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Last week you all voted the first season of The Daffy Duck Show as the best thing in the NBC Saturday Morning Line-Up over a pretty impressive list of contenders such as The Flintstones, Godzilla and even BATMAN!

Today is an ULTIMATE SHOWDOWN to determine which cartoon of 1980 wa the BEST. To make things even more difficult and/or fair, I've also included the runner-up from each network so the votes can be more evenly spread. And please remember... this is for *SCIENCE*!
[Poll #1920224]

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(Cross-Posted to Tumblr)

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.