Favorite Television Cartoon

[TubaRay]

I've tried to explain to a really straight-laced guy at work that South Park isn't merely crude humor. The kids will do anything, especially when the parents aren't doing their job (such as keeping them home from the Terrance & Philip movie) and teaching them the right ways to go through life. So, the show often shows what happens with bad parenting.

I haven't actually watched South Park, but this sounds really cool.

[Joe Baker]

Yes!!! The Mighty Heroes... THAT still doesn't "sound right" (although I'm sure it is). I loved that silly thing!

And do you remember "Super Chicken", with his sidekick Fred the lion?
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Joe Baker, who dug all those toons...

[Chuck(G)]

Chuck,
Funny you should mention Clutch Cargo. My first job in the cartoon business was to hold Clutch's head still while they projected an actor's lips on it (probably Hal Smith's) so they wouldn't jump all over his face. Strange series! Strange time...but fun.
Dale

Dale, I think I recall that there was another cartoon series that used the same strange lip-projection technique, but the name escapes me. Any ideas?

[Captain Sousie]

Looney Tunes is much too violent for me. Especially the roadrunner cartoons.

Sou

[Kevin Hendrick]

Chuck,
Funny you should mention Clutch Cargo. My first job in the cartoon business was to hold Clutch's head still while they projected an actor's lips on it (probably Hal Smith's) so they wouldn't jump all over his face. Strange series! Strange time...but fun.
Dale

Dale, I think I recall that there was another cartoon series that used the same strange lip-projection technique, but the name escapes me. Any ideas?

Found a few links that may be of interest:

http://vegalleries.com/clutch.html

http://www.toontracker.com/clutchcargo/cargo.htm

http://www.toonopedia.com/clutch.htm

Hope this helps!

[Chuck(G)]

Found a few links that may be of interest:

http://vegalleries.com/clutch.html

http://www.toontracker.com/clutchcargo/cargo.htm

http://www.toonopedia.com/clutch.htm

Hope this helps!

It does! "Space Angel" was the one I couldn't remember.

Thanks

[Leland]

But what ever happened to classic Nickelodian?

How's this for irony --

Even though I dig South Park, I've always felt that Nickleodeon was the beginning of the end of children's programming.

Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, Electric Company, and Captain Kangaroo were easily some of the best things to happen to kids' shows. There was nearly two hours of Bugs Bunny on Saturday mornings, and apart from a few other shows, that was about it for cartoons.

Then cable TV showed up, and Nickleodeon looked like it was just packed with shallow entertainment. Parents thought nothing of it, and kids ended up watching dozens of hours of stuff that didn't really have much redeeming value.

This is why my niece isn't subjected to very much TV at all, and it's also why my mom is archiving as much Mister Rogers' Neighborhood as she can while his show is still on the air.

Well, okay, enough of my tangent. Back to cartoons...

[Mike Finn]

I just can't believe no one has mentioned... the Smurfs!
"Papa Smurf always said..."
And did anyone ever see that one on Adult Swim called "Home Movies"? That was a funny cartoon.
MF

[JayW]

gotta love Southpark!!!

[Matt G]

Okay...

You forgot about Fat Albert. I loved that cartoon.



And my all time favorite, that was run a good bit in the 80's and more recently on Cartoon Network: Robotech



I know there are some of you anime nerds, I mean fans, on here to back me up on Robotech.

[ThomasDodd]

And my all time favorite, that was run a good bit in the 80's and more recently on Cartoon Network: Robotech

Are they showing the old stuff or newer remakes?

BTW, I still have 2 Robotech models. Bot still change form, and I've only last a few pieces. Too bad I never got them painted/decaled properly :(

[ken k]

someone mentioned Johnny Quest, loved the theme song. Recently saw some old videos of the cartoons, pretty funny how times have changed. They were pretty unremarkable, but I loved it when I was a kid.

Also there was an old puppet animation show called the Thunderbirds, with a team of rocket pliots who always had a catastrophe to save. I had a couple of the modles of their rockets. They were cool. I saw they recently made a live action movie of this series, which I thought was pretty weird considering the series was not particularly popular. Some one had too much money to burn I guess.

How about original Scooby-Doo???

ken k