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Name a cartoon from the past that younger generations haven't heard of (Original Post) Buttoneer May 29 OP
Mighty Mouse Onthefly May 29 #1
I have two: Space Ghost and Johnny Quest... wcmagumba May 29 #2
Two of my favorites, Race Bannon and Jade displacedvermoter May 30 #27
Super Chicken Sequoia May 29 #3
I can still hear the musical theme for Super Chicken in my head, "Squawk for Super Chicken"... wcmagumba May 29 #5
To Fred, You knew the job was dangerous when you took it. Sequoia May 29 #16
Dondi Walleye May 29 #4
Tom Terrific... 2naSalit May 29 #6
between underdog and mighty mouse SonOfNebanaube May 30 #31
Sherman and Mr. Peabody? RazorbackExpat May 30 #38
Oops... 2naSalit May 30 #47
Tennessee Tuxedo. And Underdog. n/t Mister Ed May 29 #7
Hong Kong Phooey MustLoveBeagles May 29 #8
Well done! Ponietz May 30 #61
It was the only old cartoon I could remember MustLoveBeagles May 30 #68
Clutch Cargo. greatauntoftriplets May 29 #9
That one was kind of weird RazorbackExpat May 30 #36
There is a good reason for that. perfessor May 30 #64
Wow, after all these years RazorbackExpat May 30 #65
Remember his dog? vanlassie May 31 #80
Betty Boop! WmChris May 29 #10
Heckle and Jeckle lpbk2713 May 29 #11
Crusader Rabbit and Rags the Tiger Biophilic May 29 #12
Alley Oop Norrrm May 29 #13
Top Cat DBoon May 29 #14
Krazy Kat BluesRunTheGame May 29 #15
Benny and Cecil (the dragon) SWBTATTReg May 29 #17
Beg your pardon, but Cecil was not a dragon Vogon_Glory May 30 #39
You're absolutely right. I couldn't remember his species' type, so I shot a guess at it. SWBTATTReg May 30 #62
looks like your memory has run ragged bobalew May 31 #75
Magilla Gorilla!!! Nittersing May 31 #86
Beanie & Cecil character was Capt. Huff N Puff. IIRC. oasis May 31 #93
Kimba, the White Lion JoseBalow May 29 #18
Huckleberry Hound Bayard May 29 #19
Spoon! nt drmeow May 30 #35
With the little bunny guy! Bayard May 30 #45
Quickdraw McGraw madamesilverspurs May 29 #20
Colonel Bleep Brother Buzz May 29 #21
Cecil Turtle LogDog75 May 30 #22
Wait a minute!!! MyOwnPeace May 30 #33
R. Crumb's "Fritz The Cat" - as filtered thru Ralph Bakshi... GReedDiamond May 30 #23
Oh hell yeah! Lochloosa May 30 #30
Godzilla Meets Bambi Submariner May 30 #24
Hell, any of those Hanna-Barbera cartoons! OldBaldy1701E May 30 #25
I loved Johnny Quest MustLoveBeagles May 30 #69
Yes, he was. OldBaldy1701E May 31 #84
I loved their adventures MustLoveBeagles May 31 #92
I did not see the '86 version. OldBaldy1701E Jun 1 #95
I probably watched the 80's version and don't remember MustLoveBeagles Jun 1 #96
He is correct. OldBaldy1701E Jun 2 #97
Felix the Cat (created 1919) sop May 30 #26
Chip and Dale dhol82 May 30 #28
Speed Racer. Lochloosa May 30 #29
Marvin The Martian mymomwasright May 30 #32
Did anyone mention Snagglepuss? Exit stage left chicoescuela May 30 #34
Tumble Weeds, another is Lil Abner gladium et scutum May 30 #37
Quick-Draw McGraw Vogon_Glory May 30 #40
El Kabong!! Chasstev365 May 30 #52
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects ShazzieB May 30 #41
The Alvin Show RazorbackExpat May 30 #42
Some Saturday morning & weekday cartoons Niagara May 30 #43
Tobor the 8th Man The Madcap May 30 #44
Rocky and Bullwinkle. NNadir May 30 #46
Mr Magoo u4ic May 30 #48
Dudley Doright! 2naSalit May 30 #49
Dick Dastardly and Mumbly Mad_Dem_X May 30 #50
Muttley RazorbackExpat May 30 #56
Thanks, I wasn't sure about the name! Mad_Dem_X May 31 #85
Breezly Bruin Chasstev365 May 30 #51
Snuffy Smith CanonRay May 30 #53
Gigantor IcyPeas May 30 #54
Dondi randr May 30 #55
Cool McCool Rastapopoulos May 30 #57
The Hillbilly Bears RazorbackExpat May 30 #58
Space Angels, Roger Ramjet.... bobalew May 30 #59
Not one person has mentioned NANCY? Shame! CurtEastPoint May 30 #60
Or Heckle and Jeckel or Katzenjammer Kidz! Ponietz May 30 #63
I didn't mention any of the comic strips because I thought Vogon_Glory May 30 #66
Ruff and Reddy FrndStrng May 30 #67
Pow wow the Indian Boy Doc_Technical May 30 #70
Grape Ape Morbius May 30 #71
Gerald McBoing Boing oasis May 31 #72
Just about to mention that! electric_blue68 May 31 #90
TomTerrific.......Bosco oasis May 31 #73
Beany and Cecil oasis May 31 #74
_ LudwigPastorius May 31 #76
Battle of the planets RandySF May 31 #77
Mr.Peabody & Sherman oasis May 31 #78
Gumby & Pokey, the Warner Bros chipmunks, indoubtably so polite... bobalew May 31 #79
Gumby, and Super Car! electric_blue68 May 31 #91
The Point (Februuary 2,1971) sazemisery May 31 #81
I remember this one. Morbius May 31 #83
Pogo... littlemissmartypants May 31 #82
"Speed of lightning, roar of thunder" Prairie_Seagull May 31 #87
Scooter Computer and Mr. Chips miyazaki May 31 #88
Felix the cat. That wonderful wonderful cat Alpeduez21 May 31 #89
From the movie theaters Nac Mac Feegle Jun 1 #94

