Brady Boomer thread #4 -- Saturday Morning Golden Age (slow load for modems)

10-11-01 | Sabertooth

[Sabertooth]

Saturday Morning Golden Age The 11 Greatest Shows Of All Time!
11.
When "The Munsters and the Addams Family" hit big in '64, Saturday mornings responded with "Milton the Monster" in '65. See how it works? Created by Professor Weirdo and Count Kook, Milton was an amiable smokestack Frankenstein. Sidekicks Heebie and Jeebie rounded out the cast. Feerless Fly starred in the supporting series.
10.
A boy and his sea serpent. What could be cooler than that? And Dishonest John had the most gleeful diabolical laugh of any animated villain ever.
9.
If you’re a Brady Boomer, this is likely your first direct exposure to the Fab Four. Often overlooked in the more "serious" and self-important Beatles retrospectives favored by Baby Boomers, this cartoon heavily influenced later rock and roll cartoons like the Jackson 5 and the Osmonds.
8.
"Scooby-Doo" features the all-time greatest Talking Dog, supported by cheesy Fred, Brainy Velma, Saturday Morning Babe Hall of Famer Daphne, and possibly the first stoner star of all of cartoons... Shaggy. In fact, when you look at Fred's "Mystery Machine," I'm thinking Shaggy was prep-boy's connection.
7.
Cool adventures with Johnny, Haji, his father Dr. Quest, and their studly pilot and family friend, Race Bannon. Bandit the bulldog provided comic relief. I'm playing this one totally straight. Not even raising an eyebrow about the the realtionship between Race and Dr. Quest. Nope. Not gonna do it.
6.
The reasons for this selection:? 1. Long tails. 2. Ears for hats. 3. The voice of Melody the drummer played by none other than... Cheryl Ladd.
5.
The coolest of the 60s sci fi puppet shows. The year is 2063, and the crew of the Fireball XL5, Colonel Steve Zodiac, his girlfriend Venus, and Robert the Robot blast theior way through the galaxy in their slick, colorful rocket. This show was created by Garry and Sylvia Anderson, who later created "SPACE: 1999."
4.
Sorry Kroft fans, but Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper, and Snorky were the first on the block with a live action talking stuffed animal show in 1968. Rocking and rolling on their psychedelic Laugh-In set, the Banana splits hosted an anthology of cool cartoons, like "Gulliver," Arabian Knights," and the "Three Musketeers." Throw in the live action adventure supporting series, "Danger Island," (remember Chongo?) for good measure.
3.
What could be cooler than a boy and his sea serpent? How about a barbaric family from another planet, with a giant stone ape named Igoo, a flying laser dragon named Zok, and Tundro,an eight-legged rhinoceratops, who shoots meteors from his horn? Throw in the self replicating amoeba-ghost things called Gloop and Gleep, and you've got… The Herculoids.
2.
Dinosaurs! Sleestaks! Oh yeah… Marshall, Will, and Holly.
1.
When Adam West and Burt Ward were sliding down there first Batpoles, a network executive went to artist Alex Toth and said "Give me Batman in SPACE!" Toth Gave him Space Ghost, alnong with Jan, Jayce, and Blip… and Space Ghost gave CBS a 50 share FOR THE SEASON in 1966. Only one question: Why does the monkey need a mask?

[Sabertooth]

You probably all completely agree with this list.
Don't you?

[Sabertooth]

This one's for all of you.

[Sabertooth]

(((PING)))))

[Sabertooth]

(((PING)))))

[Clintons Are White Trash]

I had forgotten the Banana Splits, they were a favorite of mine!!! Ahhhhh the memories....

[Sabertooth]

(((PING)))))

[Sabertooth]

(((PING)))))

[Sabertooth]

(((PING)))))

[ActionNewsBill]

What....no Rocky and Bullwinkle? That one should have been in the top three in my book. The show featured "Fractured Fairy-tales", "Bullwinkle's Corner" and "Peabody and Sherman" (remember the Wayback machine?)

Great show for kids and adults.

[Sabertooth]

(((PING)))))

[mafree]

I forgot about Milton the Monster. It was pretty good. I also liked Fat Albert and the Jackson 5 cartoons.

[Uglywhiteguy]

Number 4 should be number 1...I was in college, a bunch of us would get together on Saturday morning to watch the show....It was great...I was just getting into it when I got drafted...When I got back from Vietnam, it was gone...missed it for years.....a single tear falling.....it was not so much that the show was gone, but nothing would be the same again....

[Charles Henrickson]

The only ones of these I ever watched were "Beany and Cecil," "The Beatles," and "Jonny Quest." I did watch one that was very similar to the "Fireball" puppet one you have listed, and that is, "Thunderbirds," which I really liked.

Actually, most of these shows you have were a little after "my time" (I was born in '53). I remember Saturday shows (I think they were on Saturday) like "Heckle and Jeckle" (sp?), "Mighty Mouse," "Bugs Bunny," and "Soupy Sales."

Does anyone remember a show from the mid-'60s called "Discovery," with Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson? Sort of a travel/learning magazine show for pre-teens.

[dead]

I liked "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters". Helen Thomas should have stuck to that role.

[Sabertooth]

"I also liked Fat Albert and the Jackson 5 cartoons."

So did I , but for my money, the 70s shows have an uphill battle.
About 1970 is when the political correctness started creeping in.

Shows of the 60s fell in between the 70s PC,
and the primitive black and white era of the 50s Baby Boomers.

[Charles Henrickson]

What....no Rocky and Bullwinkle? That one should have been in the top three in my book.

Oh, yeah! You're right! "Moose and squirrel." One of the best.

[Sabertooth]

What....no Rocky and Bullwinkle? That one should have been in the top three in my book.
The show featured "Fractured Fairy-tales", "Bullwinkle's Corner"
and "Peabody and Sherman" (remember the Wayback machine?)

Rocky and Bullwinkle where definitely up there,
though I was partial to "Underdog" when it came to Jay Ward toons.

Here's one of the dog and boy:

[mafree]

Does anyone remember a show from the mid-'60s called "Discovery," with Bill Owen and Virginia Gibson? Sort of a travel/learning magazine show for pre-teens.

I remember it- came on Sundays in my town. It was good. We also loved "Wild Kingdom" and other such shows.

[mafree]

"I also liked Fat Albert and the Jackson 5 cartoons."

So did I , but for my money, the 70s shows have an uphill battle. About 1970 is when the political correctness started creeping in.

Shows of the 60s fell in between the 70s PC, and the primitive black and white era of the 50s Baby Boomers.

I can agree a little bit depending on how you define "PC."

BTW, you also forgot about "Archie"- that was real good IMO.

[kmiller1k]

Memories...Saturday mornings eating cereal with way too much sugar spooned on top and using a kitchen chair seat as a tv tray in the living room. But I remember Rocky and Bullwinkle best. Fractured Fairy Tales and Professor Peabody, the guys who wrote these were probably high. I loved them.