Happy Funshine Friday, funky folks! Here’s a complete Pink Panther cartoon, Pinky Doodle, which originally aired in May of 1976. Befitting the Bicentennial fever years, Pink is a Blue Coat warring with devilish Red Coats in 1776. Light it up. … Continue reading
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Around the World in Eighty Days was an animated series based on the Jules Verne novel. 16 episodes were created by the Australian API company and originally aired in the US on NBC beginning in September of 1972. The cartoon … Continue reading
Hanna-Barbera’s Laff-A-Lympics first appeared on ABC in September, 1977 as a segment of Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics which also included The Scooby-Doo Show, The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels. 24 episodes were eventually produced through … Continue reading
Here’s a fascinating bit of forgotten kid’s TV for Funshine Friday. In 1973, ABC aired a program called Saturday Morning Sneak Peek which previewed the cartoons slated for that September. The show was hosted by the comic duo of Jack … Continue reading
Filmation’s live-action kid’s series, The Ghost Busters originally ran from September through December, 1975. 15 episodes were produced. The show features a trio of apparition-chasing detectives; Kong (Forrest Tucker), Eddie Spencer (Larry Storch) and Tracy the Gorilla (Bob Burns). Yes, … Continue reading
Happy Funshine Friday, Bionic dance team! Here’s a complete cartoon featuring The Ant and the Aardvark entitled “Don’t Hustle An Ant With Muscle.” The Ant and the Aardvark was produced by Depatie-Freleng and this particular short first ran in theaters … Continue reading