Mr. T is a 80s treasure that should never be forgotten
Rocky 3 is the most unrealistic of all the Rocky movies, because Mr T can never be a villain
And he could never lose
I never heard Mr. T's story before. Truly an awesome guy.
Mr T. was and still is awesome!!! This country needs some Mr. T. right now!!
I kind of remember this show, it was on NBC Ch 4 in California
I haven't have a head-snap double-take out of my phone like I did to you referencing Gym-Kata in a WHILE. Well done.
Teaching people to respect other peoples mothers since 1980's.
AWESOME!!!!
1:44 That's a perfect Father's Day gift right there.
As a small Irish kid growing up in the 80s Mr.T was my idol. I had his dog tags and mask. One of my favorite pics of me and my brother is us standing side by side,I of course donning the Mr.T Mask and wearing dungarees , trying to pose as Mr.T.
Mr. T is the all time best! He beat cancer and irony!
The man had his own cartoon (excuse me, animated series!) and his own cereal.
That's how legends are honored kids.
I always thought Mister T was fun to watch, I didn't realize how interesting he was behind the scenes.
"What's your prediction for the fight then?"
"Prediction?"
"Yes, prediction"
".....Pain"
I met Mr. T at a comic signing event for T Force #1. It was a blast.
Was there an episode of the cartoon where Kim goes on a crash diet and passes out while chasing a crook and/or doing gymnastics? That's the only specific memory I have.
S2E4 "Mystery of the Ghost Fleet"
My dad went to high school with Mr. T. In the 90's he was huge Magic the Gathering fan. He would actually play in tournaments!
Mr T is iconic and by all accounts a wonderful human being
I can still hear the theme song in my mind! What a time to be a kid in the 1980s!!!
Hoping for a Camp Candy video soon. John Candy needs just as much attention as Mr T or Chuck Norris
Was there much Camp Candy merchandise, though? Gonna be hard for Toy Galaxy to make much of a video about them without it.
I watch that show and ate the cereal. Oh the good times!
That was actually really good cereal.
The Bizarre episode with Mr. T has been one of my favorites for...well, decades. Super Dave telling him insults, only to get eaten, and finding untouched fried chicken in there with him--Classic
Yes, that was a Canadian classic. Definitely an instant favourite! Think Super Dave said if Mr.T sat on a candlestick he could have a nice dinner? lol
Ahhh, i have a very distinct memory of watching Mr. T along with Alvin & the Chipmunks one lazy Saturday morning. Well, closer to Noon, I think, since it wasn't one of the shows that was on very early from what I remember.
"Oh my stars and garters!"
Mr. T was a good male role model on tv for alot of young Black kids when there were not alot around. And he did whoop Rocky's a$$ . His cereal was good too.. I pity the fool who don't like this video.. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I like to imagine that everytime 80s tees sponsors, he goes to his dads house and takes the jersey away again to do the copy read, then has to drive it back over before filming the rest of the episode.
Hehhehheh that's really funny for some reason. Or maybe I'm just tired. *Plus* it's funny.