RIP Saturday Morning Cartoons

[BUTT]

The Fox Kids branding may have been discontinued but I know cartoons on Fox lasted longer than that. The TMNT series debuted in 2003 and I remember watching the first episode and then deciding that as a senior in high school I had little interest in a new TMNT. I believe they also aired the F-Zero anime at some point around ‘04 or ‘05.

 

[Lazgistics Supervisor]

That was around the switch to Fox's Saturday morning being predominantly by 4Kids Entertainment.

And fuck Gen X'ers if they pretend that the X-Men and Spider-Man shows on Fox weren't great.

 

[King Kamala]

Another weird thing I found out in my Fox Kids wormhole. Fox Kids had a syndicated radio show that lasted until 2012, which was hosted by Chris Leary of TechTV and WWF Jakked/Metal micro fame. That seemed baffling and I thought "Wow. I had no idea Fox Kids had a radio show that outlived Radio Disney." except I went further down the rabbit hole and found out Radio Disney only shut down permanently FIVE MONTHS AGO!

At risk of channeling the Gen Xers was making fun of earlier, I had no idea any generation after mine gave any shits about terrestrial radio*. Hell, I was a weirdo amongst my age group for caring about Top 40 radio in the late '90s/early '00s.


*Or really any radio come to think of it. I'm the only person I know under the age of 60 that cares about satellite radio.

 

[BruiserBrody]

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1689517676018688000

I shouldn't be, but I was surprised that I only 1 (Fat Albert) of these shows actually were still on the air when I was old enough to watch such things...we'll say 1985-86ish.
Some of them obviously got reboots as the 80s rolled on (Flintstone Kids, Pup Named Scooby Doo, Looney Tunes)

 

[Lazgistics Supervisor]

I feel like there's some racism seeping through that American Bandstand review.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1697847991661453387

For a show (and video game) I enjoyed, I have no recollection of all those side characters.

 

[BruiserBrody]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1702188377032827163

Always like this time of year when the old debuts are brought up.

I feel like I could blabber on about a bunch of these shows, but I'm not sure they'd spawn discussion off hand.

 

[Epic Springs]

Legit don't recall there being a series about Flintstone Kids. I do remember the TV movie where Pebbles and Bam Bam get married, however.

 

[Valeyard]

If there was a Fantastic Max thread I could contribute.

 

[BruiserBrody]

We should bust out obscure cartoons like "Happy Ness: Secret of the Lock" which aired here on Sat AM at like 6 am or 630 on UPN or some other wayward network.

If there was a Fantastic Max thread I could contribute.

I 'member

 

[SFH]

Legit don't recall there being a series about Flintstone Kids. I do remember the TV movie where Pebbles and Bam Bam get married, however.

And also built on the Captain Caveman story with their weekly Captain Caveman and Son segments.

 

[BruiserBrody]

No memory of Space Cats. Little Shop seems to have unlocked something in my memory bank though.

I've heard of Yo Yogi, but I'm pretty sure I didn't watch it. If I dove into the Sat AM line ups, I'm sure it would prove to be up against something I loved.

 

[Epic Springs]

I remember Little Shop. Syfy aired it early mornings before school along with Ewoks and Star Wars drones.

 

[HarleyQuinn]

Of that list I also remember the Little Shop cartoon too. I remember it being fine for what it was as kids fare.