Sep. 6th, 2012

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The Daffy Duck Show (10:30 Saturday morning on NBC in 1980) started in 1978 and slowly petered out over the course of the early 80's. Much like the rivalry between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, the battle between The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Show and The Daffy Duck Show was decidedly lopsided. Bugs Bunny was given 90 minutes each morning; Daffy was given a measly half-hour. Bugs had the entire catalog of Warner Brothers Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes; Daffy was limited to the "On The Cheap" made-for-TV WB cartoons of the late 60's.

Also aired in 1981 and 1982 at noon as "The Daffy/Speedy Show", which had an excellent opening title sequence where Daffy and Speedy Gonzales fought over who's name would be on the show, but for the life of me I can't find ANYWHERE on the internet.

During the final 1982/1983 season it was moved to CBS and brought to a full hour at 8:30, renamed "The Sylvester & Tweety, Daffy and Speedy Show" before finally leaving the air in 1984.
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As we all know, BREAKFAST CEREAL is the Official Breakfast Food of the 1980's Saturday Morning Preservation & Reenactment Society (and it's never to too late to go vote for your favorite Character, Healthy or Legendary Sugary cereal), but tomorrow night we're doing something different; we're doing a FRIDAY NIGHT PRIME-TIME WATCH-ALONG FROM 6:30 TILL 9:00! That's PRIME-TIME folks... that's DINNER TIME! Cereal, although a wonderful treat and an essential part of any balanced breakfast, is just kind of out of place!

So I don't know about *you*, but I'm planning on eating something like I would have enjoyed back in the 80's! Anybody else?

[Poll #1864675]

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