Top Ten TV Cartoon Characters from the 1950s and 1960s
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A top 10 list of cartoon characters will always be subjective. The ones I have mentioned in this article are the ones that I fondly remember from my childhood. Sad but true, the list does not include any female characters. The only female TV cartoon character I recall from my childhood was Little Lulu, and she was based on a comic strip. In my opinion, television cartoons were so much better in the 60s. There were no lessons of morality, no politically correct characters; they were just entertainment pure and simple.Coincidentally, most of my favorite characters are from Hanna Barbera cartoons.
So, here is my list of the top 10 TV cartoon characters of the 1950s and 1960s, in no particular order:
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Top Cat
Top Cat ran from 1961 until 1962 on ABC; only 30 episodes were made. Top Cat was voiced by Arnold Stang and sounded very much like Phil Silvers Sgt. Bilko. In fact, many of the actors from The Phil Silvers Show were featured in this cartoon.
Top Cat was a yellow cat who wore a purple hat and vest and was the leader of a gang of street cats. The character was a con man much in the vein of Sgt. Bilko. His main protagonists were a local police constable and the members of his gang. Since the gang lived on the streets, many episodes were about them trying to get food from various people and establishments.
Even as a kid, I could appreciate the humor of this series. I really don't know what drew me to it as a child. Maybe the great theme song and the voices and the fact they were cats.
Snagglepuss
Snagglepuss first appeared on The Quick Draw McGraw Show and was a regular segment of The Yogi Bear Show. He was created in 1959 and was voiced by Daws Butler.
Snagglepuss was a pink lion who lived in a cave. He was always trying to improve his lot in life but always failed miserably. His signature line was "exit, stage right." He was also known to exclaim "Heaven's to Murgatroyd." He pronounced many words as a Shakespearean actor would and was definitely a theatrical lion.
Here is yet another animal cartoon character that I loved as a child. If found him funny and as an adult I can appreciate the way he talked even more.
Deputy Dawg
Deputy Dawg debuted in 1960 and was produced by Terrytoons. He was voiced by Dayton Allen. The character was a Southern deputy sheriff who dealt with stereotypical southern events. His sidekicks were Ty Coon, Muskie the Muskrat and Vincent Van Gopher. The show became so popular that some of the cartoons were shown in movie theatres.
I think as a child I was drawn to the accents and the fact it featured talking animals. I guess most children are attracted by those sorts of characters. And adults would be attracted based on the satire of regular life.
Huckleberry Hound
Huckleberry Hound first showed up in 1957 and in 1958, The Huckleberry Hound Show was syndicated. In 1961, it won the first Emmy award given to an animated show. Huckleberry Hound was a blue dog with a Southern drawl and he was voiced by Daws Butler. His signature was singing a bad version of “Oh My Darling, Clementine.”
Huckleberry Hound has always been one of my favorite cartoon characters. His personality always attracted me and the adventures he had were always entertaining. And, who could not love a blue dog with a southern drawl a la Andy Taylor?
Fred Flintstone
Fred Flintstone was based on Jackie Gleason’s character on The Honeymooners, Ralph Cramden. Actually, the entire Flintstones show is said to be based on The Honeymooners. Fred’s full name is Frederick Joseph Flintstone. The Flintstones ran on ABC TV from 1960 to 1966. It was basically aimed at adults and was the first to do so. Of course, the kids all loved it too. Fred Flintstone was voiced by Alan Reed. Fred lived with his wife Wilma, and later their daughter Peblbles. The Rubbles lived next door; Barney was Fred’s best friend. The premise of the show was Fred always trying to improve the life of his family and trying to get away with as much as he could.
The Flintstones is my all-time favorite cartoon show from the 1960s. I still remember episodes so this day; The Wayouts, The Great Gazoo, etc. It is one show that stands up to repeat viewing. The show is still syndicated today.
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Tom & Jerry
While Tom & Jerry are two characters, they are best known as a duo. The Tom and Jerry cartoons go back to the 1940s when they were produced as animated shorts. They finally showed up on television in 1960. Several series’ were produced until 1967. Tom & Jerry barely spoke and the cartoons involved Tom and Jerry lived together in the same house; Tom (the cat)was always trying to catch Jerry (the mouse) and was constantly outsmarted.
