Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, HR Puff n Stuff, Far Out Space Nuts and Banana Splits. Also WWF and Creature Double Feature was always on the required watch list on Saturdays.
I'd just sit there and keep watching no matter what...but by mid-afternoon GOLF came on...then I had to find something else to do. GOLF... it's like the official anti-Saturday morning cartoon.
Another great episode, Tig. Saturday morning cartoons were a weekly event. Sometimes I feel sad that my kids won't get to experience it. With streaming services, they can watch whatever they want whenever they want. And so we basically never let them watch anything.
A lot of the cartoons you mentioned didn’t play on Saturday mornings where I grew up. I watched shows like Transformers, Real Ghostbusters, Darkwing Duck, Tiny Toon Adventures, Chip ‘n’ Dales: Rescue Rangers, Ducktales, He-Man, She-Ra, JEM and the Holograms, Pink Panther, Scooby Doo, and Inspector Gadget after school (or before school). I remember watching Gummie Bears, Snorks, Smurfs, G.I. Joe, The Raccoons, Looney Tunes, Pac-Man, Superman and Friends (or Superfriends or Justice League, whatever), The Amazing Spider-Man, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Littles, and more Scooby Doo on Saturday mornings. I’m leaving a bunch out like maybe stuff like Flinstone Kids etc.
Yep, after/before school was right up there with Sat morning. Cable worked magic. WTBS, USA (cartoon express), and WGN opened up so much for a kid down in Texas.
Beginning in January 2021 MeTV network will air a 3 hour block of classic cartoons on Saturday mornings. Also weekday morings a hosted cartoon show will air beginning January on MeTV.
OMG you brought back so many memories.. i got up at 7 am every Saturday morning ..You are sooooo!! right when American bandstand came on or soul train that was it lol
That Sleestack cap is probably the best thing in 2020. Sid & Marty Kroft had the best shows. Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, HR Puff n Stuff, Far Out Space Nuts and Banana Splits.
Man, I was all about Dungeons & Dragons and Thundarr back in those days. Hell, Thundarr still holds up. I think Soul Train is why I love Hip Hop and R&B , so I guess that worked out too. But the best thing ever was the week where when cartoons ended, the WWF came on out of nowhere. I had never even heard of pro wrestling, but 11 year old me was hooked the second they brought out Andre the Giant. Talk about a life changer... :p
@@dudeellington5516 I really liked it, but I like most retro stuff. I know there are 2 episodes on facebook if you search video, one has the retro commercials.
I still have my Saturday Mornings, i have loads of 80s toons. The only difference is, i can't do sugar cereals. Sweets on the morning doesn't agree with me anymore. But you'll never take away my toons! We were so blessed back then, so many awesome shows. Great vid you guys. Glad you fixed that Mask mixup LOL, Peace and keep on Retroing!
Hong Kong Phooey, Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show, Shazam!, Scooby Doo, Tarzan/Batman/Lone Ranger, Super Friends, etc., etc., etc. And yeah, Fuck Scrappy Doo.
I grew up on in New Jersey still live there had most of the shows you were watching and somewhere on weekdays somewhere on Saturday morning there was a time when Saturday morning extended even into Sundays for a while
Thank You For posting this. Man Saturday morning cartoons were a blast. They represented an innocence that we have long since lost sadly. I do not even kids at all these days. I miss them and the toys and cereal commercials. With that thought in mind cartoons kinda remind me of going to Chucky Cheese. I remember going to the local fair and seeing a worker dressed up in a cartoon mascot outfit. Such as spiderman, scooby doo, batman, pink pather, and even Yogi Bear. Sadly even if by chance these cartoons were to reair on the major TV networks. I don't think that they would last very long. Kids expect more.
Thank you for watching! And same about Chuck E Cheese. I tempted to make a video about the old 80s chuck e cheese because there are so many bizarre and fun memories there.
