Your favorite 70's cartoons

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03-14-2006, 02:28 AM
Universal Mind

Your favorite 70's cartoons

The vast majority of my pre-adolescence took place in the 70's. I remember the cartoons of that era, and they kicked ass. On Saturday mornings from about 6 a.m. to about 11 a.m., all three networks (the only channels that existed then, other than PBS, which was also great then) would show one cartoon show after another. The line up changed every season, so there ended up being a zillion Saturday morning cartoon shows over the course of the decade, and all of the ones I remember were really cool. They were universes better than what kids have today on Saturday mornings.

My favorite show was The Bugs Bunny Road Runner show. It was on for 90 minutes every Saturday for a very long time. My other favorites were The Pink Panther, Honk Kong Fooey, Mr. Magoo, Yogi Bear, Fat Albert, Superfriends, Johnny Quest, Batman, The Globe Trotters, School House Rock, Star Trek (cartoon), Planet of the Apes (cartoon), Godzilla, The Fantastic Four, Grape Ape, Scooby Doo, and others. I can't even list all of my favorite ones right now, much less all of the ones there were, because there were so many of them. Some of these shows are shown on Boomerang now, and I have a whole lot of nostalgia for them.

There were also non-cartoon children's shows that were great, such as the Sid and Marty Kroft shows like Land of the Lost, Far Out Space Nuts, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, and The Lost Saucer. There was Space Academy, which I really liked, and a show about people living in a camper in a war torn future or something. It was called Ark II.

There were two cartoon shows that I really liked but that I can't find anything about on the internet and for which can't find anybody who remembers them. I could swear they existed, but it is now as if they didn't. One was called Baggy Pants and the Nitwit, I think. The other one I don't know the name of. It was about a kid who had a ring that would shoot a beam at a giant robot who would come out of a big case and save the day. Does anybody remember this?

Any way, those of you who were alive in the 70's or weren't but are still opinionated, what were/are your favorite 70's cartoons?
03-14-2006, 02:32 AM
Ynot

captain caveman

was that 70's ?
dunno

best cartoon ever, tho
03-14-2006, 02:35 AM
Universal Mind

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Originally posted by Ynot
captain caveman

was that 70's ?
dunno

best cartoon ever, tho

It think that was like 1979, but maybe 1980. I was into that one too. The good cartoon era spilled a little bit into the very early 80's, just like the good rock era.
03-14-2006, 04:45 PM
InTheMoment

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There were also non-cartoon children's shows that were great, such as the Sid and Marty Kroft shows like Land of the Lost...[/b]

I absolutely loved that show. I was a big fan of the Sleetax (sp?).

I also loved the following:
Dungeons & Dragons
Godzilla (both the live action and the cartoon)
The Herculoids
He-Man (although that might have been in the 80s)
The Transformers (also in the 80s I believe)
The Great Space Coaster (live action)
Fraggle Rock
New Zoo Review (I was real young when this was hot)
Voltron (the tiger one...not the cheesy car one)
Spiderman and his Amazing Friends
Thundarr the Barbarian
The Silverhawks
Scooby Doo (especially when he had guest stars like the Harlem Globetrotters and Sonny & Cher)

Man there are a ton more...I was a cartoon-aholic back in those days. :)~

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It was about a kid who had a ring that would shoot a beam at a giant robot who would come out of a big case and save the day. Does anybody remember this? [/b]

Was it Transor Z? I barely recall that cartoon, but I think there was a female robot who's breast doubled as missiles.
03-14-2006, 05:52 PM
bradybaker

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Originally posted by InTheMoment
The Transformers

Transformers was the greatest. I used to have the Optimus Prime toy that was like a 2ft long transport in vehicle mode and a full scale Optimus or mini one with battlestation in robot mode.

Great times.
03-14-2006, 06:09 PM
TygrHawk

Space Ghost and The Herculoids -- along with a lot of those mentioned in Universal Mind's first post. I was born in 1960, so that was my heyday also.
03-16-2006, 04:29 AM
Universal Mind

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Space Ghost and The Herculoids -- along with a lot of those mentioned in Universal Mind's first post. I was born in 1960, so that was my heyday also.

Space Ghost was cool. I don't remember The Herculoids, but you and ITM both mentioned them. Maybe I will remember it if I see an episode.
03-16-2006, 03:45 PM
TygrHawk

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Originally posted by Universal Mind
I don't remember The Herculoids

The Herculoids. See if the picture at the top of that page jogs your memory -- it only shows the creatures, but there were also three humanoids in the group: Zandor, his wife Tara, and their son Dorno.
03-21-2006, 01:39 AM
Universal Mind

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Originally posted by TygrHawk

The Herculoids. See if the picture at the top of that page jogs your memory -- it only shows the creatures, but there were also three humanoids in the group: Zandor, his wife Tara, and their son Dorno.

Oooooooohhhhh yeeeeehhhhhhh.... I do remember that. I watched it a few times. Was that little ghost creature named Goo? Or was Goo on Thundar the Barbarian?