These cartoons were very enjoyable to me as a child. Yet another animated animal duo that had humorous adventures.
Yogi Bear
Yogi Bear first appeared on The Huckleberry Hound Show in 1958, by 1961 he had his own show. He became one of the most popular cartoon characters ever produced by Hanna Barbera. He was originally voiced by Daws Butler who based the voice on Ed Norton of the Honeymooners. Yogi and his sidekick Boo Boo bear lived in a cave in Jellystone Park. Yogi was always on the lookout for picnic baskets but was usually thwarted by the park ranger.
I remember Yogi Bear very fondly; he was definitely right up there with Fred Flintstone in my opinion. The show never failed to make me laugh.
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George Jetson
George Jetson was the father from The Jetsons television program. The show debuted in September of 1962 on ABC. Surprisingly, since it seems to have such a foothold in the public imagination, it only ran until March of 1963 and produced 24 episodes. However, a second series was produced in the 1980s. George was voiced by George O'Hanlon. The show was basically a space-aged Flintstones. George lived in a high-rise apartment with his wife Jane, his two children Elroy and Judy, robot maid Rosie and dog Astro. The show was about George and his family and their lives in the 21st century.
This was one of the first sci-fi shows I became interested in. Many children in the early 60s were very interested in astronauts and space and this was a cartoon show that helped you to imagine some of the possibilities the future might hold.
Mr. Magoo
Mr. Magoo was created in 1949 and was originally shown as animated shorts in the movie theatre. In 1960, The Mr. Magoo show debuted on television. The main character was a very near-sighted man who would not admit that he couldn’t see well. This resulted in many amusing stories. He also had a dog named McBarker. Magoo was voiced by Jim Backus.
I remember seeing this show on television and enjoying the character. Mr. Magoo was at once a nice old man and a cantankerous one. His adventures made children, and adults, laugh. An example of changing times is that when the live-action film Mr. Magoo was release, blind groups got upset that it was making fun of those with vision problems.
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Bullwinkle
Bullwinkle J. Moose first appeared on the Rocky and Friends cartoon series in 1959; the show was later changed to The Bullwinkle Show because of the popularity of the character. Bullwinkle was voiced by Bill Scott, head writer of the show. Bullwinkle and Rocky (the flying squirrel) lived together in Frostbite Falls and Bullwinkle graduated from Wossamotta U.
Bullwinkle was a great character. He was seen as simple and rather dumb, but he usually ended up getting ahead of the game. The show is almost more entertaining as an adult than it was as a child. The humour is so full of puns and satire that you can’t help but laugh at it. Bullwinkle’s main rivals were Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale; characters based on Russian spies.
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Wow, the past revisited and fondly relived. These were geat and you could watch with your kids without squirming when weird subjects come up like so many these days. Thanks for the sweet memories!
Thanks for the comments. I really had a good time researching this. It brought back a lot of memories for me also.
I'll ber you did have a good time researching this one. Ahh the memories. Ever notice how suspiciously so many of the male characters in the Hanna Barbera toons looked so much like George Jetson? I reckon it was easier for them and quicker for production, hey, it worked. Nice job. I enjoyed the fun of it all. Never realized ol' Magoo was that old.
awww I remember them Top cat was one of my favourites, and the Flintstones... I loved them. I didn't know they had been going on for so long!
As I went through the list, I thought I knew my favorite ones. Then I found a new favorite and then a new one. Thanks for a day of tough decisions!
Now these are my types of cartoons. I remember them all so well. Thanks for bringing them back for me.
Rawlus, that is so true. I really didn't notice.
So RGraf, which one did you discover and who is your new favorite? :)
Top Cat was such a cool show, Princessa.
Glad you liked the Triplet Mom, I loved your Boondocks hub :)
When I was growing up we always thought Mr. Magoo was hilarious-- never realized he offended the blind. In fact I never thought of him as being visually impaired-- I just thought he wasn't paying attention.