I dig the Smurf jammies. Sat morning cartoons was on of those points in time that were priceless. If I found a magic lamp wish #1 would be to go back to 7am 30 some years ago. Wait, no it wouldn’t. It would be to hook up w the 18 year olds girlfriend from the milk commercial lol
Annnnnddddd now I have a serious craving for Fruit Loops! ;-) Awesome video as always. In addition to watching cartoons , I would also have a pillow fight with my dad every Saturday morning. Now you know!
Tiny Toons, Ducktales, and He-Man were on weekdays, not Saturdays, but great cartoons. The kiddie version of Sonic was on 5 days a week, but the best Sonic came on Saturday on ABC
I would try to wake up before the tv started broadcasting, and it was only static, just so I wouldn't miss anything. I often overslept, though and Rsinbow Brite, my favorite, was unfortunately the first to air. So, I missed most of her shows.
Cool video! Lots of fond memories come flooding back. We've got so many Saturday morning favorites, it's hard to list them all, so we've made a short video about them instead 😉
When i woke up at 7 it was cassy casem dance party then kid bits....lol Muppet babies....gravedale high......the smurfs....gummy bears...kissyfur and camp candy was my favorite...
It was amazing how I actually wanted to wake up early on Saturday mornings just to watch cartoons. I always had my pop tarts and my spot on the couch reserved for at least 2 hours. Disney still had one of the best lineups for cartoons. I dunno about you but if they decided to being Saturday morning cartoons back I’d be sitting my ass down every weekend.
His name was "Timer." The spots were called "Time for Timer." From Wikipedia: Timer "represents the sense of time in the human body. Timer was in charge of when a person felt it was time to eat, time to sleep, etc." "The spots themselves were produced by the cartoon studio DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. The shorts included a Consultant credit for Dr. Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater, UCLA School of Public Health."
3:20 I always wondered as a kid why they called it The "Real" Ghostbusters. I had no idea about the other franchise and in my kid mind they were saying the cartoon was the real thing and the movie was a farce. Also the Soul Train thing had me laughing. That was definitely the unofficial alarm that Saturday morning cartoons were over.
I vaguely remember the cartoon myself. I thought the concept was incredibly stupid (even as a kid) so I barely watched it. I don't think they ever showed Rubik getting scrambled on screen, so you never got to see how he dematerialized. Once the puzzle was solved Rubik became an animated creature. Whenever the kids needed his help they'd solve the puzzle quickly and Rubik would appear to save the day. I always wondered, "WHY are you kids scrambling Rubik and turning him back into an inanimate puzzle again???" That seemed unnecessary and cruel to me.
My fav was kissyfur...gravedale high....eek the cat...muppet babies...bill and ted...camp candy...and jem..hulk Hogan rockin wrestling lol man I can't even name them all lol...and to be honest I used to watch transformers and g.i Joe after school on week days I didn't even know it xame on Saturdays lol
Even though I’m on the younger side, I think spectacular spider-man is one of the best Saturday morning cartoons. And I’m not gonna lie I did like the mask Tv show.
I often feel like the writing style of Saturday morning cartoons are still present in YA and MG novels. If J.K. Rowling was a writer in the 80s, "Harry Potter" would be a Saturday morning cartoon. Also, Chris Columbus created "Galaxy Hight", which was about a sorta magical school a decade and a half before he directed the first two "Potter" movies.
My 2 cartoons in the morning where AstroBoy and Dennis the Menace. I loved Gummi bears, Duck Tales, Captain Planet. Trap Door, - so many good ones. Does anyone remember Banana man and super ted? lol also loved gumbi, widget the world watcher- i could go on, count duckular was a goodie and babar. all these were after school cartoons in au
I think everyone also must have watched Teenage Mutant Nija Tutles - and inpector gadget and alvin and the chipmunks (which i loved. i especially loved the girl chipmunks)
The fellow that you don't remember was her fellow named a timer he even had his own TV special to talk about the human body at 1 time they did that every now and then because parents group started the own scream about education on network toes nor did they really care but that's what they wanted so that's what they gave them
For me it wasn't Soul Train that signaled the end of Saturday morning cartoons each week, but Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom followed by Memphis Wrestling. After those it was time to go play. As for some of my favorites, Dungeons & Dragons, then there was Pac-Man, Saturday Supercade, actually pretty much any of the video game based cartoons really. Also Smurfs and Gummi Bears.
