I remember back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, I’d get up early every single Saturday morning to watch cartoons. I’d be flipping through various channels because many times there would be good stuff on all channels. Now when I turn on the TV for Saturday morning cartoons, there’s nothing. The three major networks for cartoons were CBS, NBC, ABC, and later FOX.

CBS

When I think of CBS, shows that come to my mind were Garfield and Friends. I also remember other shows like Mother Goose and Grimm, Pee-Wee’s Play House, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (old stuff), and so on. My Mom and sister really liked Garfield so normally I watched (I was into it too, but not as much). I really liked Mother Goose and Grimm and found some episodes very funny (Grimmy always cracked me up). I’ll never forget Pee-Wee’s Play House, since the theme song sticks in my head and hearing everyone scream when the secret word was said. Most every kid around my time frame loved TMNT oh course (the old one, not the newer one foxed aired).

Some intros and clips to shows I liked or remember a lot:






NBC

NBC was probably my favorite channel to watch Saturday Morning cartoon at in the early 1990’s, just before they stopped airing them. I was into Super Mario Bros. 3/World, Captain N: The Game Master, Yo! Yogi (always liked Yogi Bear), Wishkid, Camp Candy, Pro Stars, Kissyfur, and sometimes I’d watch Alf-Tales. I had lots of memories watching Alvin & The Chipmunks. Being a huge Nintendo fan who loved Mario/Luigi as a kid, I use to make sure I’d never miss a single episode of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World even if I’ve seen it many times. I still have several episodes recorded on old VHS tapes. I use to watch Captain N at times also. The intro is still quite memorable to me, watching him playing Punch Out, then getting sucked into the video game world. Yo! Yogi was a new show containing several Hanna Barbera Cartoon characters I liked and put them in a city with a shopping mall and such. I always found Wishkid interesting, and at the time I was big into stuff Macaulay Culkin did. I always enjoyed the kids camping on Camp Candy, fun stuff. Pro Stars had my favorite baseketball player (Jordan), Football/Baseball (Bo Jackson), and a hockey player I respected (Wayne Gretzky) all together fighting evil. Can’t say much about Kissyfur, but remember getting up early just to watch it when I was REALLY young. I was big into ALF, so oh course I watched Alf-Tales at times. Whenever I think of Alvin & The Chipmunks, I think of Alvin’s name being shouted. I watched the Smurfs a lot too, but wasn’t as big into it when compared to my sister.

Some intros and clips to shows I liked or remember a lot:






ABC

First cartoon that comes to my mind when thinking of ABC was Winnie The Pooh. I cannot remember how long he was aired for on ABC, but I continued watching it for many years (I’ve always liked Winnie The Pooh, along with all his friends). I also remember watching the cartoons A Pup Named Scoobie Doo, Gummi Bears, The Real Ghostbusters, Beetlejuice, Darkwing Duck, Goof Troop, The Addam’s Family, Sonic The Hedgehog, etc. A Pup Named Scoobie Doo was always really liked by me, since I was into Scooby Doo, but always liked its extra comedy added. Always been a fan of the Gummi Bears. I could probably sing the theme song right now. I was into Ghostbusters, so I watched the cartoon at times. I didn’t watch a lot of Beetlejuice, but I remembered it well since my sister watched it a lot. I definitely watched a lot of Goof Troop and some of Darkwing Duck. Goof Troop always cracked me up, and I enjoyed movies containing Goofy and Max. I really liked The Addam’s Family movie and always found the cartoon fun to watch. I watched Sonic The Hedgehog at times since I was big into the video game (although not as much as Mario). Maybe I should remind everyone that even New Kids on the Block had a Saturday Morning cartoon.

Some intros and clips to shows I liked or remember a lot:






Fox

While I did not watch many cartoons on Fox until the later years, I still watched them at times. When thinking of Fox, EeK! The Cat and Bobby’s World come to my mind especially. EeK! was always pretty funny and I enjoyed Bobby’s imagination. While I didn’t watch these shows on Saturday morning cartoons much (mostly on weekdays I watched them), they still aired on Saturday morning so they count, which were Animaniacs, Tiny Toons Adventures, Peter Pan & The Pirates, and so on. Animaniacs and Tiny Toons were always funny shows I loved watching. I always enjoyed watching Peter Pan & The Pirates, but part of that is because I really like Peter Pan in general. I was so glad when Fox Family came and aired the show again.

Some intros and clips to shows I liked or remember a lot:






Oh well, this is stuff I just wanted to share. I have a feeling CAGs who great up around the 1980’s and 1990’s probably remember some of the shows I mentioned, along with many more. Thinking about these shows makes me miss the good old days when Saturday Morning cartoons were interesting, kind of like how I blogged about classic Nickelodeon.