I don't think people made a big deal in the 50s and 60s about being offened by cartoon characters; people seemed to have thicker skins back then.
I remember how back in the eighties some kid hung himself after watching wildly coyote do it, which resulted in the station not playing those cartoons for awhile. However, I do not think most people would do those type of things just because a cartoon character would, so the hysteria about that was pretty extreme. I love Huckleberry Hound dog personally because he is blue and a dog, which is just a funny combination to me.
Oh I was not 50 or 60's kid but I remember these cartoons too, as it was shown time and again. These were timeless! =)
I think I remember that controversy Sweetie Pie. A lot of people tend to blame things on ridiculous things like cartoons or music. Nothing bothers me more than to see one of these cartoons that has been edited.
Thanks for the comment Charia, I love coming across one of these old cartoons on TV.
I used to love woody woodpecker... and of course tom and jerry!!! Fun Hub! : )
Thanks MellasViews. Was never a huge fan of Woody Woodpecker :)
This is a great compilation. I love this stuff. Good cartoons today are sadly few and far between. Thanks for this!
Thank you, RooBee :)
I have to admit, I do love classic cartoons. The Flintstones and the Jetsons are like my favorite 'go to' cartoons to watch that aren't anime. Awesome Hub, very well done!
Thanks Am :) Those two shows are shows you can watch and enjoy as an adult.
Great Hub! I actually have a video of some trailers for most of these cartoons. The Flintstones were actually smoking and advertised Winston cigarettes! Thanks for the walk down memory lane!
They are very classic cartoons. I love them very much.
Thanks for the comments catlyn and Dvn :)
This hub was so much fun! It brought back such great childhood memories. You listed all my favorites. LOL, I remember I had a friend who used to freak out if anyone interupted her when she was watching Bull Winkle. :-) Thanks for the fun read.
Thanks Whikat. Bullwinkle is such a riot.
Hey Uninvited Writer, this top ten list is fantastic. George Jetson is my favorite, even though I was a child of the 80's, the Jetsons were a quintessential part of my childhood as it lives on in syndication. You can post this to our site http://www.toptentopten.com/ and link back to your site. We are trying to create a directory for top ten lists where people can find your site. The coolest feature is you can let other people vote on the rankings of your list.
It was fun watching these cartoons again, Uninvited Writer. I liked most of them, but I'd have to say Mr. Magoo was my favorite. My favorite cartoons of all time were Mighty Mouse, The Road Runner, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse.
I remember them all. I thought Tom Cat was great. I remember Arnold Stang as a stand up comedian on Ed Sullivan. I think that show was pattern after The Bowery Boys. Rocky and Bullwinkle was great for political humor. The even took at shot at my hometown; that I'll never forget. Fearless leader was sending Boris to Frost Bite Falls, and Boris said, Send me Sing Sing, send me to Devil's Island, send be to Wilkes-Barre, but don't send me to Frost Bite Falls.
During the early 80's, I used to watch most of them skipping my school lessons or outdoor games. Finding them all in your page has revived my sweet old memory. My most favourite one was Kum Kum (Japanese animeTV series). A great work Uninvited Writer !
Did you find anything about my favorite - foghorn leghorn?
I remember Foghorn Leghorn, Jennifer. He was definately up there but not one of my top 10 :)
I LOVE THEM
Great list, Top Cat, The Flintstones and Yogi definitely make my top 10. I can't believe they stopped making Top Cat in 1962 and there were only 30 episodes, I watched this for years as a kid, I must have just seen the same episodes over and over and over, it never got boring though. =)
My own personal favorite cartoon was 'Mr Benn', great hub.
I agree, I was surprised that only 30 were made also :) Thanks for dropping by :)
what was the name of the cartoon with the theme "go, go gophers go, watch those gophers go"?
I looked it up biggo, the Go Go Gophers first appeared on the Underdog show and then got their own show.
This is great! I am a cartoon fanatic, even today. I would have put Tom and Jerry firs tho, only because they still make me laugh outloud.
