Fan Page: THE DUKES (aka "The Dukes of Hazzard Cartoon")

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Yet another of my personal failures as a child of the 1980's - I had NO IDEA that this cartoon existed till just a few years ago! And that's DESPITE my having been a pretty avid fan of The Dukes of Hazzard! And it's not like it was a simple throw-away one-season cartoon show to be forgotten forever... this thing was on the air for TWO WHOLE SEASONS!!! I owned a GI Joe - sized General Lee with Bo & Luke Duke, I owned a Dukes of Hazzard Wrist Racer, I watched the show every Friday night... HOW DID I MISS THE CARTOON?!?!? And to top it off, it even looks kind of incredible with The General Lee pulling off all sorts of Mach 5 / Speedbuggy-type stunts along the way!

Leave a few kind words or serious thoughts about The Dukes in the comments below and if it was one of your favorites then don't forget to go vote for this cartoon in our Best Cartoon of 1983 Poll!

Fan Page: BABY SMURF (The Smurfs Season 3)

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I'm putting up a special Fan Page for Season 3 of The Smurfs because this was the first season that I remember where they did something that was a HUGE "Game Changer" of a move; they introduced BABY SMURF.

I think my favorite part of the episode is when Brainy Smurf asks Smurfette if the baby is hers... *awk-waaaaaaaaard*! And when Grouchy says "I *hate* Babies!", I always expect there to be a knowingly tell-tale glance between Smurfette and Grouchy ;)

Fan Page: KIDD VIDEO

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Perhaps the most important archive of the 1980's, the opening to the Saturday morning TV show "Kidd Video" is THE MOST accurate depiction of the average daily routine of the American teenager at that time in history. We would wake up to a com-PYOO-ter bleeping "Wake Up!" at us so we could go put on our denim vest and day-glo suspenders in time to jump in to the back of a friend's truck and get to our rock-and-roll rehearsal which was conveniently hosted in the local "Various Size Of Random Cardboard Boxes" warehouse. Then we'd get zapped in to a cartoon universe where our nationality could be determined by what we say (as seen in this clip when the Latina girl says "Ai-yi-yi, we're carTOONs!").

But the most important part of this cartoon to *me*, personally, was the inclusion of actor/musician Robbie Rist. You kids today have the convenience of The Google to help you figure out who he is, but as for little 1980's Captain Slinky? It was all about watching the credits and piecing things together. "Whiz", aka "Milo Bazen", aka "Little John", aka "Ted Baxter's Son", aka "Cousin Oliver"... IT ALL CAME TOGETHER!!!

Leave your own personal thoughts and/or revelations about this show in the comments below. And if this is one of your favorites, be sure to go and vote for Kidd Video in our Best of 1984 Poll!

Fan Page: Pink Panther & Sons

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What was it about The 1980's that made the cartoon studios feel they needed to give every iconic cartoon character a kid? I don't remember much of Pink Panther & Sons beyond the factr that i refused to watch it because it was a slap in the face to the REAL Pink Panther cartoons that I knew and loved. Maybe I can look at it with a kinder eye now that so many years have passed?

Leave a kind word or a memory in the comments below, and if this is one of your favorites don't forget to vote for it in our Best Of 1984 Poll!

Fan Page: THE SNORKS

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What can you say about The Snorks? On the surface they seemed to be nothing more than an underwater rip-off of The Smurfs, somewhat like the Trollkins or the Biskitts. But then it was also entirely different! A small group of friends in a secret underwater city, taking place in modern-day 1980's... I think this cartoon would have been an even bigger hit if they hadn't tried to mimic the Smurfs language patterns (subbing "Snork" in place of various random words).

Agree? Disagree? Just want to say something about The Snorks? Go ahead and leave some comments below! And if this was one of your favorites, don't forget to go vote it up at our Best Cartoon of 1984 Poll!