1980 8:00 on CBS: The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

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Going to start chronologically here, for posterity sake! If you were to go ahead and wake up bright-n-early at 8am Saturday morning in 1980 and tune in to your local CBS affiliate, odds are you would have seen 'The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle' produced by Filmation, and aired from 1979 to 1981 on CBS with over 32 episodes produced. These cartoons were, quite frankly, terrible. They were part of a glut of revived classic cartoon characters that included the likes of Tom & Jerry with “Adventures” that were so over-censored that they were barely watchable.

Comments

[aurora77]

Yeah, this one was pretty watered down in comparison to the old ones.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

It was the dawn of the Parental Watchdog Groups. "Sure we all love the wacky antics of these characters, but do they have to be so violent? And instead of fighting, what if they were best friends instead? And instead of jokes, how about some good old fashioned moral lessons?"

[brodycatsmouth.livejournal.com]

How early in time do Saturday morning cartoons go? the 60's? The 50's? I would love a post on the topic.

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

I made a post about it a lonnnnnng time ago, tracing it back to the saturday movie matinees of the Great Depression. I'll try to find that link somewhere... but this is a community dedicated not to the RISE of Saturday Mornings, but the FALL! The last great golden era of Saturday Mornings!

[brodycatsmouth.livejournal.com]

I'd call it the best era, but I am biased!

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Many folks believe that Rome was best right before the empire fell :)