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Pick: Who had the best Saturday morning cartoons in the 1970s?
It's a battle of the toons, a clash of the networks, a blast from your past!
The 1970s. Man, what a time to be a kid! Or a kid at heart. It was a golden age for Saturday morning cartoons. Well, the word "cartoons" does not do the weekend programming justice. There were wild live-action shows from the Kroffts, space adventures, reruns, musical showcases and more.
We gathered some highlights from each year of the decade. This is not every show on, but give you a good idea of what the networks were airing.
Pick: What would you watch each year? And which year was the best?
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1970
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1971
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1972
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Okay, looking back: What was the best year for Saturday morning cartoons in the Seventies?
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Pick: Who had the best Saturday morning cartoons in the 1970s?
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Looney Tunes - Being Watched
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Looney Tunes - No Pants
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I only picked the ones that had most of the cartoons I used to watch. Most of them came on before I was born. I remember watching them on later networks like Cartoon Express, MeTv, etc. They stopped showing cartoons and the other shows on ABC, NBC, and CBS a long time ago. They should start showing something more entertaining on CBS besides the news from 3 to 7 on weekdays.
(If you're wondering, I was born 1975.)
(If you're wondering, I was born 1975.)
71% similar I don't remember watching just one channel. I jumped around and watched shows from all three networks.
I was coming down here to say the same thing. Even though we didn't have remotes, we'd actually get up & change the channel to a better cartoon.
Scooby doo in the pre-Scrappy Doo days. Then Stark Trek, then whatever wasn't a live-action Sid and Marty Kroft show unless it was Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. I hated the Bugaloos, and Lidsville creeped me out.
77% similar. But I can tell you looking at these selections, I was probably doing a lot of channel flipping.
69% similar
62% similar. I’m 63. If first-run Saturday morning cartoons were still a thing, I’d be watching them.
Hey I'm 67 and would be watching to. The 60's and 70's Saturday cartoons were the best. Now days mostly junk.
68% similar. For the final question, I chose 1974 for the year Land of the Lost premiered.
Picked 1970 as my best year. But I did like Land of the Lost and the animated Star Trek series.
We watched, without fail, Bugs Bunny and Scooby Doo…. Then out the door we went to play until dark.
Bugs and Scooby Doo Where are You? hands down. Just sad how silly the Scooby series has become now.
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87%. All guesses.
84% similar
Actually better before the 70s Rocky and Bullwinkle, Beanie and Cecil, George of the Jungle...
Much better
Rocky and Bullwinkle, George of the Jungle with Tom Slick and Super Chicken. Man those were the days that made being a kid worth it.
I would have been changing the channel a lot. 😂😂😂
They never mentioned the cartoon version of GILLIGANS ISLAND loved that one as a kid!
Can we watch pink panthers
Was george of the jungle? On tv? During the 70s? Can you put george of the jungle? On METV?
George of the Jungle aired in 1967, but may have shown in reruns in 1970. All 17 "Swingin' episodes" are available in one DVD set. "All 17 shows are complete with episodes of Tom Slick, the coolest racecar driver this side of Frostbite Falls, and Super Chicken, whos always there to save the day when fowl plays afoot!"
“George” was actually shown in prime time and ran for only one season.
After bugs bunny road runner hour was over it was a toss up the flintstones or pink panther but when loney tunes were taken off for good that when I stopped watching any cartoons. And now that there back on me tv I watch bugs bunny and the road runner every day i still love those old cartoons and missed them for along time hope there on me tv for a long time
45% similar.
The best years were any when there were Looney Tunes to watch. After that, Pink Panther. I'm afraid I was not that loyal to a single network. It kind of had to do with when the Froot Loops ran out. If I was done, and Looney Tunes was over, I'd watch Pink Panther. I was strangely attached to Pink Panther. I loved the music and the way out groovy psychedelic/cerebral comedy. I'm interested in music today because of things I heard then. I believe I had an early ability to tell reality from imagination because of Pink Panther's highly implausible yet fascinating adventures.
What we didn't know them, was that most of what we were watching was recycled. The Flintstones, Johnny Quest, The Jetsons. All prime time shows shifted to Saturday mornings. Some new bumpers tied classic Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies together for the various Bugs Bunny shows.
The difference between all of the other programs on then and those classics is they've stood the test of time, alongside Popeye and other classic theatrical cartoons that have become part of the culture.
The difference between all of the other programs on then and those classics is they've stood the test of time, alongside Popeye and other classic theatrical cartoons that have become part of the culture.