Did you ever watch "The Mighty Orbots"? We were introduced to it in a recent podcast and never remember seeing it. It was on for only the last 3 months of 1984.
Saturday morning cartoons were great, but there was nothing weirder than the live action shows in the seventies. Shazam!, Isis, The (original) Ghost Busters, and all the Sid and Marty Crofft shows. Who needed hallucinogenic drugs when you could watch those trippy feasts of random mess every week?
Awesome video as always Tig! 90% of what I draw is from the amazing age of Saturday Morning Cartoons! Check out my art gallery: www.deviantart.com/creedstonegate/gallery
Most of those cartoons were animated wholesale outta southeast asia... it was sad to learn that decades later, especially while researching animation 'careers' Haha, Fred Flintstone... always lying to the wife
I remember when the cartoons were over TV stations would try to gently ease kids into watching live-action shows. They'd put on kids programming that wasn't cartoons. But as far as I was concerned, when the animation ended I was OUT! Time to play with toys, video games, etc. I wasn't watching that live-action garbage.
What Did You Watch Growing Up? (And Thanks For Watching!)
Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, HR Puff n Stuff, Far Out Space Nuts and Banana Splits. Also WWF and Creature Double Feature was always on the required watch list on Saturdays.
@@rfort88 Sigmund!!! My God, totally forgot.
@@NerdOutWithMe Dudes, you can do an entire Back Pedal on Sid and Marty Kroft TV Shows!!! Dooooo it! I am available for any special guest slots. LOL
@@rfort88 I'm writing it down as we speak!
Tales from the Darkside, Tales from the Crypt, Monsters, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Amazing Stories, The wizard, Pee Wee''s Playhouse, Beakman's World, Hey Vern, It's Ernest.
I miss those days so much. Let me go back please!
Take me with you!
Truth about the commercials and bumpers. def just as memorable as the cartoons. This was great, Tig.
yeah, i remember the weird cheese guy
I lost it when Soul Train came on HAHAHA! I loved my saturday morning cartoons.
SOOOOOOOOOUUUUUuuuuull Train!
I just wanted to say thanks for going down memory lane with me. I was born in 1970 so I watched all the same shows.
1:00pm tho... was Wrestling!
Thanks Roy! (and I never missed Piper's Pit!)
D&D was def my go to saturday morning cartoon. loved duck tales and pacman as well. but D&D was so good.
I been binging D&D on youtube now. Still holds up.
Man there was nothing like eating Captain Crunch cereal and Pop Tarts drinking chocolate milk and watching Saturday morning Cartoons I miss those days
Heck yeah!
I'd just sit there and keep watching no matter what...but by mid-afternoon GOLF came on...then I had to find something else to do. GOLF... it's like the official anti-Saturday morning cartoon.
yes! i remember gold always being the end of it all.
HA! yeah, forgot gold would also be the "end" of it.
Oh yeah, and Schoolhouse Rock!
I'm just a bill.
Another great episode, Tig. Saturday morning cartoons were a weekly event. Sometimes I feel sad that my kids won't get to experience it. With streaming services, they can watch whatever they want whenever they want. And so we basically never let them watch anything.
Thanks, Alex. And I feel the same with my kids.
A lot of the cartoons you mentioned didn’t play on Saturday mornings where I grew up. I watched shows like Transformers, Real Ghostbusters, Darkwing Duck, Tiny Toon Adventures, Chip ‘n’ Dales: Rescue Rangers, Ducktales, He-Man, She-Ra, JEM and the Holograms, Pink Panther, Scooby Doo, and Inspector Gadget after school (or before school).
I remember watching Gummie Bears, Snorks, Smurfs, G.I. Joe, The Raccoons, Looney Tunes, Pac-Man, Superman and Friends (or Superfriends or Justice League, whatever), The Amazing Spider-Man, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, The Littles, and more Scooby Doo on Saturday mornings. I’m leaving a bunch out like maybe stuff like Flinstone Kids etc.