What great memories. I can remember getting off the school bus and hurrying to finish my chores so I could watch Yogi, and his gang. Such memories. My friend and I used to imitate Yogi and Boo Boo in school it was great entertainment except when one of use would do a yogi or Boo Boo voice in class in response to a question we didn't have an answer too. The class would crack up, but alas the teacher didn't
Thanks for the memories this is a great post.
Thanks for dropping by David and friskeyper.
The Flintstones, Heckle & Jeckle, Speed Racer, The Jetsons, Tom & Jerry, and Rocky & Bullwinkle were some of my favs, but Yogi & Boo-Boo, Mr. Magoo & Droopy just urked the living hell out of me! lol!
Hey, I have a similiar hub, check it out, I think you may like it!
wonderful and amazing hub
Whoa some of the cartoons being shown now are already present during your time as a kid nyahahaha, just kidding aside... Excellent thank you very much for reminding all of us about great younger age, it is indeed uplifting to look back hehehe remembering your childhood friends...
I gotta go with Quick Draw McGraw and his costumed alter-ego El Kabong!
wow, many of these characters still last today, i new they were old but not that old.
Ahhhhhhhh The Memories !!! Does anyone still remeber The Hercules Cartoon And Im not talking about the disney one either . I miss those cartoons but the internet bringing them back .
I loved Hanna Barbara too. I got that Top Cat DVD too. I loved Top Cat, he wuz tha' boy!
i love love cartoons nice hub
I watched them all! These are great cartoons. This was before cartoons got creepy!
Hey Uninvited Writer - the pics and video clips are excellent on this hub. Thanks for building up this hub. I had forgotten about Mr. Magoo!! Haha. My Grandma used to call the grandkids "Magoo!" jokingly when we had little minor accidents or bumped into something. "Watch it there, Magoo!" "Oops Magoo are you okay?"
great hub! i love and i miss all these cartoons! hope someday they'll bring it back..feeling nostalgic already :)
great work Uninvited Writer!
this was an awesome hub! i've always loved cartoons up to now! where's mickey and bugs bunny? aren't they famous in the 50's and 60's? LOL
Tom and Jerry, Bullwinkle and Mr. Magoo were always my favorite cartoons. Thanks for letting me revisit them again. Excellent coverage and great videos. Another thanks.
Awe you left out my Hero,.. UnderDog !!! LOL These are some great choices to revist though, a flashback from yesterday.
You have taken me back to my childhood. Love cartoons then and still do now, just bought the latest Alvin & the chipmunks movie LOL, I'm just a big kid. Great hub,thanks.
Wonderful hub! I wouldn't be surprised if one of the cartoons in this list would soon end up in 3D.
Great run through of all the cartoons I loved. Now if we could only get them on again to replace the cheap crap that is on TV now days. Maybe our children or grandchildren wouldn't be so hard to get along with. I did get my daughter interested in scooby doo though, she loved those older cartoons, but not as much as the original scooby doo.
Thanks for making the site, I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I found a message on google some time ago saying Top Cat definitely has the best theme song of any Hanna Barbera cartoon. I so disagree! The best Hanna Barbera theme song is definitely the one for the 1975 version of Tom & Jerry; in fact it's the best of any cartoon theme song period. Top Cat does have a good 1, though.
Love it! Now I'm off to youtube land for some Hong Kong fooey action!
Why can't anyone besides me see how amazing the 1975 version of Tom and Jerry is?
I hate Top Cat cartoon but I love Fred Flintstone and Tom Jerry cartoons :)
Love your list! Here are some more cartoon classics from the 1950's-1960's to add to the list.(5) Colonel Bleep, (4) Tom terrific (3) King Leonardo, (2) Ruff and Reddy, and (1)Crusader Rabbit..
Great hub UW, we didn't really get to see a couple of those over here in Britain, never seen Rocky and Bullwinkle or Snagglepuss and only a few Jetsons. Top cat is my fave though, thanks for sharing!
