Fan Page: Biskitts

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NINETEEN EIGHTY-THREE! A young man has just been promoted to Head of Creative Development and Marketing Liaison for CBS Television's Saturday Morning line-up. NOBODY knows what he's supposed to actually be doing, but he sits at the head of the meeting table in his slightly oversized business suit, listening to the representatives from Hanna-Barbera pitch ideas for new cartoons. Be cause he wants to look like he's actually doing SOMETHING, he rejects EVERYTHING they suggest. Then, once the Hanna-Barbera guys have run out of ideas, they ask the young executive what it is that he IS looking for in a new Saturday Morning cartoon. The young executive leans forward, smiles slightly and says "You know that show, The Smurfs? I'm thinking... what if the SMURFS... what if they were... DOGS. Like, *really tiny* dogs? THAT'S the future of Saturday Morning TV, boys! Tiny little Smurf-Dogs! MAKE IT HAPPEN!"

The yooung executive was fired the following day, after a record-breaking 4 days as Head of Creative Development and Marketing Liaison for CBS Television's Saturday Morning line-up. But somehow the Smurf-Dogs made it through to Saturday Morning TV and history was made!

SO let's hear it for The Biskitts! Leave some kind words in the comments below, and if this was a favorite of yours don't forget to go and vote it up in oour Best Cartoon of 1983 Poll!

Fan Page: Rubik The Amazing Cube

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This cartoon was borderline RACIST. On the one hand, hey, cool, non-white kids that aren't Gary Coleman or a Cosby Kid having adventures on Saturday Morning! On the other hand? IT WAS A TERRIBLE CARTOON :( So while I praise this cartoon for having broken the racial boundaries of Saturday mornings, I simultaneously condemn it for being a poorly animated, poorly written half-hour commercial for a toy that was not portrayed as the toy it actually was. Who looked at a Rubik's Cube and said "Y'know what I wish? I wish this cube had a face and legs and it could do magic and talk like Emanuel Lewis! Dude that would ROCK!"

But hey, maybe this cartoon has some special place in your heart for this cartoon. Why not leave a few kind words in the comments below, and maybe even go vote for Rubik in our Best Cartoon of 1983 Poll!

Fan Page: Monchichi / Little Rascals / Richie Rich Show

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The Monchichi's and Richie Rich will both have their own fan pages in this community... what I'm really looking to share with you here is another one of those Saturday Morning Mystery Shows, "The Little Rascals".

The Little Rascals, based on the live-action Little Rascals and "Our Gang" featurettes of the black-and-white era, is a cartoon that in theory actually existed. However, beyond a single "Christmas Special" episode, I have never personally seen a regularly scheduled Saturday Morning episode of this show. Have you?

Show some love in the comments and/or go vote for this cartoon in our Best Cartoon of 1983 Poll!