Funshine Friday: Uncle Croc’s Block

Filmation’s Uncle Croc’s Block was a short-lived ABC morning series that ran for half a season – from September, 1975 to February ’76. The show parodied children’s programming and starred Charles Nelson Reilly (Lidsville) as the unhappy titular host. Croc’s … Continue reading

Funshine Friday: ‘Space Sentinels’ (1977)

Space Sentinels (also known as The Young Sentinels) was produced by Filmation and the series’ 13 episodes originally ran Saturday mornings on NBC beginning in September of 1977. A trio of superheroes, Hercules (strength), Mercury (speed) and Astrea (shape-changer), team … Continue reading

Funshine Friday: Devlin

Hanna-Barbera’s Devlin, an animated series inspired by Evel Knievel, originally ran on ABC from September to December of 1974. This was a rare dramatic cartoon from HB and the series focused on a traveling circus and a young stunt-riding team. … Continue reading

Funshine Friday: Speed Racer

Happy Funshine Friday! To celebrate my Birthday today I’m going to post the old 1960s/1970s-era intro and outro for Speed Racer. This is one of those shows produced in the 1960s that ran constantly in reruns throughout the 1970s. Speed … Continue reading

Funshine Friday: ‘The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie’ (1972)

On this week’s Funshine Friday we feature – Saturday! That’s right, this time around we take a look at The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie which launched in September, 1972. The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie was a rare bird as it … Continue reading

Funshine Friday: Jeannie

Hanna-Barbera’s Jeannie cartoon was an animated re-imagining of the live-action hit, I Dream of Jeannie. The series originally ran on CBS from September through December, 1973. Later, in 1977, the show was re-packaged and included in episodes of Fred Flintstone … Continue reading