I left out Justice League.... didn't I?!
Yep, after/before school was right up there with Sat morning. Cable worked magic. WTBS, USA (cartoon express), and WGN opened up so much for a kid down in Texas.
Beginning in January 2021 MeTV network will air a 3 hour block of classic cartoons on Saturday mornings. Also weekday morings a hosted cartoon show will air beginning January on MeTV.
Maybe 2021 won't be so bad! (Thanks for the heads up!)
OMG you brought back so many memories.. i got up at 7 am every Saturday morning ..You are sooooo!! right when American bandstand came on or soul train that was it lol
Great memories for sure. Thanks for watching!
That Sleestack cap is probably the best thing in 2020. Sid & Marty Kroft had the best shows. Land of the Lost, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, HR Puff n Stuff, Far Out Space Nuts and Banana Splits.
Thanks. I love the hat. I get odd looks sometimes though. Lol
Sad that Saturday morning is no more but at least we have good memories
Truth. Def glad I got to live through those year.
Man, I was all about Dungeons & Dragons and Thundarr back in those days. Hell, Thundarr still holds up.
I think Soul Train is why I love Hip Hop and R&B , so I guess that worked out too.
But the best thing ever was the week where when cartoons ended, the WWF came on out of nowhere. I had never even heard of pro wrestling, but 11 year old me was hooked the second they brought out Andre the Giant. Talk about a life changer... :p
And "George the animal Steele" ripping apart turnbuckles and eating them! good times.
Rubik will haunt my dreams
seriously. what was that!
legit nightmare fuel
I must be one of the few who liked that show!
@@CreedStonegate Was it any good? It looks like it could be good.
@@dudeellington5516 I really liked it, but I like most retro stuff. I know there are 2 episodes on facebook if you search video, one has the retro commercials.
I love watching these videos. They bring back memories of my childhood. My sisters and I always watched Saturday morning cartoons.
Glad you enjoyed. And thanks for watching!
The 80’s were the absolute best for sat morning and after school cartoons. Do t let anyone tell you different.
Flintstones Forever.
weren't the flinstones based on the Honeymooners?
this is like a rush of nostalgia
i grew up in the early 2000s and i watched saturday morning cartoons until 2014 when they starting to go completely educational tv
I still have my Saturday Mornings, i have loads of 80s toons. The only difference is, i can't do sugar cereals. Sweets on the morning doesn't agree with me anymore. But you'll never take away my toons! We were so blessed back then, so many awesome shows. Great vid you guys. Glad you fixed that Mask mixup LOL, Peace and keep on Retroing!
Thanks Pat!
I'm so glad I found this channel! I love taking a nostalgic trip back in time. Keep up the good work!!
Welcome aboard!
Hong Kong Phooey, Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show, Shazam!, Scooby Doo, Tarzan/Batman/Lone Ranger, Super Friends, etc., etc., etc. And yeah, Fuck Scrappy Doo.
I grew up on in New Jersey still live there had most of the shows you were watching and somewhere on weekdays somewhere on Saturday morning there was a time when Saturday morning extended even into Sundays for a while
Welcome fellow New Jersian!
Thank You For posting this. Man Saturday morning cartoons were a blast. They represented an innocence that we have long since lost sadly. I do not even kids at all these days. I miss them and the toys and cereal commercials. With that thought in mind cartoons kinda remind me of going to Chucky Cheese. I remember going to the local fair and seeing a worker dressed up in a cartoon mascot outfit. Such as spiderman, scooby doo, batman, pink pather, and even Yogi Bear. Sadly even if by chance these cartoons were to reair on the major TV networks. I don't think that they would last very long. Kids expect more.
Thank you for watching! And same about Chuck E Cheese. I tempted to make a video about the old 80s chuck e cheese because there are so many bizarre and fun memories there.
@@NerdOutWithMe Thank You for replying. I think that would be a fun video my friend. Keep up the great content.