I'm sure I remember Snagglepuss when I was a kid in Scotland :)
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Old Hanna-Barbera Cartoons from the 1960's with Screen Gems' Dancing Sticks & The "S" From Hell ,or the Torch Lady (as Wilma Flintstone once cutely posed as in the Film "The Man Called Flintstone") Glorious Moments of My Childhood were memories like these. Also Shows like "Underdog" & "The Pink Panther" On NBC tv in Living Color with a Peacock entrance. Or Repeats of the Beatles' 1965 cartoons, the Banana Splits, & The Catanooga Cats with Psychadelic "H-B" logos ending with an xylophone's tone. That's memories to me. or How about Kimba The white Lion, Speed Racer, or even obscure stuff like Gigantor, The Beagles (about two dogs who played rock & roll, not four lads from Liverpool),or Hippity Hooper? Yes, those were magic moments for me in TV Animation. Bullwinkle, Duddly Doo-Rite, Roger Ramjet, Astro-boy, Jonny Quest. God, was it fun! believe me, the 1950's-1970's cartoons were the best!
I am looking specifically for the cartoon that had the small man in a black and white stripped jail costume, with a ball and chain attached to his leg..... I can't remember much else.
I believe Bullwinkle's middle initial was 'T' not 'J' as Rocky's was 'J'. Their full names were Bullwinkle The Moose and Rocket Jet Squirrel. Of course I could be mistaken, it was a long time ago.
Does anyone know the name of the hillbilly cartoon from the sixties that had a hillbilly sitting under a tree with a jug of whiskey? The hillbilly sang a song,something like "yuk yuk yuk, Oh my goodness gracious".
Wasn't that hillbilly one of the characters on Deputy Dawg?
And, about the character in the convict outfit, I think he was a dog...but I can't remember where I saw him.
Aah UW this is a lovely trip down memory lane. As I read I thought "yeah...this character is my favorite" but I kept finding favorites! Loved Huckleberry Hound, the bumblings of Mr Magoo and the outrageous Jetsons who always seemed so exotic. Great hub.
umm...... i like to watch underdog but i don't understand it! ;D
Like Where is Scooby-Doo. He was created in 1969
You forgot Wiley E Coyote or The Roadrunner Show. I'm not sure exactly what it was called.
I think that most cartoons are too politically correct these days...well...not Southpark.
One of my favs i don't see here was tennessee tuxedo and his friend chumly. Gotta love don adams
You missed some of my favorites of all time: Magilla Gorilla, Rocochette Rabbit and Droop Along, and can't forget Secret Squirrel and Morrocco Mole.
Great Hub! I became addicted to Hanna-Barbera cartoons while raising my 2 kids. And Yes, Jose (13 months ago) I remember Hercules - still find myself singing his opening song! Back to H-B: Not mentioned was my favorite: Oggy-Doggy and Doggy-Daddy. (who was voiced as Jimmy Durante. "That's my Son-my Son!".) Daws Butler again? Another chuckle rouser is/was Huckleberry Hound in the Foreign Legion: ("Oh! mah'darlin,Oh! mah darlin, Oh! mah darlin What's Her Name"!) If no one here gets that, read up on the reasons men joined the Legion, or go get an old copy of "Beau Geste".
THE BEST CARTOONS WERE THE HERCULOIDS MOBY DICK MIGHTY MIGHT THOR SPACE GHOST SHAZZAN AQUAMAN SUPERMAN FRANKENSTEIN JR THE IMPOSSIBLES
oh man, i miss my childhood LOL, nice hub :)
Does anyone remember a cartoon that had a 'bad guy frog' who chomped on a cigar all the time and say 'mwra mwar' I can't find it anywhere! I remember watching it early mornings before going off to school (very early 70's I'd say it was a 'bright color' cartoon - kind of washout color' The Frog and his cronies were always trying to mess with someone. :???? help!
When I came to check this out I had hoped to see some really old cartoons like Caspar the Friendly Ghost, Beenie and Cecil, Little Lulu, Popeye...I guess that I'm just older than y'all are. LOL My husband and I were sitting around talking about all the good old cartoons and TV shows that we liked. I don't watch any of the shows they have now because they just aren't wholesome. We need to take all the new stuff and replace it with the old again.
Chris...I went looking for what you were talking about and the only thing I came up with is Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse. This cartoon was not seen for many years due to complaints over the hero's firearm fetish and the Frog's ever-present cigar.
