1980's Saturday Morning Historical Preservation Society

Another "I had no idea this existed" cartoon from 1985. They tried to tie this on to the popularity of The Muppet Babies, with live-action Muppet stuff and even an animated "Pigs In Space"... I MUST SEEK OUT THIS SHOW!!!

Have any memories about this? ANy information you can share? Feel free to comment in the comments below and if this was a favorite of yours don't forget to go and vote for it in our Best Of 1985 Poll!

1985 saw the introduction of THE SMURFLINGS to the cast of The Smurfs because EVERYTHING in the 80's needed a kid or baby version of it in order to be popular. Lucky for us, The Smurflings didn't entirely suck and actually added a new layer to the show that helped it prosper for years to come!

Leave a few kind words about The Smurflings here, and if you're really inclined you could even go vote for their first season in our Best of 1985 Poll!

THose of us who are fans of this show, we know. We know just how great this show was :) It was more like a prime-time sci-fi action/adventure show than anything else on Saturday Mornings!

Agree? Disagree? COMMENTS!!!

Then go vote :)

This is the year where Scooby started getting *weird*. Fred and Velma only made "Guest Appearances", and the monsters were no longer just old dudes in costumes-they were REAL!

Leave a few comments, go and vote, have fun :)

This cartoon... this was...

The Get-Along Gang was aggressively unobtrusive. I remember this show, but I can't remember a single episode or character name or story line or anything. And I KNOW I watched this show! It was just not very memorable, was it?

Share a few thoughts on the matter in the comments below, and if you can remember long enough after clicking on the link, be sure to go and vote for this cartoon in our Best of 1984 Poll!

I made sure to include this Saturday morning show because even though I only ever saw it ONCE, it was an obsession of mine. It was a live-action musical show aimed specifically at TWEENS. Like... remember the K-Tel "Mini Pops" records?


It was like THAT, only a half-hour long and featuring just one main-stream song per episode (mixed with a few original numbers and stuff from other children's entertainers).

Does that jog your memory at all? Maybe you have something to share with us, a memory about VIDKIDS or the Mini Pops? Feel free to share in the comments below, and maybe show a little love by going to vote for VIDKIDS in our Best of 1984 Poll!

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!

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 ;)

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!

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!