September 04, 2005
SUPER SATURDAY CLUB
ABC's Saturday morning cartoon line-up in 1969 must represent the pinnacle of low budget, cheapjack, crap-tacular TV cartoon production. But if you grew up with this kind of stuff, you might still have a warm spot in your heart for it. Who can forget (or remember) Hanna-Barbera's THE ADVENTURES OF GULLIVER and THE CHATANOOGA CATS, Ken Snyder's HOT WHEELS and SKY HAWKS (pictured above) - both designed by comic book great Alex Toth - Rankin-Bass' SMOKEY BEAR SHOW, Filmation's FANTASTIC VOYAGE and their Archies knock-off, THE HARDY BOYS? Not to mention those reruns of made for TV CASPER cartoons.... Ahhh, what a morning!
If you crave the nostalgia of those times, check out Steven Thompson's new blog where he has posted the complete contents of the ABC SUPER SATURDAY CLUB (direct link here), a failed attempt by the network to create brand loyalty to their kidvid programming.