wcmagumba

(6,937 posts)
5. I can still hear the musical theme for Super Chicken in my head, "Squawk for Super Chicken"...
Fri May 29, 2026, 08:39 PM
May 29

I remember play acting Super Chicken with a neighbor kid out in the yard...No phones or computers just us kids...Fun Times.

2naSalit

(104,739 posts)
6. Tom Terrific...
Fri May 29, 2026, 08:41 PM
May 29

And Manfred the Wonder Dog

Tom Slick

George of the Jungle

Super Chicken

Underdog

Fractured Fairy Tales

Simon and Mr. Peabody

Klyde Krashkup

Felix the Cat



SonOfNebanaube

(157 posts)
31. between underdog and mighty mouse
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:09 AM
May 30

A generation of meth heads was created... Now where's my power pill.

MustLoveBeagles

(18,277 posts)
68. It was the only old cartoon I could remember
Sat May 30, 2026, 02:06 PM
May 30

That hadn't been named. There was another one called Elastic Man and his baby had the same ability.

perfessor

(400 posts)
64. There is a good reason for that.
Sat May 30, 2026, 12:11 PM
May 30

It was developed for a school for the hearing impaired, to help the kids learn lip-reading.

bobalew

(500 posts)
75. looks like your memory has run ragged
Sun May 31, 2026, 02:11 AM
May 31

it was Beany and Cecil, a Bob Clampett Cartoon. Now my memory is ragged about ship Captain's name. Maybe someone else can remind me of that....I kinda remember that Magilla Gorilla came from same production studio, however.

Bayard

(30,636 posts)
19. Huckleberry Hound
Fri May 29, 2026, 11:09 PM
May 29


My all time favorite is not that old (80's?) and it was definitely written for adults. Funny as hell!

OldBaldy1701E

(11,786 posts)
25. Hell, any of those Hanna-Barbera cartoons!
Sat May 30, 2026, 07:54 AM
May 30

Mighty Mightor

Frankenstein Jr.

Shazan

Moby Dick

They made a bunch of them.

But, Jonny Quest will always be my favorite. He was me and I was him. (Except I did not have an Indian friend. I had a First Nations friend, though!)

OldBaldy1701E

(11,786 posts)
84. Yes, he was.
Sun May 31, 2026, 08:02 AM
May 31

So, a quick story.

I was working at a private school and I had expanded the viewing library of the afterschool program so that they didn't have to be stuck watching only RugRats and Dora the Explorer. (A tough sell to the kids over the age of 5.) So, I brought in my tape of Jonny Quest. We were watching the episode where the Quest team was riding down the Amazon on a boat and the boat was set upon by Amazon alligators. (I may be in error as to these specifics.) The team sees the approaching creatures and they all grab rifles and start to shoot the alligators, Jonny and Hadji included. Well, sir... those kids were absolutely appalled. They could not handle the fact that these boys were right in there with the adults trying to defend their boat. I asked some of them what would they do if they had found themselves in that scenario... would they rise to the occasion, or would they not? (I did not word it that way.)

You don't want to know the answer I got (almost uniformly).

OldBaldy1701E

(11,786 posts)
95. I did not see the '86 version.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:58 AM
Jun 1

I did watch some of 'The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest', but it was just so bad... thanks to the prevalent practices at the time, the episodes were bland and repetitive. (After 'Batman:The Animated Series', animation seemed like it wanted to pick up, then they just quit trying. It was all computer generated and completely boring.)