I dig the Smurf jammies. Sat morning cartoons was on of those points in time that were priceless. If I found a magic lamp wish #1 would be to go back to 7am 30 some years ago. Wait, no it wouldn’t. It would be to hook up w the 18 year olds girlfriend from the milk commercial lol
yo, found your channel through these guys. Love it!
LOLOL. Truth.
Annnnnddddd now I have a serious craving for Fruit Loops! ;-) Awesome video as always. In addition to watching cartoons , I would also have a pillow fight with my dad every Saturday morning. Now you know!
Ha! I can picture that in my head... and it's amazing
Tiny Toons, Ducktales, and He-Man were on weekdays, not Saturdays, but great cartoons.
The kiddie version of Sonic was on 5 days a week, but the best Sonic came on Saturday on ABC
I would try to wake up before the tv started broadcasting, and it was only static, just so I wouldn't miss anything. I often overslept, though and Rsinbow Brite, my favorite, was unfortunately the first to air. So, I missed most of her shows.
Cool video! Lots of fond memories come flooding back. We've got so many Saturday morning favorites, it's hard to list them all, so we've made a short video about them instead 😉
Ohhh snap! Guess who's watching as we speak! This guy.
@@NerdOutWithMe thanks man, you rock!
When i woke up at 7 it was cassy casem dance party then kid bits....lol Muppet babies....gravedale high......the smurfs....gummy bears...kissyfur and camp candy was my favorite...
cant get enough of these
Thank you!
2:10 = the truth.
Indeed
It was amazing how I actually wanted to wake up early on Saturday mornings just to watch cartoons. I always had my pop tarts and my spot on the couch reserved for at least 2 hours. Disney still had one of the best lineups for cartoons.
I dunno about you but if they decided to being Saturday morning cartoons back I’d be sitting my ass down every weekend.
But would you wear your old pajamas?
@@NerdOutWithMe no id be nude
what was that weird cheese guy? like a cheese lobby. lol
talking cheese ball?
Timer?!
His name was "Timer." The spots were called "Time for Timer." From Wikipedia: Timer "represents the sense of time in the human body. Timer was in charge of when a person felt it was time to eat, time to sleep, etc."
"The spots themselves were produced by the cartoon studio DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. The shorts included a Consultant credit for Dr. Roslyn B. Alfin-Slater, UCLA School of Public Health."
3:20 I always wondered as a kid why they called it The "Real" Ghostbusters. I had no idea about the other franchise and in my kid mind they were saying the cartoon was the real thing and the movie was a farce. Also the Soul Train thing had me laughing. That was definitely the unofficial alarm that Saturday morning cartoons were over.
You would watch television in doors to have fun
The Real Ghostbusters, Teenage mutant ninja turtles & Bugs Bunny were among my favorite cartoons on Saturday morning
All awesome choices.
Rubik? Wtf. When you twist the cube does it tear his face apart?
And his innards cause a great rift in the space-time continuum.
I vaguely remember the cartoon myself. I thought the concept was incredibly stupid (even as a kid) so I barely watched it. I don't think they ever showed Rubik getting scrambled on screen, so you never got to see how he dematerialized.
Once the puzzle was solved Rubik became an animated creature. Whenever the kids needed his help they'd solve the puzzle quickly and Rubik would appear to save the day. I always wondered, "WHY are you kids scrambling Rubik and turning him back into an inanimate puzzle again???" That seemed unnecessary and cruel to me.
I often hung around to watch Soul Train to see some line dancing.
I got addicted to Soul Train because of Sat morning cartoons.
I used to love saturday morning 😍
Same here!
My fav was kissyfur...gravedale high....eek the cat...muppet babies...bill and ted...camp candy...and jem..hulk Hogan rockin wrestling lol man I can't even name them all lol...and to be honest I used to watch transformers and g.i Joe after school on week days I didn't even know it xame on Saturdays lol
U forgot the singing Congress bill lol...I. Just a bill on capitol hill
Charming stuff. I like your fancy pants, Sir! Carry on. Also: I ate a bowl of Captain Crunch (with oatmilk) for 'dessert' while I watched this video.
Captain Crunch with oat milk... I need to try that.
