Saturday Morning Cartoon Preview Shows

[RamblingMad]

When I was a kid, I was always excited to watch these preview shows to see what new cartoons I would watch.

Here's the one that kicked off Save by the Bell. We all thought Saturday morning was doomed with live action instead of strictly cartoons back then. It was surprisingly good, but the sequel (not the college years) looks terrible on Peacock.

 

[mrsap]

What I wouldn’t do to get Saturday mornings in the 80’s back. We had it so good

 

[MetalMasterC]

You can thank proponents of educational programming for Saturday morning cartoons disappearing. That was the beginning of the end.

This is one take on the reasons for cartoons disappearing. It's a decent summary.
https://www.grunge.com/34402/real-reason-saturday-morning-cartoons-disappeared/

 

[BrianL]

I rememebr those, usually a week or two before one evening would have the cartoon preview show for the network. It was so exciting because as a kid that's how I found out about anything - there wa sno internet and my parents for some reason didn't get Variety. I can remember finding out about a movie that I wanted to see by seeing a commercial for it on TV, usually already "Now Playing." I loved Saturday mornign cartoons, especially in the 1980's - who else knows the theme song to Pole Position?

 

[mrsap]

who else knows the theme song to Pole Position?

Are we talking the Atari game or the show?! I thought it was a great game.

 

[RamblingMad]

Are we talking the Atari game or the show?! Great game.

I'm sure the TV show. It was really good.

 

[mrsap]

I'm sure the TV show. It was really good.

I was only kidding. I never watched the show, but had the game.

 

[RamblingMad]

I was only kidding. I never watched the show, but had the game.

I was more partial to Spy Hunter.

 

[mrsap]

I was more partial to Spy Hunter.

OMG. Could play all day. Oil slicks were my fave. Never completed it though. I was a video game junkie back then... actually still am.

 

[BrianL]

I was only kidding. I never watched the show, but had the game.

The show used the game's name but wasn't really based on it. It was more like MASK - it has one of the better 80's cartoon songs too.

How about Saturday Morning Supercade - that had Donkey Koong, Forgger, Q-Bert etc. It was fun too!

 

[RamblingMad]

The show used the game's name but wasn't really based on it. It was more like MASK - it has one of the better 80's cartoon songs too.

How about Saturday Mornign Supercade - that had Donkey Koong, Forgger, Q-Bert etc. It was fun too!

Remember Rubix Cube?

 

[BrianL]

Remember Rubix Cube?

Yup! How much more 80's could that even be?

 

[mrsap]

Ok... here were some of my favorites... (that I can think of)

Muppet Babies
Jem
PAC-Man
My Little Pony
Pound Puppies
Strawberry Shortcake
Wuzzles
Snorks
Monchichi
Get Along Gang
He-Man/She-Ra
Fat Albert
Popeye
Saved by the Bell
Pee Wees Playhouse
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Smurfs

 

[RamblingMad]

Loved this one as a kid. This most likely got me into thinking about the environment.

 

[mrsap]

The show used the game's name but wasn't really based on it. It was more like MASK - it has one of the better 80's cartoon songs too.

How about Saturday Morning Supercade - that had Donkey Koong, Forgger, Q-Bert etc. It was fun too!

There was also a Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, as well as a Mario and Luigi show at some point. Can’t remember if the latter was Saturday mornings, though?

 

[RamblingMad]

There was also a Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon, as well as a Mario and Luigi show at some point. Can’t remember if the latter was Saturday mornings, though?

The Super Mario Show. They used to also played some episodes of Zelda. I think, you can stream it on Netflix. It aired during the week like Voltron and GI Joe.

 

[mrsap]

The Super Mario Show. They used to also play some episodes of Zelda. I think, you stream it on Netflix. It aired during the week like Voltron and GI Joe.

Is there a rewind button somewhere?!? There has to be, right?! Zelda - another awesome game - loved to play, never finished

 

[RamblingMad]

Is there a rewind button somewhere?!? There has to be, right?! Zelda - another awesome game - loved to play, never finished

 

[BrianL]

The Super Mario Show. They used to also played some episodes of Zelda. I think, you can stream it on Netflix. It aired during the week like Voltron and GI Joe.

Yes, but later there was Super Mario paired with Captain N for Saturday mornings. Also, there were two Sonic shows, one syndicated daily and the other on Saturdays - the Saturday one was more of a "serious" action advetnure type show the other more silly, like a Loony Tunes type thing.

 

[BrianL]

Also, to add, Zelda was shown as the Friday segment on Super Mario Super Show. As mentioned above, I found out about it when it just came on as I was expecting more MArio. I am a HUGE Nintendo guy, so Mario was great, but Zelda was mind-blowing.