A&E Home Video released all 130 five minute long episodes on DVD in Region 1 on October 29, 2002. Reruns of Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse were shown on Nickelodeon's Weinerville in the 1990s along with reruns of Batfink and both segments of The Alvin Show. Chauncey "Flatface" Frog - Chauncey is a chortling, cigar-smoking, derby-hatted criminal mastermind whose voice was based on Edward G. Robinson. Don't know if that's who you're thinking of or not but that's all that I found. :-)
Chris: amazing...I've been looking for that Frog cartoon guy too, for ages, and watched it just when you did...b4 school...he was on b4 Felix The cat...and said, I'm the Frog, see?"....
WHAT! Not a mention of a true pioneer, our heroes Crusader Rabbit and Ragland T. Tiger?!!
Where Tom & Jerry is mentioned above it says Tom was always trying to get Jerry. That's a misconception. Tom didn't try to get Jerry in every episode. That's one of the reasons it's better than Road Runner or Tweety & Sylvester; one of the reasons it has more variety. By the way T&J didn't fail as characters when they talked.
I remember them all i just love d top cat n tom & jerry but nowadays all cartoons r not shown sad... very sad feelin very nad.. just want each cartoon back on television each old cartoons guys.....
I love it.
Here are some of the episodes of T&J where Tom doesn't try to get Jerry: Pecos Pest, Mouse in Manhattan (definitely), Tom's Photo Finish, Cat Nappin', Smarty Cat, The Cat Concerto.
great hub! very enjoyable, even though i was born in the late 80's i grew up watching these shows! and when they're around that long you know they're good! voted up!
Well, you've made my day. I was debating about a couple of these caroons, (hurray for you!) and lo and behold I found this hub, which is useful to teh uptenth degree. Since I wasn't born in teh 50 or 60s, this won't bring back fond memories, but rather, pure enjoyment in seeing these videos.
Well done.
Thanks for the memories...cartoons for entertainment's sake.;)
Okay, forget the shows for a minute. I want the animals at the top of the page for my kids.
My mom found a Woddy Woodpecker from somewhere that she can't remember -- a year ago. I found it in her garage just as my 7 year old was discovering the show. He was thrilled. But then those shows still bring a smile to my face. But did you guys know that Seth McFarlane is remaking The Flintstones? Suddenly i'm very afraid.
inspector gadget
Great Hub!
Oh my...I loved Mr. MaGoo, and Bullwinkle. Let's not forget Beenie and Cecil...my favorite because he was a Sea serpent and ALL the characters were hand-puppets that were very much aware they were hand-puppets!
Very cool hub. Thanks for the trip that memory lane.
Dear Friends: I am sure that all of the US made cartoons are wonderful.My favorite is TOP CAT. I used to watch TOP CAT in 1961 and I was deeply sad when TOP CAT production was discontinued. I still wonder why it happened.HANNA-BARBERA were geniuses. Now we have a new Mexican made TOP CAT (DON GATO Y SU PANDILLA) movie that is so lovely and wonderful that make us miss TOP CAT even more. I wish American cartoon producers would start making TOP CAT again. WE LOVE TOP CAT. WE LOVE DON GATO Y SU PANDILLA. Thank you TOP CAT for being there. MAY GOD BLESS TOP CAT AND YOU ALL! Ademar Del Poz, Brazil.
Calling the 1975 version of Tom & Jerry better than the original is not a stupid comment, as someone told me on google. It's simply a matter of opinion.
Tom & Jerry wouldn't be as good if Tom were always trying to get Jerry. The cartoon would be more predictable & not as original.
I love to watch The Jeston cartoon. Don't anybody remember Wonder Women Cartoon and Brickman Cartoon. I which TBS TV station would bring these back on for Saturday Morning cartoon at 9:oopm Kids need good clean cartoons still to watch. Let email TBS and ask them to do this! The children should count for watching TV.