I dug this one a lot!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!
And the worst part. Our kids and their generation will never have the Saturday morning cartoons experience.
It's sad
Even though I’m on the younger side, I think spectacular spider-man is one of the best Saturday morning cartoons. And I’m not gonna lie I did like the mask Tv show.
Thre mask cartoon wasn't actually that bad. My brother loved it.
Moo Mesa, Doug, Pepper Ann, Rug Rats, Recess.
What a great channel!
Glad you enjoy it! And thanks for watching!
I often feel like the writing style of Saturday morning cartoons are still present in YA and MG novels. If J.K. Rowling was a writer in the 80s, "Harry Potter" would be a Saturday morning cartoon. Also, Chris Columbus created "Galaxy Hight", which was about a sorta magical school a decade and a half before he directed the first two "Potter" movies.
I love cartoons.
I want that cereal
Will you consider doing a video about outside movie theatres? or drive-ins?
Oh heck yeah. Great idea!
My 2 cartoons in the morning where AstroBoy and Dennis the Menace. I loved Gummi bears, Duck Tales, Captain Planet. Trap Door, - so many good ones. Does anyone remember Banana man and super ted? lol also loved gumbi, widget the world watcher- i could go on, count duckular was a goodie and babar. all these were after school cartoons in au
i loved bugs and especially daffy. gummi bears and smurfs were great too. not a fan of woody woodpecker. i miss saturday morning cartoons.
I think everyone also must have watched Teenage Mutant Nija Tutles - and inpector gadget and alvin and the chipmunks (which i loved. i especially loved the girl chipmunks)
I just googled Banana Man and holy cow I remember that now! They must have played it over in the States at some point.
The fellow that you don't remember was her fellow named a timer he even had his own TV special to talk about the human body at 1 time they did that every now and then because parents group started the own scream about education on network toes nor did they really care but that's what they wanted so that's what they gave them
For me it wasn't Soul Train that signaled the end of Saturday morning cartoons each week, but Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom followed by Memphis Wrestling. After those it was time to go play.
As for some of my favorites, Dungeons & Dragons, then there was Pac-Man, Saturday Supercade, actually pretty much any of the video game based cartoons really. Also Smurfs and Gummi Bears.
I think GLOW wrestling was also one for me, though that might have been Sunday?
I was aware of GLOW, but I never really watched it. Can't remember when it was on.
Memphis wrestling!
Did you ever watch "The Mighty Orbots"? We were introduced to it in a recent podcast and never remember seeing it. It was on for only the last 3 months of 1984.
I have no memory of that show. But I just googled it and it looks like Voltron on acid.
@@NerdOutWithMe That would be the best description.
Saturday morning cartoons were great, but there was nothing weirder than the live action shows in the seventies. Shazam!, Isis, The (original) Ghost Busters, and all the Sid and Marty Crofft shows. Who needed hallucinogenic drugs when you could watch those trippy feasts of random mess every week?
All the Sid & Marty stuff was trippy AF. I remember watching those as a kid and being so confused. LOL
Great
Awesome video as always Tig! 90% of what I draw is from the amazing age of Saturday Morning Cartoons! Check out my art gallery: www.deviantart.com/creedstonegate/gallery
You know I'll be grabbing some! Thanks for sharing!
oh I think you forgot Kidd video and Grave Dale high, and Mario brothers. (I think)
Ever watched Garfield and Friends?
All the time!
Most of those cartoons were animated wholesale outta southeast asia... it was sad to learn that decades later, especially while researching animation 'careers'
Haha, Fred Flintstone... always lying to the wife
What's your favorite cartoon. mine is SpongeBob SquarePants
Good Choice. I'm a bit older so I might have to go with a classic ... Bugs Bunny. So many great episodes! (Huge Daffy fan!)
@@NerdOutWithMe ok
I remember when the cartoons were over TV stations would try to gently ease kids into watching live-action shows. They'd put on kids programming that wasn't cartoons. But as far as I was concerned, when the animation ended I was OUT! Time to play with toys, video games, etc. I wasn't watching that live-action garbage.