To this day, I cannot understand why they keep on refusing to make a live action film. Hell, they need to talk to me! (Yeah, they have had 45 years to 'talk to me' and they never do... so... )

MustLoveBeagles

(18,277 posts)
96. I probably watched the 80's version and don't remember
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 11:31 AM
Jun 1

The Real Johnny Quest, I think they did it in the 90's,is was I was wondering about. My husband wasn't impressed and said I didn't miss anything. He got to watch them when they were new.

OldBaldy1701E

(11,786 posts)
97. He is correct.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:39 AM
Jun 2

Which is too bad, but they cannot do the actual show from the 60s. It would be 'problematic'.

Which is quite the commentary on our society, actually, but there it is.

sop

(19,824 posts)
26. Felix the Cat (created 1919)
Sat May 30, 2026, 07:58 AM
May 30

"Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in 1919 by Otto Messmer and Pat Sullivan during the silent film era. An anthropomorphic young black cat with white eyes, a black body, and a giant grin, he is often considered one of the most recognized cartoon characters in history. Felix was the first fully realized recurring animal character in the history of American film animation."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_the_Cat

ShazzieB

(23,064 posts)
41. King Leonardo and His Short Subjects
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:55 AM
May 30

Starring Leonardo Lion and his loyal assistant Odie Cologne

RazorbackExpat

(992 posts)
42. The Alvin Show
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:57 AM
May 30

Crusader Rabbit
Magilla Gorilla
Touche Turtle
Wally Gator
Lippy the Lion and Har De Har Har
Milton the Monster
The Wacky Races
The Perils of Penelope PItstop
Stop the Pigeon
The Beatles
Hector Heathcoat
Linus the Lionhearted
Loveable Truly
The Mighty Heroes
Here Comes the Grump
The King and Odie (Bongo Congo)
The Hunter
Tooter the Turtle
Huckleberry Hound
Herman and Catnip
Baby Huey
Klondike Kat and Savoir Faire
Ralph Wolf (morphed into Wile E. Coyote)
The Inspector
The Ant and the Aardvark
Fat Albert

Niagara

(12,397 posts)
43. Some Saturday morning & weekday cartoons
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:59 AM
May 30

Saturday morning:

Scooby Doo




Shirt Tales






Weekday afternoon

The Pink Panther




Heathcliff




The Catillac Cats ( a secondary segment for Healthcliff)






The Madcap

(2,157 posts)
44. Tobor the 8th Man
Sat May 30, 2026, 09:05 AM
May 30

1960's anime that was dubbed for U.S.

I vaguely remember this one from when I was 5-6 years old. I don't remember much other than the main character having an '8' on his chest.





Vogon_Glory

(10,422 posts)
66. I didn't mention any of the comic strips because I thought
Sat May 30, 2026, 01:34 PM
May 30

the question was only directed to cartoon films and TV shows: otherwise I might have mentioned Dondi and also the Katzenjamer Kids.

FrndStrng

(9 posts)
67. Ruff and Reddy
Sat May 30, 2026, 02:03 PM
May 30

The Ruff and Reddy Show is an American animated television series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Premiering in December 1957 on NBC, it is historically significant as the very first network cartoon made specifically for Saturday morning television and the first production from the newly formed Hanna-Barbera studio.

Was once my reason for getting up on Saturday AM except perhaps for Sky King.

Saturday AM just isn't what it used to be.

Morbius

(1,213 posts)
71. Grape Ape
Sat May 30, 2026, 08:31 PM
May 30

Captain Caveman
Davey & Goliath

Did anyone mention Wacky Races? Unlike the above it was actually pretty good.

bobalew

(500 posts)
79. Gumby & Pokey, the Warner Bros chipmunks, indoubtably so polite...
Sun May 31, 2026, 02:29 AM
May 31

Fireball X500 (Puppets), along with Supercar....

sazemisery

(2,618 posts)
81. The Point (Februuary 2,1971)
Sun May 31, 2026, 03:16 AM
May 31

The Point, an animated adaptation of the story, first aired on February 2, 1971. It was the first animated feature ever to air in prime time on US television, appearing on the ABC television network as an ABC Movie of the Week.

Oblio and his dog Arrow. I saw this at its initial airing, and I was 15 years old.

Morbius

(1,213 posts)
83. I remember this one.
Sun May 31, 2026, 05:03 AM
May 31

I liked the music a lot, and I bought the CD. The story is recounted on the album by Harry Nilsson, in the movie by Ringo Starr. Not exactly good, but really good tunes.

littlemissmartypants

(35,405 posts)
82. Pogo...
Sun May 31, 2026, 03:21 AM
May 31

Drawn by Walt Kelly from October 4, 1948 to July 20, 1975.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogo_(comic_strip)


Pogo daily strip from Earth Day 1971

I have several books of the cartoons. Full of universal truth. He even ran for president.


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