I loved this hub and all the great comments too. These were also some of my favorites. One thing about "Rocky and Bullwinkle": when I was a kid I enjoyed watching them, but there was also something odd about the cartoon which I didn't quite "get". I felt the same way when I read cartoons in the Sunday morning "funny papers" like "Li'l Abner" and "Pogo". After I grew up I understood what it was. They were political cartoons! The political satire went over my head as a kid. I read that creator Alex Anderson's partner Jay Ward, who promoted the Rocky and Bullwinkle series, tried to take them into Russia. The Soviets responded (sounding like Boris), "We know all about moose and squirrel. You are trying to start war!"
Tweety & Sylvester is not a copy of Tom & Jerry as some people think. T&J's way more entertaining. It's not plain & simple like T&S.
these cartoons allowed us to be kids,unlike the modern ones.
looking for the name of a old cartoon it was about a scientists a tall man with a long pointy nose and dark hair that called his assistant leonardo who was a little man that didn't talk he was bald on top with little hair on the sids and wore glasses
Joe, you're looking for "Clyde Crashcup" and his lab assistant Leonardo. He specialized in inventing things that have already been invented, like the stove, the bathtub, or the chair. Clyde Crashcup started out as one of four segments on the Saturday morning show "Alvin & the Chipmunks" which debuted October 4, 1961. The Chipmunks starred in the other three segments (two of them were sing-alongs). Clyde later had a Wonder Book and a brief series of five comic books (which are sought after by collectors), and he made a couple of guest appearances in later versions of the Chipmunnks in the 80s and 90s. (Source: Wikipedia and toonopedia.com).
Thanks for all the comments. I love how people are helping each other out, I'm learning a lot about cartoons :)
I don't care what anyone says, the best version of Tom & Jerry is definitely the 1975 version!
Does anyone remember the Wacky Racers - the mobhill gang, Penelope pitstop...bunch of others. They all like to race.
does anyone remember Johnny Quest? every Saturday morning...
I would like to fine-tune something I said earlier. For the first year they were on the air (1961-1962), Alvin & the Chipmunks were broadcast during prime time, like the Flintstones. Their second year they moved to Saturday mornings. Also, they were originally called "The Alvin Show" because of the popularity of Alvin; later, Alvin & the Chipmunks. Wacky Racers and Penelope Pitstop were on about the time I was getting a little old for Saturday morning cartoons, so I only remember the names. But Johnny Quest, oh yes! His show was so cool. When I was a kid I read a series of books called "Tom Swift, Jr." They were kind of like the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew, only the hero was an eighteen year old scientist. Johnny Quest was very similar, only he was younger than eighteen. By the way, if you are interested in looking up some of these, there's an online cartoon encyclopedia at toonopedia.com. It's fun to read, but it's written by only one man, so you might want to check other sources as well. Still, don't forget to come back here and share with all of us your wonderful memories. Nothing like the personal touch!
I just found out that "Jonny Quest" was spelled without the "h".
Susan
This hub brings back a lot of memories. Almost everyone I know have grown up watching these cartoons regardless of how old they are today. Isn't it amazing how these cartoon characters have impacted not only the generation of 50s and 60s but still play a role in the upbringing of children around the world in the 21st century?
I'm sure you had a whale of a writing this hub, pondering over childhood memories and a lot more. Great hub!
Princesswithapen
A couple no one has mentioned Felix the cat and Mighty Mouse and as for the best theme song it has to go to mighty mouse I can still remember almost every kid on the playground running around singing ""Here I come to save the Day"
I disagree w/ Bubba about Mighty Mouse having the best theme song. I would say it has to go to the 1975 version of Tom & Jerry: "Big or small, short or tall, we will all have a ball on the Tom & Jerry Show!"
Carina
Tom & Jerry are best looking in the 1975 version.
Unlike most people I think the best cartoons ever made are T&J cartoons; not Looney Tunes. I don't think LT are all that good. They're not very cute.
Must have been hard to pick only 10 from a galaxy of stars drawn from the paint and pencil boxes of the TV world :-)
Cheers for a great Hub
T&J still comes on today
good to see cartoons that are not of my time, but that didn't disappear with the passage of time :)
very nice
westernangel 2 years ago
Sure brings back a lot of memories.